Jacksonville now has its first “green” college degree

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Jacksonville University has approved one of the few comprehensive Sustainability majors in the Southeast, part of a small but growing number of programs nationwide that encourage students to see how their personal choices can affect larger societal issues to help the environment and economy both thrive.
 

Two Students Awarded Zimmerman Family Scholarships for International Business

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:00:00 -0500

Jacksonville University’s Davis College of Business (DCOB) congratulates seniors Chris Garson and Brian Tye on earning the Zimmerman Family Scholarships for International Business. The scholarships are sponsored by Far East Brokers and Consultants of Jacksonville and the Zimmerman Family Foundation.

Hetzel and Morris Make History by Winning the 2011 Air Race Classic

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:00:00 -0500

Jacksonville University’s Davis Aviation Center in the Davis College of Business (DCOB) is thrilled to announce that Senior Leah Hetzel and Sarah Morris ’10 have done what no other university team has ever accomplished as they finished first in the 2011 Air Race Classic, the all-women transcontinental national air race.

Hetzel and Morris not only beat out the 11 other participating collegiate teams but they also bested all 50 teams made up of the top female pilots in the nation. Forty-three teams finished the race. Hetzel and Morris discovered they had won at an awards banquet yesterday, June 26 in Mobile, Ala.