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Florida A&M University (FAMU) is one of a number of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) to benefit from a Base 10 Partners initiative to donate 50 percent of carried interest from its investment in pre-initial public offering (IPO) startups to create student scholarships and support university endowments. [Read more…] about FAMU is Among HBCUs to Benefit from Partnership with Venture Capital Firms
Dr. Randy K. Avent, president of Florida Polytechnic University, has been selected as a correspondent academician to the Royal European Academy of Doctors. [Read more…] about Florida Poly president appointed to prestigious European academy of doctors
Florida A&M University (FAMU) Al Lawson Multipurpose and Teaching Gymnasium vaccination site will offer the Pfizer vaccine, beginning on Thursday, May 20. [Read more…] about FAMU Lawson Center Site to Offer Pfizer Vaccine
Florida A&M University (FAMU) Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) will host “Cannabis and Addiction” in the Conversations on Cannabis Virtual Forum at noon, Thursday, May 27. [Read more…] about FAMU MMERI To Host Virtual Forum on Cannabis and Addiction
To centralize and support technology programs and functions across campus, The University of Tampa announces its newest facility – the Technology Building: a new, six-story, 105,000-square-foot academic building in the heart of campus. [Read more…] about UT announces new technology building to house academic and administrative technology programs
The Florida College Access Network (FCAN) and its partners across the state today launched the Cash for College campaign to promote FAFSA completion as a crucial step as students and their families make plans for education beyond high school. [Read more…] about New Campaign Aims to Help Florida Students Get “Cash for College” and Improve Their Outcomes Beyond High School
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis today signed into law House Bill 7045, School Choice, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Manny Diaz, Jr. (R-Hialeah). [Read more…] about Historic Expansion of School Choice Options for Florida Families Signed Into Law
The Florida Department of Education today named Sarah Ann Painter, a fifth grade teacher at Eisenhower Elementary School in Pinellas County, as a 2022 Florida Teacher of the Year state finalist. [Read more…] about Department of Education Names Pinellas Educator a 2022 Florida Teacher of the Year Finalist
The Florida Department of Education today named Kari Johnson, a kindergarten teacher at Fruitville Elementary School in Sarasota County, as a 2022 Florida Teacher of the Year state finalist. [Read more…] about Department of Education Names Sarasota Educator a 2022 Florida Teacher of the Year Finalist
This week, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran named Jennifer Pryor Halter, Principal of Green Cove Springs Junior High School in Clay County, as the 2021 Principal of the Year, and Zemenaye Belda Harris, Assistant Principal of Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Hillsborough County, as the 2021 Florida Assistant Principal of the Year. [Read more…] about Commissioner Corcoran Names 2021 Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year
