| College
of Arts and Sciences |
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The
college has expanded the number of available master’s degree
programs. |
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The addition
of the Science and Engineering Building provides state-of-the-art
labs and more space for science programs. |
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The Jazz Studies
Program won several national ensemble and individual awards in the
26th annual Downbeat Student Music Awards. |
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Research opportunities
for undergraduates continue to grow. |
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| Coggin
College of Business |
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Students in
the Osprey Investment Group manage a $600,00 portfolio for the UNF
Foundation. |
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The GlobalMBA
program received the Best Practices in International Education and
Learning Award from the International Education Knowledge Community. |
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The Coggin
College of Business was selected as a test site for the new computer-administered
CPA exam. About 300 First Coast accounting professionals and graduate
students participated in the practice test. |
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Students continue
to provide local economic data through the Local Economic Indicators
Project. |
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| College
of Computing, Engineering & Construction |
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Civil engineering
and information systems programs received accreditation in fall
2003. |
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The college
had its first graduates in mechanical engineering. |
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Research opportunities
for graduate students expanded with a three-year agreement between
the college, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and Siemens Medical Solutions
USA. |
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The Professor
of the Year named by the Northeast Florida Chapter of the Florida
Engineering Society is on the college’s faculty. |
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For the second
consecutive year, the college exceeded $1 million in sponsored research. |
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| College
of Education and Human Services |
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More than 21
percent of new hires in Duval County are graduates of the College
of Education and Human Services, making the college the largest
provider of local teachers. |
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Alumni of
the college have received Milken National Educator Awards and consistently
have been named Teachers of the Year in Northeast Florida. |
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Students participated
in about 2,000 field placements last year, totaling more than 180,000
hours of service and observation in local schools and community
agencies. |
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College faculty
and staff enhance pre-K to 12 education in Northeast Florida through
grants and contracts worth more than $2 million annually. |
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| College
of Health |
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Faculty from
the college helped to establish a community health program in Senegal. |
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The college’s
grants and contracts doubled to $3.2 million in 2002-03. |
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A faculty member
was named the 2003 American School Health Association Council Outstanding
Researcher. |
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Graduates in
all areas continue to score significantly above the national average
on their licensing/certification exams. |
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The college
has the only gross anatomy lab in Northeast Florida, the C. Stanton
Green Anatomy Laboratory. |
