State University System
Past meets present at FAMU ribbon cutting ceremony
Crestview News Bulletin
Past met the present Friday at the Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University Rural Diversity Healthcare Center, when the Crestview Chamber of Commerce welcomed the pharmacy school with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. That afternoon, the school’s 21 students met women who worked in the same building when it was a sewing factory…
FAU’s Lifelong Learning Society
Palm Beach
Students may have returned to school months ago, but Florida Atlantic University’s Lifelong Leaning Society is just gearing up for the fall semester…
First Annual Biscayne Brewers Exposition This Sunday At FIU Biscayne Bay …
Miami New Times (blog)
This Saturday the Biscayne Brewers Exposition will be held at the Kovens Conference Center on the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and will feature area brewers who are known for creating the best product in their line of work. What originally was going to be a home brewing competition turned out to be an exposition to showcase the success of the Florida beer industry. At the heart of the success are the brewers…
FSU unveils West Campus marker
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
FSU and city officials on Tuesday unveiled a Florida historical marker in tribute to Florida State University’s long-ago West Campus…
Great American Smoke Out
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
On Thursday, November 1st, Florida State University will be hosting its celebration of the American Cancer Society’s 37th Annual Great American Smokeout (GASO).
Grants Totaling $229000 To Florida Organizations Highlight Domestic Violence …
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
New DVAM grant highlights include $140,000 to the Institute for Family Violence Studies at Florida State University, which works with Florida’s criminal justice community to prevent and reduce domestic violence in law enforcement families…
FAIRWINDS Lands University of Central Florida Pact
Credit Union Times
The $1.7 billion, 155,000-member FAIRWINDS Credit Union in Orlando has been tabbed as the official student banking services provider for the University of Central Florida.
Shands announces regional partnerships
Gainesville Sun
Two recently announced partnerships will make the University of Florida and Shands an even bigger part of health care in North Central Florida.
Shands re-opens pancreas transplant program
Gainesville Sun
The pancreas transplant program at Shands at the University of Florida re-opened last week, after a 14-month closure.
USF Documents Transfer to the New Florida Polytechnic University Is Completed
The Ledger
Officials at the University of South Florida said Tuesday the final transfer of documents to Florida Polytechnic University has been completed, concluding its last major task in the creation of Florida’s 12th university…
State College System
Leon family donates $5 million to Miami Dade College nursing school
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
In the past 50 years, more than 19,000 nurses have earned their degrees from Miami Dade College, making MDC the largest local provider of nursing education. Still, a severe nursing shortage persists in South Florida and around the nation. Thanks to a $5 million donation to MDC’s nursing school announced Tuesday, MDC administrators are confident they’ll be part of the solution for the next half-century as well…
Palm Beach State closes land purchase for campus in Loxahatchee Groves
Bizjournals.com
Palm Beach State College has finalized a $4.5-million purchase for a 75-acre site in Loxahatchee Groves, where the college plans to build a new campus…
PBSC closes on 75-acre western campus property purchase
Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach State College on Tuesday officially closed on the $4.5 million purchase of 75 acres on the northwest corner of B Road and Southern Boulevard in Loxahatchee Groves where the college plans to build its fifth campus…
Pensacola State College faculty exhibit opens
Pensacola News Journal
The Pensacola State College Art Faculty Exhibition opened Monday and will run until Dec. 14. The free exhibition can be found at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts Gallery, in Building 15 on the Pensacola campus. The annual exhibit highlights the work of PSC’s art faculty members. Works range from ceramics, drawing, digital imaging, graphic design, jewelry, painting, photography, video and sculpture…
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo welcomes ‘boo-tiful’ new baby
WUFT
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo will be altering its Boo at the Zoo Halloween event to accommodate the new baby. An adult gibbon holds the newest addition …
State College of Florida president Lars Hafner voted out; 2 trustees resign
Bradenton Herald
In what seemed to be the grand finale of months of conflict between school leaders, State College of Florida trustees unanimously voted to sever ties with President Lars Hafner through a $363,000 settlement agreement Tuesday evening. And to the surprise of some, two trustees decided to leave with him.
Manufacturers Come Together to Talk Workforce Training
WCTV
Manufacturers from around the region met at Tallahassee Community College Tuesday. Dozens showed up to learn how to gain access to grants designed to improve their businesses. The Manufacturers Association of Florida partnered with Workforce Florida and Workforce Plus to hold the roundtable discussion…
Independent Colleges and Universities
How much did the Bill Nelson/Connie Mack debate matter?
MiamiHerald.com (blog) (registration)
The event was held at Nova Southeastern University on Oct. 17, and is the only time the candidates will face-off before voters go to the polls Nov. 6…
New apartments add to north-of-Kennedy resurgence
Tbo.com
Just to the east on Kennedy, the University of Tampa is expanding and upgrading its campus and will open an 11-story residence hall in 2013…
For-Profit and Career Colleges
ESPN, Full Sail team up for MLS Cup Playoffs
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Full Sail University students helped film, light, and document the opening sequence of the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs slated to kick off Wednesday on ESPN2.
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Editorial: University panel flunks with tuition proposal
Orlando Sentinel
Not only is Florida’s latest plan for higher education short-sighted and discriminatory, it is also financially backward. It should come as no surprise that a state task force, created by Gov. Rick Scott to study the public university system, is suggesting Florida place a priority on students interested in pursuing degrees in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. But it’s shocking to hear the group’s proposal — lower tuition for in-demand degrees. Just last year,University of Florida President Bernard Machen suggested the opposite. In the face of a $300 million cut to the university system, Machen asked lawmakers for the flexibility to increase tuition for high-demand degrees that lead to high-wage jobs.
Editorial: Aaron Bean is the best choice for Senate
Florida Times-Union
His opponent, Democrat Nancy Soderberg, has an impressive resume, beginning with her title of ambassador, which was earned in years of service as an alternate representative to the United Nations. She is a Visiting Distinguished Scholar at the University of North Florida and is president of the Connect U.S. Fund in Washington. She has been a consultant, an author — the resume goes on. Her national experience is tremendous, but how it would translate to Florida politics in Tallahassee is questionable…
Nickinson: Money talk is first step for graduates
Pensacola News Journal
You need to have “the talk” with your children. The money talk, that is. National data show 66 percent of 2011 grads are carrying debt, and University of West Florida students are carrying their share. During the past five years, very nearly half of them have graduated carrying at least $14,000 in debt. The Florida average is $23,000….
Thumbs up, thumbs down
Florida Today
Thumbs up: To Melbourne High and Brevard Community College graduate Bruce Bochy for managing the San Francisco Giants to a World Series win…
Noted poet to speak Thursday at CF event
Ocala
On Thursday, the College of Central Florida will host the ninth annual Debra Vazquez Memorial Poetry Series, featuring Georgia poet laureate David Bottoms…
Local Dems line up for chance to see first lady
Daytona Beach News-Journal
For Jessica Thomas, a 20-year-old Daytona State College student from Palm Coast, the chance to see the first lady only adds to the experience of voting in her first presidential election. “I’m really excited,” she said as she stood in line.
Floridians’ confidence in an improving national economy at a 5-year high
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
“I don’t see anything on the horizon that would make Floridians not as confident in the future,” said economist William B. Stronge, a professor emiterus at Florida Atlantic University. “It looks like things are improving.”
Leon County candidate fundraising lopsided
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Kevin Wagner, an attorney and associate professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, said candidates without access to bundlers have a much harder time raising campaign money…
EXCLUSIVE: Author of Fed Society Report on Pariente, Lewis, Quince: These …
Sunshine State News (blog)
Elizabeth Price Foley of Florida International University College of Law lambasts what she insists were “misleading” early media stories on a report she published on three Florida Supreme Court Justices up for merit retention on the November ballot…
Supreme Court to revisit use of dogs as basis for drug searches
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Furton, a chemist at Florida International University in Miami, led a group of scientists who studied police dogs. He said it was not good enough to allow police agencies to test their own dogs…
University Dean Tells Class: ‘Bible is Myth,’ Creationists Shouldn’t Graduate
Christian News Network
“This is a book of myth, and that’s going to offend some of you,” stated professor Lesley Northup of Florida International University’s Honor College in the video. “And I don’t really care.”
TCC president touts rural development
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
The President of Tallahassee Community College said Tuesday that he’s intent on tailoring the college’s mission to needs of the local economy — and raised concerns about one economic development project the college has worked to support…The college’s president, Jim Murdaugh, said during a breakfast meeting with the Gadsden County Chamber of Commerce that while he supports the company’s efforts “and always will,” he is not sure where that piece of the project stands as a result…
Halloween scares up more business — and gore
Florida Today
Historically, entertainment and the arts tend to be more violent as stress and change occur in the world, said John Shafer, associate professor in the performing arts school at the University of Central Florida…
Economist predicts growth for economy
Bradenton Herald
Make no mistake, Florida’s economy will mount a recovery just as surely as millions of pesky love bugs will hatch in the Sunshine State each season, according a report released Tuesday by University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith…
Bucher: Any delays at early voting sites likely due to 101 versions of long …
Palm Beach Post
Voters may also be less supportive of President Barak Obama, said Sean Snaith, University of Central Florida economist and political commentator. “I think there is a much lower level of enthusiasm than in 2008 on the Democratic side, Snaith said …
Florida economy forecast to build steam in 2013
Sun-Sentinel
Florida’s economy will finally build some steam in 2013, according to a new forecast released Tuesday by University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith…
Painting children at Shands: an artist’s ‘act of compassion’
Gainesville Sun
An illustrator in the Arts in Medicine program at Shands at the University of Florida, she [Reyna Collura] developed the Fantasy Portraits program, where she paints portraits of pediatric inpatients…
Storm Victims, Obama’s Leadership in FEMA’s Fugate Hands
Businessweek
Federal aid for Hurricane Sandy’s victims — and perhaps public perception of President Barack Obama’s leadership — is in the hands of a straight-talking former paramedic who in a crisis never forgets his love of University of Florida football. The informal manner and storm-tested experience of W. Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, have helped resurrect the agency’s reputation after its botched response in 2005 to Hurricane Katrina, emergency- response professionals say…
Tomato flavor was helped along by a ‘jumping gene’
Los Angeles Times
Recently, a group of scientists at the University of Florida identified another factor: chemicals called volatile acetate esters. In a study of nearly 100 heirloom tomatoes, the higher the level of these chemicals in the fruit, the less people like them…Charles Goulet and coauthors note in their paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that findings like this might help researchers figure out how to breed tomatoes that taste better.
Republicans target three Florida Supreme Court justices
Washington Post
“The people of Florida deserve a judicial branch that is not beholden to big guys or little guys, to big money or no money, to agendas of any kind,” [R. Fred] Lewis told law students at the University of Florida last week, coming the closest of the three to …
University of Florida monthly survey shows confidence near its highest after …
The Republic
Researchers at the University of Florida said Tuesday that the monthly survey shows consumers in the Sunshine State remain relatively optimistic heading into the general election…Chris McCarty is the director of UF‘s Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. He says the economy is clearly recovering in the state, noting an increase in new home sales and the median price of existing homes…
Bryant McKinnie Denies Owing $375000 For Miami Strip Club Tabs
Huffington Post
The father of local rap legend Trick Daddy says Baltimore Ravens player Bryant McKinnie — a former University of Miami standout and former Davie resident — owes him $375,000 after borrowing the funds to spend at local strip clubs…
Vast Area, From Georgia to Maine, in Harm’s Way
New York Times
Brian McNoldy, a hurricane expert at the University of Miami, said in an online posting Tuesday that heavy rainfall from the storm had also caused the Potomac River to reach its highest level since 1996…
Neal Boortz, Herman Cain to hold Jacksonville event
Florida Times-Union (blog)
Conservative talker Neal Boortz and former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain will be in Jacksonville Friday for the “Stand up for America” event. The event, sponsored by WOKV and The Brumos Companies, is being held at the Lazzara Performance Hall at the University of North Florida. It begins at 7 p.m. and will be a “lively discussion” of election issues.
UNF’s Delaney: Schools need more money, and more accountability
L.A. Biz (blog)
You’d expect the president of a public university in Florida to say that his school needs more money, which John Delaney did in a roundabout way, but it was a surprise to hear him say that, in turn, schools need to perform better, and devise ways to measure that improvement. The University of North Florida president told a luncheon audience of the World Affairs Council Jacksonville Tuesday that academia has to get over its hatred of being measured for its effectiveness…
Scientists criticize lack of transparency in Pier plans
Tampabay.com
Albert Hine, of the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science, has several gripes. First, he says the scientific community should have been involved in the $50 million Pier project, known as the Lens, from the beginning…
Bradenton mayoral race intensifies in final days of campaign
Bradenton Herald
Richard O’Brien, a University of South Florida professor aspiring to be Bradenton’s next mayor, told the Bradenton Herald that incumbent Wayne Poston swore at him in front of his own family and “aggressively” accused him of removing his signs.
History Among the Funnel Cakes
Gulfport Gabber
Here, Pinellas County historian and University of South Florida St. Petersburg archivist Jim Schnur signs copies of his most recent book, Pinellas County: A Centennial History…
Crashes on US 27 called “freakish coincidence”
WTSP 10 News
Dr. James Moyer is the chief academic officer at Warner University in Lake Wales, which sits right by the busy, high-speed US 27. So far this year, he recalls an unusually high amount of car crashes on the highway, including one involving a Warner student who was leaving campus.
Releases and Web Stories
Flagler College hosts annual ‘Flagler Creates!’ festival
ReadMedia (press release)
AUGUSTINE, FL (10/30/2012)(readMedia)– Flagler College will host the annual “Flagler Creates!” handmade festival on Nov. 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the College’s West Lawn. “Flagler Creates!” is a festival that offers Flagler students, faculty …
Fleming Formally Installed as PBA’s Eighth President
Press Release
William M.B. Fleming Jr. was formally installed Sunday (10/21/12) as the eighth president of Palm Beach Atlantic University in a ceremony that focused on PBA’s future and the spiritual nature of University’s mission…
President Fleming Receives Honorary Doctorate
Press Release
Palm Beach Atlantic University President William M. B. Fleming Jr. was awarded an honorary doctorate Friday (10/26) by Judson University in Elgin, Ill…
