• Do Negative Political Ads Work?

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Millions of dollars are being spent on political ads in Florida during the primary season. Some of the ads tell viewers why they should vote for someone...
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  • How do politicians' personal lives play into the public arena? Should they?

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    It's two days before the South Carolina primary and a potential bombshell drops on a major candidate. Will it affect voters' reactions, and how?
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  • Obama calls for commitment to skills and education in State of the Union

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    President Obama addresses education successes and challenges, including business partnerships, improved graduation rates and affordable education.
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  • Students Compete for Prestigious Leadership in Action Award

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Earning a College degree—whether it’s on a full-time four-year plan or a ‘learn while you earn a living’ plan—takes an enormous amount of time and energy. Students who also find time to dedicate to serving their community deserve special recognition and encouragement to continue their great work. If they’re making a difference now, imagine what they’ll do when they graduate.
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  • Florida State College Students Compete for Prestigious Leadership in Action Award

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Earning a College degree—whether it’s on a full-time four-year plan or a ‘learn while you earn a living’ plan—takes an enormous amount of time and energy. Students who also find time to dedicate to serving their community deserve special recognition and encouragement to continue their great work. If they’re making a difference now, imagine what they’ll do when they graduate.
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  • Primary Colors Running Red in Florida

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Days before the 2012 South Carolina Republican primary, Mitt Romney is pumping money into a major ad campaign... in Florida...while his opponents are focusing on South Carolina. What's up with that?
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  • Florida State College Students Use iPad 2 to Create Multimedia Masterpieces

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Forget the expensive movie-making equipment. All you need is an iPad 2, a few apps and a passion for storytelling to create multimedia art. Digital Media Productions Producer Robin Herriff shows you how one Florida State College Digital Media professor is helping his helping students learn how to make movies—without going broke.
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  • Historical Iowa Caucus Vote Closest in History

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Dr. Marcella Washington, professor of Political Science at Florida State College at Jacksonville, assesses the razor-thin edge Mitt Romney pulled over Rick Santorum--and what might happen later.
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  • Student Spotlight: Cooking Up a New Career

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Meet Wendy Robinson, a student in the Culinary Arts program at Florida State College at Jacksonville.
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  • Student Spotlight: From the Lab to the Kitchen

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Meet Ericka Jenkins. She is an aspiring chef in the School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Her family was the biggest influence in choosing Culinary Arts as a future career.
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  • Florida State College at Jacksonville Welcomes New Experts

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Pending approval by Florida State College at Jacksonville's Board of Trustees, the College will officially welcome its first group of new talent for 2012 this afternoon. Some will teach classes on our campuses, others will design courses that'll be offered online. All of them will contribute to the quality of education offered by Florida State College at Jacksonville.
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  • The Kids Are All Right (aren't they?)

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    The holidays bring special challenges for families affected by divorce.
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  • Social Media Rumors: sorting fact from fiction

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey--Jon Bon Jovi News and information is obtained from countless sources, compared with the days before the Internet, Facebook, Twitter and blogs. It's fast, but is it reliable? Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don't. Just ask Jon Bon Jovi, who is not dead. Amy Moore, Social Network and Lifestyle Integration Program Coordinator at Florida State College's Open Campus, tells CBS 47Reporter Leslie Coursey and viewers how to discern reliable sources from the junk--and with good reasons (along with a surprising one) as to why you should. (Dec. 20, 2011, WTEV, Jacksonville FL)
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  • The Future of Communications: The Times-Union Editor Frank Denton

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    You’ve probably heard rumors about the ultimate demise of the printed newspaper. It’s true, some dailies have ceased printing paper editions or folded completely. Times-Union Editor Frank Denton says his paper isn’t folding—at least not without a major fight.
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  • The Future of Communications: CBS47 News Anchor Dawn Lopez

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Florida State College at Jacksonville is developing a new media bachelor's degree program called Converged Communications. The goal is to prepare students for a wide range of communications professions—news, marketing, advertising, public relations, corporate communications, government relations—and more. After all, every company today is a media company. Every company wants to—or has to—communicate with its staff and stakeholders. While the program still needs SACS approval, we’re busy building a network of amazing, award-winning communications leaders in the region willing to share their expertise to make this program… rock.
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  • Florida State College Student Competes for National Culinary Title

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    We launch our 2012 series of Florida State College at Jacksonville Student Spotlights with Ben Beutjer. You may want to remember that name because in the not-so-distant future, this Culinary Arts student COULD take center stage on MasterChef—FOX's reality culinary show.
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  • Florida State College Art Students Carve out Masterpieces

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    It has been dubbed ‘Blocktoberfest’; an opportunity for local art students interested in contemporary printmaking to make large-scale ink prints from woodcarvings. The work produced by Florida State College's art students is worth seeing.
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  • Institute for Food Safety: 2012 Major Priority for Florida State College at Jacksonville

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    A year after Florida State College at Jacksonville partnered up with local and international companies to create the food safety program, the College is focusing heavily on raising the fifteen million dollars needed to develop the Institute for Food Safety near Downtown Campus.
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  • Vice President Joe Biden talks to students about affordable college

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    Vice President Joe Biden talked about affordable college at Fletcher High School.
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  • In the TU: Northeast Florida students, parents worried about rising college costs

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
    It's increasingly difficult to go through school without a student loan, and the average debt for graduates in Florida is more than $21,000.
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