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Three Fulbright Grants For New College Students. Three students at New College of Florida were awarded prestigious Fulbright grants for 2015 and will study/work in Colombia, Germany and Morocco. This year’s Fulbright recipients are Kyna Patel (Lakeland, FL), Peter Raab (Bellingham, WA) and August Tupper (Portland, OR). The College previously announced that students Shana Bergman and Madeleine Yount were awarded Gilman Scholarships from the U.S. State Department for study abroad, and that Sarah Oldham and Hilary Ramirez received Critical Language Scholarships from the State Department. New College now has 57 Fulbright recipients in the last 10 years, and 83 in […]
New College Named to Princeton Review’s “Colleges That Pay You Back”. New College of Florida is one of just 200 “Colleges That Pay You Back”, a new national ranking released by The Princeton Review. “Colleges That Pay You Back” is a new guidebook and ranking system for The Princeton Review, reflecting academic quality, cost to students and families, and salaries earned by graduates. New College of Florida provides a good “bang for your buck,” according to the Princeton Review’s profile of the college. New College was one of four Florida State University System institutions to make the list, with University […]
Kiplinger’s Ranks New College 13th out of 100. For the 12th consecutive year, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has recognized New College of Florida as a top value in higher education. The magazine ranked New College 13th on its list of the 100 best values in public colleges for 2015. “Balancing top-quality education with affordable cost is a challenge for families in today’s economy,” said Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. “The schools on the 2015 list offer students the best of both worlds.” New College ranked 5th in the nation for the lowest total cost to in-state students after […]
New College of Florida Hosts Dr. Fiona Crawford. Military veterans wounded by roadside bombs commonly suffer from traumatic brain injury. Recently, studies have shown that professional football players also experience traumatic brain injury, from less severe but repeated impacts to the head. Dr. Fiona Crawford, president of the Roskamp Institute, will speak on “Traumatic Brain Injury Research,” the next event in the New Topics New College discussion series, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 in the Mildred Sainer Pavilion at New College of Florida. She will present the latest research on links between traumatic brain injury and the development […]
New Music New College Season Continues. The innovative New Music New College concert series continues with a performance by The New College Chorus entitled “Darkness and Light.” The concert is at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, with a pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m., in the College’s Mildred Sainer Pavilion. Tickets are $15, $5 for students and free for the New College community. New Music New College features original interpretations of classic pieces, and this concert, the second in the 2014-15 season, is no exception. The New College Chorus was founded in 2005 by the late Daniel Moe, who is often […]
Why Do Thousands Try To Cross the Mediterranean in Flimsy, Crowded Boats? In 2014 alone, nearly 3,000 people have died while fleeing Africa across the Mediterranean Sea – including some 500 in one incident in September. What reasons motivate so many African migrants to undertake the dangerous crossing to Europe? What ethical questions should inform our responses to patterns of mass migration? Acclaimed African writer Véronique Tadjo will address those questions in a talk entitled “In Search of a Better Life: The Perils of Hope,” at New College of Florida. Tadjo will discuss the issue of migration in the context […]
New College Of Florida No. 5 Among National Public Liberal Arts Colleges. U.S. News & World Report has again ranked New College of Florida the No. 5 public liberal arts college in the nation. The rankings, part of the “Best Colleges 2015” edition, were released today on the magazine’s website. The ranking marks the 10th consecutive year New College has been listed in the top six public liberal arts colleges nationwide. New College trails only four military service academies in the category. U.S. News & World Report also named New College to its “Least Debt” list. New College is one […]
Princeton Review Ranks New College Highly. What makes New College of Florida one of the nation’s best colleges? It offers “undeniably awesome” academics and professors and students who “encourage a love of learning.” The praise for New College comes in The Princeton Review’s “Best 379 Colleges,”. The book has placed New College of Florida in the top 15 percent of all four-year institutions nationwide for the 13th consecutive year. The Princeton Review already recognized New College with the No. 2 national ranking among public colleges for quality and affordability in its annual “150 Best Value Colleges” listing, released in February. […]
New College Highly Ranked By Forbes Magazine. New College of Florida ranked No. 12 in Forbes magazine’s list of the country’s “Best Value Colleges” for 2014. Once again more national media recognition of how New College provides a top-quality education at an affordable price. The ranking puts New College in good company among tough competition. The nation’s military service academies (Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine), which charge no tuition, occupy the first five positions in the rankings. Fellow state institutions University of Florida (No. 9) and Florida State University (No. 13) also made the list. Forbes […]
New College Awards First Honorary Degree. Last evening in a sunset ceremony on the bayfront, New College of Florida awarded bachelor of arts degrees to 144 students, and bestowed its first honorary degree to alumnus and keynote speaker Jennifer Granick at its 48th commencement. Among the graduates are five Fulbright Scholarship winners, and two of the 10 members of the first class of Florida’s Frost Scholars, who received full scholarships for graduate degrees at England’s University of Oxford. One of the Frost Scholars, mathematics student Timothy Duff of Tampa, Fla., delivered the student address. Granick, director of civil liberties at […]
Four New College of Florida Students Awarded Fulbright Grants for 2014. Four students at New College of Florida were awarded prestigious Fulbright grants for 2014 and will study and work in Belarus, Taiwan, India and Germany. This year’s recipients are Erich Barganier (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Robert Matthew Klinkel (Orlando, Fla.), Laura Robinson (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Richard Zay (Inverness, Fla.). All are expected to graduate in May. In addition, three students were chosen as alternates: fourth-year students Robert Hincapie and Katherine Williams, and Lorna Hadlock, a 2013 graduate. New College now has 57 Fulbright recipients in the last 10 years, and […]
Jennifer Granick, Noted Critic Of NSA Surveillance And Expert On Civil Liberties Headlines New College Of Florida’s 48th Commencement. New College of Florida announced that Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, will be the keynote speaker at the College’s 48th Commencement on May 23, 2014. Granick, a 1990 graduate of New College, has been recognized as an expert in the Internet, cyberlaw, privacy and civil liberties for more than a decade, for her work at Stanford and previously at the Electronic Frontiers Foundation. “We’re thrilled and honored to have Jennifer Granick […]
New College Among Top 100 Best Value Public Colleges. New College of Florida once again was recognized as a top value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, ranked 11th on its list of the country’s 100 best values in public colleges for 2014. This is the 11th straight year New College has appeared in the top 20 of the magazine’s list of colleges that provide top-quality education at an affordable cost. Kiplinger’s praised New College for its “high four-year graduation rate, low average student debt at graduation, abundant financial aid, a low sticker price, and overall great value.” New College had […]
Documentary Examines Sea-Level Rise and Sustainability of Coastal Cities. Director Brian Kalina worked for three years on a film about the fragility of oceanfront communities, but he lacked that “hook” – the imagery and statement that would sell the film to an audience. Then superstorm Sandy thrashed the New Jersey shore, flooded Manhattan and sent Kalina back to film the “after” shots of the places he had already visited. The result is his documentary, “Shored Up,” which will be screened at New College of Florida at 6:30 p.m. Friday, November 5. Following the movie, there will be a question and […]
New College Appoints Director Of Communications & Marketing. New College of Florida announced it has named Jessica Rood, an experienced and award-winning higher education professional, as its new director of communications and marketing. Rood will be responsible for all facets of New College’s public presentation, including its website, magazines, newsletters and development and admissions materials. She begins work at New College on November 4th. Rood was director of creative services at St. Lawrence University, in upstate New York, since 2011. In that position, she helped launch a comprehensive brand messaging project and visual identity project for the college. She also […]
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
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