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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Grad Studies - In The News</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu</link><description>News about the Office of Graduate Studies</description><language>en-US</language><item><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:20 GMT</pubDate><title>Medical students win scholarships in exchange for service in areas of need</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Medical-students-win-scholarships-in-exchange-for-service-in-areas-of-need</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Two Florida State University College of Medicine students have been awarded scholarships that cover the entire cost of their remaining time in medical school in exchange for service in medically underserved areas. &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:33:07 GMT</pubDate><title>Discontinuation of the Thesis/Treatise/Dissertation Manuscript Fee and Associated Service</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Discontinuation-of-the-Thesis-Treatise-Dissertation-Manuscript-Fee-and-Associated-Service</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Graduate School will no longer provide a DVD copy of the final dissertation, thesis, or treatise to the graduate student author and the major professor. &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:11:18 GMT</pubDate><title>FSU Doctoral Student Wins Top Award in Evolutionary Biology</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/FSU-Doctoral-Student-Wins-Top-Award-in-Evolutionary-Biology</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A Florida State University doctoral student who studies DNA sequence data has won a prestigious award in evolutionary biology, marking the first time an FSU student has received the award.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:17:35 GMT</pubDate><title>English Department alum combats Pakistan stereotypes</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/English-Department-alum-combats-Pakistan-stereotypes</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida State University graduate Masood Raja (Ph.D. 2006), along with some friends, has created Pakistaniaat.org, an online, academic journal of Pakistan studies.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:13:58 GMT</pubDate><title>Department of English Graduate Student News</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Department-of-English-Graduate-Student-News</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Recent accomplishments of graduate students from the Department of English.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:02:57 GMT</pubDate><title>FSU researchers gearing up for ASIS</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/FSU-researchers-gearing-up-for-ASIS-T</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A large group of faculty, students, and colleagues of The Florida State University College of Communication &amp; Information are presenting research at the upcoming 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&amp;T), Nov. 6–9, Vancouver, BC.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:00:26 GMT</pubDate><title>School of Library and Information Studies researchers pubished in First Monday</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/School-of-Library-and-Information-Studies-researchers-pubished-in-First-Monday</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The article, published in &lt;i&gt;First Monday&lt;/i&gt;, questions how successful Latina IT professionals construct and reconstruct their conceptions of gender before, during, and after contact with the information world of the IT industry.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><title>FSU law, medical schools ranked in top 10 for Hispanic students</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/FSU-law-medical-schools-ranked-in-top-10-for-Hispanic-students</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida State University's colleges of law and medicine are among the Top 10 best in the nation for Hispanics, according to Hispanic Business magazine, which has published its annual rankings of graduate schools in the magazine's September issue.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:33:15 GMT</pubDate><title>Outstanding Human Sciences Graduate Students </title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Outstanding-Human-Sciences-Graduate-Students</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to &lt;b&gt;Shirin Hooshmand&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Girdhari Sharma&lt;/b&gt; of the Department of Nutrition, Food, &amp; Exercise Sciences on their recent awards.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:59 GMT</pubDate><title>Graduate Student Kudos</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Graduate-Student-Kudos</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Recent Florida State University graduate student accomplishments.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:53:17 GMT</pubDate><title>MBA class learns from the pros</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/MBA-class-learns-from-the-pros</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MBAs in marketing Professor Mike Hartline's Corporate Affairs class offered this past spring said not only did they ask questions, but they received precious insight into running multi-million-dollar corporations that will benefit them for years to come.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:48:08 GMT</pubDate><title>College of Business revamps MBA curriculum </title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/College-of-Business-revamps-MBA-curriculum</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida State University's College of Business this year altered its Master of Business Administration program in a way that further drives home FSU's practice of providing all MBA students the same quality degree, regardless of whether they're on campus or online.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:44:37 GMT</pubDate><title>New Master of Science in Finance program begins</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/New-Master-of-Science-in-Finance-program-begins</link><description>&lt;p&gt;This summer, 23 students started in the College of Business' new MSF program. It's an elite group of students with an average GMAT score of 602 and an average grade-point average of 3.6. They will spend the next 10 months boosting their quantitative and analytical skills through hands-on application and exposure to the best faculty and speakers the finance department has to offer.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:37:50 GMT</pubDate><title>Students visit Chile for lessons in corporate social responsibility</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Students-visit-Chile-for-lessons-in-corporate-social-responsibility</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Florida State University College of Business’ new Global Experience Seminar for master’s students culminated in a weeklong trip to Chile in March to study international commerce and corporate social responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:18:30 GMT</pubDate><title>With $2.3M Award, FSU Nursing to Educate More Experts for Underserved Areas</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/With-2.3M-Award-FSU-Nursing-to-Educate-More-Experts-for-Underserved-Areas</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Amid the national debate on health care quality and access, $2.3 million in new grants to The Florida State University &lt;a href="http://nursing.fsu.edu/" target="_self"&gt;College of Nursing&lt;/a&gt; will support a unique Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program that aims to increase the number of advanced practice nurses and see them lead and manage health care delivery in poor, underserved areas.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:59:48 GMT</pubDate><title>H1N1 Virus Information </title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/H1N1-Virus-Information</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida State University has created a site to share information about the H1N1 virus and the University's plans for handling the expected issues this fall term.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:25 GMT</pubDate><title>Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Opens to Help Students</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Office-of-Graduate-Fellowships-and-Awards-Opens-to-Help-Students</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
The Graduate School at The Florida State University has announced the opening of the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards, a new resource designed to assist graduate students in identifying external funding opportunities.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:14:20 GMT</pubDate><title>Florida State Hosting Orientation for New Graduate Students</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Florida-State-Hosting-Orientation-for-New-Graduate-Students</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida State University’s fall 2009 New Graduate Student Orientation will take place Tuesday, Aug. 18, from noon to 5 p.m. in the New Classroom Building (HCB) on the FSU main campus.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Shoko Letton recognized by Dance on Camera Festival</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/Shoko-Letton-recognized-by-Dance-on-Camera-Festival</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Shoko Letton, in conjunction with the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC), was recognized nationally by Dance Films Association at the 2009 Dance On Camera Festival for their “Research Highlight” videos and podcasts.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:14:59 GMT</pubDate><title>School of Theatre Graduate Students' Success</title><link>http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/News-Recognitions/In-the-News/School-of-Theatre-Graduate-Students-Success</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Master of Fine Arts graduates Geoffrey Kershner (Directing, 2006) and Krista Franco (Scene Design, 2006) founded Endstation Theatre when they graduated from FSU.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>
