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The University of North Florida was named one of the 139 best colleges in the Southeast by the Princeton Review.
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Dr. Courtney Hackney, director of the Coastal Biology Program at UNF, discusses how offshore drilling poses more risks than just oil spills.
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By December 2009, and after almost $250 million in construction projects, the University of North Florida will look completely different.
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Dr. Courtney Hackney, director of the Coastal Biology Program at UNF, talks about how restoring natures isn't as easy as many people believe, in his monthly Shorelines coastal column.
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UNF is increasing its programs to capitalize on the area's geography, including rivers, marshes and the ocean, which are ripe for study.
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UNF professor David Lambert and his construction forensics students are studying what factors cause a structure to collapse after a hurricane and how each factor contributes to devastating damage.
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Hollywood director Joey Travolta, brother of actor John Travolta, is giving kids with autism leading roles at a film camp he is conducting at UNF.
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Pat Welsh, executive director of the Advanced Weather Information Systems Lab at UNF, is among a group of scientists that deployed a buoy to help determine how the ocean and the Nassau and St. Johns rivers impact each other.
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A dozen UNF students camped out at Hanna Park recently, then awoke the next day to study how hurricanes do their damage.
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Dr. Cliff Ross, a UNF biology professor, and UNF senior Brad Bullington traveled to the Keys to study red tide's effect on coral reefs.
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A Ponte Vedra organization that benefits children with autism is teaming with the University of North Florida to bring Joey Travolta's film camp for autistic children to campus this summer.
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The University uses a banged-up car to remind its students of the dangers of not wearing a seat belt.
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Dr. Pam Chally, dean of the Brooks College of Health at UNF, was among four women recently honored for their contributions to the First Coast. Chally was recognized for her contribution to nursing education.
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Members of UNF's Delta Upsilon fraternity recently held a Shave-a-thon on campus in order to raise support and money for cancer research.
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UNF music major DeSean Kirkland is one of the first Jacksonville Commitment scholarship recipients and won't have to worry about taking out student loans and back-breaking debt.
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Dr. Pam Chally, dean of the Brooks College of Health at UNF, is the EVE Award winner for education and is addressing the area's nursing shortage.
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The Coggin College and local business leaders recognized three of their own during the 11th Annual Prime F. Osborn III Distinguished Business Leaders Awards luncheon.
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Shortly after commencement in 2006, UNF graduate Sara Dougherty joined the Peace Corps and lived in Kenya to help improve health and hygiene habits in the village of Ithiani.
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Briana Moore waited patiently to walk across the stage at UNF. Within minutes, she would be the first graduate of an innovative program at the University for students with developmental disabilities.
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UNF's College of Education and Human Services honored Cleo Jones, a kindergarten teacher at Rufus Payne Elementary School, with a Gladys Prior Award for Teaching Excellence. Jones is the first public inner-city school teacher to win the award.
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Nat Glover, special advisor to UNF President John A. Delaney, recently spoke at a local Rotary meeting about how The Jacksonville Commitment, a program to provide college scholarships to low-income students of all races, can make a difference in the lives of others.
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Every year, students in UNF's Osprey Financial Group class manage 1 percent of the University's endowment fund and invest it like the pros do.
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Prosser Hallock Inc. has donated $58,000 to UNF in order to establish an endowed scholarship that will benefit students pursuing a degree in civil engineering.
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Bill Prince, professor emeritus of music at UNF, was recently inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Hall of Fame for his contribution to jazz in the community.
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Snap!, a new online literary journal based at UNF, recently launched the first installment of its "Perpetual May" issue.
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Former Jacksonville Sheriff Nat Glover, now special advisor to UNF President John A. Delaney, is out in the community building support for The Jacksonville Commitment, a scholarship program that makes a college education affordable to Duval County Public School students from low-income families.
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The UNF Students in Free Enterprise team recently returned to Jacksonville as regional winners after participating in the USA Regional Competition in Orlando, marking the organization's 11th consecutive regional victory.
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Textbooks and notes are not the only required classroom items for some UNF students--a remote control is also on the list.
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UNF student Valeria Nolla has been awarded two service awards--the Scholar of Promise and the President's Volunteer Service Award--for her community service
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UNF students Christopher Miller, Rory Nicolaides and Jaime Williams all have something in common: outstanding records of volunteerism.
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The sea and the maritime industry turned out to be fruitful adventures for Capt. Len Blanchart and his wife Eleanor who gave $1 million to UNF for a scholarship endowment they established in 1989.
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Let Us Play! Sports Camp held at UNF helps girls master track and field events. The camp is a partnership between UNF, Communities in Schools and Bryan and Leah Barker, who established the camp in 1996.
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UNF recognized students last week who are the first in their families to seek a four-year college degree, during a First Generation Scholarship Luncheon at the University Center on campus.
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The annual botball competition has been held regionally at the University of North Florida for two decades.
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UNF is sponsoring a community-based V-Day campaign to stop violence against women and girls, raising funds for Betty Griffin House, Quigley House and the Women's Center of Jacksonville.
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UNF, JU, FCCJ, Edward Waters College and the City announced a major scholarship program that makes college affordable and obtainable for Duval students from low-income families.
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More than 30 University of North Florida students recently joined to create Campus Girl Scouts at UNF, an interest group for students who want to be involved in Girl Scouting.
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It all comes down to a University of North Florida student engineering team to clinch a win in an international technology desgin competition.
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UNF administrators, public school officials and law enforcement officers from across the state took part in a workshop at the University in order to sharpen their agencies' critical incident plans.
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Dr. Courtney Hackney, director of UNF's Coastal Biology Program, says alterations to the St. Johns River could have an impact.
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UNF junior Grant Prather wasn't supposed to make it to age 25. But he did. He was never supposed to run a 15k race either. But he did with someone else's lungs.
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Outsourcing has driven down costs but has placed a strain on the global supply chain as businesses spread out. That's one of the issues national business leaders recently talked about during the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing conference at UNF.
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Kelvin LeBeaux, 30, a UNF senior, designed his first security robot in 2004. He met with various home security companies interested in producing his model, but he was unable to procure financial backing. After talks stalled, he decided to produce the security robot himself.
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UNF is offering a unique GlobalMBA program that thrusts its students through 15 months of rigorous course work at three international universities and a final semester at their home institution.
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UNF recently received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to research and develop a prototype for a direct methanol fuel cell-powered laptop to be used by the military.
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Researchers at UNF are embarking on a project that could result in longer battery life for everything from cell phones to laptop computers.
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High school students recently competed in the First Coast Envirothon at the UNF Wildlife Sancturary to test their knowledge about environmental issues and resource management.
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Two UNF students, a graduate and a professor recently traveled to Zambia, South Africa, to teach computer literacy and entrepreneurship programs to help potential businesses have a chance to succeed.
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Just in time to prop up those waning New Year's resolutions to get into shape comes "The Diet Selector" by Dr. Judy Rodriguez, a UNF nutrition professor. She gives the low down on diets from Atkins to The Zone in her new book.
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Former UNF student Joshua Watkins, a fallen Marine who died in 2006 while on foot patrol in Fallujah, will have his memory live on through an endowed scholarship at the University.
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A sold-out crowd at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida came out to see Russell Crowe and his Rabbitohs take on the Leeds Rhinos.
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Dr. Judy Rodriguez, UNF nutrition professor and author of "The Diet Selector," tells you how to select the right diet for you.
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Lori Cross, a UNF student registered nurse anesthetist, deals with challenging classroom assignments like most students but her classroom is a bit more challenging: an operating room at UF Shands Jacksonville.
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A four-star general who once led U.S. forces in Iraq will speak at UNF to a full house of nearly 800 people.
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One University of North Florida engineering student has much more on his plate besides attending classes and studying for exams.
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The Social Sciences Building at the University of North Florida recently received the 2007 Award of Excellence for University Building by the Southeast Construction Association.
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UNF celebrated its fourth groundbreaking ceremony in less than a year by pouring the first block of cement for the University's new College of Education and Human Services building.
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Kenton Bell, UNF scoreboard operator, was born without arms or legs and has become an institution on the sideline at Osprey's basketball and volleyball games.
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Dr. Jim Fletcher, UNF mechanical engineering professor, has applied for more than $1 million in grant money to develop alternative energy technologies in the area of fuel cell transportation.
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Many people are already plotting how to drop some pounds. Dr. Judy Rodriguez, UNF nutrition professor, discusses how to find the right diet for you in her new book "The Diet Selector."
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Jacksonville is blessed with some of the finest medical facilities anywhere. They need to change as circumstances change. This is why UNF's Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy is conducting a Caring Community Conference.
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Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe visited the University of North Florida to announce his rugby league club, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, will hold a training camp and exhibition game in January.
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Nancy Soderberg, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at UNF, talked about her life with The Florida Times-Union.
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Ecotourism is a growing market. Dr. Ray Bowman, director of UNF's Environmental Center, says there is a growing population that is looking for something more educational and intellectual.
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University of North Florida music professor Charlotte Mabrey is gearing up to present her 24th annual "An Evening of 20th Century Music" and says the performance should be compelling and thought-provoking.
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It was a hot, muggy summer day but students and instructors at the University of North Florida showed up to participate in UNF's first iron pour.
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Batman was just one of many fantastical characters put on trial by students participating in a six-week mock trial course at the University of North Florida.
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A new program at the University of North Florida is helping developmentally disabled students get an authentic college experience.
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For two weeks this spring, University of North Florida nursing student Stacey Enriquez got a close look at a country in the throes of a health catastrophe.
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A catchphrase at the University of North Florida is Transformational Learning Opportunities, and for the 30 members of the UNF Chorale who toured Portugal this spring, a symphony of "TLO Moments" awaited.
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Retired University of North Florida marketing professor Lowell Salter was just back from the Navy in 1965 when his father gave him a boat, a 14-foot single-engine Glastron.
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With baby boomers retiring, companies are going to need people who can maintain COBOL systems, says Judith Solano, director of the University of North Florida's school of computing. This is why UNF requires students to take COBOL and newer languages as part of the information system sciences program.
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It's refreshing to see the commitment being made to the University of North Florida to undergraduate education.
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The college graduate hiring season is well under way. Rick Roberts, director of career services at the University of North Florida, says employers are especially looking for grads in information technology and services, engineering and construction.
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Thirteen University of North Florida students are packing their suitcases with clothes for the people of Ghana, where they are headed this summer as part of their studies of West Africa.
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The University of North Florida's Coggin College of Business honored four local business leaders for their roles both in the business world and the community at large.
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Higher education leaders may see little similarity between the University of North Florida and Ohio University. But UNF leaders have found major ones with Miami University in Ohio.
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The atmosphere backstage at the University of North Florida's Robinson Theater was charged with excitement during opening night of the UNF Opera Ensemble's first-ever fully staged opera Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
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The University of North Florida recently awarded first-generation scholarships to several students who are the first in their families to seek a four-year college degree.
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A new institute at the Unviversity of North Florida will allow area officials to gain quality leadership training locally and less expensively than in other programs.
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A University of North Florida psychology major recently presented her research on suicide terrorism on Capitol Hill as part of Posters on the Hill, sponsored by The Council on Undergraduate Research.
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The University of North Florida recently recognized students who are the first in their families to seek a four-year college degree.
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The University of North Florida honored UNF senior Melissa Bright with an outstanding record of volunteerism when it handed out nearly 1,900 degrees during spring commencement.
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The University of North Florida will offer graduate students a new course track in nonprofit management this fall under the master's of public administration program.
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A recent University of North Florida poll shows that about 68 percent of the registered voters in Duval County who responded would be willing to pay more taxes to fund police and crime prevention programs.
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Catherine and the late Lewis Brantley, former Floridaa Senate president, has endowed a scholarship at the University of North Florida to fund need-based and merit scholarships.
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University of North Florida golf coach Scott Schroeder and Mike Giammaresi, a UNF senior who plays on the golf team, talk to the Florida Times-Unon about how college prepares an athlete to develop life skills.
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More than 300 UNF students received a First Generation Scholarship and are the first in their families to seek a four-year college degree. The matching grant program was highlighted in The Florida Times-Union.
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Dr. Pam Chally, dean of the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida, was featured in the April issue of Florida Trend magazine as a 2007 Innovator in Jacksonville for helping to solve the community’s nursing shortage by bringing private-sector competitors together to work on the problem.
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The University of North Florida joined a partnership with IBM that connects researchers at universities in Latin America, Spain and the U.S. and encourages Hispanic students to acheive higher levels of education and to enter the information computer sciences field
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The University of North Florida recently received approval from the Florida Board of Governors to offer two new doctorate programs in the Brooks College of Health.
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The Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida recently hosted its third annual Girls Going Places conference, a full-day, free forum that exposes high school girls to the world of owning a business.
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The new Career Management Center at the University of North Florida's Coggin College of Business will provide students with services and technology that will help their career development and connect them with out-of-market businesses.
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The University of North Florida plans to launch two new doctoral programs, hoping to make a dent in the local shortage of skilled medical workers, pending approval from the Florida Board of Governors.
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University of North Florida pre-med student Valeria Nolla is one of eight cyclists who will trek across the state for the next 12 days to raise awareness for seltbelt use.
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University of North Florida music student Alex Nguyen is already an accomplished jazz musician. At 20, he went to Bangkok, Thailand where he won the prestigious International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition. He was featured in the March issue of Palm Coast Lifestyles magazine.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will spoke to a packed crowd at the University of North Florida's Fine Arts Center, sharing thoughts on politics, crime and sports with The Florida Times-Union.
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Everybody's got a system for conquering March Madness. Dr. Jay Coleman, associate dean at the University of North Florida, came up with a mathematics-based computer program designed to predict which teams get into the tournament each year.
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It was recently "Garbage on the Green" time at the University of North Florida. Volunteers donned protective white jumpsuits and blue gloves to poke through a mound of stinky trash. But all for a good cause.
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A model developed by University of North Florida business professor Dr. Jay Coleman could help determine which basetball teams will receive at-large invites to the NCAA tournament, aka March Madness.
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Jay Coleman, associate dean in the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida, explains his Dance Card computer program for March Madness with the Ponte Vedra Recorder.
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The University of North Florida and IBM are working together on a program to develop applications in health care, life sciences, hurricane mitigation and nanotechnology.
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University of North Florida student Erin Chandler was in for a happy surprise when she attended a men's basketball game and went home with a brand new car.
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The University of North Florida's Economics and Geography Department is offering access to local economic data through its new Local Economic Indicators Project Website.
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Greg DiFranza, tactical enforcement coordinator at UNF's Institute of Police Technology and Management, recently taught a week-long course on drug investigation tactics to a group of police officers from across the Southeast.
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When John Delaney was inaugurated as president of the University of North Florida in February 2004, he promised to raise its endowment from $43.7 million to $100 million by 2009. Three years later, UNF has been so successful in attracting financial support that Delaney has revised that goal upward.
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Mayor John Peyton has told his staff that he wants the city's buildings to be more environmentally friendly, hoping the city also will save on longterm operating, energy and water costs. Right now, the University of North Florida is the city's public sector leader in greening.
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The Florida Legislature would make an already imperfect tax system worse if it implements the radical reform proposals coming out of Tallahassee lately, local economists say. Dr. Paul Mason, UNF economics chair, says the tax reform proposals reflect high property values.
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Students in UNF's School of Nursing, along with the Northeast Florida Area Health Education Center and the Nassau County Health Department and School District are teaching Yulee Elementary School students to take care of themselves, inside and out.
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University of North Florida nursing student Stacey Enriquez is preparing to travel to South Africa. She is the first student in Northeast Florida accepted by the International Scholar Laureate Program, which provides first-hand cultural learning experiences for pre-professional university students.
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The University of North Florida has created a new center to foster global understanding of health issues and to improve health and medical care.
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The University of North Florida has launched a "think tank" that aims to tackle pressing local health concerns, such as access to care and infant mortality.
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Janice Donaldson, regional director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, told the Jacksonville Business Journal that entrepreneurs age 50 and older are a growing demographic in Jacksonville.
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University of North Florida graduate Kristen Moore always dreamed of jumping off Shamu's nose since she visited Sea World as a young girl. Today, she works as a videographer for Sea World's Discovery Cove.
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International trade was the focus of the Florida International Business Summit recently held at the University of North Florida. Dr. Jeff Steagall, director of UNF's International Business flagship program, said the summit got all of the issues out in the open.
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Dr. Pam Chally, dean of UNF's Brooks College of Health and a co-chairwoman of First Coast Nurse Leaders Consortium, had a letter to the editor featured in The Florida Times-Union about how health care organizations in the region are working together to address the issue of filling health care jobs.
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In life or death situations, police decide whether to pull the trigger or wait. Deciding when to shoot is part training and part instinct, says Greg DiFranza, a tactical instructor at UNF's Institute of Police Technology and Management.
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The University of North Florida will hold its first campus-wide business plan competition in March as part of an initiative to promote entrepreneurship in all of the school's colleges.
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In this University of North Florida course, there are no books, no tests, no assignments, no grades. The only requirement is to bring a wine glass to class.
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University of North Florida anthropology professor and linguist Ron Kephart says the practice of cliches starts innocently. He says everyday expressions become overused.
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Dr. Charles Winton, UNF computing professor, demonstrated three robots at St. Johns River Community College's St. Augustine campus, outlining the benefits and limitations of the machines.
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University of North Florida freshman Matthew Radilla's high school baseball career was disappointing. He thought seriously about giving up baseball. But UNF coach Dusty Rhodes and his assistant Bob Shepherd urged him to consider the Ospreys, a decision that saved his life.
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Pam Chally, dean of the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida, is co-founder of the First Coast Nurse Leaders Consortium, which was initiated to address the nursing shortage in Northeast Florida.
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Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, associate professor of instructional technology at the University of North Florida, is one of three educators chosen to evaluate a pilot program by the Florida Department of Education that integrates laptops into the classroom.
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Some University of North Florida students in the Building Construction Management Program will be refurbishing and repainting the weathered, 20-foot concrete dinosaur looming along Beach Boulevard.
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UNF graduate Doris Kosova wants to go on to become a physician and has been honored by UNF with the Senior Service Award by the Alumni Association for her outstanding record of volunteerism.
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Connecting to the high-speed Internet service Florida LambdaRail through the University of North Florida could save the Florida Department of Transportation up to $60 million in its quest to connect transportation centers througout the state.
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According to a poll conducted by the University of North Florida, more than 70 percent of likely voters in Jacksonville approve of the job performance of Mayor John Peyton, but only half that number said they would vote for him if the mayoral election were held today.
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University of North Florida real estate professor Sid Rosenberg has made a living analyzing real estate markets for the past 35 years and says the Jacksonville area market will rebound from anything resembling a bubble.
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In 1972, the University of North Florida opened as a two-year school with just over 2,000 students. These days, UNF's enrollment grows annually by up to 1,000 with students from its home state, the rest of the country and internationally.
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The University of North Florida announced this week that it created a research center to help businesses and government agencies improve their economic planning and forecasting.
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The University of North Florida's Division of Continuing Education has recognized 12 companies and individuals with Excellence in Employee Development Awards.
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After Amy Vazquez's son was killed in Iraq in October, she asked well-wishers to donate to a scholarship fund in lieu of sending flowers. It blossomed into a $25,000 endowment at the University of North Florida.
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The University of North Florida will spend more than $170 million over the next three years on the first steps in implementing its master plan.
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For Zohar Levites, the seminal moment in his quest to become an anesthetist occurred when he was a 17-year-old student in his native Russia.
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Formal Duval County Sheriff Nat Glover had stayed in the background since leaving office. Now, he is a special assistant to University of North Florida President John Delaney. His role is to promote higher education by encouraging students to continue on to college.
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Dr. John McDonough, director of the nurse anesthetist program, was interviewed by EndoNurse magazine about the debate over drugs to use for sedation and who should administer them.
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At a press conference at UNF, former Sheriff Nat Glover was announced as a roving ambassador for higher education in Jacksonville.
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Former Jacksonville Sheriff Nat Glover is stepping out of retirement, agreeing to serve as a "special envoy" to three local colleges and encourage teens to stay in school and seek a college degree.
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When Lowell Salter turns in his student's final grades this December and retires, it will end a chapter in the story of the Jacksonville small-business community.
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For the third annual Great City Rescue Bed Race, more than a hundred people dressed as superheroes and raced beds on wheels around a track. The top overall winner was a team of University of North Florida nursing students dressed up as Ghostbusters.
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Unlike most other nursing programs in the country, University of North Florida nursing students are assigned to work with senior citizens and children in the community before they do clinical medical training at hospitals and nursing homes.
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About 100 building-construction management students at the University of North Florida used their knowledge from the classroom to help repair the Jacksonville Boys Home Nov. 4.
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University of North Florida trustees have approved adding doctorate programs in physical therapy and nursing practice to the growing curriculum of the Brooks College of Health.
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The fear of a runaway national debt is eclipsed only by the extent to which it's misunderstood. Economics professor Dr. Jeff Steagall was interviewed by The Florida Times-Union about why the government racks up the debt.
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Best-selling romance novelist Nora Roberts is taking a break from her furious writing pace for a couple of days to speak at the University of North Florida.
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University of North Florida President John Delaney announced Thursday the university will receive a $1 million donation for coastal engineering from Taylor Engineering Inc., a Jacksonville-based company.
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The designation of coastal biology as the University of North Florida's latest flagship program and a $1 million donation for coastal engineering research will allow UNF to be a leader in the region's environmental research.
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Alltel wireless customers now can build and deploy their own data collection forms using the UT Starcom PPC 6700. The software, created by GeoAge, Inc., eliminates the need for paper forms and dramatically improves the quality and accuracy of data collected in the field.
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A new entrepreneurship minor to be offered at University of North Florida's Coggin College of Business starting next fall is in line with a national trend to academically satisy the curricular demands of a generation of students who want to be employers, not employees.
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Campus Technology magazine interviewed Jeff Durfee, assistant director of information security, in its October issue about measures universities are taking to protect their networks.
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Cherie Bizier, a freshman nursing student, was recently awarded the first Joseph H. Williams Endowed Scholarship by the Florida Georgia Blood Alliance.
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For the third time in its short history, the University of North Florida received an important donation from the Hodges family.
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Longtime University of North Florida benefactors George and Kernan Hodges have donated $2 million to the school for improvements to the soccer and track stadium.
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The University of North Florida says two long-time benefactors have donated $2 million dollars toward the refurbishment of its soccer and track stadium.
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Mayor John Peyton was on campus at the University of North Florida to support its announcement of four community outreach programs designed to break down barriers of isolation and engage children with mentoring and inspire interest in literacy, the arts and physical science.
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Glasses were welded on the top of the ears of the Mahatma Gandhi statue, which stands in the courtyard between Building 1 and Building 2 on campus. The Florida Times-Union captured welders putting the finishing touches on the lifelike 8-foot tall bronze statue that will be unveiled on campus Sunday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m.
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As the dean of the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida since 1998, Pamela Chally is leading and preparing the next generation of health care professionals by providing knowledge and tools to educate them.
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A University of North Florida professor and author will be honored today for his work toward improving the criminal justice system through both his research and leadership.
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Sociology professor Krista Paulsen discusses county fairs and their history in our society.
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UNF student Shane Horn's father and grandfather were both military men, and he continued the tradition with a stint in the U.S. Air Force. Now their legacy has helped Horn earn a scholarship from the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
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Greg DiFranza, instructor at the Institute of Police Technology and Management, teaches traffic stop techniques to hundreds of police officers from around the country each year. He was interviewed by WESH Ch. 2 in Orlando about traffic stop procedure.
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University of North Florida graduate student Zachary Champagne was in the midst of a good math lesson: his students were clicking and he didn't want to stop.
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The College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida announces Amelia Williams as the first recipient of the Sir Colville Young Endowed Scholarship.
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University of North Florida honors students helped makeover three local elementary school libraries as part of a Service Learning Program.
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Justin Timberlake probably won't have to worry about losing the top spot on iTunes' list of most downloaded songs to a University of North Florida chemistry course anytime soon. But those chem labs are coming to a UNF iPod near you.
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University of North Florida student Todd Uhlman has a passion for nursing, which led him to become the first Florida student named president of the National Student Nurses Association.
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Twenty-six University of North Florida students and their professors recently went to Belize to understand the United States.
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Ask University of North Florida student Justin Damiano about his recent trip to Senegal and immediately he will start talking about how, like Jacksonville, the city of Dakar is under heavy construction.
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The University of North Florida has constructed a new 63,000-square-foot Social Science building in an effort to build "greener" and run the building more efficiently.
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Eleven UNF nursing students jumped at the chance to show their skills to passing visitors at the recent Health Symposium for People of All Nations at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.
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President John Delaney was featured in the Times-Union in an article on how sports impacted the lives of some of Northeast Florida?s leaders.
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Eight Jacksonville high school students received a three-day crash course in the legal world at the first legal camp organized by the University of North Florida.
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Local philanthropist Charles M. "Buddy" Neviaser has donated $500,000 to the University of North Florida's Brooks College of Health.
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Englewood grad enrolls at UNF on scholarship after a year and a half of homelessness.
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A UNF class spent 12 days seeing Europe by rail; along the way, they learned more than just physics.
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University of North Florida dean Robert Wood plans to create the region's best high-level executive training program.
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A once homeless teenager is finding family at the University of North Florida.
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Students from the University of North Florida are setting up free computers for refugees from all over the world who have set up new homes in Northeast Florida.
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Jim Albert, president of Idea Integration, is taking aggressive steps to ensure he has a supply of computer science graduates to work at his technology company. With the competition for those candidates increasing, he has begun talks with University of North Florida officials to implement a work-force training course that would guarantee students an interview with Idea Integration.
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Home listings are increasing but fewer people are buying. Sid Rosenberg, a real estate professor at the University of North Florida, says "It's the classic beginning of a bust."
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College graduates, students and families with federal college loans have just three weeks left to lock in interest rates while they're still on the low side. Will Hunter, enrollment services coordinator at the University of North Florida, suggests consolidating lonas as soon as possible.
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The University of North Florida and its business school have plans to capitalize on their success.
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A group of middle school students participating in the Math, Science and Engineering Camp at the University of North Florida made homemade rockets in order to test the laws of physics.
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James Fletcher, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of North Florida, has driven the future. But don't look for it pulling up to a bus stop near you any time soon.
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A University of North Florida project aims to improve weather forecasting by giving researchers and the general public easy access to weather information from a variety of sources.
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The University of North Florida isn't just producing lots of graduates these days--it's business majors are some of the brightest in the country.
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The idea for the book "The Helping Hands" came to her as an adolescent. The University of North Florida English major eventually plotted a five-book series based on an imaginary gang of activists and got the first novel published when she was 18.
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Ready4Work is a prisoner re-entry program for recently released convicts that provides support to help them stay out of jail. Michael Hallett, UNF criminal justice chair, said the likelihood that the City of Jacksonville will provide funds for Ready4Work isn't great.
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University of North Florida President John A. Delaney recently designated two Coggin College of Business programs as flagship programs: international business and transportation and logistics.
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University of North Florida alum Dorothy Johnson is a pushover when it comes to volunteering. Earning her first degree from UNF at 54 and her second at 62, Johnson says, "I love my university."
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University of North Florida President John A. Delaney announced last Friday the Sam E. Mousa Endowed Merit Scholarship Fund. Luke Hopper, a Fletcher High School graduate and honor student, is the first recipient.
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University of North Florida student Kristophor Linster, an Osprey baseball player, said his freshman year was a tremendous experience.
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Four Duval County teachers are winners of the Gladys Prior Awards for Teaching Excellence, administered by the University of North Florida's College of Education and Human Services.
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Many people think dirty kitchens are just a restaurant's problem but if you take a peak inside your own fridge, you might find a bacteria buffet. University of North Florida health instructor Daniel Santibanez says one of the biggest misconceptions is when people buy food and go by the freshness date. "That's the date if it's unopened."
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Two programs in the University of North Florida's Coggin College of Business will get extra funding after being designated flagship programs.
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University of North Florida head coach Dusty Rhodes has worn many hats during a lifetime spent in baseball. A baseball lifer such as Rhodes is bound to have some interesting stories that few people have heard. So here are a few of his recollections.
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University of North Florida art students help hospitalized children create their own artwork through the Art With A Heart For Children program.
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About 800 employees of AOL's call center on the Southside are looking for new jobs. John McAllister, dean of the Coggin College of Business, said outsourcing jobs to other countries is a part of today's reality.
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John McAllister, dean of the Coggin College of Business, expects to be able to identify and simplify problems brought to him by faculty and students, and hopefully, offer solutions.
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The Univeristy of North Florida's College of Education and Human Services awarded four Duval County teachers the Gladys Prior Award for Teaching Excellence--one of the largest teacher awards in the nation.
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Four First Coast teachers are being honored for their hard work and dedication to students. The teacher's received the Gladys Prior Award for Teaching Excellence, administered by the University of North Florida's College of Education and Human Services.
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Kate Hicks and Kristen Jones, two seniors majoring in business at the University of North Florida, envision starting Everything But the Kitchen Sink, a specialized consignment store where people would be able to buy and sell cooking appliances and gadgets otherwise collecting dust.
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Political experts say Florida has come a long way from its days as a citizen legislature, having increased pay and the size of legislative staff. "A lot of people don't realize the Legislature is basically a full-time operation, whether or not the legislators are there," said Matt Corrigan, a political science professor at UNF.
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A group of 14 University of North Florida students recently spent their spring break in the small village of Mondana in Ecuador working on service projects.
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Rebekah Addey will receive her degree in communications from the University of North Florida this summer, but she will also take with her the knowledge of human sexuality and gender role behaviors.
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Members of the University of North Florida student chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals recently won the COBOL competition at the 11th annual National Collegiate Conference held in Dallas.
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One is a UNF biology major and aspires to return to her native land of Jamaica as a physician. The other is a secondary English education major who dedicated herself to one local nonprofit organiztion so she could learn and grow as an individual.
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Small class sizes and a commitment to teaching over research explain why The Princeton Review named the University of North Florida No. 5 on a list of "best value" public colleges in the nation last month, the school's president said.
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A poll by the University of North Florida found that most Jacksonville residents expect a direct hit from a hurricane, but the majority of area residents aren't prepared for the upcoming season, which begins June 1.
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The University of North Florida was No. 5 on the "Top 10 Best Value Public Colleges" list in the America's Best Value Colleges" book, by The Princeton Review.
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Grant Prather, a 23-year-old sophomore at the University of North Florida, was 4 months old the first time he says his doctor 'told my parents it might be wise to begin making my funeral arrangements.'
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Although University of North Florida sophomore Sarah Hawas has never been outside Louisiana and Florida, she will soon be traveling through seven European countries as part of a course that promotes firsthand exprience outside the classroom.
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Business students at the University of North Florida won a regional competition in Atlanta.
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The University of North Florida designed a questionnaire for Jacksonville firefighters, asking about morale, job satisfaction and tension within the department. Matt Corrigan, UNF political science professor, said that keeping the survey anonymous should improve the results.
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John Yancey, University of North Florida admissions director, says various forces are at play that are resulting in students waiting for admission decisions and for schools making them.
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If European travel is on your list of things to accomplish while at college, then be sure to consider the University of North Florida.
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A turkey sandwich is an "anytime food," while soda and chips are "sometimes foods." These are some lessons nursing students from the University of North Florida are tyring to impress upon third-grade students at Yulee and Bryceville elementary schools in an effort to combat childhood obesity.
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As college students have been making their way to warm beaches and party towns, 18 University of North Florida students headed west to New Orleans.
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The Brooks Health System has donated $3.6 million to the University of North Florida. Coupled with a past donation and matching state funds, the donation, announced Thursday, brings the company's total gift to $10 million, allowing its name to be featured as the Brooks College of Health.
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Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville donated $3.6 million to the Univeristy of North Florida's College of Health, it was announced Thursday.
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Health students at the University of North Florida are getting a big boost.
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Ironically, not everyone in the University of North Florida Percussion Ensemble is an experienced percussionist.
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The Florida Regional Botball tournament March 18 at the University of North Florida brought teams from 10 middle and high schools together to pit their creations against each other, testing which team had the best robot design and programming tactics.
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On the First Coast, there are no concrete numbers on how often people are caught impersonating officers. Greg DiFranza trains police officers at UNF's Institute of Police Technology and Management. He says when in doubt, ask questions.
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A statewide survey conducted by four business journals in Florida found a tight race between Democrat Jim Davis and Republican Charlie Crist to become the state's next governor. A breakdown of the voting showed different preferences by region. Matthew Corrigan, a political science professor at UNF, said the breakdown among the regions is in line with recent voting trends.
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Looking for sure-fire upset picks for the office NCAA Tournament pool? Jay Coleman, a professor at the University of North Florida, suggests UNC-Wilmington, Alabama and Wisconsin.
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University of North Florida student Nathan Evans has received a Department of Juvenile Justice award and one of two $1,000 scholarships given to students who have turned their lives around.
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Catherine Christie, PhD, RD, director of nutrition programs at the University of North Florida, is co-author of the book, Fat Is Not Your Fate, which is the first book to base a diet on your genetic and family history. The book allows people to find a healthy eating plan that closely matches their personal issues or risks.
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Rea McKinney remembered when UNF student Grant Prather could barely walk a few steps without huffing and puffing, when he relied on an oxygen tank to make it through the day.
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While many college students rush to the beck and call of beaches and booze during spring break, 15 UNF construction management students will travel to New Orleans to help rebuild areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
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More than 80 percent of the nation's businesses are family-owned. But surprisingly, only one in three will survive the transition to the second generation of family ownership. Diane Denslow, instructor in entrepreneurship at UNF, says the owner has to be able to let go.
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Health students at the University of North Florida are getting a big boost.
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The University of North Florida is soaring high. The "Ospreys" this year have 15,000 students, with more growth on the horizon.
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The Wachovia Foundation has established an endowed scholarship fund at the University of North Florida for students majoring in teacher education.
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Nemours expects to invest about $30 million in a new headquarters campus. Being on a central campus should give Nemours excecutives better access to the people they are managing, said Steven Williamson, associate professor of management at the University of North Florida.
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The University of North Florida's Small Business Resource Network will use a grant from the state to expand its services throughout Florida.
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Carter Woodson started a celebration 80 years ago that would honor his history. It's gone from Negro History Week to Black History Month. Dr. Carolyn Williams, a history professor at the University of North Florida, said "For some people, this is the only time they really get any information about the African experience or African-American experience."
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While Ponte Vedra Beach may be a small area, the political donations are often relatively large. Matt Corrigan, associate professor of political science at the University of North Florida, said, "It's natural for a Republican to come here to raise funds and get votes. Clearly, it's an area with money."
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Nurses are in short supply in Florida and nationwide. Today, state work-force estimates show the shortage is 34,000 and growing to an estimated 61,000 by 2020, said University of North Florida President John Delaney in a recent opinion piece, featured in the Jacksonville Business Journal.
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It wasn't until her sophomore year at the University of North Florida that Southside resident Joella Davis even considered turning her passion for photography into a plausible career path.
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University of North Florida Criminologist Michael Hallett will tell you that no one should have been shocked at the race of the men who beat a University of Florida student near a downtown building after the Florida-Georiga football game last year.
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Tom Barton, a Jacksonville native and father of four, is the Kip professor of accounting at the University of North Florida. He has written four previous books, but they were all, by his own description, "very esoteric, business-related" books.
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Will Kansas City host a Super Bowl, and can the city afford it? UNF Professor Dr. Andres Gallo told KMBC-TV viewers that "We were expecting to see a major impact on small business in the Jacksonville commmunity."
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The University of North Florida Students in Free Enterprise team returned to Jacksonville as regional winners of the "Duel in the Queen City" competition.
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A team of students from the University of North Florida won a regional free enterprise competition and will advance to the national competition.
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Michael Hallett, chairman of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of North Florida, says we should avoid making three mistakes when considering Duval County's high murder rate.
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When Martin P. Garris became director of police and public safety at the University of North Florida in 1975, he had work to do.
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Callie Bridgham is more concerned about getting a speeding ticket on the University of North Florida campus than keeping herself safe.
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Although she's a University of North Florida honors student, 20-year-old Kristina Circelli admits that her personal policy of "no homework after 7 p.m." helps give her the freedom to do what she realy loves: write.
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Dr. Catherine Christie, PhD, RD, and director of nutrition programs at the University of North Florida, contends eating chocoloate is as much about the mind as it is the senses of taste and smell.
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The University of North Florida's Board of Trustees has elected Bruce Taylor, CEO and chairman of Taylor Engineering Inc., as its new chair.
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The University of North Florida recently hosted the 2nd Annual Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Conference.
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The University of North Florida will team up with Warsaw University to offer the 6th Annual International Business Research Conference next month.
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Each year the University of North Florida graduates 250 teachers and nearly 1,000 students are enrolled in the College of Education.
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"UNF has really excellent nursing programs, and this is the latest in that line," says Dr. John McDonough of Yulee, director of the new nurse anesthetist program at the school.
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Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education during President Bush's first term and architect of the No Child Left Behind Act, will discuss educational policies and school reform during a visit Wednesday to the University of North Florida.
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Krista Paulsen, assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Florida, studies people's commitment to their community's identity.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield donated more than $1 million to the University of North Florida and the Univeristy of Florida's nursing programs.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, partnering with the University of North Florida and the University of Florida, is doing its part to help the cause.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida donated $1.2 million to the University of North Florida and the University of Florida to help address critical issues in nursing education.
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Tiffany Satchel's young sons attend the UNF commencement ceremony to accept the degree their mom received posthumously.
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Just a couple of months ago, 27-year-old Tiffany Satchel was excited and ready to graduate from the University of North Florida.
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Former United States Labor Secretary Robert Reich will speak at the University of North Florida tonight.
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For a city's economy to improve, said former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, its educational system must improve as well.
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During a visit to the University of North Florida, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu said sexual orientation is something that cannot be changed.
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Thelma Young, executive director to the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Florida, has worked on college campuses while studying for her degree. In the process, she published an oral history project titled "The Stories My Foremothers Told Me."
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Rather spent Friday at the University of North Florida, talking with students during the day and at a public lecture during the evening about his career and his thoughts on the changing dynamics of the media.
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Morris Dees said he's seen progress in the nearly 35 years since he co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Centerto fight racism in all forms. Dees, the son of Alabama farmers who sold his prosperous publishing business to become America's pre-eminent civil rights lawyers is coming to Jacksonville tonight as part of the University of North Florida's Distinguished Voices Inquiry and Insight Lecture Series.
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In pushing to return the Navy to Cecil Field, one of Mayor John Peyton's top reasons has been raising incomes in Jacksonville.
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The University of North Florida and View Systems Inc. have developed a partnership over the past two years that has produced a high-technology security system that could speed people's trips through security screenings.
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For the eighth time in its history, the Orlando Magic will be holding its training camp at the University of North Florida.
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The University of North Florida President John Delaney broke ground Wednesday to mark the beginning of construction for a new Social Sciences building.
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Among Florida's universities, the University of North Florida is ranked fourth for highest test scores in the state.
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A $1.2 million grant to support nursing preparation makes UNF one of only 16 schools in the state to receive a state nursing education grant.
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UNF works on wordly welcome: catering to foreign learners advances goal to be "more international."
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Through a new branding commitment and logo, the University of North Florida is turning their focus to their students.
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New logos, new slogan and a new angle for UNF.
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The torrid pace of hospital construction in the Jacksonville area is turning the screws on an already tight market for nurses. And area hospitals are now paying for the resulting shortage.
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For 22 years, University of North Florida professor Charlotte Mabrey has offered an annual recital to provide audiences with fresh and often experimental pieces of percussion music while challenging herself as a musician and an artist.
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UNF is very sensitive to the environment, even as it expands the campus.
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McAllister, the newly appointed dean of the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida, has several ideas for the college and communication is a major theme, especially building on the strong relationships the college and UNF have with local businesses.
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UNF poll finds Clay County residents upset with commissioners after series of mishaps.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is funneling $1.2 million to two area schools--UNF being one of them--in hopes of plugging the nursing shortage.
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