Student Spotlight: Lissa Mann
Published: | 9:20 am | Posted in: News, Students
Lissa Mann – COSSPP alumna (’25 Political Science) and Master’s of Applied American Politics and Policy student – is balancing full-time graduate studies with a career in political communications, currently serving as a digital strategist at Media Designed to Win (MDW) Communications and as Director of Communications for the FSU MAAPP Association. The Master’s of […]
FSU Student Invited to Nationally Competitive Coro Fellows Program for Emerging Public Affairs Leaders
Published: | 1:39 pm | Posted in: News, Students
A Florida State University master’s student and Presidential Scholar was accepted into a highly competitive national fellowship program for emerging civic leaders.
Ella Garcia, who is working toward her master’s degree in public administration, was accepted into the Coro Fellows Program housed at University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Student Spotlight: Brooke Martin
Published: | 12:51 pm | Posted in: News, Students
Brooke Martin – Master of Public Administration (MPA) student with FSU’s Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy – recently received the Hoffman Public Service Award at the Gubernatorial Fellows Reception, held at the Governor’s Mansion on April 14, 2026.
FSU’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning Engages Students Through Cooperative Internships Program
Published: | 12:08 pm | Posted in: News, Research That Works, Students
Florida State University’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning (DURP) provides students with real-world experience through its Cooperative Internships Program, which allows master’s students to work in professional planning positions for both private and public sectors.
Alumni Spotlight: Bradley Goldstein, D.O.
Published: | 12:20 pm | Posted in: Alumni News, News
Bradley Goldstein, D.O. – an Alumnus of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (M.S. Public Health ‘04) – was the first in FSU history to obtain a Master of Public Health (MPH) in the spring of 2004.
International Affairs Professor Receives University Teaching Award
Published: | 11:15 am | Posted in: Alumni News, Faculty/Staff, News
International Affairs Teaching Professor Whitney Bendeck, Ph.D., received Florida State University’s 2025-26 University Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Major (undergraduate) in recognition of her impact on undergraduate students.
Student Spotlight: Catalina Grieco
Published: | 9:20 am | Posted in: News, Students
Catalina Grieco – a second-year student majoring in political science with a minor in communications and a certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security – was selected for a highly competitive federal lobbying internship with TikTok in Washington, D.C., becoming the first Florida State University student to hold this position.
Alumni Spotlight: Mazi Rhodes
Published: | 12:10 pm | Posted in: Alumni News, News
Mazi Rhodes, AICP – a two-time FSU COSSPP alumnus (B.S. International Affairs ’20, Master of Science in Planning ’22) – is joining the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) this month as a Freight & Rail Planner.
Department of Geography Hosts April 2026 Colloquium
Published: | 5:05 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Students
FSU’s Geography Department hosted their monthly Colloquium on Friday, April 3, 2026.
The event, titled, “Creative Participatory GeoMethods for Co-creating Community Health Knowledge” was a lecture based event hosted by Shamayeta Bhattacharya, Ph.D., assistant Professor in the Department of Community Engagement and Leadership at Point Park University and the director of their Ph.D. in Community Engagement program.
Research Spotlight: “Contemporary Political Participation and its Countervailing Effects on Civic Culture”
Published: | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research That Works
Florida State University Associate Teaching Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science Alexandra Cockerham, Ph.D., and FSU Panama City faculty member James Cockerham, Ph.D., co-edited and co-authored “Contemporary Political Participation and its Countervailing Effects on Civic Culture,” which was recently published by Vernon Press in 2026.