Oskar Vafek, associate professor of Physics, and his graduate students have created a Wiki-based physics textbook using funding obtained through an NSF Career award. For more information, please see the article posted on the College of Arts & Sciences website.
The Office of Faculty Recognition will be holding the annual FSU Authors Day on April 10, 2014, from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Please join us for an afternoon of celebration. This event is free and open to the public. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served. For more information, including a list of this year's authors, please see the FSU Authors Day page.
Laurel Fulkerson, professor of Classics, has been awarded the Loeb Classical Library Fellowship in order "to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies." According to the Loeb Classical Library Foundation website, "James Loeb directed in his will that income from the Loeb Classical Library beyond that needed for the maintenance and enhancement of the Library eventually should be used 'for the encouragement of special research at home and abroad in the province of Archaeology and of Greek and Latin Literature,' and that awards should be granted 'without distinction as to sex, race, nationality, color or creed.'"
Below is an article by Jeffery Seay, which may also be viewed at http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU-News/Fellowships-to-aid-professor-s-research-into-Latin-love-poems-from-antiquity.
CONTACT: Laurel Fulkerson, Professor, Department of Classics
(850) 644-0305; lfulkerson@fsu.edu
By Jeffery Seay
June 2014
FELLOWSHIPS TO AID PROFESSOR’S RESEARCH
INTO LATIN LOVE POEMS FROM ANTIQUITY
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For as long as people have been lovesick, they’ve written poetry about it — even back to antiquity.
Florida State University classics Professor Laurel Fulkerson will spend a one-year sabbatical during 2014-2015 studying ancient poetry as the recipient of two prestigious fellowships, a Loeb Classical Library Fellowship and a Keeley Visiting Fellowship at Wadham College, University of Oxford.
The Keeley Visiting Fellowship will give Fulkerson temporary status as a senior member of Wadham College, granting her unlimited access to Oxford’s libraries. Combined with the $35,000 stipend that comes with the Loeb Classical Library Fellowship, Fulkerson will be able to focus on researching and writing her latest book, a commentary on the “Corpus Tibullianum” (book 3).
Books 1 and 2 were written by the Augustan poet Tibullus, who is thought to have lived from 55 to 19 B.C. Book 3 is a collection of understudied poems written by “minor” poets, including six purportedly written by a Roman woman named Sulpicia.
“The poems in book 3 are a miscellany, and we haven’t even been able to establish how many people wrote them, or when,” Fulkerson said. “But they might just contain the vast majority of the Latin poetry written by a woman in antiquity.”
The poems also have the potential, according to Fulkerson, to shed significant light on the genre of Latin love elegy — mournful or melancholy poems — as well as the genres and authors it influenced.
During her stay at Oxford, Fulkerson also will be in charge of running an eight-week seminar covering the “Corpus Tibullianum” (book 3).
“Oxford seminars usually feature a series of speakers, from locally and elsewhere, to present their ideas for discussion, so this will be an ideal opportunity to test my own ideas against those of others,” Fulkerson said.
Daniel Pullen, professor and chair of Florida State’s Department of Classics, praised Fulkerson as internationally renowned for her work in Latin poetry.
“Professor Fulkerson has risen rapidly through the ranks, excelling in teaching, research and service,” said Pullen, citing the Loeb and Keeley fellowships as the latest in a long list of Fulkerson's awards, including a Developing Scholar Award and University Teaching Award from Florida State, a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, and the American Philological Association's Award for Excellence in Collegiate Teaching.
“Within the department, we value her energy and enthusiasm — even when the task is revamping our entire Liberal Studies curriculum of over 15 courses for new state-mandated requirements,” Pullen said
Fulkerson earned a doctorate in classics from Columbia University in 2000.
The Loeb Classical Library Fellowship, administered by Harvard University, is awarded annually to a select few individuals in the field of classics and archaeology. Previous recipients of the Loeb from the Florida State Department of Classics include Francis Cairns (2007-2008) and Pullen (2007-2008 and 2008-2009). The Loeb Classical Library was founded in 1911 by James Loeb to publish great Greek and Latin literary works with facing-page English translations to make them accessible for the average reader.
The Keeley Visiting Fellows, a competitive award across all disciplines and appointed based on departmental nominations, were created and endowed in honour of T.C. Keeley, a highly respected fellow in Physics who served Wadham from 1924 to 1963.
The Office of Faculty Recognition will be holding an information session regarding the Extraordinary Accomplishments Program and faculty awards.
When: Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Where: Suwannee Room, William Johnston Building
Young-Suk Kim, Associate Professor of Reading and Language Arts, has received the 2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award. The official press release may be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/23/president-obama-honors-outstanding-early-career-scientists. Dr. Kim will be recognized in an official ceremony in Washington, D. C., later this year.
FACULTY LUNCHEON SERIES
Presbyterian University Center
Spring 2014
“THE RELEVANCE OF FSU RESEARCH”
Tuesday, January 14
Speaker: Felicia C. Coleman, Director, FSU Coastal Marine laboratory
Topic: “Rebirth of the FSU Marine Lab: Forecasting the Future of Marine Science at FSU”
Tuesday, February 11
Speaker: Barbara R. Foorman, Director, Florida Center for Reading Research at FSU
Topic: “Using the Science of Reading to Close the Achievement Gap”
Tuesday, March 25
Speaker: Alan G. Marshall, Director, FSU Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program
Topic: “Petroleomics: High-Tech Diagnosis and Cures for Petroleum Crude Oil Production and Spill Problems”
Tuesday, April 8
Speaker: Terrence Coonan, Director, FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights
Topic: “Human Trafficking”
The series will take place at the Presbyterian University Center, 548 W. Park Ave. Luncheons begin at 12:15 and the programs follow at 12:40. Lunches are $10 per session or $40 for the series. Reservations for the luncheons are required. Mail reservation requests to the Presbyterian University Center, 548 W. Park Ave., Tallahassee, FL 32301, with a check made payable to the Presbyterian University Center and clearly marked "Faculty Luncheon Series." In order to pay at the door, call the Center for a reservation at (850) 222-6320 or send an email to floridastatepuc@gmail.com.
For more information, please visit the FSU Faculty Luncheon Series on Facebook or visit their official homepage at http://facultyluncheon.cci.fsu.edu/.
The Spring 2014 Faculty Luncheon Series will feature the directors of four prominent research programs discussing different aspects of “The Relevance of FSU Research.”
Tuesday, January 14
Felicia C. Coleman, Director, FSU Coastal Marine laboratory
“Rebirth of the FSU Marine Lab: Forecasting the Future of Marine Science at FSU”
Dr. Rochelle Marrinan, an expert zooarchaeologist working in the comparative zoology collection in the Department of Anthropology, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. According to Dr. Glen Doran, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, "SEAC is the largest regional anthropology/archaeological society in the eastern United States. It is an award of her peers and professional colleagues in recognition of her contributions to the field." The SEAC website states, "This award is normally awarded at the Annual Meeting to a senior colleague in recognition of demonstrated excellence in the study of the archaeology of the Southeastern United States." Attached is a copy of the SEAC Lifetime Achievement Award.
On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, the annual Distance Learning Awards ceremony took place at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center. The Office of Distance Learning manages Florida State University's online learning environments, and these awards recognize leading instructors of record and mentors for their contributions. For more information on this new awards program, please visit the Office of Distance Learning's awards website.
Award categories and winners are listed below:
For those who could not attend and in response to the many requests for media from the event, here is a link to a video vignette of the Ceremony http://distance.fsu.edu/instructors/2012-2013-distance-learning-awards. You can also scroll down on the page for individual awardee’s photos and videos.
Mary Stewart, Professor of Art, has recently been working in Canada through the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program. Please click on the attached newsletter in order to read about her experiences.
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