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FSU MOBILE Popular app now includes Blackboard Mobile Learn, 4 MEDICINE Graduate medical education gets reaccredited, 5 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Digital research repository to StateThe Florida State University Faculty-Staff Bulletin promote open access, 6 Volume 46 • Number 7 November 21 - December 11, 2011 Creating the nation’s most Coburn receives national award veteran-friendly By Jeffery Seay EDITOR IN CHIEF campus Mary B. Coburn, vice presi- dent for Student Affairs, was By Jill Elish INTERIM DIRECTOR, NEWS AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS named a Pillar of the Profes- sion by the NASPA Founda- Florida State University is well on raising awareness about their educational tion, the fundraising arm of its way to becoming the most veteran- needs and service to our country among NASPA-Student Affairs Ad- friendly public university in the nation. the student body in general. ” ministra- Working with the Collegiate Veterans Veterans House tors in Association, President Eric J. Barron The Pearl Tyner Welcome Center at H i g h e r has established a Florida State Veter- the Alumni Association complex has E d u c a - ans House, hired a director of a newly been temporarily pressed into service as tion. The created Florida State Veterans Center, the Florida State Veterans House until distinction and launched a Student Veteran Film a permanent facility can be built. honors in- Festival. A ceremonial ribbon was cut on Nov. d iv i d u a l s The three initiatives are designed to 12 to mark the beginning of the wel- who pro- provide support and services to assist come center’s latest use. Joining Presi- vided stel- veterans in their transition to college and dent Barron at the ceremony were Col. Mary Coburn lar leader- successful pursuit of a degree. William “Billy” Francis, director of ship and service to the student “With nearly 25 percent of recently- the Veterans Center; retired Vice Adm. affairs profession. separated-from-the-military veterans Gordon S. Holder, who is leading the Coburn, with 13 other stu- enrolling in college within two years, the university’s fundraising efforts in sup- dent affairs professionals, will need for support and assistance in the port of its veterans initiatives; and Jared receive the Pillar of the Pro- transition from military service to col- Lyon, president of the FSU Chapter of fession Award during NASPA’s lege student is obvious,” Barron said. the Collegiate Veterans Association. annual national conference in “Although FSU is already recognized as a “This beautiful house has served as Phoenix in March. ‘Military Friendly School’ (www.mili- the home to eight Florida State Univer- “This recognition is well taryfriendlyschools.com), we want to sity presidents and as a welcome center deserved for Mary, whose do more for our student-veterans, while Please see VETERAN-FRIENDLY, 8 Please see COBURN, 12 For additional details and video, visit www.fsu.edu and www.fsu.com. For a second year in a row, the Florida State University College of Law Mock Trial Team has won Spread first place in the E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition. The 2011 competition, hosted THEWord by the Florida Justice Association Young Lawyers Section, was held in Tampa on Nov. 5-6. Advertisement 2 • November 21 - December 11, 2011 • State State Vol. 46 • No. 7 unicomm.fsu.edu/State-Faculty-Staff-Bulletin Editor in Chief Jeffery Seay Writers Elizabeth Bettendorf Libby Fairhurst FSU Photography Services/Michelangelo Loreti Services/Michelangelo Photography FSU Barry Ray Andrea Wolf Interim Director of News and Research Communications hello! Jill Elish Assistant Vice President for University Relations and Director of Stuart Pearce Integrated Marketing and Communications Jeanette DeDiemar, Ph.D. Vice President for University Relations Liz Maryanski President Florida State University Job title: Game Operations Manager Division of University Relations. Eric J. Barron, Ph.D. To-do list: Someone has to be in Not responsible for: Coaching foot- Board of Trustees Chairman charge during each of the seven home ball. William “Andy” Haggard football games, right? Pearce oversees Quotable: “I started coming to foot- Vice Chairman Susie Busch-Transou all aspects of the stadium experience, ball games at Doak Campbell when I was Aviram “Avi” Assidon coordinating a small army: the officiating 7 years old with my family. I consider it Allan G. Bense Edward E. Burr crew, TV network representatives, visiting a tremendous blessing and honor to be Joseph Camps, M.D. teams, the FSU Police Department, local able to coordinate home football games Emily Fleming Duda Joseph R. Gruters and state law enforcement agencies, for families of today.” Mark Hillis James E. Kinsey Jr. Aramark Food Services, the Marching After 5: Pearce and his wife are Sandra Lewis, Ph.D. Margaret “Peggy” Rolando Chiefs, the Renegade team, the American expecting their fifth child in December. Brent W. Sembler Red Cross, the university’s Americans They are active at First Baptist Church The deadline for the with Disabilities Act program, the Athletic and enjoy the outdoors, especially the Dec. 12, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012, issue is 4:30 p.m., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30. Ticket Office, Sports Marketing, Sports ducks at Lake Ella and the beach at St. Information, Seminole Boosters and the Teresa. FSU Foundation Important year-end dates for charitable gift processing Employees who are responsible for pro- either be mailed using Mail Code 2739 or State is the faculty-staff bulletin and document of record cessing or receiving gifts for their colleges or hand-delivered to the Foundation office at of Florida State University. 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State • November 21 - December 11, 2011 • 3 FSU Mobile app now offers Blackboard course access The Florida State University app for State.” smartphones and tablets, FSU Mobile, FSU Mobile originally launched in now includes a Blackboard module that June 2010 and includes a campus map, allows faculty and students mobile ac- directory and calendar, information on cess to their courses and organizations. key campus locations, athletic and aca- “This is the upgrade students have demic news, and FSU photos and videos. been waiting for,” said FSU student body “Making Blackboard part of FSU president Avi Assidon. “Sometimes it’s Mobile,” said Assidon, “shows once again necessary and other times students just that Florida State continues to stay at the prefer to retrieve class materi- leading edge of technology. als through their phones. So It’s just a great use of stu- this one-tap access to Black- dents’ tech-fee dollars.” board through the FSU app FSU Mobile is free and is really going to be popular.” can be downloaded from the The Blackboard Mobile Apple, Android, BlackBer- Learn module allows stu- ry and Palm app stores. For dents and instructors to view announce- Blackberry and Palm users, Blackboard ments, participate in discussions boards, Learn is offered as a stand-alone app. update blogs and journals, and check Additional information is online at its. grades. fsu.edu/Web-Services/FSU-Mobile. “This addition to our mobile plat- FSU Mobile and Blackboard Mobile In addition to the new Blackboard Mobile form opens doors for students and fac- Learn are provided through the collab- Learn module, FSU Mobile also includes ulty to interact in new and flexible ways,” orative efforts of Information Tech- a campus map and directory; event said Michael Barrett, chief information nology Services and the Office of Dis- calendars; library, athletics and emergency officer at FSU. “We expect Blackboard tance Learning. Development of these information; academic news; FSU photos Mobile Learn to become an important mobile platforms was funded in part and videos; and information on key campus part of daily academic life here at Florida through the student technology fee.