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Cinch Home Ser vices Announces Par tnership with HomeSmar t International

Cinch Home Services (Cinch), the nation’s leading provider of home services solutions, announces a new partnership with HomeSmart, one of the nation’s largest 100% real estate brokerage firms. As a HomeSmart national partner, Cinch will offer its award-winning warranty plan and services to HomeSmart’s franchise partners, brokers and more than 23,000 agents across 37 states and 199 offices nationwide.

HomeSmart provides an innovative “lowfee, high-value” 100-percent-commission brokerage model, equipped with excellent support, training, systems and tools that enable agents to provide the best service possible to their clients. Through HomeSmart’s proprietary online marketplace, agents can search for, learn about and engage with key real estate resources, tools and products, and the companies that support them. Cinch is one of the few select home warranty partners available within the HomeSmart marketplace.

“At Cinch, we are committed to simplifying the home management experience for our partners and their customers,” said Steve Upshaw, CEO of Cinch. “By partnering with HomeSmart, we are well-positioned to help tens of thousands of real estate professionals deliver savings, convenience and peace of mind to their clients before, during and after the sale of the home.”

Cinch offers affordable home warranty plans that provide comprehensive coverage for up to 22 appliances and built-in systems. Additional plan features include preventive maintenance services, discounts on brand-name appliances, and an optional premium upgrade package that provides extra coverage for items excluded under any home warranty.

As the industry’s fastest-growing home warranty provider and member of the National Home Service Contract Association, Cinch has a 40-year track record of helping real estate professionals provide exceptional customer service during the real estate transaction process.

Thanks to its extensive national network of highly qualified service providers, awardwinning 24/7 customer service, and the industry’s only 180-day service guarantee, Cinch has established itself as the home protection partner of choice for hundreds of companies – from established brands to leading startups across seven vertical markets.

For more information about Cinch home services solutions for the real estate industry, visit www.cinchrealestate.com.

PBSC celebrates spring graduates with traditional fanfare

Palm Beach State College celebrated its more than 2,000 spring graduates at two commencement ceremonies May 12 and applauded their resilience in reaching the milestone despite unique challenges caused by the pandemic.

It was the first time since December 2019 that PBSC held comm e n c e m e n t c e r e m o n i e s with keynote speakers and traditional fanfare, including a performance by the PBSC dr umline and singing of the College’s alma mater.

“For man y o f y o u it has taken two years to reach this milestone. In those two years, we have weathered some storms as an institution and nation, but we came through with resilience and vigor that as panthers we are all known to do,’’ said PBSC President Ava L. Parker, J.D., while looking into the sea of caps and gowns at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center.

The spring class represents students, ranging from ages 16 to 17, completing associate and bachelor’s degrees and certificate programs. Thirty-five graduates are dual enrollment students who completed their Associate in Arts degree while in high school and more than 700 are first-generation college students.

“ M a n y of your peers gave up. Many p e o p l e y o u r age could not make it, but you did,’’ said State Sen. Tin a P o l s k y, who spoke at the mor ning ceremony for t h e A s s o c iate in Science, B a ch e l o r o f Applied Science and Bachelor of Science degree programs and the certificate programs. “If you do nothing else, this cannot be taken away from you.”

“Whatever challenges you face, Palm Beach State College has given you the opportunity to be successful, to achieve your dreams,’’ said Sen. Gayle Harrell, the keynote speaker at the afternoon ceremony for the Associate in Arts degree graduates.

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The Schmidt Boc a Raton Histor y Museum to Host Town Hall Tea Time on ‘Fashions of the 1970s ’June 1 at 2 pm

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum (SBRHM) is celebrating its fi rst halfcentury with a new temporary exhibition and another Town Hall Tea Time in its newly remodeled space in the historic Town Hall at 71 N. Federal Highway (33432). For more information, please call 561.395.6766 or visit www.BocaHistory.org.

Town Hall Tea Time – Wednesday, June 1 at 2 pm – Where Were You in ‘72?

Fashions of the 1970s

From hippie wear to disco, this program will feature a fashion show and designs by the students from THOS Fashion School in Boca Raton. This is the perfect opportunity to look back at the way we were—50 years ago!—while supporting talented designers of the future, who will share their new creations inspired by fashion trends of the 70s. Presented by Letty Sanchez, THOS Fashion School students, and Olivia Hollaus, Founder and Creative Director of Protect My Shoes, a brand focused on creating stylish, sustainable, and effective shoe care products, and former Style Contributor to Boca Magazine.

The cost to attend is FREE for members of the Boca Raton Historical Society, and $10 for nonmembers. To RSVP, please email offi ce@bocahistory.org or call 561.395.6766, ext. 100.

History-minded and fashion-savvy attendees can also visit the Museum’s new temporary exhibition:

Fifty Years of Collecting – Running through December 2022

Featuring artifacts and memorabilia that represent the wide range of items that

make up the ever-growing historical collections of The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, the new temporary exhibition includes everything from Floy Mitchell’s fl apper dress to a circa 2000 Votomatic voting machine. These items show the breadth of the Boca Raton Historical Society’s collections acquired over the past half-century and tell a story about how Boca Raton has grown and changed since its establishment as a farming village in the 1890s. Based in Boca Raton, THOS Fashion School of Design is South Florida’s independent fashion design school specializing in the study of fashion design and branding, By offering effective hands-on training experience in an apprenticeship type environment, THOS is revolutionizing the traditional coll e g e f a s h i o n d e The cost to attend is sign curriculum and creating inde pen-

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FAU Vice President for Research Earns Fulbright Scholarship

Daniel Flynn, Ph.D., vice president for research at Florida Atlantic University, recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in international education for the 2022-2023 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s preeminent educational and cultural affairs program that offers renowned students, educators and accomplished professionals support to pursue research and professional projects in partnership with more than 160 countries worldwide.

In his role at FAU, Flynn leads all research-related endeavors across FAU’s six regional campuses in South Florida, and also serves a catalyst for emerging programs that support local entrepreneurship and economic development, as well as strengthen the University’s corporate partnerships in research, which will now expand globally. With a doctorate in microbiology, Flynn spent more than two decades in various research-related roles in the fi elds of cancer cell biology and breast cancer invasion before making his transition to research administration in 2008 and then joining FAU in 2015.

“Dan’s investment in collaborative academic achievement and technological growth have resulted in exponential increases in research funding and expenditures for the university,” said FAU President John Kelly. “This scholarship provides an exciting opportunity to further expand innovative research, education and collaboration between Florida Atlantic faculty and scientists worldwide.” The scholarship is part of the Fulbright International Education Administrators awards program to foster empowering connections between U.S. education offi cials and their international counterparts. As part of the program, Flynn will participate in a two-week group seminar designed to acquaint higher education administrators from the U.S. with France’s higher education and research systems, familiarizing participants with the processes of translating research discoveries to economic and societal benefi t.

“The power of impactful research comes to fr uition when discoveries are translated into improved efforts – whether it be innovations in technology, drugs, policy, etc. – that ultimately improve our lives and those lives around us,” Flynn said. “This unique opportunity provides a platform to delve into discovery of alternate best practices for academic entrepreneurship, technology transfer, economic devel-