Submitted by Bill Woodson, Chief Diversity Officer and Dean of Outreach Imagine a New College where the experiences and identities we bring to the table are truly welcomed. Where our collective commonalities as fellow members of a rich learning community are more important than our…
The Four Winds building stands vacant awaiting proposed plans by Metz and school.Credit: Kali-Ray Skinner Summer has come and gone, and many New College students have spent their time perusing coffee shop menus and tapping their feet to soft indie music, longingly thinking of the…
The Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) has recently introduced new mental health resources for New College and University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee students, including new support and psychotherapy group sessions as well as a new online resource, Therapy Assistance Online (TAO). The spike in new…
"FTK": the unofficial NCSA motto.Credit: Adriana Gavilanes The new semester welcomes a fresh New College Student Alliance (NCSA) Cabinet for the 2019-2020 school year. The former Co-president, third-year Steven Keshishian, transitioned from the shared role to the sole position of NCSA President. Members of the…
Palm trees thrive on Z-Green under a rainbow post-storm. In Spring 2019, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized New College as a Tree Campus USA. After a semester with this status, returning students wondered how removing trees fits in with New College’s landscaping and the college’s…
Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, has called for people around the world to walk out of their schools and workplaces on Sept. 20 to bring attention to the ongoing climate crisis and demand bolder climate action from those with the political means to…
To combat the ongoing opioid epidemic and the rising risk of mass casualty situations, the Campus Police Department (CPD) has recently equipped itself to deal with potential tragedies. All CPD officers have been carrying naloxone, an anti-opioid medication, for nearly three years and are beginning…
The first few days of a new semester are familiar to many students: go to mini-classes, meet with academic advisors, begrudgingly determine how large of a loan to take out, buy books and obtain a parking pass. This semester, students have yet to be able…
In the nearly $400,000 renovation that brought the Jane Bancroft Cook Library new coffee machines, study pods and eccentric furniture, an important resource was overlooked: printing. Now, because of outdated technology, the library plans to release an updated print system. The old process required students…
A report released on August 20 from the Florida Board of Governors’ Office of the Inspector General and Director of Compliance (OIGC) found that the Office of Enrollment Management under Joy Hamm was engaging in discriminatory practices against applicants who discussed a disability or mental…
