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Post education reporters take you behind the scenes of local schools and universities.

• FAU Grad Blogs From Frozen Detroit
  You have to be a pretty die-hard fan of Florida Atlantic University’s football team to make a Christmas trip to Detroit for the Motor City Bowl. And there’s really no one more die hard than Rick Smith, who was a...
• Naming Rights, Some Banks Still Have Money Apparently
  Florida International University announced today that its on-campus arena will be named for U.S. Century Bank, a big contributor to the Miami school’s athletic department. U.S. Century Bank President Octavio Hernandez is an alumnus of FIU. The press release does...
• FAU fund raising down, no surprise
  It’s no surprise because it’s down everywhere, and likely could be worse in the coming year with this whole Madoff thing. Florida Atlantic University brought in $13.2 million during the 2007-2008 school year. That’s above its goal of $12 million,...
• FAU Faculty Ask for 2.5 Percent Raise
  Florida Atlantic University professors reduced their raise request Friday to 2.5 percent for the current year and 2.5 percent for 2007-2008. That’s down from the 10 percent they originally requested, which was met with a declaration of impasse by the...
• University Adjuncts Get Scrooged, Disinvited to Holiday Party
  South University in West Palm Beach is cutting back on expenses this year, including reducing the guest list to its annual holiday party. The for-profit school that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has invited only...
• Meet the new U.S. Education Secretary
  President-elect Barack Obama announced today that he is nominating friend and Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan to be the next education secretary. Arne is being hailed as a consensus pick, someone who has fans among school reformers and the...
• PBCC Degree Accredited
  Palm Beach Community College’s first bachelor’s degree program was approved for accreditation last week by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The accreditation is for the school’s new Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Supervision and Management. The program...
• FAU Endowment Loss Revealed
  Last week, The Post reported on a nearly $104 million loss to the University of Florida’s endowment during the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year. At the time, Florida Atlantic University decided not to release comparable information on its...
• New Watchdog for FAU Student Government
  Florida Atlantic University graduate student Brandon Ballenger has started a new blog to keep an eye on the school’s student government association. Ballenger, 23, covers student government for the University Press, so the blog is intended to give you a...
• I HEART DAMON WEAVER
  What is it about this full-faced 4-foot tall wannabe broadcaster that makes the media throw objectivity out the window? Forget objectivity, the people in my business have gotten downright gushy. Damon Weaver, a 10-year-old kid who attends KE Cunningham/Canal Point...
• District bus expert earns national recognition
  Yevola Falana, the Palm Beach County School District’s transportation director, recently became one of only 122 in the nation to win national certification. She was recognized by the National Association for Pupil Transportation after undergoing a peer review and a...
• How Much Does Your Professor Make?
  Florida Atlantic University’s faculty union is at impasse with the administration over salary increases for professors. The union asked for 10 percent, the same received by FAU President Frank Brogan, thinking that they would get a counter offer from...
• FAU's Big Bellies
  No, I’m not talking beer guts. Florida Atlantic University is testing three new solar-powered, compacting trash cans from the company Big Belly Solar, to see if they can reduce the number of times garbage has to be collected on campus....
• What Does FAU Smell Like?
  A new fragrance line is catering to the collegiate set, hoping to connect alumni and students with their favorite university memories. Masik Collegiate Fragrances was founded in 2007 and already has perfume for the University of North Carolina, Penn State...
• Santa Ban Reversed at Florida University
  Florida Gulf Coast University President Wilson Bradshaw said he was just trying to do the right thing when he asked that no holiday decorations appear in common use areas of the Fort Myers school’s campus. In a Nov. 20 letter...