The Big Story: June 27, 2022

College of Business Dean Michael Hartline, center, joins Persis and Charles Rockwood at a 2019 event to celebrate the naming of the Persis E. Rockwood Undergraduate Programs Suite in Legacy Hall, the college’s future home. Persis Rockwood was a trailblazing FSU professor who died in May 2021 at age 97.
College of Business Dean Michael Hartline, center, joins Persis and Charles Rockwood at a 2019 event to celebrate the naming of the Persis E. Rockwood Undergraduate Programs Suite in Legacy Hall, the college’s future home. Persis Rockwood was a trailblazing FSU professor who died in May 2021 at age 97.

A game-changing $10 million gift to the Florida State University College of Business will establish the Dr. Persis E. Rockwood School of Marketing in honor of the late trailblazing FSU professor emerita and will provide transformational support to students and faculty members in the nationally ranked program. Read more …

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