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Palm Beach Illustrated selected Laura Vernon, Ph.D., associate dean of academic affairs and research of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University as a finalist for the Educator of the Year award. She is featured in an article and on the cover of
Palm Beach Illustrated's September Magazine. Palm Beach Illustrated’s Education Awards recognizes individuals and organizations making an impact on education in the Palm Beaches. The annual awards program will be held Friday, September 20 at the Norton Museum of Art.
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College of Education at Jupiter Welcomes Taka Mays, Ed.D.
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Taka Mays. Ed.D., is a Clinical Instructor at Florida Atlantic University in the Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology. Prior to Dr. Mays’ employment at FAU, she was an elementary school principal for the last 10 years in Tallahassee, Florida. In addition to her role as a Clinical Instructor, she will be working with teachers from St. Lucie, Martin and Okeechobee counties who are enrolled in FAU’s School Leaders Master’s Partnership Program and aspiring to become school administrators. Dr. Mays’ research interests are school leadership, school accountability and culturally responsive pedagogy.
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New this fall is the “Owl Spirit Fridays,” initiative. Every Friday – not just during football season – all faculty, staff and students are encouraged to wear business casual dress, that includes FAU red and blue, or FAU-branded attire.
Click here for more information.
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Dozens of people stopped by our table to learn about FAU Jupiter and FAU Brain Institute Ascend Program's offerings during the
Summer Concert Series at Abacoa, featuring the Sinatra Salute on August 17. The concert provides an excellent opportunity for us to showcase what we have to offer at FAU Jupiter. The next Abacoa Summer Concert will be held Saturday,September 21, feating Crystal Visions of Fleetwood Mac. FAU Jupiter is a proud sponsor of the Abacoa Summer Concert Series.
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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This fall
Taylor Hagood, Ph.D., professor of American Literature at Florida Atlantic University will be teaching a four-week course titled, "The Gilded Age." The course will begin Wednesday, November 13 at 2:15 p.m. This course will examine the great forgers of that wealth along with the writers, artists and composers both in the United States and abroad who helped shape the Zeitgiest of that time. Prominent figures who make an appearance in this four-lecture series include Henry Flagler, Winslow Homer, Henry James, John D. Rockefeller, Edith Wharton and John Phillip Sousa.
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Saturday, August 24
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
STEM Studio, Abacoa
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Zhen Yan, Ph.D.
Hosted by Ning Quan, Ph.D.
Tuesday, September 10 at 4 p.m.
Room 119, Research Facility MC-1
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The John D. MacArthur Campus presently enrolls more than 1,500 students and offers groundbreaking programs in research and education. Two of the world’s leading research organizations, the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Research Institute are located on the campus and offer high school, undergraduate and graduate students transformational experiences not found anywhere else in the world. The campus is home to the nationally-ranked Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College which provides 440 students with a live-in, all-honors educational experience and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the largest membership program of its kind in the nation. Recognized as a center of scientific activity, the campus also serves as the headquarters for two of FAU’s primary research organizations, the Brain Institute and the Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH).
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