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Storm Smart owner’s $1M gift supports entrepreneurship
The university’s young School of Entrepreneurship has captured the imagination of hundreds of FGCU students, and area entrepreneurs are stepping up to help them succeed. Among those supporters is Brian Rist, owner of Storm Smart, who recently pledged $1 million toward construction of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation building, with a portion designated for…
Lee Health partners with FGCU to educate mental health counselors
Among the biggest gaps in the region’s healthcare network is accessibility to mental health providers, according to a recent consultant’s report. This came as no surprise to Florida Gulf Coast University’s Department of Counseling, which recently established the Community Counseling Center, an on-campus facility for the public.  The intent is to help ease that shortage…
Social worker helps people see dignity through changing circumstances
Most people seek to avoid conflict in their professional lives. Social worker Christine Douangsouri (’16, MSW) seeks it out.   Every step of her career has seen Douangsouri comfortably in the middle of conflict – between refugees and angry U.S. citizens, between cancer patients and financial obstacles, and now, at the senior living community, Vi at Bentley Village, between senior residents and…
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