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Kirk leaves his mark at Saint Leo By B.C. Manion bcmanion@lakerlutznews.com
Whenever students, faculty, staff and visitors walk across the campus of Saint Leo University, they’ll see a permanent reminder of Dr.Arthur Kirk. Kirk Hall, dedicated in a ceremony on Oct. 15, is the kind of academic space that Kirk, who retired in the summer of 2015, thinks is important for teachers and students to have. It is equipped with tools designed to prepare teachers to make maximum use of technology, and what’s known about how students learn. For instance, there’s a lab where education students can interact with avatars, enabling them to practice teaching techniques and receive immediate feedback. The building is far different than the facilities that Kirk encountered when he
arrived 18½ years ago, on the university’s main campus on State Road 52. At that time, enrollment was in decline, there were leaking roofs, and air conditioning equipment that was expected to last 20 years, was 37 years old. In short, the list of challenges was long. Kirk took the job anyway. He was attracted to the mission of leading a Catholic, student-centered, university. And, he said,“I also saw enormous potential, because it had some exceptional people that believed passionately in the institution. “It looked like the right set of ingredients,” he said. Kirk Hall is just the latest new building erected during Kirk’s tenure. All together, the university added more than 1 million square feet of space and completely renovated four buildings, Kirk said. See KIRK, page 13A
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Dr. Arthur Kirk speaks at the dedication of Kirk Hall on Oct. 15.
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Pasco’s tourism figures are rising By B.C. Manion bcmanion@lakerlutznews.com
When the final tourism numbers are in, Pasco County’s tourism manager believes the county will be issuing a report on a record year for the county. “I’m actually probably going to have a record year, once I see September’s numbers.The average daily room rate is up about 10 percent across the board,” said Ed Caum, tourism manager for Pasco County.“It’s pretty exciting.” And, the prospects are bright for even more visitors in the coming year. The county has several new attractions
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Tree Hoppers is an aerial adventure park in Dade City, giving people of all ability levels
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Ed Caum, tourism manager for Pasco County, believes the county is heading
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CareSync, a Wesley Chapel-based health management company, is in the midst of a growth spurt with new investments of $18 million, and a plan to hire 500 new employees over the next 18 months. About 100 jobs will be in marketing, sales and development. But, most will be for people with medical backgrounds, including registered nurses, certified nursing assistants and clinicians. Some positions also might go to people who have the drive and desire to become a nurse. The start-up company launched nearly four years ago as a software and service provider for chronic disease management. There currently are nearly 120 employees. The company’s users include health care
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Travis Bond is the founder of CareSync and its chief executive officer.
providers, caretakers and individual patients who want to collect, organize and store medical data for quick, easy reference.
The idea is to put everyone involved in a patient’s care on the same page, sharing an entire medical history. “We are all about creating care plans,” said Travis Bond, the company’s founder and chief executive officer. The company offers options on how to accomplish that task. A free app is available for people who want a “do-it-yourself” approach. However, the company also offers a range of fee-based services where retrieval specialists collect, enter and organize medSee STARTUP, page 13A