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New playwrights festival shines spotlight on emerging FGCU talent

November 7, 2024 0

The Emerging Playwrights Festival, to be held Nov. 22-23 at Florida Gulf Coast University, will offer two rising young playwrights a rare...

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...

Summer 2024 President’s and Dean’s lists honor FGCU’s top scholars

September 13, 2024 0

Florida Gulf Coast University honors its top scholars each semester by naming undergraduate students to the President’s or Dean’s lists....

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...

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...

Spring 2024 President’s and Dean’s Lists honor top scholars

July 10, 2024 0

Florida Gulf Coast University honors its top scholars each semester by naming undergraduate students to the President’s or Dean’s lists....

Grad overcomes years of health challenges to earn biology degree

July 3, 2024 0

Like many of her peers in Florida Gulf Coast University’s spring commencement class, Marisa Manning’s high school didn’t have a...

A frog tale a decade in the making

June 25, 2024 0

Learn about research conducted by two FGCU students, a decade apart, on invasive and native frog species....

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...

Sculpture from Ian debris all about ‘creating beauty from chaos’

May 16, 2024 0

The creative minds and skilled hands of some Florida Gulf Coast University students and their professor have transformed the detritus...

Outstanding Eagles inducted into Hall of Fame

May 7, 2024 0

Nine class of 2024 standouts have been inducted into Florida Gulf Coast University’s Hall of Fame, the highest recognition awarded...

Sharing her own story empowers alum to advocate for mental health

April 23, 2024 0

Kelly Maguire’s journey to becoming a mental health advocate started in 2018 when she heard Lady Gaga’s mother, Cynthia Germanotta,...