In the 2014-2015 academic year, nearly 80 percent of first-year students participated in career workshops. The number of students enrolled in internships increased by 140 percent and the number of first-year students using the Writing Resource Center (WRC) increased by 240 percent. With the…
This past Sunday, Sept. 20, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) participated in a coordinated day of action centered on raising awareness and bringing attention to the psilocybin compound. Psilocybin Day of Action is a project developed by the 920 coalition. The coalition’s aim…
Last spring, New College of Florida’s Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to increase the health services fee by $1.46 per credit hour, which would in turn amount to roughly $40,000 per year for the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC). Shortly after, Gov. Rick Scott…
Previously just a lofty idea, New College’s first master’s program in data science has begun its test run this semester, with the application for accreditation turned in on Sept. 15. The college will have to wait until Dec. 6 for the final accreditation decision.…
The tri-annual, campus-wide celebration, formerly known as Palm Court Party (PCP), has been renamed Center of the Universe Party (COUP). The change came about as administration tries to distance the school from its “drug culture” reputation. PCP is also the acronym for the dissociative drug…
After months of searching and interviewing, Amanda Haskins and Alexandra Pearson have joined the Student Affairs department as Residence Hall Directors (RHDs). Haskins received her master’s degree in higher education from Springfield College last May. She was involved in extracurricular activities from being an orientation…
This year’s incoming first-years made up the largest and least diverse class New College has ever seen. The first-year class consists of 293 students, 27 of which are transfers. Although 25 states and five countries are represented, 81 percent of the new students are from…
The Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) hosted a panel on Aug. 28 to discuss the potential dangers associated with college “party culture” and give students valuable information on harm-reduction techniques and their rights as citizens and students. “The panel’s goal was to provide a…
Senator Robert “Bob” Johnson, who is remembered as one of the premier advocates of New College, passed away on Monday, Aug. 31, after a full day of work. With more than 50 years of passionate and dedicated involvement in the Sarasota community, Sen. Johnson’s impact…
While returning students spent the summer grappling with the tragic incidents in which a University of Central Florida student, 21-year-old Dylan Besser, and first-year, 18-year-old Julian Toomsen-Hall, both passed away on campus, a group of individuals, known as the Drug and Alcohol Task Force,…
