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Track athlete upbeat, looking forward after career-ending crash

Track athlete upbeat, looking forward after career-ending crash

Ronnesha Rodgers | May 4, 2017

Manny Velasquez stayed conscious after he was struck by a truck towing a trailer, after a track meet in North Carolina. He remembered saving his head from being run over, but his legs were crushed by...

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Update: Crash cleared, entrance to arena garage now open

Update: Crash cleared, entrance to arena garage now open

Tiffany Salameh | Jan 26, 2017

https://youtu.be/gyvAbDcXfOU Video by Tiffany Salameh **Update: 1:19 p.m. Police and emergency vehicles have cleared the area and the arena garage is now open to incoming traffic. A crash involving...

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The accident at JTB has reported injuries, according to JTB. Photo by Tiffany Salameh

UPDATE: Crash at JTB did not involve UNF students

Cassidy Alexander | Jul 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/LfjafnxcL0o UPDATE — 7/26/16 @ 10:25 The crash at eastbound JTB and Kernan Boulevard did not involve UNF students, according to officials at the scene. Additionally, officials said...

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Car accident at the intersection of Eco Road and UNF Drive

briannadillon | Nov 5, 2014
On Nov. 3, two cars were involved in a crash on the intersection of Eco Road and UNF Drive. The police reported there being no injuries despite the extensive damage done to the vehicles at the scene.
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UNF student injured in motorcycle crash over weekend

Blake Middleton | Apr 17, 2014
Freshman and ΚΣ member Matt Loveland is currently in the hospital after a motorcycle crash this weekend.
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Pi Kappa Phi facing Student Conduct charges

Lydia Moneir | Nov 22, 2013
Pi Kappa Phi's Zeta Zeta chapter faces Student Conduct charges for their involvement in a party last New Year's.
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Spring Break crash leaves one student dead

Lydia Moneir | Mar 25, 2013
UNF student Myriam Lahcen was killed in a car crash on March 16 while on Spring Break with friends in Cancun, Mexico.
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Students gather for candlelight vigil honoring crash victim

Dargan Thompson | Jan 14, 2013

Hundreds of students gathered silently in the Coxwell amphitheater Saturday night for a candlelight vigil honoring Dara Kusiv, who was killed in a car accident this new years day. The vigil was...

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UNF student killed in New Year’s crash

Lydia Moneir | Jan 9, 2013

On New Year’s day*, Florida Highway Patrol responded to a car crash that left UNF Student Dara Kusiv dead and three of her friends injured. At approximately 12:50 a.m., the silver Dodge truck veered...

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UNF engineering students head to Red Bull Flugtag competition

Dargan Thompson | Nov 1, 2012

This weekend, a group of engineering students will take the machine they spent a month building and push it off a pier, hoping it will fly far before it crashes into the ocean. As crazy at that...

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Former IBM engineer, now professor for 13 years sees electrical future for engineering students

Justin Chandler Porter | Sep 3, 2012
UNF professors in the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction dole out their perspective on the job market for engineering students. And, by the sound of it, it doesn’t look dull.
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Gov. Scott requests financial information from state university presidents

Dargan Thompson | Nov 9, 2011
The plan for higher education - Rick Scott requests information from Florida’s public universities. What he will use the data for remains a mystery.
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