Florida Southern College has joined a growing number of U.S. campuses offering a rock-climbing wall as a recreational amenity for students. FSC’s 22-foot wall at the Nina B. Hollis Wellness Center was introduced with a grand opening Jan. 26.
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Florida Southern Cancels December Graduation, Adjusts Spring Schedule
Florida Southern College has cancelled its December commencement ceremony and adjusted its spring semester dates amid the continued uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Three Lakeland Colleges Place in U.S. News 2021 Rankings
Three Lakeland institutions — Florida Southern College, Florida Polytechnic University and Southeastern University — made the cut when U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings earlier this month.
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More College Sports Planned for Lakeland Highlands Road
A strip of pasture fronting Lakeland Highlands Road north of the Polk Parkway is transforming into a place for college athletes to practice and play. Southeastern University says it plans to place athletic facilities on 36 acres donated by Ed and Mary Jane Holloway just north of Sam’s Club, The Ledger reports. That land abuts […]
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Parent Sues FSC for Lack of Refunds After Switching to Distance Learning
Florida Southern College has been sued in federal court by a parent who alleges the college should have given partial tuition refunds after switching from in-person instruction to distance learning in March as a coronavirus precaution. A college spokesman told Tampa Bay Business Journal that FSC issued refunds for housing and meal plans and it […]
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Florida Southern College Hires New Business School Dean
Two years after being hired to launch the University of Maine’s graduate business program, J. Michael Weber is moving to Lakeland to become dean of the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise at Florida Southern College.
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FSC Dedicates Dixieland Physical Therapy Building
Several hundred Florida Southern College supporters and alumni were on hand today when the college dedicated its new Jean and Sal Campisi Sr. Academic Center for Physical Therapy on Florida Avenue in Dixieland. Here’s video of the ceremony: Twenty-four students enrolled in the college’s new Doctor of Physical Therapy program when it launched this semester. […]
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Natural Causes Attributed to FSC Student’s Death
A Florida Southern College senior majoring in math and accounting and active in intramural sports was found dead in his Lake Hollingsworth apartment. The school’s security chief said there were no signs of foul play and Dalton Beitel of Titusville appears to have died of natural causes. Source: The Southern
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FSC’s Roberts Academy Seeks Approval to Expand
Florida Southern College is planning to demolish a house at Frank Lloyd Wright Way and Hollingsworth Road to build a two-story middle school as part of the Roberts Academy, a private lab school for children with dyslexia.
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Local Short Film Explores Food, Culture and Belonging
The internal doubts of a young woman coming to understand her roots and her place in the world inspired the external drama in a short film being shot in Lakeland today and Saturday. Pamela Rodriguez, 22, was born in Puerto Rico but moved to Lakeland when she was very young, she said, but it didn’t […]