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FGCU Athletics officially kicks off the new school year Monday, Aug. 21 with the 8th annual Eagle Revolution presented by The Reef at Alico Arena. A Moe’s VIP Dirty Bird event starts at 5:30 p.m., and doors open to students and the public at 6 p.m. The main event starts at 7 p.m., with student-athletes…
On Aug. 25, 1997, students attended the first day of classes ever held at the brand-new Florida Gulf Coast University. So it’s fitting that students, faculty and staff will gather two decades later on the same date for FGCU’s 20th Anniversary Celebration. The campus community will mark the milestone from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 25 in the Cohen…
FGCU political science major Maryssa Pallis, 20, has embarked on a 10-week journey through five countries to research global trade policies’ impact on regional economies and small family farms. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was made possible by the Naples Chapter of the Circumnavigators Club, with additional funding from the FGCU Foundation. Following is her latest blog post…
Knowledge is the most potent weapon in the fight against diseases like Zika, which can cause life-threatening birth defects in the babies of pregnant women who are bitten by infected mosquitoes. That’s why four Florida Gulf Coast University students teamed up with Planned Parenthood to find ways to educate women who have little education and…
When nature gets a chance to do its job, the results can be a beautiful thing. Take, for instance, the potential role of wetlands in preventing smelly, unsightly and potentially toxic algal blooms in the waterways that fuel much of Southwest Florida’s tourism and marine commerce. As Dr. Bill Mitsch and his team of Florida…
WGCU Public Media will host a community premiere of its latest documentary, “FGCU at 20: The Beginning,” on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Myra Janco Daniels Public Media Center at Florida Gulf Coast University. The public is invited to attend. “FGCU at 20: The Beginning” chronicles the challenges of creating a new…
FGCU’s fourth president, Dr. Mike Martin, considers his new role a challenging adventure and one he is eager to embrace. Martin’s tenure officially began Saturday, July 1, following the retirement of President Wilson G. Bradshaw. “It’s an incredibly interesting place,” he says of FGCU. “I can do some things without looking over the wall to…
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February 22, 2024
