Election Day: Polls in Florida are open 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM!
The Florida Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. today to edit its draft report to the governor and Legislature. The report is due Nov. 15. The meeting will be accessible via a webinar. Advance registration is required, by going here to sign up. The draft of the report can be found here.
State University System
College life under Obama and Romney
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
The steady incline of voters between the ages of 18 and 24 have put college students on the map for political campaigning and courting. Each candidate’s policies affect college students differently…
VitalyzdTv’s Newest ‘Girl Sniffing’ Prank Confuses, Weirds Out Florida College Girls
Huffington Post
The video, posted last week, shows several young men sniffing female students at Florida Atlantic University. The random young women are sniffed “loudly and aggressively,” points out ViralViralVideos. The YouTube video has been viewed over 100,000 times in three days…
7th Annual Sanibel Island Writers Conference
Naples Daily News
Florida Gulf Coast University invites aspiring writers and other devotees of the written word to attend the Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Nov. 8-11, at BIG Arts and The Sanibel Island Public Library on Sanibel…
UF homecoming show to benefit wounded warriors
Florida Times-Union (blog)
Gator Growl, the Friday night show that is part of the University of Florida’s homecoming festivities, includes a new fundraising initiative this year for the Jacksonville-based Wounded Warrior Project…
UF ranks inside top 100 smartest schools
The Independent Florida Alligator
UF is the 98th smartest school in the country, according to a study released Thursday. Lumosity, an online brain training and neuroscience research company, ranked 403 colleges and universities…
Daniella Lopez: Does a penny make a difference?
Gainesville Sun
A “modern day slavery” truck was parked outside Library West at the University of Florida recently, stocked with pictures of tired farmworkers, government documents and court decisions listing 9 official cases of slavery…
Law aims to limit drug overdoses
Central Florida Future
Many universities have also begun practicing some form of medical amnesty policies. For example,Florida State University implemented a 911 Good Samaritan policy in August after working with the university’s chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy…
BBC broadcasting live from USF’s election tailgate party
Tbo.com
The University of South Florida is celebrating election night with a “tailgate watch party” that will feature music, mascots and a live broadcast from world news organization, the BBC. The event takes place outside the Marshall Student Center…
UWF students to conduct exit poll on Election Day
Pensacola News Journal
University of West Florida government students will get a chance to engage with the community about voting choices by conducting an exit poll during Tuesday’s election…
State College System
Potential acting FSCJ president recommends former boss as interim when Steve Wallace steps down
Florida Times-Union
The vice president under consideration to be Florida State College at Jacksonville’s acting president is advocating for her former boss to become the …
Keys college to push for more enrollment
KeysNet
Faced with declining enrollment, Florida Keys Community College has implemented an enrollment-growing plan…
All notifications sent in NWFSC security breach
The Northwest Florida Daily News
All the people potentially affected by the security breach at Northwest Florida State College should now have received official notification. The first letters were mailed to NWFSC staff Oct. 17 and the final batch was sent out Friday …
Reach out: Soup kitchen to start catering business to train new workers
Sun-Sentinel
The three-part training will first teach life skills at Palm Beach State College for a month, then food service specifics at the college for another month and then on-the-job training, taking part in a new catering service run out of the Boca Helping Hands kitchen for the final month, during which the students will earn $10 an hour…
Veterans information fair today at Polk State College
Tbo.com
Veterans can learn about benefits and speak with veteran-friendly employers during an information fair today at Polk State College.
Independent College System
Saint Leo U Gets New Turf Stadium, Parking Lot, Pasco County
83degreesmedia
Saint Leo University is celebrating the grand opening and dedication of a new turf stadium and parking garage on its main Pasco County campus…
The music is all that matters in cultural exchange with Cuba
Tbo.com
Tonight, there will be a chamber music concert at the Cuban Club with musicians from the Florida Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, and they will conduct master classes at the University of Tampa…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
‘Rock stars’ for Romney: Jeb and Condi campaign in Broward County
Palm Beach Post
“On the other side, they may have Pitbull and Bruce Springsteen, but you’re going to get to see some of the rock stars that we have on our ticket today with Jeb Bush and Condoleezza Rice,” Republican congressional hopeful Adam Hasner told a crowd of about 200 at a get-out-the-vote rally at Broward College.
Miller to be keynote speaker
St. Augustine Record
Will Miller, assistant professor of public administration at Flagler College, has been invited to serve as the keynote speaker for an election night dinner hosted by Danske Capital at the New York City Public Library tonight.
FAMU trustee: Interim coach may be best for now
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
The search for the next FAMU head football coach should be a gradual one that results in the hiring of someone with the qualities of Joe Taylor said Solomon Badger, chairman of the school’s Board of Trustees…
Superstorm Sandy Delivers Wake-Up Call for Low-Lying Florida
Inside Climate News
Although climate change has become divisive in the national political debate, it’s much less controversial in southern Florida, where it already affects everyday life, said climate expert Leonard Berry. Berry is a professor at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, about 60 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. On October 11, two weeks before Hurricane Sandy made landfall, he was among the 121 Florida scientists and public officials who signed a letter urging President Obama and Mitt Romney to discuss climate change at the Boca Raton debate.
Both parties confident that pre-Election Day voting will pay off
Palm Beach Post
“The general belief was that it would benefit Republicans,” said Kevin Wagner, a lawyer and political scientist at Florida Atlantic University. “But it didn’t turn out that way.” Democrats, who traditionally shunned absentee voting, embraced early voting.
More Florida Polytechnic trustees named by Governor, bringing total to 10
WTSP 10 News
Governor Rick Scott named his final two appointments to the new Board of Trustees of Florida Polytechnic University, Robert Stork and Joseph Caruncho…Both Stork and Caruncho are frequent Republican donors and are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate. The Board of Governors is expected to name its final Florida Poly trustee soon, while the final two trustees will come from the faculty and students, once the school has faculty and students…
Obama-Romney Race In Swing State Florida: What To Look For On Election Night
International Business Times
Lance deHaven-Smith, professor of public administration and policy at Florida State University, said specific attention should be paid to counties Democrats either stole from Republicans in past elections, or came close to winning…
2012 May Portend 2014 for Rick Scott and Charlie Crist
Sunshine State News
“A Romney victory in Florida and overall would be helpful to Scott and would suggest that Republicans are still the dominant party in statewide elections in Florida and set the stage for the governor’s race,” said Aubrey Jewett, an expert in Florida politics as an associate professor and associate chair of political science at the University of Central Florida…
Two large Orlando-based community banks to merge
Orlando Sentinel
“It strengthens their franchise value, minimizes any fallout for staff and customers, and makes good business sense.” Stanley D. Smith, a banking professor at the University of Central Florida…
Keith Winsten: We must not fight Mother Nature
Florida Today
Thanks to some pioneering work from Dr. Linda Walters from the University of Central Florida and active support from the Florida Nature Conservancy, the oysters are coming back…
Former head of UF English dept., Hellstrom, dies at 82
Gainesville Sun
[Ward] Hellstrom, who served as professor and eventually chair of the English department at the University of Florida, died Oct. 23 during hip surgery after falling from his wheelchair to reach out to two dogs. He was 82…
Florida’s New Battleground: The State Supreme Court
Vermont Public Radio
Speaking at the University of Florida in Gainesville, state Supreme Court Justice Fred Lewis said Florida’s courts should be independent. Lewis is one of three justices fighting to keep his seat…
Plans fizzle for SW Fla energy crop jatropha, company executive indicted
Naples Daily News
“They went kaput,” said Gene McAvoy, a vegetable agent with the University of Florida/IFAS in Hendry County…
Tea Party Group Blocks Florida Voters, Stops Water Handouts at Polls
The Nation. (blog)
Political scientists Daniel Smith of University of Florida and Michael Herron of Dartmouth College identified 73 people on the list using voter ID numbers in the Florida voter file.
Business travel dilemma: Do I have to eat that?
USA TODAY
Stefan Glück, a doctor and a professor at the University of Miami’s medicine school, says the fried locusts he ate in southern Mexico two years ago were “really good, crunchy and spicy.”
Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts, study says
Deseret News
In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo provided by the University of Miami, Dr. Joshua M. Hare, director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, performs a heart biopsy, a preliminary step in one of several cardiac stem cell trials…
Early voting numbers continue to rise
Daily Helmsman
Christopher Mann, an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, said, “States such as these have had a strong history of high levels of early voting, which is a product of political culture in terms of the way in which …
Speaking His Mind, Beyond the Forecast
New York Times
“This storm was so hyped,” said Brian McNoldy, senior research associate at the University of Miami. “People knew for days this was going to be a potentially historic storm. I don’t think it really hurt anyone by not having a hurricane warning.”
Here’s Looking @ Earth… Different Types Of Hurriances, Similar Disasters …
SatNews Publishers
“Katrina’s winds were more intense, but they covered less area,” said Brian McNoldy, a University of Miami meteorologist who authored a Washington Post article explaining why Sandy’s storm surge caused so much damage…
Jacksonville educators honored for counseling efforts
Florida Times-Union
A University of North Florida professor was given a lifetime achievement award Friday by the Florida School Counselor Association for her work in educating school counselors. Carolyn Stone, a UNF professor with 40 years of work in education, was honored for her role in helping to acquire the grant that created the university’s Supporters of Academic Rigor program…
Juice Jackers: How outsmart smartphone hackers
First Coast News
“You have no idea what’s on the other end of that cord,” warned Dr. Layne Wallace, a professor in the School of Computing at the University of North Florida.
USF to host election night watch party
ABC Action News
The University of South Florida’s Election Night watch party is expected to draw upwards of 500 people. “There will be a big screen and they’re going to be projecting it on the side of the bookstore,” said USF Student Body President Brian Goff…
Florida stands as model for storm preparation
MyFox Tampa Bay
There is also a variety of research underway at the University of South Florida. Dr. Daniel Yeh expects Florida’s concerns are now shared up north. “Very likely we’re going to see storms happening in places they haven’t occurred before,” he predicted …
La. Tech presidential search committee to meet Friday
Shreveport Times
Marshall R. Goodman (Ph.D., Ohio State University), professor of political science and former regional chancellor, University of South Florida Polytechnic…
Legal teams ready for post-election fight
WTSP 10 News
“I think it is not unreasonable to expect that early Wednesday morning, we still won’t know with confidence who the next president of the U.S. is,” added University of Tampa Associate Professor of Communication and Government Dr. Scott Paine.
Bill Mauldin exhibit to open at UWF art gallery
The Northwest Florida Daily News
The Art Gallery at the University of West Florida, in collaboration with Patrick M. Rowe, presents an exhibition of work of the American illustrator and cartoonist Bill Mauldin (1921-2003) titled “Bill Mauldin: An Exhibition of Selected …
Releases and Web Stories
Student uses Army experience to excel in the lab
Seminole State College
Wilson, 36, says the connections he made at Seminole State College of Florida and the resources made available to him, as well as the experience garnered from his time in the U.S. Army, helped him land the internship.
Medal of Honor recipient chosen grand marshal for Homecoming parade
University of Florida
Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Duane E. Dewey will be the grand marshal for the 89th University of Florida Homecoming parade on Friday.
