The Davis College of Business is only the second U.S. institution to partner in an exchange agreement with the prestigious School of Commerce at Tokyo’s Waseda University, with plans to send undergraduates to the top-ranked private school next spring, and …
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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 »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.
Additional …
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 »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 »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 »Finance students move on to nationals April 6-7 with state-level win in CFA Institute Research Challenge
They toppled a 2015 national co-champion, and now the JU-CFA Institute Research Challenge team will head to Seattle April 6-7 to compete against other state champions in the Americas Regional Final of the CFA Institute Research Challenge.
The JU Davis …
Read More »For the love of art: non-art majors excel as Dana Tupa guides them past “Please don’t make me draw”
Division of Visual Arts Chair Dana C. Tupa wanted to jolt her non-art students into getting past their fears and tapping into their creativity in her Underglaze Carving Ceramics class.
What better way than to have a colleague in the …
Read More »JU enters world stage of ocean research with ‘OCEARCH at Jacksonville University’ partnership
You can’t change the future of the ocean on a fisherman’s story.
So says Chris Fischer, the charismatic founder of world-renowned marine research outfit OCEARCH. The bona fides of academic expertise, peer-reviewed published research and acclaimed scientists are needed to …
Read More »Announcing ‘OCEARCH At Jacksonville University’
To the JU Community,
Today we announce the formation of a special partnership – “OCEARCH at Jacksonville University” – to bring enormous benefit to our students and faculty, our University, our region and the broader scientific community worldwide. (The event …
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