Spring 2022 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 List or Dean’s...
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...
FGCU developing as regional hub for the autism community
When Annemarie Connor utters the phrase “our college students with autism” in conversation, it usually elicits a look that says,...
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...
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...
Spring graduates share inspiring journeys to earning degrees
FGCU students travel many different paths to one destination: graduation day. Out of 1,942 candidates for undergraduate and graduates degrees...
Alumna gathers rare seeds in hopes of preserving plants for future generations
An avid hiker raised from a young age with a love of the outdoors, FGCU graduate Jessica DeYoung (’18, Environmental...
Ukrainian cellist at FGCU pairs passion for music with jujitsu
Tetyana Pyatovolenko of FGCU’s Bower School of Music & the Arts likes to say she didn’t choose the cello. The cello chose her. When Pyatovolenko was just...
Golisano Foundation awards $1 million grant to FGCU’s Community Autism Network
A $1 million Golisano Foundation grant to the Community Autism Network at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) will advance initiatives...
Competitive Esports players part of club that’s all fun and video games
When you hear the term “Esports,” what comes to mind? Is it a cold, dark room with the only hint...
Storytelling Series opens pathways to connections, healing
Why do we tell stories? And how do we build a story good enough to share in front of an...