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Group of students at Armenian State University of Economics pose with certificates of completion from the COIL program.

FSU and Armenian Entrepreneurial Students Complete Spring 2026 Collaborative Online International Learning Project

May 13, 2026

The first, highly successful COIL project between the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) and FSU was implemented in the fall 2025. In the Spring of 2026, 24 students from both universities participated in this 10-week asynchrounous virtual exchange program.

Carrie Meyers standing at a white board pointing towards participants around a table listening to her presentation.

Meyers Awarded FLATE’s Distinguished Manufacturing Partner Service Distinction

May 12, 2026

FSU InSPIRE’s Director of Education and Workforce Talent, Carrie Meyers, was awarded FLATE’s Manufacturing Partner-of-the-Year for Service.

Graphic with a wide photo of Drew Allen speaking to a group of teachers. There is a schedule below broken into three different color sections.

‘Introduction to Robotics in the Classroom’ Added to Free Professional Learning Courses Offered by LSI and InSPIRE

May 6, 2026

The team leading educational and workforce development and STEM outreach on the FSU InSPIRE project at Florida State University’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) has announced the addition of two summer workshops. ROBO 101: Introduction to Robotics in the Classroom will now be offered free to educators in Bay County (July 6-12) and Okaloosa County (July 13-17).

LSI in April's Faculty and Staff Briefs

May 4, 2026

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.

Screenshot from Dr. Adrienne Barnes-Story's video presentation on the Education & Skills Ops Hub Event: Class Size Realities: Evidence, Practice, and Pathways for Learning at Scale presented in cooperation with World Bank Education and Skills Department.

LSI Co-Presents Virtual Session on Large Class Pedagogy with the World Bank

April 30, 2026

Dr. Adrienne Barnes-Story's video presentation on the Education & Skills Ops Hub Event: Class Size Realities: Evidence, Practice, and Pathways for Learning at Scale presented in cooperation with World Bank Education and Skills Department.

Anna Prindle sitting at a desk at a workshop.

Anna Prindle Named First-Ever Innovating Educator of the Year

April 28, 2026

The Florida Center for Research in STEM (FCR-STEM) at Florida State University has awarded its first-ever Innovating Teacher of the Year honor to Anna Prindle of Holley-Navarre Intermediate School. The award will be presented at Holley-Navarre on May 14, 2026

Group photo with Dr. Dina Vyortkina, Dr. Vilma Fuentes and BridgeUSA participants in front of Anne's College on the FSU campus.

Anne’s College and UTF Partner with American Councils for International Education to Provide Free Online AI Training

April 15, 2026

A partnership between Florida State’s Anne’s College, the Ukraine Task Force (UTF), American Councils for International Education and the Digital Education Council (DEC) is providing free online AI training to Ukrainian research faculty.

FSU InSPIRE Director Drew Allen addresses attendees at a professional learning course.

LSI and FSU InSPIRE Return to the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast Offering Free Professional Learning Courses for K-12 Teachers this Summer

April 8, 2026

For the third summer, the team leading educational and workforce development and STEM outreach on the FSU InSPIRE project at Florida State University’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) will be conducting free professional learning courses for Northwest Florida Gulf Coast K-12 teachers.

Vilma Fuentes, meets with cadets, students, faculty and staff at the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service (NASBGSU) in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.

Fuentes Meets with the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

April 7, 2026

Vilma Fuentes, Ph.D., Program Director for FSU's Ukraine Task Force and the Visiting Scholars Partnership Program, recently returned from Ukraine, where she met with the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service (NASBGSU) leadership to discuss collaborations between Florida State University, the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) and the academy.

LSI in March's Faculty and Staff Briefs

April 3, 2026

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.

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