TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 3 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2025-006) on July 31, 2024, involving Gulf Coast State College. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of Gulf Coast State College (College) focused on selected College processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on findings noted in our report No. 2022-046. Our operational audit disclosed the following: Finding 1: The College funded student scholar  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 3 -- Florida State University issued the following Faculty and Staff Briefs for July on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * By Anna Prentiss Florida State University's faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across campus. Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors, award  more

WAYNESBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 -- Waynesburg University issued the following news: Waynesburg University's student-operated television station, WCTV, recently received two Telly Awards. The winning entries were "You Matter PSA" by WCTV videographer and producer William Wilson, a communication (electronic media) major from Odessa, Florida, and "Jacket Sports Weekly: Episode 5" by WCTV producer Megan Barry, a communication (sports media) major from North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Both Wilson a  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Aug. 3 -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered pure sulfur on the red planet. A University of Miami chemist explains the importance of the chemical element, often described as essential to life. * * * By Robert C. Jones Jr. Curiosity didn't kill the cat in this case. Instead, NASA's 1-ton rover, which for the past 12 years has been searching for the building blocks of life on Mars, discovered something never be  more