While so much of our attention has been focused on the global pandemic, our faculty has had quite a bit of good news to share in recent weeks.
You made an excellent choice when you selected Sharon Nicholson, a meteorologist with the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, as the 2020-2021 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor. She has an impressive record as a researcher and teacher, and her mentorship has been invaluable to many students.
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences Michael Ormsbee has received the Distinguished Teacher Award, the university’s most prestigious honor for teaching, for his efforts to inspire and engage his students with real-world examples.
It will be my honor to celebrate Drs. Nicholson and Ormsbee and so many deserving faculty during the Faculty Awards virtual recognition ceremony Wednesday.
Congratulations to Hadi Mohammadigoushki and Kourosh Shoeles from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Miranda Waggoner from the College of Social Science and Public Policy on receiving the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award for researchers in the early stages of their careers. What an extraordinary honor!!
Earlier this month, Eminent Scholar and the Winthrop-King Professor of French and Francophone Studies Martin Munro won a coveted fellowship from the National Humanities Center. The fellowship will allow Dr. Munro to spend the 2020-2021 academic year at the NHC’s campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to complete his book.
And just last week, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced Assistant Professor of Sociology Shantel Buggs as the winner of a 2020 Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty. The fellowship is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and will provide Dr. Buggs with a six-month grant to further her research pursuits.
I’d also like to extend best wishes to College of Music Dean Patricia Flowers, who will step down as dean June 30. Dean Flowers did a wonderful job leading the college for the past seven years, and we are fortunate she will remain a part of our music education faculty.
It’s hard to believe that it’s already time to celebrate spring commencement. While an in-person celebration will have to wait, we've put together a virtual ceremony featuring several traditional elements of commencement. I invite you to watch at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at commencement.fsu.edu, as we honor nearly 7,000 graduates.
Thank you for your patience, your flexibility, your innovation and your compassion during this unprecedented era of our history.
Stay well.
Sincerely,
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