The Chronicle of Higher Education’s fifth annual Great Colleges to Work For survey is now out. 103 Colleges were ranked for 2012 including six from Florida:
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Lynn University
- Miami Dade College
- Rollins College
- Tallahassee Community College
- University of West Florida
See the full Chronicle survey results here.
Also, Newsweek and The Daily Beast have released their College Rankings for 2012. Their Top 25 list(s) include rankings for least affordable colleges, most affordable colleges, top party colleges, most rigorous colleges, least rigorous colleges, most beautiful colleges, most liberal colleges, most conservative colleges, happiest colleges, most stressful colleges, top fraternities, and top sororities. See all the lists here.
State University System
Work begins on new dorm at FAU
Sun-Sentinel
Florida Atlantic University will add a new seven-story dorm to its Boca campus. The school broke ground on the $46 million project Monday. When completed next August, the residence hall will feature 400 single rooms and 200 double rooms, along with wi …
FSU Student Bar Association Named ‘SBA of Year’, SBA President is Recognized
WCTV
For the third time in five years, the Florida State University College of Law Student Bar Association (SBA) has been named “SBA of the Year” by the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Law Student Division.
The Public History Center was previous run as the Student Museum by the …
Mysanfordherald
The University of Central Florida soon will take a trip into the past – by way of its first Public History Center, where students and the community will be able to work together to preserve the region’s history…
Economic forecast predicts tepid growth in coming years
The Florida Current
Florida’s economy will continue to grow in the next three years, but at a pace that will not reach the heights of the previous decade for some time, according to a new economic forecast from the University of Central Florida.
Forbes ranks UNF as one of “America’s Best Colleges”
Florida Times-Union (blog)
The Florida ranking puts UNF ahead of the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida, two colleges that UNF often compares itself to. The rankings are based on an institutions quality of teaching, career prospects for graduating …
USF Health Grows Blood Bank, Studies Genetics Of Heart Diseases, Tampa
83degreesmedia
Plans for a high-tech blood bank are underway at the University of South Florida Tampa. But this is not your ordinary blood bank…
At USF, policing takes on its own challenges
Tampabay.com
You could feel the worry in the room. At a freshman orientation session recently, hundreds of parents listened intently as University of South Florida officials told them about meal plans and parking passes and health services and the library…
State College System
Daytona State serves as model for college in Dominican Republic
Daytona Beach News-Journal
The first community college of its kind in the Dominican Republic that is modeled after Daytona State College had its grand opening last week. The Higher Technical Institute Community has 14 buildings and can accommodate 15,000 students, according to government news reports.
Edison State’s nursing program gets initial accreditation
Naples Daily News
The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (NLNAC) has granted Edison State College’s baccalaureate nursing program initial accreditation for the Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) program.
FSCJ: At least 1300 students could be required to repay Pell Grants
Florida Times-Union
At least 500 more students at Florida State College at Jacksonville could be required to repay Pell Grants, which brings the number of affected students to nearly 1,300. College officials said they didn’t know the total cost of the new cases, which come from the 2011-12 school year. But the bill from the U.S. Department of Education will likely exceed the $3 million the school set aside in June to deal with the Pell Grant problem.
Looking Forward/Indian River
TCPalm
Indian River State College is offering new Bachelors of Science Degree programs in Information Technology/Security Management and Public Administration…
TCC Named a 2012 ‘Great College to Work For’
WCTV
Tallahassee Community College is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education…
Independent Colleges and Universities
Least and most affordable universities
MSN Money
Most conservative – Ave Maria University, where 70% of the student body said the student population is “very conservative.”…
B-CU makes note of anti-hazing policy to first-year band members
Daytona Beach News-Journal
The 33rd Florida Blue Florida Classic, a major fundraiser and football game in Orlando for both universities, is still planned for Nov. 17 with Bethune-Cookman‘s band performing during half-time. The theme for the weekend activities will be focused on anti-hazing and anti-bullying, according to officials from both universities…
Flagler auditorium getting $1.5M upgrade
St. Augustine Record
Flagler College Auditorium is getting a “much-needed” makeover and a new name. On Aug. 15, the auditorium, which opened in 1991, will be officially renamed Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College, in honor of one of the college’s biggest benefactors, the late Lawrence Lewis Jr., who was Henry Flagler’s grandson. Along with a new name, the auditorium’s facilities and equipment are receiving a $1.5 million upgrade, which will include a new lighting system, new sound system, new seats, new acoustical panels, renovated restrooms, a new lobby layout, new carpet, new paint and wallpaper and a new “green room” for guests waiting to go on stage…
FSC Athletics Department Getting Brand New Baseball Clubhouse
The Ledger
The Florida Southern College Athletics Department was hoping for some new washers and dryers, but instead got a new clubhouse. A groundbreaking ceremony for Jenkins Clubhouse was held on Monday afternoon, and a number of prominent Polk figures were in attendance…
Stetson University Partnership Creates New Pharmacy & Veterinary Programs
College Classes
In this day and age, more health care workers are needed to meet with the rising demand in many public sectors, and Stetson University is doing there bit to ensure that this need is met.
How did $14 million in drugs vanish from a UM pharmacy?
MiamiHerald.com
Olga Hutnik, a pharmacy buyer at the University of Miami, noticed something odd in May 2011 when she looked at the results of a new program to track drugs in the UM medical system: Hundreds of syringes of an expensive cancer drug were apparently missing. The new software “was not the most trustworthy,” Hutnik later told investigators, so she decided to hand-count the syringes of Neulasta, a medication used to boost white blood cells to reduce the risk of infection at a cost of about $2,600 per dose. That decision, court records say, led eventually to the arrest of a UM employee — and a stunning discovery that $14 million in prescription drugs had gone missing over a three-year period from UM’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Pharmacy technician Manuel Gerardo Pacheco — who seemed to be “living beyond his means,” investigators said later — was charged with four counts of grand theft, two counts of trafficking in contraband prescription drugs and one count of dealing in stolen property. He has pleaded not guilty…
Federal courthouse in downtown Tampa to close for RNC
Tampabay.com
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida holds its third and final “Know Your Rights” forum tonight at the University of Tampa…
For Profit and Career Colleges
Keiser University Expansion in the heart of the Research Coast
TCPalm
In May, expanding non-profit Keiser University announced the addition of two new technology bachelor’s degrees on the Port St. Lucie U.S. 1 campus. The new Bachelor of Science in Network Systems and Data Communications and the Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering signal an expanding list of undergraduate- and graduate-level technology degrees to create a Research Coast education hub for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), said university co-founder and Chancellor Arthur Keiser, Ph.D…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Editorial: FSU College of Medicine fills local health care need
Daytona Beach News-Journal
That’s one reason why the success of the Daytona Beach Regional Campus of the Florida State University College of Medicine is a major plus for the area. The campus opened in 2007 with eight students. Now it has 40…
The Hunger Games: An Olympic-Sized Effort to Find Good Stadium Food in …
Huffington Post (blog)
When Peter White headed for the concessions stand at halftime of a women’s basketball game at the Olympic Park outside of London, he found himself in quite a quandary. ”Meat pies are all that they had,” says the Lynn University sports management sophomore from Weston, Mass. “I mean, I like steak and I like pie — but not together.” Such is the dilemma faced by countless tourists who have descended upon London for these Summer Games. Stadium concessions at Olympic venues have varied from odd but fascinatingly delicious to downright bizarre and bordering on, well, kind of gross…Students in Lynn University sports management’s “Olympic Games Experience” class, currently in London for the Summer Games, contributed to this story. Follow Prof. Ted Curtis and Dr. Chad Barr on Twitter at @LynnUSportsMgmt and on Facebook at LynnSportsManagement.
Higher ed in the spotlight: A conversation with the Florida Board of Governors chairman
Tampabay.com
Higher education in Florida has been in the spotlight lately. And so has the governing board that oversees it. From the creation of a university to a continuing debate about tuition and the value of a college degree, the Florida Board of Governors has had to navigate an intensely political landscape with all eyes watching. And it’s unlikely to end any time soon. Gov. Rick Scott has made clear his intentions to make the state university system “more efficient,” with a task force he created expected to deliver recommendations on potential higher education reforms later this year. Lawmakers in Tallahassee also have hinted at coming changes, with incoming Senate President Don Gaetz floating ideas about giving students information about how much degrees are worth and tying state funding to universities’ performance. Meanwhile, the state is embarking on two university presidential searches at a time when state funding for universities continues to erode. It seemed like a good time to put Dean Colson, chairman of the Florida Board of Governors, in the hot seat…
FAMU College of Law Names New Assistant Dean
WCTV
Attorney John Washington, II, who most recently served Florida A&M University (FAMU) as director of the pre-professional law program, has joined the College of Law as Assistant Dean for Admissions. Washington, a native of Gainesville, Fla., gained considerable legal experience prior to working with the university. He worked with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the State of Florida Correctional Privatization Commission before making the move to the higher education sector. He has also served FAMU as an adjunct professor of Business Law.
Scientists to test blood of dolphins
Florida Today
“These animals are very good sentinels for both ocean and human health,” said Greg Bossart, chief veterinary officer and veterinary pathologist at Georgia Aquarium, which is partnering with Florida Atlantic University on the study…
People on the move
Sun-Sentinel
Joanne Davis was named assistant vice president for development and outreach at Florida Atlantic University, and Scott Silversten was named assistant vice president for communications and marketing…
Status check set for Tuesday in case of ex-FAU cop accused of killing Boynton …
Palm Beach Post
The case of a former Florida Atlantic University police officer accused of fatally shooting a Boynton Beach woman while off duty is set for a status check Tuesday morning. Prosecutors announced in October that they will not seek the death penalty against Jimmy Dac Ho, 49, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 29-year-old Sheri Carter. Carter died four days after the Feb. 4 shooting…
Local Sikhs to gather tonight to mourn at Fort Lauderdale-area temple
Palm Beach Post
Sahib Singh is a 19-year-old college student from Boca Raton. He studies accounting and pre-law at Florida Atlantic University. He enjoys playing the guitar and the drums. He’s also a Sikh. Singh is one of an estimated 190 Sikhs living in Palm Beach County. There are no Gurudwaras, or Sikh temples, in the county but there is one near Fort Lauderdale and a congregation in Palm City…
Polk Now the ‘True Conservative’ Zone After Redistricting
The Ledger
What are created are districts “so red that they couldn’t go Democratic if hell froze over,” said Bruce Anderson, a Florida Southern College political science professor…
Fund for Fanconi anemia raises more than $500000 in first year
WTXL ABC 27
Florida State University’s head football coach, Jimbo Fisher, and his wife, Candi Fisher, created Kidz1stFund after their youngest son, Ethan, was diagnosed with the rare blood disorder in 2011…
Florida retirement system among nation’s healthy public pensions
Naples Daily News
“That’s a pretty solid funding level,” said Randall Holcombe, an economics professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. “But the thing about the funding level is there’s so many variables that go into it…
How to get a job in the arts
TCPalm
College is important; but experience and skill count more in the performing arts, said Jon Moses, Riverside Theatre’s managing director and the Theatre & Entertainment Technology program instructor at Indian River State College…
Cultural examples
TCPalm
The 23-year-old Atlantic Classical Orchestra is the only professional orchestra performing on the Treasure Coast. Renowned violinist Elmar Oliveira, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Lynn University’s Conservatory of Music, called the Atlantic Classical Orchestra (ACO) “one of the finest chamber orchestras in the United States.”
Eva Longoria stumps for the president
MiamiHerald.com
Eva Longoria was in Miami over the weekend, not to party like she usually does with BFF Loren Ridinger, but to stump for President Obama as part of the Women for Obama’s Women Vote 2012 Summit. The Texas-born, Mexican American former Desperate Housewives actress spoke to a group at Miami Dade College’s Chapman Convention Center. Longoria is working the state. She also stopped in Orlando, where she told an audience, “I’m so happy to be here, especially in Florida,” Longoria said. “As we know it’s a very, very important state for President Obama.”
Lawmakers could be asked to pay Ray Sansom’s legal bills
Tampabay.com
[Ray] Sansom, a Republican from Destin, was forced to resign from the Legislature in 2009 after a state prosecutor charged him with conspiracy and grand theft in his dealings as House budget chairman in which he secured millions of tax dollars for a local college that later offered him a job. His speakership was quickly sidetracked by grand jury proceedings that focused on a budget bounty of $36 million for Northwest Florida State College, which handed Sansom a $110,000 job on the same day he became speaker. (He soon resigned).
Broward, Palm Beach counties see spike in sea turtle nests
Sun-Sentinel
“The beaches look like they’re blanketed in nests, basically,” said Laura Wright, a project manager with the sea turtle conservation program at Nova Southeastern University. The mother turtles will lay a few more eggs through August and into September …
Obama’s ‘Dream’ immigration policy starts next week, costs $465 to …
Palm Beach Post
One person eligible now is Dulce Barrios, 19, of West Palm Beach, who says she came from Mexico with her family when she was 5 years old. She says she graduated from Forest Hill High School last year and now wants to attend Palm Beach State College, but has been unable to afford the out-of-state tuition. Even with the deferred deportation she will still pay out of state rates. “But now if I can get approved and get the work permit, that will make it easier to make the money to go,” she said. “Even if I can start taking one class, that’s something.”
Personalizing Your Dorm Room: A NextGen Guide
NextGen Journal
Shari Linn, a sophomore at Santa Fe College, finds it beneficial. She said that the tax-free weekend in Florida, which fell on Aug. 3-5, is like a “mini student sale.” “It may only be a small percentage taken off, but as a college student, every little bit counts,” Linn said. “A few extra dollars could mean an upgrade from McDonald’s lunch to something healthier and more satisfying, or a couple of miles of commuter gasoline.”
University Kills Student’s Attempt to Improve Course Selection
Washington Monthly (blog)
Tim Arnold, a student at the University of Central Florida, created a program designed to allow students to register for class easier. The program, called “U Could Finish,” would send students a text message on their phones to let them know when a class they wanted opened up. The program helped over 500 UCF students find the classes they needed. And then the university shut the program down…
Hialeah union head used Santeria defense in probe
MiamiHerald.com
Usually, the godparent is the leader of a house of worship and considered a priest or priestess, said Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Miami, who specializes in Afro-Caribbean religions …
Ball State hires alumni association head from University of Miami
Muncie Free Press
Julie C. Stroh is currently senior director of alumni programs at the University of Miami, located in Coral Gables, Fla. She will assume her new position at Ball State on Aug. 31…
UNF student made up story of being robbed by masked men
First Coast News
A University of North Florida student who claimed she was robbed by masked men in an on campus parking garage in broad daylight admitted Monday that she fabricated the story. Last Thursday night, she reported to university police that earlier in the day, two men with masks and gloves confronted her in the Fine Arts Center parking garage…
DHS change will emphasize private oversight
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Community-based care, privatization, outsourcing, is not usually cheaper,” said Mary I. Armstrong, a child and family studies associate professor at the University of South Florida who has evaluated Florida’s program…
Women highlight list of Republican National Convention speakers
WTSP 10 News
University of South Florida Prof. of Political Science Dr. Susan MacManus says the selection reflects an effort by Republicans to show they are a diverse party. ”Very smart politics to try and put a more diverse face in your party and what better place to launch it from (than) Florida, which is already known as a microcosm of the country,” MacManus said…
Historian helps reveal Florida’s rich past
Tbo.com
But a new professor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg says historians have barely touched this period of Florida’s past, when de Leon and de Soto hit Florida’s shores and changed everything. Some of the old stories probably aren’t even true. De Leon, for instance, wasn’t looking for the fabled fountain of youth when he landed on Florida’s eastern coast. Or at least there’s nothing about it in his writings, said J. Michael Francis, who’s starting this fall as a new Florida Studies professor at USF St. Petersburg…
Releases and Web Stories
2012 Florida TechXpo – Florida’s Premier Technology Innovation Exposition
MFRTech (press release)
The event is hosted by Florida Institute of Technology - the only independent, technological university in the southeast – and will be held at the Clemente Center.
University of Florida nursing dean will retire in 2013
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing has announced plans to retire. Kathleen Ann Long has told college faculty and staff that she will leave at the end of the 2012-2013 academic year. Long, who has served as dean since 1995, also will vacate her position as UF associate provost, a role she has filled for the past five years.
University of South Florida Expands use of Dynamic Pricing
Sacramento Bee
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 6, 2012 – /PRNewswire/ – Leading pricing software developer, Digonex, announced today that the University of South Florida (USF), the first college to use its Sports & Entertainment Analytical Ticketing System (SEATS) for football, has expanded its use to include men’s basketball. The USF Bulls football team will continue make use of the SEATS dynamic commerce engine this fall at Raymond James Stadium while the men’s basketball team will implement dynamic pricing for their home games at the newly renovated Sun Dome for the 2012-13 season.
