The 2025 Florida State University Faculty Awards Ceremony was held Oct. 7 at the Augustus B. Turnbull Conference Center, and five from the College of Medicine were among the honorees.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences Robert Tomko Jr., Ph.D., won two, including the university’s most prestigious honor for teaching, the Distinguished Teacher Award. He also won the Developing Scholar Award.
Professor Antonio Terracciano, Ph.D., of the Department of Geriatrics won the Distinguished Research Professor Award.
Associate Professor Debra Cole, Ed.D., PA-C, who is director of Didactic Education in the School of Physician Assistant Practice, and Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine Yang Hou, Ph.D., were each honored with an Inclusive Teaching & Mentoring Award.
Ann DelRossi, program manager of the Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences bachelor’s degree program, won the Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award.
The awards were announced in April and were to be presented at the annual Faculty Awards Celebration on April 22 in the Student Union ballroom, but the event was postponed after a mass shooting at the Student Union on April 17.