The FSCJ International Club hosted its 3rd Annual Miss Multicultural Pageant (MMP) on April 25, 2014.

Through a mutual agreement, First Coast News can utilize the TV studio at our Deerwood Campus during an emergency. The studio provides the news station a safe place to broadcast emergency information to viewers in the instance that their news station near the St. Johns River is inoperable due to a storm.

New President for Downtown Campus has big plans for FSCJ

Dr. Ian Neuhard is the incoming president for Kent Campus and Cecil Center.

FSCJ was recently notified of the decision by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board of Trustees to reaffirm the institution's accreditation for ten years. Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Lynne Crosby spoke with the reporter about the process and what this accreditation means for FSCJ.

Professor Andrew Holt, Ph.D. spoke with on the News 4 Jax Reporter Kumasi Aaron about the escalating violence between Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and the impact of the conflict in the Mideast.

Professor Harvey Slentz spoke with Action News Sunday about recent immigration news and the request from President Obama to secure $4 billion in funding to help with our "humanitarian crisis" when it comes to children crossing our borders.

Dr. Bioteau spoke with the Editorial Board about her first six months as President of FSCJ. Discussed our ongoing strategic planning process, new state statutes and the continued progress with our financial aid processes.

FSCJ Professor Rachel Thomas was featured in HealthSource Magazine's July 2014 Celebration of Nurses issue. Dr. Thomas has been teaching in the RN to BSN program at the College since 2008.

Get to know South Campus President - Dr. Margarita Cabral-Maly

Dr. Andrew Holt discusses the ongoing conflict in the Middle East with the Channel 4 Morning Show.

Director Herb Babin and Program Coordinator Chris Johnson from FSCJ's Military and Veterans Service Center discuss the available services and programs, as well as the importance of the Center as a "one-stop shop" for veterans, active military and their families as they begin their transition to college.

Chanice Howard, a Lee High School Dual Enrollment and FSCJ Early College High School student, earned one of only 1,000 full Gates Millennium scholarships nationwide, potentially funding her education through the Ph.D. level.

FSCJ President Cynthia Bioteau, Ph.D., is hosting a Strategic Planning Day, May 15, 2014, which will include the input of community and business leaders from Duval and Nassau counties in a morning session; and an afternoon session for employees to react, respond and plan to get FSCJ in line with how the community and FSCJ can identify and accomplish its mission and critical needs.

FSCJ Legal Studies Professor Nicholas Martino, J.D., explains how a private company received a $100,000+ bonus from the U.S. Navy, after costing taxpayers $3M for bridge repairs caused by USNS Martin crash into Mathews Bridge.

Dual-enrolled Damon Edmond just earned his Associate in Arts degree from Florida State College at Jacksonville through the Early College High School program while earning his diploma from Lee High School. Now he has been named the 2014 North Florida African-American Youth Achiever by The Jim Moran Foundation, entitling him to a four-year scholarship to Florida State University.

Students attending career academies at Raines, Ed White, Jean Ribault, First Coast and Mandarin high schools presented a plan to the Jacksonville Chamber, business partners and mentors to create and run a healthy burrito food truck business as a capstone project for their respective career academies. Florida State College at Jacksonville's Culinary Arts program is their partner in food preparation. Other businesses will partner in the career fields of information technology, logistics, financial services, and health and life services.

The League of Women Voters of Florida is at the lead of a lawsuit challenging the redistricting of the congressional map by the Florida Legislature in 2012, charging that it violates the Florida Constitution and gives unfair advantage to incumbents. Florida State College at Jacksonville professor of Political Science Marcella Washington, Ph.D., gives her opinion on what she thinks is the issue in the case and why voters should care--and be informed.

Florida State College at Jacksonville Economics Professor Chris Markl, social entrepreneur and One Spark creator, released his report analyzing the financial outcome for One Spark crowd-funding festival participants. The success of the festival notwithstanding, his research claims that not many creators gained much financially, and explains what he thinks should be done to improve the impact for the creators and measurement of the impact for the organizers.

Florida State College at Jacksonville's Youlanda Henry talked with WJXT about Maya Angelou's 86 years of life as a worldwide acclaimed poet, author, actress, singer, screenwriter, director, dancer and activist. Although Angelou never earned a formal degree, she received numerous honorary degrees and strongly believed in and encouraged lifelong learning. Henry, associate dean of North Campus Library and Learning Commons, tells why she thinks Angelou's impact and appeal was so broad, embraced by people from any and all backgrounds.