Florida Gulf Coast University

FGCU's Athletic Eagle was paired with the university's blue and green acronym in the logo redesign.

FGCU’s Board of Trustees will conduct final interviews of the three presidential search finalists, Tod A. Laursen, Ph.D., Robert G. Gregerson, Ph.D., and Susana V. Rivera-Mills, Ph.D., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, and a president-elect will go before the Board of Governors in November for confirmation.

The School District of Lee County is preparing mental health personnel to assist students and staff in mental distress post-Hurricane Ian.

Results from the first controversial surveys to uncover the political beliefs of nearly 2 million students, faculty and staff at Florida's colleges and universities are in. Those results were not what Florida's Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis expected. Most faculty, instructional staff and administrators who responded described themselves as moderate politically. More of them described themselves as conservative than liberal. Hardly anyone agreed that endorsing a particular political view would help them be promoted or granted tenure. And more of them agreed than disagreed that their campus was equally tolerant of liberal and conservative ideas and beliefs. Lawmakers had said they were worried about anti-conservative bias on college campuses. Just under 10 percent of almost 120,000 faculty, instructional staff and administrators responded. But fewer than 1 percent of more than 1.7 million students filled out the surveys, making those results statistically worthless. The next round of surveys will be going out in about six months unless a judge intervenes. A group of professors is challenging in federal court the law requiring the annual surveys. That case is set for trial in January in Tallahassee.

New logo will reflect the result of a survey that asked students, faculty, staff, alumni and other campus stakeholders to rank three options for a new institutional logo. Rollout will be in the coming months.

Through social and political landscape changes, the role of higher education and its leaders is evolving. Florida Gulf Coast University President, Dr. Mike Martin; and Dr. James Cousins, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Kentucky Wesleyan College, reflect on the status of higher education and the challenges they face.

Florida Gulf Coast University and its partner, the FutureMakers Coalition at the Collaboratory in downtown Fort Myers, has been awarded a $22.9 million dollar grant. The grant will help fund an effort to fundamentally change how people are trained and jobs are filled in Southwest Florida and beyond.

Karen Moore, publisher of Southwest Florida Business Today, explores rapid credentialing for better employees and employment.

Each year individuals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. At Florida Gulf Coast University, the current class of scholars is closing out their time in the 6-week program.

February 1st is National Freedom Day which commemorates the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Abraham Lincoln signed the Amendment in a special joint session of the house and the senate abolishing slavery in the U.S.