State University System
Law could severely limit potential damages in FAMU hazing lawsuit
Boston Herald
With every troubling new revelation about Florida A&M University‘s Marching 100, the pending civil case against FAMU seems to grow stronger for the parents of Robert Champion, the drum major who died from being hazed on a charter bus in Orlando. But the prospects of Robert and Pamela Champion collecting a large financial settlement or jury award is another matter. That’s because the university enjoys the legal protection of sovereign immunity, which could severely limit the amount of money the Champions ultimately collect if they win a lawsuit…
Prosecutor to release evidence in FAMU hazing case
MiamiHerald.com
Prosecutors are expected to release evidence they have against the 13 people charged in last year’s hazing death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion. A state attorney’s office spokeswoman says hundreds of pages of documents and audio files will be released on Wednesday.
Never, Ever Screw Up a Sports Team’s Logo
Wall Street Journal
Last month, a Florida TV station botched the Florida Panthers’ logo (it showed the logo of the Golden Panthers of Florida International University instead).
Clone of burned ‘Senator’ tree to be planted at Big Tree Park
Orlando Sentinel
Several clones of the Senator were produced about 15 years ago when foresters took cuttings from the 3500-year-old Senator and planted some of them at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Florida Poly details discussed
Tampabay.com
Florida Polytechnic is on its way to becoming the state’s 12th university, with higher education leaders meeting today in Daytona Beach to talk about the process. It’s not the first meeting of the Board of Governors task force charged with overseeing the transition of the University of South Florida’s Lakeland branch campus into independence, but it is the first time the group is meeting since Gov. Rick Scott gave the new university his rubber stamp last month.
USF reports case of tuberculosis
Tbo.com
A student on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida has contracted tuberculosis, according to university officials. This is the second time in 2012 that the university has reported a case of tuberculosis to the Hillsborough …
State College System
Edison decides pay scale for next president
Fox 4
Edison State College’s next president will make less than half of what fired president Dr. Ken Walker took home. Before Edison’s next president can sign on the dotted line, the college had to decide how much that person should be paid especially …
Trustees: Edison State students will not see tuition increase in fall
Naples Daily News
Edison State College students won’t see an increase in their fall tuition despite an anticipated drop in enrollment. Trustees agreed Tuesday to wait and see how many students enroll this fall before trying to recoup what …
Salary range set for new Edison State College president
The News-Press
Unlike his predecessor, Edison State College’s next president will receive a base salary comparable to leaders at other similarly sized community colleges.
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Edison State College president search: Reporter Dave Breitenstein takes an in-depth look at finalists
The News-Press
Follow higher education reporter Dave Breitenstein on Twitter at @D_Breitenstein as he visits the hometowns of Edison State College’s presidential finalists. He will be posting updates and photos as he tours their campuses and talks to those most familiar with their work…
Flagler College wins preservation award
Historic City News
The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation has announced to local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that Flagler College has won an Outstanding Achievement in Adaptive Use award for its renovation of the Florida East Coast Railroad …
Panel at FSCJ explains Stand Your Ground law
Florida Times-Union
In an attempt to explain the law’s specifics with the general public, the Daniel Webster Perkins Bar Association held a Stand Your Ground forum Tuesday at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Six panelists, which included a university professor, two defense attorneys and a legislator, laid out the nuances of the law to a crowd of about 250 residents and students…
PSC: Pretty spectacular campus
Navarre Press
Pensacola State College held the official grand opening of its sweeping, 110-acre South Santa Rosa Center on May 22 in Gulf Breeze with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The $9 million campus is designed to be multi-functional and includes enrollment …
‘There’s just no way around it’
Santa Rosa Press Gazette
Road crews are currently widening Highway 90 and improving drainage in the median near Pensacola State College and K-Mart in Milton. The obstacle course has become an issue for several motorists…
Polk State to Host Seminar for Veterans Who Want to Pursue Education
The Ledger
As part of a plan to be as veteran-friendly as possible, Polk State College will host a seminar Friday for veterans who want to pursue a college education…
Independent College and University System
Ave Maria drops health insurance coverage for students
Wink News
Ave Maria University is dropping health coverage for students. They say, President Obama’s new health plan makes it too expensive for the students. Of the 800 students at Ave Maria University campus, only about a hundred have health …
PBAU students gets taste of America
Palm Beach Post
Wolfgang Reiger wanted his students to get a view of how business is taught and functions in the United States. Reiger, managing director of the Institut für Management in Salzburg, Austria, was joined this week by 17 of the school’s MBA students on a visit to Palm Beach Atlantic University…
UM medical school shakes up leadership
MiamiHerald.com
Five top executives have lost their leadership roles as part of ongoing restructuring at the University of Miami medical school.
Report: Miami Has Informally Contacted the Big 12
Miami New Times (blog)
The University of Miami has informally contacted the Big 12 conference to gauge the interest in the possibility of ditching the ACC and joining the Texas-centric conference, according to one report at least…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
88-Year-Old Will Receive Diploma at June Graduation in Coconut Creek
Broward Net Online
At “88-years-young,” Howard Hurwitz is an inspiration to his fellow students at Atlantic Technical Center in Coconut Creek, because he is dedicated to reinventing himself. Hurwitz will don a cap and gown on June 4 to receive an Applied Technology diploma and then plans to embark on a new career as a Medical Coder Biller. The Atlantic Technical Center graduation ceremony will be held at the Broward College Omni at 7 p.m…
Tomato Time
Daytona Beach News-Journal
They are also used to make tomato paste,” explained Chef Costa Magoulas, dean of Daytona State College’s hospitality and culinary management school, last week…
Laundering tax dollars
The News Herald
The Florida Times-Union reported Saturday that over the last three years two state senators — Democrat Gary Siplin of Orlando and Republican Stephen Wise of Jacksonville — have used Florida A&M University as a “pass through” to send millions of taxpayer dollars to nonprofit groups to which the lawmakers have close ties…
Anthony Westbury: This graduate overcame many challenges to earn her GED
TCPalm
Kelly Rodgers, 48, was one of 160 or so students who received their GED certificates at Indian River State College on May 15. She has had to overcome a frightening number of challenges to earn that diploma…
Two parents continue their daughter’s legacy with “Christine’s Hope for Kids”
The Central Jersey Sun
Christine [Gianacaci], who was a 22, traveled to Haiti in January 2010 with several of her classmates from Lynn University in Florida on her second mission trip with Food for the Poor, and was killed in the catastrophic earthquake that occurred on Jan…
Republicans can’t find challenger to Democratic congressman
Sun-Sentinel
Robert Watson, a political scientist at Lynn University in Boca Raton, said the political makeup of the district and Deutch’s style would make it difficult to unseat him. “Ted Deutch has been successful, effective, and he’s very popular,” Watson said.
John Hitt of UCF Tops Florida’s University President’s Pay List
Sunshine State News (blog)
University of Central Florida President John Hitt was atop the list at $741500, which made him the 9th highest paid public school president in the nation, in the journals analysis of 190 institutions and universities…
Police zapped man, 79, with Taser
Omaha World-Herald
“It seems from much of that language that they’re pretty conservative in their use of (the) devices,” said Gene Paoline, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Central Florida who has studied police use of force…
Obama Prospects Improve as Swing State Economies Improve
Bloomberg
“That lost wealth in home equity is a pretty heavy burden,” said Sean Snaith, director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness at the University of Central Florida in Orlando…
Romney, Scott see economic recovery differently
The News Herald
“In some ways they’re both correct or looking at it from a different perspective,” said University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith.
Facebook’s Flop: Why Stock’s Early Slump May Not Matter
CNBC.com
On average, they trade up by 20 percent on day 1, according to Jay Ritter of the University of Florida, a leading expert on IPO performance…
Morgan Stanley defends handling of Facebook IPO
San Francisco Chronicle
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which became law last month, further relaxed restrictions on analysts who work for investment banks underwriting an IPO, said Jay Ritter, a professor of finance at the University of Florida…
George LeMieux’s aggressive campaign for 2009 Senate seat a window into his …
Tampabay.com
University of North Florida President John Delaney was told he could start looking for a place to live in DC The job was his. But then LeMieux allies created an anonymous website attacking Delaney. It noted that in 2008, Delaney had publicly opposed a property-tax initiative promoted by Crist. The Senate offer was promptly yanked…
Teen endured ‘pure hell’
Tbo.com
“I have to be honest; I think it’s ludicrous,” said [Ray] Kaplan, a sociologist and retired professor at the University of South Florida who spent part of his career teaching tolerance to thousands of students in schools around Tampa Bay…
Reform school was house of horrors for former resident
Northwest News and Tribune
Now a University of South Florida anthropology team studying a cemetery on the campus found irregularities in the ground. The evidence points to possible unmarked graves that extend far beyond the cemetery boundaries. The team, led by forensic anthropologist and USF professor Erin Kimmerle, has made four trips to the Marianna campus.
Obama could lose Florida in November, says prominent political analyst
Examiner.com
Susan Macmanus, a University of South Florida political science professor and well-respected Florida political analyst, said most pundits are making electoral prognostications for Florida in 2012 using 2008 demographic realities. Those realities, said Macmanus, especially for the 65 and over electorate, have changed dramatically in the past four years…
Florida plastic surgeon sues his internet critics
ABC Action News
We asked Jay Wolfson of the University of South Florida’s Health department, who is a doctor and a lawyer, if these internet posters should be nervous. ”Consumers of goods and services, whether it’s plumbing services or breast augmentation, have an absolute freedom of speech right to express their opinions as to the character and quality of services and products they’ve received without fear of legal reprisal,” said Wolfson…
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BRIEF-Moody’s assigns Aa2 rating to the State University System of of Florida’s 2012A Revenue Refunding Bonds
Reuters
May 23 (Reuters) – Moody’s assigns Aa2 rating to the State University System of Florida’s $32.7 Million Series 2012A Revenue Refunding Bonds, Outlook is Stable…
Flagler College wins four Florida College Press Association awards
ReadMedia (press release)
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (05/22/2012)(readMedia)– The Gargoyle, Flagler College‘s online student newspaper, has won four awards in the 2012 Florida College Press Association “Best Under the Sun” contest…
University of Florida joins effort to turn around state’s lowest-ranked high …
University of Florida
The University of Florida Lastinger Center recently joined a multi-organization, multiyear effort that includes Duval County Public Schools, the Jaguar Foundation and Teach for America to turn around the state’s lowest-ranked high school, …
University Of Miami Launches New Real Estate MBA Program
MarketWatch (press release)
CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The University of Miami School of Business Administration has established a new accelerated MBA program with a concentration in real estate. Bringing together the School of Business’s …
