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Want to know what's for lunch? There's a Stetson app for that

Stetson University students now have a new way to keep up with campus events and find out what's for lunch. It's the just-released "iStetson" application for the iPhone that was developed last spring by a dozen students in a software development class. ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AT&T Inc.

Got Gator pride? Text donate!

Gator fans have a new way of pledging their support for the University of Florida: text-messaging donations. During Saturday's football game against Vanderbilt, the university showed a video of football coach Urban Meyer urging fans to send a ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Central Florida,  Urban Meyer (football),  New York Times Company,  National Guard

DSC hires chair for new education program

Daytona State College has hired a local school principal to head its four-year education program. Les Potter, principal of Silver Sands Middle School, will start as chair of baccalaureate education programs on Nov. 2. "It's just a different challenge," ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Robert Poole,  David Stokes,  Bram Stoker,  Louis Farrakhan

2 B-CU students honored as standouts

Two Bethune-Cookman University seniors have earned statewide recognition as standouts in their fields. Jazelle Morris, a physical education major, received the Florida Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sports Student of the ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Yale University,  Alfred Stieglitz

Seminole college finds new name

Seminole Community College is now Seminole State College of Florida. The college's Board of Trustees voted for the name after choosing perhaps the most conventional of 1,007 unique suggestions -- some not so brilliant. "The new name honors our past ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ronald Reagan,  Michael Jackson,  Billy Mays,  Bob Saget

Daytona State College backs off bachelor's program for nursing

That bachelor's degree in nursing Daytona State College wants to offer -- never mind. College President Kent Sharples said Friday he plans to back off on his request to the State Board of Education to expand the school's nursing offerings to include a ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: College for Creative Studies,  United Nations,  Mark Powell

UCF undergoes enrollment growth spurt

Not even state budget cuts can stop the University of Central Florida's enrollment growth. Despite caps placed on first-time-in-college freshmen by a state funding shortfall for universities, UCF will grow by nearly 2,000 students this year, said Grant ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  31 Aug 2009

Keiser's doctorate for education leaders wins accreditation

Keiser University, whose Daytona Beach campus is one of 13 in Florida, has gotten accreditation for its first doctoral degree in educational leadership. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools approved the program, a fully online doctor of ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  20 Jul 2009

FSU's Wetherell started out as Daytona Beach educator

DAYTONA BEACH -- Before he won elective office, T. K. Wetherell was an educator -- a dean at what today is Daytona State College. That's an important point in considering the legacy of Wetherell, who announced last week he is retiring as president of ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  22 Jun 2009

5 UCF programs axed due to budget shortfall

More than 500 students in the engineering technology program at the University of Central Florida will either scramble to finish their degree in the next two years, find a new major or transferout of state. That's because UCF announced last week it was ...

From MARK HARPER, HIGHER EDUCATION, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  8 Jun 2009

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