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e e L s l a y R / b Step away from the plug! FSU goes a L o t o h By Libby Fairhurst P percent of campus greenspace. In dents, faculty and staff take advan- U S FSU Media Relations Office the next few months OTI will con- tage of our beautiful open spaces.” wireless F tinue to expand and tweak the sys- FSU’s exterior spaces have here’s something in the air tem, installing wireless bridge gained wireless access via large these days at FSU and it’s all devices to eliminate many remain- capacity panels installed atop key Tabout computing with no ing coverage gaps and integrating campus locations such as the strings, or in this case no wires, existing indoor access points. Westcott Building, Strozier Library attached. “Since the wireless initiative and a pair of University Center A campuswide wireless net- eliminates the issue of ‘place’ as it buildings adjacent to Doak working project is off and running pertains to the FSU network, it Campbell Stadium. in response to a charge from FSU gives technology users the flexibil- “Even after exiting buildings President T.K. Wetherell. The proj- ity to interact differently with the our laptops work virtually any- ect transforms exterior spaces and university and each other, which where on the main campus,” said high traffic throughways into wire- literally changes the way our uni- Michael Barker, FSU’s director of less access zones and liberates lap- versity works and how it looks User Services, “or require no more top users on the main campus while working,” said Larry than a very brief stroll from the from plugging in the old-fash- Conrad, FSU’s chief information handful of places without wireless ioned way –– indoors. officer and associate vice president coverage.” “Technology has given us a for Technology Integration. Safeguarded by state of the art wealth of new communication “We see education and security features, unplugged life tools,” Wetherell said. “We’ve research conducted in new ways,” on campus is accessible only to Wireless bridge panels, like this one (Continued on page 5) already integrated technology into continued Conrad, “as more stu- atop Bryan Hall, will expand wireless our curriculum and culture, and access zones on campus. building upon that we’ll provide pervasive wireless access to our students by the end of the fall October 2004 semester.” By early September FSU’s Office of Technology Integration (OTI) had installed the necessary equipment throughout roughly 75 Sir Harold Kroto to join chemistry department By Jill Elish “We are thrilled that Nobel Assistant Director, Media Relations Laureate Harry Kroto will be join- ing the department of chemistry ive Nobel Prize winners and biochemistry,” said President s d have served on the FSU T.K. Wetherell. “His pioneering n u faculty over the years. work in nanoscience will impact m d E Now a sixth has joined the ongoing research and teaching e l e the university. h here at FSU and across the nation. c i M Sir Harold Kroto, who won the His dedication to research, teach- / F b 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has ing and educational outreach will a L joined the FSU faculty as a Francis o benefit the university and commu- t o h Eppes Professor and will arrive on nity at large.” P U Sir Harold Kroto campus this month. Kroto comes Kroto is not an unfamiliar face S F to FSU from the University of at FSU. Last spring, he served as a Sussex in the United Kingdom. (Continued on page 4) S 1 T 6 a u 0 l i l t 0 a e h R 1 a e 0 s Hobbs sees the good in broad federal reforms d 4 s e B e a , By Bayard Stern y r F federal government. Despite the r the federal government in 1978 b L u e Managing Editor s a r 3 segregated circumstances in which through the Presidential e 2 r P 3 T l 1 a he grew up, he achieved his goals Management Internship Program. e 0 z h t - a 6 ven as a ninth-grader at the in education and work. f “That was the first year of the 0 o 6 t 8 segregated Lincoln High “Because of the power of the program,” he said. “President n E e School in Tallahassee, FSU alum- federal government, the whole city m Jimmy Carter promised reform t r a nus Ira Hobbs understood the of Tallahassee changed,” Hobbs p through the creation of a manage- e injustice of “separate but equal,” D said. “The power of the federal . ment cadre in the federal govern- S . but felt powerless to change it. But government to invoke reform on a U ment. I applied through Florida the year was 1964, and Congress broad basis on the lives of folks State and was accepted.” would pass the Civil Rights Act had a major impact on me. I want- Hobbs has made his career as a that gave Hobbs opportunity for ed to work on a platform that government official. Before accept- the future and an appreciation of offered the opportunity to make ing his job with the Treasury June the federal government’s ability to big changes at one time.” 13, he was the deputy CIO and act- effect sweeping change. Hobbs graduated from FSU ing CIO at the U.S. Department of C P P N O U Today, Hobbs is the chief infor- with a Master of Science degree in Agriculture where he had worked i e . o r n S A g r n . c m a - i mation officer for the U.S. public administration (M.S.P.) in P for 22 years. P n n i I o r t n i D z o s a # t a f Department of the Treasury and 1977. As CIO of the mammoth t a i t i t 2 g i , o (Continued on page 3) 0 e Ira Hobbs O n proud to be an employee of the Hobbs began his career with 0 h 3 i o 2 / October 2004 October 2004 / 3 Attorney Trueblood enjoys diverse slate of duties A season for gratitude By Vida Volkert “It’s nice that one of our grads is I felt like the whole Tallahassee Miami, and represented several settled down in Polk County, Staff Writer doing that well,” said James Joanos, community was supportive.” members of the Seminole Tribe in Florida in the early ’80s. Because FSU will say ‘thanks’ to Bobby Bowden with special honors Trueblood’s former instructor at Upon graduation, Trueblood court, winning their confidence. Trueblood’s father is full American By Jill Elish more deserving of recognition in perpetuity Seminole Boosters Pat and Pam Roberts com- ships in Bowden’s name. This has been the best summer FSU. “I’m proud that he was my was hired by Holland & Knight as One of those instances he remem- Indian and his mother is white, he Assistant Director, Media Relations at any university than Bobby Bowden is at missioned the 9-foot-tall statue, which was Bowden’s likeness also is the subject of a of Travis Trueblood’s life. The student.” an associate — the first of Native bers as especially memorable. He struggled with his personal identity Florida State,” said Dave Hart, director of dedicated along with the Les and Ruth Akers three-story stained glass window that will be young lawyer and FSU alumnus Joanos, a retired district court of American ancestry. The job allowed and the opposing party’s lawyer for a while. FSU coach Bobby Bowden has long been Athletics. “You simply cannot put a value on Plaza at the athletic center. This edition of the installed over the front entrance of the new from Polk County was sworn into appeals judge who served as one of him to travel to remote areas in the were riding up the elevator to the “People looked at me and said, a monumental figure in football. Now his what he has meant to the growth of Florida Florida State Times was already at press at the athletic center. The stained glass window will the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, earned the four members of the judge’s chamber, when the ‘you are not an Indian, you are not likeness has been depicted in stained glass State University. His legend is woven time of the ceremony. Look for photos of the be dedicated during a ceremony prior to the a fellowship from the American Bar FSU College of Law opposing lawyer made a dark enough.’ I used to feel bad. It and cast in bronze for a permanent larger- throughout our city, our region, our state and ceremony in the next issue. Nov. 20 FSU vs. Florida game. The tribute to Association to serve with its diver- Founders Committee, said remark. took me a lot of years to grasp that. than-life-size sculpture. all of college football, which makes these In addition, Proctor has created a smaller Bowden will continue at halftime with the sity committee and was appointed he was not surprised to “He said to me ‘you There have been a lot of times when Both the window and the sculpture will planned tributes very fitting.” piece of artwork, measuring just over 12 inch- naming of Bobby Bowden Field. chairman of the Solo and Small hear of his former stu- know you are going to I was younger that I thought adorn the new Coyle E.

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