News Archive for 2016

FSW Biology Professor Appointed to Girl Scouts Board of Directors ( Collier)

AUGUST 2, 2016 – NAPLES, FLA. – Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) Biology Professor Tina Ottman was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc. As a board member, she joins a diverse group of volunteers who govern, think critically, and steward council finances…

FSW Names Cangelosi Coordinator of Fitness and Wellness ( District)

Florida SouthWestern State College has named Vince Cangelosi the college’s coordinator of fitness and wellness. “Vince has an impressive background in health and wellness which will greatly benefit the college,” said Judy Pultro, Director, Auxiliary Services. “He’ll oversee our new wellness center in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, plus wellness programming…

ArtSPEAK@FSW Lecture Series Welcomes Musician Stephen Vitiello ( District)

Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) will host electronic musician and media artist Stephen Vitiello in the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW this Saturday at 1 p.m. Vitiello’s appearance is the next installment in the college’s ongoing ArtSPEAK@FSW lecture series, bringing internationally-renowned artists to speak at the college and to the…

FSW Dean Selected for Leadership Florida ( District)

JULY 20, 2016 – FORT MYERS, FLA. – Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) School of Education Dean, Dr. Larry Miller, has been selected to the second class of the Leadership Florida’s Leadership in Education program. Each session of Leadership in Education provides program participants – as well as the communities they…

FSW Opens New Audio Technology Program ( District)

Starting this fall, Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) is admitting students to a new College Credit Certificate (CCC) in Audio Technology on the Thomas Edison Campus in Fort Myers. The Department of Music and Fine Arts in FSW’s School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, established the CCC program, part…

XCEL-IT Program at FSW Supports New Certificate Programs ( District)

JULY 7, 2016 – FORT MYERS, FLA. – The XCEL-IT Program at Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) is now supporting Intermodal Freight Transportation and Engineering Technology Support Specialist College Credit Certificate (CCC) programs. Whether by land, sea or air, cross-functional skills are necessary for the planning and operation of transportation…

FSW Professor Publishes Multiple Journal Articles, Encourages Others to Learn from the Past ( District)

JULY 6, 2016 – FORT MYERS, FLA. – While it’s quite common for college faculty to publish journal articles throughout their careers, Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) English Professor Dr. Scott Ortolano has done something that is not so common. He’s published multiple articles in less than a year. A…

FSW and Hodges Deans Present Workforce Now at Annual Summit ( District)

JULY 5, 2016 – FORT MYERS, FLA – Dr. John Meyer, dean of the Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) School of Business and Technology, and Dr. Aysegul Timur, dean of the Johnson School of Business at Hodges University, recently presented “Workforce Now: Aligning Workforce Demand and Post-Secondary Pathways” during the…

Rauschenberg Gallery Welcomes Avant-Garde Composer on July 9 ( District)

Composer and visual artist Philip Corner will be traveling from Italy to Southwest Florida in order to perform “Metal Meditations” in the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Florida SouthWestern State College starting 1 p.m. on July 9. Corner’s FSW performance will coincide with the current exhibition running until Aug. 13, “Glenn…

FSW Alumna Manages College’s Upgraded Science Labs ( District)

When Science Lab Manager Jessica Slisher graduated from Florida SouthWestern State College in 2007, her intention was to become an orthodontist, not a researcher. That all changed after she took a Chemistry class with Dr. Kurt Donaldson. “I absorbed everything with him and he made such an impact on me,”…