Education

Turning Tables, Flipping Fate

While summer means reprieve for most students, some of the finest football players in the country are gaining a vantage point they aren’t used to,  dashing up and down the stairs at Doak Campbell Stadium. Preparation is underway for Seminole football,…

Blooming Bravery

Fred and Doby Lee Flowers, Tallahassee natives, came from a long line of Florida A&M graduates who were committed to addressing the racial injustices prevalent in Tallahassee during the 1960s. Though they could have followed in their family’s footsteps and…

The Transformers

Education is typically measured in grades and degrees. But in Tallahassee, learning unfolds in many places—summer camps, middle school classrooms, college lecture halls, and creative studios—guided by educators who shape lives at every stage. In this city of universities and…

Cats About Town

Under the bushes, around the corners, perched on branches overhead. The campus cats are everywhere. It started with a few feral cats around Florida State University and a few kind professors feeding them. It progressed when alumna Megan McEnery established…

Good Chemistry

Florida State University President Richard McCullough says there was a time in his youth when he didn’t study much or want to take classes that were particularly hard. As a matter of fact, he recalls a chemistry class that he…

He's Got Next

After almost a decade as an assistant coach in the NBA, former Florida State University point guard Luke Loucks has returned to his alma mater to replace Leonard Hamilton, his legendary former coach, who retired at the end of the…

A More Resilient Tomorrow

Florida State University’s (FSU) Claude Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy houses some of the nation’s premier voices on aging who, through research and policy efforts, are working to better understand and address the issues facing America’s ever-growing elderly population.