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By Michael Corby Fri, May 03, 2013 3:49 pm EDT

As a means of congratulating the class of 2012-2013, a JTA bus has been wrapped with the names of graduating students. The bus will roll in prior to…

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In the Times-Union: Focusing on the Real FSCJ Story

By Michael Corby Mon, May 20, 2013 9:31 am EDT

Times-Union Editor Frank Denton takes a turn at what he knows is the REAL FSCJ story--you now, the one about the eager, hard-working students and caring faculty members.

Frank Denton: The better FSCJ story

(Excerpt:)

"This is the story of the real Florida State College at Jacksonville, where eager, hardworking students can take affordable advantage of caring faculty members to build their lives, often through great adversity.

Last week at Veterans Memorial Arena, almost 7,000 of them received degrees or certificates, including 530 bachelor’s degrees and 4,978 associate (two-year) degrees.

Over the past year or two, while our journalists were investigating and reporting on the excesses and mismanagement of some executives at FSCJ — several of whom are now history — those students were hitting the books, sprinting from part-time jobs to their classes, fueled by ambitions and dreams."
(C) The Florida Times-Union, May 19, 2013

Read it here:

http://members.jacksonville.com/business/columnists/2013-05-18/story/frank-denton-better-fscj-story

 

 

Michael CorbyAbout Michael Corby
Michael Corby is a writer, editor and media liaison at Florida State College at Jacksonville, his employer since 1995. His knowledge of and connections with the faculty and staff at the College enable him to provide rapid response to media inquiries and pitch stories about the fantastic FSCJ faculty and students. Send news to michael.corby@fscj.edu. Corby has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre from Macalester College.