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Students demand better funding for higher education

Blake Middleton | Feb 27, 2014
Congregating in the Peace Plaza, they demanded $9 million for building renovations, as well as immediate in-state tuition for veterans and the children of undocumented immigrants.
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UNF keeper joins new team: A family of five

Andrew Nichols | Sep 17, 2013

At dinner with the Ayres family in 2011, Brad Sienkiewicz broke down in tears. The loss of his mother one year earlier had weighed on him and his emotions poured out in front of the family of five....

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UNF Alum faces challenges, rewards of being a young CEO

Taylor Nelson | Apr 18, 2013

Three years after graduating from UNF, Bradford Stephens started his own technology company. At the age of 29, Stephens took on the title of CEO and all the privileges and challenges that go along...

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Rally in Tally for higher education

Sarah Ricevuto | Apr 9, 2013
Students from each of the 11 Florida state universities gathered in Tallahassee to lobby for lower tuition.
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Octogenarian boxer continues his education at UNF

Jason Howard | Feb 21, 2013

Kenneth Comyns stands up from a chair, strapping on red and black gloves designed to soften the blow of balled fists on impact. Assuming a fighter’s stance, he approaches a slowly swinging heavy...

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So What’s Your Story? Dr. Tes Tuason comes to UNF from across the globe

Zach Sweat | Feb 6, 2013

How do some people who were born in extreme poverty become rich, while others remain poor? This is the question that Dr. Tes Tuason, associate professor at the University of North Florida, has sought...

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Aim Higher: students rally for lower tuition

Kathleen Godfrey | Jan 15, 2013

Aim Higher activists rallied in the student union on Jan. 14 in an attempt to call attention to the 15 percent tuition increase students may face this year. UNF is the first institution in the state...

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Foreign Trade mixes various influence for original sound

Zach Sweat | Jan 15, 2013

As any musician knows, standing out from the endless sea of would-be artists and mundane bands is the first step toward breaking out from the crowd and becoming a successful group. With a diverse...

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UNF’s last original faculty member reminisces, offers advice

Andrea Aribe | Jul 24, 2012
Back in the day: Lou Woods remembers UNF’s earliest days, when the university consisted of four buildings with dirt parking lots and bears and snakes were problems on campus.
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Soderberg: From the Biology Lab to the White House

Bonnie Mulqueen | Jul 5, 2012
Get to know UNF distinguished visiting scholar Nancy Soderberg
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Feb. 1 Editorial

Greg Parlier | Feb 2, 2012
GOP candidates ignore what matters most: Education.
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Gov. Rick Scott requests information from state universities in letter

Spinnaker | Oct 20, 2011
Florida Governor Rick Scott requested detailed information concerning curriculum, professors’ pay and graduates’ pay from the 11 public state universities in Florida.
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