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NCF presidential candidate Pamela Gunter-Smith visits and meets with students
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October 2, 2012
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Graduating class produces four Fulbright scholars
photo courtesy of the New College Office of Public Affairs (From left to right): Thesis students Dana Ziegler, Susanna Payne-Passmore, Christopher Mullholland and Kathleen McQueeny received Fulbright grants to study abroad next year. New College, which has the second-highest amount of Fulbright award-winners per capita,…
May 12, 2012
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Students perform Doubt: A Parable
all photos Taylor Meredith/Catalyst The dark music room within the bowels of College Hall was transformed into the stage for a New College student performance of the 2004 play Doubt: A Parable, written by John Patrick Shanley, last on Fri. May 4th and Sat. May…
May 12, 2012
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Annual Cheese Fest serves up hearty slices
all photos Paul Zombory/Catalyst Gruyere, mountain gorganzola, brie served on tiny bread slices with sweet fig jam and many, many other delicious cheeses welcomed the taste buds of over 70 attendees of the Gulf Coast Cheese Fest’s grand tasting event. Crowds of people made their…
May 12, 2012
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UF and FSU lobby for tuition hiking bill
Over the past five years, all Florida public universities have had funds cut again and again, but two of the state’s top universities have decided that if legislature will not hand over the green, the students are going to pay. On Thurs. Apr. 12, Florida State University (FSU) president Eric Barron and University of Florida (UF) president Bernie Machen lobbied Governor Rick Scott to sign Florida’s “preeminence” bill (HB 7129) — a law that would allow certain universities to increase yearly tuition higher than the current 15 percent cap. With the bill enacted, universities that fit 11 of the 14 requisites designated to accredit a nationally ranked research institution could set a “market-tuition” — giving them the ability to request unlimited tuition increases from their boards of trustees and the Board of Governors for any given year.
May 12, 2012
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NCF chooses President Michalson as graduation speaker
While New College President Gordon “Mike” Michalson officially steps down from his administrative position at the end of this academic year, he will get a chance to conclude his 10 year run of presidency with a commencement speech for the graduating class of 2012. As…
April 12, 2012
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New College offers flight tutorial
With the start of a new mod, New College Fitness Center Head and certified flight instructor Colin Jordon is offering a private pilot tutorial for the second semester in a row. By the end of the class, students will be armed with an arsenal of…
April 12, 2012
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Student Affairs announces biggest group of Orientation Leaders yet
Eager to acclimate next year’s fresh meat with the spirit and bare footedness of New College, over eighty students — one of the largest numbers yet — applied online to be Orientation Leaders (OL’s) for the coming 2012 semester. Among the vast pool of applicants,…
April 12, 2012
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Ringling Underground celebrates electro-pop
On Thursday Apr. 5, the Ringling Museum of Art hosted its third installment of the art-infused concert event, Ringling Underground, this time with an ElectroPop theme. The monthly art-infused concert event aimed at Sarasota’s youth was free for all New College and USF students with…
April 12, 2012
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NCF budget results for the 2012-13 year "not nearly as bad as it might have been," says Michalson
Though prepared for the worst, New College President Gordon “Mike” Michalson sent a cautiously optimistic e-mail to staff and students after meeting with the Florida State Legislature to determine the budget for the 2012-13 academic year. The state gave an unexpected $1.3 million of recurring…
April 3, 2012