Tag Archives: UNF
Holi celebrated on campus
“This festival is the Holi Festival, it’s called the Festival of Color, and basically we’re celebrating how good defeats evil during any time.” Khushbu Mistry, a junior at UNF, biology major
UNF updates drive system
As of June 1st, students will no longer be able to access their documents on current campus drives — known as the H Drive, WebDrive, or the Andromeda drive. The new system, SkyDrive, is up and running. SkyDrive comes with every Microsoft account and is faster, better, free, and gives more, Assistant Director of Systems [...]
Highlights from the March 11 Senate Meeting
Two positions combined. Nominations for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Senate President and Committee Chairs.
VP of Institutional Advance interim position filled
John Delaney appointed Ann McCullen to be the Interim Vice President of Institutional Affairs and the Interim Executive Director of the UNF Foundation, temporarily filling Pierre Allaire’s old position until a long-term replacement can be found. The nationwide search will start in the next few weeks to find a permanent Vice President, McCullen said. McCullen [...]
Police Beat March 6
March 4 Theft (Lot 46) – UPD investigated the theft of a student’s parking pass.
March 5 Vehicle Collision (Lot 15) – A student working for Parking Services reported that she struck a parked van.
Smoking Ban Proposed for UNF
UNF appears to be following other state universities with concern to campus tobacco rules. Administrators have drafted a proposal to ban all forms of tobacco on campus by August 2014. Tom Serwatka, Vice President Chief of Staff, said all faculty, staff, and student government members have received a copy of the proposal. He said they [...]
Lydia, the 2000 lb shark
Lydia has been tagged and her actions are now being monitored. Lydia is a great white shark — she’s 2,000 lbs, 14”6. Shark research group, OCEARCH, tagged the great white shark off the coast of Jacksonville Sunday, according to a statement on the organization’s Facebook page. Lydia was outfitted with a GPS tracking device and [...]
Police Beat – March 4
Feb. 28 Theft (Lot 18) – A parking decal was stolen off the windshield of a student’s car while she was in class. The student made contact with UPD, who were unable to find any residue from a parking pass in the designated area and did not detect any substance that could lead to an [...]
Red party progress
The Red party clinched the Senate last Fall and now their head, Carlo Fassi, is running unopposed for his second year as Student Body President.
