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Florida education leaders working to ensure mental health services for school

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter | Jul 23, 2020

Students and families are likely getting access to mental health resources for this upcoming school year.  This week, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) and the Department of Children and Families...

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Duval County teachers say no reopening plan is a good reopening plan

Siddie Friar, Intern Reporter | Jul 21, 2020

As the first day of school draws near for Duval County Public Schools, teachers, students and parents are bracing for what is likely to be a rocky road at best, and a deadly catastrophe at worst.  Florida...

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Demonstrators face members of the Austin Police Department as they gather in downtown Austin, Texas, Thursday, June 4, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)

UNF professor discusses race, diversity and healing from history

Sheifalika Bhatnagar, TV News Director | Jul 20, 2020

The University of North Florida is gearing up for the upcoming fall semester. Many precautions are being taken, including making issues like racial-sensitivity training an important issue for staff and...

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Update on UNF staff returning for work on campus

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor | Jul 20, 2020

Last week, UNF shared an update on returning to campus in the fall. They have emailed another update specific to UNF employees returning to campus: “To prepare for a successful reopening in the fall,...

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Looking for a job on campus in the fall? Here are some available positions you may be interested in

Zach Yearwood, News Editor | Jul 20, 2020

Whether you are in need of a financial boost or just have some free time during the week, UNF offers several paid positions for students in most departments on campus, even despite COVID-19. Last fall,...

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CORRECTS POLITICAL PARTY FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT - FILE - In this Thursday, May 10, 2007 file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

AP: Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero’

CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press | Jul 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his...

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Student Government puts out survey about racial discrimination and BLM

Siddie Friar, Intern Reporter | Jul 17, 2020

In an effort to better understand the climate around race and racial injustice on campus, Student Government has released a survey to gauge how Ospreys are feeling.  The survey is only a few questions,...

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Update on returning to campus in fall; new self-screening app; Boathouse closed

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor | Jul 17, 2020

UNF has emailed an update on the status of returning to campus in the Fall. Here are some highlights from the text: Shared Responsibility: “A successful return to campus will depend on all of our...

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UNF faculty create petition to ban any RNC activity from campus

UNF faculty create petition to ban any RNC activity from campus

Siddie Friar, Reporter | Jul 16, 2020

In a preemptive move, faculty at UNF have created a petition asking for a ban on any and all RNC activities at any campus facilities for the convention this August.  The petition cites two main reasons...

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Students experience online mentorship during pandemic through CASS

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter | Jul 16, 2020

The Community Alliance for Student Success is a mentor group at the University of North Florida which caters to helping minority students prosper in their educational journey and provides support for students...

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UNF provides a statement on test alert system problem

UNF provides a statement on test alert system problem

Courtney Green, Managing Editor | Jul 15, 2020

There was a hiccup in UNF's test alert system over the weekend, with some people receiving the automated phone call hours after receiving the text alert or push notification. In a statement to Spinnaker,...

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press | Jul 14, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer...

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