Thought for launch day

Hello and welcome to the new Office of Graduate Studies website. We have spent several months developing this new site and I hope that you will find it informative and easier to navigate. Graduate education is central to our mission as a research university. It is also essential for sustaining growth of the 21st century economy and ensuring vibrant communities and a healthy society. There are many challenges. Our goal in the Office of Graduate Studies is to ensure and advance the quality of graduate education at FSU and promote the value of graduate education to the society. Through graduate education we seek to prepare students to deal with the complex problems of the future. More and more this will require that people from multiple disciplines and cultures interact. I am intrigued by the potential use of media like Facebook, MySpace, and 2nd Life to foster interactions, networking, and promote community. I welcome suggestions for new activities and programs that we could develop to foster scholarly engagement.