Florida State University’s Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and the FSU Middle East Center will host the 13th annual Middle East Film Festival, showcasing films that provide insight into international cinema and perspectives rarely seen in mainstream media.
A Florida State University English professor is continuing his prolific publications streak with the release of four new books. Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English Stan Gontarski has published 31 titles since earning his doctorate from Ohio State University in 1974, including four released between August and December 2021.
Florida State University will celebrate the inauguration of its 16th president, Richard McCullough, with a day of festivities Friday, Feb. 25. The celebration will begin at 11 a.m. with “The President’s Symposium: The Future of Higher Education” at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, featuring a panel of national leaders in higher education.
Friends, military members, veterans and members of Florida State University’s campus community are set to gather Saturday, Feb. 26, on Langford Green, to participate in the ninth annual 2nd Lt. Justin Sisson 5K Run/Walk for the Fallen.
The sun rises over the “Unconquered” statue on Langford Green outside Doak Campbell Stadium. The bronze sculpture, completed in 2003 by Fritz White, reaches three stories in height and celebrates the indomitable human spirit. The decade-long campaign to bring the project to life was spearheaded by FSU alumnus Stephen Reilly. Photo by FSU English alumna Stephanie Vivirito. Photo editing by Tom Morgan.
Beth Coggeshall is an assistant professor of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, part of Florida State University’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Kelsey Mira is a junior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry through the Florida State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Mira won the 2021 Russell H. and Dorothy P. Johnsen Scholarship in chemistry, an award recognizing students studying physical chemistry and U.S. military veterans or their family members. Mira is also a midshipman in Florida A&M University’s Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program, which is also open to FSU students.
In the January edition of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Florida State’s Department of Mathematics was ranked 11th in the country by the SED for the number of Ph.D.s awarded, with a total of 342 doctoral degrees conferred from 2000 to 2019.
Biological science alumna Jordan Rogers took a break from saving lives earlier this winter to return to Florida State to be recognized for her exceptional achievements as an emergency medical physician with a Notable Nole Award from the FSU Alumni Association.
Nika Blank is a two-time alumna of Florida State University’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. She graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental science in 2019 and a master’s in biological oceanography in 2021.
