Monthly Archives: August 2013
JU hosts Spine Board Training for trainers, physicians
Jacksonville University recently hosted more than 100 Certified Athletic Trainers, Physicians and EMS Providers from throughout Northeast Floridia and Southeast Georgia for The Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program’s spine board and airway management training.
The event in Gooding Auditorium featured special
… Read More »Faculty and staff: Fall classes are almost here, so it’s ice cream time! This Friday!
Jacksonville University employees:
Your Employee Advisory Council is hosting its annual Ice Cream Social just for you at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 in the Howard Administration Building lobby. It’s our traditional end-of-summer, beginning-of-fall get-together!
Come and make your own …
Read More »JU ranked fifth in state for best lifetime return on investment!
Jacksonville University ranks fifth in the state among colleges offering the highest lifetime return on investment, in a list released by an organization that identifies affordable colleges.
According to AffordableCollegesOnline.org (AC Online), graduates from these schools “enjoy the largest earnings …
Read More »JU business dean to Times-Union: Sharks’ on-the-field success boosts local economy
The Jacksonville Sharks’ success on the field, particularly when it makes it to post-season play as the arena football team has done four consecutive years, is a boon to the local economy, Dr. Don Capener, the Jacksonville University Davis College
… Read More »Don’t just cover up in the Florida sun — drink up, JU’s Hausenblaus tells Tampa newspaper
People in Florida and other humid climates should worry as much about drinking up as covering up with sunscreen on a sunny summer day, Heather Hausenblaus, Jacksonville University associate professor of exercise science, said in a Tampa Tribune article.
Dehydration,
… Read More »JU grad, economist pens eBook on ‘how to approach a lady’
Some people write books about economics.
Some write about soccer.
And some write about talking to ladies at clubs.
Jacksonville University alumnus (’10) Chris Lai of Kingston, Jamaica, probably could do any of these – but he chose to …
Read More »Do folks live ‘on’ or ‘in’ Fleming Island? JU Prof. Edward McCourt has an answer…
A package of stories in the Sunday, Aug. 12, Life section of The Florida Times-Union takes a look at life on — or in — Fleming Island.
Edward McCourt, assistant professor of English and director of the writing center at
… Read More »JU’s Jeremy Stalker among panelists at MOSH Fossil ID Day Aug. 17
Have you ever found something on the beach or digging in your yard and don’t have a clue what it is? Bring your mystery object to the Museum of Science and History (MOSH), 1025 Museum Circle. A panel of
… Read More »Learn2Earn high school students experience college life on JU campus
By Chelsea Wiggs
JU Communications Major
First Coast High School student Kiana Moore’s recent Learn2Earn week-long stay on JU’s campus gave her the type of instruction she can’t get in a textbook.
“It was a great learning experience,” she said. …
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