Drew Sterwald writes about university programs, faculty, students and alumni for FGCU360.com and other marketing and communications materials. A longtime Florida resident, he joined FGCU in 2011 with 25 years of experience as a newspaper reporter, photographer, editor and designer. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
FGCU ‘feels like family’ to new women’s head basketball coach
Whenever Raina Harmon considered moving on from her assistant coaching job at the University of Iowa, she compared other schools...
FGCU partners with UMass Lowell to explore joint research, exchange programs
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and the University of Massachusetts Lowell plan to pursue joint educational and research opportunities that would benefit students, faculty...
FGCU360 does a 180 to look back at 10 years of chronicling campus
Ten years may not seem like a long time in the life of a university. But for Florida Gulf Coast University , now in...
Iowa’s Harmon to lead FGCU women’s basketball into new era
The championship legacy of Florida Gulf Coast University women’s basketball is secured with Raina Harmon from the University of Iowa signing on as head coach. “It’s...
FGCU cultivating connections in rural Hendry, Glades counties
Miley Castellon’s eyes lit up as Florida Gulf Coast University junior Carli Bell discussed her dream of someday working in nuclear engineering and energy....
Cacho’s success story, scholarship fund inspired students
The Eagle family has lost a generous longtime champion of education and student success with the death of Cornelius “Pat”...
Fall 2024 President’s and Dean’s Lists honor FGCU’s top scholars
Florida Gulf Coast University honors its top scholars each semester by naming undergraduate students to the President’s or Dean’s Lists....
New entrepreneurship dean eager to steer ‘high-performance’ school
Just a week and two days after moving into the dean’s office of the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship , William McDowell was already extolling...
Summer 2024 President’s and Dean’s lists honor FGCU’s top scholars
Florida Gulf Coast University honors its top scholars each semester by naming undergraduate students to the President’s or Dean’s lists....
FGCU graduate’s island cafe-studio feeds artistic appetite
Island life has long sparked the imagination of artists. Paul Gaugin, the post-impressionist French painter, became especially famous for depicting...
Spring 2024 President’s and Dean’s Lists honor top scholars
Florida Gulf Coast University honors its top scholars each semester by naming undergraduate students to the President’s or Dean’s lists....
RHM partnership with Ritz-Carlton yields internships and careers
When Alfonso Diaz applied for internships as an undergraduate at Florida Gulf Coast University’s School of Resort & Hospitality Management , he knew little about ritzy...