Recently published by The Washington Post, Politifact.com, and other national and local media outlets, Assistant Professor of Political Science Dr. Michael Pomante and collaborators puzzled out ease of voting from state to state.
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Selfless Service to Students: Chuck and Cami Wodehouse
He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in the same hospital as Bruce Springsteen. Not only that, he attended the same high school as another rock-and-roller, Huey Lewis. Laughing, he said, “Other than my beautiful wife, those are my …
Read More »JU & WJXT Celebrate Jacksonville’s 50 Years of Consolidation
By Sheri Webber
Jacksonville’s Consolidation story is a narrative that must be told.
In A Quiet Revolution: The Consolidation of Jacksonville-Duval County and the Dynamics of Urban Political Reform, author Richard A. Martin said:
“This is a story …
Read More »JU and WJXT Co-Host Final Republican Primary Debate for Florida Governor’s Office
By Sheri Webber
The Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute (the Institute) is no stranger to lively debates between candidates. The Institute and WJXT-TV Channel 4 have co-hosted seven televised debates in local, state, and federal elections since 2015.
Tonight, the …
Read More »Former JU Guest Speaker Now Supreme Court Hopeful
By Sheri Webber
In its six-year history, the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute (The Institute) has hosted numerous policymakers, civic leaders, elected officials, and visionaries on the national stage and locally. One former Hesburgh Lecture speaker proved no exception.
Read More »JU’s Home for Public Policy to Host Key Debates
By Sheri Webber
The Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute (Institute) and WJXT Channel 4 announced last week a televised debate and town hall in the Florida gubernatorial primary races, to be co-hosted at Jacksonville University (JU) in early August.
“The …
Read More »Catching Up with JU Alum & Former SOH Will Weatherford ’02
By Sheri Webber
Will Weatherford, 2002 Davis College of Business graduate and 2015 Jacksonville University Distinguished Alumni, is a JU stand-out and the namesake of Weatherford Hall at the Village Apartments on campus–a fitting tribute to someone who daily works …
Read More »JU launches Master in Public Policy Minority Fellowship Program with City of Jacksonville
An historic initiative backed by the Mayor, Jacksonville University and key black community advocates will offer future African-American leaders a two-year JU Master in Public Policy scholarship, a city internship and job placement help that keeps their vision and talent …
Read More »Foreign policy in the age of Trump is topic of 5th annual Hesburgh Lecture Thursday, Nov. 30
Leading national security expert Dr. Michael Desch will discuss foreign policy and the impact of Donald Trump in the fifth annual Hesburgh Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Davis College of Business, presented by the JU Public …
Read More »Recapping former Hesburgh speaker Amy Coney Barrett’s journey after JU
WAVE Magazine revisited former Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute VIP speaker and Hesburgh lecturer, Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, last year. Watch for more updates in coming weeks.
Her visit to …
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