volume lxxxvii, june 2017 A Publication of the florida association of colleges and universities
Association News
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On May 31, 2017, presidents and other leaders representing all three sectors of Florida’s higher education system (State College System, State University System, and Independent Colleges and Universities) convened to discuss pressing issues at the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities’ Annual Meeting. The meeting, held at the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, brought together representatives from over 30 colleges and universities across the state.
Following a Board of Directors meeting, the conference kicked off with a luncheon provided in partnership with Florida Campus Compact and featuring keynote speaker Helen Stubbs, a Senior Consultant at Gallup. Ms. Stubbs presented Setting A Course for Nathaniel Glover welcomes Engaged Careers and Fulfilling Lives: Recent Findings from the President attendees to the Annual Meeting Gallup-Purdue Index. Gallup is leading a national conversation on meaningful measures of success in higher education, examining how colleges and universities can best prepare students for fulfilling careers and a life well-lived. Gallup’s research has identified crucial undergraduate experiences aligned with student engagement, long-term well-being and career outcomes. Gallup partners with higher education to understand and improve performance on these measures, applying decades of Professor Peter Lake presented at the meeting Gallup’s global research in well-being, engagement and strengths-based development. Afternoon programs included a presenation by Peter F. Lake entitled The Academy and the Law in the Trump Era. Mr. Lake is a Professor of Law, Charles A. Dana Chair, and Director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law & Policy at Stetson University College of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas Professor Peter Lake signed his book The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University
news from across the state of torts, higher education law and policy, insurance, and jurisprudence, and has won several awards for his teaching and scholarship. He coauthored The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University, and has authored numerous law review articles and other publications. He is an internationally-recognized expert on higher education law and policy and has been quoted or referred in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago Sun Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, various reported legal decisions including the supreme courts of Virginia and Florida, and the most recent Restatement of the Law of Torts. He has appeared on major television networks such as ABC and CNN. There was a book signing by Professor Lake following the presentaion.
florida association of colleges & universities FAC&U Officers 2017-2017 FAC&U President Donal O’Shea, PhD President, New College of Florida FAC&U Vice- President Ed Meadows, PhD President, Pensacola State College FAC&U Past President Nathaniel Glover, MEd, Hon. LLD President, Edward Waters college
The afternoon’s final presentation was, New Student Research: Student Preferences by Generations Ages 18-35. The presenter was Jacqueline Hammond of Blackboard.
2017-2018 FAC&U Board Members
The evening festivities began with a reception, followed by a dinner and awards program in the hotel’s Flagler Ballroom. Mr. Mori Hosseini, Chairman and CEO of ICI Homes, was honored as FAC&U’s 2017 Distinguished Service Award Winner. Throughout his career, Mr. Hosseini has also been substantially Mr. Mori Hosseini and family involved in higher education, serving all three sectors of higher education including the State University System, Florida College System, and Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida. He currently serves as chair of the board of trustees for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and vice chair of the board of trustees of the University of Florida. Appointed by Governor Charlie Crist, Hosseini served as a member of the board of governors for the State University System for seven years and as chairman for two years. The evening concluded as outgoing FAC&U president Nathaniel Glover, President of Edward Waters College, handed the gavel to incoming president Donal O’Shea, President of New College of Florida.
John Delaney, JD President, University of North Florida
FAC&U thanks all of those who attended the con- 2017-2018 FAC&U President ference, as well as our sponsors,, Blackboard (Pre- Donal O’Shea and 2016-2017 President Nathaniel Glover. mier Sponsor), Stellar (Reception Sponsor), Trend, Metz Culinary, and Pearson (Corporate Sponsors) for 2 Florida making the 2017 FAC&U Annual Meeting a great success. See you next year!
Mr. Andrew Corty Publisher, Florida Trend
Nathaniel Glover, MEd, Hon. LLD President, Edward Waters College George L. Hanbury II, PhD President, Nova Southeastern University John Holdnak, PhD President, Gulf Coast State College Ed Meadows, PhD President, Pensacola State College T. Dwayne McCay, PhD President, Florida Institute of Technology Donal O’Shea, PhD President, New College of Florida Devin Stephenson, PhD President, Northwest Florida State College Ex-Officio Members Marshall Criser, III, JD Chancellor, State University System Edwin Moore, PhD President, Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida Madeline Pumariega, PhD Chancellor of the Florida College System Pam Stewart, Florida Commissioner of Education
news from across the state florida state university
Real Life Role Models: FSU Hosts Free Summer Camp For Youth By Kara Irby, Florida State University News
For the sixth consecutive year, Florida State U n i v e r s i t y ’s College of Social Work brought dozens of middle school students to campus for a free, week-long summer camp from June 5 to June 9. The brainchild of Dean Emeritus Nick Mazza, the CSW Arts and Athletics camp introduces youth from various backgrounds to the university environment and encourages them to pursue higher education. “My background is in arts in social work,” Mazza said. “I’ve worked with all ages and in particular young people. There’s naturally art and poetry within children, and I thought combining art and athletics would provide an opportunity for positive development where youth can learn interpersonal skills and help build self-esteem.” Each day the camp offers enriching activities such as poetry lessons and music therapy sessions. They even interact with some of the university’s registered student organizations like PeaceJam Southeast. The athetics aspect of the camp brings the middle schoolers and FSU student-athletes together to interact over physical activities like football, bowling and even simple games of four square. Connor Kalisz, a senior on FSU’s swimming and diving team, has participated in the camp for the past two years.
“We try to give back to the community as much as possible,” Kalisz said. “I think the camp helps lay a solid foundation for the kids over the summer. It keeps them out of trouble and, in turn, we get to prepare the next generation of Noles. It’s pretty rewarding.” Fellow swimmer Paige Schendelaar-Kimp is a freshman from New Zealand. She too enjoyed interacting with the community, and she said playing with the kids reminds her of her younger sister back home. “I know she looks up to athletes as role models, whether students or professional. She’d love to be doing this,” she said. FSU kicker Logan Tyler also came out to have some fun with this year’s campers. “Growing up I had role models, they were a driving factor in my success and an inspiration,” Tyler said. “It’s crazy because, I just kick a ball, and these kids run up and have a bunch of questions for me. I try to tell them I’m just a regular student, but it’s a pretty cool experience. Just because I play football, just because I wear a jersey on Saturdays, I’m considered a role model.” While it’s clear FSU studentathletes are getting as much out of the camp as the campers themselves, a service-learning component is also included in the camp for FSU students from a variety of disciplines. They participate as camp counselors, allowing them to develop leadership and community service experience. This year’s camp was
coordinated by social work graduate student Alex Givens. “It’s amazing to see the growth over my three years here,” Givens said. “We have a lot of returnees. To see the growth and the excitement to come back on campus from last year to this year is amazing.” Givens said she’s most fond of the opportunity for the campers to see the student-athletes as regular people and not the all-stars they make them out to be in their minds. “Their meeting and interaction shows them that if they work hard, they’ll be able to achieve greatness themselves,” Givens said. For more information on the camp visit http://csw.fsu.edu/ service/csw-arts-athletics-camp.
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news from across the state saint leo university
Saint Leo University and NHI Team to Host International CWS Saint Leo University is the National Hispanic Institute’s latest university partner. The university, located in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, metropolitan area, will host the 2017 International Collegiate World Series (CWS) program from June 28 to July 2. An expected 125 students from Panama and across the United States, including contingents from Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and Texas, will converge on the town of St. Leo for the conference. “We are excited about our newly established partnership with Saint Leo University in Florida,” said Zachary Gonzalez, NHI’s Collegiate World Series and Collegiate Affairs director. “The beautiful, closeknit, and kindhearted community of leaders at Saint Leo reflect the values our organization looks for in finding a home for an experience that will transform hundreds of student leaders from across the
United States and Latin America.” “When we first began talking about partnering with the National Hispanic Institute, what struck us was that we are an institution that lives its values, and so is NHI,” said Robert Quinn, the university’s vice president of Business Development. “At Saint Leo University, we embrace all students of character who are serious about their education. We are a small community with a personal connection for student learning. We are also interested in innovating what’s best for students, and NHI is an organization that can help us serve a new segment of Americans and population of students.” In partnering with Saint Leo University, one of the largest Catholic universities in the nation, NHI continues its focus on recruiting and developing Florida high school students as future Latino leaders. For instance, Hillsborough County Public Schools... >>> Read the full article at stleo.
edu: http://www.saintleo.edu/newsevents/news/press-releases/saint-leouniversity-and-nhi-team-to-hostinternational-cws.aspx
Zachary Gonzalez, NHI’s Collegiate World Series and Collegiate Affairs Director, and Robert Quinn, Saint Leo University VP of Business Development ~ Photo by Benjamin Watters, Saint Leo University
palm beach state college
Volunteering Empowers PBSC Student Electricians
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Eleven students in Palm B e a c h State College’s Residential and Commercial Electrician program will never forget the house on 18th Street in West Palm Beach. They finished wiring the 1,245-square-foot home for Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County on May 24. Better yet, their work passed city inspection with flying colors. Supervised by their instructor, master electrician Dan Neff, the
students worked full-time for 7.5 days to complete the “rough in” stage for the home. They ran about 2,000 feet of cable, installed the electrical panel, and did the wiring for the A/C system, water heater, laundry and kitchen appliances, TVs and phones, lighting and general use outlets. “When they get out there and see how they have to specifically run the cables and all the rest, it’s a different ball game,” Neff said. “It opened up their eyes to the real world, beyond what the program’s lab can offer. It was a brilliant experience for them,
other than it was a little warm—but that’s reality.” While the students provided the labor, Carpenter Electric and K&M Electric Supply teamed up to donate the materials. Carpenter Electric also pulled the permit and provided a supervisor to ensure the work was done to code and ready for inspection.... >>> Read the full article by Joyce Edelstein on palmbeachstate.edu here: http://news.palmbeachstate. edu/2017/06/01/volunteeringempowers-pbsc-studentelectricians/
news from across the state barry university Fostering Success: Summer Training Program B U S S W and the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) are partnering to launch a two-week program designed to give former foster youth and independent living teens ages 18 and older the training they need to adequately prepare for the workforce. The Fostering Success: Summer Training Program, an immersion experience that is being hosted on Barry’s main campus in Miami Shores, will take place June 17–30. Twelve former foster youth will be provided training and exposure to developmental and professional job skills. This training is specifically structured to quickly build longterm work habits and confidence
— from the fundamental skills of professionalism, presenting content and stress management to the more subtle and sophisticated skills of taking initiative and leading a group. Through this experience, participants will identify and connect with a mentor, have the opportunity to utilize the learned skills on group presentations, and will receive a certificate of completion. The goal of the program is to help these youth develop the habits, attitudes, and skills needed to get and keep a job, become self-sufficient and economically stable, and reach personal success. The trainings will cover several topics, including: human resources; professionalism; leadership; financial literacy; conflict resolution; stress management; mindfulness; self-awareness and self-care; cul-
tural diversity; public speaking; relationship building — in and out of the workplace; resume writing; interview preparedness; and understanding emerging technology. DCF chose Barry as a partner because the University’s School of Social Work houses one of six clinical graduate programs in the country and is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. It is one of the few social work programs in the country whose curriculum provides a trauma-informed resiliency-based framework — knowledge DCF believes is vital when working with the Fostering Success participants. Additionally, says DCF, Barry is able to provide competent, ethical and professional social workers to deliver the trainings.
FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE
New Program Trains Hospital Workers to Become Surgical Technologists By Charlie Patton, The Florida Times-Union
F l o r i d a State College at J a c k s o n v i l l e’s S u r g i c a l Te c h n o l o g y Wo r k f o r c e Certificate program has created a partnership with Baptist Health and Memorial Hospital to train hospital workers who currently hold positions in various departments at the hospitals, including billing and insurance clerks, floor technicians and nursing assistants, to become surgical technologists. The program is designed to
allow students to continue as fulltime employees at the hospitals, maintaining their pay and benefits. When the students complete the program and earn their certification, they will be promoted within their facility. With these certificates, the graduates will earn significantly more than they are in their current positions. This partnership addresses the shortage of well-qualified, certified surgical technologists in the Jacksonville area. The first cohort of 12 students began in October 2016 and will complete the program
this October. A second cohort of 12 Baptist Health and Memorial Hospital workers will begin the surgical technology program in November.
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news from across the state eastern florida state college
EFSC Students Honored For Community Service
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The Center for ServiceL e a r n i n g and Civic Engagement held its annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 9 at the King Center for the Performing Arts on the Melbourne campus, honoring community partners, faculty and students who logged volunteer hours during the 2016-17 academic year. The philosophy behind the Service-Learning Program at Eastern Florida State College is that what students learn outside the classroom can be just as important as what they learn inside. To this end, the program provides students with the chance to get involved in the community and help address real-world problems. The volunteers were praised by Dr. Phil Simpson, Provost of the Titusville campus and eLearning, who said the students “looked outside themselves to learn more about themselves.” “Service-Learning is a unique opportunity for students to understand the needs of the community in a hands-on way and take those lessons with them for the rest of their lives,” said Simpson, who also oversees the ServiceLearning program. “They will be better individuals and citizens as a result.” About 3,200 students participated in the program during the 2016-17 academic year, contributing 163,000 hours of community service. Some 26 students were named prestigious Citizen Scholars, maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA, volunteering
300 or more hours, taking several Service-Learning courses and writing extensively about their experiences. “People think about volunteering, and they often think about the hours,” said Citizen Scholar Ryan Beal. “That’s not really important. It’s more about what you get out of it, how you reflect and what you learn from other people. Your actions don’t only affect yourself, but also the people you surround yourself with.” “I think the real beauty of the Citizen Scholar program is that it recognizes those who go inside of communities and really want to make a difference — those who do more than just the 20 hours required for some classes,” said Palm Bay SGA President and Citizen Scholar Juvens Jean-Noel. “This program has opened my eyes to how to help my community,” added Citizen Scholar Matthew Young. Other noteworthy achievements included John Szurka, who received the Outstanding Student Humanitarian Scholarship Award, and Susan Slaton, who received both the On-Campus Community Service Service-Learning Scholarship Award and the 2017
Florida Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellows Award. The Newman Civic Fellows Award is given to students for what the Compact calls their ability to inspire and mobilize others and tackle the root causes of social issues in their communities. The Compact is a coalition of 1,110 colleges and universities that name about 200 students from across the U.S. annually as Newman Civic Fellows. In September, Associate Professor Susan Phillips also received the 2016 Community Engagement Educator Award from the Florida Campus Compact. Phillips teaches Biology on the College’s Palm Bay campus and is an Eastern Florida leader in ServiceLearning. She has been recognized for a range of work that includes infusing community involvement in her classes and starting innovative community-based programs for students... >>> Read the full article on easternflorida.edu here: http://www. easternflorida.edu/news-events/ news-releases/2017/05-09-servicelearning-awards.cfm
Ten of the 26 recipients of the prestigious 2016-17 Citizen Scholar Award pose for a photo at the annual Service-Learning Awards ceremony. To commemorate their achievement, Citizen Scholars receive a plaque plus white tassels to wear at Commencement.
news from across the state ROLLINS COLLEGE
Rollins Receives Federal Grant For Upward Bound Programs
Rollins College has been awarded more than $300,000 for programs that prepare low-income high school students for college. U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy today announced that Rollins will receive $322,335 from the U.S. Department of Education to administer Upward Bound programs designed to prepare lowincome high school students for college. “We are deeply grateful to the Department of Education for the opportunity to serve students in Central Florida through the Upward Bound grant,” said Micki Meyer, Lord Family Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Community. “The Upward Bound Program at Rollins College is committed to access in higher education by providing selected high school students from underserved backgrounds with innovative curriculum, positive mentoring, and strategies for college success. We are proud of all of the students, teachers, and staff who dedicate their time and talent to making a difference and are excited to continue this important work through this new federal grant.” Upward Bound projects serve
high school students from lowincome families and from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to help more students complete their secondary education while preparing them to enroll in and graduate from institutions of higher education. Murphy, a former Rollins professor who represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, announced that the University of Central Florida also will receive $772,500 in funding for Upward Bound programs. Together, the two Central Florida colleges will receive more than $1 million in federal grants from the Department of
Education. “UCF and Rollins College already provide outstanding education to tens of thousands of Central Florida students, and I’m so proud to see they are doing more to strengthen the pipeline to college for students from underserved communities,” Murphy said. “These grants will provide UCF and Rollins with critical resources to maintain a full range of counseling and tutoring services to help students graduate high school and attain a college degree. As a firm believer in the power of education, I’ll keep fighting for investments that lift up students and put them on a path to success.”
Rollins biology professor Susan Walsh works with Upward Bound students to analyze DNA and its effects on metabolizing caffeine. (Photo by Scott Cook)
FAC&U is the only organization comprised of all 70 college and university presidents in all three sectors of the non-profit private and public higher educational institutions in Florida; this includes all presidents from the State University System, the Florida College System and the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida. Member institutions should submit content for possible inclusion in the next issue of this electronic newsletter by Aug. 1, 2017. Articles should be 250-300 words in length and sent electronically to news@facuflorida.org. Photos and a current school logo are encouraged.
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news from across the state presidents retiring in 2017 Thank You For Your Leadership!
President David E. Greenlaw Adventist University of Health Sciences
President William T. Abare, Jr. Flagler College
President Wilson G. Bradshaw Florida Gulf Coast University
President Eileen Holden Polk State College
President William D. Law, Jr. St. Petersburg College
Rev. Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale, President St. Thomas University
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