The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing received a $1 million donation from the Dodson Family Foundation. Through the Florida gift matching program the donation will total $1.75 million, establishing the Libby Dodson Endowment for Nursing Excellence. Elizabeth Dodson, a Boca Raton nurse and philanthropist, donated the money in order to “help support the advancement of nursing as a discipline and a profession.” In honor of her contribution, the auditorium in the new Nursing building will be named after both Elizabeth Dodson and her late husband Harry Dodson.
FAU President Frank T. Brogan and his wife Courtney Brogan hosted an event on May 5 in order to induct Motorola Executive Rey More ’75 into the FAU Alumni Hall of Fame. The event, which was held at the Eleanor R. Baldwin House on the Boca Raton Campus, also honored eight other Alumni from each of FAU’s colleges. The honorary guests included: James R. Border ’78, vice president and tax counselor for Carnival Corporation; Delsa R. Bush ’91, city of West Palm Beach police chief; Armand Grossman ’67, ’70, ’77, president and CEO of Clarity Education; Kevin A. Huckshorn ’83, director of the technical assistance center for the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors; Alex H. Makled ’00, senior vice president of Camp Dresser & McKee; Beverly Berlin Mas ’02, academic advisor at Palm Beach Community College; Mirta A. Ojito ’86, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist; Dr. Debra R. Rolison ’75, head of the advanced electrochemical materials section at the Naval Research Laboratory.
Here’s your chance to be a member of the Fighting Owls Marching Band when it takes the field this fall. The marching band is looking for musicians, members of the color guard and twirlers.
As a member, you will:- be eligible for scholarships,- perform before thousands of fans at games,- travel with the team to selected away games,- play with some of the finest musicians in South Florida, and- be around other energetic and fun students.
The Fighting Owls Marching Band complements the Department of Music’s comprehensive band program. Audition deadline is August 15. For information on becoming part of the band, contact (561) 297-3820 or [email protected]. You can also visit www.fau.edu/divdept/schmidt/music/marchingband.
