State University System
FAMU Board of Trustees meeting underway
Tallahassee Democrat
The search for Florida A&M University’s new president got underway this afternoon with the first meeting of the university’s Presidential Search Committee. Calling the committee’s task “monumental” and “awesome,” FAMU board chairman Solomon Badger laid out the work ahead, including recommending a search firm to the full board, developing a timeline for the search process and putting together a final “short-list” of presidential candidates for the board to chose from…
FAMU and FSU Students Prepare for New Academic Year – SLIDE SHOW
WCTV
Today is move-in day here at FAMU and at FSU. We’ve seen a lot of parents dropping their college kids off and helping them move into their dorms. Many of them will be leaving their homes with their parents to live on campus…
FAMU Welcome Week
WTXL ABC 27
Florida A&M University (FAMU) is excited to welcome students back to the hill this fall and will celebrate the occasion during Welcome Week 2012. Five days of fun activities have been planned to help students meet peers with similar interests…
FIU’s Wall Of Wind Demonstrates Hurricane’s Fury
CBS Local
Florida International University’s International Hurricane Research Center put its Wall of Wind to the test Tuesday afternoon, demonstrating a category five hurricane with wind-driven rain inside their laboratory.
Wall of Wind: Hurricane, research at Florida International University on building codes
WPTV
Florida International University has a brand new research tool, and it’s turning heads in Miami. The new Wall Of Wind hopes to lead the way in hurricane wind research…
Study: College becoming unaffordable to Middle Class
Sun-Sentinel
Many Florida families have been paying up to 25 percent of median income for public in-state college costs — out of reach for some middle-class parents who have taken recent pay cuts or lost jobs, according to a new study. Some South Florida families are paying even more — plunking down what amounts to about a third of the median income for Floridians for students to attend Florida International University or Florida Atlantic University, according to the study co-written by the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy at FIU…
No more paper tickets for FSU students
CR80News (blog)
Students at Florida State University, Tallahassee, will no longer have to print out their football tickets from home. A new system will link their ticket to their student ID…
FSU, FAMU students bring energy, piles of belongings back on campus
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Students flooded back into Tallahassee on Wednesday filling Florida A&M University and Florida State University dorm rooms in anticipation of the fall semester, which starts Monday. Parents and anxious students lined the sidewalks…
Florida State University Move-In
WTXL ABC 27
Florida State University students start classes next week, but they start moving in today…
The college with the worst food in America
CBS News
The New College of Florida, a small public school in Sarasota, ranked second on the worst food list…
Today’s freshmen will see significant changes at UF
Gainesville Sun
An open forum on the University of Florida’s presidential search will be held Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Emerson Alumni Hall, President’s Room. The meeting is open to the public…
University of Florida tests tech for spotting pythons in the Everglades // 12 …
Nextgov
The University of Florida is testing thermal imaging technology to hunt down Burmese pythons invading the state’s Everglades, The Associated Press reports…
UNF police investigating sexual assault of female student on campus
Florida Times-Union
A University of North Florida student said she was sexually assaulted in the women’s locker room of the Student Wellness Center on campus about 9 p.m. Tuesday…
UNF student sexually assaulted in locker room
WJXT Jacksonville
A University of North Florida student told police she was sexually assaulted in a woman’s locker room Tuesday…
Dolphin Tale helps area for years
Tampa Bay Newspapers
It was known all along that the movie would have a big impact on the local economy, but nobody knew how big until the College of Business at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg undertook a study to measure the financial windfall the movie is bringing to Clearwater and the surrounding area. The results of that study were released at an Aug. 16 press conference in the CMA auditorium…
People on the Move: Aug. 19, 2012
Pensacola Business Journal
The University of West Florida is listed as one of the Great Colleges to Work For, according to a survey recently released by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The results are based on a survey of 47,000 participants from 294 colleges and universities…
State College System
Daytona State College considering 4-year nursing degree
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona State College compiled information from an employer interest survey showing the need for more registered nurses in Volusia and Flagler counties in the next one to three years and three to five years…
Grant Aids Engineering Technology at PSC
The Ledger
Polk State College has been awarded a $900000 grant from the National Science Foundation, and will use the funds to convert its engineering technology associate’s degree format…
Santa Fe College President issues new challenges to faculty
WUFT
Classes officially got underway at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College today…
So Unique Enrichment for Girls Hosts Tallahassee Girls Day
WCTV
In 2011, the Mayor of Tallahassee proclaimed Tallahassee Girls day in honor of So Unique Enrichment for Girls. This year, Girls Day will be held this Saturday, August 25th at Tallahassee Community College.
Independent Colleges and Universities
Stetson students, faculty, staff mark start of new academic year
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Stetson University students, faculty and staff gathered Wednesday for an opening convocation to mark the start of the new academic year. The convocation started with each class gathering in different areas on campus to sign the Honors Pledge, which is …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Our Opinion: Welcome home
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
With their parents, sorority sisters or other friends in tow, they are piling into the malls, the stores large and small, and restaurants as they celebrate a new academic year at Florida State, Florida A&M or Tallahassee Community College…
Letter: Two universities treat two cases differently
Florida Today
It’s not surprising Florida A&M University is eager to settle in the case of Robert Champion’s hazing murder. It would be getting off easy if we compare it to the Sandusky-Paterno case at Penn State… William C. Heithaus – Melbourne
Private rail tries for comeback in Florida
Marketplace.org
Eric Dumbaugh, the director of the school of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida Atlantic University, says Amtrak could soon have some competition on its hands. He says the Miami to Orlando corridor is just one of the so-called mega regions in the U.S. where the need for inter-city passenger rail is growing…
Neighborhood shul struggles to survive
Sun-Sentinel
“A lot of congregations are struggling financially now,” said Frederick Greenspahn, Gimelstob Eminent Scholar of Judaic Studies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and an ordained rabbi…
FGCU professor leads investigation into seafood toxins
The News-Press
Mike Parsons, a professor of marine sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University, shoots a black grouper at Tennessee Reef in the Keys. The fish will be tested for toxins that cause ciguatera …
Florida Poet Laureate Skellings Passes at Age 80
Brevard Times
Laureate Edmund Skellings, famous Florida poet, passed away peacefully in his West Melbourne home on August 19, 2012 at the age of 80, survived by his wife Louise, a retired professor, according to a news release from the Florida Institute of Technology. Skellings retired from the Florida Institute of Technology last April, where he was professor of humanities in the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts. Skellings taught at the university since early 2008.
South Florida one of nation’s most financially distressed areas
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
Still, the local economy remains vulnerable and unemployment has recently crept up, said Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, an economics professor who directs the Center of Economic Research at Florida International University…
Miami Student to Be Sentenced in Obama Threat
NBC 6 Miami
Federal prosecutors say [Joaquin] Serrapio, a student at Miami-Dade College, posted threats on Facebook in February coinciding with Obama’s appearance at the University of Miami.
Ethics commission returns complaint filed against candidate Keith …
Bradenton Herald
The commission’s executive director, Virlindia Doss, wrote that she was returning the complaint the commission received Aug. 13, one day before the primary election. ”The Commission on Ethics cannot accept a complaint against a candidate if it is received on an election day or within the five calendar days preceding the date of the election,” Doss wrote. The complaint, filed by George Del Monte, alleged, among other things, that [Keith] Fitzgerald had violated Florida ethics laws by failing to disclose a conflict of interest when he voted as a state representative on millions of dollars in taxpayer funds benefitting his employer, New College of Florida…
Hurricanes and Republicans just don’t mix
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
“Hurricane Isaac may get more headlines than the Republican Convention,” said Daniel Smith, a political scientist at the University of Florida, only half-joking…
Drinking Alcohol While Pregnant Has Long-Lasting Effects In Children, Study Finds
Huffington Post
“What they’re writing is not unexpected,” Dr. Gene Burkett, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and interim director of the division of maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine told HuffPost…
On the 20th anniversary, children remember how Hurricane Andrew changed them
MiamiHerald.com
Most children who were initially traumatized by the disaster recovered fairly quickly, according to Annette M. La Greca , a psychology professor and pediatrics at the University of Miami and the lead investigator of two studies on children’s reactions …
In the PR battle between Khan and Jones-Drew, there’s a clear winner
Florida Times-Union
The response from Jones-Drew’s agent about how the player wants to be with a team that respects him was weak, said Kristi Sweeney, who teaches sports finance at the University of North Florida…
Experts question promises of convention windfall
Tbo.com
But those who hold this view may be wearing rose-shaded glasses, in the view of some who study the economic impact of major events. “It’s absurd,” said Philip Porter, an economics professor at the University of South Florida who has examined events such as the Super Bowl. Porter questions how much the visitors can do to help deliver the region from hard times. ”What are those people going to buy? They get hotel rooms — and they are not all staying in deluxe suites — they eat meals and buy T-shirts. They are not spending anywhere near that.” The RNC Tampa Bay Host Committee projects that direct spending during the convention could reach $175 million to $200 million.
Two leading surgeons leave USF and TGH for Florida Hospital Tampa
Tampabay.com
Two of the area’s most respected surgeons have left the University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital, taking 18 staffers with them to establish a new program at Florida Hospital Tampa. Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy, a fixture at Tampa General for 27 years, has gained a national reputation particularly for treating pancreatic cancer patients. Dr. Sharona Ross is an 11 year TGH veteran and USF faculty member who collaborated with Rosemurgy on dozens of pioneering research projects…
Colleges seek more ways to help students stay in school
MyFox Tampa Bay
The problem is becoming such an epidemic that schools like the University of Tampa hired Lorie Kittendorf to be their Director of Student Success. “It’s actually a great new position that the University created a little over a year ago…
Polly Pepin, wife of philanthropist Art Pepin, dies at 87
Tampabay.com
Her last name shows up in some of Tampa’s most important organizations, from a restored Pepin-Rood Stadium at the University of Tampa to the Pepin Heart and Vascular Institute at University Community Hospital in Tampa.
Releases and Web Stories
Safety Fair Set For FAU
BocaNewsNow.com
Florida Atlantic University has designated September as Safety Month and has planned a series of events and activities at the Boca Raton, Broward and northern campuses.
FAU to Hold Women’s Equality Day Celebration
Broward Net Online
Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and other local organizations will hold a Women’s Equality Day Celebration to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of women’s voting rights.
Florida Atlantic University Joins Forces with PointClickCare® to Reduce …
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Florida Atlantic University has announced the introduction of a joint initiative with PointClickCare, the long-term care industry’s most widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform, to develop a fully integrated, electronic version of its INTERACT quality improvement program – eINTERACT™. Interventions to Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents or INTERACT is a quality improvement program designed to facilitate the early identification, evaluation, documentation and communication about changes in the status of residents in skilled nursing facilities (SNF), and provide the necessary tools to manage conditions before they become serious enough to necessitate a hospital transfer…
Keiser University College of Golf partners with Impact Zone Golf
WorldGolf.com
The Keiser University College of Golf is proud to announce a new partnership with Impact Zone™ Golf, one of golf’s most comprehensive teaching systems.
Premier Student Housing 100% Leased
GlobeSt.com
Inland American Communities Group just opened the doors to the new student housing facility at 3200 North Alafaya Trail at the University of Central Florida—and it’s already 100 percent leased despite a competitive market.
IRSC announces 2012-13 lineup
TCPalm
By news release The Indian River State College Performing and Visual Arts Department is announcing its 2012-13 lineup of shows and performances for the …
Week of Welcome on the Web
University of South Florida
The Week of Welcome celebration is a University of South Florida tradition that helps students connect with one another and their university. Now, students can make those connections online.
Statement by BRAULIO COLÓN, Executive Director for Florida College Access Network, On Florida’s 2012 ACT Report
Media Alert
“Today’s release of 2012 test scores by ACT shows minimal improvement by Florida high school graduates meeting college readiness benchmarks since 2009. While we should celebrate our students and teachers in this trend and in the fact that 70% of our 2012 high school graduates took the ACT, these results underscore the disconnect between the aspirations of our graduates and the academic performance necessary to succeed in postsecondary education.” “Regardless of race or socioeconomic status, we should expect all Florida high school graduates to be college and career ready. Today’s report should remind all education leaders of the importance and value in raising the quality of instruction in all schools and raising academic standards and expectations for all students.” Click here to view the ACT report on Florida…
