Laurie D. Babcock

Focused on a dream: Side hustle brings joy to one alum

April 29, 2024 0

Meet an FGCU alum helping graduating seniors take the perfect portrait while following her own picture-perfect dream....

Naples center fills need for early childhood learning in Collier

April 18, 2024 0

Until recently, 95-year-old Lori Mansell hadn’t been in a classroom since she stopped teaching 25 years ago. At the request...

How one Colloquium instructor brought a little piece of Fort Myers to Kenya

April 15, 2024 0

Discover how an FGCU faculty member’s response to a student’s question in the popular University Colloquium course changed the lives...

Exploring science and intellectual pursuit in the theatre department

April 12, 2024 0

Theater has long been a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and exploration. Plays that endure often have a timeless relevance in...

What is the future of AI in healthcare?

April 4, 2024 0

Discover FGCU’s use of holographic technology and cancer detection advancements as they relate to AI....

Courtside from day one: two decades of superfandom

March 22, 2024 0

From the thrill of victory to the shared heartbreak of defeat, college sporting events have long created a sense of...

‘But came the waves and washed it away’: Exploring Sanibel’s coastal dynamics

March 15, 2024 0

In one of the earliest sonnets in English, Edmund Spenser illustrated the futility of carving a name into the sandy...

Guided growth: A tale of mentorship from Lutgert College of Business

March 8, 2024 0

Florida Gulf Coast University finance major Belen Findley has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. With a loan from her parents, she...

The great escape: A prescription for nursing success

February 20, 2024 0

The patient, Mr. Jones, lies on his back under a blue blanket in a hospital bed, blinking up at the...

Family business expert to speak Feb. 29 at FGCU

February 13, 2024 0

Jonathan Tisch will deliver the keynote address at the third annual Resnick-Wynn Family Business Conference on Feb. 29 at Florida Gulf Coast University. Tisch...

FGCU faculty piloting new AI-powered teaching tool

February 9, 2024 0

Florida Gulf Coast University faculty members are piloting classroom use of an AI-powered writing assistant that never sleeps, never complains...

Ringing in the new year with FGCU’s newly installed president

January 12, 2024 0

There was an infectious sense of new beginnings in and around Florida Gulf Coast University’s Alico Arena Jan. 12. The...