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For Barbara Rebeor, teaching isn’t just a passion — it’s a calling. Rebeor had pursued a different career — in nursing — before becoming a stay-at-home parent changed her life. In 2005, she returned to Florida Gulf Coast University to pursue a degree in integrated studies so she could become a teacher. “Looking back, it’s…
Megan Clipse knows accountants get stereotyped. Strictly business, no joking around — especially this time of year: tax season. “A common misconception with accounting and accountants is that we’re boring,” she says. Clipse was headed down the road to cranking out tax returns every April before she veered off on a different path,…
Ten years may not seem like a long time in the life of a university. But for Florida Gulf Coast University, now in its 27th academic year, a decade represents more than a third of its existence. That’s how long FGCU360 has been chronicling campus news and spotlighting outstanding alumni. Yes, FGCU360 launched 10 years…
When Brian Cobb hears that the endowed scholarship that bears his surname at Florida Gulf Coast University is celebrating its 20th anniversary, he looks at Denise Cobb and says, “I didn’t know that.” Considering the length and breadth of their giving history to the university and the community, marking such a milestone likely wouldn’t…
The championship legacy of Florida Gulf Coast University women’s basketball is secured with Raina Harmon from the University of Iowa signing on as head coach. “It’s a great day for FGCU to welcome Raina Harmon to the Nest as the next leader of our women’s basketball program,” said Colin Hargis, FGCU director of athletics. “Harmon’s…
The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, in Academic Building 9 (The Water School), Room 138. Click here to view the agenda packet. Board meetings are open to the public. For more information, contact Director of Board Relations Tiffany Reynolds at [email protected] or visit the website…
Antonio knows. In the same way that the “Bo Knows” advertising campaign launched two-sport athlete Bo Jackson and Nike into the nation’s consciousness in the late 1980s, burgeoning entrepreneur Antonio Longobardo could probably barge his way into Southwest Florida’s consciousness as a spokesman for the ever-expanding restaurant business — his own and the area’s. The…