State University System
FSU students donate tons of clothing, housewares and food
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
This past spring, Florida State University’s Chuck it for Charity initiative collected almost 15 tons of items for over 21 local charities. This brings the total to about 58 tons of items donated since the program was implemented five years ago …
Tuition Increase at Florida State University’s Panama City Campus
wmbb
An education from Florida State University’s Panama City Campus is going to cost a little bit more this coming school year. FSU’s Board of Trustees out of Tallahassee voted to raise tuition by 1.7%…
UF health program in need of families
Gainesville Sun
Two hundred families are needed to participate in the Interdisciplinary Family Health program at the University of Florida designed to teach students in health profession programs how to communicate with people in the community…
UAA approves 3.5 percent raises for its 325 employees
Gainesville Sun
For the first time in four years, the University of Florida’s athletic staff will get a raise. The University Athletic Association’s board of directors on Wednesday approved a $100.5 million budget for 2013-14 — 3.83 percent more than the current approved budget. The additional $3.6 million in expenditures includes a $2.6 million increase in salaries, a figure that includes guaranteed raises in several coaches’ contracts and a 3.5 percent across-the-board increase for all 325 association employees…
Florida Gators budget over $100 million for first time
The News-Press
The University Athletic Association approved a $100.4 million budget for the 2013-14 school year on Wednesday, the highest in school history. The UAA is the fundraising arm of the University of Florida athletic department…
State College System
BCC prepares for July 1 name change
Florida Today
Brevard Community College is preparing for its official switch on July 1 to its new name: Eastern Florida State College…
GCSC to Offer Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Media
wmbb
Gulf Coast State College is proud to announce its fourth bachelor’s degree program, the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) (BAS) in Digital Media. The College is committed to expand opportunities for students, and this degree affords them a solid foundation of digital design skills in a growing, creative industry…
Santa Rosa job fair is today
WEAR
…The job fair will be held at the BO Johnson lIFE Center on the Pensacola State College Milton campus.
SFC recruits adjunct professors
The Independent Florida Alligator
In response to a growing need for teachers to fill classrooms, Santa Fe College hosted one of its first job fairs to recruit adjunct professors…
St. Pete College eyeing degree of le$$ difficulty
Tbo.com
The idea was derided as a “half-baked scheme” by the state Democratic Party, and a state Board of Education member blasted it as a gimmick. But this week, officials at St. Petersburg College said they have organized and can offer as early as this fall a $10,000 four-year degree program called for in November by Gov. Rick Scott…
Independent Colleges and Universities
Missions For Health Brings Smiles to Some Jamaicans
Atlanta Black Star
Missions is partnering with Nova Southeastern University of Orlando, Fla., for the second year to tend to the dental needs of the church members and wider community…
Federal election reform commission to hold hearing in Miami
MiamiHerald.com
The Presidential Commission on Election Administration is scheduled to meet all day Friday June 28at the University of Miami to take testimony and public comments from local, county and state election officials and citizens, according to a notice …
Miami gets day in NCAA court
Sun-Sentinel
The University of Miami will meet with the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions starting Thursday in Indianapolis…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Intellectual curiosity about the economics of higher education
Miami Today
It seems like a great quest for knowledge: find out the exact impact of higher education on Miami-Dade County’s eco-nomy. A resolution asking exactly that was before a county commission committee this week. The resolution by Commissioner Lynda Bell doesn’t say why she wants the county administration to make the study other than “the full contribution of these colleges and universities on the local economy has not been measured.” Apparently, just a quest for knowledge for knowledge’s sake. If the full commission later approves, the resolution would tell the county administration it has 90 days to measure it. That’s hurry-up knowledge…
Editorial: We can swallow small tuition hike
Sun-Sentinel
Give Gov. Rick Scott credit for reining in runaway tuition hikes at Florida’s public universities, increases that averaged 15 percent per year even during the Great Recession. Sensitive to the Sunshine State’s ever-increasing cost of living, the governor has finally called a halt to the double-digit tuition hikes initially authorized for our main research universities — the University of Florida, Florida State and the University of South Florida — but that quickly spread to all 12 universities. Still, despite the governor’s good intentions, it’s reasonable for the universities to adopt a modest adjustment for inflation — of 1.7 percent — that will help them advance their standings and standards in the fall…
Editorial: Scott’s low road on higher ed
Tampabay.com (blog)
Gov. Rick Scott’s obsession with stopping even small tuition increases at state universities is more about politics than building a higher education system that meets Florida’s needs and ambitions. Two universities’ boards of trustees have demonstrated their independence by voting to accept a small inflation adjustment and standing up to the micromanaging governor’s pressure. More universities’ boards should follow the state law and do the same. It’s clearly up to the university trustees to focus on the long-term needs of higher education while the governor pursues his short-term goal of re-election…
Laura L. Finley: A bad month for privacy rights
Capital Times
Justice Louis Brandeis once called the right to privacy “the right most valued by civilized men.” Sadly, it has become increasingly clear that, despite pronunciations about “change” and “transparency,” the Obama administration is continuing down the path so dangerously started by former President George W. Bush…Laura Finley, Ph.D., teaches in the Barry University Department of Sociology & Criminology and is syndicated by PeaceVoice, which provided this column.
New strides in education
Gainesville Sun
As a sixth generation Floridian and the son of an educator, with parents from Two Egg, Leesburg and Jasper, I was raised with an awareness of the history of Florida’s education system. My mother taught me that Florida’s interaction with the minority community was both laudable and lamentable. Our state’s actions resulted in opportunity for some, but significant roadblocks and inadequate resources for many others…Jamal A. Sowell is special assistant to University of Florida President Bernie Machen and a liaison to the UF Board of Trustees. In that role, he acts as director of special projects and a strategic adviser to the president and the board. He also is a member of the Showers of Blessings Harvest Center in southeast Gainesville.
HVCC coach Ken Dagostino takes position at Ave Maria
Troy Record
Ken Dagostino has spent nearly his whole life in the Empire State. Now, the lifelong New Yorker is heading south to the Sunshine State to take the next step in coaching career. Dagostino is leaving his position as Coordinator of Intramurals and Men’s Basketball Coach at Hudson Valley Community College to become the new coach at Ave Maria University, a NAIA school located just outside of Fort Myers, Florida…
Walsh outlines ambitious port plans
Florida Today
Port Canaveral’s interim chief executive officer, John Walsh, laid out a bold and expansive vision for the future, one that ultimately involves making the Space Coast the key center for shipping in Florida…Whether intended or not, Walsh’s lengthy presentation to about 350 people at Brevard Community College’s Cocoa Campus was likely a formal statement on why he deserves the job on a permanent basis…
FAU administrator fined $2500 in ethics probe
Sun-Sentinel
The state Ethics Commission has fined a Florida Atlantic University administrator $2,500 for accepting a personal loan from a vendor. Paulo Brida, a former associate director of facilities, requested and accepted a $9,500 loan in 2010 from Ed Borowy, owner of Florida Building and Remodeling, who was seeking FAU’s business. Brida agreed to the fine for the conflict of interest, and the commission approved it on June 7. The commission chose a lesser penalty than allowed by law since Brida had already lost $10,000 in pay through a suspension and demotion at FAU. He is now a facilities project coordinator…
Fabien Cousteau Takes Grandfather’s Legacy to New Depths
The Weather Channel
The grandson of underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fabien is preparing to submerge himself in the NOAA-owned and Florida International University-managed Aquarius vessel for an endeavor known simply as Mission 31…
Florida Polytechnic hires its first teacher
Tampabay.com
The Lakeland University plans to open August 2014 as the 12th member of Florida’s State University System, with registration starting this summer. Now, the school has its first faculty member on board. Florida Polytechnic has hired Robert I. MacCuspie, a research chemist at the National Institute of Standards who has done research with the Air Force and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, school officials said. MacCuspie will be an assistant professor and director of the Nanotechnology and Multifunctional Materials program, developing curriculum and helping the school get accreditation…
Former FSU President Marshall; Turkish citizens will not drop Western influence
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Former Florida State University president J. Stanley Marshall knows Turkey’s love for western culture more than most in Tallahassee. Marshall lived in the Turkish capital of Ankara in the early 1960s where he was the founding director of the National Science High School, which based its teaching upon U.S. models and was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation…
SPC’s focus on first-time college students brings up their grades
Tampabay.com (blog)
Hillsborough Community College holds an orientation for first-time college students “geared for them to survive that first semester,” says Carlos Soto, the president of the Brandon campus…
Largo student wins Fulbright scholarship
Tampa Bay Newspapers
When Mike Gallace, 22, of Largo went to his computer last month, he got the news that he had won the Fulbright Scholarship, and his dream to go to Vietnam would be a reality….He just finished four years of studies at Rollins College in Winter Park.
Census: Volusia, Flagler aging faster than Florida
Daytona Beach News-Journal
“Volusia County has always had this gaping hole” in the younger age group, said Mark Soskin, a University of Central Florida economist who teaches in Daytona Beach and lived in Ormond Beach for 22 years…
Giant’ skeeter buzz invades Florida
Florida Today
It all began in when Ephraim Ragasa, a student at University of Florida, had the idea for a course assignment to do a writeup about the beefy insect. Then in March, the writeup, coauthored by his professor, Phillip Kaufman, became a feature for UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. IFAS commonly does “Featured Creatures” articles to raise public awareness about various pests and other topics. “I was surprised the first time, not the second time,” Kaufman, an associate professor of entomology at UF, said of the media hype surrounding the “giant” gallinipper…
Miami coach linked to Gio Gonzalez sues Biogenesis
Washington Times (blog)
Jimmy Goins, the University of Miami strength and conditioning coach linked to Gio Gonzalez and the Biogenesis performance-enhancing drug scandal, has sued the now-shuttered anti-aging clinic, according to court records…
Donna Shalala, Miami Hurricanes brace for NCAA hearings
MiamiHerald.com
…UM president Donna Shalala and a group of about a dozen other staffers — including football coach Al Golden, basketball coach Jim Larranaga and athletic director Blake James — flew to Indianapolis early Wednesday afternoon in preparation for the hearings. Former UM basketball assistants Jorge Fernandez and Jake Morton and former receivers coach Aubrey Hill, who face individual charges, were also seen pacing around the hotel where the meetings are scheduled to take place.
Three USF med students are Tillman scholarship winners
Tampabay.com
The Pat Tillman Foundation recently awarded 60 military veterans and spouses around the country almost $1.4 million in scholarship money. Three of those winners [Richard Mendez, Anthony DeSantis, Alicia Irvin] were University of South Florida students this year, reaping a total of about $30,000. USF also had its first female Tillman Military Scholar in the school’s history this year…
Finalist for UNMC chancellor job withdraws
Omaha World-Herald
One of the four finalists for the chancellor’s post at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has withdrawn his name from consideration. Dr. Stephen Klasko notified university officials of his decision in an email Tuesday night, and the university announced the withdrawal Wednesday. “With mixed emotions and sincere appreciation for the honor of being considered for one of academic medicine’s premier opportunities, I am regretfully withdrawing from the UNMC chancellor search,” said Klasko, who is dean of the Morsani College of Medicine and CEO of the Health Sciences Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa. ”I was honored to be considered among the caliber of candidates that were identified as finalists,” he said…
Researchers analyze erosion from Tropical Storm Andrea
Bay News 9
Dr. Ping Wang and his team of students from the University of South Florida have been researching and analyzing the beaches before and after a storm like Andrea. The group went from spot to spot Wednesday along Pinellas County’s Gulf Coast…
Clemente Takes Over Softball From Littlejohn-Egli at Warner
The Ledger
Just more than a month after hiring a new women’s basketball coach, Warner University now has a new softball coach. Katie Clemente is taking …
Releases and Web Stories
Paul Luna, President and CEO of Helios Education Foundation, to Keynote Florida College Access Network Summit
Fort Mills Times
Paul Luna, President and CEO of Helios Education Foundation, will deliver the keynote address at the Florida College Access and Success Summit. He will be discussing the importance of ensuring all Florida students have opportunities to pursue a postsecondary education and discussing innovative and collaborative solutions to achieving that goal. Mr. Luna will also be making an announcement about Helios Education Foundation’s commitment to the Florida College Access Network…
US News ranks UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital as one of nation’s best
University of Florida
The University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best hospitals for children in six medical specialties, including, for the first time ever, cancer care…
