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FSU launches Journal of Postsecondary Student Success

Published: September 15, 2021 | 10:22 am | Posted in: Education & Society

At Florida State University, student success means success for all — including achieving equity for students of different backgrounds. Now, as part of the university’s ongoing commitment to student success, Florida State has launched the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success (JPSS), a quarterly, open-access, interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed research, editorials and practitioner reports related […]

FSU launches new Living Learning Community for first-generation students

Published: May 26, 2021 | 2:43 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

Bryan Hall is where the FGEN Noles LLC will be co-located for its first year with the Academic Exploration and Discovery LLC. (FSU Photography Services)

Enhancing student success is one of Florida State University’s top strategic goals. In Fall 2022, the university will take its commitment to student success one step further by offering a home for first-generation students with the opening of a new living-learning community (LLC). The FGEN Noles LLC is designed to provide an environment that promotes […]

A roadmap to success: Student success is part of the plan and the culture at FSU

Published: February 18, 2021 | 4:49 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s 74-percent graduation rate is the highest in State University System of Florida history and ranks among the top 10 public universities nationally, but for FSU, it is more than just a record-setting number. The achievement also fits squarely within the scope of the university’s expansive strategic plan, which launched in 2017. Student success is one of the plan’s pillars, which university officials have advanced through a combination of new initiatives and established programs […]

FSU’s record first-year student retention rate places among Top 15 nationally

Published: October 27, 2020 | 10:48 am | Posted in: University News

Record Freshman Retention Rate - Florida State University

Innovative campus-wide efforts nearly eliminate retention disparities among undergraduates Florida State University is retaining first-year students at a record rate, according to the most recent data reported to the Florida Board of Governors. Ninety-five percent of FSU’s first-time-in-college students who enrolled in Summer/Fall 2019 stayed for their sophomore year — a record for the university. […]

New FSU students connect through new Nole2Nole Peer Mentor Program

Published: July 7, 2020 | 12:52 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

FSU’s new Nole2Nole Peer Mentor Program is a peer mentorship opportunity created to help new students feel like a part of the FSU community during this unprecedented period of remote learning. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University has rolled out a new mentoring program for incoming freshmen who are beginning their collegiate careers a bit differently than in past summers. Last month, about 2,200 incoming freshmen started taking their first-ever college classes during FSU’s Summer C session, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all classes are being taught remotely […]

FSU Assistant Provost expands role as Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Published: May 18, 2020 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: University News

Joe O'Shea, assistant provost and dean of Undergraduate Studies, at Florida State.

Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sally McRorie has appointed Assistant Provost Joe O’Shea as the new dean of the Division of Undergraduate Studies, effective May 20. O’Shea succeeds Dean Karen Laughlin, who passed away earlier this month. An FSU alumnus, O’Shea has served as assistant provost since 2016, where […]

Innovative program puts students back on track to earn FSU degree

Published: September 4, 2019 | 2:15 pm | Posted in: University News

More than 6,500 students received degrees during Florida State's 2019 spring commencement. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University students are graduating in four years at a record level, but some students encounter unexpected challenges that derail their plans to earn a degree. From limited finances to mental or physical health problems to natural disasters, there’s a wide variety of reasons why students leave college without finishing. “Almost everybody knows someone […]

FSU signs agreement to enhance collaboration with Tel Aviv University

Published: December 4, 2017 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, FSU Assistant Provost Joe O’Shea and Professor Raanan Rein, vice president of Tel Aviv University, in Tel Aviv Monday, Dec. 4. (Photo: Office of Governor)

Florida State University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tel Aviv University today with the purpose of seeking possibilities to enhance mutual academic exchanges and to maintain close relationships between the two institutions. Florida Gov. Rick Scott served as a witness at the signing in Tel Aviv. The MOU was signed by FSU Assistant Provost […]

FSU kicks off inaugural year of Gap Year Fellowship program

Published: August 25, 2016 | 1:05 pm | Posted in: University News

More than 6,200 new freshmen are heading to Florida State University for the 2016-2017 school year, but a group of students who could’ve joined them will instead be embarking on different journeys, mostly overseas and some with financial support from FSU. Seven students have been selected to receive financial assistance from FSU during the inaugural […]

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