The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering news for faculty and staff
Happening
Lunchtime Food Trucks will be at the Shaw Building's picnic area on the corner of East Paul Dirac Drive and Pottsdamer Street starting at 11:00 am. Lunch truck tentative schedule here.
COE Cafe: SU Hours thru August 1 - Open Mon-Thur, 9:00AM-2:00PM, Closed Fri.-Sun. | Menu
CLC Engineering Summer HS Camp, July 7 thru July 11, 2025, 10:00am-3:00pm, COE B118 (Amwake)
Harry Kroto Memorial Ice Bucket Challenge, July 16, 2025, 3pm-4:30pm, MRB (Allen)
Tally Robotics Youth Summer Camp, ends July 24, 2025, M-F, 9:00am-3:00pm, Location TBD (Shearer)
Brilliant Resilience Summer School, ends July 24, 2025, M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm, Location TBD (Ernst)
Brilliant Resilience Youth Summer School Showcase, July 25, 2025, 2:00-6:00P, B210 (Ernst)
Tally Robotics Summer Camp, July 28 thru August 1, 2025, 9:00am - 3:00pm, A226 (Shearer)
NASA + EN BP-AE REU, ends August 1, 2025, at AME (Moore)
Resilience REU, May ends August 1, 2025, at RIDER (Zhang)
Summer Term Ends, August 1, 2025
IME REU, ends August 2, 2025, at HPMI (Dickens)
Joint Management Council Meeting, August 05, 2025 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Event Location: Zoom (Brown)
2025 New Faculty Orientation, August 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 3:30pm, A-115 at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Confirm your attendance by emailing Duo Liu.
Fall Semester Begins, August 25, 2025
Labor Day Holiday, September 1, 2025, College closed
STEM Resume Cafe, September 25, 2025, 10:00am - 2:00pm, A Atrium (Lazar)
Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) SE Workshop, September 26-28
STEM Career & Internship Fair, September 30, 2025, 9:00am-3:00pm, All common areas. (Lazar)
FSU Seminole Futures, October 1, 2025, all majors career fair
FAMU Homecoming, October 18, 2025
FSU Discovery Days, October 20-23, 2025, TBD (Shearer)
Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) SE Workshop, October 24-26, 2025, TBD (Keller)
FSU Homecoming, November 1, 2025
Veteran's Day Holiday, November 11, 2025, College closed
Joint Management Council Meeting, November 18, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Location B202 (Brown)
Thanksgiving Day Holiday—No Classes, November 26-28, 2025 (Wednesday-Friday)
Last Day of Classes, December 5, 2025
Final Exams, December 8-12, 2025
Fall Semester Ends, December 12, 2025
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Federal Research Updates
Office of Research | Information for Researchers HerE
National Institutes of Health: Change to Public Access Policy — ATTENTION REQUIRED | July 3, 2025, 4:03 PM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced that the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy will now apply to all peer-reviewed publications accepted on or after July 1, 2025, and will apply to all existing and new awards.
This announcement represents an accelerated implementation timeline, and it is important for all NIH-funded researchers to understand the requirements and adjust their research plans to comply with this new guidance to avoid issues with their current and future funding opportunities.
Please consider the additional cost requirements when budgeting for new NIH awards. To support faculty on existing awards during this accelerated policy transition, the FSU Office of Research will consider requests to help cover the gap (“delta”) for those with active NIH grants who do not have sufficient funds in their awards to support compliance with public access publishing. Please note the program will support only the resulting difference in APCs — not the full publication amount. Investigators seeking support must demonstrate a lack of available funding for these expenses.
For additional information, please see the FSU Federal Updates page under Agency Guidance Updates, as well as University Libraries’ NIH Public Access Policy site. We will update these sites with new information as it becomes available.
Kind regards,
Stacey
2024 Crime Statistics – Time Sensitive/Action Required – Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act
Time Sensitive/Action Required. Please read carefully. Responses are required by August 1, 2025.
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (the “Clery Act”), the University is required to publish an annual security report and disclose select crime statistics. The crime statistics include three general categories; criminal offenses, hate crimes, and arrests or referral for disciplinary action. Universities are required to report statistics concerning certain offenses reported to local law enforcement agencies or any official of the institution who is defined as a Campus Security Authority (“CSA”).
CSAs are defined as individuals at the University who, by virtue of their position due to official job duties, ad hoc responsibilities or volunteer engagement, are required under the Clery Act to notify the University of alleged Clery Crimes that have been reported to them or observed by another individual, or alleged Clery Crimes they may have personally witnessed.
These employees typically fall under one of the following categories:
- A member of a campus police/security department.
- Individuals having responsibility for campus security in some capacity but are not members of a campus police/security department (e.g., an individual who is responsible for monitoring the entrance to University property).
- People or offices that are not members of a campus police/security department, but where policy directs individuals to report criminal offenses to them or their office.
- Officials having significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including but not limited to, student housing, student discipline and campus judicial proceedings.
Campus Security Authorities include but are not limited to athletic directors, coaches, advisors to student organizations, resident assistants, faculty with significant student interaction outside the classroom, president, vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, deans, directors, department heads, Title IX coordinators, and police and security personnel. Note: Although Professional Counselors have significant responsibility for student and campus activities, they are not campus security authorities under Clery.
I am requesting 2024 calendar year statistics from your department for the following categories which were not already reported to the Florida State University Police Department.
1. Criminal Offenses
- Murder/Non-Negligent Manslaughter
- Negligent Manslaughter
- Sex Offenses: Rape, Fondling, Incest and Statutory Rape
- Robbery
- Burglary (not including vehicle burglaries)
- Aggravated Assault
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Arson
- Domestic Violence
- Dating Violence
- Stalking
2. Hate Crimes
- If any of the above listed criminal offenses were classified also as “hate crime”
- If any report of theft, assault, intimidation, criminal mischief/vandalism was classified as a “hate crime.”
3. Referrals for Disciplinary Action
- Liquor Law Violations
- Drug Law Violations
- Weapons Law Violations
Under Clery, we are required to report offenses that occur on campus, in campus residence facilities, certain non-campus property and certain public property. Non-Campus property includes property owned or controlled by officially recognized student organizations, property located off main campus that is owned or controlled by the institution, other locations repeatedly used by the institution on school sponsored trips (i.e. if students are housed at the same hotel every year, that hotel must be included in our noncampus geography), property used by students during short away trips for more than one night that are controlled by the institution (housing and study facility, i.e. a study trip), and property used to house students in a study abroad program that is rented or leased by the institution.
In addition to statistics for crimes and disciplinary referrals our department needs a list of all non-campus locations in which the institution arranged for student housing and/or study facilities in 2024 (which meet the above definition on non-campus property). Please provide the name of the property, address and specific dates of stays.
If any individuals in your department that meets the definition of a CSA, as described above, are aware of any crimes that occurred that were not reported to the FSU Police during the 2024 calendar year, they need to record the information on the the form here.
We are in the process of compiling data for our 2025-2026 Annual Security Report and will need to include these statistics in the final draft. I am requesting that the information be returned to police-clery@fsu.edu no later than August 1, 2025.
CSAs are not required to provide names or personal information on victims. However, date, location and type of offense needs to be reported along with any information regarding university affiliation.
In addition, if a serious crime that may cause an ongoing threat to the Florida State University community is reported to anyone who is defined as a CSA, that individual has the responsibility to immediately report the incident to the Florida State University Police Department. If there is any question as to whether an on-going threat exists, immediately contact the Florida State University Police Department at (850) 644-1234.
In past years, a request was forwarded to all Deans, Directors and Department Heads requesting information on individuals meeting the definition of a CSA be forwarded to FSUPD. Information has been provided to those identified individuals on accessing the online Clery Training and the online Clery reporting form. In an attempt to update the list of CSAs, we are requesting each department to submit a list of all current CSAs to police-clery@fsu.edu. I am requesting that the information be provided no later than August 1, 2025.
Thank you for your assistance in helping us to prepare the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report.
If you or your designee have any questions, please contact Amanda Frazier, Clery Act Compliance Director. E-Mail: Amanda.Frazier@fsu.edu. Phone: (850) 645-7823.
ASEMFL Annual Meetings
Conference – for ALL interested parties:
As you may know, the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) is a state academy of science, founded in part by our very own Laura Greene, which recognizes the work of individuals in the State of Florida who have made major achievements in science, engineering and medicine. FSU serves as an institutional member, supporting this nonprofit, and at present, Greg Boebinger (copied) serves on its Board of Directors. ASEMFL membership is made of NASEM members who work or reside in Florida, plus Florida faculty members who have been elected to membership in recognition of their accomplishments.
This coming fall, the ASEMFL annual conference is open to all interested in attending – including the public. I’m writing to encourage you and your chairs (copied) to encourage attendance by your faculty, post-docs, and students. As the save the date (attached) notes, this is an “ideal professional venue for engaging with National Academy Members and luminaries in Science, Engineering and Medicine across the state of Florida.” The conference is in Orlando and has a modest registration fee of $25 for students and post-docs and $250 for faculty/administrators/general public. Download the agenda for the meeting here. Registration is live here.
Just for Graduate Students & Post-Docs:
Included on that registration page is the portal for the graduate student/post-doc poster session. Graduate students and post-docs are invited to apply to participate in the poster session here, using the “trainee” instructions here. The deadline is August 29, 2025.
Just for Assistant Professors:
Also included is an invitation for early-career faculty to self-nominate as a Rising Star here. Faculty earning the designation of Rising Stars are expected to deliver a 3-minute “rapid-fire talk” to present their cutting-edge research in a “concise and impactful” one slide format. Rising Stars are required to fully participate in the two-day conference, but the conference fee is then waived. Last year, three engineering faculty applied, and Daniel Hallinan was elected as a Rising Star; I’d like to see more apply this year and am available to help candidates craft and edit their “statement of contribution” and citation. I am responsible for tracking nomination attempts for FSU, so even if a faculty member doesn’t want or need my editing expertise, they must inform me that they are nominating themselves for my records. The deadline is August 1, 2025.
Find FSU Resources at response.fsu.edu
We hope you are having a fantastic summer and are finding ways to beat the heat. Whether new to FSU or returning to campus, we want you to know that your FSU community is always here for you. The resources listed below are available to help support your well-being, and we encourage you to reach out as you see fit. Thank you for showing kindness and support of one another.
To access important resources and updates, visit: RESPONSE.FSU.EDU
FSU Counseling & Psychological Services
FSU Employee Assistance Program
FSU University Health Services
Need to Know
Engineering Our Future
We identified five strategic priorities to focus on for the next five years. For each of these priorities, we set goals with identified metrics for our college:
Opportunities for Faculty and Staff
FAMU HR Upcoming Trainings Calendar
Click here for the latest Upcoming Trainings calendar.
Dissertation and Thesis Defenses
Dissertation Defenses - TBA
THESIS DEFENSES - TBA
For full defense announcement info click here.
Good to Know
New FSU ID Cards for COE Joint Faculty
FSU is issuing new ID cards for our FAMU faculty in the College of Engineering. These new cards are designated "COE Joint Faculty" rather than "Courtesy" at FSU. This change reflects our efforts to better recognize and integrate our faculty within the college community, as outlined in Article 4 of the Memorandum of Agreement between FAMU and FSU and the One College goal of the COE Strategic Plan.
To obtain your new ID card, drop by the FSU card office.
FAMU-FSU Engineering Career Services Liaisons
Sean Collins - sean.collins@famu.edu
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Sr. Career Specialist, Career Services Liaison at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering | https://cpdcenter.famu.edu/
FSU - TBD Career Liaison for the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Drop-in Career Advising at the Career Center (No Appointment Necessary):
- Monday (VIRTUAL): 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click HERE
- Tuesday - Thursday (IN-PERSON): 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Friday (VIRTUAL): 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click HERE
Pre-Scheduled Career Advising Appointments with a Career Advisor (located at The Career Center):
- Login to NoleNetwork
- Click appointments on the menu bar options
- Click request a new appointment
- Select Virtual Career Advising
- Click search at the bottom
- Select your preferred appointment time to complete the booking process by following any additional prompts
- You will get a confirmation email and can always log back into your NoleNetwork account to update, change, or cancel your virtual career advising booking
Career Docs (Virtual Document Review):
- Students can submit their resumes, cover letters, and other career-related documents for online review and feedback via Career Docs - https://canvas.fsu.edu/enroll/3LWPX7
Things to Do
Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee
Hollywood Movies at the IMAX | Call (850) 645-7796 to Buy Tickets
Faculty and Staff tickets are $11. Check out all the new movies now playing, here.
Resources
Engineering Career Services
Virtual and F2F advising hours here.
FAMU Academics
Undergraduate Links to academic info, student services, student life and more.
Grad Links to academic info, grad student services and more.
FSU Student Academic Resources
Undergraduate Links to academic info, official university announcements and public health information.
Grad Links to graduate student academic info, official university announcements and public health information.
Online Scholarship Search
In case of emergencies
Call 9-1-1. If you have concerns about your safety while on the engineering campus, call FSU Police 850-644-1234.
The Engineering Library Circulation Desk
Hours are: Monday - Friday – 8am to 5pm | (850) 410-6328 | A225 & A248
College Lost and Found
Student Services in B111 is the college lost and found location. If you've found something, drop it off here and if you've lost something, check here first!
Need a Mental Health Break?
Welcome to the Breakroom, B226-H, which is available for one person at a time, from 9:00 am - 4:50 pm on normal business days. Reserve a 50-minute slot using this link.
FAMU Counseling Services and Support
Check online here for more information about individual or group counseling services.
To schedule an appointment, you can walk in or contact the office by phone at 850-599-3145.
If you are experiencing a crisis and need to speak with a counselor when our office is closed, call BetterMynd for FREE at (844) 287-6963.
FSU Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing Support
If you are struggling, please visit the Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing Support page for a list of on-campus and community resources.
If you are in crisis or need immediate intervention, contact FSU PD at (850) 644-1234. To reach the 24/7 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call 988.
Questions? Contact the Employee Assistance Program at (850) 644-2288.
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