Wave Weekly

By Chelsea Wiggs

JU Communications Major

Jacksonville University welcomed youth dancers this month to its two-week Summer Dance Intensive, a unique opportunity for pre-professional and intermediate/advanced students to train with professionals to learn what it takes to stay on pointe.

Count Jacksonville University research scientist Gerry Pinto among the marine experts who oppose “down-listing” manatees from endangered to threatened species as a result of the manatee population increasing in recent years.

“Pinto said it wouldn’t be prudent to down-list the

JU Political Science Prof. Stephen Baker will be on WJCT Radio’s “First Coast Connect” public affairs show at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 27, to discuss the Wednesday Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage and voting rights.

Visit http://ondemand.wjct.org/ for a

By Chelsea Wiggs

JU Communications Major

Cheers and rounds of applause erupted from the Ross Theater Tuesday, June 25, at a viewing party for Jacksonville University’s own Carlos Garland, a Top-20 finalist on FOX’s hit reality competition “So You Think …

Sodexo Area Executive Chef Brian Bowser is leaving his Jacksonville University post to become Sodexo’s general manager at Lynn University in Baca Raton, Fla.

Bowser’s last day on the job at JU is June 28; he has been Sodexo’s executive …

The JU Varsity Sporting Clays, Skeet, and Trap Team dominated in the Collegiate Division of the Georgia SCTP State Championships in Savannah this month, claiming three of six individual event awards and winning first place in the Collegiate Skeet event

A Presidential Reception for Jacksonville University alumni will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 in the Howard Administration Building on the JU campus.

President Tim Cost (’81) will provide an update on JU projects, and alumni will have

The dining remodeling process at Jacksonville University is well under way, the culmination of several semesters of surveys, customer feedback, expectation meetings, dining trend development and planning (see photos in newsletter below).

In conjunction with Jacksonville University’s ASPIRE campaign, …

UPDATE: See Christina Kelso’s  June 24, 2013, full, updated story and photos about the JU Women’s softball team in The Florida Times-Union by clicking here!

By Christina Kelso

JU Communications sophomore

As the sun settled behind the …

James Poindexter, a JD/MBA student jointly studying at Jacksonville University and the Florida Coastal School of Law, has been selected as a Florida Times-Union citizen editorial board member.

An active community member and political blogger, Rollins serves on the executive