Where are all the Diamondback terrapins on Cumberland Island? Marine Science graduate student Danielle D’amato wants to know, and she’s using a unique method to pay for her research: the crowdfunding site Experiment.com, which accelerates scientific research by freeing …
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A day JU will never forget: Watch Gov. Mitt Romney’s full Spring 2015 Commencement speech
The inspiring keynote address of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to graduates at Jacksonville University’s Spring 2015 Commencement on April 25, 2015, is now available to view in full. Among the 2012 Republican presidential nominee’s heartening messages in his engaging …
Read More »An offer he couldn’t refuse: JU theater alum nabs key role in AMC’s “Making of the Mob”
It’s a big break and a triumphant comeback all at once for JU alumnus Erik DeCicco.
Big break: the 2005 Theatre/English double major has a juicy role in the eight-part AMC docu-drama The Making of the Mob: New …
Read More »Four JU grads instrumental in Black Knight IPO
Four Jacksonville University alumni were key players in the recent initial public offering of Black Knight Financial Services Inc. (BKFS), formerly known as Lender Processing Services (LPS).
Black Knight was purchased by Fidelity National Financial in 2013 and has …
Read More »Happy campers: Spots still available for summer camps at JU
JU will again act as host site for numerous exciting outdoor and indoor camps this summer. Please see the list below for more information. Spots still available at many!
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Passport Staff | June 3-13 |
Team Focus | June 7-10 |
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JU pitcher and Nursing student Brian Holcomb highlighted in emotional new NCAA video
“Everything we have here in this life, in this world, has been thought about by people who dreamed, and if you dream big, you’ll accomplish everything.”
— Brian Holcomb, in NCAA.com video
NCAA.com’s new video highlighting JU Dolphin Brian Holcomb…
Read More »JU Dolphin Radio prepares for fall with upgrades and programming changes
Change is coming to the JU Dolphin Radio Station at Jacksonville University.
New for fall at the web-based station on the third floor of the Davis Student Commons are facilities upgrades including a brand-new sound board that will allow for …
Read More »Flight Team turns in strong performances at National Air Meet
The Jacksonville University Flight Team was back at Nationals this month for the first time in three years, with impressive performances including individual results of second place in the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) event and 11th out of 140 in …
Read More »Sailing Team headed back to National Championship
The JU Sailing Team has again made it into the College Sailing National Championship, one of only 36 college teams out of 250 nationally to qualify. That’s an impressive two bids to the marquee event in only three years’ existence …
Read More »WELL TRAVELED: You never know where you’ll find an ‘unexpected encounter’
There are many joys that come with traveling.
Of course we have the treasured photos and videos we share on social media, or, for those of us who still have our pictures printed the old-fashioned way, pasted into scrapbooks or