Graduate student finds career choice came naturally
Growing up in rural Rhode Island, Ella Guedouar lived on a dead-end road with hundreds of wooded acres that seemed...
Soaring Eagle awards honor high-achieving alumni
It usually takes many years to build the sort of life that brings with it accolades and recognition from the...
Alumna of Distinction has been pushing the envelope for years
An award is a tangible recognition of how the past influences the future. FGCU’s annual Alumni of Distinction Award is...
Alum hitting the ice for rising Jamaican national hockey team
Hockey wasn’t Kristoff Malcolm’s sport growing up in his Caribbean homeland of Turks and Caicos Islands. It couldn’t have been....
FGCU helping boost minority participation in STEM
STEM is the future – and the future has already arrived. Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are...
Alumna blows roof off male-dominated construction field
Legendary boxer Mike Tyson once famously opined, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Well, Hannah...
Alumni pair up to provide lifeline to families struggling with autism
After Amy Richardson’s daughter, Olivia, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder about eight years ago, the Cape Coral mom scoured...
FGCU community celebrates Juneteenth on campus
Florida Gulf Coast University celebrated the 157th anniversary of Juneteenth, the national holiday recognizing the end of slavery, with a...
FGCU super-student brings understanding, compassion to cancer research
Everyone has 24 hours in a day to work with, and judging from her accomplishments, spring graduate Kaelyn Julmeus wastes...
‘One Island’ connects artists and writers in gallery show
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, a trio of FGCU luminaries came together – Jim Brock, professor in the Department of...
FGCU at 25: Chemistry, close-knit campus brought couple together
Barrett Stejskal was a 6-foot-5, 280-pound man-mountain who loved the outdoors and didn’t mind expressing it during his years at...
Outstanding graduates inducted into FGCU Hall of Fame
In April 2020, Samantha Nelson was named president of FGCU’s Programming Board , which oversees signature events such as EagleFest and Winter...