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State University System
Legal experts discuss FAMU band member interviews
The Associated Press
Band members’ statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn’t file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say…
2nd FAMU band member beaten on bus before drum major died
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A 14th Florida A&M University student — the so-called “president” of the infamous Bus C — is facing hazing charges after being accused of orchestrating the beating of a 21-year-old female percussionist just hours before Robert Champion was fatally injured on the same bus.
FAMU Documents: Hazing to be Accepted into Group
WCTV
New documents released in the case of a Florida A&M drum major who died after being beaten by fellow band members show that being ritually hazed was what it took to be accepted into the inner circle of the Marching 100′s percussionist section…
FAMU band bus ‘president’ faces hazing charge
UPI.com
A Florida A&M University drummer who was “president” of the bus where hazing allegedly killed a band member faces an unrelated hazing charge, officials say. While Dante Martin, 25, was identified by witnesses as the …
Advocates outline anti-hazing campaign
USA TODAY
Lawmakers, fraternity leaders and civil-rights advocates on Thursday outlined details of a national anti-hazing campaign conceived after the November death of a Florida A&M University drum major…
Deadline Extended for Florida Polytechnic University Board Applications
The Ledger
After a sluggish start, names have poured in of those interested in serving on the board of Florida Polytechnic University — in fact, applications can now be sent through Monday at 4 p.m. Gov. Rick Scott’s office and the State University System of Florida have been accepting applications for the board all month. The deadline was Thursday but the university system announced wanna-be trustees have some extra time.
Group to boost Florida’s newest public university
MiamiHerald.com
More than 70 community and business leaders have formed a community support group for Florida’s 12th public university. The group announced Thursday is designed to boost Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland. It’s called Florida Poly Vision Inc.
Florida Poly Vision‘s 5-31-12 press conference:
Florida Poly Vision‘s new Twitter account: @FLPolyVision
Deadline extended to apply for Florida Poly’s board
Tampabay.com
The deadline to apply for the board of directors for Florida’s newest state university has been extended from Thursday to Monday…
Dozens apply to oversee Polytechnic University
Tampa Bay Business Journal
The deadline for applications to serve on the board of trustees at the new Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland came to a close Wednesday, with more than 40 Floridians applying to fill 11 slots. The Florida Board of Governors and Gov. Rick Scott will select candidates for the positions…
Deadline extended to apply for Florida Polytechnic University board of trustees
The News-Press
The Florida Board of Governors announced today that it would extend the deadline for those looking for a place on the board until Monday afternoon after a …
UCF to receive $1.2 million
Seminole Chronicle
As state funding becomes slimmer with each passing year, the competition for grant money becomes steeper. Across the nation, many researchers will enter the grant race, but only a few will win. This year, five researchers at the University of Central Florida competed for a grant from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program, a program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, and those five researchers won…
USF paying bills for Lakeland campus
Tbo.com
Members of a state governing board went out of their way last week to praise the University of South Florida for its cooperation in the creation of a new university in Lakeland, which requires the closure of USF‘s campus there. But they neglected to do one thing, USF officials said Wednesday. USF is under orders to hand over the campus assets intact when the new university board takes charge this summer. In the meantime, USF is having to pay some hefty bills with no reimbursement guarantees, said interim USF Lakeland Chancellor David Touchton.
State College System
Edison president search: Allbritten touts successes as former Collier campus …
Naples Daily News
Jeffery Allbritten is right at home at Edison State College. During an open forum Tuesday held at the school’s Collier campus, he answered many questions by calling on people by their first names…
Search narrows for Edison State president
NBC2 News
After more than a year of conflict on Edison State College‘s campus, the school is narrowing down the selection for the next college president…
Familiar face in running for Edison State president
WZVN-TV
Edison State College could have a new president Friday. The board of trustees has narrowed down their selection of candidates to three and we are profiling all of them. Thursday, we focused on Dr. Jeffrey …
Edison State College presidential candidate Giovannini taking questions from …
The News-Press
Could Edison State College’s next president come from Arizona? Eugene Giovannini is making his pitch this afternoon. Giovannini, president of GateWay Community College in Arizona, is one of three finalists for the Edison presidency…
Day arrives to choose Edison State College president
The News-Press
Now, it’s decision time. Over the last three days, Edison State College’s faculty, students and community members quizzed the school’s three presidential finalists on questions ranging from the school’s lackluster public image to its upcoming reaccreditation…
Edison State inching toward presidential pick
WZVN-TV
Edison State College is inching closer to picking its new president. All three candidates have been on campus this week to meet with the public…
Armed Subject Arrested
Santa Fe College
The suspect has been arrested by Santa Fe College Police in connection with yesterday’s incident involving a man with a handgun on the Northwest Campus near the Food Court. The suspect pointed the handgun at the victim before leaving the area.
Independent Colleges and Universities
Bayside Foundation backs FMU students with $200K
The South Florida Times
The Miami Bayside Foundation has announced a $200000 gift to Florida Memorial University to support access to higher education for City of …
Florida Tech Introduces Football Founders Club
Brevard Times
A dozen donors have pledged to help launch a new era for Florida Tech Athletics. At a special “Inside the Huddle” football banquet May 25, President Anthony J. Catanese introduced and honored members of the Panthers Football Founders Club.
Early impact of tourism related to presidential debate at Lynn University:
Extras Needed For Local Film
The Ledger (blog)
There is a need for Extras for film scenes being shot at Southeastern University in Lakeland today 5/31 and tomorrow 6/1…
Stetson Veterans Law Institute Offers Legal Help, Advocacy
WUSF News
Stetson University’s College of Law responded by establishing the Stetson Veterans Law Institute at its Gulfport campus. It was a long road getting established. The way was led law professor Charlie Rose III, director of Stetson’s Center for Excellence …
Jackson Health System, University of Miami Deadlocked Over Operating Agreement
Becker’s Hospital Review
The board of Miami-based Jackson Health System and leaders of University of Miami’s medical school attempted to craft new operating agreements yesterday — including a revised plan for how Jackson will pay for UM physicians — but didn’t make much …
Miami hosts genomics conference
MiamiHerald.com
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is hosting the international conference “Why We Can’t Wait: Conference to Remedy Health Disparities in Genomic Medicine.” A news release from the school says the conference will discuss how …
Murder victim left lasting impact at UT
MyFox Tampa Bay
Ryan, the University of Tampa track star, was walking along the North Boulevard Bridge with a friend in 2009, when he was robbed and gunned down in the street. “His legacy, his presence on the track, in the classroom, in our community as a student …
Students question UT safety push
Tbo.com
Lucky, the beady-eyed, marshmallow faced “safety pal,” rests his head on the bar, his shot glass tipped over and his cigarette in an ashtray. ”Nobody likes to be ditched,” the University of Tampa safety message warns. “So when you’re out, don’t leave your friends. Know how you’re getting home and don’t walk home alone at night. … Bad things can happen.” The Lucky safety campaign and the plucky mascot’s warnings of everything from potential Gasparilla pitfalls to the dangers of texting while walking come in the wake of student Ryan McCall’s slaying just off campus three years ago…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Column: College is not for everyone
Hernando Today
In spite of what our president appears to believe about the need for everyone to go to college — his many years cloistered in expensive, liberal universities, studying nonproductive law, were essentially paid for by you and me — his socialistic plans to help “needy” students with financial aid is a threat to the nation’s future, rather than a harbinger of better things to come.
Opinion: Shaq should post doctoral thesis
Arizona Republic
Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal received his doctorate degree in education from Barry University in Florida and proudly introduces himself as such on television. Kudos to O’Neal for being so determined to advance his education and set an exemplary …
What can be done about hazing?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Hazing isn’t new, but last year’s hazing death of Florida A&M University’s drum major Robert Champion has thrust the ritual into the national spotlight. Today, the president of a local FAMU alumni chapter denounces the practice and seeks support for his storied but embattled alma mater; and a psychologist explains society’s role in trying to combat a behavior that she says over the past 15 years has grown more frequent, violent and sexual in nature…
Carole Carpenter Starts New Phase in Her Life
The Ave Herald
Now, the woman who led Ave Maria University’s fundraising efforts since the school’s beginning, is crossing another bridge in her life, into a new career in real estate.
Travolta and Preston hosting gala for local charities
Ocala
The $150-per-guest reception — with [John] Travolta and [Kelly] Preston — will be at the Ewers Century Center at the College of Central Florida. The movie will be screened for guests later that night at Regal’s Hollywood 16…
Experts Offer Tips on Preventing ‘Summertime Learning Loss’
Youth Today
According to FIU Center for Children and Families director of outreach Jessica Robb, the summertime break may prevent children from socializing with others and even lessen their ability to follow directions from other adults, especially if it entails long periods of isolation in the home…
“Zombie” Attack Site Added to History Museum’s Site Seeing Tour
Miami New Times (blog)
Miami-Dade College professor Paul George leads the Mystery, Mayhem and Vice Crime Bus Tour through HistoryMiami’s tour program, and the infamous spot along the MacArthur causeway exist ramp is now a natural fit. ”We are definitely going to add [the location] as a stop,” George told the South Florida Business Journal. “Horrible as it was, it is part of our history. Currently, our tour takes us over the causeway right past the site, so this fits well.”
College Board creates guide to help undocumented students
MiamiHerald.com
But at a Thursday evening College Board educational workshop held at Miami-Dade College’s Wolfson Campus, UCLA administrator Alfred Herrera defended helping undocumented students, saying they represent some of the “best and brightest.
Dark humor spreads on social media following grim face-eating attack
Sun-Sentinel
Bill Dorfman, a psychology professor at Nova Southeastern University, said a main reason for the quick humor is that the case is dramatically different from other heinous crimes…
Manatee businesses brace for unemployment tax increase
Bradenton Herald
“This certainly is not helpful at a time when the recovery is pretty tepid,” said Sean Snaith, an economist with the University of Central Florida. “We delayed this hike because we didn’t want to hit businesses in the middle of the recession, …
Highway through Amazon worsens effects of climate change, provides mixed …
Phys.Org
“The vast majority of road studies look at only one of those pieces,” said Stephen Perz, a UF sociologist and lead author on the paper, which was published in March in the journal Regional Environmental Change. “But it is necessary to consider what is gained and what is lost by paving highways.”
Grassley Questions NIH Funding of Researcher in Conflict Scandal
Inside Higher Ed
“It’s troubling that NIH continues to provide limited federal dollars to individuals who have previously had grant funding suspended for failure to disclose conflicts of interest and even more troubling that the Administration chose not to require full, open and, public disclosure of financial interests on a public website,” Grassley wrote in the letter, which he copied to Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami, which hired [Charles] Nemeroff in 2009.
Ex-Florida Governor Charlie Crist doesn’t rule out return run in 2014
First Coast News
“Without question Charlie Crist will be back in politics,” said University of South Florida Professor of Political Science Dr. Susan MacManus when asked about the former governor’s political future.
Top Florida Republican backs third-party voter registration changes
PolitiFact
Steve Tauber, a professor of American government at the University of South Florida, argues the number of registered organizations proves nothing about the possible chilling effect of the new law…
Military denies pilot’s remains found in Vietnam
Tampabay.com
She was referring to Patricia O’Grady, a University of Tampa professor and O’Grady’s eldest daughter, whose efforts to recover her father’s remains were the subject of a story in the Tampa Bay Times Wednesday. “The recovery team closed and preserved …
Releases and Web Stories
Florida A&M University Doubles Down on Energy Efficiency With Siemens …
MarketWatch (press release)
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., May. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Florida A&M University (FAMU) has chosen Siemens to implement a $12.2 million performance contract that will save the historically black college and university (HBCU) approximately $1.2 million in equivalent guaranteed annual energy savings. In 2009, FAMU engaged Siemens to deliver Phase 1, a $2.4 million project that successfully introduced the energy efficiency and financial benefits of performance contracting to the school…
FEDERAL JUDGE PROTECTS VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS IN FLORIDA
Rock the Vote – Press Release
Florida - May 31, 2012 Today a federal judge in Florida blocked enforcement of the most onerous parts of a new state law that was preventing civic groups from helping to register new Florida voters this election season. Over the past year legislators in states across the country have been pushing restrictions to make it harder for young people to register and vote, such as outlawing state university issued ID cards as valid identification to vote, changing residency requirements that make it all but impossible for out-of-state students to vote, and restricting voter registration drives which help young people register to vote. The Florida restrictions are part of this unprecedented assault on young people’s ability to participate fully in elections. Enacted last year, the law’s onerous fines and restrictions had forced groups like Rock the Vote to shut down efforts to educate and engage young voters in the state…
St. Thomas University Offering Summer Discounts, High School …
PR Newswire
MIAMI, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the cost of higher education increases, Miami’s St. Thomas University continued offering summer tuition discounts to benefit families’ budgets. For the summer of 2012, STU offered kids a 40% discount. An undergraduate course would normally cost almost $2,400 but it was discounted to about $1,400, making the private college experience an affordable one.
LIDS Sports Group Reaches Retail Agreement With The University Of Florida
MarketWatch (press release)
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Indianapolis-based LIDS® Sports Group, primarily known through its specialty headwear LIDS retail business and sports apparel LIDS Locker Room division, has reached an agreement with the University of Florida to operate and manage the official team stores for the Florida Gators. This includes two primary locations within “The Swamp,” as well as other special event concessions for the University’s baseball, basketball, and gymnastics athletic programs, among others…
