Two Decades of Inspiring Students: Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary

When Norm Thagard left NASA in 1995 to join the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, he had one big question for his dean — What is my new mission?

Along with his role as a professor of electrical engineering, Thagard was the college’s director of college relations.

“I asked Dean C.J. “Marty” Chen, ‘What does a director of college relations do? What do you expect me to accomplish?’” said Thagard, an FSU alumnus. “He said he expected me to get kids turned on to engineering so we would one day see them as students coming into our college.”

MIT Alum Donate $500K for Engineering Student Scholarships

Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineering alumni who were mentees of former dean Yaw D. Yeboah, Ph.D., have donated $215,000 of their $500,000 pledge to provide expendable and endowed scholarships for Florida A&M University engineering students at the joint college.

Leslye Fraser earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from MIT before going on to study law. She is a retired U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) environmental appeals judge. She met fellow chemical engineering student Darryl Fraser at MIT.

Faculty Master Class Series: Designing a Winning Strategy

Designing a Winning Strategy

Tips, best practices & insider knowledge for faculty creating grant proposals & working through agency negotiations.

Funding agencies can be hard to navigate and the proposal process is complex. Mark Dobek, Ph.D., J.D., Assistant Dean for Special Projects, will walk you through the pre- and post-award timeline and give you best practices from both universities and the college’s research office experience.

Faculty Master Class Series: Mastering Connections

Mastering Connections

How to use networking to develop key relationships with industry pros and elevate your business social skills.

For any faculty member who hates small talk but loves collaboration! Kimberly Jacobs, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Development at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering will walk you through how to make the most of receptions, industry meetings, alumni relationships and conferences to further your research and career.

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