State University System
FAMU eyes improved attendance
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
The Florida A&M athletic department is ramping up its campaign to get fans to Bragg Stadium in a season that its football team will have to play without the sound of the Marching 100 in the background…
Florida Atlantic students devote a semester to mobile health
mobihealthnews
Students in a multidisciplinary Android app development course at Florida Atlantic University spend the spring semester focusing exclusively on creating health and safety apps. The 80 students, representing the Boca Raton, Fla., school’s College of Business, College of Engineering and Computer Science as well as the electronic graphic design program and the anthropology department, produced seven prototype applications…
10 Colleges, Universities Enrolling Most Transfer Students
Huffington Post
Students looking to transfer out of their schools seem to be fleeing to Florida, California and Texas, according to U.S. News and World Report‘s list of the top 10 colleges with the most transfer students…#2 University of Central Florida enrolled 5,896 transfer students into its undergraduate programs in 2010. That year, the transfer acceptance rate at the university was 63 percent…
Committee named to search for next UF president
Gainesville Sun
Carlos Alfonso was forced off the University of Florida board of trustees, but he’ll still have a say in the search for the university’s next president. UF announced Tuesday that Alfonso and more than 20 others will be part of the committee. The group includes current trustees, administrators, faculty and others. They will begin meeting in early August. The board of trustees is expected to complete the selection criteria by the end of the month. There is no deadline for completing the search.
Machen: UF may get help from state, not tuition
Gainesville Sun
Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill in the spring that would have allowed the University of Florida to seek unlimited tuition increases, but UF Bernie Machen said Tuesday that the measure isn’t dead…
USF Attracts Nurses To New Degree Program, Tampa
83degreesmedia
A 2010 report from the Institute of Medicine recommended that the number of nurses with a bachelor’s degree increase by 80 percent by the year 2020 in order to create a workforce to meet the demands of our increasingly diverse population…The University of South Florida responded to this research with a customer stakeholder approach that included focus groups with more than 200 individuals — students, hospital administrators, educators and nurses — asking what would enhance their practice and what would make nurses more likely to return to school. The result was a brand new program…
State College System
Florida colleges plan to lead nation in graduation rates
Florida Today
Florida’s 28 state and community colleges say they have a plan to make the state the first in the country to reach the national goal of doubling graduation rates by the year 2020 – and they think Gov. Rick Scott will back their play…
Florida colleges announce plan to lead nation in graduation rates
Naples Daily News
Florida’s 28 state and community colleges say they have a plan to make the state the first in the country to reach the national goal of doubling graduation rates by the year 2020 — and they think Gov. Rick Scott will back their play.
Fla. colleges plan to lead nation in graduation rates
The News-Press
Florida’s 28 state and community colleges say they have a plan to make the state the first in the country to reach the national goal of doubling graduation rates by the year 2020 – and they think Gov. Rick Scott will back their play.
BCC’s SpaceTEC training center expands horizons
Florida Today
A Brevard Community College training facility for space workers has moved off Kennedy Space Center and will expand the scope of technology courses it offers as part of an effort to better prepare workers for some of the new industries gaining a foothold on the Space Coast…
Chipola College Unveils New Performing Arts Center
wmbb
The brand new 16-million dollar performing arts facility at Chipola College can now fit about 300 more guests but along with more chairs, comes more opportunity.
Center for the Arts Opens at Chipola College
WTVY, Dothan
Chipola College welcomed the new Center for the Arts building to it’s campus Tuesday evening. President Gene Prough stood along side board, …
Flagler school district takes $3.8M budget hit
Daytona Beach News-Journal
In other business Tuesday night, the board: … -approved a contract with Daytona State College for the dual enrollment program, which allows high school students to enroll in college courses. Changes to the contract include requiring students to maintain a 3.0 grade-point average in their high school classes and a 2.0 average in their college courses; requiring students who receive “D” or “F” grades in college course to retake those courses during the next semester; and adding expectations about behavior and attendance, Dyer said.
FSCJ president to host meeting for students, employees; closed to …
Florida Times-Union
Employees and students at Florida State College at Jacksonville will have the chance to ask questions of the college’s president and board chairman during a town hall meeting Thursday. President Steve Wallace sent an email Monday inviting the college community to the meeting, where Chairman Jim McCollum will also answer questions.
Camp offers insights on renewable energy
Tbo.com
Students attending an energy camp at Hillsborough Community College’s SouthShore campus recently were charged with enthusiasm about alternative fuels.
Polk State Gets OK to Offer Criminal Justice Degree
The Ledger
Polk State College was given state approval Tuesday to begin offering a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice…
Celebrating zoo keepers at Santa Fe College
WUFT
Many of the people who work in those facilities, come from Santa Fe College in Gainesville…
Independent Colleges and Universities
Public invited to celebrate Mary McLeod Bethune birthday
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Memories of Bethune-Cookman University founder Mary McLeod Bethune will be shared at a birthday observance Saturday.
EWC Meets Capital Improvement Goals
ActionNewsJax.com
Edward Waters College has now met financial goals needed to improve life around campus.
Dorms, administration building top the campus renovations list at EWC
Florida Times-Union
Edward Waters College has raised $3 million in seven months and will spend the money sprucing up its campus, college officials …
Pilot shortage makes room in the air for flight students
WREX-TV
That’s why schools like Embry Riddle Aeronautical University are looking up…
Florida Tech Adds Online Versions of Master’s Degree and Graduate Certificate …
Campus Technology
The Florida Institute of Technology has begun offering online versions of its master’s degree in information assurance and cybersecurity.
Obama to speak at Rollins College Friday
Orlando Sentinel
President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at Rollins College Friday.
Sources: Rollins College readying for POTUS visit Friday
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Rollins is preparing to offer tickets to an Obama event and another source indicated the decks are being cleared at the college to make room for something big Friday. Tickets also will be distributed through Obama For America offices in Central Florida.
South Miami No. 1 hospital in region
MiamiHerald.com
Last year, the combined entity of “University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital” was ranked No. 1 among 74 hospitals in the area. UM/Jackson fell to No. 2 this year. Cleveland Clinic in Weston was ranked third, while Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Sweet deal for ex-FAMU chief adds insult to injury
Orlando Sentinel
The Orlando Sentinel editorial board thinks the lucrative severance package for fired FAMU President James Ammons is an outrage for taxpayers and belies the university’s complaints about financial problems…
Letter: Steve Wallace
Florida Times-Union
I want to join others who have expressed dismay over the Times-Union’s grossly unfair portrayal of Steve Wallace, president of Florida State College at Jacksonville, as greedy and egotistical. Nothing, absolutely nothing, could be further from the truth…Linda Herro – Jacksonville
Otto: Gibbons, Germany were fathers of USF
Tbo.com
It was back in the 1950s and Gibbons was in the Legislature, arguing for the creation of a fourth public university that would be south of the University of Florida, Florida State University and Florida A&M. Gibbons’ close friend Germany was also in …
Nickinson: Lesson in staying in Sunshine
Pensacola Business Journal
But it is a lesson I hope the masterminds behind The University of West Florida’s business-centered nonprofit, Business Enterprises Inc., are minding as well…
FAMU fills two dean positions
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Florida A&M has appointed two new deans — the dean of the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences and the dean of the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. Their appointments will take effect Aug. 13. Ann Kimbrough is the new dean for the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication and Robert W. Taylor is the new dean for the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
FAMU hazing suspect Rikki Wills tells HBO about assault on Robert Champion
Orlando Sentinel
FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, the first of 11 felony hazing defendants to speak publicly about the death of his roommate and fellow drum major Robert Champion, insisted he tried to help Champion…
Fixing the Constitution By Restoring Federalism
Reason Online (blog)
Florida International University law professor Elizabeth Price Foley says “don’t change the text,” just bring back federalism: To some, the F word is constitutional obscenity. It is relabeled “states’ rights” and followed by reference to slavery and the Confederacy. This taps into deep emotions but is utterly wrong. Greater engagement with the existing Constitution is best, but proposed amendments aimed at restoring state power are worth considering.
Region heads list of Hispanic firms
Sun-Sentinel
“The Miami area has always been a great destination for the entrepreneurial community,” said Jerry Haar, director of Florida International University’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center. ”We draw on entrepreneurs from throughout the Americas, with more from the upper- and middle-class and more based in international trade.”
Artist blends traditional, digital forms
Tbo.com
During the past year artist Peter Bonk has brushstroked his way from the timeless medium of oil on canvas into the modern digital realm of mobile phones and tablet computers. Bonk, a Land O’ Lakes-based painter and adjunct computer science professor at Hillsborough Community College, has released a new game for smartphones and …
Gaming in Your Community
WCTV
According to Marc Dunbar, a partner at the Pennington Law Firm in Tallahassee and a Professor of Gaming Law at Florida State University, “if you go into other states where rural counties, particularly counties that are on state lines, or on state borders like Washington County, Gadsden County, Hamilton County that have authorized slot machine gaming, hundreds of millions of dollars in capital investment has flowed into those rural counties.” Dunbar also feels the recent referendum in Gretna, Florida that shows the majority of voters approved to allow slot machines at the local pari-mutuel facility, will not only affect that town but also the surrounding areas. He says, “you are talking about somewhere around 800 to a thousand jobs and we’re not talking about low wage jobs, we’re talking about very good jobs and so some folks will live in Tallahassee, some folks will live in Gadsden County, some folks will live in Liberty County. All of those folks will have very good stable well paid jobs.”
Health Smart program receives grant to combat obesity statewide
WTXL ABC 27
In Florida, African Americans have disproportionately higher rates of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer, said Penny Ralston, M.Ed., Ph.D., director of the Florida State University Center on Better Health and Life for Undeserved Populations and a co-investigator on the project.
FBI wants Walton County emails tied to Odom, Blue, Brannon (DOCUMENT)
The Northwest Florida Daily News
His reputation took a beating in 2010-2011, however, when he was indicted along with former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom and former Northwest Florida State College President Bob Richburg on grand theft charges…
Sentinel to host Adams-Mica debate on Jul 27
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
It will be moderated by Sentinel Government/politics editor Bob Shaw, with questions from Sentinel reporter Jason Garcia and Dr. Roger Handberg, former chair of the political science department at the University of Central Florida…
Study: Drop in people seeking jobs main reason for drop in Florida …
Palm Beach Post
“That’s what makes the unemployment rate – or any single measure – not a very good metric for the health of the economy,” said Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida…
Familiar air greets Obama in second Fort Myers visit
The News-Press
“That gives a false impression that things are maybe better than they actually are,” said economist Sean Snaith, director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness at the University of Central Florida.
Source of Haiti cholera bug goes under microscope
CBS News
“Those are the two groups duking it out,” said Judith Johnson, a professor of pathology and clinical microbiology at the University of Florida. Johnson described the episode as a “clash of the titans.”
Fast track to Olympics for UM coach Amy Deem
MiamiHerald.com
Over the past two decades, Deem has vaulted from accidental athletic department intern to University of Miami track coach to head U.S. women’s track coach for the 2012 London Olympics…
Lines form to get tickets to Obama campaign rally
WJXT Jacksonville
University of North Florida Political Science Professor Dr. Matthew Corrigan says its just a matter of turn out. ”If President Obama somehow takes Duval County, the state’s over,” he said. “There’s very little question. If Obama wins Duval County, he’s going to win the state. If he wins the state, he’s most likely going to win the presidency.” Mr. Obama will be in Jacksonville on Thursday to try and secure those votes. Corrigan said if President Obama does well, then presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney may have to start relying on other counties like Nassau, St. Johns, Clay and Baker in order to get Florida’s support.
LGBT community calls comment by Lt. Gov. ‘insulting’
ActionNewsJax.com
Natalie Nguyen runs the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender resource center at the University of North Florida. She says the Lt. Governor’s comment is not only insulting, it’s also damaging for the state of Florida. “She’s a leader and she’s supposed to set an example,” said Nguyen.
How the New iPhone Will Expose Cities Lagging on Open Data
The Atlantic Cities (blog)
“Of course, that would only work in cities that are actually sharing their data,” says Sean Barbeau, a research associate at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida.
Driver in Bayshore crash had taken LSD
Tbo.com
The University of South Florida student who died after driving a Toyota through the Bayshore Boulevard balustrade and into Hillsborough Bay two months ago had LSD in his system, an autopsy report shows. ”He probably thought he could fly,” Julia Pearson, chief forensic toxicologist for the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office, told The Tampa Tribune. Michael Agana‘s Camry was heading south on South Boulevard at 60 mph or greater May 11 when it smashed through the concrete balustrade, and it doesn’t appear Agana applied the car’s brakes, police said Tuesday…
USF alumni chosen to be honored
Tbo.com
The University of South Florida (USF) Alumni Association has selected its 2012 National Alumni Award recipients, who will be honored at a banquet Oct. 25…
Ferrari Race Car Inspires Man to Design Piano
Patch.com
Elliott says the sleek design of the piano’s legs actually enhances the tonal quality of the piano. Elliott and recording artist Grigorios Zamparas gave the piano a trial run on stage at the University of Tampa, where Zamparas is an instructor…
State Sen. Don Gaetz says use BP oil spill cash or lose it
Pensacola Business Journal
University of West Florida economist Rick Harper will become a senior policy adviser for state Sen. Don Gaetz when he becomes Senate president in November.
Access Archaeology
Santa Rosa Press Gazette
So far, UWF has found what they believe is a water tower or a windmill, a well, and a trash pit, all located near the alleged slave home. “This is one of the most important historic sites in Northwest Florida,” [John] Phillips said. “Water-powered mills and industry played a huge role in the day-to-day lives of people in this area. “Without the lumber industry, none of Northwest Florida would be in existence.” Phillips said the Arcadia Mill Site is not the oldest, but one of the largest mill sites in Florida.
Releases and Web Stories
Search Committee Appointed to Recruit New UF President
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — C. David Brown II, chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees, today appointed a search committee to recruit the 12th president of the University of Florida.
Health Smart program receives grant to combat obesity statewide
University of Florida
A University of Florida researcher has received $75000 from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation to expand a program geared toward improving the health of Florida’s African American population, who face increased risks for heart disease …
