Pianist Priscila Navarro plays Carnegie Hall in the 2013 prelude to ‘Dunk City’

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many believe Florida Gulf Coast University first made its mark on a national stage when the 2013 Dunk City men’s...

Graduates from Immokalee reach out to help their neighbors in need

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Community and empowerment are words that pop up frequently when Maria Cardenas (’13, Social Work) discusses the Immokalee Grassroots Movement,...

Innovative software solutions boosting virtual instruction for the arts

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From his classroom within the Bower School of Music & the Arts, instructor John Phillips positions the marching band on...

Alum blends love of nature with his growing Hawaiian clothing line

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DAVID SHEPARD HAS interwoven passions for the natural world, the visual arts and Hawaii into a colorful clothing line featuring...

FGCU breaks ground on buildings for two new schools

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EVEN THE 2020 HEALTH pandemic couldn’t shut down progress at Florida Gulf Coast University. Construction on two academic buildings to...

Wang championed Immokalee’s children through FGCU philanthropy

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David I.J. Wang, once a top executive for the world’s largest paper and pulp producer, never forgot his roots as...

Looking back at 20 years of Eagle athletics

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The tales from the early years of FGCU Athletics are so widely known they can almost tell themselves: swamp land...

FGCU benefactor Dr. Ben Hill Griffin, III leaves incomparable legacy

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His name and his benevolence are indelibly etched into the history of Florida Gulf Coast University and the hearts of...

The Lucas legacy: Stepping up and filling a need, time and again

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By the time he was a teenager, David Lucas’ strong work ethic and drive to earn money had set him...

How the FGCU community mobilized to serve during lockdown

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The coronavirus has affected everyone in one way or another. And the FGCU family certainly felt the impact in...

FGCU looks inward and beyond campus to make university harmoniously diverse

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The pain and outrage ignited earlier this year by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery resonated...