State University System
FAMU scores fifth on national highest rated universities list
The South Florida Times
RateMyProfessors.com has announced its annual list of the “Top 25 Highest Rated Universities” in the nation, and Florida A&M University (FAMU) is on it, ranking fifth out of more than 7,500 schools…
University debuts anti-hazing website
USA TODAY
A website that will be unveiled Friday is Florida A&M University‘s next step in combating a culture of hazing that has spread from fraternities to the marching band to a female dance team, suspended earlier this week after a parent reported purported hazing…
FAMU Looks for New Director of Marching and Pep Bands
WCTV
Committee members are moving forward in the search for a director of marching and pep bands at FAMU. The position has been vacant since Dr. Julian White resigned in July in the wake of drum major Robert Champion’s death…
UNF student newspaper, Spinnaker, finalist for national award
Florida Times-Union (blog)
The Spinnaker, the University of North Florida student newspaper is a finalist for the 2012 Pacemaker Award, which is prestigious national recognition…
USF bemoans its students’ lagging success rate
Tbo.com
Problems with funding, graduation rates, financial aid and other issues vexing students at the University of South Florida were picked over by the school’s Board of Trustees at its meeting Thursday. Paul Dosal, vice provost of student success, told the board that only slightly more than 50 percent of students who begin USF as freshmen will graduate in six years. The key rating remained virtually unchanged during the past five years, despite the school’s efforts…
USFSP: New student center helps build new reputation
ABC Action News
The freshman class at USF St. Pete is the biggest ever, but it’s the small school atmosphere that lured students Dianne Montez and Cheyanne Robinson.
USF-St. Pete opens new student center
MyFox Tampa Bay
USF St. Petersburg’s student center is brand new, and largely undiscovered…
UWF enrollment tops 12800 for fall semester
Gulf Breeze News
After the three-day closure because of Hurricane Isaac, the University of West Florida officially opened its doors last Thursday to a record breaking 12,823 students…
State College System
State asks FSCJ to prove it is running bachelor’s programs properly
Florida Times-Union
The Florida Department of Education asked for proof this week that bachelor’s degree programs at Florida State College at Jacksonville are being “administered and delivered appropriately.” Chancellor Randy Hanna sent the request, dated Sept. 4…
HCC campus president sees growth, more technology
Northwest News and Tribune
The new president of the Plant City campus of Hillsborough Community College said he sees a bright future for the school. Martyn Clay, who took over July 1, said about 4,000 students are enrolled in the fall semester, about 4 percent more than last year…
HCC Campuses To Be Tobacco-Free With Start of New Year
Patch.com
With the new year all Hillsborough Community College campuses will be tobacco-free, which means if you want to light up a smoke, you’ll have to do it outside campus boundaries…
Obama targets young voters at Pinellas rally, but will it work?
WTSP 10 News
It’s no coincidence Obama’s last visit to the Tampa Bay area was at Hillsborough Community College…
On-ramp to cyberspace: Delray expanding free Internet access to neighborhood
Sun-Sentinel
And Palm Beach State College has offered 24/7 Help Desk for the program’s participants should they encounter technical problems…
Mayors Laud Cooperation Between Cities
The Ledger
The 10 Polk County mayors met today in the Student Center at Polk State College as part of Polk Vision’s Polk County Leadership Exchange…
Santa Fe College ranked among best community colleges
WUFT
Santa Fe College recently held a ceremony in honor of its achievement as one of the top community colleges in the nation, but there could be more accolades to come. The college announced Wednesday that it is ranked as one of the top 10 community colleges in the nation and is eligible for a $1 million prize fund…
Seminole State gets big-time donations
Seminole Chronicle
The Seminole State College of Florida recently celebrated its all-time highest donation revenue for the 2011-2012 school year during the Celebration of Giving on Aug. 23. This past year, SSC received $5 million in gifts and pledges with assets totaling $16 million.
Independent Colleges and Universities
Obama-visit tickets go up for grabs today
Florida Today
Long lines are likely to form early this morning as people vie for tickets to President Barack Obama’s Sunday morning campaign appearance at Florida Institute of Technology…
Obama’s Sunday morning Melbourne stop detailed
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
The re-election campaign of President Barack Obama announced some details of his intended visit to Melbourne Sunday morning, with the stop being at Florida Institute of Technology and free tickets becoming available in several Brevard County locations Saturday. Melbourne will be the third stop in Obama’s three-day, post-convention bus tour of Florida. He begins Saturday in St. Petersburg and Kissimmee then heads for Melbourne and West Palm Beach on Sunday…
President Obama to visit Melbourne
WFTV Orlando
President Barack Obama will deliver remarks at a grassroots event at the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center on Florida Institute of Technology campus on Sunday, September 9.
A look ahead at the debate on defense policies
Washington Post
Mitt Romney and President Obama previewed last week some of what might occur on Oct. 22 when they debate defense policies at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Romney, who oddly avoided that subject in his acceptance speech before the Republican …
Rollins College encourages students to embrace changing the world
Orlando Sentinel
What did you do on your summer vacation? For students at Winter Park’s Rollins College, the answers include launching an eco-lodge project in Tanzania, founding a company that creates energy from waste and helping women in a South African village start a profitable baking business…
Not Your Father’s MBA
Forbes
The University of Miami is beginning to address this problem. It is offering a field trip to MBA students, in this case to China, to visit with companies doing business there to see the challenges of operating in a business environment with rules and …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Mark Wilson: Florida Must Expand From Reliance on Ag, Tourism, Construction
Sunshine State News
The forum is being put on by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Florida State University’s Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship…
Florida Student: Obama And Biden ‘Help Us Achieve’ Success
TPM
Angie Flores, a student at Miami Dade College in Florida, introduced Jill Biden by praising the current administration’s dedication to education in Charlotte Thursday…
Jaimie Warren Has an Opening in Miami Tonight
VICE
Jaimie [Warren] has an opening tonight at the Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art + Design called The WHOAS of Female Tragedy. The exhibition is a series of hilarious, intricate self-portraits Jaimie has taken over the past ten years…
Deep-sea oddities: light-spewing shrimp, crabs with ultraviolet vision
Fox News
“We were surprised by how little bioluminescence is down there,” Tamara Frank, a marine ecologist at Nova Southeastern University and study coauthor, told LiveScience…
Vice president of advancement appointed at Ringling
Bradenton Herald
Ringling College of Art and Design has appointed Michael E. Moore to the position of vice president for advancement for advancement for Ringling College…
Navigating politics with friends on Facebook
Orlando Sentinel
But Rick Brunson, a journalism professor at the University of Central Florida, strongly disagrees with the practice of blocking a friend on Facebook over politics because it’s “antithetical to the spirit of social media and free speech.”
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: UCF student is in finale
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Tiffany Maher is one of the Final Four on ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’ Photo credit: Mathieu Young/Fox. Tiffany Maher, a junior at the University of Central Florida, has made it to the Final Four of “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Payroll growth seen tepid, may force Fed’s hand
Reuters
“If the labor market continues to sputter then it makes it a much more difficult case (for Obama) to get a second term,” said Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness.
UF Guantanamo Bay Lepidoptera study sets baseline for future research
Phys.Org
“Biodiversity studies are extremely important because they give us clues about where things were and how they evolved over time so we can better understand what may happen in the future,” said study co-author Jacqueline Y. Miller, curator of Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity on the UF campus.
New charges widening scope of China scandal
Huffington Post
That had been expected before the party congress, although University of Miami China expert June Teufel Dreyer said authorities might be holding back because of a lack of consensus or uncertainty over how to proceed in such a tight time frame. ”The door’s still open to prosecute Bo at a future time,” Dreyer said. “The more attention can be diverted from so high-level, and reputedly fairly popular, personage, the better.”
Plea deal for former model rejected by judge in hit-and-run
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
Betsy Jones, Jacob Jones and Jamie Jones, mother, brother and sister of Jared Paul Jones, a University of Miami student who was killed in a hit-and-run automobile accident, appear in court Thursday…
Health-care leader Donna E. Shalala to speak at UNC
News of Orange County
Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D., president of the University of Miami, will speak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Sept. 11, about how nurses can help meet the increasing need for more health-care providers…
The Goods: Myths vs. facts of cranberries
Florida Times-Union
Judy Perkin, faculty member in the University of North Florida’s Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Flagship Program, discusses the fruit that is good for you anytime…
Business coalition adds board members
Gulf Coast Business Review
The three new board members for the South Manatee Business Coalition (SMBC) are Robert Anderson, dean of the College of Business at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee…
Releases and Web Stories
FAU to celebrate 2012 in state of university address Thursday
TCPalm – by news release
BOCA RATON — Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders delivered the 2012 State of the University address, themed “FAU 2012: Celebrating a Year of Firsts, Building Community,” on Thursday in the Lifelong Learning Center Auditorium, …
Google Street View and FAU Partner For Ultra Cool Maps
BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — While many people and places fight to keep Google’s map mobiles away, Florida Atlantic University is embracing the technology and the ability to provide stunning views of the campus to pretty much anyone, anywhere…
IRSC grads invited to join alumni association
TCPalm – by news release
FORT PIERCE — Indian River State College is calling all graduates to become members of the IRSC Alumni Association.
Symphony launches 25th birthday season with Sept. 22 world premiere
Crestview News Bulletin
The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, which performs at the Mattie Kelley Arts Center on Northwest Florida State College’s Niceville campus, has announced a season of five concert events for 2012-13 in honor of its 25th birthday…
Michael E. Moore Joins Ringling College as Vice President for Advancement
PR Web
Ringling College of Art and Design today announced the appointment of Michael E. Moore to the position of Vice President for Advancement for Ringling College. Michael has more than 25 years of experience in organizational management and fund development. Prior to his appointment at Ringling College, Michael spent the past two and a half years on the University Relations leadership team at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC), serving as interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Philanthropy and Constituent Engagement as well as guiding the university’s $300 million comprehensive campaign…
Peak 10 Tailors Disaster Recovery Solution for Saint Leo University
MarketWatch
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sep 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — National cloud and data center solutions provider Peak 10 announced today that it will provide tailored disaster recovery planning and other managed services to Saint Leo University. Saint Leo University serves approximately 2,000 on-campus students at its main campus in west central Florida and more than 13,000 students through its 18 continuing education centers in seven states and its Center for Online Learning…
National organization gives award to UF for safety, security at stadium
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium has received a Facility of Merit Award from the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security.
Texas A&M Partners With University of Florida To Develop Clean Energy For India
Texas A&M University
A project involving Texas A&M University and the University of Florida could prove to be a huge benefit to millions of people in India.
Collaboration Between Texas A&M And University Of Florida Creates Popular …
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University kicks off its inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Saturday with the University of Florida Gators. While the teams battle it out on Kyle Field’s natural grass turf, for some horticulture enthusiasts it may bring to mind an historic academic collaboration between the two schools that led to the creation of one of the most widely used types of lawn grass in many parts of the world: Floratam.
