Osprey Update for Students

Starting Wednesday, Aug. 16, annual and term parking permits will be virtual; the vehicle's license plate number is now your parking permit. Verify that your license plate number is listed correctly in your parking account via the myWings portal. License plates will be scanned by tag-recognition cameras, so vehicles need to park "nose in." If there's an empty parking space in front of the one you are pulling into, don't pull forward. Most questions are addressed on the tutorial video, permit info or FAQ for Virtual Permit Program webpages. For further assistance, contact Parking Services. 

The Office of Academic Testing permanently closed in June. The list of testing services previously provided can be found at the website. To determine where these tests can now be taken, as well as to find out how to retrieve test scores, contact Lori Collins, program assistant.

Osprey Racing's first general body meeting will take place. Enter through the Lock Shop door and follow the Osprey Racing signs. All motivated University and Florida State College at Jacksonville students are welcome, regardless of major or experience level.

Fall registration for student clubs is now open. Students can register new clubs and re-register existing clubs at the website until the deadline Thursday, Sept. 21. For more information, email Romainique Tota, club alliance assistant director. 

Cheer on the men's soccer team as it hosts Georgia State in an exhibition game.

Cheer on the women's soccer team as it hosts Charleston Southern University.

Learn more about eating healthy and fueling your body/brain the right way. Yemila Lowry, campus nutritionist, will demonstrate what's considered a "brain food" and how to create as well as seek out healthy snacks on campus.

Learn about BCH student clubs/organizations and meet the faculty at the annual welcome event hosted by BCH advising. Free T-shirts, cookies and UNF swag will be provided.

Create a button that represents your identity; learn about all identity groups as you mingle with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center staff and students.

Attend an open house to learn about Club Can-Do, a community-based mentoring and personal development program for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and/or asexual. 

The On-Campus Transition program, a post-secondary option for students with intellectual disabilities to attend college, is looking for student mentors. Various hours and positions are available such as lunch mentors, work-out buddies, in-class support, tutors, etc. One hour a week is required. Make a difference and a friend who will change your life. If interested, email Bernadette Gismonde, OCT program director, or visit the OTC office, Tom and Betty Petway Hall, Building 57, Room 2800. 

The Osprey Eyes Mystery Patron Program is now accepting fall semester applications for student reviewers. The program's mission is to achieve excellent customer service; reviewers will anonymously visit various campus departments, food venues as well as retail establishments and will record the results via online surveys. For a complete job description and to apply, visit the website.

Department of Physics students/faculty will be onsite to answer questions as well as provide a limited number of safe-viewing glasses and telescopes. Hawaiian-shaved ice will be available for purchase; free to students with a valid Osprey 1Card. Attendees are encouraged to enter the University via North Entrance Road and park in Lot 18 by Harmon Baseball Stadium, Building 27. Visitor parking will cost $2 at lot kiosks/permit dispensers.

Spinnaker Media, the University's student-run media outlet, is currently hiring for the following fall semester student positions: broadcast news/radio reporter, advertising sales executive, news marketing director, radio program and assistant program directors, assistant music director and Federal Work Study Program reporter/videographer/editor. For more information or to apply, visit the UNF jobs website or contact Mo Baker, director of Spinnaker Media.

The Department of Housing and Residence Life has created a comprehensive guide to make the process of moving into The Nest smooth and simple. For everything you need to know, download the guide here.

Lend a helping hand as the Center for Community-Based Learning partners with Hubbard House, a local domestic violence shelter, for a drop-in service project during Week of Welcome. Participants will assist staff in producing informational cards/ribbons for future domestic violence awareness events. Help a little or help a lot; learn more about both organizations, how to get involved and how to log your service hours via OspreyImpact, the University's newest system. 

Answer military-themed trivia questions, learn about Ospreys who have served and enjoy a free ice-pop treat from The Hyppo. Students will also have the opportunity to honor a veteran by writing their name on a banner to be displayed at a local United Service Organization's office. The Taylor Leadership Institute will also provide information on the leadership minor. 

Students, faculty, advisors and alumni will share stories from study-abroad trips. Learn about scholarships, specific faculty-led exchanges, travel tips/tricks and general information on the study-abroad process; light refreshments will be served.