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Often mistaken from a distance for sharks or dolphins, manta rays caused quite a stir in the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville Beach over the Labor Day weekend. There were a lot of them — and many were huge, Jacksonville Pier

Je’Nisa Waugh, a computer art and design sophomore with a specialization in graphic design at Jacksonville University, has been awarded a $2,400 UPS Scholarship provided through the Florida Independent College Fund.

Waugh, daughter of Victor Waugh and Sherneth Wright-Pickens and …

Work is well under way on a $200,000 floating dock being built near the JU Marine Science Research Institute and replacement of an older crew/rowing dock that will enable the Institute to berth a state-of-the-art pontoon boat to be used

Selecting an award-winning communicator and educator to provide a seamless transition in the city’s efforts to improve its schools, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown announced Tuesday, Sept. 3, that Jacksonville University Professor of Communications Dr. Annmarie Kent-Willette will be his next …

JU Davis College of Business Dean Don Capener was featured in two Florida Times-Union articles over the weekend, one about iStart Jax and the other about more specialty national retailers finally opening locations in the Jacksonville area.

IStart Jax began …

JU Davis Aviation Center Director Dr. Juan Merkt has received a national award for his efforts to improve aviation education and accreditation in the U.S. and worldwide.

The Aviation Accreditation Board International honored Merkt with the prestigious Paul Whelan Educator …

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The Friends of Fine Arts is a support organization for the College of Fine Arts at Jacksonville University. Members who join are those who

Here’s a great aerial shot of the ongoing construction at the site of the new $8 million, 30,000-square-foot Colleges of Health Sciences building.

Perry-McCall Construction is scheduled to complete the project in July 2014. Dasher Hurst Architects of Jacksonville is

By Chelsea Wiggs

JU Communications Senior

The banner welcoming them to orientation read, “World Changers Wanted.”

The inaugural Master in Public Policy (MPP) class for the JU Public Policy Institute at the recent MPP Orientation Program. Photos by Chelsea Wiggs/Jacksonville

Dr. Ray Oldakowski, professor of geography at Jacksonville University, presented the findings of JU’s St. Johns River Poll at the City of Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board Environmental Symposium on Aug. 23 at the University of North Florida Adam Herbert University