VIRES Fall 2015

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

FSU AT A GLANCE Highlights Renowned physicist joins MagLab

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A record number of first-generation students participated in the Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE) Summer Bridge Program, which prepares students for FSU and the demands of college life

National Academy of Sciences member Laura H. Greene as

Expanded CARE

chief scientist

$2.2 million in federal grant money expands FSU’s CARE program with a new Student Support Services program and SSS-STEM program

No. 7 400,000 A record number of guests visited The Ringling during its 2014–15 season

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FSU graduates who will study or teach English around the world during the 2015–16 academic year with Fulbright grants

FSU College of Medicine’s ranking among the nation’s top producers of family physicians by the American Academy of Family Physicians

Top 25 FSU online graduate programs ranked among the best nationally for veterans, according to U.S. News & World Report:

No. 1, times two

No. 2 College of Education; No. 7 College of Criminology and Criminal Justice; No. 18 School in IT;

An FSU-FAMU research partnership received a National Science Foundation grant to study the genome of corn New Garnet and Gold Scholars inducted in the spring and summer

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PLAYBILL ranked FSU’s School of Theatre among the top 10 colleges represented by alumni in current Broadway productions

of Information’s online master’s program

$2.1 million

Top 10

No. 22 College of Business

Civil Rights history Strozier Library archives will soon display the nation’s largest collection of research materials on the life and murder of Emmett Till

FSU Panama City’s online bachelor’s program in computer science ranked No. 1 in the U.S. by BestColleges.com, and its applied behavior analysis graduate program ranked No. 1 worldwide on the Behavior Analyst Certification Board exam pass rates


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