Student Athlete of the Week: Casey Roddick
Junior offensive lineman Casey Roddick was the captain of the Colorado Buffaloes football team during the 2022-2023 season.
Junior offensive lineman Casey Roddick was the captain of the Colorado Buffaloes football team during the 2022-2023 season.
A Florida State University professor’s five-year research project has opened a new window of understanding about the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 that became a catalyst of the civil rights movement.
The decision was made at a special board meeting Monday after a national search, a campus visit earlier this month with student, faculty, staff and community forums and an in-depth interview with the Board of Trustees.
During Carnival, the island of Trinidad becomes engulfed in a cacophony of sounds – from singing minstrels, to the clash of stick fights, and lively calypso music with its hallmark steel pan cadences. As a Trinidadian raised in a musical family, trumpeter Etienne Charles feels a deep connection to the Carnival traditions. At a young age he joined his father’s steel band, performing at Carnival fetes, and immersing himself in the folklore. Through Etienne’s Guggenheim Fellowship Award, he returns to his roots to celebrate the traditions that best exemplify Trinidadian culture. Inspired by the noises heard throughout the festivities, Etienne’s Carnival: The Sound of a People brings the celebrations to the stage.
Start Date: July 13, 2018 End Date: July 13, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm Location:Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90036 USA Website: http://www.lacma.org/event/scotty-barnhart Fees: Free, Family Friendly Phone: (323) 857-6000 Scotty Barnhart is an internationally acclaimed Jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, author, two-time Grammy winner, and Director of The Count Basie Orchestra (which just performed at the Playboy Jazz Festival). He has performed with Frank Sinatra, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Nat Adderley, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand, George Benson, and many others. Scotty is co-founder and Artistic Director of
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the season without quarterback Jameis Winston, who has been suspended three games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
The Los Angeles Chargers signed first-round selection Derwin James, the organization announced on Friday.
Junior transfer forward, Charles Mathews, ran the floor and slammed home a powerful dunk for No. 3 Michigan in Saturday’s Elite Eight battle against No. 9 Florida State, as a sea of blue-and-yellow shirts all fluttered Staples Center in the showdown.
After coaching the Oregon Ducks for one season, Willie Taggart took his talents to Florida State where he was hired as head coach. The Ducks had a 7-5 record under his leadership.
As the nation recognizes American Heart Month this February, Florida State University’s Center on Better Health and Life for Underserved Populations has successfully helped 36 black churches in Leon and Gadsden counties set a foundation for healthier living.
The Florida State University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives Division and Professor Davis W. Houck will establish what will become the foremost research collection on the life and death of Emmett Till, an African-American teenager whose murder in Mississippi in 1955 sparked protest in the South. Till’s death helped galvanize the civil rights movement in America, and Friday, Aug. 28, marks the 60th anniversary of his murder. Till, 14, was kidnapped, beaten and shot after he allegedly flirted with a white woman. “We’re very excited for this project because there is just simply nothing like it,” said Houck, a faculty