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Services members honored with Veterans Plaza dedication

Joslyn Simmons Nov 10, 2016

UNF cut the ribbon and dedicated the Veterans Plaza to honor current and former service members at the sixth Annual Veterans Day Tribute on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Retired Marine and Professor Lt. Gen. Rick...

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UNF professor’s new book explores religion in U.S’s largest maximum prison

UNF professor’s new book explores religion in U.S’s largest maximum prison

Chase Carle Nov 10, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLtlsUqoN_E Individuals incarcerated within maximum-security prisons often describe them as hell on earth. So how would having a seminary, a school specifically for preparing...

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PHOTOS: UNF Annual Drag Show takes center stage

Lili Weinstein Nov 10, 2016

Osprey Productions and the LGBT Resource Center once again teamed up to bring a drag show to campus. Hosted on what proved to be an interesting election night, Queens from the Parliament House in Orlando,...

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UNF Vegetarian and Vegan Association getting the word out there

UNF Vegetarian and Vegan Association getting the word out there

Tristan Reyes Oct 31, 2016

Jaclyn Glosson is a junior psychology major who decided to become a vegetarian when she was a freshman in high school after watching the film “Food Inc.”  “The change for me wasn’t really hard...

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Boats practicing at the Epping Forest Yacht Club
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Insider: Sailing with the UNF Sailing Club

Joslyn Simmons Oct 25, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncIpNvnCNJA Video by Jack Drain and Joslyn Simmons A common passion for being on the water brings the UNF sailing club together where they practice twice a week at the...

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UNF alumni Juan Carlos Villatoro came to campus to help clear debris from the Ghandi statue after Hurricane Matthew. Photo by Pierce Turner

Post-Matthew: UNF alum returns to clean up favorite statue

Pierce Turner Oct 11, 2016

  Hurricane Matthew blew past UNF Friday, leaving most of the campus unharmed with the exception of a few fallen limbs and debris. One of the larger branches landed on the Gandhi statue in Peace...

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Home Brew Club teaches students about the art of brewing

Home Brew Club teaches students about the art of brewing

Emily Bailey Oct 3, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B5HhuBgZL8 Video by Emily Bailey A large, aluminum pot rests on a burner connected to a propane tank on a cracked driveway. Next to it lay a toolbox, empty jugs of water,...

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First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins stops by UNF

First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins stops by UNF

Nick Blank Sep 30, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YksHR89r6RM Former NBA player Jason Collins — the first openly gay athlete to play in a major American sports league — stood on the lip of the Green Sept. 29 to implore...

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Honors College status goes up, as enrollment goes down

Cori Santucci Sep 30, 2016
Numbers have gone done for the Hicks Honors College following a change in the admissions process.
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UNF Counseling Center looks to increase funding in wake of recent events

Audrey Carpenter Sep 29, 2016
The Counseling Center looks to receive up to half a million dollars following a request by the Florida university system's Board of Governors.
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End of first-year housing requirement looks to benefit students, as UNF officials eye housing expansion

Nick Blank Sep 27, 2016
Spinnaker talks to Housing Vice President Chief of Staff Tom Serwatka concerning the end of the first-year housing requirement, and how this may impact UNF going forward.
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College Optical Express. Photo by Lili Weinstein

Inside Look: How stores make their way to campus

Brenda Zelaya Sep 26, 2016

How UNF decides what commercial businesses to bring to campus Students tend to begin and end their day at UNF with a cup of coffee from Starbucks or a meal from Chick-fil-A. Both businesses are well-known...

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