Florida Keys Community College News
Browse past news stories for Florida Keys Community College in Key West, FL:
- Mile Markers (Key West Citizen)
posted on March 18, 2010 at 05:14:22 am
KEY WEST Teen bicyclist hit by pickup A 19-year-old critically injured woman was airlifted to Miami after a pickup truck hit her about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday at the entrance to Key... read more - FKCC puts disadvantaged on college track (Key West Citizen)
posted on March 15, 2010 at 05:20:35 am
Katlin Rahming is only in the sixth grade but she's already been to college. read more - Teacher brings Japanese style to Keys (Key West Citizen)
posted on March 14, 2010 at 06:06:06 am
Intriguing faces appeared throughout the ceramics lab at Florida Keys Community College over the past few weeks. Most were made of clay and created under the watchful eye of artist Hiro Tashima, a... read more - Key Wester mixes the past, the present (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 04:13:31 pm
Through technology and community outreach, Key West history buff Bruce Neff is working to offer residents and visitors a "big-picture" understanding of the Southernmost City's historical importance, one landmark at a time. - Bowers running for Keys School Board (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on February 27, 2010 at 01:52:39 pm
Key West semi-retiree Barbara Bowers, formerly the chairwoman of the city's Historic Architectural Review Committee, has thrown her name in the running to take over Steve Pribramsky's soon-to-be-vacant District 1 School Board seat. - City uses disputed fees as leverage (Key West Citizen)
posted on February 26, 2010 at 06:16:30 am
Florida Keys Community College needs help from the city of Key West to secure $8 million in low-interest bonds with which to construct on-campus student housing. But in return for their assistance,... read more - Today in Keys History (Key West Citizen)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 04:02:56 am
20 YEARS AGO Key West Mayor Capt. Tony Tarracino named Commissioner Sally Lewis as mayor pro-tem for one year. Local writer Jack London read... read more - Keys college: We need city to help with dorms (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on February 21, 2010 at 04:28:01 pm
Florida Keys Community College officials, regrouped after the autumn departure of former President Jill Landesberg-Boyle, are turning their attention back to developing student housing. - Accused killer has trial set (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on February 19, 2010 at 09:13:01 am
Nicholas Ferro, the Hollywood man accused of stabbing to death Key Wester Marques Butler late last year, has had his trial on a charge of second-degree murder set for March 15. - Hands Across the Sand join Saturday in Key West (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on February 10, 2010 at 04:12:32 pm
Opponents of nearshore oil drilling off the Florida coast have an outlet to make their voices heard this Saturday, with an organized protest dubbed Hands Across the Sand in Key West. It's part of a statewide protest. - Bottom Line (Key West Citizen)
posted on February 7, 2010 at 06:21:30 am
Guffey joins hospital as new CFO Lower Keys Medical Center recently announced that Dale Guffey has joined the health care organization as chief financial officer. Guffey has a bachelor's degrees... read more - Hodges University - what a difference 20 years makes (Collier Citizen)
posted on February 3, 2010 at 09:21:41 pm
Founded as International College in a rented storefront in East Naples, Hodges University has come a long way in the past two decades. Today, the private, nonprofit institution of higher learning celebrates its 20th anniversary with 24 undergraduate and seven graduate degree programs of study. - Hodges University - what a difference 20 years makes (Naples Daily News)
posted on February 3, 2010 at 09:15:00 pm
Founded as International College in a rented storefront in East Naples, Hodges University has come a long way in the past two decades.Today, the private, nonprofit institution of higher learning celebrates its 20th anniversary with 24 undergraduate and seven graduate degree programs of study.Since 1990, the institution has grown from 85 students to 2,750 students with main campuses located in ... - Florida Keys Haiti relief efforts ongoing (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on February 3, 2010 at 04:58:21 pm
Keys efforts continue to help the people of Haiti, which was struck by an earthquake on Jan. 12 that killed more than 100,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands more homeless. - Haiti still needs our help (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on January 27, 2010 at 04:57:51 pm
Efforts to help Haiti recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake continue Keyswide. - Keys Haiti efforts continuing (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on January 25, 2010 at 03:13:41 pm
The Conch Republic Navy, in a continuing effort to help Caribbean neighbors, is preparing to send a supply-laden flotilla more than 700 miles to earthquake-ravished Haiti. - Keys continue Haiti relief efforts (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on January 21, 2010 at 06:57:33 pm
More than a week after the earthquake hit Haiti -- with the death toll possibly topping 200,000 -- international aid continues to pour into Haiti. And here in Monroe County, Key Westers are gearing up to raise money and awareness in typical fashion. - Dick, Walker to seek re-election to School Board (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on January 20, 2010 at 04:28:31 pm
Monroe County School Board members John Dick and Debra Walker have confirmed they are running for re-election this year. - FYI (Naples Daily News)
posted on January 17, 2010 at 10:00:00 pm
Here is this week's FYI column:Trunk shows* Carlisle Collection will be showing its spring line through Jan. 26 at the Marriott Courtyard, 3250 U.S. 41 N., Naples. Appointments are required. Information: 435-0085* Blue Mangrove Gallery is sponsoring a Marco Polo jewelry trunk show of handmade Murano and dichoric glass jewelry Friday and Saturday at 1089 N. Collier Blvd., Marco Island ... - Courtroom packed for Ferro bond hearing (Key West Citizen)
posted on January 5, 2010 at 06:18:37 am
A bond hearing Monday for a 23-year-old man charged with the stabbing death of Marques Butler more closely resembled a trial at times, with emotional testimony and sobs erupting from a packed... read more - Defense contract is good news for college (Key West Citizen)
posted on January 5, 2010 at 06:17:57 am
The Florida Keys are unique in the continental United States. Our geography and climate make us a mecca for divers and all things aquatic. When the higher latitudes are buried under blankets of ice... read more - Florida Loses a Gay Leader (The Advocate)
posted on January 4, 2010 at 07:42:55 pm
Henry Woods, an influential gay Democratic activist in south Florida and former Beltway staffer, died Sunday, after suffering a severe aneurysm on Christmas Eve. - Woods remembered as 'friend to the community' (Key West Citizen)
posted on January 4, 2010 at 06:17:57 am
Henry Woods, a local political consultant, publicist, volunteer and onetime candidate for office, died Sunday morning after suffering an aneurism on Christmas Day. He was 58. Woods, who has been in... read more - Henry Woods dies at age 58 (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on January 3, 2010 at 08:42:31 pm
Henry Woods, a stalwart in Florida Keys academia and politics, died at 10 a.m. Sunday - Here's our wish list for the coming year (Key West Citizen)
posted on January 1, 2010 at 06:12:12 am
As we leave the arguably trouble-strewn year of 2009 behind us, it seems that looking toward 2010 with optimism comes with relative ease. Some might say even a relatively OK new year would look... read more - Key West political and civic activist takes a turn for the worse, is in grave condition (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on December 30, 2009 at 02:57:31 pm
The mother of Key West political and civic activist and college professor Henry Woods was en route to Miami on Tuesday as Woods' health took a grave turn for the worse. "There's no hope," Lucy Carleton, who sits on the Waterfront Playhouse board of directors with Woods, told the Keynoter . Woods is a past Waterfront executive director. "They're talking about harvesting his organs." - 2009 rewind: Keys Community College (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on December 26, 2009 at 02:13:01 pm
At the end of 2009, the dust settled at Florida Keys Community College after months of personality clashes, emotional public meetings and complaints about management lodged with college trustees by employees, faculty and even the provost. - COAÂ’s six finalists all women (The Daily Advance)
posted on December 26, 2009 at 05:35:41 am
College of The Albemarle’s ninth president will have at least one thing in common with its eighth: she’ll be a woman. - Letters to the editor (Key West Citizen)
posted on December 19, 2009 at 06:16:15 am
Mathewson's actions say more than words The Monroe County school district has been a shambles for more than a year now. Completed trials, impending trials and looming investigations have... read more - Private homes are MOMO's canvas (Key West Citizen)
posted on December 18, 2009 at 06:16:45 am
A New York-based artist is not in Key West for the next month at the request of wealthy, second-home owners who want sunrises and seascapes adorning their million-dollar Old Town mansions. Art for... read more