Former House Speaker, FSU President Wetherell Dies

Former House Speaker, FSU President Wetherell Dies

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — T.K. Wetherell, a former state House speaker who went on to become president of his alma mater, Florida State University, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, the university announced. He was 72. Wetherell, a Daytona Beach native, served in the House from 1980 […]

FSU Preview: Florida State versus Clemson

FSU Preview: Florida State versus Clemson

By Scott Carswell Jr. On Saturday at noon the Seminoles will take on the Clemson Tigers on ABC. Clemson is number two in the AP poll and are leading the ACC Atlantic. They are undefeated at 7-0 with victories over Furman, Texas A&M, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Wake Forest and North Carolina State. Clemson […]

Florida State Launches New Civil Rights Institute

Florida State Launches New Civil Rights Institute

By: Amy Farnum-Patronis, FSU NEWS Florida State University will launch its new Civil Rights Institute with an inaugural event on Thursday, Nov. 1, featuring acclaimed civil rights speaker Desmond Meade. The institute is an interdisciplinary endeavor created by the Office of the Provost, FSU Libraries, the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, the College […]

University Performance Funding Set for Changes

University Performance Funding Set for Changes

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida university leaders want to revise the system’s performance-funding model, looking to eliminate a dreaded “bottom three” that annually denies state money to the lowest-performing schools. In this academic year, Florida A&M University, the University of North Florida and New College of Florida missed out […]

Tallahassee’s Crime Problem Hits Florida State University

Tallahassee’s Crime Problem Hits Florida State University

According to the FBI’s 2017 crime statistics, Florida State University had the highest violent crime count of any public college in Florida. This was also the case in 2016. See the FBI reports below. The FBI states that university/college crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. These include demographic characteristics of the surrounding […]

Five Florida Public Universities Crack Top 100

Five Florida Public Universities Crack Top 100

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida universities continued their academic climb in the latest U.S. News & World Report annual college rankings, placing five schools in the country’s top 100 public universities for the first time. The 2019 rankings, which were released Monday, included: — The University of Florida moved […]