AUGUST 2000
NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL TO OPEN AT FSU
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House Speaker John Thrasher cheered the new Florida State
University College of Medicine with a Seminole tomahawk chop
and declared it a "great day for the state of Florida."
It was May 5, the frenzied last day of the two-month state legislative
session, and the next-to-the-last bill passed gave Thrasher,
the Republican from Orange Park, what he had been pushing for
all along: a medical school for FSU.
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VALUABLE ART MUSEUM BECOMES PART OF FSU
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On 60 acres on Sarasota Bay is The John and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art, with one of the most valuable collections in the
nation, a circus museum and a 31-room Venetian-style mansion.
On July 1, it was all transferred to Florida State University.
PROFESSOR LOVES WHAT HE DOES
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One glance at the papers on Christopher K. W. Tam's desk in
his Love Building office, folders stuffed in his bookshelves
and materials loaded on the top of his computer suggests a mathematician
steeped in his work.
One brief conversation with Tam confirms a man with an endearing
sense of humor.
3,000 NEW PARKING PLACES PROMISED
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Finally, parking relief is on the way to the FSU campus, but
there's a price to be paid by students, faculty and staff.
A new transportation fee will be assessed to all students to
pay for better parking and ultimately add about 3,000 spaces.
Faculty and staff will see permit fees double over the next five
years.
HISTORY MYSTERY TAKES SLUETH/PROF ABROAD
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For a while, Richard Greaves thought he might be a musician.
And today he might be conducting at the Metropolitan Opera save
one small impediment to musical success.
Musical talent.
And with that revelation made plainly clear in his days at tiny
Bethel College in Minnesota, Greaves' musical career became history.
Really history. And that's where he found his talent.
A NEW KIND OF CLASS WITH A VERY OLD TWIST
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A new kind of class based on an old idea is coming to FSU.
In the fall, Florida State is offering a Master Craftsman class
designed to teach by doing as well as explaining, much like a
craftsman and apprentice relationship.
The teacher, Bob Bischoff, is an internationally recognized artist
and an FSU graduate. He is responsible for major art projects
around campus such as the stained glass in Dodd Hall, a large
granite seal in the University Center and the white stone benches
in front of Westcott and around campus.
FSU's SESQUICENTENNIAL
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Florida State University will spend the year of 2001 celebrating
its 150th anniversary.
The sesquicentennial celebrates the school's creation date of
1851, when the Legislature authorized the Seminary West of the
Suwanee. Some university officials have marked the anni-versary
from 1857, the year the doors opened, but next year's sesquicentennial
will count from the charter, as most schools do.
TUITION AND FEES CAN BE AS CONVENIENT AS A CREDIT CARD
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Students at Florida State University can now pay their university-related fees - tuition, overdue books, parking tickets, transcripts and health services - online. The new service from Student Financial Services is the latest in a series of Web-based services designed to streamline students' business dealings with the university.
FSU ON CONSTRUCTION SPREE
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University officials are appealing to students and alumni
for patience while new buildings go up, old buildings are renovated
and the campus becomes more beautiful.
"By far, this is the most successful year ever for Florida
State University in terms of the number of construction projects
being funded," said Senior Vice President of Finance and
Administration John Carnaghi.