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"Since I own and run a small business AND my small business’ main focus is to serve other local small business owners, I love the month of May, because it’s “Salute To Small Business” month." Karen Moore shares the results of the Florida Small Business Development Council Awards for 2023.

Mike Martin is shedding his title as president of Florida Gulf Coast University, but he is gaining another presidential title.Martin will be president of the Hanseatic League of Universities for the next year. He is replacing Dong-sung Cho, president of Incheon National University in South Korea.

China is seeking to regain what it once was until a few hundred years ago, the most powerful economic region in the world, said Daniel Franklin, the executive editor and acting U.S. editor of The Economist magazine.He spoke at the 3rd Annual Hanseatic League of Universities Conference at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday afternoon. His topic: The world in 2050: Big Trends That Will Shape the Future.

There’s been another call for FGCU’s first female president to get a truncated contract, this time from the university’s own Board of Trustees.Joe Fogg told the board’s chair on Wednesday that he was hoping that Aysegul Timur is given annual contract.

As Florida Gulf Coast University prepares to usher in a new era with President-elect Aysegul Timur, one member of the state university system’s Board of Governors suggested Wednesday that Timur get a “shorter contract” when she steps into the role.After a more than year-long search for a successor to retiring President Mike Martin, the FGCU Board of Trustees last week voted 7-6 to tap Timur for the job.

Books on LGBTQ+ topics are currently being restricted in schools across Florida due to proposed legislation. Educators share how access to similar books helped them understand their sexual identities growing up.

Florida Gulf Coast University’s graduation requirement that focuses on sustainability may be changing in the coming years.

When Hurricane Ian plowed through Sanibel it eradicated a lot of predators of the Edwards wasp moth. Hence, a feast was provided for the Ficus-hungry insect's caterpillar stage.

During a forum moderated by the Florida Gulf Coast faculty senate, Mack described himself as an “innovator, a disruptor and a relationship builder.” Mack also pointed to his knowledge of the Legislature as a factor that would separate him from three other finalists.

The red-bellied woodpecker is the most common woodpecker in Florida. Over the years they have been found to have adapted well to more urban environments and can be found in just about any habitat type from as far south as Florida and along the East coast all the way up to Canada.