SHERGER
FSU MEDICAL SCHOOL STARTS STRONG
COMPLETE STORY
The first class of Florida State's brand new medical school
arrived in May.
Two months later, when the new dean took over, he found major
steps already taken.
AUGUST 2001
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BARRON
GIFT TO ALZHEIMERS FAMILIES: BARRON INITIATIVE WILL HELP
COMPLETE STORY
Terri Jo Barron will never forget the day she finally put a name on the mysterious forces changing her once vibrant and powerful husband, Dempsey Barron, the former Florida Senate President.
MARTINEZ
HUD SECRETARY WAS ONCE A BOY IN A REFUGEE CAMP
COMPLETE STORY
A homesick Melquiades Raphael Martinez was in a Florida camp
for Cuban refugees when he was 15.
The year was 1962, and he had been airlifted away from Fidel
Castro's revolution.
JENKINS
LIBRARIAN COMES BACK TO FSU
COMPLETE STORY
Althea Jenkins, who earned a master's in library science from FSU in 1971 (and later a Ph.D. from Nova University), is returning to FSU to direct the university libraries. She replaces William Summers, who is retiring.
FSU AND PUBLIC SHARE NEW FACILITIES AT VELLER SEMINOLE GOLF COURSE
COMPLETE STORY
Whether you're a young or older golfer, woman or man golfer, business golfer or weekend golfer, golf-career seeker or just a golf lover, courses and the golf industry offer you more opportunities than ever before.
LAWTON PROFESSOR
COMPLETE STORY
A distinguished research scientist who came to FSU because
she also wanted to be involved with students has earned the highest
honor for FSU faculty - the Lawton Distinguished Professor Award.
Nancy Marcus, 51, has been at FSU since 1987, when she says she
"saw an opening at FSU - I applied and luckily I got it."
CHINESE DAM THREATENS WATER AND AIR
COMPLETE STORY
From the Alaskan wilderness to China's Yangtze River, the search for affordable energy is proceeding at a rapid, and some would say reckless, pace. Now, a groundbreaking study by an FSU professor has raised new worries about the completion of the world's most powerful hydroelectric dam.
BROKAW'S WARTIME MEMORIES FIND PERMANENT HOME
COMPLETE STORY
They arrived under a sweltering noon sun, well worn from their travels south from New York City. Only one of the 44 was declared missing in action.
FSU BIOLOGIST BRINGS NEW ATTENTION TO MINKE WHALES
COMPLETE STORY
As whales go, the minke has not been as popular as, say, the
humpback, the blue or even the killer whale.
Jonathan Stern, a marine biologist at FSU, thinks that may be
changing with an article on the minke whale in the April issue
of National Geographic.
NEW CENTER FOR ALUMNI
COMPLETE STORY
The Florida State University president's house, which has
been the official residence of eight FSU presidents, will be
renovated to become an alumni center.
The groundbreaking was in late June, and the construction is
expected to begin by the end of this year.
DONOR LOVES BASEBALL, CARS AND FREE ENTERPRISE
COMPLETE STORY
It's not easy to get DeVoe Moore to talk about money. Motives,
yes. Money, no.
Not that he hasn't given a lot of it to Florida State University.
Just this past year, he chipped in a cool $2 million to help
restore and expand the Dick Howser baseball stadium.
FSU, TALLAHASSEE CLIMATE HELP MAKE WINNERS
COMPLETE STORIES
This spring, 36 British athletes spent six weeks in Tallahassee battling heat, humidity, exhaustion, dehydration and several cases of severe sunburn. No wonder they can't wait to come back next year.
PANAMA CITY CAMPUS IS GROWING RAPIDLY
COMPLETE STORIES
For almost two decades FSU Panama City has been an extension center offering mostly evening programs. That's about to change. With an infusion of $992,000 from the Legis-lature, it is becoming a regional campus with full-time, day programs.