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FGCU invites college students enrolled in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to apply to attend classes on its Fort Myers campus while their home schools and communities recover from Hurricane Maria’s devastation. Starting with the spring 2018 semester, which begins Jan. 8, FGCU will waive out-of-state tuition rates for up to three semesters…
Students and Southwest Florida basketball fans will have a first opportunity to watch and interact with the 2017-18 men’s and women’s basketball programs at Dunk City After Dark, FGCU’s “Midnight Madness style” tip-off to the basketball season, Thursday, Oct. 26 at Alico Arena. Hoops and Halloween — featuring free food, trick-or-treating, poster signings and family…
Award-winning poet and memoirist Brian Turner will present a public reading and discuss the complexities of crafting art from memory on Friday, Oct. 27 at Florida Gulf Coast University. “The Palace of Memory: An Evening with Brian Turner” will begin with a 6 p.m. reception followed by the reading at 6:30 in Edwards Hall, Room…
The works of Barbara Balzer and Linda Hall playfully draw on art history and mythology using ceramics and soft sculpture. Their fantastical and sometimes humorous works are being shown together for the first time, providing two distinct viewpoints on age-old themes, in “Untethered, Stories Come Like Charms: Barbara Balzer and Linda Hall.” After an opening reception at 5 p.m. Oct.…
As Hurricane Irma recovery efforts continue in Southwest Florida, FGCU students have been putting what they learn in the classroom to work in the real world to help Southwest Floridians get back on their feet. In the storm’s wake, students were quick to respond to the community’s needs by distributing food and water at St.…
Hurricane Irma caused some damage to the golf courses at Quail Creek Country Club in Naples, necessitating a postponement of the Florida Gulf Coast University Founder’s Cup Golf Tournament, now set for Thursday, Dec. 14. “Although we are disappointed that we cannot hold the tournament in October, as we traditionally do, the delay allows Quail…
Living just a couple of hours from Washington, D.C., when she was growing up, Taylor Neff remembers lots of class field trips to the Smithsonian Institute, the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. “I’ve always liked museums,” she says. “I really enjoy history.” Neff’s interest in studying the past eventually flourished at FGCU, where…