Fire and water don’t mix, and fire when coupled with a lack of water can create a dangerous combination. This is readily illustrated in the huge wildfire that has recently burned just north of the Florida-Georgia line, and multiple fires …
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Where Public Policy Matters: JU Shapes Future Leaders & Florida Politics
Originally published in the Spring 2017 issue of WAVE magazine.
By Sheri Webber
On Ryan Bass’ first day at work, protesters occupied the sidewalks outside and the phone rang with persistence.
Congressman John Rutherford, representing the Fourth District of Florida, …
Read More »Keigwin School of Nursing preparing students to conquer stress – before and after graduating
Stress in the nursing profession has become such a norm that there’s even a special term for it: Nursing Burnout Syndrome.
The findings are a bit daunting: in one survey at the University of Colorado Hospital, nearly nine out of …
Read More »Following Fran through the war years
By Sheri Webber
“What can I do? I want to help.” Those were the words of 22-year old Frances Bartlett to U.S. Representative Paul Cunningham in a 1939 letter. Cunningham had served during World War I and knew her family …
Read More »A nurturer enriching others with the credo “don’t give up on a good idea” — or yourself
Originally published in the Spring 2017 issue of WAVE Magazine.
By Dr. John Trainer, Former JU Academic Vice President
Imagine being asked to write about one or two of Dr. Frances Bartlett Kinne’s remarkable attributes. That assignment is comparable to …
Read More »“American … Go Home!” How Fran Kinne’s mettle overseas helped her become the “Frau Doktor”
Originally published in the Spring 2017 issue of WAVE Magazine.
By Phillip Milano
It’s hard to picture Fran Kinne rattled.
After all, in her century on the planet, she’s forged ahead boldly on numerous improbable-yet-successful projects, presided over a growing …
Read More »‘I felt the children were like dry soil, looking for a drop of water’ – Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa helps children including Syrian refugees in Florida’s largest ‘Give Kids A Smile’ effort
Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa will never forget a child named Ahmad.
The JU School of Orthodontics Clinical Associate Professor was handing out free Give Kids A Smile dental kits containing toothpaste, toothbrushes and instruction cards to 300 Syrian refugee children at …
Read More »Award-winning students and faculty honored at Spring 2017 Commencement
Congratulations to JU’s 2016-17 graduating seniors and faculty top award winners, announced at this year’s Spring commencement on April 29:
President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership/Undergraduate: Hanna McMahon graduated magna cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi, earning a bachelor’s degree …
Read More »Davis College of Business now part of elite group offering 100% online MS in Applied Business Analytics
Only a handful of universities in the U.S. offer a fully online version of the highly sought-after, lucrative Master of Science in Applied Business Analytics degree, and Jacksonville University is now one of them.
The degree allows students with a …
Read More »HEALTHY LIFE: Patient safety & over-the-counter medications
With the marketing of drugs in mass media, lack of time for appointments and rising costs of health insurance, use of over-the-counter or “OTC” medications for self-treatment is on the rise.
The National Library of Medicine states on its website …
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