Jacksonville University’s Master of Business Administration and Executive MBA are again rated as Tier One degree programs in a newly released prestigious international list that stands apart from traditional rankings by focusing on more qualitative factors to determine overall student …
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Ground-breaking filmmaker Ken Burns honored with Presidential Global Citizen Award
Jacksonville University honored pioneering documentary filmmaker Ken Burns with its second Presidential Global Citizen Award on Tuesday, Feb. 9, recognizing a master storyteller whose profound achievement in creating powerful historical narratives has had a far-reaching effect on millions of viewers …
Read More »WELL-TRAVELED: California’s Salton Sea is a weird but worthwhile travel destination
It is a massive inland sea in the middle of a Southern California desert. Ruins of forgotten motels, yacht clubs, restaurants and cocktail lounges dot the beaches. Isolated and sparsely populated communities of wrecked and dilapidated houses and mobile homes
BRCHS Student Profile: Cindy Leong
Meet Cindy Leong. She is a sophomore majoring in computing science and mathematics. Cindy is a recipient of the STAR Center IT scholarship, which was funded by the Florida Entrepreneurism, Policy, Innovation, and Commerce (EPIC) Program at JU to develop …
Read More »Business/English standout Ellis Harr named citizen member of Times-Union editorial board
International Business/English double major Ellis Harr, a Presidential Student Ambassador who also heads Sigma Chi fraternity on campus, will bring his voice to The Florida Times-Union Editorial Board this semester as a citizen member, the newspaper announced.
The five members …
Read More »FIT LIFE: Where we live affects our health
If you are like most Americans, you have already broken your New Year’s resolution of becoming healthier. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology reveals that only 8 percent of us actually achieve our New Year’s resolutions.
Could we
RIVER LIFE: Understanding climate change, our role … and a long, long time ago
Climate change and sea level rise are two issues that are sure to initiate discussion whenever they are mentioned. But both topics need to be discussed intelligently so we can plan appropriately for the future.
Jacksonville is too close to
Sea of Blue: Remembering the fallen with help from JU Photography students
A group of Jacksonville University students have come to the aid of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
Not for an emergency, but to help document JFRD’s largest and most visible annual event: the Sea of Blue Fallen Firefighter Memorial …
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