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FGCU 2037: A vision for the future
Shaped by the past and informed by the present, the future of any great institution is sculpted from the dreams of its visionaries – those individuals who understand what it takes to build greatness. Which is to say – the future doesn’t just happen. It’s a work in progress, born of big dreams, careful planning,…
VIPER Lab: Perception is virtual reality
Check your everyday reality at the door of the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering’s VIPER Laboratory and enter a world of virtual reality. In VIPER Lab, you can put on a pair of three-dimensional glasses and use a hand-interaction wand to move virtual furniture around a virtual room or virtual buildings around a virtual college…
Wine tower to empower hospitality students
While resort and hospitality majors at Florida Gulf Coast University already boast a 100 percent placement rate upon graduation, the program is on track to take their education to a higher level – literally. Considering the importance of wine in Southwest Florida, where the Naples Winter Wine Festival and the Southwest Florida Food and Wine…
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
French Renaissance writer Francois Rabelais wasn’t a student at FGCU when he said that in the 1500s, but he was on to something. Perhaps the most personalized props on campus besides cellphones are bottles, cups, tumblers and travel mugs, and the only thirst tougher to quench here than the one for knowledge is that from…
Event celebrates fourth president, next 20 years
The path to Florida Gulf Coast University’s next 20 years led right through Dunk City at the 2018 President’s Celebration, which took place April 7. Some 400 guests walked through the doors of Alico Arena, stepping into what is customarily a basketball venue, but on this night was transformed, draped in elegant white curtains, bathed in…
Bringing learning full circle
noun | caplstone | \’kap-stōn\ 1 : the high point : crowning achievement 2 : a foray into the real world as a student nears graduation Golf course management major Thor Parrish dreams of one day owning his own course. “I definitely see myself opening up my own driving range,” said Parrish, a junior, who’s also…
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