The graduate's guide to freedom
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CAP AND GOWN
Students must order their cap and gown by April 25. Herff Jones and bookstore employees will be at the UNF Arena before the ceremony with the remaining orders for student pick-up.
Students must bring a picture ID to pick up their orders.
TICKETS
All graduates who have met requirements for the May 2 ceremony are able to pick up seven tickets at the Fine Arts Center Ticket Box Office April 28-29 from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and April 24-25 and 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
When graduates sign for their
original allotment they will be able to request extra tickets. This will be the only chance for graduates to request extra tickets.
Extra tickets will be distributed April 28 and 29. Any remaining tickets will be distributed April 30 to all graduates in line beginning at 8:30 a.m.
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Candlelight vigil honors Virginia Tech losses
To anyone who is not a part of the Hokie family or was not affected by the Virginia Tech massacre, the phrase "live for the 32" might have little significance. Thirty-two students and faculty members were killed during the April 16, 2007 shootings.
The VT Alumni Association of Jacksonville worked with the UNF Interfaith Center to organize a candlelight vigil April 16 for the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.
A similar ceremony took place after the tragedy last year at UNF when a member of the alumni association contacted a member of Campus Ministries.
With a turnout of 300 people last year, social chair of the association Carolyn Ranieri contacted UNF Dean of students, Tom Van Schoor, at the beginning of the month to see if Campus Ministries could co-host the event again.
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Literary journal launched
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Senior English majors Michael Chmielewski and Sean Thompson started an online literary journal. |
Two UNF students launched an online literary journal April 15 that will cater to readers and writers with short attention spans.
Snap!, co-edited by Michael Chmielewski and Sean Thompson, will feature short "snapshots" of written expression.
The editors, both senior English majors and avid writers, wanted to provide a way for people to express themselves in "quick flashes of thought, wisdom and literature," Thompson said. Brevity is Snap!'s focus.
"There are a lot of good writers out there that don't have it in them to write a full novel or something more lengthy," Chmielewski said. "We wanted to give those writers an opportunity to have their work published."
In addition to its focus on short pieces, Snap! will provide a new twist on things.
"Our focus will be young people who want to get published or anyone who wants to read contemporary perspective," Thompson said.
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