Steps Forward

Strategy 4: Focus on Scholarship and Excellence

Updated August 1, 2024 Strategy 3

Committing to excellence is a vital ingredient of our success. FSU enjoys strong faculty and staff leadership in broad areas that have significance and relevance to our world and its people. We must celebrate our achievements and tell our stories.

4.1 Communicate excellence.

  • Initiated the consolidation of all research social media accounts and tag posts to increase impact. – Please send us your news and highlights to aspire@fsu.edu!

4.2 Celebrate success.

  • Identified and provided AAAS membership support to faculty eligible for future AAAS fellowship nomination.

4.3 Recognize the contributions of all disciplines at all levels.

  • Planned Discovery Days 2024 – A week-long event to celebrate research excellence at FSU.

4.4 Align efforts to ASPIRE.

  • Created an ASPIRE website.
  • Widely distributed the ASPIRE report.
  • Held a Collaborative Collision event in Spring 2024 aligning to ASPIRE Impact area 5.1
  • Provided the first mid-year update on Steps Forward.

Strategy 3