Edward Waters Announces its 30th President St. Thomas Announces New President ICUF Sponsors Credo “Aspiring Leaders Workshop” Southeastern University Student Receives Fulbright Award Palm Beach Atlantic English Major Earns Fulbright Award Ringling Computer Animation Ranks #1 in the South, #2 in the US Flagler Wins Seventh PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award NSU, Saint Leo, Keiser Ranked Among Nation’s Best Online Education Programs FL College’s Education Department Competes with Larger Universities Adventist University Names New Provost Beacon Attends Indian Workshop on Learning Disabilities Bethune-Cookman to Receive Beyoncé Knowles’ Homecoming Scholars Award Saint Leo Names New VP for Global Engagement Hodges Named Top University for Professional Sales Education Warner Hires New VP of Enrollment Management

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Edward Waters Announces its 30th President

The Edward Waters College Board of Trustees has announced its 30th President of Edward Waters College. After a long nation-wide search by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), the choice is Dr. Zachary Faison.

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Faison’s career include professional experiences as a higher education executive administrator, edu-cator, and attorney. He is currently the Gen-eral Counsel and Vice President of External Affairs at Tuskegee University where he serves as the university’s chief legal officer and provides principal oversight for its legislative and governmental relations functions. Dr. Faison brings an im-pressive résumé to Jacksonville’s Tiger Nation, and the campus communi-ty looks forward to continued focus on student success.

Dr. A. Zachary Faison

The Board of Trustees of St. Thomas Uni-versity (STU) have announced the appointment of David A. Armstrong, J.D. as its next university president. Armstrong will assume official duties Aug. 1, replacing outgoing President Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale, who announced his retire-ment in 2017. “I cannot think of anyone more qualified, experienced and committed than David A. Armstrong,” said John Dooner, the chairman of STU’s Board of Trustees. “He will take Msgr. Casale’s legacy to the next level.”

Armstrong comes to STU from Thomas More College (TMC), in Crestview Hills, Ky., where he has been president since 2013 after a decade in various leader-ship roles at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. During his tenure at TMC, he was instrumental in increasing enrollment, introducing new academic programs, and forging various community partnerships for the college. “I am honored to have been given the opportunity to lead this university to the next level of success and excellence,” Armstrong said.

St. Thomas Announces New President

David A. Armstrong

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ICUF Sponsors Credo “Aspiring Leaders Workshop”

At the end of April, twenty aspiring leaders from thirteen ICUF member institutions met on the beautiful University of Tampa campus to engage in the Credo Aspiring Leaders Workshop. Higher education in America is experiencing high turnover in leadership positions. Investing in future leaders is important. It was a gift of time from our College and University Presidents for these leaders to attend this day and a half workshop to engage in visions of the future.

ICUF President Ed Moore kicked off the training with an overview of ICUF and higher educa-tion issues that confront all of us in Florida and nationally. The Credo consultants then offered insight to today’s student characteristics, effective strategies to help students succeed, and leadership characteristics to foster these services. They facilitated group discussions and ways to stayed tuned in to the mega trends facing higher education such as demographic, technology and learning shifts.

The rich mix of affinity group leaders from Academics, Advancement, Enrollment, Finance, IT, and Student Affairs encouraged participants to share each other’s insight and experience broadly and offer more comprehensive perspectives. The goals always focused on helping their students navigate the multitude of challenges while progressing toward degrees.

Although most attendees did not know each other upon arrival, it was obvious from their interactions and comments upon workshop com-pletion that they will stay in touch with each other to share outcomes of the training challenges. ICUF will create follow-up mechanisms, as well as develop future group trainings.

Southeastern University Student Receives Fulbright Award

Hayden Huffaker, an English and Intercultural Studies (EIS) major at Southeastern University, was recently awarded a Fulbright Award where she will spend a year working as a teacher’s assistant at Corporacion Universitaria Minuto de Dios in Bogota, Colombia. The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program provides grants for U.S. students to teach English abroad while serving as cultural ambassa-dors. It is part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, administered by the U.S. Department of State. As a student, Huffaker has been a part of FIRE English as a requirement for her major. FIRE English is a student-led organization on campus that seeks to teach English to those in the surrounding area. EIS students teach the classes, plan the lessons and manage the program. “It’s important that we are aware of what is going on in the countries the students come from. I have grown to love the students and learning about their stories,” said Huffaker. A native of Lakeland, Huffaker originally came to SEU with plans to pursue a degree in elementary education. However, Huffaker’s deep fascination with South American culture compelled her to change her major to EIS.

Hayden Huffaker

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Palm Beach Atlantic senior Esther Hagan has earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA), joining an elite list of students, artists and researchers across the country winning Fulbright honors. Hagan, an English major from Annapolis, Maryland, is to teach in Taiwan under the award from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. “A Fulbright is a highly selec-tive and prestigious award for international study that aims to foster mutual exchange and understanding between citizens of the United States and those of other countries,” said Dr. Robert Lloyd, PBA’s dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. “The Fulbright award is a significant milestone for PBA. It carries with it recognition of the quality of the student who received the award as well as the academic quality of the university that trained the recipient.”

Hagan was born in Ghana, West Africa. During her time at PBA she has traveled to China and to New Zealand through the David and Leighan Rinker Center for Experiential Learning. “I’ve always found it fascinating to go to different countries and engage with different peo-ple from different cultures,” said Hagan. “I’m excited to go to Taiwan and see what their culture is like and what motivates them as people and how they live life.” Hagan is the first-ever PBA student to be offered the prestigious Fulbright.

Palm Beach Atlantic English Major Earns Fulbright Award

Ringling Computer Animation Ranks #1 in the South, #2 in the US

Esther Hagan

In April 2018, Animation Career Review released its Top 50 Animation Schools and Colleges in the US, naming Ringling College Computer Animation #2 nationally and #1 in the South. To prepare the rankings, Animation Career Review considered hundreds of schools in the US that offered pro-grams geared towards animation or game design. The criteria used in making this list consists, in no particular order, of the following: Academic reputation; Admission selectivity; Depth and breadth of the program; Value as it relates to tuition and indebtedness; Geographic location.

The Peach Belt Conference has awarded Flagler College its seventh Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award.The award has been pre-sented 10 times and Flagler won it six years in a row (2010-16). “We are incredibly proud of this hon-or because it is recognition of the positively distinc-tive manner in which our student-athletes, coaches and staff handle themselves in the arena of compe-tition,” said Director of Athletics Jud Damon. “We will always strive to win championships, but how we handle ourselves in the process of that striving is more important than the final score.”

The award is given annually to the institution displaying the best overall sportsmanship for the 2017-18 season and culminates the PBC’s season-long sportsmanship recognition program.

Flagler Wins Seventh PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award

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The Florida College Elementary Education Department is excelling in their field and compet-ing with larger universities across the state! The college is excited to announce exemplary results from the Florida Department of Education, based on data of first-time examinee testing attempts from students who took the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE) test from January 2015 to December 2016. Florida College students placed in the top five in the state in two testing catego-ries—science subtest and professional education! “These glowing results are evidence as to how well our students who go through the Florida College Elementary Education Department are doing overall,” said Mike Benson, co-chair of the department. “They’re thriving and are well-prepared to get a teaching job immediately after graduating. We may be small in size, but the data obviously shows we compare greatly to some of the bigger, more well-known ‘top institutions’ in the state.”

FL College’s Education Department Competes with Larger Universities

NSU has been ranked third in Florida and 12th overall in the United States when it comes to online educational opportunities and is one of only four institutions of higher learning from Florida to crack the ranking’s Top 15. If you break down the rankings, NSU is: 8th in the nation for overall op-portunities for service members (i.e. military personnel); 10th in the nation for doctoral degrees; 11th in the nation for bachelor’s and master’s degrees and credit for military training. “You could say that NSU’s DNA is rooted in online education,” said Dr. George Hanbury, NSU’s President and CEO. “We pioneered what was then called distance learning, and we continue to strive to provide as many educational options as possible for our students. These latest rankings are further proof that NSU provides its students with a competitive edge that other colleges and universities don’t, and we’ll continue to look for ways to be better tomorrow than we are today.”

Dr. Hanbury added that the NSU Edge is the fact the same exceptional education offered online is taught by the very same professors who are at the front of the classrooms teaching stu-dents face-to-face. The education isn’t different, just the delivery method in order to provide a high-quality education to as many students as possible.

Saint Leo was ranked fourth in Florida and offers six eight-week terms per year of fully online programs to meet students' scheduling needs. With offerings ranging from online associate degree programs all the way up to online doctoral programs -- and some programs with the option to further specialize into various minors -- students have many choices at their fingertips at this university. Saint Leo also presents several resources in hopes of helping its students succeed, such as: Access to online organizations, such as accounting and pre-law associations, to help build professional net-works; Professional online tutoring, which is free and offered 365 days a year, 24 hours a day; Peer mentoring to answer questions or discuss issues; A student advisor assigned to each student, to provide valuable input on courses, schedules and more

Keiser, ranked sixth in Florida for online education, was founded with the goal of providing a career-focused education for its students. Courses are taken one at a time, with each course running for four weeks. This unique approach helps students to focus on their studies for that one course completely, rather than juggling several classes at once. Through Keiser's Online Division, under-graduate and graduate degrees are offered in several disciplines, such as: Chiropracty; Criminal jus-tice; Fire science; General studies; Information technology.

Keiser relies on advisory boards in each program of study. Boards are comprised of industry professionals, alumni, community leaders, faculty and staff who can provide input on common prac-tices in those fields. Their insight is used to help improve Keiser degree programs for their students.

NSU, Saint Leo, Keiser Ranked Among Nation’s Best Online Education Programs

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Sandra Dunbar, DPA, OTR/L, FAOTA, will become Adventist University of Health Sciences’ (ADU) next provost starting in July. She is succeeding Dr. Hernández who was elected ADU’s new President last August. Dr. Dunbar is currently the Assistant Dean of the Profes-sional Development and Education, Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Science at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). She holds a Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) degree from NSU, a M.A. in Occupational Therapy from New York University (NYU) and a B.S. in Occupational Therapy from Loma Linda University. “Deeply rooted in the Adventist faith, Dr. Dunbar brings deep passion and commitment to the mission of Christian higher educa-tion. She is a recognized leader in her field, whose scholarly and educational track record, as well as leadership in a clinical professional program will contribute significantly to the development of our campus and the overall academic vision of AHS/FH,” Dr. Hernández said.

Adventist University Names New Provost

Sandra Dunbar

Several Beacon College educators took the school’s innovative learning model on the road to Mumbai for an inaugural workshop on learning disabilities for Indian educators. Organized by The Next Genius Foundation, an Indian charitable trust boosts inclusive access to higher education, the LD Workshop 2018 aimed to quench the thirst for tools and classroom strategies of Indian educators who serve LD students. About 80 participants attended the event staged at the Oberoi International School in Mumbai. “There is a dearth of professional training for educators working with LD students in India,” Neeraj Mandhana, managing trustee of The Next Genius Foundation, observed in the workshop’s brochure. Such professional enrichment is increasingly critical in India. In 2013, a team of researchers from the University of Melbourne concluded that every classroom in the country likely contained two or three children with learning disabilities. In all, the team estimated 10 percent of all children there live with learning disabilities.

Beacon Attends Indian Workshop on Learning Disabilities

Bethune-Cookman University is all abuzz with the announcement that entertainer and philan-thropist Beyoncé Knowles will award a deserving student a $25,000 scholarship for the 2018 – 2019 academic year as part of the BeyGOOD Initiative Homecoming Scholars Award Program. “I am truly grateful for this high honor in the legacy of our founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,” said Bethune-Cookman University Interim President Hubert L. Grimes. “This gift reminds us of the importance of HBCU's and the support for our students from the entire community. We want to properly thank Be-yoncé for selecting our University for this prestigious honor and financial support and hope Be-yoncé’s leadership encourages other high-profile persons to invest in our young people who are at-tending HBCUs,” Grimes said. “The individual selected for this scholarship will reflect both our found-er's vision and the respect we have for Beyoncé and her many contributions to the fabric of our soci-ety,” Grimes continued.

BCU will announce its Homecoming Scholars Award recipient at a later date.

Bethune-Cookman to Receive Beyoncé Knowles’ Homecoming Scholars Award

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Hodges University is pleased to announce it has been named a “Top University for Profes-sional Sales Education” by the Sales Education Foundation (SEF) for the second year in a row. Fea-tured in the SEF 2018 ANNUAL magazine, SEF recognizes Hodges for preparing students for suc-cessful careers in professional selling and helping to elevate the sales profession. “Our goal is to equip students with the necessary sales courses and skills to prepare them for high-end positions in the workforce,” said Dr. Aysegul Timur, senior vice president of academic affairs and dean of the Johnson School of Business at Hodges University.

Hodges Named Top University for Professional Sales Education

Saint Leo Names New VP for Global Engagement

Saint Leo University has appointed Dr. Senthil Kumar as the university's vice president for the newly created Office of Global En-gagement and International Affairs. Dr. Kumar joined the university in mid-April. In his new role, Dr. Kumar will oversee international admis-sions and recruitment; evaluation and assessment; international student and scholar services; study abroad and international education outreach; development of international programs and partnership agreements; intensive English, bridge, and pathway programs; and the university’s global business operations. Immediately prior to joining Saint Leo, Dr. Kumar was vice presi-dent of enrollment management and dean of international programs at Bay State College (MA). He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and a Master of Business Administration degree finance from the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University and a Doctor of Business Administration in quality systems management with a specialization in health systems from The National Graduate School of Quality Management.

Dr. Senthil Kumar

Derry Ebert will begin his journey at Warner University on July 2nd. Previously serving as Associate Vice President and Dean of Enroll-ment at MidAmerica Nazarene University, Ebert has served in Christian higher education for 24 years, with 21 of those years in overseeing ad-missions, financial aid, and marketing. “I believe that God called me to Christian higher education to serve Him in all I do. Reflecting God’s love to those who I serve with and supporting those who work within my scope of responsibility is a priority in my leadership role.” Ebert received his Bachelor of Science in Specialized Ministries and Bachelor of Sci-ence in Theology from Mid-America Christian University in Oklahoma City. From there, he received his Masters of Science in Management from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK.

Derry Ebert

Warner Hires New VP of Enrollment Management

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