Communications
Student Opportunities

Special Events

Socrates Café
Socrates Café is held at South Campus, U-153. As always, the Café is open to all students, faculty, staff, and guests (even well-behaved administrators). “What is wonder? What is wondering out loud? Is it the same as marveling? Does marveling differ from the marvelous? Would you like to explore such ideas and others like story, responsibility, community, health, well being, smart, secure, courage, and heart? This term, you can!

The discussions will be led by Chris Twiggs from the Communications Department. The discussions will be informal idea/philosophy exchanges modeled on the Socratic method as practiced by Christopher Phillips, the founder and champion of the Socrates Café movement (see his book, “Socrates Café: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy,” or see his web site, (www.philosopher.org).

The full list of spring dates for the Socrates Café is available at http://www1.fccj.edu/ctwiggs/socrates.htm.

Awards

Bedford Writing Award
The award provides $300 and publication in Voices for the best six state exit paragraphs written by students completing ENC 0021 each year. Students at all campuses are automatically entered in the contest by writing the 0021 exit paragraph. The award is funded by Bedford/St. Martins. For more information, please e-mail Laura Jeffries at ljeffrie@fscj.edu.

Publications

The Experience
The Experience, Florida State College at Jacksonville's student literary magazine, welcomes submissions year round. Each publication comes out in mid-June. You may pick up a copy at the Student Life and Leadership Development Office on your campus. Learn more.

Voices
Voices is a publication for which faculty have submitted student compositions, so the opportunity is faculty-driven.  The publication contains a sampling of the various patterns of exposition students use in Comp. B, Comp. I, Comp. II, and Lit 2000.

Previous issues of Voices can be found at www1.fccj.edu/shess.

deadpaper.org
deadpaper.org is an electronic literary journal, the selections for which are made by the Florida State College at Jacksonville deadpaper Selection Committee. deadpaper publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. It is edited by South Campus English professor Tim Gilmore.

Scholarships

The Bob and Carol Grimes Foundation for the Environment
Each Fall and Spring semester two scholarships are offered for students who are interested in environmental studies. The Grimes Foundation was developed to honor the memory of Professor Grimes’s late husband, Robert G. Grimes, who was an insurance executive by day, but also an artist, photographer, passionate birder, and  environmentalist who volunteered countless hours in the Northeast Florida region. As chair of the Environmental Protection Board, Bob was instrumental in cleaning up the heavy air pollution from paper mills and eliminating bridge tolls, which added tons of exhaust emissions into the air, among other projects that improved the lives of all the creatures in the Jacksonville area.

One scholarship is for Art and one for Science

• The Art Scholarship is awarded to a student of considerable talent who is interested in art with a natural theme: landscapes, wildlife, botanicals, sea life, etc., in any medium, including sculpture and photography as well as drawing and painting.
• The Science scholarship is awarded to a student who is majoring in one of the natural sciences and has an interest in using science to help improve the environment and preserve wild spaces for animal habitat.

To apply for these scholarships, contact Professor Carol Grimes at the beginning of the Fall or Spring term. You will need 2 letters of recommendation from instructors from Florida State College at Jacksonville or another school, a transcript (minimum 2.0 GPA), and any other information that would distinguish you as a person who intends to contribute to the movement to improve the natural environment. Art students will need to submit a portfolio of their work using natural subjects, either online or by CD. For further information, contact Professor Grimes at cgrimes@fscj.edu or 646-2343.

Campus Voice Scholarship
Applicants must maintain a 2.5 GPA and submit a 300-word essay that establishes the student's interest in studying journalism and exploring the possibility of becoming a professional journalist. Students must also commit to participating as a member of The Campus Voice news staff and devoting approximately 10 hours to the student newspaper in the fall and spring semesters. Failure to complete volunteer hours will result in forfeit of the award.

Clarence Richardson Marketing/Communications Scholarship
Applicants must be enrolled in the AA program, majoring in marketing, advertising, public relations, graphic design, communication, telecommunications, journalism, or a related field. Students enrolled in Florida State College at Jacksonville’s graphic design, multimedia technologies or marketing management AS programs may also apply. Students must have completed 18 college credit hours at Florida State College at Jacksonville, must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5, enroll and complete at least six credit hours both fall and spring, and provide two letters of recommendation.

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