The Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences continues its expansion of the School of Applied Health Sciences with the start of the region’s only hybrid-style mental health counseling master’s degree to equip graduates with expertise in both clinical mental health …
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JU committed to EPIC program despite state budget setback
Jacksonville University is fully committed to continuing its growth and investment in STEM, health sciences and aviation programs with the support of our business leaders and partner employers across the region. While we are disappointed by Governor Rick Scott’s decision …
Read More »A new era: Announcing the Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences
It’s not just a new name, it’s the beginning of a transformation in healthcare education in Northeast Florida.
In honor of the largest single gift in the history of the College of Health Sciences and in gratitude for Brooks Rehabilitation’s …
Read More »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 »FIT LIFE: What’s to blame for our increasing waistlines? Too little exercise, or too many calories?
Most Americans know obesity is bad for their health and that it’s increasing at an alarming rate. In fact, obesity climbed from 25 percent to 35 percent for women and from 20 percent to 35 percent for men during the …
Read More »Proud path: MECP program offers entry into U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
They’re a unique cohort of students at Jacksonville University, entering eager to learn all they can in their chosen subject and leaving not only with their bachelor’s degree but as officers in the U.S. military, proud alumni of one of …
Read More »HEALTHY LIFE: What women need to know about bone health
You’re aging. You’re a woman. You have a diet low in calcium.
Those and other factors mean you could be at higher risk for osteoporosis, a medical condition in which bones become weak and brittle and more susceptible to fracture.
Dolphins’ Brian Holcomb inspires crowd and teammates as oldest starter in NCAA history
JU Dolphin Brian Holcomb’s first pitch Tuesday evening didn’t just come right down the pipe, it came right from the oldest starter in NCAA history.
Holcomb, who turns 35 next week, last started a game as a senior at Mason …
Read More »FIT LIFE: Does exercise show signs of a ‘tomato effect’?
The “tomato effect” occurs when highly effective therapies are either ignored or rejected. Generally, the reason for this is that the therapies do not make sense in the context of popular beliefs or understandings. A tomato effect, however, can also …
Read More »Nursing students awarded first STAR scholarships funded by Kirbo Charitable Foundation
Five School of Nursing students have been selected as the first recipients of academic scholarships funded by a $25,000 gift to the University from The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation.
Those chosen for the STAR Fellowship Scholarships …
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