State University System
2 FAMU profs investigated over hazing allegations
CNN
The university investigation follows the high-profile suspected hazing death of FAMU band member Robert Champion in November, but the cases are unrelated. Faculty members Diron T. Holloway and Anthony E. Simons III were placed on leave effective …
Scott: FAMU hazing group should do its work in public
Orlando Sentinel
Trustees formed the committee of seven national experts to help FAMU stop hazing in the months after the beating death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando on Nov. 19. But the panel, aiming to help FAMU implement changes before the fall semester, …
Family blames FAU outburst on bipolar disorder
Local 10
Family members of a Florida Atlantic University student who was captured on video as she exploded during class, yelling and attacking a professor, told the student’s side of the story Thursday. The video showing Jonatha Carr having a manic episode in her FAU class has been viewed by people around the world. The video, which was shot by a classmate, showed the college senior being overly aggressive, and then it escalates so badly that police stunned her with a Taser and took her away…
Neighbors seek assurances about proposed I-95 exits
Sun-Sentinel
The three-year, $60 million project, set to begin in December 2013, will create a new interchange at Spanish River Boulevard to serve FAU. As part of the project, the Yamato Road interchange, the scene of frequent car accidents, will be redesigned because it will be too close to the new Spanish River ramps. I-95 and its Spanish River bridge also will be widened as part of the project. The new Spanish River ramps will carry FAU traffic directly on to the campus, relieving lengthy backups on Glades Road…
Miromar Outlets armed robbery suspects identified
The News-Press
The three were taken into custody by deputies after being located on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in a vehicle matching one seen at the robbery, according to the sheriff’s office. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has detained several …
Mennello exhibit celebrates 20 years of UCF’s Flying Horse Editions
Orlando Sentinel
Flying Horse has been part of the University of Central Florida’s art research studios since 1990. Once located at the Central Florida Research Park near the school’s campus in east Orlando, Flying Horse is now at the UCF Center for Emerging Media (500 …
UF trustees ponder how to survive budget cuts while students protest tuition hikes
Gainesville Sun
UF‘s Board of Trustees held a retreat at Lake Wauburg at the same time that a small group of students demonstrated on the main campus against tuition increases. Trustees heard from James Duderstadt, former University of Michigan president and co-chairman of a National Academies committee looking at the challenges facing public research universities.
University of Florida Board of Trustees moves forward with Reitz Union expansion
The Independent Florida Alligator
The UF Board of Trustees approved issuing $50 million in bonds Wednesday for the expansion only. The renovation of the current union will draw from $20 million set aside from student fees and $5 million from internal university funds.
University of Florida law school applications down; fewer LSATs administered
The Independent Florida Alligator
The number of Law School Admission Tests administered this year dropped more than 16 percent, and the UF Levin College of Law received 10.4 percent fewer applications than last year. This year, 129925 LSATs were administered, as compared to 155050 last …
Gainseville Police Department, University Police Department catch escaped prisoner
The Independent Florida Alligator
Darius D. Phillips spent most of Wednesday in handcuffs, but for about 11 of those hours he was a free man. After running away from Gainesville Police in the middle of his arrest around 8:30 a.m., Phillips was caught on Newell Drive on Wednesday night. Phillips, 20, was arrested on charges of domestic battery, grand theft auto and fleeing police…
Sarasota Memorial’s cardiology team links with prestigious academic center
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The University of South Florida College of Medicine just formed a broad partnership with Florida Hospital in Tampa Bay and Orlando, and All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg became part of the Johns Hopkins Health System last year.
Future of surgery in operation today
Tbo.com
The University of South Florida Health’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation will bring the city, in the mayor’s words, “exactly the kind of jobs we want.” The $38 million, 90000-square-foot project downtown will create about 150 jobs …
Festival on the Green
Pensacola News Journal
The University of West Florida‘s Festival on the Green is the annual open house on the main campus. This two-day event features an arts and crafts festival, music and entertainment including student groups, the Time Portal to the Past, …
State College System
Central Florida accreditation team review needed for 4-year degrees
Ocala
College of Central Florida officials appear to be on the right track when it comes to its implementation of several bachelor’s degree programs, though it will be nine months before officials will get a final verdict…
New Edison State dorm nearing completion
WZVN-TV
The first ever on-campus living facilities are nearing completion on Edison State College’s campus. The new dorm, Lighthouse Commons, is on pace to house …
The Grind Burger Battle in Miami
RestaurantNews.com
The Grind has also partnered with The Miami Culinary Institute at Miami-Dade College to give their talented students hands-on experience while working side-by-side with Miami’s top chefs…
Independent College and University System
It’s Fox Day at Rollins
Central Florida News 13
When Rollins College students find this 3-foot-high fox statue sitting on the Mills Lawn on an unannounced day every spring, that means classes are cancelled for the day. Students woke up to a surprise Thursday morning to find the now famous statue of …
Rollins College Celebrates Fox Day Tradition
WESH Orlando
Rollins College President Lewis M. Duncan rolled the statue of the Fox onto the campus’s Tars plaza early this morning to begin the Fox Day celebrations. Students ran to greet the Fox and welcome the start of the beloved Rollins tradition.
The Nonprofit Online Helpers
Inside Higher Ed
While some clients, notably Regis University and Saint Leo University, have successfully cut the cord without re-upping for another decade, …
For-Profit and Career Colleges
Donors to Romney super PAC have ties to for-profit colleges
USA TODAY
Other Restore Our Future donors linked to the industry include James “Bill” Heavener, the CEO of Full Sail University, who gave $85,000 to the super PAC and serves as a top Romney fundraiser in Florida…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Middle ground on smoking ban
Daytona Beach News-Journal
I want to thank my fellow board members at Daytona State College for their courageous support for the rights of a politically unpopular minority: smokers. Our recent decision to find the middle ground between the current broad policy and a totally smoke-free campus is a principled stand that acknowledges the rights of all, rather than just the rights of some…
College costs and student debt explode
Florida Times-Union
Florida has some of the most affordable colleges in the nation, but that should not distract us from the college price crisis taking place now…
No Protests For Those Who Killed FAMU Band Major
Florida Voices
Thousands of protesters marched in Sanford this week on behalf of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager slain in an altercation with a white Neighborhood Watch volunteer…
College cuts imperil state
Palm Beach Post
Florida legislators say they want a premier higher-education system whose graduates can fill high-paying jobs that will boost the state’s economy, but their actions belie their words…
Our Opinion: Sustainable growth
Tallahassee.com
Young people flock to Tallahassee to study at Florida State, Florida A&M or Tallahassee Community College, only to take their ideas and talents elsewhere. Some call them the city’s greatest export…
“Daily NewsMakers with Jeff Lytle” … Ave Maria University President Jim Towey…
Naples Daily News
The show airs this morning at 10 on ABC7 with guests Publisher Dave Neill and Managing Editor for Reporting Jeff Bruce; and Ave Maria University President Jim Towey and local Planned Parentood President/CEO Char Wendel.
Autism rate rises; disorder now affects 1 in 88 children
Palm Beach Post
“I don’t suspect any smoking gun, like magnetic waves,” said Jack Scott, executive director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Florida Atlantic University. The center serves 2700 families at its Boca Raton and Port St. Lucie centers…
Any Supreme Court ruling on health care will set spinners spinning in election …
Palm Beach Post
Kevin Wagner, Florida Atlantic University political scientist, agrees that now that the idea of health care reform is in the air, it will be hard to put the genie back in the bottle. “Having it struck down probably hurts the president.
Florida Turns ‘Gunshine State’ Under GOP
BusinessWeek
That idea was dropped after 20-year-old Florida State University student Ashley Cowie died in the arms of her twin sister, whose boyfriend accidentally shot her with an AK-47- style rifle at a fraternity house. Even the state’s three-day waiting period …
Jacksonville University freshman’s bracket not busted
Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville University freshman Jordan Linder, 18, is one of 10 players tied for the lead among 6.5 million entries in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge…
SSL Duality SE Consoles Drive Degree Programs at Miami Dade College
Broadcast Newsroom
“We are a learning institution that competes with other institutions that teach sound recording,” says Duane Summers, studio manager for Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus.
Autism Diagnoses Up Sharply, CDC Study Shows
NBC 6 Miami
Susan Kabot, executive director of the Autism Institute at Nova Southeastern University, says “the scary part of this disorder is that we’re really not sure what causes it.” A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study …
For JEA, developing homegrown energy not easy, or cheap
Florida Times-Union
“Right now there is no market in Florida because we don’t have a policy,” said James Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center at the University of Central Florida. “We decided not to have renewable energy portfolio standards like 35 other …
Congressional race could pit political vs. ethnic identity
Orlando Sentinel
“Hispanic voters have demonstrated over the years they are willing to vote for a Republican that was appealing to them, such as Jeb Bush,” said University of Central Florida history professor Luis Martínez-Fernández …
Southwest Florida real estate sales up 20 percent in January and February
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“I think it kind of comes back to the same story, the resumption of the flow of retirees and what kind of retirees are attracted to Southwest Florida,” said University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith.
Writer and University of Florida teacher Harry Crews dies at 76
Tampabay.com
In 1956 he enrolled at the University of Florida to study writing; he had been writing stories for as long as he could remember, he often said in interviews. He joined the UF creative writing faculty in 1968, the same year he published his first novel, …
As Millions Fight for Trayvon Martin, Kill at Will Laws Flourish
ColorLines magazine
Under common law, a person has the responsibility to do everything in their power to avoid using deadly force in self defense, “up to and including turning around and running away,” said Bob Dekle, a law professor at the University of Florida.
Student Group Asks Gov. Rick Scott To Veto Tuition Bill
StateImpact Florida
University of Florida senior Andrew Hecht understands the bind in which university president Bernie Machen finds himself. Gators College Access Network is holding a rally in Gainesville today to urge Gov. Rick Scott to veto the bill. Hecht said the bill will make it more difficult for students to pay for and complete school. The goal of Gators College Access Network is to promote policies that ensure 60 percent of Florida adults will have earned a college degree by 2025.
Trayvon Martin case: Looking ahead to grand jury hearing
Los Angeles Times
We asked University of Florida law professor Kenneth B. Nunn to survey the legal process unfolding in the case that has sparked nationwide outrage. In laying out the landscape, Nunn noted one major caveat: Details and leaks in the case are unfolding on …
‘Walmart of weed’ opening store in Washington, DC
USA TODAY
… government is going to allow marijuana selling for any purpose right in their backyard,” said Kevin Sabet, a former senior adviser to the president’s drug czar and an assistant professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida.
Post Time: ‘Fountain of Youth’ our first urban legend
Palm Beach Post
“There is no historical evidence to suggest that Ponce was even aware of the fabled spring, let alone that he risked life and fortune on a quest to locate it,” J. Michael Francis, chairman of the University of North Florida history department, …
Breast Cancer Risk May Be Higher With Just One Drink a Day
ABC News
Dr. Stefan Gluck, a professor at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, argued that although excessive drinking should absolutely be avoided, there is nothing wrong with having one drink a day.
Miami archbishop returns from Cuba pope visit
Wall Street Journal
Andy Gomez, a senior fellow at the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, was among the pilgrims. “If the Church wants to continue to play an important role in Cuban society, it will have to take a more aggressive stand …
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has had quite a path from UM football player to pro …
Palm Beach Post
Practically speaking, the day Dwayne Johnson became a University of Miami Hurricane was the day Dwayne Johnson became The Rock. Flash back to February 1989, and there was a kid from Bethlehem, Pa., holding a news conference …
