Branding and differentiating in the consumer goods industry was the topic of a March 23 panel discussion sponsored by the Jacksonville University (JU) Davis College of Business (DCOB) Consumer Goods and Services Marketing Program. This industry-centric degree path takes a …
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Selflessness and service: the continuing gifts of Capt. Matt Tuohy (Ret) ’75 ’03
Those close to School of Aviation Director Capt. Matt Tuohy (Ret) ’75 ’03 are accustomed to it. Those who meet him for the first time quickly grasp it: His primary mission is always about what he can do for others. …
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 »Flight Team lands prestigious “Spirit of Excellence Award” at regional Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference
The Flight Team is back from Auburn, Ala., after going head-to-head with some of the nation’s top flight programs in the Region IX National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s (NIFA) Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON).
Competing schools this year included Auburn …
Read More »JU, Boys & Girls Clubs partnering on major new Arlington youth facility near campus
A new 20,000-square-foot, $2.5 million “Jacksonville University Boys & Girls Club” on Justina Terrace near campus will be among the vanguard of the nonprofit’s facilities when it opens in 2019, on land owned by the University.
The collaboration with Boys …
Read More »Taking heed: DCOB Prof. Sandra Dean explains the “Attention Economy” at international conference
In the business world, the ability to get people to allot more time to what you’re communicating or marketing has become something of a currency.
How companies and individuals can be taught to organize their verbiage so they counter what …
Read More »Leader of Lance Armstrong doping probe to speak Nov. 2 at JU
Jacksonville native Travis Tygart, who helped lead the doping probe of cycling superstar Lance Armstrong and is regarded as one of the most powerful figures in sports, will speak on “The Business of Sports” from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, …
Read More »Davis College of Business launches 100% online MBA program
The Nathan M. Bisk Center for Professional Studies has launched a 100 percent online Master of Business Administration program through the Davis College of Business, with options to pursue a general MBA or a concentration in management.
The online
Barrera, Tuohy, Grey honored as 2017 JU Distinguished Alumni
Standouts in aviation, military and entrepreneurial endeavors are recipients of this year’s prestigious Distinguished Alumni awards for 2017.
Honored at halftime of this year’s Homecoming football game as “Distinguished Alumni of Excellence Class of 2017” was Kelly Barrera ’86, while …
Read More »FACULTY ROUNDUP: Sheridan named Florida Higher Ed Art Educator of the Year; Willemin awarded Best Break Out Screenplay at Oaxaca; Capener to speak at Global Conference on Advances in Management; Harper named Cuba Scholar-In-Residence in College of Arts and Sciences
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Ginger Sheridan, Associate Professor of Photography, is the state’s Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, recognized by the Florida Art Education Association.
Sheridan, the Higher …
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