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FSCJ hosting Enrollment Day event this weekend
You still have time to register for Fall classes at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Those classes start Aug. 26. FSCJ is holding an Enrollment Day event this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks]
New Town residents question Duval Schools on proposed closures and teacher cuts
Dozens of people peppered Duval County School Board Chairman Darryl Willie and interim Superintendent Dana Kriznar with questions about school consolidations, dropping district enrollment, teacher cuts, and more during a town hall organized by the Jacksonville NAACP on Tuesday night at the Beaver Enterprise Center in the New Town community.
Elevating Jacksonville's Economy: UNF Launches New FinTech Programs This Fall
The University of North Florida (UNF) will launch new graduate and undergraduate FinTech programs this fall. These programs, created in collaboration between UNF’s Coggin College of Business and the College of Computing, Engineering, and Construction, aim to enhance Jacksonville's role as a key center for financial services and technology.
FSCJ hosting Enrollment Day event this weekend
You still have time to register for Fall classes at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Those classes start Aug. 26. FSCJ is holding an Enrollment Day event this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks]
UNF's Dr. Aaron Creller Wins Prestigious Fulbright Fellowship for Cultural Philosophy Project
Dr. Aaron Creller, an associate professor at the University of North Florida, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024-2025 academic year. The award is issued by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
First Coast Varsity Weekly: FHSAA district meets open a zoom month in track & field
The season of zoom has arrived. District track and field meets kicked off last week, the latest step toward the Florida High School Athletic Association championships in mid-May at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium. While one notable star not in action last week was Creekside sprinter Christian Miller — the Georgia-signed senior,...
What did Duval County superintendent candidates tell the School Board about closing schools?
Facing budget problems and falling enrollment, how would the candidates to be Duval County’s next schools superintendent decide whether to close schools, and which ones? The Duval County School Board asked about that and a stack of other subjects in a letter last month to the six people the board named semifinalists for...
Jacksonville native to earn Bethune-Cookman bachelor's degree — 20 years after starting
It was Shannon Walker's voice that got him in the door at Bethune-Cookman University in 2003. As a high-school choir singer, he visited what was then known as Bethune-Cookman College and met the school's longtime choral director, Rebecca Walker Steele, no relation. She liked his singing and encouraged him to apply. When he...
Who's in, who's out? FHSAA announces Northeast Florida baseball district brackets
Play ball, playoff edition. Baseball's postseason is taking shape -- without any public schools from Duval County for the first time in 90 years -- after the Florida High School Athletic Association released its brackets for next week's opening round in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. Following its standard procedure, the FHSAA used its ranking...
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