Eric Barron selected as new FSU President!!

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<p>Superb candidate!</p>

<p>Welcome back, President Barron!</p>

<p>See: Eric</a> Barron, 58, named FSU's new president | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat</p>

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<p>The university announcement of Dr. Barron’s selection: [The</a> Florida State University](<a href=“Florida State University”>Florida State University)</p>

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<p>Meet Dr and Mrs Barron: [Eric</a> J. Barron Named President of The Florida State University / Featured Stories - FSU.com](<a href=“http://www.fsu.com/Featured-Stories/Eric-J.-Barron-Named-President-of-The-Florida-State-University]Eric”>http://www.fsu.com/Featured-Stories/Eric-J.-Barron-Named-President-of-The-Florida-State-University)</p>

<p>Here’s a quote from Barron:

“I am extremely gratified and honored to return to my alma mater and serve as its next president,” Barron said.** “This is an outstanding university that is poised to become one of the finest in the world, and I look forward to helping it reach that goal.**”

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<p>Woohoo!! Go 'Noles!!!</p>

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<p>Academic peers say Eric Barron ready to lead Florida State.

Academic peers say Eric Barron ready to lead FSU</p>

<p>By Shannon Colavecchio, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
In Print: Friday, December 25, 2009 </p>

<p>Over and over again, as a professor and then as an administrator at Penn State, Barron heard the same refrain from parents of prospective students.</p>

<p>“They would tell me they knew this was one of the finest programs in the country, but they were going to send their child to a smaller liberal arts school and pay more because it meant the professors would know their child,” Barron recalled.</p>

<p>So he set out to turn Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences into its own liberal arts school. As dean of the college starting in 2002, he oversaw renovations and changes that remain part of his legacy, according to Penn State professors.</p>

<p>He put in a cozy living room and study area. He added work space and a computer area. He hired chemistry graduate students as tutors to help freshmen and sophomores get through Penn State’s “killer” chemistry prerequisite. He brought in a multicultural adviser.</p>

<p>A freshman seminar course brought students to the college’s revamped student center during their first days on campus, not in their final semesters.</p>

<p>“All of a sudden, you become family. And it started when they were freshmen,” Barron said.</p>

<p>That student center became a model for the rest of Penn State’s academic colleges.</p>

<p>“It was truly transformative. It changed the entire student experience,” Bralower said. “It is still, to this day, Eric’s legacy here.”</p>

<p>“I imagine he’ll do the same thing at Florida State. The main beneficiaries will be the students.”</p>

<p>Sharon Mosher, dean at the University of Texas Jackson School, said one of the first things Barron did when he arrived in 2006 was assess student services.</p>

<p>He asked, should the school be offering geography tutors? Should we be recruiting differently?</p>

<p>So when Mosher introduced Barron months later to an audience, “I told them his favorite word is ‘students.’ Because that is really the truth about him.”</p>

<p>And if any FSU students out there want to play racquetball, Barron says he’s always ready for a challenging game.

For the rest of the article, see: [Academic</a> peers say Eric Barron ready to lead FSU - St. Petersburg Times](<a href=“http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/academic-peers-say-eric-barron-ready-to-lead-fsu/1061139]Academic”>http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/academic-peers-say-eric-barron-ready-to-lead-fsu/1061139)</p>

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<p>I saw Dr. Barron today during preview. He had just parked and walked across to where we were taking our tour since it was on the way to his office. The tour guide got extremely nervous and started stumbling over his words… lol</p>

<p>One thing I noticed was how short he was! Is he even 5ft??</p>