State University System
FAMU approves new dress code standards
Tallahassee.com
Trustees at FAMU have approved new dress standards for students at the university. The policy came at the urging of outgoing student body president Breyon Love and other student-government leaders…
Jewish leaders slam FAU response
Sun-Sentinel
Jewish leaders voiced their dissatisfaction late last week with Florida Atlantic University’s response to the campus group Students For Justice in Palestine posting fake eviction notices on the dorm room doors of more than 200 students late last month.
Student idea to save money on textbooks wins FAU startup competition
Sun-Sentinel
SwitchMyBooks.com started as a way to cut down on the $2,500 that Jose Christiansen and Dave Fredericks spend on college textbooks each year. On Friday, it became their ticket to owning a growing business. The two Florida Atlantic University students, with the help of Fredericks’ dad, won first prize in FAU’s fourth annual business plan competition. They beat out more than more than 200 applicants for the top prize of $94,000 in cash and services…
FSU police respond to ‘snatch-and-grab’ robbery on campus
Tallahassee.com
There was a robbery attempt on an Florida State University student in the middle of the day Thursday, marking the 10th robbery incident on or near the FSU campus this year. A crime bulletin sent out Friday morning reported that around 4 pm, …
Business Boot Camp for Military Families
WJHG-TV
Florida State University is hosting an eight day business boot camp for the spouses of injured veterans. The camp teaches the spouses how to run a successful business while still taking care of their wounded warriors…
Fla Council of 100 to Scott: Sign FSU-UF tuition hikes; veto USF-Poly breakup
Palm Beach Post
The Florida Council of 100, whose leaders include many of the state’s top corporate executives, urged Gov. Rick Scott to veto legislation that would create a 12th public university by separating the University of South Florida from its Polytechnic campus in Lakeland. But the council said Scott should sign into law a separate measure (SB 7129) that would let Florida State University and the University of Florida raise tuition to whatever level the market will bear…
Mathematician deemed perfect fit as next New College president
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Math attracts many academics for its certainty — its reassuringly definitive answers that court little controversy. But not Donal O’Shea. New College of Florida‘s president-in-waiting is a mathematician who explores the outer edges of certainty, where complex algebraic equations falter, where math becomes the language of dreams …
Cops: UF student jumps to his death
ESPN
A University of Florida student died Sunday night after police said he jumped from the upper level of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. University of Florida Police Department spokesman Major Brad Barber said the student, identified as 26-year-old Michael Richard Edmonds, Jr., died at the scene…
Human remains have a noble place at UF
Gainesville Sun
A crucial part of the brain power at the University of Florida‘s McKnight Brain Institute is stored in 70 percent alcohol and 30 percent water. The gray matter that arrives nameless to the lab here allows the neurosurgery fellows to explore the fissures of thought and map better ways to intervene when there is an abnormality. University of Florida Professor Emeritus Albert Rhoton, who has written the world’s best-selling brain anatomy textbook, starts his lectures (now available on youtube.com) with a moment of silence for those who have donated their bodies to science…
Man accused of pulling knife on bus passengers
Gainesville Sun
A 19-year-old man was arrested early Sunday after he allegedly pulled a knife on two men on a city bus going through the University of Florida campus, police said. The suspect, James Erik Connes, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, allegedly got agitated …
Zombies came, saw, conquered humans on UF campus
Gainesville Sun
A group of University of Florida students have been playing Humans vs Zombies since Wednesday…
UF, other schools nearing infrastructure ‘crisis’
Ocala
A lack of state funding for building construction and maintenance has University of Florida officials struggling for ways to repair aging buildings and construct new ones. UF used a loan to help pay for a new wing for the Harn Museum of Art rather than wait for state funding to match a $10 million donation made for construction costs. The Asian Art Wing opened last month, and there’s still no state money in sight. Officials now are discussing charging admission to the museum for the first time to address those and other budget woes…
UNF Students Arrested after Drugs Found in Dorm Room
First Coast News
Two students at the University of North Florida were arrested last weekend, one facing four drug charges. Kevin Solakian was charged with possession of meth with intent to sell, use of drug paraphernalia, possession of under 20 grams of pot and resisting an officer…
UNF is pretty good matchmaker: 3 stories of campus love that blossomed
Florida Times-Union
They met at the University of North Florida, fell in love and married. Now 10 couples are returning to the school at 4 pm Saturday to renew their vows. The ecumenical ceremony is at the 5-acre site where university administrators want to build a $6 million Interfaith Chapel at the Sanctuary with private donations…
Men kick up their heels for sexual assault awareness
Ponte Vedra Recorder
As the echo of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” rang into the University of North Florida’s studentunion pavilion, beads of sweat rolled off of the flocks of men who walked in colorful high heels down a make-shift catwalk. While the laughter and music that filled the event was light-hearted, the event’s purpose carried a serious message: Violence against women must be stopped. The event is the UNF Women’s Center’s fourth annual “Walk a Mile” event, and men voluntarily walked around in women’s high-heeled shoes on April 3 to raise awareness for April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month…
Oil spill put USF marine science program in the spotlight
Tampabay.com
If there is some small silver lining in the worst environmental disaster in our nation’s history, consider the University of South Florida. When BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded two years ago, sending hundreds …
USF students have a need for speed
Tbo.com
The shiny green, open-wheel race car that University of South Florida students spent a year building is in pristine condition and ready for competition. Members of USF‘s Society of Automotive Engineers unveiled the car Saturday to friends, faculty and classmates. The group — composed mostly of engineering students — designs, builds and races cars. Members participate in Formula SAE, a collegiate competition to construct and race formula-style racing cars…
Hillsborough comes out on top in state money
Tbo.com
The other large Hillsborough recipient of money in the 2013 budget was the University of South Florida, which got $213 million for operations. That’s $40 million less than USF got last year as part of an overall $300 million cut in university funding…
USF basketball player Victor Rudd Jr. arrested on charge of driving without …
Washington Post
University of South Florida basketball player Victor Rudd Jr. has been arrested on a charge of driving without a valid license. Hillsborough County jail records show that Temple Terrace police pulled Rudd over at 9:42 pm Friday…
State College System
Broward College building under construction in Coral Springs
Sun-Sentinel
Broward College will soon have its own campus, the first in northwest Broward. Since 2004, Coral Springs Charter School has shared space with Broward College, which offered business classes and some general education courses there at night. But starting in August, classes will expand to the daytime at Broward College’s own location…
Spanish language week starts today at Palm Beach State College
Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach State College is scheduled to kickoff its Third Annual Spanish Language Week celebration today with a series of musical events, guest speakers and other activities scheduled each day through Friday…
Independent College and University System
Barry holds tuition steady; UM goes up 4 percent
MiamiHerald.com
Nova Southeastern University has also yet to announce its tuition plans for next year, while the University of Miami is raising tuition by almost 4 percent (from $39654 annually to $41220). UM has in recent years kept its law school and graduate degree …
JU announces city’s first ‘green’ degree
WJXT Jacksonville
Jacksonville University has approved one of the few comprehensive sustainability majors in the Southeast, part of a small but growing number of programs nationwide that encourage students to see how their personal choices can affect larger societal …
Drawing Behind the Lines: Free forum with Chan Lowe at Lynn University
Sun-Sentinel
Join Chan Lowe, editorial cartoonist for the Sun Sentinel, for a chat about his work at 11 am on April 24 at Lynn University. The award-winning cartoonist will talk about his craft, share some of his favorite cartoons, and discuss aspects of the 2012 campaign. There will also be a Q&A session…
Tony Blair to headline World Leaders Conference at PBAU
Palm Beach Daily News
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is scheduled to headline the inaugural World Leaders Conference, a two-day event Wednesday and Thursday on the West Palm Beach campus of Palm Beach Atlantic University…
PBA students package 47000 meals for hungry children
Palm Beach Post
More than 100 Palm Beach Atlantic University students clapped and cheered Saturday afternoon after they were told they had packaged more than 40000 healthy meals that a charity will give to hungry children in the …
Palm Beach Atlantic University students pack tens of thousands of meals for …
WPTV
More than 100 Palm Beach Atlantic University students volunteered Saturday at a Feeding Children Everywhere event. The organization aims to curtail hunger around the world by mobilizing people to prepare meals for children. The students gathered under …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Owens: FAMU hazing victim as deserving of justice as Trayvon Martin
Orlando Sentinel
In the weeks after a 17-year-old black boy was found dead in a gated Sanford neighborhood, outraged blacks took to the streets, insisting police arrest the Hispanic shooter, George Zimmerman. The chorus thundered: Justice for Trayvon! I am Trayvon!
Schneider: A South Florida Jew’s Tax-Day Message — It’s Time for Justice in Palestine
Huffington Post (blog)
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve learned a thing or two about costly situations. When I set out with my fellow SJP members to place fake eviction notices on dorm rooms, I felt a sense of duty and accomplishment: an injustice is taking place and we were allowed to spread awareness directly to the Florida Atlantic University community in a way that would grab their attention. I had no idea that this seemingly innocuous act of well-intentioned activism would blow up in the media the way it did. And when it did, it cost our members not just our peace of mind but also our right to speak freely about justice in manner that is free from intimidation…Mathew Schneider is student at Florida Atlantic University.
Eskamani: A Less Bright Future: Florida Is Breaking Its Promise to Students
Huffington Post (blog)
In 1997, Florida’s legislature created a scholarship program called Bright Futures. It was a program that allowed high school seniors with high academic merit to earn a scholarship for any public university in the state of Florida. This program would be paid for by the Florida Lottery, and based merit on GPA as well as standardized test scores…Ida V. Eskamani is President of the College Democrats at the University of Central Florida.
Moyer: Budget cuts devastating UF
Gainesville Sun
These two articles, if nothing else, should stir the citizens of our state to demand action to halt the continued, ongoing assault on the Florida higher education system and the University of Florida in particular. This year alone, UF will suffer $38 …
Feedback Loop: Responding To Critics About Professor Pay
StateImpact Florida
Earlier this week we reported on professor salary data compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education. That data showed that a pair of University of South Florida branch campuses pay higher average salaries than the main Tampa campus. The data also showed that the University of Miami reported the highest average professor pay in the state. Readers felt the way we presented the data was misleading or “useless” without the proper context. We disagree, but that’s later…
Governor’s Polytechnic Decision: Meet With Students, Faculty
The Ledger
Rick Scott has until Saturday to sign or veto a bill to instantly transform the University of South Florida Polytechnic into Florida’s 12th independent state university. If he vetoes Senate Bill 1994, the institution will still become the 12th state …
Governor, veto Florida Polytechnic
Tampabay.com
…Scott can embrace the ideals he promotes by vetoing the immediate creation of a 12th university in Lakeland that would be known as Florida Polytechnic. It doesn’t make business sense, and it hasn’t been well vetted…
Romano: With USF Polytechnic decision, we’ll find out if Gov. Scott is a man of his word
Tampabay.com
…So even if you are tired of the USF Polytechnic debate and even if you couldn’t care less about building a palace for geeks in Lakeland, this decision should interest you…
Richard Pitino Hired As Head Coach At Florida International, According To Reports
SB Nation
Louisville Associate Head Coach Richard Pitino will be the next head coach at Florida International University, according to reports. He will replace the fired Isiah Thomas…
Autistic author, professor Temple Grandin to share story at FGCU
Naples Daily News
Temple Grandin knows firsthand the challenges faced by children with autism. She also knows what they can accomplish given the opportunity… Today, Grandin will share her story with a Southwest Florida audience as part of Florida Gulf Coast University‘s Promising Pathways conference. She is hopeful that it will show what’s possible for people with the developmental disorder, now estimated to affect one out of 88 children…
Manatees can hear boats, so why are they getting hit?
Bay News 9
The project was led by Mote Marine Laboratory’s training and research coordinator Joseph Gaspard in collaboration with a team of scientists, including Dr. Gordon Bauer, professor at New College of Florida…
Health-care case puts Congress on trial
Palm Beach Post
“That was really a big deal because now, at the end of the day whether a law was going to stand or fall was going to be decided by the US Supreme Court,” said Bob Jarvis, a professor at Nova Southeastern University.
Police pinch ‘groper’
New York Post
Karl Vanderwoude, 26, who works for Madison Avenue private equity firm MVision, was nabbed at his Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment and charged with groping women in Greenwich Village, lower Manhattan and the Upper East Side, police sources said…He attended Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida, a Christian school, and at present lives in a basement apartment near Prospect Park.
Gem of a courtroom drama
Crain’s Chicago Business
“In this case, the person in the know is the person making the legal decision, which makes it a bit awkward,” says ethics expert Louis Virelli, a professor at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla…
Fear public speaking? Nationally recognized St. Petersburg College professor can help
Tampabay.com
Tony Smith is a communications professor at St. Petersburg College who loves teaching speech. And apparently, a lot of students love his classes: This week the Princeton Review included Smith in a new book,The Best 300 Professors.
Clermont panel to discuss author Sheryl Needle Cohn’s Holocaust ‘Stories of …
Orlando Sentinel
On Thursday, Cohn, a University of Central Florida education professor, will present stories from her book and moderate a panel of Holocaust survivors at the Cooper Memorial Library.
Jury continues to deliberate in excessive force trial of Orlando police
WFTV Orlando
Heather Hull is suing the Orlando Police Department over a confrontation at a tailgating party at a University of Central Florida football game at the Citrus Bowl in 2003…
Number of African-American baseball players dips again
USA TODAY
… Major League Baseball’s hiring practices are lauded by Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida…
Darden seeks smooth sailing with Eddie V’s
Orlando Sentinel
“Ruth’s Chris doesn’t have that much strength to begin with,” said Chris Muller, dean of Boston University’s hospitality school and a former restaurant professor at the University of Central Florida.
Ex-UCF student body president joins race for Orange House district
Orlando Sentinel
Republican Marco Pena, a former University of Central Florida student-body president, filed papers this week to run in an Orange County House district. Pena will run in District 49, which Democrats also have targeted as a possible pick-up seat in the …
The dangers and addiction of ‘fake’ marijuana
Ocala
… smoking is an altered form of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the molecule found in marijuana that gives its users their high, said Paul Doering, a distinguished service professor of pharmacy emeritus at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.
Contest yields architects’ ideas for different downtown
Tbo.com
Shannon Bassett, a University of South Florida assistant professor of architecture and urban design, put the project together, using funding from a National Endowment for the Arts grant…
Secret Service Sex Scandal Upsets Obama Colombia Trip
BusinessWeek
“For Obama, the trip was an example of how easily good intentions on the part of a president can be trumped by a sex scandal,” Susan MacManus, a professor of political science at the University of South Florida in Tampa, said in an e-mail…
Q&A with Eileen Rodriguez of USF’s Small Business Development Center on …
WUSF News
One of the people invited to President Obama’s speech at the Port of Tampa is Eileen Rodriguez, director for the Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida.
Police investigate 2nd crime hoax this year
Pensacola News Journal
Richard Hough, a University of West Florida criminal justice professor, said when he heard the girl’s story on the news he didn’t believe it…
Releases and Web Stories
FPL Partners with Indian River State College to Launch Brown Center for …
Your-Story.org (press release)
The next generation of FPL nuclear technicians and engineers could very well get their start at Indian River State College’s (IRSC) new Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The $21.5 million, 65000 square …
University of Miami Awards More than $35000 in Annual Business Plan Competition
MarketWatch (press release)
CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — New business ventures aimed at improving the delivery of health care took top honors at the University of Miami’s 2012 Business Plan Competition, hosted by the University’s School of …
