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Ringing in the new year with FGCU’s newly installed president
There was an infectious sense of new beginnings in and around Florida Gulf Coast University’s Alico Arena Jan. 12. The cause for celebration wasn’t the turning of the calendar but rather the installation of President Aysegul Timur as the university’s fifth president. Hundreds of FGCU students, alumni, faculty and staff joined the formal occasion, along…
Eagles tackle human trafficking with technology for Homeland Security Investigations
When Diego Grisales chose FGCU, he didn’t anticipate he’d be helping Homeland Security Investigations fight crime in Lee County. But now the December software engineering graduate can add “cyber warrior” to his résumé. “Since I was very, very small, I wanted to be a programmer. I had no idea what it meant to be a…
Aysegul Timur’s journey to the presidency
It was a late April morning, and Aysegul Timur was occupying a corner booth in a Naples eatery. Her table was covered in books, a computer and a few notepads. From afar, it looked like someone was cramming for a major test, and, in a lot of ways, she was. In a matter of days,…
FGCU Board of Trustees to meet Jan. 9
The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, in the Cohen Student Union Ballroom, Room 203. Click here to view the agenda packet. Board meetings are open to the public. For more information, contact Director of Board Relations Tiffany Reynolds at [email protected], or visit the website for…
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