diversity

FSU to host second Sports Talk Series on diversity and inclusion

Published: February 14, 2018 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As part of its Sports Talk Series, Florida State University’s Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion in Sport will host a talk focusing on leadership and managing diversity in the locker room. The event will feature speakers Becky Burleigh, head coach of the University of Florida’s soccer team, and Celia Slater, founder of True North Sports, […]

A year to remember: Florida State achieves new heights in 2017

Published: December 14, 2017 | 3:07 pm | Posted in: University News

2017 Year in Review: (from left) international students gather at The Globe; celebrity chef Art Smith cooks at FSU's "1851"; Jawole Willa Jo Zollar earns lifetime achievement award; FSU leaps ahead in rankings; Second Lady Karen Pence announces art therapy initiative; Willie Taggart becomes new FSU football coach; Professor Gregory Erickson discovers new facts about dinosaurs.

Florida State University enjoyed unprecedented success in 2017, continuing to build on the positive momentum of recent accomplishments. The university climbed five places for the second consecutive year in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, brought in a record amount of funding from the National Institutes of Health and won national awards for its campus diversity […]

FSU Diversity Council announces grant winners

Published: November 27, 2017 | 3:48 pm | Posted in: University News

The Florida State University President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion has announced the inaugural group of winners of the 2017-2018 Diversity and Inclusion Mini-Grant Awards, which support efforts to move FSU closer to realizing the vision of a campus community where differences and similarities are equally valued. More than 50 proposal submissions from faculty, staff […]

FSU receives fourth consecutive national diversity and inclusion award

Published: October 23, 2017 | 2:36 pm | Posted in: University News

College of Medicine Also Recognized for Diversity in Health Professions Florida State University’s continuing efforts to promote diversity and inclusion have earned national recognition for the fourth consecutive year. Florida State received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. FSU […]

Educational programs at FSU aim to increase minority women in higher education

Published: August 24, 2017 | 2:59 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Florida State University hosted two intense, one-week programs designed to help women of color, particularly black women, thrive in academia earlier this month. Nearly 100 women, including undergraduates, postgraduates and faculty members, participated in the Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Research BootCamp and the Priming the Pipeline mentoring program held July 30 – Aug. 5, […]

FSU researchers find school board diversity reduces school suspensions

Published: August 23, 2017 | 12:26 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A new study from criminology researchers at Florida State University reveals that a more diverse school board can lead to more equitable school punishment among black, white and Hispanic students. The team found that black and Hispanic students were more likely to be suspended in schools with larger minority populations. However, white students attending schools with larger […]

FSU named diversity champion by Insight into Diversity

Published: August 8, 2017 | 12:56 pm | Posted in: University News

For a second consecutive year, Florida State University has been recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine as a “Diversity Champion” in higher education. FSU is one of only 10 colleges and universities nationwide receiving the award by the magazine, which is the nation’s largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. “Diversity enriches […]

FSU researchers receive $1M federal grant to enhance diversity in higher education

Published: July 7, 2017 | 11:16 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Alysia Roehrig, assistant professor in the FSU College of Education.

Florida State University researchers, in partnership with Florida A&M University, have received a $1 million federal grant to support the recruitment and academic success of doctoral students from underrepresented populations. The five-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, the independent, nonpartisan statistics, research and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education, is intended […]

Profiles in Leadership: Marcus reflects on 30 years of research, students and service

Published: April 25, 2017 | 3:26 pm | Posted in: News, Students & Campus Life

When Nancy Marcus arrived at Florida State University in 1987, she didn’t have plans to stay very long. Thirty years later, the oceanographer-turned-administrator has left an indelible mark at FSU — as a pioneer in her field, as a role model for women in STEM and as the dean of the Graduate School for the past […]

FSU promotes diversity through largest cohort of McKnight fellows in recent history

Published: April 7, 2017 | 10:31 am | Posted in: News, Students & Campus Life

Florida State University is helping cultivate some of FSU’s best and brightest minority doctoral students in partnership with the Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. In one of its biggest cohorts in recent years Florida State University currently has 10 doctoral fellows and four dissertation fellows within the 2016-2017 McKnight Fellows class. The goal […]

Annual student affairs conference to explore inclusion on college campuses

Published: January 31, 2017 | 12:52 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Student affairs professionals, faculty and students from across the nation will discuss current topics related to diversity and inclusion when they gather for Florida State University’s 27th Annual Jon C. Dalton Institute on College Student Values Feb. 2-4. Florida State will host about 180 participants and volunteers for the 2017 Dalton Institute — or […]