Blog entries tagged New College

North Trail's New College Hires VP for Advancement

ntrp — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0100

New College of Florida has hired Shannon Duvall as its new vice president for advancement and executive director of the New College Foundation. Duvall is currently the vice president for development at Albion College in south-central Michigan. She will be responsible for all aspects of the College’s fund-raising program, including major and planned giving, the annual fund and the New Col...

North Tamiami's New College Named No. 3

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:47:24 +0100

New College Named Third Best Value Public College

New College of Florida has been ranked the No. 3 “Best Value Public College in America” for 2013, a list compiled by The Princeton Review and published by USA Today. The 2013 list features 75 public and 75 private colleges and ranks the top 10 in each category. New College was the only Florida institution to appear on ei...

U.S. News & World Report Ranks New College Top 10

ntrp — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:16:37 +0100

New College Ranked in Top 10 for Graduate School Success

U.S. News & World Report ranks New College of Florida ninth in the United States for the percentage of students who go on to graduate programs within a year of graduation. The national rate of college graduates pursuing advanced degrees within a year is 27 percent; New College’s rate is 55 percent. Vi...

North Trail's New College Foundation Announces Chair, Trustees

ntrp — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:25:23 +0100

New College Foundation has named Felice Schulaner as chair of its board of directors. Schulaner, who has served on the foundation board since 2007, takes over from former chair Howard Isermann. John Bean and G. Lowe Morrison were elected as new Board directors. Additionally, Patrick Hennigan was elected as first vice chair and treasurer, Christine Jennings was appointed as second vice chair and Tom White was elected as secretary.

Original article publis...

North Tamiami Trail: New College Ranks Fifth

ntrp — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:29:04 +0100

US News Ranks New College of Florida No. 5 Among Public Liberal Arts Colleges

New College of Florida’s academic profile continues to shine among the nation’s elite. U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida’s honors school among the country’s top 100 best public liberal arts institutions.

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North Tamiami Trail: New College Elected New Chair

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:15:19 +0100

Former NYSE President Elected Chair of New College of Florida Trustees

New College of Florida has elected William R. Johnston, former president and chief operating officer of the New York Stock Exchange, as chair of its board of trustees. He succeeds former Florida State Senator Robert M. Johnson. Keith D. Monda, former presid...

North Trail: New College Named Among Country's Best

ntrp — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:47:54 +0100

New College Named Among Best by Princeton Review

New College of Florida (www.ncf.edu) has been named one of the country’s best colleges for the 11th consecutive year by The Princeton Review in its newly published college guide, "The Best 377 Colleges: 2013 Edition." New College is one of only 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges profiled in the book and was ranked No. 3 on The Princet...

North Trail Events: New College to host TEDxSarasota

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:15:15 +0100

New College to Host Next TEDx Event

New College of Florida will host TEDxSarasota’s (www.tedxsarasota.com) August event, Musical Collaboration Matters, featuring Disparate Harmony, six musicians of different musical backgrounds, on Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m., at New College's Sainer Pavilion. College provost and professor of music Stephen Miles will present the TEDtalk "Music's Many Vo...

North Trail: New College of Florida Honored

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:54:34 +0100

New College Ranks on Three National Lists

New College of Florida (www.ncf.edu) ranked as No. 15 on Forbes’ “Top 100 Best Buy Colleges for 2012.” It was also included as one of the 300-plus best and most interesting colleges and universities in the U.S., and particularly noted as being a great bargain, in the 2013 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Newsweek and The Daily Beast...

Tamiami Cultural District: New College

ntrp — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:04:30 +0100

Forbes Gives New College a Nod

New College of Florida (www.ncf.edu) was ranked No. 189 out of 650 colleges and universities in Forbes magazine's 2012 ranking of America's top colleges based on educational outcomes, not reputation. Read the article and view results here.

Original article published August 6, 2012, by BIZ(941) Daily.

Tamiami Trail - New College Construction

ntrp — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:20:56 +0100

SARASOTA - Other than its sign on a Tamiami Trail overpass, New College of Florida is somewhat hidden just north of University Parkway.

But soon, passers-by on U.S. 41 will see a highly visible welcome to the colle...

North Tamiami - New College Plaza Renovation

ntrp — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0100

New College of Florida (www.ncf.edu) has begun a $700,000 renovation of the plaza in front of the Jane Bancroft Cook Library. The project includes construction of a bell tower, underwritten by Beverly Koski and named for her and her late husband, Robert, co-founder of Sun Hydraulics. The project is slated for an October completion; construction manager is Sarasota-based Willis Smith Construction.

New College of Florida has begun renovation of the plaza in front of the Jane Bancroft Library. Construction will include a new bell tower named after Beverly Koski, a Sarasota philanthropists, and her late husband Robert. Koski has been involved with New College for several years, serving as a leader of the New College Library Association.

Dr. Donal O'Shea Takes the Helm as New College's Fifth President

Dr. Donal O'Shea officially began his post as New College of Florida's fifth president, following the retirement of Dr. Gordon E. "Mike" Michalson Jr. Before coming to New College, O'Shea was the dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. O'Shea earned a bach...

North Trail - New College

ntrp — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0100

O'Shea Becomes Fifth New College President

Donal O'Shea officially began his position as New College of Florida's fifth president as of July 1, following the retirement of Gordon E. Michalson, Jr. O'Shea was the dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Mount Holyoke College ...

North Trail Sarasota

ntrp — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:40:09 +0100

New College Professor Comments on Dolphin Communication

New College of Florida (www.ncf.edu) comparative cognitive psychologist Heidi Harley was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor news article about a new speaker device that could one day help humans talk with dolphins. Harley isn't involved in developing the device, but was quoted extensively. Read the full article here.

Mathematician deemed perfect fit as next New College president

ntrp — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:39:04 +0100

By Christopher O'Donnell
chris.odonnell@heraldtribune.com

Published: Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 4:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 4:38 p.m.

SARASOTA - Math attracts many academ...

New College Students Win

ntrp — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:03:12 +0100

Rozalyn Crews and Evan Giomi were recently awarded the top prizes in the 2012 Student Archaeology Grant contest sponsored by the Time Sifters Archaeology Society of Florida for outstanding research in anthropology and archaeology, making this the fourth year in a row that New College students have won. Crews' paper covers Calusa Indians' experiences in their social and environmental ...

New College of Florida Names Dr. Donal O'Shea as Next President

ntrp — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:44:10 +0100

Dr. Donal O'Shea, dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., has been selected as the next president of New College of Florida. He will succeed Gordon E. “Mike” Michalson Jr., who will retire as head of Florida’s honors college for the liberal arts and sciences on July 1, 2012. A Harvard-trained mathematician, O’Shea has been at Mount Holyoke since 1980. The a...

New College Announces $3 Million Gift

ntrp — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:00:22 +0100

New College of Florida has announced what is believed to be the second largest individual gift in the college’s history. The gift, which is part of the Heidi H. Boothe estate, is expected to top $3 million in assets and property when liquidated, according to attorney Bob Johnson, administrator of the Boothe estate. The gift was made in honor of Boothe’s daughter, Sharon Boothe Rider, a New College graduate, who died...