First major event set for Bendix Arena By: Matt Nagy Photo Courtesy: Bendix Arena Facebook page
SOUTH BEND, Ind. The Collegiate Sports Management Group announced that the road to the Collegiate Esports National Championship will kick off with their first regional invitational competition at the Bendix Arena on October 8, 9 and 10.
This invitational will give the Bendix Arena the opportunity to show off its top-of-the-line, esports facility during a major event for the first time.
“CSMG is proud to be the first company to bring back LAN collegiate esports events. The Bendix Arena is the ideal location for CSMG to launch the return to competitive LAN events with their state-of-the-art facility,” said Neil Malvone, Chief Esports Officer and EVP Partnerships at CSMG.
Two FSU faculty earn Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor honor
Two Florida State University faculty members, one a scholar of Shakespeare and the other a nuclear astrophysicist, will be given the highest honor that the faculty bestow upon their own – they will each be named a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor.
Professor of Physics Jorge Piekarewicz and Professor of English Gary Taylor have been selected to receive the honor for 2021-2022. Both professors are from the College of Arts and Sciences, FSU’s largest and most academically diverse college.
The Lawton Distinguished Professor Award was first presented in 1957 as the Distinguished Professor Award. It was renamed in honor of the late Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert O. Lawton in 1981.