State University System
Student leaders prep for session
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Student government leaders at Florida State and Florida A&M universities are forging new bonds. In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind session, student senators from FSU along with other elected student leaders will be meeting at 4:30 today with their counterparts at FAMU to discuss common issues…
Florida State Salutes Banned Books
WCTV
As part of a 50-state salute to banned books, Florida State University students and faculty will read passages from banned books including “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Invisible Man,” “Slaughterhouse Five,” and “A Wrinkle in Time.”
Worst colleges for foodies
Fox News
New College of Florida (Sarasota, Fla.) Students on College Prowler list “poor food in dining halls” as the worst part of their school…
Study: Race-neutral admissions can work
Huffington Post
At the University of Florida, Hispanic enrollment is higher and black enrollment is comparable to before race was banned (though the report’s figures show black enrollment has fallen lately from nearly 15 percent to below 10 percent)…
Chick-fil-A at University of North Florida draws mixed reviews
WJXT Jacksonville
The University of North Florida student body may feel torn over its school’s decision to bring one fast-food chain to its campus. Student government voted 30-7 Monday night in favor of replacing a Sbarro pizzeria with Chick-fil-A…
Palm Tran turns to consultant to improve bus times
Sun-Sentinel
Plagued by buses running late, the county bus system is asking the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday to approve a $9,466 contract with the University of South Florida‘s Center for Urban Transportation Research to help revise the schedules on four random routes…
Patels give $12M to USF
Tbo.com
Kiran and Pallavi Patel talk a lot about wanting to be a “do” tank, not a think tank. On Tuesday at the University of South Florida, they continued their philanthropic run of doing. USF President Judy Genshaft announced that the couple have created a $12 million endowment at the university to create the Patel College of Global Sustainability…
State College System
FSCJ president says he not negotiating to leave
Florida Times-Union
The embattled president of Florida State College at Jacksonville said Tuesday he is not negotiating a departure from the college. Steve Wallace did not elaborate…
FSCJ employees involved with Pell Grant problems recommended to keep jobs
Florida Times-Union
Florida State College at Jacksonville’s president will recommend Tuesday that 12 financial aid employees whose contracts have been on hold be retained, but four supervisors will lose two weeks pay…
Digital Domain facility among sites to be toured by state marketers | Photo …
TCPalm
A tour of Mann Research Institute and Indian River State College are also on the agenda. The tour is part of the city’s strategy to prepare for any economic fallout from Digital Domain’s bankruptcy…
Colleges get high-tech funds
Sun-Sentinel
Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth will receive $975,000 in federal grants to enhance its machining technology and welding technology programs and $3 million to develop online learning in health information technology…
Independent College and University System
Celebrating Florida’s 500th birthday could boost First Coast economies
First Coast News
On Monday, local, state, and national leaders met at the Viva Florida 500 Statewide Summit at Flagler College in St. Augustine. They discussed all kinds of events and sites to see this year and next to commemorate 500 years of diverse heritage and culture…
Florida Tech to play Stetson in first football game
Florida Today
It’s On. Stetson University will visit Brevard next September as Florida Tech’s first-ever football opponent…
Sponsors named for 2012 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame
Naples Daily News
The 25th Anniversary Sponsors are Hodges University, Jerry F. Nichols, Brown & Brown Benefits and Northwestern Mutual.
A new presidential debate curriculum for schools
Washington Post
Teachers and parents who want to educate and engage students (and themselves) in the democratic process have a new tool: a free presidential debate curriculum developed by Lynn University in Florida and available for free on iTunes…
Community Bulletin
Winter Park/Maitland Observer
Rollins College students are embracing “social entrepreneurship” by applying business principles to combat global issues. Rollins was recently recognized by Ashoka U as one of just 16 colleges nationally making a concerted effort to embrace social entrepreneurship on campus…
SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: No School Produces More NFL Players Than …
Business Insider
The University of Miami has not won a national championship since 2001. And despite struggling to even draw a crowd to the games, “The U” is still churning out more NFL players than any other school…
University of Tampa lacrosse field nears completion
Tbo.com
The University of Tampa is experiencing a building boom that will put people to work and change the look of one section on Kennedy Boulevard…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Editorial: Higher-Education Funding: Repudiate University Cuts of 2012
The Ledger
University of Florida President Bernie Machen is expected to announce this week that UF has exceeded its $1.5 billion, five-year, Florida Tomorrow fundraising goal. It would almost be better if he would keep it to himself. Not that it isn’t something to brag about. That campaign “has funded more than 100 new professorships,” The Gainesville Sun reports, “as well as scholarships and new buildings.” No, what’s worrisome is that Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature may seize on UF’s success as an excuse to cut even deeper into state higher-education funding…
My Word: Make school readiness tests worthwhile
Orlando Sentinel
The suggestion that Florida’s Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Assessment test is a predictor of academic success, as expressed in an Orlando Sentinel article last month, is dismaying… Judith Levin is program coordinator of early childhood development and education at the University of Central Florida‘s College of Education…
Guest column: Les Wicker
Naples Daily News
…Evidently Gaylor and her watchdog group were concerned one local pastor spoke a sectarian Christian prayer before a football game against the University of Florida. OK. But before she gets her ire up, she and her Freedom from Religion group should have listened to the response from the chancellor of the university regarding what is allowed in terms of prayers held at the university…
FAMU prepares to celebrate 125th anniversary
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Frederick Humphries knows more than a thing or two about Florida A&M University’s rich history. A 1957 graduate of FAMU – he entered in 1953, the year that FAMU was elevated by the state from college to university status – Humphries returned to his alma mater in 1985 as its eighth president. His 16-year term is regarded as FAMU’s golden era, at least in the modern age, as enrollment more than doubled and the university received a handful of national honors…
Jose Antonio Vargas defined what it’s to be an American at FIU
VOXXI
In front of many Latino students at Florida International University, Jose Antonio Vargas shared his experience about being an undocumented immigrant who came to the U.S. when he was just a kid. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist lives in legal limbo like many young immigrants because his legal situation depends on the Dream Act.
High court spotlight misses First Amendment
Constitution Daily (blog)
Thomas Baker, professor at Florida International University College of Law, said the dearth of First Amendment cases could also mean that the justices “are turning in other directions after having decided some important speech and religion cases…
Lee Schrager on 2013′s South Beach Wine & Food Festival: Hip and Hot, Part I
Miami New Times (blog)
Lee Brian Schrager is a visionary. He transformed a one-day annual event known as the Florida Extravaganza, held at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus, by moving the 5-year-old fete across the causeway in 2002 and renaming it the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
Russell Simmons Joins OFA-Florida Supporters and Students at Florida International University to Kick Off Voter Registration Drive
South Florida Caribbean News
On Wednesday October 3, as President Obama prepares for the first Presidential debate and the October 9th voter registration deadline approaches, Russell Simmons will kickoff voter registration efforts with volunteers and supporters at the Florida International University (FIU), encouraging their peers and local supporters to get involved with the campaign and to vote for President Obama on Election Day.
Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license
The Associated Press
Jose Godinez-Samperio came to the U.S. with his parents on visitors’ visas when he was 9 years old, but the family never returned to Mexico. He graduated from New College in Florida, earned a law degree from Florida State University and passed the state bar exam last year. ”He’s somebody who has done everything he’s supposed to do. He complied with every rule,” Godinez-Samperio’s attorney and former American Bar Association president Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, said after the hearing.
Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories, a new e-book by Jamaican Author, Geoffrey …
South Florida Caribbean News
Miami Dade College professor, Geoffrey Philp, has published a new children’s e-book, Grandpa Sydney’s Anancy Stories. During the limited promotional period, October 2-6, 2012, Amazon Kindle is offering free downloads of this heartwarming story…
Palm Beach County voter registration numbers rise in final push before election
Palm Beach Post
There are six days left to register to vote in the November election. That means it’ll be a busy week for Joan Karp, president of the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County, and for other outreach groups making last-minute efforts to register voters before Tuesday’s deadline. Karp will be registering students at Palm Beach State College’s Boca Raton campus on Thursday, and her colleagues will work in three shifts during social studies classes at Spanish River High School, to encourage students to vote for the first time…
The art of faking it: What service workers can learn from the “happiest place …
Canada.com
University of Central Florida professor Jonathan Matusitz, who co-authored the study with Disney alumna Anne Reyers, says the result is that the company’s frontline attrition rate is four to five times lower than the rest of the hospitality industry. “It’s a role model for success,” says Matusitz, whose study appears in the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.
Economists: Housing recovery finally here
CNN
“We’re seeing the signs of a pulse in a sector that has been flat-lined for a number of years,” said Sean Snaith, economics professor at the University of Central Florida…
Voters, candidates prepare for presidential debate
WJXT Jacksonville
On Tuesday night, Dr. Michael Binder, a political science professor at the University of North Florida, conducted a phone survey of Florida voters about the upcoming elections. Binder said it’s very difficult to win an election in the first debate. ”Whether or not you have people with home runs, some people have come out and thought Romney would be hitting hard. There will be a couple of jabs. I don’t know if anyone’s going to throw the big bomb this early,” said Binder…
Watching and socializing presidential debates
WTSP 10 News
University of South Florida Saint Petersburg professor Doctor Seth McKee told 10 News since social media tends to sway toward younger adults, President Obama may lure more young voters again this election.
Releases and Web Stories
Full Sail University Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Induction Class
Equities.com
Full Sail University is proud to announce the 2012 Full Sail University Hall of Fame inductees comprised of six graduates recognized for their outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment, media, and the arts.
Lynn University’s health care policy expert weighs in on first presidential debate
Lynn University
As health care is one of the topics that will be addressed at the first presidential debate on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at the University of Denver, Daniel Ceccoli, Lynn University healthcare policy expert and assistant professor of scientific literacy and …
SF’s Model UN Earns Distinguished Delegation and Honorable Mention Awards
Santa Fe College
Santa Fe College hosted the seventh annual Florida Model United Nations (FMUN) conference Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29. Approximately 200 students from ten colleges and universities in the state participated in this event.
St. Thomas University Professor Appointed To Vatican’s Pontifical …
NEWS.GNOM.ES
ES/ — St. Thomas University (www.stu.edu) is once again recognized at a global level for its faculty leadership in the intercultural human rights arena. Professor Roza Pati has just been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The Council, a Vatican body dedicated to the promotion of social justice, has as its main goal advocating peace and justice around the world consistent with the Gospel and the Church’s social teaching.
Patels Create $12M Endowment for Patel College of Global Sustainability
University of South Florida
(Oct. 2, 2012) – Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel have donated $12 million to the University of South Florida in a new endowment aimed at creating the Patel College of Global Sustainability, expanding on nearly a decade of world-leading applied research …
Florida’s Hispanic Roots Oct. 13-20
University of South Florida
Florida’s Hispanic Heritage takes center stage from Oct. 13–20 during the University of South Florida’s Institute for Latin American and the Caribbean’s week-long series of events commemorating Florida’s Quincentenary in Tampa Bay. This is part of the lead-up to next year’s 500th Anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s historic discovery and timed to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month. The important figures, the food, poetry, art and history spanning five centuries, from Ybor City to Latin America combine to tell a fascinating story about Florida’s deep Hispanic roots…
