FAC&U Association News ~ Winter 2013

A Publication of the florida association of colleges and universities

vol. lxxviii, Winter 2013

Association News

FACU & 80 Years – One Focus

As the Florida Association of Colleges & Universities celebrates its 80th anniversary, there has never been a more critical time to have a unified voice. With over 70 institutions of higher education across this large state, there is rich diversity in our delivery systems. However, we all share similar challenges, and there appears to be at least the potential for universal reform on the horizon. As the president of a Florida college or university, you know the landscape of higher education in our state all too well. As leaders of higher education at this critical juncture, we have an opportunity to come together soon in Tallahassee; I hope you will join me in making the case for the future of higher education in Florida.

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John Delaney, J.D., University of North Florida

Distinguished service awards Call for Nominations

All members of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities are invited to submit nominations for the Distinguished Service Award. The award recipient will be announced at the FAC&U annual meeting in June.

Please click here for the nomination form. Awards Criteria information may be found by clicking here. Please e mail your nomination(s) no later than April 26, 2013 to: Eileen Holden, Chair, FAC&U Distinguished Service Award Committee, at eholden@polk.edu

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Reform on the Horizon:

As we opened our campuses this past fall, we were greeted by at least three national headlines related to the future of traditional higher education in America: Newsweek cover--”Is College a Lousy Investment?” September 9, 2012 USA Today front page--”College May Never Be the Same.” September 12, 2012 Time Magazine cover--”Reinventing College,” and “College is Dead, Long Live College” October 18, 2012 At the national level, there is a hue and cry that student loan debt is out of control, that a college degree no longer pays for itself through guaranteed gainful employment, that K-12 schools are not adequately preparing students for college, and questions about access and quality have reached a fever pitch.

Meanwhile, the likes of Stanford, Harvard and MIT are partnering with groups like Udacity, Coursera and EdX to create MOOCS (massive open on-line courses) serving more than 2 million students worldwide with edgy, and popular, tenure-less teaching methods at low or no cost to students.

“Other information industries, from journalism to music to book publishing, enjoyed similar periods of success right before epic change enveloped them, seemingly overnight…Colleges and universities could be next...”

(Jeff Selingo, editorial director, Chronicle of Higher Education) In our own state -- Florida Trend carried a summer headline “A New Paradigm for Higher Education in Florida -- both public and private colleges have grown more entrepreneurial in providing educational services outside the four-year, on-campus model” (date, author, page). Across Florida, we will continue to develop innovative strategies for teaching and learning, but our collective voice has an important role as our elected leaders debate policies and make critical funding decisions for the coming fiscal year.

Relevance – Reversing the Myth that College has Lost its Value:

According to a Reuters article published last spring, there will be 31 million job openings in the next decade (9 million new jobs and 22 million from retiring baby boomers); two-thirds of those jobs will require some form of education beyond high school.

Just last summer (August 2012), the Center on Education & Workforce at Georgetown University released a report confirming that the value of a college degree remains strong. As one example, the study states the unemployment rate for recent four-year college graduates is 6.8%, as compared to a 24% rate for recent high school graduates.

“Over the course of a lifetime, a college degree is worth an extra $1 million in earnings over a high school diploma.”

Reuters, April, 2012 That said, the value of an educated society is much more than a fiscal calculation. Our colleges and universities prepare students for life as engaged citizens who give back to their communities and to the world. That’s why so many of us have joined together as a part of Campus Compact. It is imperative that others receive and understand this message as well.

At the University of North Florida, for example, we set up a menu of “Transformational Learning Opportunities.” I often say only about half of what one learns in college is in the classroom or from a book. It is the application of learning that enacts value. This enactment may be a study abroad program, a community based learning experience (a/k/a “civic engagement”), participating in research with a faculty member, or an artistic performance. We’ve had nursing students deliver babies in Africa and future educators teach in huts in Central America. These are just a few of the ways we differentiate ourselves from a transaction-based “education”. Our colleague, Scott Cowen, continues to effectively demonstrate this at Tulane, post-Hurricane Katrina. He says: “if you only talk about cost, you turn higher ed into a commodity…”

I have to agree that education is far more than a commodity we sell or a service we provide -- it is an investment.

An investment in our economy, yes, but also an investment in our future.

“Democracy has to be born anew in every generation, and education is its midwife” ~John Dewey

Return on Investment:

When I served as the Interim Chancellor of our State University System, I conducted a bit of research and worked with our staff at the Board of Governors to create what we called the “New Florida Economy Program”. This research grew out of what I dubbed as the “utopia exercise,” wherein we envisioned what Florida might look like if we doubled our investment in higher education. Through some fairly reliable metrics, we determined that we would have approximately 50,000 additional college graduates each year, making about $30,000 more in annual income; we’d attract another $1.5 billion in research dollars; we’d generate two dozen new patents and one dozen new business start-ups; and, Florida would soon become THE destination for scientists, academics, and more. With this in mind, I believe it’s time for us to make our own future, set our own course and determine our own destiny, right here in Florida--the time is now.

One of the highlights from the TIME Summit on Education, co-sponsored by Carnegie and Bill Gates last October, was that competition in higher education leads to greater, not lower, costs. “We’ve got to stop this arms race,” said Thomas Kean (former Governor of New Jersey, Chair of the 9/11 Commission and President Emeritus of Drew University). I believe this is a timely call and an opportunity for the Florida Association of Colleges & Universities to work together with a united voice for our State and its future. I hope you will join me in Tallahassee on March 13th as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of FAC&U and re-state our collective mission as our “unique collaboration helps to move Florida’s higher education system forward in a coordinated fashion.”

We in Florida have suffered staggering budget cuts in K-12 and higher ed, coupled with the lowest tuition rates in the country and an ever-increasing demand for innovation in our delivery models while cutting costs even further. Even so, we have continued to educate and innovate, and I would argue that the critical importance of higher education is worth the fight. We must proactively seek new ways and opportunities for improvement through technology, but our fundamental mission is unchanged. We must successfully educate the next generation and the generations that follow. Our students today will be our leaders of tomorrow – our entrepreneurs, our innovators, our problem solvers, our diplomats, our scientists -- and the parents of our collective future as a society.

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florida association of colleges and universities eighty years . one focus

1933 - 2013

FAC&U ...

All Three Sectors of Higher Education Working Together Since 1933 • Promoting the total independent and public educational effort of the State; •Advancing inter-institutional cooperation in the planning and use of educational resources in the State; • Maintaining and enhancing the integrity of the degree programs in higher education in the State; • Encouraging the general advancement of education in developing and strengthening a public information program; • Providing varied means of inter-institutional exchange of information; • Developing broad-based support for higher education.

FAC&U has endorsed a Vision for the year 2020 which promotes these eight outcomes: • Financial access for all who seek higher learning; • Dependable funding for all sectors to provide quality education; • Measureable funding strategies addressing access, affordability, quality and accountability; • Multi-sector autonomy and collaboration; • Easy articulation and transfer among all institutions; • A sufficient talent for a robust state economy; • Government leaders and citizens consider higher education an investment, not an expense; • Student learning outcomes include all of “life’s lessons,” not just job skills.

fac&u board of directors 2012-2013 Officers

Board Members

Ex-Officio Members

President Katherine Johnson, Ed.D. Pasco-Hernando Community College

Anthony Catanese, Ph.D., FAICP Florida Institute of Technology

Tony Bennett, Ed.D. Commissioner of Education

Vice- President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, PhD Barry University Vice- President Elect John Delaney, J.D. University of North Florida Past President Wilson Bradshaw, Ph.D. Florida Gulf Coast University

Andrew Corty, M.B.A. Publisher, Florida Trend David Greenlaw, D.D. Adventist University of Health Sciences Eileen Holden, Ed.D. Polk State College A. James Kerley, Ed.D. Gulf Coast State College Terry P. McMahan, J.D. Hodges University James Murdaugh, Ph.D. Tallahassee Community College

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Mark B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Florida International University Mary Jane Saunders, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University

Frank T. Brogan, M.Ed. Chancellor, State University System Randy Hanna, J.D. Chancellor, Florida College System Ed H. Moore, Ph.D. President, Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida

news from across the state palm beach state college

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak to Launch Palm Beach State College STEAM Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak headlined Palm Beach State College’s upcoming launch of a fiveyear initiative to increase the number of skilled professionals in science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM fields.

“A Conversation with Steve Wozniak” was a highlight of the Jan. 31 event at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach. A Silicon Valley icon, Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer Inc. with Steve Jobs in 1976 and was the designer of Apple’s first line of products, the Ap-

ple I and II. He currently serves as chief scientist for Fusion-io, a global data storage and delivery firm.

Known as “The Woz,” he is internationally recognized as an inventor, scientist, innovator and philanthropist strongly committed to the arts.

The College Foundation’s initiative includes the arts, which so dramatically contribute to technology’s design, resulting in the initiative’s name STEAM. Organizers say the launch event will underscore the importance of College-wide efforts

and expected outcomes of the STEAM initiative for the community.

“The STEAM goals are to provide 1,000 new scholarship awards, create 50 academic program enhancements and generate 100 new business-college partnerships with 50 new internship opp o r t u n i t i e s ,” said Suellen Mann, executive director of the College Foundation. “By accomplishing these goals the college will play a vital role in the building of America’s future, and no one is a better amalgamation of

science, technology and arts than Steve Wozniak.”

“At the local, state and national level, STEM-related industries have been identified as key growth engines to expand and diversify our economic base.

These industries look to higher education to provide the skilled professionals who can fill highdemand, high-tech roles,” said Dr. Dennis P. Gallon, College president. “With this initiative, we are focused on meeting that challenge and providing the best career prospects and growth opportunities for local residents.”

pasco-hernando community college

PHCC Helps National AACC Plus 50 Completion Strategy Initiative Reach Goal Two Years Early Pasco-Hernando Community College is one of 18 colleges participating in the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Plus 50 Completion Strategy National initiative to help unemployed babyboomers complete degrees and education credentials.

The AACC initiative has reached its completion goal two years early, assisting 9,292 students with 46 percent of them already completing degrees or certificates.

“PHCC’s Encore Academy, which spearheads the

college’s Plus 50 program, worked with other PHCC departments on a number of outreach and support strategies to help students succeed,” said Debby Duncan, Encore Academy program manager. Baby boomers attended open houses, informational meetings and career fairs; they learned to access career and academic counseling. “We coached students in reaching their education goals, helped students apply for and receive financial aid, offered

computer skill-building courses and career development workshops, and developed partnerships with local employers,” said Duncan.

PHCC has awarded 250 Plus 50 students a degree or certificate in the first two years of participating in the AACC initiative.

Lumina Foundation currently funds the participation of the 18 community colleges in the Plus 50 Completion Strategy Initiative. The Lumina

Foundation is a private, independent foundation established to help people achieve their potential by expanding access to and success in education beyond high school. For more information about the AACC Plus 50 Completion Strategy Initiative, see http://plus50.aacc. nche.edu <http://plus50. aacc.nche.edu/> .

For more information about the Encore Academy Plus 50 programs or PHCCs degree and certificate programs visit www. phcc.edu <http://www. phcc.edu/> .

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news from across the state florida institute of technology

Chief Operating Officer McCay Earns Lifetime Achievement in Technology Award Florida Institute of Technology’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer T. Dwayne McCay, Ph.D., was recently presented with the Lifetime Achievement in Technology Award, a congressional medal bestowed by Congressman Bill Posey.

The award was made at the Melbourne Regional Chamber of East Central Florida’s Second Annual TechNovation banquet.

“While certainly a distinct honor, the presentation is also a humbling reminder of a shared mission,” McCay said. “Expanding knowledge to improve the human condition is at the core of what all scientists and engineers labor to achieve. Pursuing that work is indeed the high-

est privilege.”

McCay, who earned a doctoral degree from Auburn University in 1974, previously served as vice president for research and information technology for The University of Tennessee system. He also served as Alumni Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering Science and Program Chair of Engineering Science and Mechanics at The University of Tennessee Space Institute.

Prior to joining The University of Tennessee in 1986, he was senior engineer, branch chief and division chief at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and a senior research physical

scientist at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory.

McCay has taught as an adjunct professor at Auburn University, California State University at Fresno and the University of Alabama at Huntsville and has over 100 technical publications to his credit, including three books. He was also associate editor for the Journal of Propulsion and Power from 19911993. In addition, he has been awarded 16 patents; two resulted in spin-off companies.

While in Florida and Tennessee, McCay has served on numerous economic development boards. He chaired the

Tennessee Valley Aerospace Region board, and was chairman of The University of Tennessee Research Corporation board, which is the intellectual property agent for The University of Tennessee. In 2009, he was appointed by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to serve on the Education and Outreach Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.

McCay became provost and chief academic officer at Florida Tech in 2003. He was named executive vice president and chief operating officer in January 2011. As COO, McCay is responsible for all operating units of the university and reports directly to the president.

barry university Barry University was awarded a $451, 908 subgrant for its role as a collaborative partner with Broward County-based Kids In Distress (KID).

Barry, serving as project evaluator, will work with KID on The HEART (Housing, Empowerment, Achievement, Recovery & Triumph) Alliance for Sustainable Families project, for which the grant 4 was awarded. KID

awarded the sub-grant to Barry from the $5 million grant it received from the Administration of Children and Families.

Assisting with the five-year project is Dr. Mitch Rosenwald, associate professor in the School of Social Work, and Dr. Agnes Shine, associate professor in the School of Education.

Funds from Barry’s portion of the sub-grant

will be used for release time for Rosenwald and Shine; tuition remission for two graduate assistants; space rental for meetings; evaluation materials and scales; focus group incentives; dissemination costs including presentation and publication expenses; data collection software programs; and indirect costs.

HEART represents

an innovative system of care that provides integrated subsidized housing and a supportive services network that advances family stability for 50 at-risk families. It reduces child welfare contacts, child maltreatment, child removals, and foster care placements while increasing healthy parenting, family emotional coping, employment, financial management, and housing stability.

news from across the state polk state college

Polk State Awarded $900,000 Grant from National Science Foundation Polk State College has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund one of its many initiatives related to STEM education.

The Arlington, Va.based National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that funds nearly 20 percent of federally supported research conducted by colleges and universities.

Polk State received the grant in August through the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education program, which focuses on the education of technicians for hightech fields. The ATE program places an emphasis on two-year colleges.

The College’s award will fund the conversion of its Engineering Technology associate’s degree

to an Open Entry/Open Exit format. Under the Open Entry/Open Exit model, students will complete computer-based coursework and handson lab requirements at their own pace and according to their individual schedules.

The Engineering Technology degree prepares students for careers in manufacturing, an industry that is continually advancing, adopting new technologies that demand higher levels of education and training from employees.

However, manufacturing employees often work shifts that hinder them from attending traditional face-to-face classes.

The new Engineering

Polk State Engineering Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Program Assistant Jason Selfridge, left, instructs student Richard Martin using a pneumatic instrumentation module. Polk State College will use a National Science Foundation grant to convert its Engineering Technology degree to anOpen Entry/Open Exit format.

Technology degree will resolve that issue for the region’s manufacturers; Polk State College is partnering with area manufacturers in the development of the program to ensure it meets their needs.

“We will take all the content of the Engineering Technology degree and modularize it so that it becomes a series of self-directed learning objectives,” said Polk State Engineering Technology Program Director Eric Roe. “Students will step through those modules at a pace and schedule that suits them.”

Under the new format, Engineering Technology instructors will serve as mentors, not delivering lectures and making assignments as in a traditional class, but augmenting the instruction students receive through their coursework and lab experiences.

“We’re not removing the faculty member from the equation. They will still be there and still interact with students, but we will be requiring more initiative from the student,” Roe said.

The degree will be the first of its kind in the state

and will be among Polk State College’s first completely online degree offerings.

Roe said the conversion to the Open Entry/Open Exit format will begin in early 2013.

Also, the Open Entry/ Open Exit format will enhance training provided through Polk State Corporate College’s Advanced Manufacturing Institute.

As part of the Open Entry/Open Exit project, the College will collaborate with the Polk County School Board, thereby strengthening connections between public school career academies and the College.

Polk State President Eileen Holden said the College is committed to offering cutting-edge STEM opportunities to its students.

“Our state and our region have spoken loud and clear: STEM must be a focus throughout the educational pipeline.

This announcement represents another example of the profound connection between our county’s aspirations and one of its greatest assets, a vibrant state college. We share a vision for the future, and Polk will make that vision a reality,” she said.

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news from across the state nova southeastern university

Former Vice President Al Gore Speaks at America’s Largest Coral Reef Research Center Grand Opening Former Vice President Al Gore spoke at the Sept. 27 grand opening of Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) $50 million coral reef research center.

Gore, an environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, toured the scientific laboratories of NSU’s 86,000-squarefoot Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Research. The facility is located at NSU’s Oceanographic Center at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park.

U.S. Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Weston), who helped NSU secure a $15 million federal stimulus grant to fund the center, as well as other dignitaries, also participated in the grand opening ceremony.

The Center is focused on protecting coral reefs in South Florida, throughout the nation, and around the world.

The study of coral reef ecosystems is vital to the protection of our oceans.

The Center has created 22 new academic jobs and 300 construction jobs; and it will employ 50 graduate students as well as preserving 22 existing academic jobs. NSU 6 received a $15 million

competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce (using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) to build the center, while the university funded the rest of the project.

“By opening this state-of-the-art facility, NSU is taking a leadership role in Florida’s marine science research and helping boost an important multibilliondollar coral reef industry that employs thousands of South Floridians and sustains many

oceans, and their ecosystems.”

The new Center will be the largest and only research facility in the nation solely dedicated to coral reef ecosystems research.

“This Center is a boon to NSU’s multi-disciplinary research mission as well as being a catalyst for the creation of hundreds of new jobs in the region, both academic and non,” Hanbury said.

“Receiving the largest research grant in NSU’s history to build this Center is recognition of

Center and executive director of NSU’s National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI). The Center aims to develop solid research products and information that will lead to better management and conservation solutions.

As a multi-disciplinary facility, the Center generates information and research products to help understand, conserve and protect coral reef ecosystems.

In addition to having laboratories and sophisticated equipment, the Center has space for research collaboration, training, and fieldwork staging, a marine science library and an 85-seat auditorium. The building’s design promotes research by current and new faculty, researchers, visiting scientists, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students.

“The research Center is critiU.S. Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Deb- cal for the environmental bie Wasserman Schultz (front) and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore sustainability of coral reefs, (middle) at the Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center. which are the life blood of our region and oceans, and small businesses,” said the tremendous value of NSU President George L. coral reefs to the United their ecosystems.”

Hanbury II, Ph.D. “The States and the consider~ Dr. George L. Hanbury, II research Center is criti- able threats and stressPresident, cal for the environmen- ors now impinging upon Nova Southeastern tal sustainability of coral them,” said Richard E. reefs, which are the life Dodge, Ph.D., dean of University blood of our region and NSU’s Oceanographic

news from across the state tallahassee community college Tallahassee Community College launched its Global Gateway program during the 2011-12 academic year. The program helps students develop a global perspective, making them better citizens of the world and developing the cross-cultural fluency they will need to compete successfully in the global economy. Students will also be better prepared to transfer into academic programs requiring a background in global issues.

Students earn a Global Gateway designation on their transcript by completing 15 credit hours in courses designated as Global Learning, attending and or participating

in five global learning experiences, and completing a two-credit interdisciplinary capstone course, Global Perspectives. This class is taught by a lead instructor, with faculty from several disciplines contributing their expertise through guest lectures. Students incorporate the knowledge gained throughout their prior activities into a capstone project.

Global learning experiences–open to all students and the community–include campus events and presentations, study abroad programs and participation in campus clubs such as the International Student Organization,

Model United Nations and Eagle Business Society.

Recently sponsored events included screenings of three films from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival. In January 2011, TCC hosted Cheryl Benton, deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Public Affairs, who spoke about the agency’s work and about scholarship, internship and career opportunities available to students. Then in May, the Global Learning Program welcomed Omo Elegun Cultural Performing Arts Collective to campus. This

ensemble, composed of children from ages three to sixteen, shares traditional West African cultural, spiritual and community values through theatrical, musical and artistic expressions.

According to Forster Agama, the program’s faculty coordinator, several students have already graduated from TCC with the Global Gateway designation on their diploma.

“It can be a valuable credential for the individual student. Just as importantly, global learning enriches the entire campus community and helps us become more connected with each other and with our fellow citizens of the world.”

university of west florida The University of West Florida College of Business’s new Executive Mentor Program has matched its first class of 30 students with area business leaders who will serve as mentors to initiate networking and career opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.

The program, which was founded in conjunction with the grand opening of the new College of Business Education Center in October, matches students from the college with influential community business leaders who

share their personal and professional experience, knowledge and skills. The one-on-one mentor relationship allows for individual attention to the student mentees’ career aspirations, professional development and networking needs.

The access to local business leaders provides students with an inside track for full-time, postgraduate employment.

“The Executive Mentor Program is an important new program of the

College of Business which will enhance students’ preparation for successful careers in business and facilitate students’ transition to the workforce,” said Dr. Ed Ranelli, Dean of the College of Business.

“For the mentoring business executives, the program provides an opportunity to pass on to the next generation the wisdom and experiences from their successful careers.”

The program is open to full-time juniors, se-

niors and graduate students in the College of Business. Students are selected for the competitive program based on their ability to meet the eligibility requirements and maintain academic goals, campus and community service, and prior academic and leadership experience, as well as their willingness to be active participants. For a complete list of requirements and Executive Mentor Program applications visit uwf.edu/executivementor.

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news from across the state college of central florida

The College of Central Florida has released an economic study showing a $349.7 million impact on Marion, Citrus and Levy counties. The total includes $7.4 million in student spending, $33.9 million in college operations, and $308.3 million in student productivity.

“Since CF was founded more than 50 years ago, it has played a significant role in the economies of the counties that we serve,” said Dr. Jim Henningsen, CF president. “Now we have the data to show the true extent of that impact.”

The study shows that CF is a sound investment from multiple perspectives. The college enriches the lives of students and increases their lifetime incomes. CF benefits taxpayers by generating in-

creased tax revenues from an enlarged economy and reducing the demand for taxpayer supported social services. It contributes to the vitality of both local and state economies.

The analysis of investment effectiveness and economic growth was conducted by Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. in partnership with CF staff. EMSI uses an impact model that has generated more than 900 studies in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

The 77-page study, a fourpage summary, and separate fact sheets for student, business, social and taxpayer perspectives are available at www.

CF.edu/Impact. For information, contact Dr. Jillian

Ramsammy, executive director of Institutional Effectiveness and Government Relations, at 352854-2322, ext. 1665.

In other news, CF has received the Engaged Campus Award in the Florida College Sector by Florida Campus Compact. The college was recognized for advancing the public purposes of higher education, improving community life, and educating students for civic and social responsibility. The award was presented at the 2012 Florida Campus Compact Awards Gala on Nov. 8 in Tampa.

CF hosted a grand opening for its Welding Technology Center at the CF Jack Wilkinson Levy Campus with Sen. Char-

lie Dean as guest speaker.

The new location provides facilities to increase CF’s enrollment from 15 parttime students to a maximum of 45 full-time students per semester.

CF has partnered with Workforce Connection of Citrus, Levy and Marion counties to offer Patriot Job Connection, employment services for postsecondary students. Patriot Job Connection offers job leads and referrals, resume assistance, job search tips, on-campus job fairs, employer recruiting, interview clinics, one-on-one consultation with placement specialists, and a resource room with fax, copy and scanning services. Services are available at no charge to any college or vocational student, not just those attending CF.

hodges university

Hispanic Institute Director Named “Maker” Award Winner Carmen Rey-Gomez, Director of the Hispanic Institute at Hodges University, has been selectedas one of twenty-one local women to be highlighted in WGCU Public Media’s multiplatform project “Makers: Women Who Make Southwest Florida.” The award honors exceptional women residing in the Southwestern region of Florida who have left or are leaving a legacy in art, business, education, the

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environment, community-building and/or politics or through activism in social justice issues.

“The work that the Hispanic Institute has been doing for our community is nothing short of outstanding,” said Hodges University President, Dr. Terry McMahan. “Carmen and the Institute are really making a difference in our region and really deserve this recognition.”

Over 200 online nominations were submitted locally before a committee of community leaders and WGCU staff members reviewed each nominee and selected the final group. Criteria included those who are leaving a legacy, building community, affecting lasting change, defying social norms and serving as a “first” in the nominee’s respective field.

A television documentary highlighting all of the winners will air in spring 2013 on WGCU-TV.

Carmen Rey-Gomez

news from across the state florida keys community college

FKCC Students Host, Participate, and Excel in DoD’s Perseus A team of six Florida Keys Community College students anxiously awaited this week’s culmination of a two-semester research, design, and building project called Perseus. The Department of Defense sponsored program included student teams from three other institutions from across the nation. Their mission: to create an underwater vehicle capable of disrupting a cable submerged 40-feet beneath the water’s surface during a demonstration held Thursday at the College’s dive lagoon on the Key West Campus.

The FKCC team was confident in their batterypowered, eight-motor, PVC pipe creation dubbed the “Wrecker.”

Outfitted with cameras and a compass, the FKCC students steered the “Wrecker” via an Xbox remote control directly

to the cable and severed it during just the initial practice run—surprising and impressing both supporters and skeptics.

“It was exciting,” said FKCC Freshman Devin Jacquette of being the first team to cut the cable.

“We had our challenges, but when you enjoy something, you are going to be better at it.”

The objective of Perseus, which is backed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO), is to explore if a party, with modest resourcing and in a relatively short period of time, could assemble an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV), Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) or Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) capable of conducting a specified

mission. It also provides a venue for students to demonstrate their multidisciplinary engineering skills.

“We do this for two reasons: one is for the schools and we’ve got four good schools,” explained Glenn Fogg, Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Unit, based in Washington, D.C. “From the DoD perspective, the idea is to find out what non-traditional approaches would work. If it were navy-trained guys, they would all look at the traditional ways; these guys aren’t constrained. One used a drill for power, one used bilge pumps for power, and another used a lobster buoy they hollowed out to be covert.”

The Perseus demonstration, associated pre-

sentations, and reports will provide Department of Defense and related stakeholders insight into a number of rapidly evolving technical areas of interest through the innovation of America’s next generation of engineers and scientists.

FKCC computer science student Harold Davis (front), with help from faculty advisor Don Anderson, prepares to launch FKCC’s remotely operated underwater vehicle into the college’s dive lagoon as part of the final demonstration of the Perseus project.

st. leo university

Saint Leo University President on Fox News on Veterans Day Saint Leo University President Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. was interviewed Veterans Day morning, November 11, on the Sunday morning national news program Fox & Friends.

Dr. Kirk discussed the university’s work in educating the military population, including activeduty servicemembers,

veterans, and families, for the last 40 years. The university is noting the milestone with a yearlong commemoration that began November 12 at Saint Leo’s own Veterans Day ceremony at its University Campus in Pasco County. The guest speak-

er was Atlanta-area faculty member Dr. Angela Manos-Sittnick, a retired Army officer and wounded warrior.

Throughout the coming months, and through Veterans Day 2013, Saint Leo will continue to acknowledge and celebrate the contribu-

tions of the military community and support their educational aspirations.

Diverse programming and events are planned at locations around Florida and the six other states where Saint Leo maintains teaching locations.

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news from across the state adventist university of health sciences University President Receives Service Legacy Award

It was quite a surprise for David Greenlaw, President of Adventist University of Health Sciences, to receive the Thomas E. Gamble Service Legacy Award at Florida Campus Compact (FL|CC) Awards Gala on November 7, 2012.

FL|CC is comprised of more than 50 college and university presidents in Florida committed to joining education and service.

The award recognizes an individual’s lifetime and legacy of service.

DeeDee Rasmussen, executive director of FL|CC, said Greenlaw promotes collegiate service and servant leadership both at Adventist University and through Florida Campus Compact.

“Dr. Greenlaw mod-

els a service ethic that will inspire a legacy of servant leaders for generations to come,” Rasmussen said.

Service has always played an important part in Greenlaw’s life, especially after spending six years teaching at a college in Africa.

“No matter where you are, human beings are human beings. If there’s an opportunity to help then we ought to be doing that,” Greenlaw said.

At the University, service is incorporated with classes through service learning, where academic objectives are met by contributing to community needs. There are also mission trips, grant-funded service initiatives, a clinic

for patients with no insurance, and an annual employee service day. These traditions have created a culture of service oncampus that complements the University’s mission of Healthcare as Ministry.

“With community engagement we want our students to adopt their profession as their ministry,” said Ruby Gutierrez, director of community engagement.

Gutierrez said that the University’s leadership makes all the difference with supporting the University’s ongoing initiatives. Ultimately, the goal is not only to educate professionals that are good at what they do, but also live a life of service.

Greenlaw was hon-

ored and surprised at the award he received, which was encouragement to continue serving others.

“Our hope is to provide things for the community that cannot be provided by anyone else. If we don’t reach out to our community, who is going to?”

Dr. David Greenlaw was honored at the FL|CC Awards Gala on November 7, 2012.

ROLLINS COLLEGE

Rachel Newcomb Appointed to Maher Chair of Distinguished Teaching Rachel Newcomb, an associate professor of anthropology at Rollins College, was recently appointed to the Diane and Michael Maher Chair of Distinguished Teaching.

A gift from Rollins alumnus Michael Maher and the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, the endowed chair was established to honor and fur-

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ther the college’s reputation and efforts in the art of teaching.

N e w comb has also received numerous recognitions for her commitment to outstanding teaching, scholarship and service learning, including the Cornell

Distinguished Faculty designation in 2008 and the 2012 Florida Campus Compact ServiceLearning Faculty of the Year.

“I am honored to have been awarded this chair, and excited to think about the ways I can serve Rol-

lins in this role, most specifically in the areas of internationalization and service-learning initiatives,” Newcomb said.

Newcomb joined Rollins in 2004 and currently chairs the Department of Anthropology and serves as director of Rollins’ new minor in Middle Eastern and North African studies.

news from across the state florida international university

The Wolfsonian-FIU receives $5 million to increase access to collection The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to The Wolfsonian–FIU to support programs that will provide greater public access to the museum’s collection of art and design, especially by enhancing its online offerings and reach.

The grant, announced Dec. 3 at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, is part of $23 million in new funding that the Knight Foundation has awarded to support the arts in South Florida.

The Wolfsonian will receive its Knight Foundation grant over a fiveyear period. That support will go toward realizing a major component of the museum’s five-year plan, namely creating one of the world’s most important online resources of visual and material culture. The Wolfsonian will make a large part of its c ol l e c t i on — hu nd re ds of thousands of images and records—accessible to anyone around the globe with an Internet connection, inspiring creation, content generation, sharing, and dissemination among user groups defined by interest, not by geography.

“We are proud of The Wolfsonian and its achievements since Mitchell Wolfson Jr. set it

in motion 17 years ago,” said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. “The Knight Foundation’s recognition and critical support of the institution marks an exciting transition point in our museum’s young history and development.”

Since it opened in 1995 and joined FIU two years later, The Wolfsonian has established an international reputation for its exhibitions, publications, and programs, while forming strong ties to the South Florida community; grown its collection and acquired real estate to support long-term growth; created an online presence; and built a talented professional staff and board. At the core of all of these achievements is The Wolfsonian’s collection, which consists of more than 100,000 decorative arts objects, sculptures, paintings, prints,

The Wolfsonian- FIU

drawings, posters, rare books and periodicals, and ephemeral items (such as brochures, advertisements, postcards, and matchbooks), almost all from the late 19th century to the end of World War II. “I am honored to be a part of this institution at this exciting moment, as the museum is poised to move into its next phase of development,” said Neil Flanzraich, chairman of the museum’s Advisory Board.

“The Knight Foundation grant will drive the important work we’ve been doing into the future and accelerate our vision to share the collection with people from around the world as we move forward.”

In addition to providing greater online access to the collection in a usercentered and user-animated online environment, The Wolfsonian also plans

to improve physical access to the collection through enhanced facilities and a more dynamic exhibition program, to increase the commitment to research and publication, and to raise its visibility through high-profile public programming.

“The Knight Foundation has been a critical driver of South Florida’s cultural renaissance,” said Cathy Leff, The Wolfsonian’s director. “With this grant, the Foundation will make a major impact on The Wolfsonian, enabling us to realize our potential to present our collection not only to the immediate community, but to a global online community.”

This is the second time the Knight Foundation has offered major support for The Wolfsonian.

In 2009, the Foundation awarded $500,000 to the museum for the “Art of Illumination,” a program of projections on the façade of The Wolfsonian’s 1001 Washington Avenue headquarters building, which will be completed in 2013. In all, over the last six years the Knight Foundation has supported the arts in South Florida by awarding more than $86 million in grants to both grassroots and established organizations.

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FACU & Member Institutions ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES David E. Greenlaw, President AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY H. James Towey, President BARRY UNIVERSITY Sr. Linda Bevilacqua, OP, PhD, President BEACON COLLEGE John M. Hutchison, President BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY Edison O. Jackson, Interim President BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE James Richey, President

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Mark B. Rosenberg, President

POLK STATE COLLEGE Eileen Holden, President

FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Jonathan Gueverra, President

RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Larry R. Thompson, President

FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNVERSITY Henry Lewis III, President

ROLLINS COLLEGE Lewis M. Duncan, President

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE Anne B. Kerr, President FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE Willis Holcombe, Interim President

ST. JOHNS RIVER STATE COLLEGE Joe H. Pickens, President SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., President ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE William D. Law, Jr., President

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Eric J. Barron, President

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY Rev. Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale, President

GULF COAST STATE COLLEGE A. James Kerley, President

SANTA FE COLLEGE Jackson N. Sasser, President

CLEARWATER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Jack Klem, President

HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Ken Atwater, President

SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA E. Ann McGee, President

COLLEGE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA James Henningsen, President

HODGES UNIVERSITY Terry P. McMahan, President

SOUTH FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE Norman L. Stephens, Jr., President

DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE Carol Eaton, President

INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE Edwin R. Massey, President

SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Kent Ingle, President

ECKERD COLLEGE Donald R. Eastman, President

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY Kerry D. Romesburg, President

EDISON STATE COLLEGE Jeff Allbritten, President

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STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, MANATEE-SARASOTA Carol Probstfeld, President

EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE Nathaniel Glover, President

LAKE-SUMTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Charles R. Mojock, President

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY John P. Johnson, President

LYNN UNIVERSITY Kevin M. Ross, President

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EVERGLADES UNIVERSITY Kristi L. Mollis, President

MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE Eduardo J. Padron, President NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA Donal O’Shea, President

FLAGLER COLLEGE William T. Abare, Jr., President

NORTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE John Grosskopf, President

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