State University System
Universities consider forgoing tuition hikes for extra state money
Ocala
The University of Florida and other state universities might forgo undergraduate tuition increases next year in exchange for increased state funding. The Florida Board of Governors discussed Thursday a request for $118 million in new state funding that would be distributed to universities based on their performance. The figure is around the same amount universities would have received by making 15 percent tuition increases, the maximum allowed by law…
Why Performance Funding Will Mean Tougher Admission Standards In Florida
StateImpact Florida
What will a performance funding system for Florida’s post-secondary institutions look like?
Florida A&M offers $300000 to end hazing lawsuit
Atlanta Journal Constitution
An attorney for the family of a Florida A&M University drum major who died following a hazing incident said Thursday that a $300,000 settlement offer from the school is “insulting.” The amount offered is the maximum amount the university can pay without seeking approval by the Florida Legislature…
Robert Champion’s family rejects FAMU‘s offer of $300000 in hazing suit
Orlando Sentinel
FAMU has offered to pay $300,000 to the family of drum major Robert Champion, who died after a hazing aboard a charter bus in Orlando last November…
What’s open and closed on Veterans Day in South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
Federal, state, county and municipal offices will be closed. Public schools will be closed. Broward College and Florida Atlantic University will be closed.
FIU students to walk on water
Sun-Sentinel
Walking on water is considered a miraculous act found in religious texts, Greek mythology and now at Florida International University’s main campus in Miami-Dade County. Students in a materials construction class are building aquatic shoes…
Shopping Center Leveled for Student Housing Near UCF
GlobeSt.com
Demolition and construction of the mall precedes a redevelopment that will bring student housing and retail across from the entrance to the University of Central Florida…
Prompted by costume incident, Machen plans diversity training for UF students
Gainesville Sun
Following criticism of the University of Florida‘s response to an incident in which fraternity members wore racially charged costumes, UF President Bernie Machen announced Thursday that new diversity training and programs were being developed.
Osprey Challenge ropes course helps students conquer fear, gain real-world skills
ActionNewsJax.com
A new team building exercise on the University of North Florida’s campus is helping students learn how to work together while overcoming fears. The Osprey Challenge Course is designed for groups to go through as a team.
UNF building to be named Petway Hall
Florida Times-Union
On Friday the University of North Florida will dedicate the building that houses the College of Education and Human Services as Petway Hall in honor of civic leaders and philanthropists Tom and Elizabeth “Betty” Petway.
USF completes separation from Poly, now due $10 million
MiamiHerald.com (blog) (registration)
The law that created the state’s 12th university earlier this year required USF to give the new university all the resources it had on their Lakeland campus, called USF Poly. In return, once the transition was completed USF would get $10 million to allow existing students to finish their degrees in Lakeland with USF Poly faculty. The school can now petition the state for that money…
State College System
Lock down on Broward campus lifted
7Online WSVN-TV
The Davie Police Department has lifted the lock down at the central campus of Broward College after a staff member had reported seeing someone possibly armed with a gun…
Daytona State Launches Social Media Course This Spring, Available …
FlaglerLive.com
Daytona State College is among a burgeoning number of institutions across the country that are offering students college-credit instruction on how to tap the power of social media technologies in business.
Former State Attorney says FSCJ issues enough for Grand Jury
ActionNewsJax.com
State leaders are calling for a top to bottom review of Florida State College at Jacksonville. The school’s former president, Stephen Wallace, resigned in the wake of a financial aid scandal…
Read FSCJ trustees’ prepared statements, resignation letters
Florida Times-Union (blog)
Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Tuesday board meeting was plenty busy. The main order of business was finalizing President Steve Wallace’s exit package, which trustees ultimately approved at about $1 million including accrued benefits.
Angry gator puts on a show outside Florida home
San Francisco Chronicle
A student TV station from Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Bay reports that it took 45 minutes to control the large gator, which had to be put down…
Independent Colleges and Universities
Florida Memorial University Departing
The South Florida Times
The Florida Memorial University (FMU) Board of Trustees have announced the release of Dr. Henry Lewis III, the Universityís 12th president, effective today.
Stetson event to remember Holocaust attacks
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Stetson University will host an event Friday afternoon to commemorate “Kristallnacht” or the “Night of Broken Glass,” a 1938 series of attacks against synagogues, Jews and their businesses throughout Germany and Austria that signaled the start …
Miami-Dade commissioners approve new Metrorail cars, defer Jackson proposal
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson’s academic partner, was one of the nine bidders.
For Profit and Career Colleges
9 Investigates career colleges
WFTV Orlando
Thousands of Central Floridians shelled out big money for courses at career colleges to make themselves more marketable in tough times. But 9 Investigates found some feel the schools left them with little more than big debt and empty promises.
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Haitian prime ministered honored by two South Florida universities
MiamiHerald.com
Barry University will award Lamothe — along with two other graduates — with its Distinguished Alumni Award at a 6 pm dinner Saturday at the Hyatt Regency …
Man, 85, killed in crash near Eckerd College in St. Petersburg
Tampabay.com
Robert Earl Sheperd of St. Petersburg was leaving Eckerd College at 7 pm and trying to pull into the westbound lanes of 54th Avenue S. At that moment, …
Papa John’s CEO: Obamacare likely to raise costs, result in …
Memphis Commercial Appeal
[John] Schnatter, a part-time Naples resident, made the comments Wednesday night inside a small auditorium at Edison State College’s Collier County campus…
Rick Ross and Uncle Luke at FAMU
Florida Flambeau
Miami rappers Rick Ross and Uncle Luke will perform at the Al Lawson, Jr. Multipurpose Center on FAMU‘s campus on Saturday, Nov. 10…
FAU’s GSA President Comes to U.S. to Learn English, Becomes LGBT Activist
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
Daniela Feriozzi is an activist for almost 100 students at Florida Atlantic University. She’s the president of FAU‘s gay straight alliance, Lambda United, which has more members than ever before…
Nine Florida counties still tallying ballots
Palm Beach Post
There is no certain way of knowing who those voters supported for president, but Florida Atlantic University political scientist Kevin Wagner believes it is unlikely that absentee votes still uncounted will change the current order of finish and hand the state to Romney, given those strong Democratic numbers. “I don’t expect that the distribution of those uncounted votes is going to be all that different from the ones already counted,” he said. “But it’s a really good thing that the presidency didn’t depend this year on what happened here in Florida.”
St. Lucie County played key role in presidential, District 18 races
TCPalm
Kevin Wagner, associate political science professor at Florida Atlantic University, said West faced a more difficult electorate than most Republicans. “Most of them don’t have a St. Lucie County,” Wagner said. “Palm Beach County is a Democratic district…
Best holiday plan: Don’t overspend
Sun-Sentinel
“People have to be very careful in their spending,” said Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, an economics professor who directs the Center of Economic Research at Florida International University…
Board of Governors names its final Florida Poly trustee
WTSP 10 News
The Florida Board of Governors has named it’s final appointment to the new Board of Trustees of Florida Polytechnic University, Bill Brown. Brown is the president and CEO of the Harris Corporation, a communications and technology company.
Florida vote count delay brings to mind 2000 debacle
AFP
“Election officials in Florida said the same thing in 2000 — the turnout caught them by surprise,” said Lance deHaven-Smith at Florida State University.
Visit Florida: Share a Little Sunshine Showdown
Seminoles.com
“We think that VISIT FLORIDA’s sponsorship of the game is a perfect match,” said Randy Spetman, Florida State University Athletics Director. “The universities throughout our state drive an enormous amount of commerce and tourism activity…
Rick Scott Still Won’t Implement Parts Of Health Care Law After …
Huffington Post
[Rick] Scott has been a leading adversary of Obamacare, repeatedly refusing to accept provisions that would expand Medicaid rolls and set up a state-run health insurance exchange. He continued to criticize these programs during an appearance at the New College of Florida on Wednesday. “No one has been able to show me that that health care exchange is going to do anything rather than raise taxes, raise the cost of our companies to do business,” Scott said, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune…
Fake modeling agent accused in foot-fetish attack near UCF
Orlando Sentinel
The latest charges against John Joseph Capio, 35, stem from an incident the night of April 6 outside the Lit Hookah bar off University Boulevard near the University of Central Florida’s main campus. A woman at the bar said she was approached by a man, later identified as Capio, who “started talking to her about how pretty she was and that he could make her a lot of money as foot model.”
Front & Center: Expand early voting, prof says
Orlando Sentinel
Americans should brace themselves for more gridlock in Washington, D.C. following this week’s election, according to one of this region’s best-known political analysts, the University of Central Florida‘s Aubrey Jewett.
Eyes Now Turn to Election Night ‘Winner’ Marco Rubio
Sunshine State News
Aubrey Jewett, an expert on Florida politics and University of Central Florida political science professor, expects Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to help the GOP with Hispanic voters. “The messenger and the tone of the message in politics is often as important, and sometimes more important, than the message itself,” Jewett responded in an email…
What Obama’s re-election means to Florida
Sun-Sentinel
“The election alone will clear away some of the uncertainties,” said Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida…
Election 2012 results: How President Barack Obama’s re-election affects Florida
WPTV
Now we know the health-care law will remain and who will control the government. “The election alone will clear away some of these uncertainties,” said Sean. Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida…
President Bernie Machen sends email about race relations at UF
WUFT
University of Florida President Bernie Machen sent the following email to students, faculty and staff on Thursday morning, more than a week after fraternity students dressed in “black face” for Halloween and posted the photo to Instagram, causing a controversy on campus…
Once Again, Florida’s Voting Doesn’t Add Up
New Hampshire Public Radio
“The Obama team shifted to get people to do in-person absentee ballots, which take a lot longer to process than early voting,” says Daniel Smith, a political scientist at the University of Florida. “You have to open and verify and process the ballot …
UF point guard suspended for opener
Florida Today
University of Florida’s men’s basketball team showed up for a luncheon for Friday’s season opening game against Georgetown on the USS Bataan without point guard Scott Wilbekin…
Long lines, long count once again raise questions about Florida’s election process
Fox News
Susan MacManus, with the University of South Florida, predicted the problems this year would nevertheless lead to an examination of what Florida did wrong this time around. “After this, you, I think you’ll have another 2000. Get the job done. Get it fixed…
Democrats claim victory in Florida; Romney won’t concede
The News-Press
Susan McManus, a political science professor at University of South Florida, said that while Florida wasn’t particularly relevant Tuesday, it’ won’t always be that way. “That chemistry can change from one election to another,” she said…
Obama Holds Edge In Florida, But Result Still Not Final
TPM
Some are equipment based, some are mechanics, some are the length of the ballot — it was super long, it was the longest ballot ever,” Susan MacManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida, told TPM…
Once Again, Florida’s Voting Doesn’t Add Up
WBUR
“It was just a convergence of things that were an embarrassment to Florida,” says Susan MacManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida in Tampa…
UNO names Payne as new provost
WPEC
[James E.] Payne most recently served as regional vice chancellor for academic affairs and research at the polytechnic campus of the University of South Florida System. There he oversaw a $21.2 million academic affairs budget and personnel matters
Releases and Web Stories
FIT’s Scott Center’s Grant for Free Autistic Parent Training
Brevard Times
MELBOURNE, Florida – Florida Institute of Technology’s Scott Center for Autism Treatment will begin parent training via telemedicine, according to a Florida Institute of Technology news …
Sarasota Memorial Hospital and Ringling College Partner to Open …
PR Web
Ringling College of Art and Design and Sarasota Memorial Hospital today announced the opening of a new on-campus Student Health Center, making available to …
Nursing graduates achieve perfect score on exam
Seminole State College
Graduates of Seminole State College of Florida’s nursing program have achieved a perfect 100 percent pass rate this year on their licensure exams, according to results recently released by the Florida Board of Nursing…
