State University System
FAMU planning recruitment, scholarship tour
Gainesville Sun
The annual FAMU President’s Tour to visit Gainesville will take place at 3 p.m. March 10 at Springhill Baptist Church at 120 SE Williston Road. The event will include performances by FAMU Connection, the recruitment/performing group, and remarks by …
FAMU football schedule released Thursday
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
FAMU will announce its 2013 football schedule at 9 a.m. Thursday at a news conference with school athletics director Derek Horne and new head coach Earl Holmes. It’s already known the Rattlers will play Ohio State on Sept. 21 in Columbus.
8 Sport Stadium Naming Flip-Flops Around the Country
ABC News
Florida Atlantic University hit a nerve when it announced it was naming its football stadium Geo Group Stadium after the private prison company based in Boca Raton…Here are eight stadium naming flops and kerfuffles around the country…
Florida Atlantic University Students Protest GEO Group Name Attached To Stadium
Huffington Post
Dozens of students gathered on campus at Florida Atlantic University on Monday to protest the school’s recent announcement that it will name its football stadium after GEO Group, Inc., a company that operates private corrections facilities at the …
Gimme a G! Gimme an E! Gimme an O! Florida school sells stadium naming rights to prison company
MSNBC
If you care about good government and fairness, this story should outrage you. A private prison company with a horrific past has secured naming rights to Florida Atlantic University’s new 30,000-seat football stadium in Boca Raton with a $6 million gift…
Florida Atlantic Students Protest GEO Deal
The Quad: The New York Times College Sports Blog
When Florida Atlantic announced that it had sold the naming rights to its football stadium to a commercial prison company, it prompted a round of sighs across the college landscape, seemingly the latest example that money trumps all other concerns in modern athletics. And, it turned out, many Florida Atlantic students weren’t crazy about the idea either.
Grid-irons: you are duly sentenced to a prison-sponsored stadium
The Guardian
…Every so often, scientists believe some sort of tear opens up in the spacetime continuum, causing part of this future to arrive in our present. And the other day, it seems, was one of those moments. How else to explain the fact that naming rights to a Florida football stadium have been sold to a private prison corporation? The 30,000-seat Florida Atlantic University stadium, home to the Florida Atlantic Owls, will now carry the name GEO Group Stadium, which is quite the firm to watch in the increasingly competitive arena of for-profit incarceration…
FAU book center hopes to revive art of handwriting
Sun-Sentinel
You might want to replace your tablet and smartphone with a pen and paper if you visit Florida Atlantic University on Friday. The university’s Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts is hoping to revive the art of letter writing through a new series …
UCF wrongful death lawsuit might now include NCAA infraction
CBS sports.com
Lawyers representing the family of a former Central Florida player in a high-profile wrongful death lawsuit are asking an appeals court to consider the school’s lack of institutional control charge by the NCAA, the Orlando Sentinel has reported. Inserting an NCAA infractions decision into such a legal matter would be considered a first…
UCF Police to Undergo Voluntary Accreditation Process; Public Able to Leave Comments
KnightNews.com
The University of Central Florida Police Department will undergo a review of its policies, procedures, management and operations by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation beginning March 11, UCF said in a recent statement…
Online student news site sues University of Central Florida for access to records, meetings
Student Press Law Center
A student-run online news organization at the University of Central Florida has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging violations of Florida’s public records and open meetings laws. Last week, Knight News filed a lawsuit against the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and University President John C. Hitt. The online news site says the school has overly redacted public records and shut reporters and the public out of student disciplinary hearings they feel should be public…
White House gives UF high scores
The Independent Florida Alligator
The U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center has created College Scorecard, recognizing UF with top marks…
For some UF students, ‘summer’ school is their regular schedule
Miami Herald
Imagine going to school through the summer months, when it’s too hot to do anything outside — and having the cooler months off to travel and football games without worrying about homework. Sound like a good plan? The University of Florida thought so, although not for all the same reasons the plan might appeal to college students…
NCAA may ask USF to change football uniform design
Tampa Bay Business Journal (blog)
A proposed change in NCAA rules could have the University of South Florida Bulls making a uniform design tweak. The new rule would require teams to wear a contrasting color from the field of play, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay…
State College System
GCSC Registering Students for Summer “C” Semester
wmbb
Gulf Coast State College is currently registering students for Spring “C” classes that begin March 5. Even though other classes began in January, students can still get a full semester’s worth of courses in Spring “C”, a short, eight-week semester. Advisors and admissions experts are ready to help in person in the Advising Center on campus or online at www.gulfcoast.edu. Gulf Coast State College is currently registering students for Spring “C” classes that begin March 5. Even though other classes began in January, students can still get a full semester’s worth of courses in Spring “C”, a short, eight-week semester. Advisors and admissions experts are ready to help in person in the Advising Center on campus or online at www.gulfcoast.edu.
College plans to offer four-year degree
KeysNet
Florida Keys Community College is poised to embark next month on a two- to three-year process of offering a four-year baccalaureate degree right here in Monroe County…
NWF State simplifies registration process
The Northwest Florida Daily News
Enrolling for classes at Northwest Florida State College will be less complicated. Beginning with the summer term, new and returning students …
Doolittle Raider Reunion taking shape
The Northwest Florida Daily News
Proceeds from the Raider reunion will go to the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast a new endowed scholarship in the Doolittle name at Northwest Florida State College…
Biotech deals growing at faster pace in Florida
Sun-Sentinel
New data from University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology incubator shows that Florida’s life science sector continues to grow at a faster pace than the nation’s…In South Florida, the report notes Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, which opened its new $64 million center in Jupiter last fall, and Palm Beach State College‘s biotechnology program have successfully placed most of its graduates into full-time employment.
SFSC committee pares down candidates
Highlands Today
The process to hire a replacement for South Florida State College President Norm Stephens, who is retiring in June, took another step forward. The college’s search screening committee narrowed the list of 48 candidates down to 12 during a meeting Tuesday…
Independent Colleges and Universities
Ave Maria honors, celebrates service of outgoing pope
Naples Daily News
Ave Maria University plans to honor the pope for his legacy of service through a series of events.
Ave Maria University Hosts Events to Honor Pope Benedict XVI
The Cardinal Newman Society
Ave Maria University is honoring Pope Benedict XVI through a series of events in recognition of the final days of his papacy. All campus activities are open to the public…
Leesburg’s Beacon College to hold ribbon-cutting for new classroom …
Orlando Sentinel
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10:30 am for the 8000-square-foot Beacon Hall, the downtown college’s new classroom/administration building.
FMU wants your help to ‘retool’
The South Florida Times
Florida Memorial University (FMU) has been announced as a finalist in the 2013 “Retool Your School” campus improvement grant program. In the initiative designed to reinvigorate Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) such as FMU, finalists competing for $225,000 in grants for on-campus improvements are now asking their communities and the public to help them win…
Up the a-cat-emy: Florida Southern College to build kitty dorms
Orlando Weekly
Students at Florida Southern College in Lakeland may not be attending classes with their feral feline friends, but campus kittehs are one step closer to experiencing the classic college experience: living in the dorm…
Five Join Florida Citrus Hall of Fame
The Ledger
The 2013 Florida Citrus Hall of Fame celebration was held at the Hollis Wellness Center on the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland on Wednesday…
Winter Park could get baseball stadium shared by Rollins, minor …
Orlando Sentinel
Winter Park would become home to a baseball stadium shared by Rollins College and a minor-league team under a proposed deal …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the Web
Editorial: The name game
Gainesville Sun
It’s tricky business for universities to put names on buildings, whether they’re honoring someone or simply selling naming rights to the highest bidder. Naming a building after a person runs the risk that their name will be later tarnished. Ask Penn State University, which named its library after the late football coach Joe Paterno and his wife. A child sex-abuse scandal involving one of Paterno’s assistants caused the university to remove a statue of Paterno from campus, but his name remains on the building. Naming a building after a company runs a different set of risks, as Florida Atlantic University has discovered. FAU recently accepted a $6 million donation from GEO Group, a Boca Raton-based private prison corporation, in exchange for naming rights to the university’s football stadium…
Editorial: FAU Who?: A great joke for a terrible partnership
The Independent Florida Alligator
The only time we feel jealous is when someone comes up with a hilarious pun before we get the chance to. It happened to us this week, though, at Florida Atlantic University…
Smoke free HCC: student opinion
The Hawkeye
On January 1, 2013, smoking became a banned activity from all Hillsborough Community College campuses. Many people, mostly smokers, are against this new ban…
Letters: Stadium deal is a win-win for FAU, GEO Group
Palm Beach Post
The better the sport teams, the more interest in attending the university. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize this fact, but apparently it takes someone with more intelligence than Editor of the Editorial Page Randy Schultz (“Hard time for FAU after stadium deal.”) Former head coach Howard Schnellenberger and Florida Atlantic University administrators have worked hard setting the foundation for excellence in FAU’s sport programs. As an alumnus, I am proud of the growth of FAU’s football program. It has improved because of better facilities and drawing some very talented athletes. This year another milestone will be set, with a new conference and creation of an exploding fan base…MICHAEL CIRULLO, SR. – West Palm Beach
Letters: Geo’s donation should be applauded
Palm Beach Post
I write regarding the recent announcement of a gift from the GEO Group Foundation to Florida Atlantic University (“Hard time for FAU after stadium deal,” Randy Schultz column.) It is very unfortunate that this generous donation has received some negative press. Our organization is familiar with the GEO Group and its foundation, which has been a strong supporter of our efforts to help the children of Palm Beach County…MARCIE GORMAN & MEYER HABERMAN Editor’s Note: Marcie Gorman and Meyer Haberman are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of Communities in Schools of Palm Beach County.
Hodges University to honor Sam Galloway, Jr.
The News-Press
Hodges University announced today that Sam Galloway, Jr. is its 2013 Luminary of the Year, an award that recognizes individuals with a distinguished track record of perseverance, honesty, moral character and charity. Galloway is a Fort Myers native and is president of the Galloway Family of Dealerships, an auto business started by his grandparents in 1927 as Lee Motors. He serves as chairman emeritus for Community Cooperative Ministries Inc., which works to end homelessness and hunger in Southwest Florida, and sponsors the annual Soup Kitchen Benefit…
33-year-old JU grad leads Florida House
Times Union
It took Will Weatherford 10 years to catapult from political novice to one of Florida’s most influential legislators. An untested $22,000-a-year campaign worker fresh out of college a decade ago, Weatherford, 33, is now one of the youngest House speakers in the state’s history. Weatherford began his political journey after graduating from Jacksonville University by helping former state Rep. Allan Bense pick up support in his successful campaign to become House speaker.
NSU’S JONES JOINS BROWARD EDUCATION BOARD
South Florida Times
J. Preston Jones, interim dean of the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, has become a member of the Broward Education Foundation Board, providing strategic leadership to the school in support of NSU’s mission, core values, and 2020 vision…
Southwest CEO to participate in World Leaders Conference at PBAU
Palm Beach Post
[Gary] Kelly, who first joined Southwest in 1986 as its controller, is one of 15 top executives in business and ministry along with leadership experts scheduled to speak at the World Leaders Conference to be held March 6-7 at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach…
Royal Palm Beach man accused of shooting pictures up women’s dresses at …
Palm Beach Post
A suburban West Palm Beach man was arrested at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth campus Tuesday morning after he allegedly confessed to putting a camera up a woman’s dress. David M. Parks, 26, was booked into the jail on a charge of video voyeurism. He remains there today in lieu of $3,000 bond, records show.
David Parks flipped up skirt of college student, took video, report says
WPBF West Palm Beach
According to the arrest report, David Parks flipped up the skirt of a 19-year-old student on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth and used his cellphone camera to take video.
Famous surgeon loves Ringling student’s portrait
Herald-Tribune
The student at the Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota created this portrait of noted neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who was speaking in town Wednesday as part of the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall lecture series.
Southeastern University Pastor/Professor Is a Painter By Night
The Ledger
By day, 27-year-old Steven Felix is many things: an adjunct professor at Lakeland’s Southeastern University, a youth pastor at Beymer United Methodist Church in Winter Haven and a PhD candidate at the University of Wales in the United Kingdom…
Tentative contract ties SCF president’s pay to goals
Herald-Tribune
State College of Florida‘s new president Carol Probstfeld has some specific goals for her tenure as president, including increasing student enrollment and getting some building projects off the ground. And if Probstfeld doesn’t achieve those goals, she’s okay with it affecting her compensation. A tentative contract presented to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday would hold Probstfeld accountable for seven goals in order to earn money for a tax sheltered annuity plan. “I wanted the contract to reflect some measurable goals,” Probstfeld said Tuesday. “It gives everybody some focus.”
College Fullback Claims Producer Stiffed Him
Courthouse News Service
MIAMI (CN) – A former University of Miami football player sued movie director Billy Corben, claiming Corben hired him as an assistant producer for an ESPN-commissioned documentary, but gave him no credit or payment for his work. Kevin Brinkworth Jr. sued Corben and his Miami Beach studio, Rakontur, in Miami-Dade County Court, alleging unjust enrichment and breach of contract.
NCAA Claims Nevin Shapiro Gave Out $170000 to UMiami Athletes
Miami New Times (blog)
So how much did convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro dole out in impermissible benefits to University of Miami athletes, recruits and coaches? About $170,000, says the NCAA…
Releases and Web Stories
FAU To Test Emergency System
Boca News Now
If you live on or near the Florida Atlantic Universitycampus in East Boca, don’t panic tomorrow (Thursday) if you hear sirens or other emergency-related sounds. The school plans to test its emergency system…
2013 Women of Distinction Honored March 14
Santa Fe College
…The 2013 Women of Distinction event will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Fine Arts Hall. Keynote speaker will be Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll. A reception will follow with heavy hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $35 per person and are available online at sfcollege.edu/finearts or through the Santa Fe Box Office at 352-395-4181…
College transitions to computer-based GED tests
Seminole State College
Seminole State College of Florida will make the transition to a computer-based-only GED test starting in January 2014…
GED classes at Harvest Time International
Seminole State College
Seminole State College of Florida is helping adults in Seminole County, including those who are financially distressed, to complete their high school education by offering free Adult Basic Education and GED classes at Harvest Time International (HTI) in Sanford beginning March 12…
Facts about $10K bachelor’s degree initiative
Seminole State College
All 23 Florida College System institutions that offer baccalaureate degrees have accepted Gov. Rick Scott’s challenge to offer students a baccalaureate degree program that costs no more than $10,000. Seminole State will offer an incentive scholarship …
StetsonU wins eight CASE Awards
Stetson University Today
Stetson University received eight CASE awards at the CASE District III Conference held Feb. 17-20, in Atlanta, Ga. CASE stands for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Criteria used for determining CASE awards include writing, editing, professional execution of publications, design, technical quality, creativity, and an array of other elements to the programs. Stetson University won one Grand Award, two Awards of Excellence and five Special Merit Awards…
Paul Demie Mainieri Field at St. Thomas University Dedicated in Honor of Renowned College Baseball Coach
PR Newswire
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Former baseball coach, athletic director and alumnus of the St. Thomas University Sports Administration program Paul Mainieri will be honored Friday, March 1st, 2013, at the dedication of a new baseball field and scoreboard at St. Thomas University. The new field, home of the St. Thomas University Bobcats baseball team, is now named Paul Demie Mainieri Field at Frank R. Esposito Stadium…
UF study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida study on louse evolution shows the parasite’s genetic structure differs based on geographic region, information essential for developing more effective insecticides.
Symposium explores evolving roles of women in America
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Professor Stephanie Coontz will visit the University of Florida March 13 for a symposium titled “The Feminine Mystique at 50,” focusing on her groundbreaking research into the history of family policy and women’s activism in America.
Chick Corea, Béla Fleck collaboration highlights UFPA’s March events
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts will present 13 performances in March, highlighted by a Chick Corea and Béla Fleck collaboration on March 20 and a free film screening of “The Last Flight of Petr Ginz” on March 28…
Accounting students provide free tax preparation assistance to Pinellas residents
USFSP News
For the sixth year in a row, USF St. Petersburg accounting students are providing hundreds of hours of free income tax preparation for low- and moderate-income people throughout Pinellas County. The students are volunteering through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, a nationwide program that provides free tax preparation for people with annual incomes of $52,000 of less. Many of the taxpayers the program helps qualify for the earned income tax credit, which allows them to receive a refund with a low income…
