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JU One Spark Project #3: ExportOut

ExportOut is an online shipping-management application that provides detailed – yet incredibly simple – information and personalized documentation for customers shipping vehicles from the US to the Middle East, West Africa, and Europe. The ExportOut system provides a user-friendly Dashboard

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Pilot gateway program through jetBlue Airlines provides opportunities for aviation students

Jacksonville University Aviation students Joseph Schmidt and Nathan Whittenton will join 17 other jetBlue University Gateway students when they attend the “Sun ‘n Fun” International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland April 22.

Gateway students competed by writing an essay on …

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TSA Security Director visits Women in Aviation

The School of Aviation recently welcomed Transportation Security Agency (TSA) Federal Security Director Patricia Chasse Hiatt to speak with Aviation students on her duties and responsibilities in the North Florida area. Periodically, the “Women in Aviation” group brings in highly …

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JU One Spark Project #2: Global Business Imperative

The brainchild of Jacksonville University Davis College of Business Professor, Dr. Doug Johansen, The Global Business Imperative project is dedicated to promoting the importance of global markets for small and medium size enterprises.

Dr. Johansen is Assistant Professor of Marketing …

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Fish robots, 3D-printed ukuleles, missing planes, Ebola, Ponzi schemes: yes, it’s time for the annual JU Symposium April 6-8

Jacksonville University’s 2015 Faculty & Student Symposium this Monday through Wednesday, April 6-8, features results from more than 100 projects, with topics including building a fish robot to gather data; Ebola; adolescent sports injuries; Ponzi schemes; improving first-graders’ behavior through …

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JU One Spark Project #1: BamBoost

From April 7-12 Jacksonville University will serve as a project curator for One Spark 2015, which is billed as the world’s largest crowdfunding festival. Over the next several days, we will highlight projects located in our open-air venue at Main …

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Commission on Presidential Debates eyes JU as host site

The Commission on Presidential Debates in Washington, D.C., has announced that Jacksonville University has been selected to be considered to host a Presidential or Vice Presidential debate in fall 2016. It is the first time the University has competed for …

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Meet Lieutenant Eric Lam

meetltericlamLieutenant Eric Lam served as a naval aviator, flying a wide variety of missions ranging from search and rescue to surveillance and reconnaissance in the SH-60B Seahawk helicopter. He was in charge of two divisions, a maintenance and a detachment …

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JU to serve as One Spark curator, will offer free water taxi to event

From April 7-12 Jacksonville University will serve as a project curator for One Spark 2015, which is billed as the world’s largest crowdfunding festival. Open to the public, One Spark allows creators, artists, entrepreneurs and innovators to pitch their projects …

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