State University System

Report Of Triple Shooting Near FAU in Boca Raton, Police On Scene
BocaNewsNow.com
There are reports of a possible triple shooting in the area of Florida Atlantic University. Boca Raton police are on the scene in the area of NW 20th Street and NW 4th avenue — behind the …

Ex-big time college coaches agree, Florida Atlantic football job will attract …
Palm Beach Post
The Florida Atlantic University football team is suffering through a season that’s reaching historic lows, and the school is geographically sandwiched between long-entrenched football programs. Still, several coaches believe the Owls will attract a strong list of candidates for their head coaching position.

Former Martin County special education director to head FAU autism center
TCPalm
Maryellen Quinn-Lunny, former director of exceptional student education at the Martin County School District, has been named director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.

South Florida robbers target iPhone 4
Sun-Sentinel
So hot that it triggered a recent string of student robberies at Florida Atlantic University and a spike in thefts around the country. In three days, three students were robbed of their iPhone 4 phones in the middle of the day outside the library at FAU. That’s more on-campus robberies in one week than in the past two years, crime records show.

UCF researchers combat problems with military vehicle identification
Orlando Sentinel
Fortunately, researchers at the University of Central Florida’s Team Performance Laboratory are focused on solving the problems that come with using unmanned aerial and ground vehicles.

UCF president gives State of the University address
WDBO Radio
University of Central Florida’s president, Dr. John Hitt, gave the State of the University address on Thursday. Hitt touted record attendance, smart students and cutting-edge research in his speech. However, WFTV found out that UCF has lost $100 …

UCF board holding teleconference on Friday
MiamiHerald.com
The University of Central Florida’s Board of Trustees is planning to hold a teleconference Friday morning to discuss athletics conference realignment. School officials announced the meeting in a news release Thursday. It says the board plans to discuss …

UCF board of trustees gives president authority to negotiate contract with new …
Washington Post
The University of Central Florida’s board of trustees has unanimously voted to give school president John Hitt authority to negotiate a contract for its athletics programs to join a new conference. The vote came during a brief meeting Friday following …

UCF students rally to support Occupy Orlando
Orlando Sentinel
More than 50 students stood outside the University of Central Florida Student Union today, speaking out against corporate greed, government corruption and economic inequality. The demonstration, organized by the Student …

First UCF/Sanford-Burnham Partnerships Produce Promising Cancer Research Results
HealthCanal.com
Cancer patients may benefit from the research findings borne out of the first medical research collaborations between the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona (Sanford-Burnham).

Pegasus Health open to Seminole residents
Seminole Chronicle
The University of Central Florida is opening a new physician’s office a block away from campus on Monday, Nov. 7.Pegasus Health will be staffed entirely by UCF College of Medicine faculty and, despite its affiliation with the university, will be open to the general public.

USF Polytechnic plan flunks
Tampabay.com
Newly released details of Senate Budget Chairman JD Alexander’s push to have the University of South Florida’s Lakeland campus obtain independence do nothing to increase the plan’s legitimacy. Yet the scheme is still expected to overshadow every other …

USF receives $11 million grant to fund BP spill research
Tbo.com
Eighteen months after one of the worst oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg are studying the effects of the deep water blowout with the help of an …

IHMC partners with USF
Ocala
The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition recently entered into a research affiliation agreement with the University of South Florida — an agreement that the institute hopes will strengthen its core of researchers and lead to greater breakthroughs. USF is the latest university to join forces with the research-centric institute, which is also part of the state university system. The other schools include the University of Central Florida, the University of West Florida, Florida Atlantic University and the Florida Institute of Technology.

Machen offers governor his plan for assessing UF
Gainesville Sun
University of Florida President Bernie Machen is proposing his own ways to assess the institution. In response to Scott’s promotion of higher education reforms, Machen sent a memo last month …

17 Collier school administrators advance their learning through UF doctorate …
Naples Daily News
… participated in three years of courses and passed nine hours of rigorous written and oral exams to be accepted into the dissertation stage of an educational leadership doctorate program through the University of Florida in Gainesville. …

‘This Old House’ films at UF hurricane simulator
Gainesville Sun
Kevin O’Connor, host of the PBS series “This Old House,” and his crew are taping at the University of Florida hurricane research lab on Wednesday using the portable UF hurricane simulator at the UF eastside campus in Gainesville.

UF police asking State Attorney’s Office to file misdemeanor battery charge …
Florida Times-Union
The University of Florida Police Department has finished its investigation into an assault complaint against Florida defensive tackle Dominique Easley and is asking the State Attorney’s Office to charge him with misdemeanor battery, …

County Would Have to Re-Vote on Funding if USF Poly Was Independent
The Ledger
Ten million dollars out of $26 million pledged to University of South Florida Polytechnic by Polk County and the city of Lakeland may have to pass through a few more bureaucratic hoops before the school gets the money. That’s only if the university leaves the University of South Florida system and becomes independent.

Polk Builders Association Supports USF Poly Split
The Ledger
The Polk County Builders Association has hammered its nail into the board of support for the split of the University of South Florida Polytechnic from USF.

Underwater carving competition yields no ordinary pumpkins
Pensacola News Journal
MBT Divers and the Grand Lagoon Yacht Club hosted the event, which included more than 25 students from the University of West Florida SCUBA Club.

State College System

New CF president arrives facing high expectations
Ocala
Henningsen will step into a bright spotlight when he takes over on Jan. 2. As college president, he will be one of the area’s top education officials but also will be viewed as a civic leader and key community decision-maker.

Chipola Paramedic program shortened to an 11-month course
Jackson County Floridan
The paramedic program at Chipola College has now been shortened to an 11-month, three-semester course. After numerous requests from students, program directors decided to restructure the course from 16 months to 11 months, said EMT/Paramedic Program Coordinator Chris Murray.

Audit should help DSC refine procedures, policies
Daytona Beach News-Journal
A state audit that identified administrative and procedural problems at Daytona State College gives college officials an opportunity to more clearly define …

Edison president undermined VP’s credibility, complaint states
Naples Daily News
Edison State College president Kenneth Walker made multiple and increasing attempts to undermine a top administrator’s credibility as part of an orchestrated move to fire him for voicing concerns about discrimination, according to …

Edison State faces a key review
The News-Press
Edison State College will be reaccredited, District President Kenneth Walker vowed Thursday, despite some serious issues that have arisen this year. In 10 days, an accreditation team will descend upon campus to scour policies and improvement plans, inspect facilities and interview faculty, administrators and students.

Edison State College Board of Trustees calls special meeting
The News-Press
The Board of Trustees at Edison State College has called a special meeting for Nov. 4. The short agenda aims to settle unresolved items from Tuesday’s 4-hour, 11-minute meeting.

Edison State crisis? College’s reputation at stake as leaders’ reputations tarnish
Naples Daily News
When controversy first flared at Edison State College in March, longtime donor and former faculty member Kevin Lavrack took a red pen to his trust agreement. The college wouldn’t inherit a dime of his $1 …

A timeline of Edison State College and recent controversies
Naples Daily News
A 4-year nursing degree is approved by the Florida Department of Education. Edison enrolls its first 83 students to the program in the fall Feb. 21: Vice presidents Steve Atkins and Robert Beeson tell Human …

FSCJ expands food safety program
Jacksonville Business Journal
FSCJ student Marah Lovequist said principles learned at the Institute for … a prime example of why Florida State College at Jacksonville is expanding its …

Indian River State College to present Business Women’s Summit Nov. 18
TCPalm
Indian River State College will partner with Women Today in presenting the Business Women’s Summit on Nov. 18 from 7:30 am – noon at the …

Miami-Dade College’s Belly Dance Extravaganza Is One of the Largest in Florida
Miami New Times (blog)
In the decade-plus since Miami Dade College started it’s Middle East Dance Program, the curriculum — and it’s accompanying, annual Belly Dance Show — has become the biggest and best place in the state of Florida to hone the ancient art of danse du ventre.

Theater students from across Florida descend on SFC
Gainesville Sun
More than 1,500 theater and drama students from around the state have landed this week at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall, evidence of the kind of cultural and economic impact such a facility can have, college and area officials say.

SFCC seeks grants to start bioenergy program
Tbo.com
… economic impact to Highlands County, South Florida Community College is partnering with biofuels companies to create a bioenergy education program. …

TPD identifies victim of fatal early-morning crash
Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee Community College student Samuel Rogers died as a result of injuries he sustained in a two-car crash on Tharpe Street and Devra Drive just after …

Independent College and University System

Hollywood firehouse site to be home to Barry’s new campus
MiamiHerald.com
A garage area where fire trucks once parked now will be lecture rooms for Barry University’s newest campus, which will house the College of Health Sciences.

Bethune-Cookman program focuses on getting, staying healthy
Daytona Beach News-Journal
With the black community disproportionately afflicted with such diseases as diabetes and heart disease, Bethune-Cookman University is trying a new approach …

Embry-Riddle adds exec
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Karen Jans has been named associate vice president for university relations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Were Lynn University ducks killed by mistake?
Sun-Sentinel
About two dozen Muscovy ducks that made a mess in a patio area of Lynn University may have paid the ultimate price for their misdeeds. The university hired a contractor to remove the 26 ducks from the Boca Raton campus earlier this month, with the understanding they’d be relocated to safe place, officials said. But when students asked this week about what happened to them, university administrators were shocked.

Davie library hosts Benjamin Franklin exhibit
Sun-Sentinel
One of America’s most beloved historical figures is being spotlighted at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. The Alvin Sherman Library’s Second Floor Gallery houses the “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” panel exhibit, which explores his contributions as a diplomat, journalist, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor and more…

Davie event spotlights services for and talents of those with disabilities
Sun-Sentinel
People with physical, emotional and psychological disabilities recently enjoyed a day of fun with their families at the 32nd DisAbilities Expo at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. …

Gary Carter returns to coaching for Palm Beach Atlantic
MetsBlog.com
According to Gary Carter’s daughter, Kimmy Bloemers, Carter returned to coaching for Palm Beach Atlantic University this week. Kimmy Bloemers says Carter …

NCAA’s $2000 boost to scholar-athletes: too little, but a start
MiamiHerald.com
Many argue that this is enough of a benefit for a scholarship athlete, especially at a place like the University of Miami, where tuition and fees are high. In truth it falls far short of either covering all expenses of attending colleges or truly …

Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices From Around the State

Florida shortchanges its universities
Tampabay.com
At least credit former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux for being half-right: Tuition at Florida’s public universities is too low. But so is the state’s direct support. The hard fact that no one in Tallahassee’s majority party seems willing to acknowledge is that the state, not just students, must invest more in higher education if Florida’s universities are ever going to rank among the nation’s best and help diversify the economy.

Op-Ed: Florida professors get rich – tuition increases 15 percent
DigitalJournal.com
How about Professor Neil Fenske over at the University of South Florida who bags $1213362 per year for teaching Medicine? The 15 percent increase means the average USF student will pay an additional $4886 per year while Fenske receives the same or more …

Editorial: Drinking is a personal responsibility — even in college
Naples Daily News
That is the question making its way around the student body at Florida Gulf Coast University these days as policies at other schools are held up for comparison. Since under-age drinking is against the rules, some students wonder whether medical …

Our Opinion: Merging missions
Tallahassee.com
The University of Central Florida‘s proposal includes an effort to recruit students who will practice in rural communities. The FAMU-UF plan is likely to get support from the Florida Dental Association, which to date has not been in support of building a new dental school. For now, the universities are at the mercy of politics and money. And that could last a long time as the state looks to tackle a projected $2 billion deficit.

Scott Tilley: Online, better to think before you click
Florida Today
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The online spooks are coming to get you! If you listen to some of the hyperbole concerning cyber security, you’d think browsing the web was more dangerous than walking through Central Park alone at night. It’s not. Tilley is a professor of software engineering in the Department of Computer Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. 

Letter: FAU’s on-campus stadium a point of pride, and dig that ocean view
TCPalm
Oct. 15 marked one of the most significant events in the history of Florida Atlantic University, the opening of our on-campus football stadium. I, and many of my friends and fellow alumni, had been looking … Ryan Walter, Delray Beach

What’s driving Miami’s entrepreneurial renaissance
MiamiHerald.com
Miami’s entrepreneurial renaissance is just beginning to dawn… Jerry Haar is associate dean and director of the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University.

Bill Murray’s sister to perform in Baltimore
The Catholic Review
She later majored in drama at Barry University and received her master’s degree in pastoral studies from the Loyola University of Chicago.

DeLand actress a natural for Red Lobster ads
Orlando Sentinel
Angela Trapp says she loves her part-time job as a Red Lobster server, but she also wants to become a professional actress…Trapp, who studied acting at Daytona State College and portrays Snow White at a replica of the storybook character’s cottage in Port Orange, hopes to break …

Cat burglar declawed: Orlando man back to prison for high-rise …
Orlando Sentinel
Known as “Puc Puc“, Puc wrote on his Facebook page that he had attended Daytona State College and “I am a success story. Not a statistic. State prison records show higher education had to wait after his studies were interrupted in 2009 by convictions for burglary, drug possession and fraudulent use of identification.

Daytona State College student still learning at 90
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Irene Lewis, 90, is the oldest student at Daytona State College, where she is studying for her bachelor’s degree. …

Doctor pinpoints factors that limit treatment of seniors
Palm Beach Daily News
After patients reach advanced age, doctors’ ability to mitigate conditions such as heart disease and cognitive impairment is limited, according to Dr. Joseph Ouslander of Florida Atlantic University.

Florida Democrats point fingers at Gov. Scott, GOP lawmakers
Palm Beach Post
Even if Scott remains unpopular, the notion that he’ll influence the presidential race in Florida next year is a bit of a stretch, said Florida Atlantic University political scientist Kevin Wagner. “It’s probably wishful thinking (for Democrats) that …

Here comes the next wave of condos
MiamiHerald.com
William Hardin, a professor of real estate and finance at Florida International University, said some of the developers are simply testing the market. They might make splashy announcements and host lavish launch parties, but if the cash-buyers don’t …

Betty G. Reader estate pledges $600000 to establish scholarship fund at FIU
MiamiHerald.com
Florida International University has received a $600000 estate commitment to establish the Betty G. Reader Scholarship Fund for students who have demonstrated exemplary service to and leadership in the Jewish community.

Occupy Jacksonville ponders how to increase its impact
Florida Times-Union
“I want to occupy somewhere. But we need the infrastructure to do that,” James Matheny, 21, said during a general assembly, a gathering where participants vote on actions and policies. Tents, portable toilets and other provisions need to be staged for a continued presence, argued Matheny, a Florida State College at Jacksonville student …

A Leaner Occupy Tallahassee Returns for Third Weekend
Sunshine State News
“Once people see we are consistently out here on the weekend, I’m sure they’ll be more willing to come out in numbers,” said Gabriel Paez, a Florida State University political science major and one of the leaderless group’s many organizers.

Support strong instructors, parents to improve kids’ education
The News-Press
… input and a committed community,” said Terry P. McMahan, president of Hodges University and current chair of the Alliance of Educational Leaders.

College costs going up but Treasure Coast students staying in Florida
TCPalm
“If it’s a money issue, they’re staying home and going to (Indian River State College.)” Sebastian River High School guidance counselor Stephanie Cleveland …

Deltona’s controversial sex-offender law holds; effectiveness …
Daytona Beach News-Journal
… away,” wrote Jill Levenson, an associate professor of human services at Lynn University in Boca Raton, in an email to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Persecuted author is at home in Miami
MiamiHerald.com
This flawed and fascinating city is where Chenjerai Hove — one of Zimbabwe’s most prominent authors, a man forced into exile by a despot — has found a safe place to write, a temporary family among regulars at Pub One near his rented apartment downtown, and in Little Haiti, “a shop where I can buy all African foods.” Hove is the first writer hosted under the “Miami: City of Refuge” program run by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College and funded by the John S. and James L Knight Foundation…

Gloria Steinem: “It is not a post-feminist era”
Orlando Sentinel
“If something is going to last and be absorbed by society, it’s going to last a century,” said Steinem in an interview Friday at Rollins College in Winter Park, where she is participating in events for the 45th anniversary of the National Organization …

Jobs Act a Win-Win for Obama: Economist
Voice of America
Duch Darin, an professor at Tallahassee Community College, in Florida, told VOA Khmer that the jobs act could potentially help the economy and Obama’s chances in the upcoming 2012 presidential election.

Michelle Obama, in Tampa for fundraising, says re-election fight will be ‘hard’
Tbo.com
“The president is in trouble, his polls numbers are down and they need to raise as much money as possible,” said Aubrey Jewett, a political analyst at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. “So that means all hands on deck, including the first …

Florida judge blocks drug testing of welfare applicants
Tampabay.com
Lebron, who is the sole caretaker of his 4-year-old son, said he’s “happy that the judge stood up for me and my rights and said the state can’t act without a reason or suspicion.” Lebron is a student at University of Central Florida pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting and expects to graduate in December, according to the complaint. The ACLU says Florida was the first to enact such a law since Michigan tried more than a …

Rubio says family history discrepancies overblown
MiamiHerald.com
Rubio spoke at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and in Tampa, where he also discussed job creation policies. “We do have a tendency in modern politics to exaggerate things. It’s not like they discovered my parents were from Canada.

Food truck for dogs offers gourmet snacks and ‘mutt-balls’
Arizona Daily Sun
Sean Snaith, a University of Central Florida economist who specializes in market forecasts, said the venture could take off only in a dog-obsessed city such as Winter Park. “That’s not going to go over in Apopka,” he said. “The pet industry, make no …

Florida consumer confidence stays near record low
Palm Beach Post
University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith likewise sees a disconnect between economic activity and consumers’ gloomy mood. “The general atmosphere is not really conducive to optimism,” Snaith said.

Wealth gap in South Florida second-widest in US
Sun-Sentinel
But by 2009, the South Florida economy had been turned upside down by the recession,” said Sean Snaith, an economist who directs the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness.

iPad Improves Reading Ability of Low-Vision Patients
Medscape
Kakarla Chalam, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology at University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, presented the results of a study investigating the capability of the iPad as a reading device. Although the ability of the iPad to present …

Tactile art winners announced
St. Augustine Record
“The level of sophistication, innovation and humor in the works make this an enjoyable and very real tactile and visual experience,” noted show judge Nofa Dixon, associate profession of drawing, painting and design at the University of North Florida. …

Cruise ships unlikely sight in Port of Pensacola’s future
Pensacola News Journal
“To the best of my recollection, there’s been no discussion about cruise ships at the port for the past several years,” said Rick Harper, one of five members of the port committee and director of the University of West Florida’s Office of Economic …

Boomer protesters support Occupy movement in Pensacola
Pensacola News Journal
One of them is Cheryl Poister, 63, a former University of West Florida professor, who has been camped with the Occupy Pensacola movement since the beginning. She was against the Vietnam War, but didn’t actively take part in protests at the time because

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Fitch Assigns Florida International University Housing Revs ‘A+ …
MarketWatch
… of dormitory revenue refunding bonds 2011A to be issued by the State of Florida Board of Governors on behalf of Florida International University (FIU). …