Thursday - April 30, 2026
Tipoffs for Jacksonville, Florida (State) Newsletter for Saturday April 30, 2022 ( 2 items )  

= Fla. Gov. DeSantis Appoints 8 to State Apprenticeship Advisory Council
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Kirk Barras, Steve Cona III, Marcelo Dossantos, Eric Kennedy, David McCraw, Lee Middleton, Natasha Sherwood, and Kathryn Starkey to the State Apprenticeship Advisory Council. Kirk Barras Barras, of Middleburg, is the Training Director for Jacksonville Plumbers & Pipefitters. He is a veteran having served in the United States Navy. Barra  more

Jacksonville University: Healthcare Quality & Safety Professor Lands Fulbright Specialist Grant for Work in Liberia
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 29 -- Jacksonville University issued the following news: More than ten years after Dr. Dorcas Kunkel helped launch a M.S. in Nursing/Midwifery program in Monrovia, Liberia, she's returning to the country as a Fulbright Specialist. As an adjunct in JU's Healthcare Quality and Safety department and an experienced nursing education specialist, Dr. Kunkel was originally tasked in 2010 with starting Mother Patern College of Health Sciences' nursing/midwifery program. Sh  more