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The Graduate School at The Florida State University has announced the opening of the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards, a new resource designed to assist graduate students in identifying external funding opportunities. At a time when financial concerns are prevalent at work and home, the office’s mission to counsel and support graduate students affirms […]

Special adviser to the United Nations and Florida State University alumnus William D. Clay, Jr., will be the speaker at the university’s summer graduation ceremony, scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. More than 5,600 Florida State students will graduate this summer, and at least 3,800 of them […]

A memorial service for former Senate President Jim King, a Florida State alumnus and advocate, was held Tuesday at the James E. “Jim” King, Jr., Life Sciences Building on campus. King, who died of pancreatic cancer on July 26 at age 69, was known for his loyalty to Florida State, where he earned bachelor’s and […]

Marines in the western Iraqi province of Anbar have found remains that have been positively identified as those of Navy fighter pilot Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, a Florida State alumnus who was shot down in the opening hours of the first Persian Gulf war in 1991. Florida State named its tennis center, which opened in […]

The Florida State University Board of Trustees has hired Academic Search Inc. to assist the university in its search for a successor to President T.K. Wetherell who in June announced his resignation. The university will pay Academic Search $75,000 to conduct the presidential search, which will be led by John Hicks, a senior consultant with […]

Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Lawrence G. Abele has won a top national award in recognition of his support of academic advising initiatives that have improved retention and graduation rates at the university. Abele will receive the Pacesetter Award from the National Academic Advising Association in San Antonio during […]

Florida State University’s budget has been cut $82 million since 2007. Of that total, $56.6 million in cuts have yet to be made. At its June 17 meeting, the Florida State Board of Trustees approved a three-year plan to cut that $56.6 million, beginning in fiscal year 2009-10. Administrators first began preparing for the budget […]

Florida State University’s budget has been cut $82 million since 2007. Of that total, $56.6 million in cuts have yet to be made. At its June 17 meeting, the Florida State Board of Trustees will be asked to consider a three-year plan to cut that $56.6 million, beginning in fiscal year 2009-10. Administrators first began […]

Two outstanding Florida State University graduate students have won $15,000 scholarships to pursue research for their doctoral degrees. Shawntel Ensminger and Sarah Diesburg are among 85 recipients of the 2009-2010 P.E.O. Scholar Awards from a field of nearly 700 nominees throughout the United States and Canada, said Nancy Marcus, dean of the Graduate School at […]

More than 5,600 Florida State University students will graduate this spring, and at least 3,800 of them will participate in Florida State’s three commencement ceremonies, which are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, and 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. Florida State President T.K. Wetherell will […]

The Florida State University’s colleges of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Information, Education and Law are among the best graduate and professional programs in the nation, according to new rankings in U.S. News and World Report’s 2010 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools” on newsstands April 28. “These rankings are evidence of the excellence Florida State […]

Seizing an opportunity to strengthen their traditional programs and explore new interdisciplinary offerings, the faculties of the College of Communication and the College of Information at The Florida State University have voted to merge their programs. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Lawrence G. Abele approved the creation of the new College of […]