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ADHD, market globalization, radiation therapy, Exercise is Medicine and even how fish eyes work on tap for Faculty & Student Symposium

March 31, 2017 Comments Off on ADHD, market globalization, radiation therapy, Exercise is Medicine and even how fish eyes work on tap for Faculty & Student Symposium

The 2017 Faculty & Student Symposium (#JUSymp2017) this Monday and Tuesday, April 3-4, features more than 200 projects, with topics such as Diagnosing Childhood ADHD in Primary Care; Market Globalization Strategies to Succeed; Protons vs. Photons in Radiation Therapy; Nature …

Charter Week 2017 celebrates JU campus and community April 3-8 with acts of service, ArtWalk, TedX Salon, concert and festivities

March 31, 2017 Comments Off on Charter Week 2017 celebrates JU campus and community April 3-8 with acts of service, ArtWalk, TedX Salon, concert and festivities

Charter Week 2017 (#JUCharterWeek) recognizing the University’s 1934 origins features dozens of events over the coming week of April 3-8, including a food drive and distribution, Day of Service, hip-hop concert for the JU community, a first-ever JU ArtWalk, a …

Purple Heart parking space dedication Monday to feature Wounded Warrior and JU student veteran Sean Karpf

March 30, 2017 Comments Off on Purple Heart parking space dedication Monday to feature Wounded Warrior and JU student veteran Sean Karpf

To pay tribute to its active-duty and veteran students who are recipients of the Purple Heart medal and who made great sacrifices to ensure U.S. citizens’ freedoms, Jacksonville University is dedicating two parking spots on campus in collaboration with the …

Junior McKenzie Bolin, Assistant Dean of Students DaVina Hamilton, Executive Secretary Dolores Starr honored at Women’s History Month celebration

March 29, 2017 Comments Off on Junior McKenzie Bolin, Assistant Dean of Students DaVina Hamilton, Executive Secretary Dolores Starr honored at Women’s History Month celebration

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Jacksonville University recently named its Student of the Year and Woman of the Year, while also bestowing a special Decades of Dedication Award.

With hundreds in attendance at Terry Concert Hall, President Tim Cost …

School of Applied Health Sciences’ pioneering program to address region’s mental health specialist shortage off to booming start

March 22, 2017 Comments Off on School of Applied Health Sciences’ pioneering program to address region’s mental health specialist shortage off to booming start

A leading-edge effort by the School of Applied Health Sciences to boost the number of mental health and substance abuse paraprofessionals in the region is off to a strong start, with projections for nearly 60 people to complete free Enhanced …

Empowerment a key pillar of JU membership in American Association of University Women

March 21, 2017 Comments Off on Empowerment a key pillar of JU membership in American Association of University Women

With a goal of empowering students by offering key assistance in everything from scholarships to networking opportunities to salary negotiation help, the University has become a partner member of the American Association of University Women.

The influential, 170,000-member organization works …

Music major DeAndre Lettsome’s winning sound earns him a coveted spot in the acclaimed ‘Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead’ residency

March 17, 2017 Comments Off on Music major DeAndre Lettsome’s winning sound earns him a coveted spot in the acclaimed ‘Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead’ residency

Saxophonist DeAndre Lettsome is on his way to blowing right by his teacher, and Director of Jazz Studies John Ricci couldn’t be more thrilled.

Lettsome starts one of the world’s most venerated residencies for emerging jazz artists on Monday. The …

Davis College of Business forges coveted partnership with Japan’s acclaimed Waseda University School of Commerce

March 13, 2017 Comments Off on Davis College of Business forges coveted partnership with Japan’s acclaimed Waseda University School of Commerce

The Davis College of Business is only the second U.S. institution to partner in an exchange agreement with the prestigious School of Commerce at Tokyo’s Waseda University, with plans to send undergraduates to the top-ranked private school next spring, and …

Therapy the Irish way is on the Spring Break Study Abroad itinerary for School of Applied Health Sciences students

March 3, 2017 Comments Off on Therapy the Irish way is on the Spring Break Study Abroad itinerary for School of Applied Health Sciences students

When students in the School of Applied Health Sciences travel to Ireland this Spring Break, they won’t just be communing with nature at the Cliffs of Moher or hiking the Wicklow Mountains, they’ll be hitting the road (on the left …

Uptick in international students and researchers predicted as campus receives official U.S. Exchange Visitor designation

March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Uptick in international students and researchers predicted as campus receives official U.S. Exchange Visitor designation

Jacksonville University is now among a handful of private colleges in Florida to receive official U.S. State Department designation as an Exchange Visitor sponsor.

The approval means that more international short-term students, researchers and professors, including Fulbright Scholars, will be …