Florida Higher Education Capitol Clips:
Scott not changing mind on tuition
The Florida Current
Gov. Rick Scott stood firm Thursday in his opposition to a tuition increase for state universities. The boards of trustees at both the University of Florida and Florida State University voted last week to raise tuition 1.7 percent. It’s an amount based on inflation and is required by a 2007 state law. The University of South Florida is waiting for guidance from the state Board of Governors before making its decision…
Gaetz, Weatherford visit Pensacola
Pensacola News Journal
Gaetz, R-Niceville, and Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, visited the University of West Florida and the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze on Wednesday…
State University System
FAMU class of 1962 gives $62K back to alma mater
The South Florida Times
TALLAHASSEE — For the Florida A&M University (FAMU) class of 1962, giving back to their alma mater was more than a thought. Members of the class recently presented a check for $62,250 to the university toward the establishment of scholarships for students…
Muoio seeks to bolster city’s entrepreneur community
Palm Beach Post
A six-seater golf cart packed with members of the West Palm Beach mayor’s office and Florida Atlantic University representatives zipped along the streets and sidewalks of the Boca Raton campus in what was the city’s latest effort to foster its entrepreneur community. While touring the university’s business college and Technology Business Incubator Tuesday, Mayor Jeri Muoio sought advice and partnership from the university as the city and local entrepreneurs plan a center downtown to help develop the business community. FAU representatives vocally supported working with the city…
Immigrant in-state fees could benefit FIU
Central Florida Future
Florida International University of Greater Miami recently became the first public university in the state to charge in-state tuition from students who are not yet legal citizens of the United States. FIU now grants a deferred action for childhood. FIU now grants a deferred action for childhood arrivals non-resident tuition waiver to students temporarily protected from deportation, which caters to those who have lived in the states for quite some time but technically, have not acquired citizenship…
What’s In a Name?
Teams with Native American nicknames are being criticized, why FSU is safe
SportsBlog.com (blog)
…The Seminole tribe plays a large role in Florida State University athletics. Members of the tribe are honored during football and basketball games, in fact some members are the center of attention during FSU’s homecoming ceremony…
FSU launching Innovation Foundation to assist student businesses
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
It’s not easy getting a new business off the ground, no matter how good the concept may be. Florida State President Eric Barron, midway through the second year of a campaign to establish his institution as an entrepreneurial university, wants to limit the number of hurdles a student has to clear to start a business. Barron, speaking earlier today with the Tallahassee Democrat editorial board, said he has created the Innovation Foundation, a direct-support organization (DSO) designed to assist student entrepreneurs turn ideas into real businesses. Barron said he hopes to have staffing at the new foundation by the fall…
Captured on Camera: Bear Roams on UCF Campus | Video
KnightNews.com
After the University of Central Florida Police sent an alert to students notifying them of a possible wild bear spotted on campus, KnightNews.com was able to obtain video footage of the animal roaming free near the Academic Village…
Prescribed burn along I-295, just north of JTB
ActionNewsJax.com
The burn is taking place just off I-295 near the University of North Florida, and north of JTB…
UNF Student Media now called Spinnaker Media
Florida Times-Union (blog)
The University of North Florida’s Center for Student Media has changed its name to Spinnaker Media. With the change, the student-run television news network Osprey TV will become Spinnaker Television and the student-run radio station will be Spinnaker Radio. The two broadcast operations chose to take that name because the newsrooms are already sharing revenue and news reporting efforts with the student-run newspaper The Spinnaker…
Crews still examining hole in north Tampa road
Bay News 9
The hole, about six feet wide and about 30 feet deep, opened near the intersection of 138th Avenue and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa near the University of South Florida…
State College System
BCC shows signs of change
Florida Today
It won’t be official until July 1. But Brevard Community College is getting ready for its official name change. Crews are currently working to replace the large, main signs at the entrances to each of the college’s four campuses with new signs for Eastern Florida State College…
Exclusive: FIT in talks with Valencia to bring biomedical engineering program …
Orlando Business Journal
Florida Institute of Technology President and CEO Anthony Catanese talks about plans to bring biomedical engineering and aviation management degrees to Medical City…
EPA picks FSCJ to do environmental training
Florida Times-Union
The US Environmental Protection Agency has given Florida State College at Jacksonville a grant to train local unemployed people so that they can get jobs in …
Body found at Indian River State College
wflx
FORT PIERCE, FL (WFLX) – Fort Pierce police are investigating a body found at Indian River State College. Police say the body was found early Thursday afternoon. Authorities have not yet released the identity of the body found in a truck, but say he was last seen yesterday…
PBSC cuts staff and faculty hours to avoid paying for health coverage
Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach State College is cutting the hours of more than 100 part-time employees and hundreds more adjunct faculty to avoid having to provide health care coverage required for workers under the federal health care law…
Independent Colleges and Universities
When College Is Not Just A Degree, But An Incubator for Entrepreneurs
Huffington Post
This start-up business helped the Flagler College Enactus team win, for the third time, the U.S. Enactus National Championship in a competition with 150 other colleges around the country…
JU’s Public Policy degree programs gain accreditation
Florida Times-Union
Officials at Jacksonville University gained accreditation for the four degree programs they were planning to offer in the school’s Public Policy Institute…
NCAA opens hearing on University of Miami violations
CNN
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA opened a key hearing in the massive infractions case against the University of Miami on Thursday, with school officials, former coaches and the ACC commissioner all on hand to defend the Hurricanes against allegations …
Miami Hurricanes begin making their case in front of NCAA
MiamiHerald.com
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly three years after former booster Nevin Shapiro began spinning a web of allegations about providing impermissible benefits to former players and coaches, the University of Miami got an opportunity Thursday morning to begin …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Editorial: Belated ‘crisis’ advice
Palm Beach Post
Florida Atlantic University may not have created yet another controversy by hiring “crisis communication” specialists, but FAU did create some confusion…
Quintero: How To Stand Out For The Right Reasons
Huffington Post
Being one of the few women studying engineering at Florida International University proved to be an experience that further fueled my drive and passion for the field. It also quickly made me realize that I had to make a name for my capabilities before people made conclusions about me because of my gender. You see, I never wanted to be Maria, the Hispanic girl in engineering 101, but more like Maria, the project leader that helped her group ace the class. It is easy to spot the female student in room full of males. But sometimes, it’s not so easy to see the leadership, commitment and fierceness that female STEM students embody…
Robertson: Regardless of verdict, UM and NCAA both need reform
MiamiHerald.com
University of Miami president Donna Shalala flashed the “U” sign with her hands as she left an Indianapolis hotel conference room Thursday during the NCAA hearing that is a precursor to a verdict on the school’s football and basketball transgressions.
Costello named to Halifax board
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Costello was previously in the running for a spot on the Daytona State College Board of Trustees but said he doesn’t imagine he’ll end up serving on both …
FAMU’s Martin picked for leadership program
The South Florida Times
TALLAHASSEE — Florida A&M University (FAMU) student Amonte’ Martin has been selected to take part in a competitive leadership development program led by People For the American Way Foundation.
FAMU alumna Robinson in new Tyler Perry spotlight
The South Florida Times
TALLAHASSEE – Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna Angela Robinson continues to make her mark in the new Tyler Perry series, The Haves and the Have Nots. Robinson, who stars as Veronica Harrington, is not new to the spotlight…
Facebook Reveals FAU Advisor Fears Muslim Law
New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)
Roxanna Trinka is President/CEO of a company called Baseline Engineering. She’s also a Director of the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University, an advisor to the school’s College of Engineering, and served on Palm Beach County’s Criminal Justice Commission. It’s a free country. So there’s no reason Trinka shouldn’t be free to believe what she believes and say what she says. And since she’s a public figure with some influence there’s no reason we shouldn’t report it…
David Beckham May Start MLS Franchise In Miami
Business 2 Community
Newly retired soccer star David Beckham is considering starting a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise in Miami, according to MLSsoccer.com. Earlier this month, the Englishman toured Sun Life and Florida International University stadiums. Additionally, he met with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez to better understand the feasibility of starting a MLS franchise in South Florida…
River Center to host ‘Lionfish’ program and tasting June 28
TCPalm
The evening will feature presentations by Zack Jud of Florida International University and Emily Dark of Anitoch University, two expert speakers on lionfish in our area…
Barron courts new faculty with $10 million in preeminence dollars
Florida Flambeau
Florida State University is playing a new dating game, one that involves spending $10 million. Courting the nation’s top professors, the matchmaker is FSU President Eric Barron who plans to hire about 75 new professors by 2014…
World-renowned scientist Kasha dies at 92
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Michael Kasha, a Renaissance man who was arguably the most celebrated scientist in Florida State University history, died Wednesday. Kasha, 92, had been in good health until 10 days ago when he developed an infection in reaction to anti-biotics…
Gov. Scott’s proliferation of Great Floridians puzzles watchdog boss
Tbo.com
TALLAHASSEE - Dan Krassner has an idea for some of the 23 people receiving the Great Floridian honor this year. They should make commercials for the state. Krassner, who heads Integrity Florida, an independent government watchdog, is puzzled at the expansion of Great Floridians under Gov. Rick Scott. Scott, who’s running for re-election next year, in April announced a burgeoning Class of 2013 who would receive the award. On Thursday, he handed the latest one to Charlotte Maguire, recognized as the “mother” of Florida State University’s medical school. While Krassner said he appreciates the contributions of Maguire and the other recipients, “it just looks like a series of taxpayer-funded photo ops with little public benefit.”
“Mother of Medical Schools” Receives Great Floridian Award [SLIDE SHOW]
WCTV
Governor Rick Scott today presented a “Great Floridian” award to Dr. Charlotte E. Maguire at the Florida State University College of Medicine. Dr. Charlotte Maguire was one of the first female doctors to open a pediatric practice in Orlando in 1952 …
HCC vet tech students turn love of animals into career
Tbo.com
PLANT CITY Pavielle Siebold said that she and her classmates enrolled in Hillsborough Community College’s vet tech program out of a love for animals. But it takes more than warm and fuzzies for critters to make the grade, she said…
Longtime HCC president Stephenson dies at 69
Tbo.com
Gwendolyn Stephenson, Hillsborough Community College’s longest-serving president, died this morning after a two-year battle with cancer. Stephenson, 69, served as HCC president from 1997 to 2013…
Palm Beach State College names to interior design education panel
Sun-Sentinel
The Palm Beach State College’s Business Partnership Council for Interior Design Technology, which works with an associate degree program at the school, has added new members. Joseph Cortes, president of HomeLife Interiors, based in West Palm Beach, …
EXHIBIT PREVIEW: Jack Dowd’s 27
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
Later this month, Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design will showcase Dowd‘s latest series of large-scale paintings—a series the artist calls, “The 27 Club.”
Local business briefs: Craig appointed to council
Florida Today
Carol Craig, founder and chief executive officer of Craig Technologies in Cape Canaveral has been selected as the newest addition to the Florida High Tech Corridor Council by John C. Hitt, University of Central Florida president and FHTCC co-chair…
UCF Researcher To Look At Maintaining Team Integrity in Space
WMFE
A University of Central Florida Psychology professor set to begin work on a pair of Nasa research projects said team cohesion will be paramount to the success of a manned mission to Mars. Eduardo Salas is an internationally recognized expert on team work. He’s looking for ways to determine whether astronauts on long missions are suffering from stress…
USF Associate Professor Will Hold Media Availability Friday Regarding Dozier …
Sunshine State News (blog)
University of South Florida associate professor Erin Kimmerle will be holding media availability regarding her research and the possible exhumations at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys at 1 p.m. on Friday in the Galleria at the USF Research Park on the Tampa campus…
USF med school chief quits job hunt
Tbo.com
TAMPA – The head of the University of South Florida’s medical school and USF Health has pulled his name from consideration for the chancellorship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center…
USF Medical School Dean Drops Bid for Nebraska Job
The Ledger
University of South Florida medical school dean Stephen Klasko has dropped his bid for a high-profile job at University of Nebraska. Klasko, 59, did not specify why he was ” regretfully withdrawing” from contention to be the next chancellor at University of Nebraska Medical Center. His decision came the same day he was questioned about a curious issue with his resumes: He keeps changing the years he ran marathons…
Teachers learn to integrate technology
The Ledger
It’s a phenomenon that has taken place over the last 10 years, said Dr. Jim Moyer, professor of communication, executive vice president and chief academic officer at Warner University…
Releases and Web Stories
Delray Beach Senior Living Community Becomes Exclusive FAU Research …
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Abbey Delray South has become the first senior living community to participate in on-site research studies with Florida Atlantic University (FAU)…
EPA Announces Florida State College at Jacksonville as Workforce Development and Job Training Grant Recipient
U.S. EPA.gov
(ATLANTA – June 13, 2013) Today the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of Florida State College at Jacksonville, …
TSB Capital Advisors Closes Six New Student Housing Financings Totaling Over …
Sacramento Bee
… North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and arranged senior fixed-rate permanent financing through Freddie Mac Seller Servicer KeyBank for the acquisition of a 178-unit and 710-bed cottage development near Florida State University in Tallahassee…
Full Sail University is Proud to Welcome Orange County Mayor …
PR Web
Full Sail University is proud to welcome Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs to the university’s on-campus performance venue, Full Sail Live, …
NSU Center Designated as WHO Collaborating Center in Consumer Health …
Sacramento Bee
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 13, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Nova Southeastern University’s Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research (CCHIR) has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating Center in …
Zooie Reunion July 19 and 20
Santa Fe College
The annual Zooie Reunion, celebrating the 50th graduating class of Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo students, will be held Friday, July 19…
President Obama Cites Miami’s St. Thomas University, “Dreamer …
MarketWatch
MIAMI, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Last Tuesday, President Obama held a White House press conference to alert the nation on the need to fix a broken immigration system, reminding us that we are a nation of immigrants. Joining him in the address was a diverse group representing many walks of life – clergy, law enforcement agents, labor and business leaders, Democrats and Republicans. Among them was an Argentinian-born alumnus from Miami’s St. Thomas University (www.stu.edu), Diego Sanchez. In his speech, the President used Diego as an example of what could happen to illegal immigrants if given the opportunity to improve their lives…
Students Benefit from Decades of Teaching Expertise at SuperCamp this July at …
Watch List News (press release)
This July, SuperCamp attendees will live in the University of South Florida dorms, eat in their dining hall, and learn in their classrooms to get a real taste of college life. But, more importantly, they will learn accelerated learning methods…
