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•  NOVEMBER 16, 2020 •

FSU NEWS

Faculty members share personal stories and guidance with FSU’s first-generation students

Four Florida State University faculty members who are the first in their families to attend college provided words of wisdom and encouragement for first-generation students during a virtual panel discussion Nov. 12. The discussion was part of FSU’s FGEN Week, which celebrates the success of first-generation college students.
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FSU hosts CDC Director Robert Redfield for COVID-19 roundtable discussion

Florida State University welcomed Centers for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield as well as state health officials to campus Nov. 9 for a roundtable discussion on the university’s response to COVID-19. Redfield used the opportunity to deliver a clarion call: Keep wearing masks. Read more ...

STUDENT SUCCESS

FSU first-year medical student selected National Health Service Corps scholar

In exchange for a full-ride through medical school, Florida State University College of Medicine first-year student Sheena Chege has promised to practice primary care in a medically underserved community for four years after residency. Chege, who was born in Kenya and later moved to South Carolina and Fort Myers is the College of Medicine’s 11th National Health Service Corps scholar. Read more ...

FAMU-FSU Engineering student awarded esteemed fellowship from U.S. Department of Energy

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering doctoral student Virginia Phifer is one of only 52 graduate students nationwide to be selected for a prestigious fellowship by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program. She will complete her fellowship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, beginning in January. Read more ...

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