New College News
New College Library Dean to Retire(July 16, 2008) - After nearly two decades of service to New College of Florida, Joan Pelland has announced her plans to retire as Dean of the Jane Bancroft Cook Library on June 30, 2009. More »
New College of Florida Receives YMCA Achievers Community Partnership Award
(June 24, 2008) â New College of Florida received the YMCA Achievers Community Partnership Award at the Achievers Annual Banquet this month. This is the 4th year in a row that New College has been honored for their participation with the Y Achievers, a program where NCF staff provide Sarasota teen students with educational enrichment [...] More »
New College Library Association Names Margaret Boyd as New Executive Director
(June 17, 2008) â Margaret Boyd has been named executive director of the New College Library Association, succeeding Jane Summerville Kiebitz, who retired May 30 after more than eight years in that post. More »
Sociology Professor Sarah Hernandez Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Mexico
(June 17, 2008) â Sarah Hernandez, Associate Professor of Sociology at New College of Florida, was recently awarded a 2008-09 Fulbright Fellowship. Through the researcher/lecturer grant, Hernandez will teach a course in the areas of work organization, social movements or labor studies at the Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico. More »
Michalson Named President of Florida Association of Colleges and Universities
(June 13, 2008) â Mike Michalson, president of New College of Florida, was elected as president of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities at their annual meeting in Orlando on Wednesday. Michalsonâs term is for the 2008-09 academic year. He previously served as the organizationâs vice president. More »
Middle and High Schoolers Delve into Science through PUSH/SUCCESS Program
(June 9, 2008) - Seventeen middle and high-school students from Sarasota and Manatee counties will participate in a free two-week health sciences program at New College of Florida focusing on how the health of Sarasota Bay affects the health of Sarasota citizens. The program will begin with an orientation on June 8 and culminate on [...] More »
Alums Wilke, Simendinger Receive Awards for Congressional and White House Coverage
(June 9, 2008) — New College of Florida alumni John Wilke (’76) and Alexis Simendinger (’75) were recently recognized as tops in their field nationally for their journalism coverage of the U.S. Congress and the White House, respectively. More »
New College History Professor Carrie Benes Awarded Rome Prize
(June 12, 2008) - Carrie BeneÅ¡, Assistant Professor of History at New College of Florida, has been awarded the 2008-09 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome. More »
Bob Graham Welcomes 169 Nuovo Collegian Graduates during 42nd Annual Commencement
(May 23, 2008) — Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham was the keynote speaker this evening as 169 colorfully-clad graduates took their first steps into the future during New College’s 42nd Annual Commencement.On an exceptionally balmy Florida night, more than 2,000 family members, alums and friends gathered on the bayfront behind College Hall [...] More »
New College Announces Five Fulbright Scholars
(May 23, 2008) – New Fulbright Scholars join a host of other award winners from the College this past year New College of Florida today announced five Fulbright Scholars among its Class of 2008. This year’s scholarship winners once again place the College among the nation’s leading undergraduate institutions for per-capita production of Fulbright recipients. More »