FSU ranks joint second in the nation for the number of American Physical Society Fellows elected for 2012, tied with Harvard, MIT and UC Davis. Please see below for a listing. The webpage which lists the newly elected Fellows at FSU for this year, along with their citations, can be found at http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2012&unit_id=&institution=Florida+State+University.

2012 APS FELLOWS

Institutions    Number of Members
Los Alamos National Laboratory    8
Florida State University    6
Harvard University    6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology    6
University of California, Davis    6
Fermilab    5
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory    5
No Company Provided    5
Argonne National Laboratory    4
The Ohio State University    4

Jeanne Wanzek, assistant professor at the Florida Center for Reading Research, has been awarded the Distinguished Early Career Research Award by the Council for Exceptional Children and the Donald D. Hammill Foundation. According to the CEC website, "This annual award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in special education, in basic and/or applied research, within the first 10 years following receipt of the doctoral degree."

Rufina G. Alamo, professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Election is limited to only 0.5% of the APS membership. According to APS, she has been selected, "For her use of well-characterized materials and performance of carefully designed experiments to address structure-property relationships in polyolefins."

Come join hands with FSU professor Holly Hanessian to be a part of her next art installation: Sunday, 12/2 from 2 - 5 pm at 1805 Fernando Drive. Prof. Hanessian is doing groundbreaking work in the connection between the arts and sciences.  Check it out: http://www.hollyhanessian.com/

John Myers, associate professor in the School of Teacher Education, has been awarded the Technology Paper Award by the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) for his work, "Developing global citizens: Secondary students' experiences with ICONS." 

Daniel Mears, professor of Criminology, has received the 2013 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his book, American Criminal Justice Policy, published by Cambridge University Press. The award is given annually "in recognition of the best book published in the area of criminal justice" and that has made an "extraordinary contribution to the study of crime and criminal justice." 

Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, chair and professor of Geriatrics, has been selected as a 2012-13 Health and Aging Policy Fellow. 

(Please click here to view the full article on page 8 of State.)

Suzanne Sinke, associate professor of History, has been selected to receive a Fulbright award. She will be researching and teaching as a visiting faculty member in the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences at the University of Salzburg.

The FSU Dickens Marathon Reading hosted 66 student and 24 faculty or administrator readers, including one online instructor Skyped in from Pittsburgh. For thirty hours the words of Dickens rang across Strozier library and into the lives of 21st century citizens. Mechanical Engineering students read; Theatre students read; athletes read; and with every voice we remembered our own stories as people and scholars. 

Next year, we plan to make this a global event, and read one story aloud across all the continents. Wherever you are in October, look us up and sign on to read. The storytelling will continue.

- Peggy Wright-Cleveland, Director of the Office of Faculty Recognition

Pictures of the event may be found through Twitter via #FSUDickens.

Donna Trafford, instructor of Recreation, Tourism and Events at FSU Panama City, has received the State Achievement Award from the Florida Recreation and Park Association. According to the press release, "FRPA presents its Achievement Award annually to an individual who has given special or unusual service to the Association, and who has furthered the parks and recreation profession on a state and national level.  The recipient must have been a member of the Association and been in the field for no less than five years."  

Please see the attached document for more information.