State University System
O’Shea confirmed as president of Sarasota’s New College
Bradenton Herald
Donal O’Shea, who served as faculty dean for Mt. Holyoke College for 14 years, was officially confirmed as the new president of Sarasota’s New College during a meeting Thursday of the Florida Board of Governors. O’Shea, who was unanimously appointed by the New College Board March 10, has been praised by board Chair Bob Johnson for his “intellectual abilities, personal values and visionary determination.” He was chosen over three other finalists for the post to replace Gordon “Mike” Michalson, who has been the college’s chief administrative officer for 16 of the past 20 years…
New College’s next president aims for national profile
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
New College of Florida students are like a family, and by nature argue with one another, student leader Michael Long told the Florida Board of Governors Thursday. But when it came to deciding whether to back Donal O’Shea as the new president of the Sarasota liberal arts college, the students were, for once, unanimous in their support, Long said…
UF withdraws proposal for new undergraduate fee
Gainesville Sun
The University of Florida withdrew its proposal for a new undergraduate fee before the Board of Governors got a chance to vote Friday on the measure. The so-called undergraduate enhancement fee would have added 5 percent to the total cost of undergraduate tuition. The money would have been used to fund higher stipends for graduate teaching assistants and allow the university to hire more of them…
BOG rejects Academic Enrichment fee proposal
The Oracle
The Florida Board of Governors’ (BOG) Budget and Finance Committee voted against USF’s proposed request for a new “fee-neutral” student fee. During its Wednesday meeting, the committee voted 5-4 to reject the Academic Enrichment and Opportunity Fee, which would have gone toward student involvement initiatives such as travel abroad and internships and was estimated to generate $751,704 for the Tampa campus. The BOG also rejected similar “academic enhancement” fees such as the University of Florida’s Undergraduate Enhancement Fee and the University of North Florida’s Academic Enhancement Fee, which was intended to improve student retention and graduation rates.
State Board Awaiting Governor Scott’s Decision on USF Poly Independence
The Ledger
It’s not the role of the State University System Board of Governors to challenge a legislative decision to immediately create a 12th university, the vice-chair said Thursday.
AP Enterprise: FAMU emails detail hazing warnings
Press News
The father of a freshman in Florida A&M University‘s famed marching band emailed the school’s president in 2007 after getting a series of panic-stricken phone calls. The son never described exactly what was happening, but he made it clear he feared getting beaten…
FAMU trustees may revise hazing panel’s role
MiamiHerald.com
Florida A&M University trustees are considering a proposal that would change the mission of its hazing advisory panel to a “fact finding” committee. If approved Friday, that change also would exempt the panel of experts from “sunshine” law requirements to meet in public and make its records public. The committee, though, would no longer be able to make recommendations to the Board of Trustees…
FAMU anti-hazing panel meets
The South Florida Times
A committee created by Florida A&M University to look into hazing problems at the state’s leading predominantly black school will ask the Board of Trustees to designate it a fact-finding, rather than an advisory body that provides recommendations.
Activist and author Angela Davis visiting FAMU for Women’s History Month
WTXL ABC 27
Iconic political activist, scholar and author Dr. Angela Davis will join other powerful female leaders for the third annual Women’s History Month Celebration at Florida A&M University (FAMU) on March 26-31…
FAMU alumnus talks about recent African-American deaths
WTXL ABC 27
At the Honors Convocation today, FAMU alumnus Virgil Anthony Miller talked about the recent deaths of FAMU drum major Robert Champion and Sanford, Fla. 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Miller served as the FAMU Student Body President and university trustee…
Demonstrations, protests planned for Trayvon Martin
WTXL ABC 27
A group formed of students from all three major universities, Florida A&M University, Florida State University, and Tallahassee Community College are all planning to host an event intended to educate and inform the community about new developments in …
Student Threatens Evolution Class: ‘I Will Kill The F*** Out Of You’ (NSFW VIDEO)
Huffington Post
A Florida Atlantic University student flew into a rage during an evolution class, threatening to kill her professor and her fellow students. WARNING: Some language below may not be suitable for everyone. University Press, the school newspaper, …
Florida Atlantic University names Melissa Dawson interim AD
Local 10
Florida Atlantic is not renewing the contract of athletic director Craig Angelos, and has named Melissa Dawson as the Owls’ interim AD. Dawson says university president Mary Jane Saunders told her of the decision on Tuesday. The university released a …
Student causes scare at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton
Palm Beach Post
Police had to physically remove a student from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Tuesday. She allegedly threatened to kill her white classmates. The woman is now undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
FAU Update: Tunnel-boring project gives geomatics engineering students a real …
TCPalm
The geomatics engineering program at Florida Atlantic University recently was given a unique opportunity by program alumnus Robert Loane and his employer, Bouygues Civil Works of Florida. Twenty students, faculty, staff, and industry advisers from the …
Sandals launches corporate university in Jamaica
Bahamas Tribune
Sandals is also in talks with Ryerson University in Canada and Florida International University, which houses one of the premier hospitality institutes in the US. It was also revealed yesterday that the corporate university’s courses will be free for …
Second University of Florida student charged with theft
The Independent Florida Alligator
Gainesville Police arrested a second member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and charged him with stealing about $600 worth of plastic sheets from a Home Depot last week. Brandon N. Fernandez, 19, of 1015 NW 21st Ave., was charged Tuesday with theft
University of Florida chemistry department to focus on safety
The Independent Florida Alligator
Three chemical incidents have called fire and police department officials to Sisler Hall in this school year, and the chemistry department is reacting. The first two events — both explosions, one on Oct. 11 and one on Jan. 11 — happened in synthesis …
Five universities that really are up-and-comers
Washington Post (blog)
University of South Florida: Founded in 1956 as a modestly ambitious state university. Evolved into sprawling Research I status over the past 20 years and now considered one of 63 top-tier “very high research” institution, as well as the eighth-largest …
State College System
Daytona State College board nixes tobacco ban
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona State College will continue to allow students, employees and visitors to smoke on its campuses, but in more restricted areas. The majority of the college’s board of trustees Thursday voted against a new policy that would have prohibited smoking and tobacco use on DSC’s six campuses in Volusia and Flagler counties…
College offers lifeguard class
The News Herald
Gulf Coast State College is offering a lifeguard training class in April at the Panama City campus pool. The classes will be held April 5-16 from 6-10 pm To register for the course, applicants must meet some swimming prerequisites.
School’s annual surplus property auction is Saturday
Gulf Breeze News
Check out a passenger Dodge van, tractor, computers, office equipment, TVs, vacuums, lawn equipment and more at the Pensacola State College Surplus Property Auction. The event is Saturday, March 31, at 2202 Douglas Avenue behind Kooter Brown’s at Ninth …
Independent College and University System
Pulitzer-Winning Author To Speak for FSC Lecture Series
The Ledger
Florida Southern College will welcome Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson to the campus Thursday for the final …
‘Daily NewsMakers with Jeff Lytle’ … Terry McMahan and Jeanette Brock, Hodges University
Naples Daily News
Terry McMahan, who has led Hodges University for 21 years, and Jeanette Brock, his successor as president, size up the future of science/medicine curriculum …
West Palm Beach conferences to feature big-name politicians and economists
Palm Beach Post
Meanwhile, the inaugural World Leaders Conference at Palm Beach Atlantic University is set for April 18-19 and boasts a lineup that includes former British …
Remembering Mr. Rogers, children’s television icon
Deseret News
Attended Dartmouth College for two years, but ultimately transferred and received his BA in music composition from Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla…
UM, St. Thomas law schools subject of fraud lawsuit
MiamiHerald.com
More than a dozen schools nationally have been sued so far, and the University of Miami and St. Thomas University were recently included among a group of 20 additional law schools named as future targets. The 20 schools allegedly …
UT stumbles at the breach
Tbo.com
The University of Tampa is undoubtedly taking resolute action to ensure there is never another devastating breach like the one that exposed the personal data of nearly 30000 people. President Ron Vaughn’s administration is known for …
For-Profit and Career Colleges
When Obama Regulates, Companies Retaliate with Donations to Romney Super PAC
TIME
Bill Heavener, the chief executive of another for-profit education company, Full Sail University, has also been a donor to Restore Our Future, and serves as the co-chairman of the Romney campaign in Florida. In December, Romney praised Full Sail by …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Florida’s Prepaid Tuition Plan Lives On Borrowed Time
Wall Street Pit
Florida’s prepaid tuition plan, like those in other states, is probably living on borrowed time. That time may soon run out, if Gov. Rick Scott gives the state’s flagship universities the tuition-setting freedom they want. A bill awaiting Scott’s signature would eliminate tuition increase caps for public universities that meet 11 out of 14 benchmarks in areas such as selectivity, graduation rates, research and fundraising. Scott has played his cards close to the vest on whether he will approve or veto the legislation, which is, unsurprisingly, unpopular with students across the Sunshine State…
New South Florida business customizes mortarboard messages
MiamiHerald.com
It took him all these years, but [Marc] Goldberg, 36, finally turned his idea into reality. He launched his Miami Beach-based Tassel Toppers, in October. The toppers — square-shaped pieces of thin plastic that stick to the top of a cap with removable adhesive — are available ready-made with some university logos or Greek symbols for $19.95. They can also be customized online at www.tasseltoppers.com with pictures, logos or phrases of a graduate’s choice for $22.95, and can be used for everything from kindergarten to graduate school graduations….
South Florida Youth Summit begins tonight
Palm Beach Post
The summit is culmination of years of work by Shevrin Jones, 28, a dual-enrollment instructor at Florida Atlantic University. The event has brought together dozens of mentor and youth-group organizations, such as the YMCA and 100 Black Men of Greater …
APNewsBreak: US oil spill plan prepares for Cuba
The Associated Press
What the plan doesn’t cover is the research on how an oil spill might behave in the straits, said Florida International University professor John Proni, who’s leading a group of university and federal researchers studying US readiness for oil spills…
BP Oil Spill’s Sticky Remnants Wash Up Sporadically On Gulf Beaches
National Geographic
Markus Huettel, a benthic ecologist at Florida State University, has been researching the status of Deepwater Horizon oil on Florida Panhandle beaches since June 2010. Huettel explained that while much of the BP well’s oil was degraded or evaporated.
Trayvon Martin case: Is young, black and wearing a hoodie a recipe for disaster?
msnbc.com
… and coupled with the fact that he was hooded made it more problematic,” said Jason J. Campbell, a blogger and an assistant professor of conflict resolution and philosophy at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Florida shooter George Zimmerman not easily pigeonholed
The Seattle Times
His family background doesn’t discount possible racial motives, said Luis Martinez-Fernandez, a professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at the University of Central Florida. Hispanics are an ethnic group, but within that group there are different races. There are black Dominicans and Cubans, for instance. ”Who is Hispanic and who’s not is not as clear as other ethnic groups,” said Martinez-Fernandez. “There’s no such thing as a Hispanic race. It has to do with origin, culture and race. Some people argue that language should be a part. All this complicates identity.”
Homeless issue is still present in Seminole County
Seminole Chronicle
… a sizeable group of homeless families and children is a useful and poignant illustration of how bad our economy has gotten, in Central Florida and all over the country,” said Jim Wright, professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida.
‘Stand Your Ground Law’ at center of Fla. shooting
Boston.com
Based on what’s publicly known about the case, Michael Siegel, a former federal prosecutor who now directs the Criminal Justice Center and Clinics at the University of Florida law school, said it appears Sanford police were too quick to decide whether…
Koch Brothers’ Attempted Takeover Of Cato Could Be Part Of Bold Plan
Huffington Post
“It’s making all the taxpayers who don’t want to support a particular candidate, in fact, support them,” said University of Miami law professor Frances Hill. In theory, the Internal Revenue Service has “almost a zero tolerance” for political …
South Dakota researchers look at whether sages used by Native Americans can …
AberdeenNews.com
Dixson recruited Dennis Kyle, a University of South Florida professor who specializes in malaria research, to help the Black Hills State team grow the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
Truth Test: Medicare political claims
WZVN-TV
The goal is to try to contain that rate of increase,” said Dr. [Jay] Wolfson, a professor at the University of South Florida. Based on that information, we rank the claim that lawmakers voted to cut Medicare’s budget by $575 billion as mostly false…
Releases and Web Stories
Florida Film Festival Presents “An Afternoon With” Academy Award® Winner Barry …
PR Web (press release)
The 2012 Festival, sponsored by Full Sail University, runs April 13-22. The complete schedule of films and events is officially launched and available online at http://www.FloridaFilmFestival.com. To purchase Festival passes and ticket packages, …
