Easton Alton Sorrow waited a few days after his due date and into the wee hours of May 28 to arrive, but baby, mom and dad are doing just fine. Jacksonville University Communications Coordinator Kristi Mace Sorrow delivered 9-pound, 5-ounce …
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Reminder: EAC representative nominations being taken until Thursday, May 31
As many of you know, the Employee Advisory Council (EAC) was created in April 2004 and serves as the representative organization for all JU Staff and Administrative employees. The EAC is opening nominations for representative positions for the 2012-2013 year. …
Read More »Trio of Jacksonville University music professors headed to China as visiting foreign scholars
By Phillip Milano
For Jacksonville University’s Scott Watkins, all it took to know his first trip to China last year as a visiting foreign scholar was going to be different was to ask one of his piano students how he …
Read More »JU’s Marine Science Research Institute reports new high single-day manatee count
The good news: the latest manatee survey done this week found the highest single-day count since surveys began in 1994. The bad news: heavy boat traffic over Memorial Day Weekend is rapidly approaching.
An aerial survey conducted Tuesday, May 22, …
Read More »Jacksonville University receives $1.9 million federal Trio Upward Bound grant
By Phillip Milano
In one of the most competitive grant seasons in the history of federal Trio programs for disadvantaged students, Jacksonville University has received $1.9 million to continue its Upward Bound program another five years for students at five …
Read More »Jacksonville University art director Donald dela Torre’s volunteerism on display in full-page Times-Union article
Jacksonville University’s own Donald dela Torre was featured prominently in a full-page Life section spread in The Florida Times-Union on Tuesday, May 22, for his volunteer efforts helping local students learn the art of design (see http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/arts/2012-05-18/story/mentorship-program-lets-jacksonville-students-seek-creative).
For Dela …
Read More »Discount for Jill Dunn Basketball Camp at JU June 25-29
Brown Bag at DCOB May 24: “Going After Higher Level Degrees”
Jacksonville University filmmakers honored at Campus MovieFest Hollywood
From CMF Media
ATLANTA – Campus MovieFest (CMF), the world’s largest student film festival, has announced the award-winning films representing Jacksonville University at Campus MovieFest Hollywood from June 21-23.
CMF visited JU this past spring, providing equipment, training and technical …
Read More »JU Career Development Center hosts Mayor’s program for youths on business etiquette Thursday, May 17
By Phillip Milano
Don’t talk with your mouth full. Stop fidgeting so much. Put on some clean socks.
Advice (or scolding) we all heard from Mom and Dad, and still relevant in today’s world of business etiquette. But it’s just …
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