An historic initiative backed by the Mayor, Jacksonville University and key black community advocates will offer future African-American leaders a two-year JU Master in Public Policy scholarship, a city internship and job placement help that keeps their vision and talent …
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Electroacoustic Barn Dance to bring hundreds of composers and performers to campus for free festival
The Seventh Annual Electroacoustic Barn Dance is coming Feb. 8-10 to Jacksonville University, a free three-day national festival of electronic music and art drawing acclaimed composers and artists from as far away as Estonia.
On stage performing with top student …
Read More »A new age of Aquarian as national notice rolls in
National judges are picking up on that, too.
In one recent honor, the literary and arts magazine for Jacksonville University was one of …
Read More »Senior Misha Chalkley becomes first female JU NROTC Midshipman to earn elite Submarine Warfare Officer assignment
It won’t be long before senior Misha Chalkley is submersed in all things nuclear as the first female JU NROTC Midshipman to earn a highly competitive post as a U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Officer.
Of 67 NROTC units with applicants …
Read More »OCEARCH launches new expedition with JU shark researcher helping guide study of great whites off Southeast coast
The world-renowned shark-research ship M/V OCEARCH is docked in downtown Jacksonville this week, readying for a return to open waters Thursday, Jan. 18, to study mature great white sharks as they winter off the Southeast coast.
On board the flagship …
Read More »Online Nursing master’s program soars to new heights on U.S. News’ “Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs” list
Engaged students, responsive faculty and state-of-the-art technology have put the online Nursing masters program offered through JU’s Keigwin School of Nursing in elite company on U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs” list.
Read More »Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society’s JU chapter inducts students, faculty
More than 50 undergraduate and graduate students were recently inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, joining an elite national group whose members have served in the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court; won Nobel and Pulitzer …
Read More »Living homeless gives CMHC masters student Joe Johnson priceless insight as he aids Florida supportive housing study
Joe Johnson needed to feel the fear.
A JU Clinical and Mental Health Counseling masters student, Johnson spends much of his day with the chronically homeless as Housing Programs Manager for the local nonprofit Ability Housing, offering guidance on support …
Read More »Sheet music giant Carl Fischer publishes long-lost Howard Hanson piano treasure unearthed and edited by JU’s Dr. Scott Watkins
Worldwide sheet music publisher Carl Fischer Music now has a long-lost composition in its cache by award-winning American classical composer and music educator Howard Hanson, thanks to the “Indiana Jones”-type discovery and scholarly research of Dr. Scott Watkins, JU Associate …
Read More »Dr. Erica Kines and Nursing students double underserved patient care at Community Health Outreach using innovative $50,000 training grant
More than twice as many underserved patients are getting primary care — and with a week’s wait time instead of a month — as a result of a flourishing year-long partnership between Jacksonville University’s Keigwin School of Nursing and the …
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