LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida, March 15 -- Disney World issued the following news release: With summer break just around the corner, Walt Disney World Resort guests can get ready to have a "glowing'' good time when Disney H2O Glow After Hours returns to Disney's Typhoon Lagoon starting May 25. Guests can look forward to magical late-night parties throughout the summer, giving them an opportunity to enjoy the tropical Disney water park with shorter wait times. The 2024 H2O Glow After Hours season   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 15 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news on March 14, 2024: The Class of 2024 at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy got some incredible news on Match Day, which was Wednesday, March 13: Their Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) match rate of 92% ranked No. 1 in Tennessee and the Southeast, as well as No. 6 in the nation among pharmacy schools. The national average is 74%. The Class of 2024 matched in the following pl  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 14 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following financial audit (No. 2024-153) on March 11, 2024, involving the University of Central Florida. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the University of Central Florida (a component unit of the State of Florida) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial reporti  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 15 -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued the following news release: This St. Patrick's Day, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis is opening the vault and looking for Floridians with "St. Patrick's Day-themed names" and urging them to search Florida's Unclaimed Property database. Currently, Florida has more than $28 million in unclaimed property for Floridians with names including words like Green, Lucky, Gold and more. Additionally, since   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 15 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Today, the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) has launched a portal to collect information from Floridians and other Americans who may be trapped in Haiti. Gang violence and rapidly escalating instability has caused severe political unrest in Haiti, putting Americans in the country at risk. Floridians in Haiti or their family members can fill out the questionnaire on  more

MELBOURNE, Florida, March 15 -- Florida Institute of Technology issued the following news: Florida Tech's Indian River Lagoon Research Institute welcomed students from the Bisk College of Business and Melbourne Central Catholic (MCC) to Crawford Green this month for a workshop to make oyster mats. The volunteers, including more than three dozen students from MCC, assembled 40 mats. Those will be added to mats that volunteers constructed in December in a similar Florida Tech event and all will   more

WARSAW, Florida, March 15 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Greenberg Traurig advised BNP Paribas SA acting as the Seller in the offering, through an accelerated bookbuilding process (ABB), of BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. shares. The majority shareholder of BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. - BNP Paribas SA - offered, via an accelerated book-building process, over 8.86 million shares, representing 6% of the Bank's share capital and the total number of votes. The   more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, March 15 -- Memorial Health System issued the following news release: January 1, 1960 was a Friday, gas was selling for 31 cents a gallon, and Senator John F. Kennedy wasn't yet a presidential candidate. It was also the day Memorial Healthcare System joined the Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. More than 64 years later, Memorial is still aligned with its community business organization, and was honored with the chamber's "Legacy Award" for being its oldest member. Form  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 15 -- Miami Dade College issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Miami Dade College (MDC) receives its second validation from the National Security Agency (NSA), making it the first institution in Florida to offer both associate and bachelor's degree programs in cybersecurity validated by NSA. MDC also holds a prestigious designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by NSA for its impressive cybersecurity curriculum. Today, at a Te  more

TUSKEGEE, Alabama, March 15 -- The Tuskegee University issued the following news: The Pre-Alumni Council of Tuskegee University recently participated in the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Leadership Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. During that meeting, council members elected Kayla Thomas, a Tuskegee junior computer science and information system major, to serve as the president of the National Pre-Alumni Council. She has served on the board as the Central Regional Director. In her role  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 15 -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: After a rigorous national search, Markus Bredel, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chair of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Department of Radiation Oncology. On August 1, Dr. Bredel will join a team dedicated to delivering precision, patient-centered cancer treatment that was the first in South Florida to use HyperArcTM to treat brain tumors and one of the first in the world  more