Categories | Student Success

Annual excellence awards uphold tradition — with a twist

May 28, 2020 0

Even as most Florida Gulf Coast University community members remain away from campus, FGCU continues to uphold time-honored Eagle traditions...

Athletics pairs with Admissions for recruiting ‘Dream Team’

May 21, 2020 0

There’s a reason collegians who participate in NCAA- and NAIA-sanctioned sports are known as student-athletes … not athlete-students. Florida Gulf...

STARs rise to the challenge of teaching remotely

April 30, 2020 0

Teachable moments often arise from unexpected, awkward or unsettling circumstances, providing an opportunity to draw something positive from a negative...

Edison National Bank creates scholarship fund

April 17, 2020 0

While Florida Gulf Coast University’s students are certainly pleased with their new nearly 50,000-square-foot Recreation & Wellness Center, they likely...

Communication major doesn’t regret trading football for friends

April 17, 2020 0

For Tariq ‘TQ’ Humes, joy springs from helping others.   While a student at FGCU, Humes (’10, Communication) worked in Campus Recreation and helped to start the...

Student fitness facility finally front and center

October 31, 2018 0

Florida Gulf Coast University has always bought into the English proverb that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body....

FGCU turtle researchers testing the nesting on Cayo Costa

October 30, 2018 0

This research is helping to show potential for sea-turtle protections, and is inspiring a new generation of marine researchers....