Jacksonville University graduate Mike Sims (class of 1991) recently opened the first of what he expects to be four Jacksonville-area Your Pie (www.yourpie.com) casual pizza chain locations in Fleming Island.

He has food retailing experience at Nabisco, Promo …

Off the Shelf Open Mic Poetry event

When?  Tuesday, April 2, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where?  Swisher Library Front Lawn

What if I get hungry?  A Picnic Lunch will be provided!

Will I feel like reading a …

Research on topics ranging from hip-hop culture to faces of the homeless to quantum theory to anxiety disorder to the effects of carbon dioxide on sea life (and much more) will be presented April 3-5 during the Jacksonville University 2013 …

The JU Davis Aviation Center’s new $500,000 flight simulator is cleared for takeoff and getting media attention.

With the full replica of a Bombardier CRJ-700 airliner cockpit up and running and using Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as its “home” runway, …

“March Forward: 31 New Scholarships, 31 Days” — a month-long endeavor under the ASPIRE Campaign umbrella to provide tuition funding for 31 Jacksonville University students — is generating interest and financial support from alumni and other JU devotees, many of …

SO, YOU WANT TO BE A JU DOLPHIN CHEERLEADER???

Prospective cheerleaders will be interviewed between 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at the Howard Administration Building in the Office of Admissions. To schedule an interview, e-mail Mea Felps-Darley at

Jacksonville University students Nick Boucher and Elaine Tyson have been nominated for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan Award in Acting for their work in the recent Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star one-act comedies put on

The Financial News & Daily Record covered the Economic Roundtable of Jacksonville’s panel discussion Tuesday, March 26 at Jacksonville University’s Davis College of Business on “The Role and Impact of Entrepreneurial Business in North Florida.”

The panel consisted of Olympic …

A. Quinton White, executive director of Jacksonville University’s Marine Science Research Institute, clued Florida Times-Union readers into the surprising results of JU’s St. Johns River poll in his recent River Life column.

“Just when I think I understand the St. …

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