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Jim RosicaAugust 2, 2016

Steven Fielder has been appointed chief of staff for the state’s Department of Corrections. The department announced the move Tuesday. Fielder, who begins Aug. 19, comes from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle (DHSMV), where he was most recently director of administrative services, the department’s press release said. Fielder started at DHSMV in 1992, serving in several high-level roles. That experience […]

Staff ReportsJuly 29, 2016

Americans for Prosperity-Florida is tapping an expert to teach Floridians about team building. “If anyone can show us how to build and lead a winning team, that would have to be former Florida State Football Coach Bobby Bowden,” said Chris Hudson, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Florida. “Coach Bowden has been a proven leader on […]

Jim RosicaJuly 18, 2016

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Florida State University is getting $10 million from the federal government toward researching better ways to clean up nuclear waste. The university announced the award Monday. The money, from the U.S. Department of Energy, will fund the creation of an “Energy Frontier Research Center” focusing on “developing technologies for recycling nuclear fuel and cleaning up Cold War-era […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 12, 2016

Randy Hanna, the former chancellor of the Florida College System, has been named interim dean of Florida State University’s Panama City campus and the College of Applied Studies. Hanna, who has a law degree from FSU and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, will replace Carol Edwards, who is joining the faculty of the FSU […]

Gary FineoutJune 2, 2016

The shooting of a Florida State University law professor in his upscale neighborhood two years ago was part of a murder-for-hire scheme that may have been set in motion by a bitter divorce between Daniel Markel and his ex-wife, according to court records released Thursday. Sigfredo Garcia was arrested last week in South Florida in […]

Associated PressJune 2, 2016

A South Florida man arrested for killing a Florida State University law professor is now being held in a Tallahassee jail. Sigfredo Garcia from Miami Beach was arrested last week in Broward County in connection to the death of Daniel Markel. Garcia on Wednesday was handed over to Leon County authorities. He was scheduled to […]

Associated PressMay 27, 2016

The ex-wife of a slain Florida State University law professor says she hopes that the arrest of a South Florida man this week will finally bring some closure to the case. Wendi Adelson, who now lives in the Miami area, said in a brief email Friday that the past two years have been an extraordinarily […]

Gary FineoutMay 26, 2016

After an investigation spanning nearly two years, a South Florida man has been arrested in the killing of a well-known Florida State University professor. But the arrest of 34-year-old Sigfredo Garcia hasn’t answered a long line of questions about why Daniel Markel was gunned down in the garage of his Tallahassee home in July 2014. […]

Scott PowersMay 26, 2016

If Florida’s top college football coaches actually ran Florida’s universities, life mentoring would begin the moment a student arrived and not end for years after he left. As that student makes his way from high school to finding his place in college, someone would be there to help. As that student strives to understand what might be important […]

Martin DyckmanMay 4, 2016

Early in 1955, when I was a sophomore at Florida State University, I thought about applying for a summer job at the Clearwater Sun, the now-defunct newspaper where I had been a student correspondent and had already spent one vacation. That’s when Momma Bird kicked me out of the nest. “You’ll do no such thing,” […]

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Personnel note: Steven Fielder heads to Corrections

Bobby Bowden to speak at AFP summit in September

FSU gets federal money for nuke waste research

FSU names Randy Hanna interim dean of College of Applied Studies, Panama City campus

Police: Killing of FSU professor linked to bitter divorce

Man charged with FSU professor’s killing now in Tallahassee jail

Professor’s ex-wife hopes arrest brings closure to case

Mystery remains after arrest in killing of FSU professor

If football coaches ran higher education: Trust, mentoring, ‘Chomp! Chomp!’

Martin Dyckman: A salute to the Tampa Tribune and its fine journalists