SAINT LEO – Saint Leo University will commemorate Constitution Day 2009 with a dynamic program: “Is Universal Health Care Constitutional?” As Congress contemplates legislation to reform the nation’s health care system, many questions about costs and rights have come to the forefront of the public debate. Saint Leo faculty members will draw on their expertise [...]
POLK COUNTY, FL (Sept. 17, 2009) – The Design, Construction & Sustainability Institute (DCSI) of the Corporate College at Polk State College (PSC Corporate College) has announced a new round of courses designed to train people for jobs in the emerging field of green technology and the construction trades. A portion of the cost of [...]
SARASOTA, FL (September 16, 2009) – An internationally recognized expert in design of livable cities will be the keynote speaker in the third of a four-part series of forums on land-use policies at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee on Sept. 30. Robert H. McNulty, founder and president of Partners for Livable Communities, will focus [...]
SARASOTA FL — Despite a national flattening of college enrollment, a noted art and design school here is enrolling 11% more new students this term than last. Ringling College of Art and Design reports that 448 new students are beginning classes this term. The number compares with 403 a year ago. That’s slightly more than [...]
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 15, 2009) – Two tenants of the USF Research Park of Tampa Bay received the Governor’s Business Diversification Award on Tuesday for their exceptional contributions toward statewide economic diversification through job creation, community involvement and investment. The two are among 20 businesses statewide recognized by Gov. Charlie Crist during an awards luncheon [...]
(Bradenton, Fla., September 15, 2009) – State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) will offer additional information sessions for the new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program. The new sessions were added this fall in response to the increased interest in the program. The RN to B.S.N. program will begin in January 2010 with the [...]
[ST. PETERSBURG, FL, September 15, 2009] – How are Tampa Bay’s colleges and universities meeting the challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce their carbon footprint? What are the strategies that they are using to become more ‘green’, less wasteful and more energy efficient? Sustainability leaders from five Tampa Bay area campuses (Eckerd College, [...]
[September 16, 2009—St. Petersburg, Fl.] Gary D. Mormino, Ph.D., history professor at the University of South Florida (USF) St. Petersburg and co-director of the Florida Studies Program at USF, will be featured speaker at the Downtown Neighborhood Association’s (DNA) public meeting on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth Street North, St. Petersburg, [...]
Bradenton, FL – State Representative Bill Galvano, an attorney with Grimes, Goebel, Grimes, Hawkins, Gladfelter and Galvano, PL, is the keynote speaker for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton’s Constitution Day ceremonies on Thursday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m. The speech will take place in Lecture Hall 211 at the LECOM Bradenton campus, 5000 [...]
The Fox Business Group LLC will be offering a seminar at the CCRA called Writing the Business Plan. The seminar will be for four weeks beginning September 24 from 6 to 8 pm. This will be a very practical hands on class. The CCRA is at 302 Manatee Avenue E. room 305. The cost is [...]







