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: Opens SU B, June 23, 2025, Mon - Fri, 9:00AM-2:00PM, Sat.-Sun., Closed | Menu
IME REU, ends August 2, 2025, at HPMI (Dickens)
NASA + EN BP-AE REU, ends August 1, 2025, at AME (Moore)
Resilience REU, edns August 1, 2025, at RIDER (Zhang)
Tally Robotics Youth Summer Camp, June 16-July 24, 2025, M-F, 9:00am-3:00pm, Location TBD (Shearer)
Brilliant Resilience Summer School, June 16-July 24, 2025, M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm, Location TBD (Ernst)
Juneteenth Holiday, June 19, 2025, College closed
Independence Day Holiday, July 4, 2025, College closed
CLC Engineering Summer HS Camp, July 7 thru July 11, 2025, 10:00am-3:00pm, COE B118 (Amwake)
Joint Management Council Meeting, August 05, 2025 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Event Location: Zoom (Brown)
Fall Semester Begins, August 25, 2025
Labor Day Holiday, September 1, 2025, College closed
STEM Resume Cafe, September 25, 2025
R-SEAT UTC Conference, September 25-26, 2025, FAMU Ballroom (Amon Bryant)
Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) SE Workshop, September 26-28
STEM Career & Internship Fair, September 30, 2025
FAMU Homecoming, October 18, 2025
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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Call for Nominations - POLY/PMSE Student Chapter at FAMU-FSU Executive Committee
The POLY/PMSE Student Chapter at FAMU-FSU is now soliciting nominations for the positions of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer with a one-year appointment starting August 1st of 2025. Information on each position can be found below and in the attached Chapter By-Laws. Members of the Executive Committee of the Chapter gain valuable skills in the areas of teamwork, leadership, and professional service under the global missions of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) and Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division. Both of these Divisions are committed to the advancement of polymer science and its people. In addition, the chapter works closely with the National Divisions for opportunities in networking and conference/symposia organization. Therefore, these positions offer students a valuable opportunity to expand their professional networks as far as they are willing to. Nominations are due to (nzs22a@fsu.edu) by 5pm on June 6, 2025. Self nominations are highly encouraged.
Following approval of nominations, positions with more than one nominees will be elected by vote of the members of the chapter. Information on election ballots will be sent out in June. If you are not a member of the Chapter, joining is free (POLY/PMSE Student Chapter at FAMU-FSU - Nole Central), and we encourage your support even if unable to run for positions at this time. We hold group social events every year as well as a symposium where faculty, students, and post-docs can showcase their work.
Further details on our Chapter can be found at this address POLY/PMSE at FAMU-FSU | student chapter.
Please consider being a part of the future of this chapter, which aims to expand symposium organization to local and regional meetings with financial encouragement and backing from the National Divisions. If you have any questions at all regarding these, please feel free to reach out to me, Zana (President) nzs22a@fsu.edu or our Faculty Advisors (Justin Kennemur ) jkennemur@fsu.edu and (Daniel Hallinan) dhallinan@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Attached are the chapter by-laws and the following are the responsibilities of the officers:
- President’s Duties:
- Primary coordination of all chapter activities.
- Enforcement of parliamentary procedures.
- Preside at all meetings and chapter functions.
- Conduct regular meetings with the officers and the advisor.
- Establish committees and appoint chairs to carry out assignments.
- Monitor the progress of activities.
- Encourage cooperation and participation of chapter members.
- Be available to listen to problems, suggestions, and complaints of chapter members.
- File the chapter’s annual report with the Division.
- Represent the chapter at special school or community events.
- Represent the chapter in the POLY membership committee.
- Vice President’s Duties:
- Act on behalf of the president when the president is unavailable.
- Serve as the default chair for any committee for which no chair is assigned.
- Assist and share responsibilities as necessary with the president.
- Secretary’s Duties:
- Record the minutes for all meetings which includes attendance.
- Compile the membership roster, including majors, specializations, and areas of expertise.
- List committee assignments.
- Plan and record the chapter’s calendar for the year.
- Handle chapter correspondence.
- Submit a formal set of chapter records to the faculty advisor at the end of the year.
- Treasurer’s Duties:
- Basic financial management
- Prepare a tentative budget at the beginning of the academic year.
- Act as the primary liaison with organizations that provide sponsorship monies to for organization activities.
- Maintain a balanced checkbook.
- Report on present income and project future income at meetings.
- Record all cash advanced and handle reimbursements when applicable.
- Submit a financial report to the president at the end of each semester.
- Ensures dues and memberships are both paid and recorded.
Nadia Zana Singleton, Ph.D. Candidate, FAMU-FSU POLY/PMSE Student Chapter President
Federal Research Updates
Office of Research | Information for Researchers HerE
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
2025 Tuition Scholarship for Dependents and Spouses
We are pleased to announce that applications for the annual Tuition Scholarship Program for Dependents and Spouses are now being accepted for Fall and Spring. Florida State University provides dependent children and spouses of full-time faculty and staff with a scholarship opportunity to obtain tuition assistance for an undergraduate or graduate education at FSU.
The Office of Human Resources is now accepting applications and will choose at random from a pool of applicants a limited number of eligible dependent children and spouses of qualified faculty and staff to be scholarship recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Scholarship Offerings
For each eligible dependent child or spouse selected, the University will provide $630.42 for undergraduates and $2,421.06 for graduates towards the cost of the matriculation tuition fee for six (6) hours of tuition, per semester, for the 2025-2026 academic year. Unless sufficient funds are available, applications beginning in Fall will be given priority. Please note, scholarship recipients are responsible for all other fees, including those related to books, supplies, building, capital improvement, student financial aid, activity and service, athletic, health, transportation, etc.
Eligibility
University employees are eligible to apply for the scholarship for their dependents or spouses if they are salaried faculty and staff (A&P, USPS, AEX) who have completed one year of full-time continuous service by August 8, 2025. In order to receive the scholarship, students must currently be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate and 9 hours for graduate and be in good academic standing.
For additional information regarding program eligibility, including a detailed description of who is considered a “dependent” for the purposes of this program, please visit FSU’s Office of Human Resources website.
Application
To apply for the scholarship pool, please complete the Employee Dependent Scholarship Application, and submit the completed form with all applicable supporting documentation to the Office of Human Resources by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 8, 2025. The announcement of all contingent awards will be made by Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
Questions
Questions regarding the application process and employee eligibility should be forwarded to the Office of Human Resources at dependent-scholarship@fsu.edu. Scholarship recipients with questions regarding their student financial account should contact the Office of Student Business Services at (850) 644-9452.
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
Welcome Our New Employees
Amora Randolph is a new pre-engineering academic advisor (In Training) with the college. Amora is a Tallahassee native who graduated with a BA from Florida State University. She believes that while Tallahassee to many seems boring on the surface, it is a city of hidden gems and has the best tap water the state has to offer! Amora previously worked at the FSU Testing Center as a Testing Team Lead, but she is ecstatic to be a new staff member to the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering as a Pre-Engineering Advisor. In her spare time, she can be found napping, crafting or illustrating, reading, or watching SCI-FI/Fantasy shows. |
Carter Ferguson, IT/AV with the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee, recently graduated from Florida State University and began working at the Challenger Learning Center in fall 2024, earning a promotion to Operations Manager in January 2025. He manages the IMAX theater and ensures that facility systems and equipment remain operational and well-serviced. Carter also contributes to various initiatives, including maintaining the hydroponics farm and supporting Astro appearances around the Capitol. He looks forward to assisting with summer camp and making a meaningful impact in the community. |
Dr. Magdalena Moczala-Dusanowska joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as a research scientist, specializing in nanofabrication and cleanroom process development. With over a decade of hands-on lab experience, she is currently leading the setup of a shared micro- and nanofabrication facility, which will be located in the cleanroom at IRCB. Dr. Moczala-Dusanowska earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, and most recently worked at the Princeton University cleanroom as a staff member, enabling interdisciplinary collaboration and mentoring students in precision fabrication. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and spending time with her family. |
Lindsay Shaw is a new pre-engineering academic advisor with the college. Lindsay graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Communication. Since her graduation, she has worked in a variety of fields — broadcast journalism, copywriting, social media management, and, most recently, education. In her free time, she is in way too many book clubs and she teaches yoga at her gym. |
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/
Abbey Hale - amhale@fsu.edu
Florida State University Career Center, Assistant Director, Employer Relations, Career Liaison at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering - amhale@fsu.edu | https://career.fsu.edu/about-us/career-liaisons
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
Engineering Spirit Shop
Order here. All orders can be picked up locally or shipped. If you have questions, please email Dana.
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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