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Fall 2024 Graduation Celebration

Published: | 2:30 pm | Posted in: Alumni News, News, Students

Graduates, families, faculty, and staff gathered in the Bellamy Atrium on Friday, December 13, to celebrate the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s newest graduates. Our students who graduated this semester from FSU with degrees from COSSPP join our 50,000+ alumni worldwide. Graduates enjoyed a come-and-go reception on Commencement morning from 10 p.m. to […]

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Spring 2025 COSSPP Faculty & Staff Photo Day

Published: | 11:53 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Students

Our College’s faculty and staff photo days for Spring have been rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 19, and Thursday, Feb. 20, from 10 am to 2 pm in Communications Ground Floor Studio (Bellamy 042). Photos are taken on a walk-in basis. On Wednesday, studio and outside backgrounds will be offered. On Thursday, only the studio background […]

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Student Spotlight: Jessie Yuan

Published: | 9:00 am | Posted in: News, Students

Jessie Yuan – a graduate student pursuing Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Social Work (MSW), was selected as a Knight Fellow with the City of Tallahassee Office of Economic Vitality in the Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise (MWBSE) Division. 

The MWSBE Academy Workshop Series is a program designed to support and empower members of the MWSBE, by providing them with valuable resources, training, and networking opportunities.

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DMC Hosts Screening of UNDIVIDE US to Increase Civil Discourse 

Published: | 2:30 pm | Posted in: News, Students

The DeVoe L. Moore Center (DMC) at the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy is launching an initiative to increase civil discourse and decrease polarization across campus. The DMC is a public policy research institute, or “think tank,” involved in examining market-oriented solutions to pressing social problems. The initiative is led by the DMC’s Business Manager, Jalen Shojgreen, who joined the DMC last Fall.  

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COSSPP Student Leader Rodney Wells Named Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Published: | 1:42 pm | Posted in: News, Students

Rodney Wells, a senior majoring in Interdisciplinary Social Science at FSU, who aspires to become a civil rights attorney, has earned the prestigious accomplishment of being named a Rhodes Scholar finalist.  He interviewed Nov. 16 in Birmingham, Alabama, for the world’s oldest and most celebrated international fellowship award after a rigorous, monthslong application process.    […]

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Student Spotlight: Brianna Morales

Published: | 12:57 pm | Posted in: News, Students

Brianna Morales – a fourth-year sociology major minoring in psychology – received the FSU Student Seminole Award for her active involvement in the Florida State community. 

The award is given to eight to ten students who made major contributions to the university in the areas of leadership and service. Her achievements include serving as social advocacy chair of the Hispanic Latinx Student Union (HLSU) as well as founding FSU’s Argentinian Student Association (ARSA).

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Research Spotlight: “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit”

Published: | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research, Students

Kyle Rose, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology, was the lead author of “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit,” published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. This article was co-authored with Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., professor of Sociology at FSU. The following summary was written by Jyana O’Donnell (B.A. English ‘26) and Rachel Lechwar (M.S. Communication Science and Disorders ’26).

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