State University System
Judge won’t throw out hazing lawsuit against FAMU
Orlando Sentinel
An Orange County judge, rejecting FAMU’s argument that drum major Robert Champion should be viewed as a “participant” in the illegal hazing that killed him, will not throw out a wrongful-death lawsuit against the university…
5K raises money for students’ Africa trip
Sun-Sentinel
Six students from Florida International University are raising funds for a June trip to the West African nation Gambia. The effort is part of Alternative Breaks, a program that gets students to spend their spring break on different volunteer projects …
A strong effort to improve Bradenton’s Village of the Arts
Bradenton Herald
…A year ago, this development project began when a team of students and a professor from New College of Florida descended on the village to conduct in-depth research to discover its character and challenges…
Haven’t applied to college yet? Don’t despair
CBS News
Others include Arizona State, Colorado State and two public liberal arts colleges – New College of Florida and St. Mary’s College of Maryland…
Program helps college students manage money, debt
San Diego Source (subscription)
Six business students sat in a classroom at the University of South Florida, facing a screen with concern and curiosity. They were ready to graduate, and the reality of the massive amounts of money they’d borrowed was sinking in…
Beacon building will house new cultural center
Pensacola News Journal
Come September 2014, the building will be rechristened as The Voices of Pensacola, a multicultural center run by West Florida Historic Preservation Inc. and the University of West Florida…
State College System
Chipola Hosts High School Brain Bowl
WJHG-TV
Marianna- Thursday, the Chipola College Brain Bowl team hosted their 8th annual high school brain bowl tournament.
Daytona State extends registration hours
Daytona Times
To increase opportunities for new and returning students, Daytona State College announces extended registration, advising and testing hours beginning May 13 …
Daytona State nursing students first in Florida to be inducted into national honor society
The DeLand-Deltona Beacon
Daytona State College will induct its inaugural class of the Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society of Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) during a May 6 ceremony that begins at 5 p.m. in the Hosseini Center (Bldg. 1200) on the Daytona Beach Campus…
Symposium to address Lake Worth Lagoon
Sun-Sentinel
…The one-day symposium will be held at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will include more than 30 oral and poster presentations covering habitat restoration and enhancement, water quality and public use and outreach…
SF College probes Jell-O wrestling at Society for Nerds event
Gainesville Sun
Complaints about a Jello-O wrestling contest at the Society for Nerds “Evolution of the Nerds” party at Santa Fe College has prompted an inquiry about whether the activity violated school policy prohibiting sexual harassment and discrimination…
Big Bend news briefs
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Tallahassee Community College will hold its 47th commencement ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center. TCC will graduate close to 3,000 students earning an A.A., A.S. or A.A.S. degree from the summer 2012, fall 2012 and spring 2013 terms.
Independent College and University System
Food Brings Hope receives donation from ERAU
The DeLand-Deltona Beacon
The Embry-Riddle campaign, called “The $7 Sacrifice” in reference to the cost of each bag, sought to raise $25000 through a campus-wide competition…
The Real Story of Adult Online Learning
Huffington Post
Saint Leo University began serving adult undergraduates four decades ago through dispersed military centers, civilian centers, on-campus weekend and evening…
Miami’s Booze and Cruise Internship
Businessweek
What do you get when you bring together a spirits and wine producer and a cruise line? Normally, the answer would be a booze cruise, but if you’re a student at the University of Miami’s School of Business Administration, the answer is the Emerging Leaders Internship Program, a 20-week internship spanning the spring and summer that exposes you to two different companies—Bacardi U.S.A. and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL).
For Profit and Career Colleges
Governor Scott, Mayor Seiler Welcome Anthem Education with $350000 …
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott’s offices sent out a news release that declared, “Gov. Scott Announces Anthem Education Expansion in Fort Lauderdale, 70 New Jobs.” It explained that the for-profit college will be locating its “North American headquarters” to Fort Lauderdale, spending $300,000 on a building and furniture, and creating 70 jobs with salaries that average more than $50,000…
Florida Technical College Orlando reopens after evacuation
Central Florida News 13
A building on Florida Technical College’s Orlando campus has reopened after an evacuation prompted by reports of a gas odor…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the Web
National View: A reminder of U.S. progress on worker’s rights
SouthCoastToday.com
May 1 is International Workers Day. It is a day to be reminded that “just and favorable” work conditions, “equal pay for equal work,” workplaces “free of discrimination” and “protection against unemployment” are fundamental human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unfortunately, May 1st is a day to recognize the many ways the U.S fails to enact the human right to work. I offer here just a few of the many ways the U.S is falling short, recognizing the many other workers who toil in poor conditions for low pay that remain marginalized and often voiceless…Laura Finley, Ph.D., is assistant professor of sociology and criminology, Barry University, and writes for PeaceVoice.
Our View: ERAU poised for success with research park
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Thanks to the efforts of Florida lawmakers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is on the brink of a major breakthrough in the development of its Aerospace Research and Technology Park. The state budget that is moving toward final approval in the Legislature this week contains $9 million for Embry-Riddle to build what ERAU President John Johnson called “the newest and best” wind tunnel in Florida. With an experimental aerodynamics laboratory and wind tunnel, Embry-Riddle will be in a better position to attract aerospace companies to its research and technology park, located off Clyde Morris Boulevard in Daytona Beach…
Justice Quince to addressB-CU grads
Daytona Times
At Bethune-Cookman University’s spring commencement next week, 417 seniors are scheduled to graduate. The graduating Wildcats will receive well wishes and some sage advice from one of the state’s judicial pioneers – Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince…
Chuck Jacobs BCC First Women’s Tennis Coach
SpaceCoastDaily.com
Brevard Community College has selected Chuck Jacobs as its inaugural women’s tennis coach…
Mother & Daughter Graduate Together At Chipola College
wmbb
It’s an exciting day for Sunny Neve and her daughter, Shyann Jackson…
Edison student Morgan Pepitone is first Hendry County woman to attend West Point
newszap.com
“Future West Point alumna” may not be the first thought that comes to mind when one sees Edison State College dual enrollment student Morgan Pepitone. But after talking to the petite, five-foot-tall 18-year-old with hot pink fingernails, it’s quickly obvious why the United States Military Academy initially approached her.
Johnson named visiting fellow at Cambridge
St. Augustine Record
Flagler College Professor of Religion Timothy Johnson will head to Cambridge University in June as a Visiting Fellow. “I have collaborated with a colleague at Cambridge University, Dr. J.P. Michael Robson, over the years on a number of projects …
Combat vet now proud FAU grad
Sun-Sentinel
Josh Mavica fought daily mental and physical struggles to adapt to civilian life, but he didn’t let that stop him from getting an education. On Thursday afternoon, Mavica, a 31-year-old combat veteran, proudly accepted his master’s in social work from Florida Atlantic University‘s College of Design and Social Inquiry…
What To Do About The Rising Cost Of College Tuition
WLRN
Thirty-year-old Alberto Jordat is about to graduate from Florida Atlantic University with a dual major in journalism and multimedia studies. He’s concerned about the how younger students will pay for college in the future. He asks: ”I’m a college student who keeps seeing astronomical increases (in the cost of) higher education being passed along each year, while public funding for education keeps decreasing, including money available for financial aid. What can be done to ensure that Florida provides low-cost higher education to its students?”
Student hatches bouncing business idea
KeysNews.com
As 80 graduates of Florida Keys Community College prepare to walk down the aisle and receive their diplomas this evening at Tennessee Williams Theatre, there will be 80 personal stories of student success on display. One of those stories will belong to Associate of Arts degree recipient Cameron Henry, 20, who has spent the past two years availing himself of all the college has to offer in the classrooms and library — and out on the water. ”I think it’s a magnificent place,” Henry said of FKCC. “And I did take advantage of a lot of scholarship and learning opportunities that my instructors made me aware of. It’s like they say, ‘Start here, go anywhere.’ They really do give you the tools to do that.”
National streetcar debate hits Gainesville
Gainesville Sun
Jeffrey Brown, an associate professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University, researched the effectiveness of streetcar systems in Little Rock, Memphis, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Tampa and New Orleans…
GOP Clashes Stymie Medicaid Expansion
Wall Street Journal
The intraparty schism stems in part from the different constituencies governors and lawmakers respond to, said Carol Weissert, a political-science professor at Florida State University. “Rick Scott represents the state,” she said, “whereas a lot of these Republicans represent much narrower, conservative districts.”
Candidates named in SKCTC presidential search – WKYT.com
WKYT
Dr. Ty Handy; President, Northwest Florida State College; Niceville, Florida…
United Way Tops Goal With $8.8 Million Raised
The Ledger
Polk State College President Eileen Holden, who chaired the 2012 campaign, acknowledged the community’s beneficence…
Internet Petition: Drop Charges Against Student
The Ledger
Rosa Walsh, a chemistry professor at Polk State College, said this kind of explosive material can be dangerous…
MOOCs : What University CIOs Really Think
InformationWeek
The panel on MOOCs included three CIOs: David Baird of Wesleyan University, Gayle Barton of Amherst College, and Patricia Schoknecht of Rollins College…
Former President Bill Clinton Delivers UCF Commencement Address | Full Video
KnightNews.com
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of thousands of graduates and their families during one of the University of Central Florida’s commencement ceremonies which took place Thursday afternoon. Receiving a standing ovation upon his entrance from graduates of UCF’s College of Health and Public Affairs and the College of Medicine’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, Clinton greeted the arena by saying just how much he loved the school.
“I love this place…it’s big, diverse, energetic and focued on the future,” Clinton said.
THE FANTASTICKS, LEVELING UP and More Set for Theatre UCF 2013-14 …
Broadway World
“Selecting a performance season is a complex process of meeting the needs of theatre students, the University of Central Florida, and Central Florida audiences,” says Theatre Department Chair Christopher Niess.
NASA awards $1.8 million to UCF professor for study of long-range human …
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
To begin working that problem, NASA recently awarded two grants, worth a combined $1.8 million, to Eduardo Salas, a professor at the University of Central Florida who has studied ways to improve human performance in high-stress situations…
House linked to teen’s shooting had ties to NFL players, new evidence shows
Orlando Sentinel
One of the players, former University of Central Florida and Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Mike Sims-Walker, was directly involved in the investigation, records show, at one point entering an Orange County Sheriff’s Office interview room…
NASA program promises jobs – The Voice
Seminole Voice
University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith said this could provide an economic boost, on the condition that it’s actually carried out. “It’s good news and a needed boost if it happens,” Snaith said.
Police say woman made up story of attack at Campus Lodge apartments
Gainesville Sun
A female University of Florida student who told authorities that she had been attacked in the Campus Lodge apartment complex parking lot last week has told police she made it all up. Tanya Borachi, 22, recanted her story on Wednesday and told Gainesville Police Department detectives she fabricated the story “as a lesson to women in the area that an attack could happen to them,” according to a report…
Dean named for UF nursing college; interim dean for Health and Human …
Gainesville Sun
Anna M. McDaniel, the associate dean for research at the Indiana University School of Nursing, has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing. McDaniel, who begins her position at UF this summer, has been on the faculty at Indiana University since 1992, where she has been a professor in the schools of nursing and informatics, and directed the graduate nursing informatics certificate program…
UM employee owns car involved in fatal Brickell hit and run
MiamiHerald.com
The car belongs to Joy Terry Lee Clayton, a University of Miami Law School administrator, according to a search warrant filed recently in court. Clayton, in an ironic twist, works on campus with the sister of the victim, Ana Mares…
4 Duval County teachers awarded $15000 from UNF
Florida Times-Union
…But as a single mother and career-long teacher, Kelley Ranch never pulled together enough money to meet her deadline. She turned 50 last year. She tucked her dream away for months until something special happened Thursday morning. While she was attending a meeting with her principal at Ribault High School, leaders from the University of North Florida’s College of Education and Human Services surprised her with the $15,000 Gladys Prior Award for Career Teaching Excellence…
Consultant finds wide community support for UNLV president
Las Vegas Sun
This year marked Smatresk’s first formal evaluation as UNLV president. A Nevada System of Higher Education committee tapped University of South Florida professor and consultant Karen Holbrook to seek public input on Smatresk’s tenure thus far…
Pensacola’s future sport fish hatchery envisioned as attraction
Pensacola News Journal
“A big part of this is that the public will be able to engage, to see what’s going on. The ecology is very important in Pensacola, being that we’re on the water,” [Ashton] Hayward said. He noted that hatchery staff also will conduct research on protecting the marine environment and that may lead to “some kind of partnership” with the University of West Florida…
Releases and Web Stories
Flagler students earn 3 National SPJ Mark of Excellence awards
ReadMedia (press release)
AUGUSTINE, FL (05/02/2013)(readMedia)– Two Flagler College Gargoyle editors and an Advanced Reporting class student won national awards in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence competition…
Unemployed College Graduates Get To Play Venture Capitalist Role In Florida
Small Business News from Gaebler.com
Unemployed and underemployed residents of Northeast Florida will evaluate how to turn university research into commercialized products. A new program, Startup Quest, funded by $300,000 in federal grants, will give unemployed individuals an opportunity to join teams that will assess research and technologies developed by University of Florida researchers and create business plans for commercializing the ideas. Developed by FloridaWorks, the University of Florida, JAX Chamber and WorkSource, Startup Quest was created to help area residents gain skills in leadership, management and entrepreneurship…
UF names new College of Nursing dean
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Anna M. McDaniel has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing, effective this summer. McDaniel serves as the associate dean for research at the Indiana University School of Nursing where she has been a faculty member since 1992. A Chancellor’s Professor in both the schools of Informatics and Nursing, McDaniel also directs the graduate nursing informatics certificate program…
Researchers Find New, More Accurate Way of Imaging Lung Cancer Tumors
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have collaborated with researchers in China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany to devise a new computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors…
