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Health literacy project delivered education to Immokalee
FGCU nursing and social work students served as translators and assisted in data collection and delivery of services. In the heart of Collier County lies Immokalee, a town known for its agricultural fields and close-knit community. It is the hometown to Florida Gulf Coast University graduate student Naidelyn Maldonado (’23, social work). Starting as a…
FGCU Board of Trustees to meet Sept. 26
The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees meets for a workshop meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Academic Building 9, Room 138. Click here to view the agenda. Board meetings are open to the public. For more information, contact Director of Board Relations Tiffany Reynolds at [email protected] or visit the website…
Adam Catasus has the keys to research and adventure
On a picture-perfect day in March, Florida Gulf Coast University’s Water School professor Mike Parsons navigates a boat through the Gulf of Mexico and tells how he came to hire Adam Catasus. “Adam came and knocked on my office door as a sophomore, I think,” Parsons says about the man hired in 2019 as a…
Greek expectations: formal sorority recruitment at FGCU
In 2021, TikTok viewers were introduced to sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama and #BamaRush became an obsession for many. Each August, many anxiously await the handful of days they can watch potential new members (college women not yet affiliated with a sorority) and sorority sisters (college women initiated into a Greek-letter society) share…
Team-building is a win for affordable housing
On a hot, steamy August morning, players with FGCU’s women’s softball team gathered to face off against one of the most formidable opponents of the season: the affordable housing crisis. Swapping their bats and gloves for hammers and nails, they slathered on sunscreen as dawn broke over a concrete slab on an empty lot in…
New Water School lesson plans empower local science teachers
Regina Bale is making waves in Southwest Florida K-12 schools thanks to The Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University. The environmental education coordinator in FGCU’s Center for Environment and Society has developed several comprehensive lesson plans based on The Water School’s research. By designing K-12 curriculums specific to the five-county area, Bale hopes to…
Music therapy students build connections across cultures
Inside the palliative care unit at Siriraj Hospital in downtown Bangkok, a couple of FGCU students are singing Elvis. Thai students from the College of Music at Mahidol University join with guitars and a piano. The patient sings along while family members and music therapy students jiggle egg shakers and beat drums. The room fills…
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