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Maxine Thurston, the first woman African American graduate student at FSU, interned in Miami
The Miami Times reported on Thurston's internship in Miami. The internship was a requirement for the Master of Social Work degree. The article provides biographical details of Thurston's life.
School of Social Welfare Graduates
Williams Building, 631 University Way. In the early 1960s, this building was known as the History Building, and it housed the School of Social Welfare. In 1962, Maxine Thurston Fischer became the first graduate student to enroll (and graduate) at…
FSU commemorated its integration with a monument in the early 2000s
In 2002, FSU President Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte commissioned a statue to honor the integration of FSU in 1962. The artist, W. Stanley Proctor depicted three firsts - the first African American undergraduate student to enroll (Maxwell Courtney), the…
Black Student Union
FSU built a new BSU in 2018. Previous building was on 206 S. Woodward.
Canterbury House
Canterbury House was part of the Episcopal Student Center for FSU. The Episcopal Diocese of Florida purchased it as a rectory. It became a site for student living in the 1960s. Oscar Brock remembered living there and it shaping his worldview on…
National Register of Historic Places Nomination for Ruge Hall, which includes information about the Chapel of the Resurrection and Canterbury House
In the National Register of Historic Places Nomination, which was prepared in 1997, the chapel's history is described. Huddleston, Satterfield, Evans & Lillie designed the brick modern building. The nomination noted that "while the Chapel is a prime…
Outhouse photographed in Smoky Hollow
The absence of rules regarding housing standards in Tallahassee combined with racial prejudice contributed to a lack of investment by the city and by landlords in Smoky Hollow. The existence of this outhouse in 1960 was one way the city and state…
News from Florida State University discussed Fred Seaman assisting on a project
"Marie E. Cowart, professor of nursing and director of the Institute on Aging, received a $50,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services to document the number of disabled adults in Florida and the types of services…
student Suanna J. Wilson thanked Dr. Seaman in her book
thanked Fred Seaman, Director of Field Instruction at Florida State University and other faculty at Barry College and Florida International University, for "their encouragement, tolerance, patience, and meaningful interaction mixed with challenges…
Wallace Woodard found reemployment with Bloomsburg University
article discusses Woodard's employment at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania