Thirty-eight novos ditched their homework and logged on to Zoom on the evening of Friday, Feb. 12 for the first annual Trivia Night. Thesis student Marcela Pardo Zapata and first-year Fehmi Neffati hosted the event. Custom resin molds made by second-year Cecilia Hampton and a…
The 2020-21 “New Topics” series, formed as a collaborative effort between the New College Foundation and New College of Florida, have hosted plenty of guest lectures featuring notable alumni, from former white nationalist-turned anti-racist Derek Black, to Princeton economic researcher William Dudley. Sponsored in part…
When Professor Emeritus Doug Langston created the Langston Rule it was intended as a way to help thesis students finish their projects and examinations, by allowing up to two weeks after the end of the term to finish, without enrolling in the next one, and…
The ACE academic plaza used to be full of classes, but due to COVID ACE hasn't seen the same amount of students. With the fall semester finally drawing to a close, mid-semester progress reports indicated that students have faced significant academic struggles due to isolation…
Fall is here and besides a particularly tumultuous and unprecedented election week, some things have stayed the same. At New College, finals are still approaching and for the fourth years, thesis projects are underway. Although the hardest part for many will not come until finalizations…
Second-year Luis Chavez-Sanchez was struggling to stay motivated this semester, so he did not feel surprised when he received an email from a Student Success Coach about some concerns that his professors raised on his mid-semester progress reports. “I feel like I knew that I…
