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Bringing Out the Owlumni
- Posted Oct 22nd 2012, 6:36 PM
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By Owl2Doc
It's Homecoming Week at FAU, aka "Owl Prowl," which encourages the university's 121,000+ alumni to reconnect with their alma mater. Of those 121k there are 94,145 in Florida with 34,884 in Palm Beach county alone - so you…
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Random Thoughts for Friday
- Posted Oct 19th 2012, 3:49 PM
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By Owl2Doc
Thought I'd throw together a couple things which are probably not substantive enough to get their own entry. Here we go...
SMART GARAGE?…
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Campus Photos Part 2: Student Union
- Posted Oct 18th 2012, 3:00 AM
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By Owl2Doc
Let's take a look at some changes they've made to the current Student Union. Some of this may be new to you, some of it may not.... all depends on how long you've been away! (all photos mine)
FIRST FLOOR
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Photo Update: Campus 10/16/12
- Posted Oct 17th 2012, 1:56 PM
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By Owl2Doc
Took a few pictures in Boca yesterday for you guys. Didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked because of time constraints but I'll go back and get some more soon.
First and foremost...
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Improving Transportation
- Posted Oct 16th 2012, 4:04 PM
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By Owl2Doc
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently held a public workshop at FAU to collect feedback on the idea to add express lanes between Oakland Park Blvd (close to FAU's Davie campus) and Glades Road. If…
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The Case for a Student Innovation Gallery
- Posted Oct 15th 2012, 11:00 AM
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By Owl2Doc
An interest in urban and campus development tends to go hand-in-hand with an interest in architecture. There's just something very exciting about the prospect of creating a "world" in which people will work and play, to see…
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So Many Choices
- Posted Oct 12th 2012, 1:34 AM
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By Owl2Doc
It seems like an easy pitch, right? "Come to FAU. We have great weather, we're near the beach, Boca is a nice town, we have a great football stadium, Owl pride is up and things are getting better all the time!"
And if FAU was the only school you saw in Florida, you might be extremely…
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Building a Better Breezeway
- Posted Oct 11th 2012, 11:00 AM
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By Owl2Doc
One of the fun things about this blog is imagining what FAU will be like in five, ten or maybe even twenty years from now. The school grows so much, adding two to three buildings a year, changing the landscape, moving offices,…
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FAU's Board of Trustees adopts new 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan
- Posted Oct 10th 2012, 11:00 AM
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By Owl2Doc
Once a year, FAU creates a ranked list of projects that it would like funded by the State Legislature. Essentially, every time a new building goes up, it's usually because FAU gameplanned for it a couple years earlier and…
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Strengthening our Academic Reputation
- Posted Oct 9th 2012, 8:01 PM
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By Owl2Doc
Quick, answer this question: FAU is the best university in Florida to earn a degree in _____________.
The knee jerk response might be Ocean Engineering, a specialty we founded in 1965. In fact, it's number 13 (of 18) on our Points…
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Boca Raton, the college town?
- Posted Oct 8th 2012, 5:26 PM
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By Owl2Doc
The idea gets less and less crazy every year... and fortunately for us, the mayor's on board with it:…
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Welcome to Owl Country
- Posted Oct 5th 2012, 1:35 AM
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By Owl2Doc
It wasn't too long ago that FAU lacked school pride.
Everybody knew it - our mascot looked like an angry chicken, nobody knew the school colors and FAU gear was pretty slim pickings at the school bookstore. We just didn't have a "brand" to…
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The Future of Campus Recreation
- Posted Oct 4th 2012, 2:51 PM
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By Owl2Doc
In order for FAU to attract more students and build a reputation as a first choice school, the university has to be sure that there are plenty of things for them to do. …
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SGA: study building, skate park and immortalizing the Gonq
- Posted Oct 3rd 2012, 4:32 PM
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By Owl2Doc
Student Government Association (SGA) acts in many capacities on behalf of the FAU student body. Not only do they create initiatives like textbook loans and standing against unpopular mandates from FAU admins but they also fund…
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Parking Garage 3 - Innovation Village
- Posted Oct 3rd 2012, 12:37 AM
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By Owl2Doc
It's the number one complaint for FAU students: parking.
To understand why it's a problem we have to first acknowledge that Fall 2012's enrollment topped 30k, a milestone in our history, and the number of parking spots available is 10,460.
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Odds and Ends about the New Residence Hall
- Posted Oct 2nd 2012, 2:07 PM
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By Owl2Doc
Yesterday we talked about the New Residence Hall (henceforth to be called NRH until it gets an official name).…
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New Residence Hall - Construction Update 10/1/2012
- Posted Oct 1st 2012, 7:26 PM
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By Owl2Doc
Welcome to the new blog!
Here are a couple of my recent pictures of the new residence hall being erected on campus just south of Parking Garage 2.…
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