By Aleizha Batson/Jacksonville Mayor’s Office

Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown presented a group of 10 Jacksonville University student veterans with a check Tuesday, Nov. 27, for $3,500 to finance a trip to the annual Student Veterans of America national conference …

JU Student Jazz Combo Concert 

with

 THE JU JAZZ COMBOS I, II and III 

 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 in Swisher Theater

 FREE!

Presented by the students and faculty of the Jacksonville University Jazz Studies Program. The event celebrates the …

Congratulations to November JU Employee of the Month David Brown, first-shift supervisor for the Department of Campus Security. Brown has worked at JU for 11 years.

“David possesses a servant’s heart, which is evidenced in his interactions with others and …

Jacksonville University sociology professor Heather Downs was featured on First Coast News Wednesday, Nov. 21, to discuss the motives and desires of “Black Friday” shoppers.

“Black Friday just plays into all these cultural notions of gift giving and consumption, and …

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock and his father, U.S. Olympic skeet shooting coach Craig Hancock, were on hand Nov. 17-18 to give an ISSF Skeet clinic to JU’s varsity shooting team. Photos below.

The Hancocks’ visit capped off a …

ATTENTION PRE-LAW SOCIETY MEMBERS AND ALL PRE-LAW STUDENTS

         There will be a meeting of the Pre-Law Society at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in the Davis College of Business, Room 165 (Conference Room A). At the meeting, the Society will …

Jacksonville University trustee and alumnus Margaret “Mag” Black-Scott was featured prominently in a New York Times article Friday, Nov. 16, in which financial advisers discussed the implications if President Obama and Congress fail to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff” — …

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock and his father and Olympic coach, Craig Hancock, visited with Jacksonville University Varsity Sporting Clays, Skeet & Trap Team members and JU President Kerry Romesburg on Friday, Nov. 16.

The father-son sharpshooting duo will …

Jacksonville University will host the St. Jude “Give thanks. Walk,” an annual fund-raiser held on the same day in 90 cities across the country, on Saturday, Nov. 17. This is Jacksonville’s inaugural walk, and Jacksonville University was selected as the …

The Florida Times-Union featured a full-length Metro section article Nov. 15 on the superlative work being done by JU Professor Tammy Ryan and her Education students as they tutor local youngsters in the School of Education’s new reading lab. Jacksonville.com …