Military veterans will be able to navigate the higher ed system and attain their degrees more easily after Monday’s announcement that the Northeast Florida Military Veteran College Network is up and running, leveraging the resources and personnel of the region’s …
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Homecoming and Family Weekend tours to highlight comprehensive campus wide improvements
On Saturday, October 10, from 2 until 5 p.m., Jacksonville University administrators and representatives from the Office of Student Life will be on hand to showcase renovations made across campus over the past several months. Improvements include those projects related …
Read More »WELL-TRAVELED: From Chicago to Detroit, it’s a classic vacation by car
For many baby boomers, the quintessential summer vacation was the family road trip. But those who observe American cultural changes have noticed the decline of the family car vacation.
Many of us remember being loaded in the station wagon with
Dr. Quinton White nets major state award for work in marine science education, research and conservation
Lifelong educator and researcher. River advocate. Marine biologist. Media commentator and columnist. Environmentalist. And now Dr. Quinton White can add another title to that long and growing list: Florida Wildlife Federation Marine Conservationist of the Year.
The director …
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 »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 »Commission on Presidential Debates eyes JU as host site
The Commission on Presidential Debates in Washington, D.C., has announced that Jacksonville University has been selected to be considered to host a Presidential or Vice Presidential debate in fall 2016. It is the first time the University has competed for …
Read More »Live fully by being positive – and steering clear of pessimists, Florida Board of Education Chair Gary Chartrand tells JU graduates
The best way to live a rewarding life, one in which you develop confidence in yourself, resolve to take action and then make some waves along the way, can be summed up in one word: optimism.
That was some of …
Read More »New student residence halls underway at campus’ north end signal University’s forward push
Rimrock Devlin Development has started construction on Jacksonville University’s new Dolphin Residence Hall, and has released the first full-color renderings, site plan and interior designs to students and the public.
Dolphin Residence Hall, which will be on land immediately adjacent …
Read More »2014: A year of exciting growth and expansion for Jacksonville University
It was a news-filled year in 2014 for Jacksonville University. Here’s a list of some of the more impressive stories of JU’s outstanding progress: