Florida State and Florida A&M universities are getting ready to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as individuals across the nation gear up to celebrate the civil rights icon’s life and legacy during MLK Day.
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Ballard Partners founder and lead strategist Brian Ballard and his wife, Kathryn, have donated $1 million to Florida State University (FSU) for its Food for Thought Pantry. It’s the largest single investment to the school’s Division of Student Affairs in its history.
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Florida State University is celebrating a historic donation to the student food pantry. Brian Ballard and his wife, Kathryn, a Florida State alumna and member of the Board of Trustees, donated $1 million to benefit FSU’s Food for Thought Pantry.
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Florida State University’s Food for Thought Pantry has received its first-ever seven-figure donation to bolster efforts of addressing student food insecurity.
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Beginning early next year, Florida State University will have something in Washington D.C. that would make rival University of Florida gator-green with envy: Two townhomes in the heart of Capitol Hill where students will live while working internships and taking online classes.
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Florida State University trains dozens of students to provide medical response services on campus, supplementing full-time professionals.
The vehicles are part of a student-led emergency medical response unit, connected to the student health center, that trains student volunteers to provide health care and assistance to their peers.
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The FSU College of Medicine hosted Dance Marathon at Florida State University on Monday, Sept. 22, commemorating raising over $1.33 million in support of kids’ health in its 30th year. As part of their Miracle Network Dance Marathon efforts, DM at FSU supports both UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and the FSU College of Medicine Pediatric Outreach Programs.
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Garnet and gold are flooding the streets of the capital city as Florida State University celebrates its homecoming week.
Thursday kicked off the university’s homecoming festival, with students, parents, friends and alumni gathering at the Student Union repping their Seminole gear and school spirit.
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Groups in Tallahassee are organizing and mobilizing to send help to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the island this week.
Hailey Thompson, vice president of the Jamaican American Student Association at Florida State University, said the organization has created a GoFundMe to try to collect as much as they can to send back to the island.
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Hundreds of Florida State Seminole fans lined College Avenue and beyond as the Marching Chiefs filled the air with the sound of the War Chant.
From the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center to Westcott Fountain and back, candy and beads were tossed from the dozens of floats made by fraternities, sororities, school clubs and more.
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