When students in the School of Applied Health Sciences travel to Ireland this Spring Break, they won’t just be communing with nature at the Cliffs of Moher or hiking the Wicklow Mountains, they’ll be hitting the road (on the left …
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Uptick in international students and researchers predicted as campus receives official U.S. Exchange Visitor designation
Jacksonville University is now among a handful of private colleges in Florida to receive official U.S. State Department designation as an Exchange Visitor sponsor.
The approval means that more international short-term students, researchers and professors, including Fulbright Scholars, will be …
Read More »School of Orthodontics student Kaveh Baharvad helps change lives with smiles
Meet Dr. Kaveh Baharvand, who is enrolled in the Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences School of Orthodontics’ Advanced Specialty Education Program in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics/Master of Science in Dentistry, as well as the MS in Organizational Leadership …
Read More »New name, unrivaled excellence in care: Keigwin School of Nursing shines even brighter with $3.3 million in gifts and naming by Beverly and Jack Keigwin
Jacksonville University is home to the newly established Keigwin School of Nursing, thanks to gifts including $3 million from Beverly and Jack Keigwin, the University announced Wednesday. The Keigwins’ donation is the largest in the Nursing school’s 36-year history.
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Read More »‘Pink Out,’ timely topics and ‘100 Years with Fran’ on tap for Women’s History Month at JU
March comes in with a “Pink Out” for Women’s History Month tomorrow, kicking off events during the month that include discussions on timely topics such as Islam, gender in the workplace and racial misconceptions, and highlighted by a conversation with …
Read More »Powerhouse jazz drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. returns home to lead clinics, perform on campus March 2-3
World-class jazz drummer and band leader Ulysses Owens Jr. will stop in with his award-winning group to clinic with jazz students and perform a concert at Jacksonville University March 2 and 3.
Originally from Jacksonville, the virtuoso musician, who The …
Read More »RIVER LIFE: OCEARCH at Jacksonville University may be near center of great white shark puzzle
There’s been a lot of excitement recently around the marine science program at Jacksonville University. On Feb. 9, we announced a cooperative partnership with OCEARCH, which is by far the most widely recognized shark tracking organization in the world.
This …
Read More »Kinesiology students present for first time at Southeast American College of Sports Medicine conference
Kinesiology graduate and undergraduate students and their professors recently had the honor of presenting at the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine conference.
The annual event, which this year was held Feb. 16-18 in Greenville, S.C., brings together more than …
Read More »Ready to live on Mars? Colonization is topic of interdisciplinary panel March 9
Just as faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences were debating topics last fall for their upcoming interdisciplinary panel discussion, billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk was taking the stage at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, …
Read More »‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ (and some JU football players) ready to take off March 9-12
They’re gonna whomp and stomp and whoop it up in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” March 9-12 at Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theater, fully loaded with a strategically choreographed locker room dance scene revealing another side of JU’s football team …
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