Updated December 31, 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!
- Provided town hall meetings to provide updates and obtain feedback.
- Launched a new video series highlighting faculty. “Innovation in Action“.
- Included faculty success stories in monthly research newsletters.
- Promoted FSU Research Initiatives at more than a dozen regional and national events.
4.2 Celebrate success.
- Provided funding for faculty to secure AAAS memberships.
- Hosted 2nd annual PI Reception, celebrating PIs with active grants in AY23-24.
4.3 Recognize the contributions of all disciplines at all levels.
- Facilitated Discovery Days 2024 – A week-long event to celebrate research excellence at FSU.
- Presented the 2nd annual Festival of the Creative Arts.
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.