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From his classroom within the Bower School of Music & the Arts, instructor John Phillips positions the marching band on the field. He sets up the snare drums and the bass drums then adds a cymbals player before moving on to the woodwinds. When he has the design just right, he adds uniforms with the…
DAVID SHEPARD HAS interwoven passions for the natural world, the visual arts and Hawaii into a colorful clothing line featuring self-drawn renderings of the island chain’s native plants. The Fort Myers native and FGCU grad (’13, Biology) is the creative engine powering Honolulu-based David Shepard Hawaii. (Some may also know him as the son of…
EVEN THE 2020 HEALTH pandemic couldn’t shut down progress at Florida Gulf Coast University. Construction on two academic buildings to house FGCU’s two newest schools has started and is progressing nicely. Tom Mayo, director of facilities planning, said “both projects are tracking on schedule, and we do not foresee a delay.” That means Lucas Hall,…
David I.J. Wang, once a top executive for the world’s largest paper and pulp producer, never forgot his roots as a Chinese immigrant. That’s why when he retired, he became passionate about helping underserved populations, a philanthropic mission he fulfilled, in part, by funding Florida Gulf Coast University scholarships for first generation students from Immokalee.…
His name and his benevolence are indelibly etched into the history of Florida Gulf Coast University and the hearts of those who helped found it. And every one of the more than 38,000 students who have attended classes here know the name Ben Hill Griffin, III, if not the generous soul who played such a…