A short time ago, I was looking at the JU annual and there was a picture of the cheerleaders and my feet looked like they were hitting my head.
Look out, Annette! Walking into the SGA office and being told an airplane hit one of the twin towers. As we know, just minutes later I watched the whole story unfold in Mrs. I will never forget where I was the day the towers came down. The campus was silently shocked! And we all came together as one. I was a small child attending basketball games with my father.
My dad kept those drawings from my childhood and recently presented them to me. I have a program of the concert that was done on the 50th anniversary of JU in in which I conducted. There was Billy Joel singing only to me. It was great. Go Fins! Having been there for the final four, I think of that awesome experience every year during March Madness. It made a huge impact on all of the JU community as well as the city of Jacksonville.
What a great accomplishment for JU and its students. JU was without a music teacher of the cello. As I was principal cello of the Jacksonville Symphony, I was called on to fill this teaching position until a more permanent teacher was acquired.
We teachers, when not teaching, would get together and play chamber music for our own pleasure. Good times with Good Music! Dan Kelly was Dean of Students. He contributed so much in the short time he was there. Best wishes for the future. Fran Kinne was inaugurated president of JU. The other thing that happened was that I was asked to compose a voice-over score from Twelfth Night.
I did. In 5 days the work was completed and put into rehearsal with a decent performance resulting there from. Oh, by the way, Fran would end up in better shape than Desdemona did. It was very exciting and people were really excited with JU Basketball school and city.
The camaraderie of the players, fans, teachers was very tight knit as a mid-major school. We were up at halftime. For halftime entertainment, there was a 12 year old girls soccer mini-game. Because I knew the director of field operations, he let my best friend and I announce the half-time game.
We spoke in funny British accents and used crazy sayings to provide color to the game. The crowd was roaring and it was a blast. Our girls went on to win the game and it was one of the best sporting events I went to at JU. At Jax Univ!! My 2 sons also were students there later. Jackson and Daniel B. Kinne, who at that time was Dean of the College of Fine Arts, and who asked if I would be interested in trying to develop a Dance Program.
There followed almost two decades of the happiest and most rewarding period of my life — a new dance building, accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Dance, notorious guest artists, and an ever more talented group of Dance Majors allowing me to develop my teaching and choreographic skills, especially in conjunction with the other departments in the College of Fine Arts.
A week later, Bill Schirmer presented me with a complete score. I have so many happy memories — I could go on forever! Thank you JU! I played basketball in Swisher Gym in first.
I was the first student assistant in the Swisher Library And more! They came from all parts of Jacksonville to receive help from JU students, undergraduates and graduates for 30 years. Event for Mr. Monies were put in a scholarship fund, the Spirit Award, to be awarded to a worthy graduate student. She was so inspiring to be around and supportive of nursing students to purse graduate school and eventually obtain a terminal degree.
I felt empowered just being in the same room with her. There was a golf course on campus. Is it still there??? We drove to Jacksonville from Macon, Georgia, in , my first time to the city. As we drove onto the JU campus, I was overwhelmed by the beauty, the blue sky and bright colors, the azaleas, palm trees. The azaleas were in bloom The campus was full of beautiful azaleas, huge, majestic live oak trees full of hanging Spanish moss.
I had never seen Spanish moss before and thought I was in a tropical paradise! Well, I was! When we drove into the President's Home, surrounded by the flowers and old trees,facing the wonderful St. Johns River, I decided this was my favorite place in the whole world and I never wanted to leave! JU and Jacksonville grabbed my heart that day.
What a great time that was! Thank you, JU, for great memories and wonderful, lifelong friendships. I was a student in the original nursing program, It was relatively new and was housed in "portable buildings" basically.
Our core curriculum combines a strong liberal arts foundation with pre-professional programs, undergraduate research, leadership opportunities, and an emphasis on engaged learning. The University's residential campus is home to a great variety of social, cultural, Greek, religious, performance and service organizations. The Kinne University Center and the new Davis Student Commons provide an array of facilities for students to enjoy campus life.
Students live in residence halls and on-campus apartments. Jacksonville University has 21 Division I athletic teams.
Jacksonville University is a private, independent, co-educational university, located on the shores of the St. Johns River, in Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville University was founded in , as a two-year community college - William J. Porter College.
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