Categories | Student success

Alum hitting the ice for rising Jamaican national hockey team

July 14, 2022 0

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

July 12, 2022 0

STEM is the future – and the future has already arrived. Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are...

Spring 2022 President’s and Dean’s lists honor top scholars

July 5, 2022 0

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

June 28, 2022 0

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

June 20, 2022 0

When Annemarie Connor utters the phrase “our college students with autism” in conversation, it usually elicits a look that says,...

Alumni pair up to provide lifeline to families struggling with autism

June 20, 2022 0

After Amy Richardson’s daughter, Olivia, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder about eight years ago, the Cape Coral mom scoured...

Music demand getting hot for teacher-in-training

June 15, 2022 0

How is a teacher similar to a pop-music star? Both present themselves professionally in front of an audience. That’s why...

FGCU super-student brings understanding, compassion to cancer research

June 10, 2022 0

Everyone has 24 hours in a day to work with, and judging from her accomplishments, spring graduate Kaelyn Julmeus wastes...

Outstanding graduates inducted into FGCU Hall of Fame

June 2, 2022 0

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

May 26, 2022 0

FGCU students travel many different paths to one destination: graduation day. Out of 1,942 candidates for undergraduate and graduates degrees...

Engineering Eagles land at Atwell

May 19, 2022 0

A last-minute decision to accompany a friend to a Florida Gulf Coast University career fair in 2018 proved Sofia Alaniz...

Aspiring chef turns up heat in the kitchen and on the court

May 13, 2022 0

Kierra “Kiki” Adams may wield a competitive edge over her peers when she follows her dream into the heated atmosphere...