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It was a true pleasure celebrating our accomplishments with Florida State University Provost Jim Clark and so many wonderful friends at our 2025 Winter Celebration Dinner.

This past semester, FSU hosted four fellows from Egypt as part of its work on the Initiative. Eman Abodahab, Zainab Elsallamy, Shimaa Ghobashi, and Hadya Soliman spent three months in Tallahassee, delving into the academic environment at FSU, expanding their knowledge, and participating in graduate-level courses.

Florida State University’s faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across campus. Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors, awards, bylines, presentations, grants, service and any other notable items can be showcased.

Tallahassee Democrat reporter Tarah Jean wrote an article featuring Bhushan Dahal and his work with Kids of Kathmandu. It was published on the front page of the paper.

Dr. Brenda Wawire, a research faculty member at the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University, has been awarded a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship.

With both Ukraine and Florida experiencing catastrophic damage to cities from war and hurricanes, respectively, students at Florida State University joined forces with peers in Ukraine to develop real-life solutions for reconstruction efforts last month.

Dr. Vilma Fuentes, Program Director for Florida State University's Ukraine Task Force (UTF), spent almost two weeks in Ukraine in late October and early November meeting with members of President Zelenskyy's Office and other Ukrainian political and educational leaders.

The Learning Systems Institute has been a partner with the Education Development Center working on the United States Agency for International Development on the Higher Education Capacity Development Program since 2019. The program has been extended through August 31, 2025.

During year three of STEP Malawi, 6,644 books, including 5,808 National Reading Program teacher’s guides and learner books in English and Chichewa for Standards 1-4, were delivered to all primary Teacher Training Institutions (TTI).

Dr. Anna Romanova, a researcher at the Learning Systems Institute and a member of Florida State’s Ukraine Task Force, visited the Dedman College of Hospitality to present on the power of tourism for growth and recovery.