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Yearly Archives: 2013
JU artistic lighting leads to hot sales at Cummer Ball
Let’s just say JU students and faculty lit up the recent Cummer Ball in Riverside.
Artistic lighting made by members of the University’s Glass and Ceramics departments sold briskly March 16 as it was put on display at the glitzy …
Read More »JU Dolphins win thriller after retiring jersey number of fallen teammate Corey Lovrich
An emotion-packed afternoon Saturday in which JU retired the number of one of its fallen lacrosse teammates ended with a dramatic second-half comeback win for the Dolphins over Siena.
A special half-time presentation featured various teammates and coaches honoring Corey …
Read More »JU Trustee Robert Shircliff’s philanthropy highlighted on First Coast Connect and in Daily Record
Be sure to read about (and listen to) the incredible life story of JU Trustee and leading Jacksonville philanthropist Bob Shircliff, highlighted today on local airwaves and in print.
The Daily Record’s Managing Editor Karen Brune Mathis interviewed Shircliff for …
Read More »JU Public Policy Institute’s Rick Mullaney weighs in on unions, FOP leaders’ arrests in First Coast News story
It is unclear how much the arrests of Jacksonville’s Fraternal Order of Police union’s top two leaders in a federal gambling probe will impact the organization, Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute Founding Director Rick Mullaney said in a March 14 …
Read More »Sodexo’s gluten-free options to JU students spotlighted in Florida Times-Union column
Four years ago, when a Jacksonville University student required a gluten-free diet, Sodexo staffers gladly accommodated her needs by making regular trips to a local grocery store.
Now, students with celiac disease can find two gluten-free entrees are on the …
Read More »Interactive “Generations” mixes art forms to celebrate JU’s College of Fine Arts 50th anniversary
By Tina Kelso
JU Communications Sophomore
Ascending the elevator of a historic downtown Jacksonville skyscraper, those attending the recent JU College of Fine Arts collaborative production “Generations” were taken from reality into a carefully crafted narrative world.
Held March 6, …
Read More »“Girl Matters” takes JU senior Chelsea Swilley from classroom theory to touching youths’ hearts
By Christina Kelso
JU Communications Sophomore
Through the eyes of a passerby, Chelsea Swilley is a student, seen each week traversing the walkways of the Jacksonville University campus.
To others, she is the bubbly president of Baptist Collegiate Ministries, member …
Read More »JU grad, student team up to co-author, illustrate Easter-themed children’s book
By Kevin Hogencamp/Jacksonville University
Jacksonville University graduate Tiffany Pinciotti-Oliva and her mother-in-law have self-published a children’s book illustrated by current JU student Stephanie Escalona Morales.
The book, “Wishy Life Buddies: An Easter Tradition,” is a children’s story combined with a …
Read More »JU artwork to light up glitzy Cummer Ball fundraiser Saturday, March 16
By Phillip Milano
Aly Volk’s “Iceburst” and Kayla Socha’s “Silly Lilly” chandeliers will be lighting up the annual Cummer Ball gala fundraiser this Saturday, March 16.
The glowing light work of the two 21-year-old Jacksonville University glass majors, along with …
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