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Nearly 1 in 4 active-duty service members and veterans are interested in launching their own business, according to the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program. Opportunity, freedom, and problem solving attract them to the challenge. To help them achieve their goal, the state-funded program offers tuition-free instruction as well as mentoring resources through local business leaders at…
The Florida Gulf Coast University Presidential Search Advisory Committee will hold onsite interviews Nov. 17 and 18 in the Myra Janco Daniels Public Media Center (WGCU) on campus. Meetings are open to the public. The committee will interview four candidates on Thursday, Nov. 17, and six candidates on Friday, Nov. 18. The schedule for both…
“It started with land and a grand plan.” These words are the foundation of Florida Gulf Coast University’s new marketing brand — The FGCU Effect — and they describe the birth of Florida’s 10th state university on a 760-acre spread of pinewoods and wetlands between Fort Myers and Naples just off the southwest coast of…
David I.J. Wang likes to use the fortune he earned as a top business executive to follow his heart, but he’s all business when it comes to how his heartfelt gifts should be used. The philanthropic passion of Wang, who retired almost 25 years ago as executive vice president of International Paper Co. in charge…
“We’ve done plenty in twenty.” Tony Barringer, associate provost and associate vice president for faculty affairs, came up with that catchy phrase during a meeting of FGCU’s 20th Anniversary Committee. The statement describes perfectly the two decades that have elapsed since FGCU opened in 1997. Those on campus have seen special banners commemorating the anniversary…
Dr. Chris Wright-Isak, assistant professor of marketing, warned the crowd of about 100 gathered in the Cohen Center ballroom Thursday that she was going to get emotional soon after she took the podium. The occasion was Florida Gulf Coast University’s annual salute to students, faculty and staff who served in the U.S. Armed Forces —…
FGCU has received a 2016 Horizon Council Healthy Workplace Wellness Award in recognition of its comprehensive efforts to promote wellness among its employees. The award was presented Oct. 28 at the Horizon Council general membership meeting, where employers were honored in three size levels. FGCU, which employs more than 1,200 faculty and staff, was recognized…
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February 22, 2024
