University of North Florida News

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nancy Soderberg, a University of North Florida Visiting Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, greets Nelson Mandela in South Africa after he was released from prison in 1992.

VIDEO: Former South African president Nelson Mandela accomplished a lot for himself, his country, and the world in 95 years.

Durham Technical Community College has named Tracy Mancini dean of the Arts, Sciences and University Transfer Department.

You're not alone, says Daniel Schafer, professor emeritus from the University of North Florida who has made a specialty of the 20-year British period.

A University of North Florida arcaeology class was looking for evidence of the location of Fort Caroline.

Baseball Camp. The Pitchers Camp will take place Dec. 20 from 1-6 p.m., while the Offensive/Defensive Camp will be Dec. 21 from 1-6 p.m. Both camps take place at Harmon Stadium on the University of North Florida campus and are open to high school aged prospects.

Compared to other universities around the country, a large number of University of North Florida students are studying abroad, which has been recognized by the Institute of International Education in its annual report.

Four new leadership assignments, including principals for two elementary schools under construction in the north part of St. Johns County, will be up for approval at the Dec. 10 meeting of the St. Johns County School Board.

But a student who is set to attend the University of North Florida is upset about the University's on-campus housing requirement.

Becky Moseley of Viera, a student at University of North Florida, has hit Black Friday sales with her mother since she was 15. This time, they got out at around 6 a.m. and headed for Melbourne Square Mall.

Growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Quincy Gibson was never near dolphins, but she knew her future would include the animals.

They are convicted of sex crimes that range from rape of a 12-year-old to possession of child pornography.

Jacksonville's unemployment rate fell to a five-year low in October, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News Lori Sampson-Wilson, shareholder with Myers, Brettholtz & Company, PA, Certified Public Accountants & Business Consultants announces that David Colorato, Abigail Cuccia and Christine Sheehan have joined the firm.

The next Regional Economic Development Forum of the JAXUSA Partnership will be 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday at the University of North Florida Herbert University Center.

Bob.Self@jacksonville.com--10/30/13--Andrew Winquist, a Nutrition and Dietetics major at UNF gives instructions to Exercise Science major Olivia Dicks as she prepares to have her lean body mass and fat mass measured through air displacement in a Bod Pod Wednesday morning, October 30, 2013 at the University of North Florida.

Florida Campus Compact recently awarded the University of North Florida the 2013 Engaged Campus of the Year award, which recognizes one Florida college or university for advancing the public purposes of higher education, improving community life and educating students for civic as well as social responsibility.

The Christmas Holiday House , presented by the Palatka Art League, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 24. Closed Thanksgiving Day.

Principal Brian Lyons brought a wheelchair to the homecoming pep rally in October - just in case his back flip across the gym went horribly wrong.

KENUTE Hare, director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, was presented with the Russell Arend Highway Safety Award at his Maxfield Avenue headquarters on Wednesday.