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Former JU student Margaret “June” Applen, who met her college sweetheart at the University in the 1950s, is the subject of a heart-warming, uplifting Mark Woods column in The Florida Times-Union as she bravely battles ovarian cancer and crosses off …
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JU, American Eagle Airlines sign Pilot Pipeline agreement
Jacksonville University’s Davis Aviation Center announced it is one of the first schools in the nation to team with American Eagle Airlines on a new Pilot Pipeline Program that helps graduates gain experience and flight hours for a career as …
Read More »Ice Hockey at JU? You betcha
When Jacksonville University alumni think back to their days as students, memories of walking across the picturesque campus or enjoying an outdoor sporting event may come to mind.
Attending a JU ice hockey game? That wasn’t conceivable.
A group of …
Read More »JU Upward Bound celebrates 2013 graduating class
By Suwanda Baker/Upward Bound Academic Counselor
JU Upward Bound is a college preparatory program for Duval County High School students. For almost 40 years, we have had the pleasure of working with some of the area’s brightest young adults. …
Read More »A big thank you for supporting the First Coast Kids Triathlon at JU
To the JU Community,
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you that helped make the June 1-2 First Coast Kids Triathlon at Jacksonville University a great success.
With more than 1,900 participants and thousands of well-wishers on
… Read More »Chris Anderson becomes first JU player selected in MLB draft’s first round
By JU Athletics
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Jacksonville University junior Chris Anderson on Thursday, June 6 in the first round of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Taken with the No. 18 overall pick, Anderson is the …
Read More »JU alumni gather for Presidential Receptions in New York City
Jacksonville University alumni gathered May 30-31 in New York City for fellowship and to meet President Tim Cost, who provided an update on JU projects.
Receptions were held at the Stone Rose Lounge and Le Parker Meridien.
Pictured are,
… Read More »Jacksonville University ‘Street Scene’ production nets $2,000 grant
Jacksonville University has received a $2,000 Kurt Weill Foundation for Music grant to reimburse JU for advertising and musician expenses from its April production of “Street Scene: An America Opera.”
The Kurt Weill Foundation (www.kwf.org) is a New
… Read More »JU retired Prof. Stephen Baker one of ’40 most influential in Healthcare’
Recently retired JU political science professor Stephen Baker has made 904 magazine’s list of “The First Coast’s 40 Most Influential People in Healthcare.”
- Dr. Stephen Baker
The June 2013 issue of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce publication praises Baker, who
… Read More »Jacksonville University Board of Trustees selects officers
The Jacksonville University Board of Trustees has elected Fred Pruitt as chair, Margaret Black-Scott as vice chair, Matthew Kane as secretary/advocate and Charles Wodehouse as treasurer. The officers serve three-year terms.
A Board of Trustees member since 2006, Pruitt worked …
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