State University System
FAMU agrees to new contractor for residence hall
Tallahassee.com
Florida A&M’s stalled residence hall is back in gear. FAMU trustees on Thursday accepted a bid for $37.8 million from J. Kokolakis Construction to resume — and complete — work on the 800-bed dorm on Gamble Street, site of the former Polkinghorne Village. Trustees had terminated the university’s contract with Tallahassee-based Premier Construction in August, saying changes to the price made it unacceptable to continue. Premier had already poured the foundation and built partial first-floor walls at the time the contract was canceled…
Florida Polls: Obama, Romney Tied in Latest Presidential Race Surveys
PolicyMic
The latest Florida International University / Miami Herald / El Nuevo Herald poll of likely Hispanic Florida voters has Obama clinging to a narrow 51%-47% lead over Romney…
MagLab blaze injures one
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
A fire at Florida State University’s Magnet Lab injured a technician and led to the building’s evacuation Thursday, but officials expect to it to reopen this morning…
Obama campaign appealing to Florida on innovation initiatives
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Perhaps seeing an opportunity in Florida’s research and high-tech industries, and those voters who love them, the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama released a report this morning touting the president’s record on supporting research in Florida and blistering GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s positions…It notes that the University of Central Florida got 74 NSF grants for $11 million in research and 23 NIH grants for $71. million, plus 17,000 Pell Grants for students…
FDLE Crime report mixed; statewide, it’s down, some cities see increase
Orlando Sentinel
Reports of rape, aggravated assault and burglary rose at the University of Central Florida in the first half of the year compared to 2011, the stats show, but robberies, larcenies and motor-vehicle thefts were down…
WUCF TV moving to Channel 2 on Bright House
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
The change was prompted by the University of Central Florida‘s purchase of WMFE’s Channel 24. WMFE, before it left the PBS fold, aired on Channel 2 on Bright House Networks in Orange County…
UNF to host NCAA track and field competition
Florida Times-Union
The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced Thursday that the University of North Florida will host one of two preliminary rounds for the 2014 NCAA Division I Track and Field Outdoor Championships…
City of Gulf Breeze looking to buy Tiger Point Golf Club
Pensacola News Journal
The company also owns Hidden Creek in Navarre and Shalimar Pointe, and recently sold the Scenic Hills course in Pensacola to University of West Florida…
State College System
Florida Gov. Scott tells community colleges to ‘hold the line on tuition’
MiamiHerald.com (blog) (registration)
Repeating what has become one of his mantras, Gov. Rick Scott told state community college leaders that he continues to oppose tuition increases.
WBCC TV to resume role as independent public station
Florida Today
The move signals an end to the joint partnership between Brevard Community College and the University of Central Florida, which was created to offer public broadcasting in the Central Florida area…
Independent Colleges and Universities
JU introduces next president
Florida Times-Union
During his introduction to the Jacksonville University campus, Tim Cost said helping advance the university has been his side passion for decades.
Hodges University president honored
Naples Daily News
The Hodges University community on Thursday honored its first president, Terry P. McMahan, who is retiring at the end of the school year, with a recognition …
Hodges University to honor its president
The News-Press
More than 400 supporters are expected tonight at a fundraiser honoring the achievements of Hodges University President Terry McMahan.
Community to honor retiring leader of Hodges University
Wink News
The founding president of Hodges University is stepping down after 22 years on the job. Dr. Terry McMahan is retiring, and on Thursday …
Davie event a haven for chocolate lovers
Sun-Sentinel
Thousands of chocoholics recently got their fix during the inaugural Festival of Chocolate at the Nova Southeastern University arena in Davie…
Stetson hosting last ‘Science Saturday’ of semester
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Stetson University will have its final Science Saturday event for the fall semester at the Gillespie Museum in DeLand…
New radio station beams into DeLand Music, news and sports are the …
The DeLand-Deltona Beacon
The station will be the place to tune for Stetson University sports…
Miami after-school choir fosters education
Sun-Sentinel
The academy has formed a partnership with the University of Miami‘s Frost School of Music, which selects graduate conductors and music education majors to teach and conduct in ensembles…
Mega parties thrown by University of Tampa students draw the ire of West Tampa neighbors
ABC Action News
The calm was shattered with epic house parties that started right about the time students returned to class at the University of Tampa, which is less than a mile away…
West Riverfront residents fed up with noisy University of Tampa student house …
Tampabay.com
Big crowds. Loud music. Residential streets clogged with taxicabs, littered with red plastic cups and spattered with urine. Homeowners in West Riverfront say students from the University of Tampa are flunking the good-neighbor test…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Letter: Thanks for a good show
Naples Daily News
First, I believe Jim Towey of Ave Maria University was way off base calling Amendment 8 prejudicial to only Catholics.
Letter: New JU president shows how college should function
Florida Times-Union
In stark comparison, it would appear that the president of Florida State College at Jacksonville neither possessed nor accomplished much of the above, …
Clinton to visit BCC Palm Bay today
Florida Today
Clinton is scheduled to speak at a rally at Brevard Community College’s Palm Bay Campus. No time has been announced for his speech. But the doors open to the public at 11 a.m.. The event is free, and tickets are not required…
Beatles tribute concert so much fun: Yeah, yeah, yeah
The News-Press
Either way, I’m happy as can be that the lovely Arlene Knox, director of development for the Edison State College Foundation, called me up over a month ago and had me Sharpie it in, because it was SO much fun!
Nesenoff to speak at Flagler College
St. Augustine Record
Chabad of St. Augustine and Flagler College will present Rabbi David Nesenoff in an 8 p.m. Nov. 4 program at the Gamache-Koger Theater in the Ringhaver Student Center at Flagler College. The talk is open to the public, and there is no charge…
Did climate change play a role in Sandy’s strength?
Anchorage Daily News
“The economic impacts go from Florida to Maine,” said Leonard Berry, the director of the Climate Change Initiative at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton…
More South Floridians file for bankruptcy
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
“You would expect court activity to slow down as the holiday approaches,” agreed economist William B. Stronge, professor emeritus at Florida Atlantic University…
FAMU professor awarded US patent to indentify bacteria stains
The South Florida Times
Marlon S. Thomas, bioengineer and professor in Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, has been awarded United States Patent No. 8,252,522 for his research development in species detection…
Fla. Law School Scholarship Program Helps First-Generation Lawyers
The National Law Journal
Each of the law firms, FIU law dean Alexander Acosta and some nonprofit organizations such as the Cuban American Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Foundation and the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute have donated a combined $918,000 in scholarships and stipends for students who will be the first in their families to attend law school.
Jack Hood Vaughn, Who Led Peace Corps in ’60s, Dies at 92
New York Times
Jack Hood Vaughn, who led the Peace Corps at the height of its volunteer enrollment in the late 1960s, died on Monday at his home in Tucson. He was 92…Out of government service, Mr. Vaughn was president of the National Urban Coalition, dean of international studies at Florida International University, director of international programs for the Children’s Television Workshop (producing foreign versions of “Sesame Street”), president of the Planned Parenthood Federation, chairman of Conservation International and chairman of Ecotrust, an organization he founded to protect rain forests…
Former President Clinton visiting FSU campus Friday
Tallahassee.com
Details have been released on President Bill Clinton‘s visit Friday to Tallahassee. He’ll be at Landis Green on the Florida State University campus at 8 p.m. The rally is free and open to the public…
Potpourri
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Snarky comedienne Loni Love, who pops up often on VH1 to make fun of music videos and trends of the past, will bring her very vocal comic act to town for a show at 8 p.m. Monday at the Florida State University Club Downunder…
Brenda Shoffner: Seinfeld, Blue Angels, GGAF all prepare to launch Friday
The Northwest Florida Daily News
JS Touring has booked the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College for the beloved comedian [Jerry Seinfeld] to perform his signature stand-up routine…
Bill Clinton back in FL for five-city sweep including Palm Beach …
Palm Beach Post
Clinton will appear at the Duncan Theater at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth. Doors open at 8 am, and Clinton is expected to speak around 9…
Clinton to stump for Obama in Lake Worth
Sun-Sentinel
Clinton will deliver remarks at a grassroots event at the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach State College, at 4200 Congress Avenue, organizers said…
Bill Clinton visits Palm Beach State to campaign for Obama
WPBF West Palm Beach
Workers spent Thursday night putting the finishing touches on the Duncan Theater at Palm Beach State College, transforming it into a political stage. On Friday morning, former President Bill Clinton will be inside the theater, campaigning for President Barack Obama.
Bill Clinton speaking in PBC on Friday
WPEC
President Bill Clinton will speak at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Florida on Friday…
Bill Clinton campaigns for Obama in Lake Worth, two other Florida …
WPTV
The Obama campaign announced Thursday evening that former President Bill Clinton will speak at a grassroots event at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth on Friday. He also will make campaign stops in Ft. Myers and St. Petersburg…
Murder charged dropped in Domino’s pizza driver slaying
Pensacola News Journal
[Tyler] Hinkle was a Pensacola State College student at the time of the killing, and loved ones said he intended to join the Navy to follow in his father’s footsteps…
Former PSC Student Life director charged with inappropriately touching a minor
Pensacola News Journal
The former director for student life at Pensacola State College was arrested Thursday for inappropriately touching a minor, according to a Pensacola police arrest report. Peter Wilkin, 64, was released from the Escambia County Jail after posting a $30 …
Suspect shot by resident in home invasion near UCF dies
Orlando Sentinel
A 19-year-old suspect shot by the resident in a home invasion near the University of Central Florida died early Wednesday from wounds he sustained during the incident, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Gabriel Mercado-Gonzalez was shot Saturday night when deputies say he and two other gunmen broke into the home of Jose Carrion on the 3500 block of Khayyam Avenue…
Election 2012: Voters to decide whether to add slot machines at dog track
Naples Daily News
Tadayuki Hara, associate dean of finance and administration and associate professor at the University of Central Florida, said in an email the economic impact of casinos to the hosting region is undeniably positive…
Blacks, Latinos must overcome obstacles to be heard at polls
Orlando Sentinel
Because of this, national NAACP President Ben Jealous has asked for European monitors to watch over our elections. I support this request and ask that observers come to Florida. We demand a fair and open voting process. At this point, we don’t feel comfortable that Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature will provide this. So it is up to outsiders to help ensure our rights are protected. Hopefully, there won’t be any problems. I’m encouraged that students forming long lines at the University of Central Florida are voting without incident. The successful Souls to the Polls events in Orlando, Eatonville and Kissimmee show that African-Americans and Latinos want to vote. They remain eager even though the state took away the Sunday before Election Day…
Election previews, predictions coming Sunday on local programs
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Here’s what’s scheduled: Lauren Rowe of “Flashpoint” will talk to Aubrey Jewett, associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida …
Florida construction industry adds 4200 jobs in September
Bizjournals.com
The latest economic forecast by University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith shows that Central Florida single-family housing starts should rise 25 percent in 2013 while multi-family housing starts in Orlando are expected to double next year…
University of Florida team wins in PMMI Student Packaging Solutions contest
Packaging Digest
PMMI has awarded the top prize in the fourth annual Student Packaging Solutions Contest to the team from the University of Florida. Students Gaby Cruz, Colleen Delaney, Michael Grandinetti and Alex Tipton, with their advisor, Dr. Bruce Welt, accepted the accolade during a special segment of the Packaging Hall of Fame Reception and Induction Ceremony held Oct. 30, 2012. Team members will share $4,000 in scholarship funds…
UF student charged with fabricating attack
UPI.com
Sarah Lawrence, 20, a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville, told police Oct. 1 she was walking near a dormitory when a man accosted her with a knife and tried sexually assaulting her. As police questioned Lawrence about the incident her story began to change, leading police to conclude she’d made the whole thing up.
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba to make belated South Florida debut in …
The Classical Review
“It’s not that big a deal anymore with the Cuban-American community, as long as they don’t come here and play revolutionary songs, which they’re not going to do,” said Andy Gomez, senior fellow at the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies…
Sandy forecasts were on target, but message was a bit garbled
Reuters
Brian McNoldy, senior research associate at the University of Miami, said overall, the predictions on the storm were excellent, but he does question the decision not to issue hurricane warnings, especially since the storm was basically a category 2 …
First Coast Happenings
Florida Times-Union
“Stand Up For America,” 7 p.m., University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall. Features Neal Boortz, Andy Dean, Jamie Dupree and Herman Cain. $40-$120. (904) 245-8662 or wokv.com.
Jacksonville remains murder capital of Florida
Florida Times-Union
University of North Florida Professor Michael Hallett renewed his call for the creation of Metropolitan Police Department that would patrol roughly in the areas where Jacksonville existed before consolidation…
Zephyrhills’ roads limiting its economic growth
Tampabay.com
When courting companies, [Gray] Swoope suggested the city embrace regional assets like the University of South Florida and major sports teams…
Shannon Nickinson: Undecideds rule race in this election
Pensacola News Journal
A hearty crowd for early voting is a good thing to Jocelyn Evans, chairwoman of the political science department at the University of West Florida. Early and absentee voting open up the ballot box to more voters, she says…
Releases and Web Stories
Florida Career College Celebrates Opening of Kendall Campus Where …
PR Web
Florida Career College celebrated the opening of its Kendall campus with representatives from Miami-Dade County and the Economic Development Council of …
Nova Southeastern University Sponsors Oct. 26 Family Court Conference to …
Sacramento Bee
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 25, 2012 — Events and discussion will focus on trauma-informed strategies for courts to protect families against domestic violence.
Zipcar Launches Miami as 20th Major Metro Market
Sacramento Bee
Zipcar has also offered car sharing on the campus of University of Miami since 2008, where it has been extremely well-received by students, faculty and staff, as well as by members of the local community…
University of Tampa Joins Tuition Rewards® College Enrollment …
PR Web
The University of Tampa has joined Tuition Rewards®, a nationwide consortium of 290+ …
