60 years ago, a sitting U.S. president came to Boca Raton to formally open FAU
The 36th president of the United States came to Boca Raton one sunny Sunday in October 1964 to formally open the first public university to serve southeastern Florida. Lyndon Baines Johnson took the stage 60 years ago before roughly 15,000 people, who had come to watch him dedicate Florida Atlantic University. The school had opened its doors in September to about 1,000 students. ...
FAU’s student-journalism initiative, MediaLab@FAU, wins national $100,000 grant
Florida Atlantic University’s new journalism initiative within the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies won a $100,000 grant to help expand coverage. The initiative, MediaLab@FAU, which began in September of 2023, operates similarly to a newsroom: FAU students produce local South Florida stories that are published on its website, and more than 40% of those stories have been picked up ...