Micah Vandegrift, Scholarly Communication Librarian, has been recognized by Library Journal as one of the 2013 Movers & Shakers. For more information, please visit the Library Journal's profile page on Micah Vandegrift.

Julianna Baggott, associate professor of English, has won an American Library Association Alex Award for her book Pure. According to the ALA website, "The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18."

Robert A. Reiser, Robert M. Morgan Professor of Instructional Systems, has received the Association for Education Communication and Technology's Division of Design and Development 2012 Outstanding Book Award. Co-authored with John V. Dempsey of the University of South Alabama, the work is titled, Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (3rd Ed.).

Dr. Lonnie Johnson, Executive Director of the Austrian-American Educational Commission at Fulbright, will be visiting Florida State University from Sunday, March 24, 2013 through Monday, March 25, 2013. He will be meeting with both students and faculty during the day as well as giving a presentation in the evening. The presentation, titled “Old Europe and New Europe: Looking back at 1989," will take place at 8:00 p.m. at the Alumni Center.

Dr. Johnson was recently awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class, "for deepening ties between Austria and the United States."

For more information on Dr. Johnson and the expertise he will bring to campus, take a look at an article about his recent talk at College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University and an interview given to Austrian Information.

Below is a copy of his meeting schedule. Make plans to attend. No reservations required.

Sunday, March 24: Evening reception for FSU faculty Fulbright Scholars and colleagues interested in Fulbright.  Each former Scholar will be asked to invite at least one interested FSU colleague. 

Monday, March 25:

11:00  Meeting with all students interested in applying for a Fulbright
Location: The Globe, 2600    

4:00 Meeting with faculty and students interested in applying  for Fulbright
Location: The Globe, 2600 [All meetings will focus on making the most of your Fulbright experience.]  

6:30  Reception for FSU community
Location: President’s House 

8:00 Public Address:  “Old Europe and New Europe: Looking back at 1989." 
Open to the public
Location: Alumni Center

George Blakely's "The Gun as Image" garners national attention. The professor of Art has developed an online gallery for PBS, which presents the gun as image. Please visit http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2013/02/the-gun-as-image.html to read more about the exhibition and to view a video.

Roald Nasgaard, emeritus professor of Art History, has been honored as Officer of the Order of Canada. Please see the recognition on page 10 of the State, as well as the article posted on the College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance for more information.

Suzanne Sinke, associate professor of History, will be blogging about her experiences while researching on a Fulbright fellowship. Please visit her blog at http://takeonthepast.wordpress.com/.

Spring Awakening(s) Symposium
Art as Action: Performance and Critical Thinking
February 22nd and 23rd, 2013, at Florida State University

Friday February 22 Performance and Critical Thinking. Workshops for Students and Faculty.

Saturday February 23 1:00-5:00 Public Symposium: Spring Awakening(s)—Art as Action.

Monday February 25 7:00 p.m. “Serenade to ‘Somewhere’: Pre-Stonewall Structures of Feeling and West Side Story’s ‘Love Ballet.’” Daniel Callahan, University of Chicago.

Please review the attached PDF for more information.

FSU Panama City has gained its first U.S. Patent for the "Diver's Station and Umbilical Cart." Attached is a PDF document which contains the cover page of the patent. The development team was lead by Dr. Michael Zinszer, Director of the Advanced Scientific Diving Program.   

Diver's Station and Umbilical Cart

Yi Zhou, assistant professor of Finance, has received the American Association of Individual Investors outstanding paper award in asset pricing research for her paper titled, "Understanding the Term Structure of Credit Default Swap Spreads".