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Journalism alum savors experience covering Paris Olympics

October 31, 2024 0

Sebastian Gonzalez can speak with firsthand knowledge about the exhilaration of the Olympics. The 2017 Florida Gulf Coast University journalism graduate...

Grad students experience international internship with Arthrex

October 29, 2024 0

Emily might be in Paris on Netflix, but a new internship opportunity unique to Florida Gulf Coast University enabled two...

Eagle alum Capan earns PGA Tour card

September 17, 2024 0

Former Florida Gulf Coast University men’s golfer Frankie Capan III earned his PGA Tour card Sept. 15 as part of...

Honors communication grad lands NASA storytelling internship

September 5, 2024 0

For Christmas one year, Brandon Cominsky received a telescope as a gift. This singular gesture propelled his life on a...

FGCU grad honored for dedication to social work in local schools

August 29, 2024 0

Helping others is essential to Judes Sétalaire Albert’s character, a quality developed during his youth in a small Haitian commune...

Alum wins $10,000 to lead development of app connecting music fans

August 15, 2024 0

At one point during his undergraduate years at Florida Gulf Coast University, Abraham Joseph found it challenging to make new...

Hell, high water and canned tuna: Alum tells global stories for The New York Times

August 6, 2024 0

Video journalist Alex Pena has slept in Black Hawk helicopters flying over Afghanistan, in a tent on the tarmac of...

FGCU graduate’s island cafe-studio feeds artistic appetite

July 24, 2024 0

Island life has long sparked the imagination of artists. Paul Gaugin, the post-impressionist French painter, became especially famous for depicting...

Spring grad made the most of Honors College opportunities

June 11, 2024 0

If all goes as planned, Dominique Berrette will begin medical school in fall 2025. The highly decorated spring graduate from...

Retired professor’s $2.5 million gift to engineering is largest ever from faculty member

June 6, 2024 0

Thomas M. Missimer recently retired from Florida Gulf Coast University’s U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering . But the former hydrogeology professor’s impact will continue to...

Spring grad tuned in to a commitment to finish her degree

May 28, 2024 0

In her role as an FM traffic manager, Marilyn Kennedy manages and schedules the flow of promotional advertising for Southwest...