The JU Varsity Shooting Team defends its title this summer at the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Championships, fresh on the heels of grabbing two Gold, two Silver and three Bronze medals at the ACUI National Clay Target Championships…
Read More »Yearly Archives: 2016
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry to offer keynote address at Spring Commencement April 30
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will offer keynote remarks to a graduating class nearly 900 strong on Saturday, April 30, as JU celebrates its Spring 2016 Commencement underneath the oaks on its Science Green.
Mayor Curry took office July 1, 2015, …
Read More »Florida should be seen as a gateway to success and innovation, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam tells JU PPI board
Issues key to making Florida a player in the global job market – economics, water, education and healthcare – were the focus of an address by Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam when he visited with Jacksonville University’s Public Policy …
Read More »JU Choirs to tour Italy in May, including singing Mass at the Vatican
The passports have arrived, the voices are in tune and the excitement is building for 25 Jacksonville University choral students and choral alumni who will perform in some of Italy’s most renowned venues on an upcoming concert tour – including …
Read More »White House’s Doug Rand comes home to discuss Entrepreneurism in the U.S. at JU
UPDATED: Watch the full video of Doug Rand’s April 27 presentation at JU on “The State of Entrepreneurism in the United States” below:
Doug Rand, Assistant Director for Entrepreneurship at the White House Office of Science and Technology, will speak …
Read More »Academic prowess earns Alicia Barnett 2016 Baptist Nassau Auxiliary Scholarship
Congratulations to Alicia Barnett of the School of Nursing, whose high academic achievement has earned her $2,500 via a 2016 Baptist Nassau Auxiliary Foundation Nursing Scholarship.
Barnett is furthering her education in the Jacksonville University RN-BSN cohort program in …
Read More »Best practices and ethics explored by Dr. Robin Edge at Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association’s 60th convention
“Exploring Ethics Education in Speech-Language Pathology” was the topic of a recent two-hour seminar by Assistant Prof. Robin Edge and colleague Dr. Bess Sirmon-Taylor at the 60th annual Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association convention in Ft. Worth
This seminar by Edge …
Read More »Beta Gamma Sigma chapter inducts 52 new members
The Jacksonville University chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), an international business honor society, has inducted 52 new members to its chapter, including 13 undergraduates and 39 graduates.
The chapter was also awarded an Exemplary Chapter Award for the …
Read More »JU awarded Bronze-level status as ‘Exercise Is Medicine’ campus by global movement founder Dr. Bob Sallis
Hailing its coordinated efforts to promote physical activity as a “vital sign of health” for its students, Exercise Is Medicine global founder Dr. Bob Sallis bestowed the Bronze Level EIM Award upon Jacksonville University April 11 before a packed house …
Read More »Charter Day 2016: ‘An invitation for JU to serve … and look what happened’
There was graduating senior Amalia Galdona, 22, a double Sculpture and Art History major, taking photos of St. Vincent’s Healthcare workers giving screenings to grateful residents, for a documentary project shepherded by Photography Prof. Ginger Sheridan.
Football Head Coach Ian …
Read More »