The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 402 • Year X COMMUNITY see page 4
Unicorn Children’s Foundation Gets Down with Motown
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL COMMUNITY see page 8
Luma inspires audiences with African artifacts
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Loop for Literacy raises more than $75,000 for Literacy Coalition
SPORTS
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Knight’s Lozzi, Clemares Snag SSC Weekly Accolades
FAU Opens Its First University-Run Primary Care Practice
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March 8 - March 14, 2019
Scholars Program Receives $108,350 The Florida Atlantic University Kelly/Strul Emerging Scholars Program recently was awarded $108,350 by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton. The donation stems from the club’s 21st Annual Outstanding People and Leaders (OPAL) Awards fundraiser, where Aubrey and Sally Strul, co-founders of the Kelly/Strul program, were honored for their commitment to education and mentorship. “With generous support from organizations like the Rotary Club of Boca Raton, we are able to continue our work supporting first-generation scholars at FAU,” said Aubrey Strul.
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PBSC Professor Wins Prize Palm Beach State College Professor Bradley Johnson has been awarded the 2018 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize for his collection, “Smuggling Elephants Through Airport Security.” He will receive $1,000 in prize money, and his collection will be published by Michigan State University Press in 2020. “I’ve been working for this for a long time. The book is years of work,” said Johnson, Story on Page 9
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