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No. 1: Still Growing

Florida Gulf Coast
University is projecting
enrollment for 2016-17 will
reach at least 15,156
students.
Enrollment as of Aug. 11:
14,696
Enrollment on Aug. 11,
2015: 14,610
Final enrollment for 201516: 14,824

No. 2: Ready For

Take Of
FGCU will start a new 12week program Sept. 12
that will result in students
getting seed money to help
launch their business
ideas.
The initiative is called the
Runway Program.
The program is open to all
FGCU students, and there
is no cost to participate.

No. 3: Hyuns In Charge

Eunsook Hyun is the new
dean at FGCUs College of
Education.
Hyun, 53, last worked at
California State University in
Los Angeles. She was
employed there for three
years, including two years as
dean of the Charter College
of Education.
Hyun was a faculty member in FGCU's
College of Education from 1997 to
2001.

No. 4: So Fresh, So Clean

The front entrance has undergone
the second phase of a makeover.
The first phase was completed last
year when a 75-foot-tall concrete
tower and a 100-foot-long
monument were placed at the
school's main entrance at Bill Hill
Griffin Parkway and FGCU Boulevard.
The project cost $1.6 million.
The second phase of the makeover
started over the summer. FGCU
Boulevard was repaved and
landscaping was added along the

The Lee County Metropolitan

Planning Organization has made
about $1 million worth of
improvements to the front of the
campus.
A 5-foot wide sidewalk on the
north side of FGCU Boulevard has
been replaced with a 10-foot wide
sidewalk. The sidewalk, which can
be used by pedestrians and
bicyclists, stretches from Bill Hill
Griffin Parkway to where FGCU
Boulevard splits on campus.
A 5-foot wide sidewalk has been
installed on the south side of

No. 5: New on
Campus
Students will have some
new dining options as a
result of FGCU cutting ties
with its former food
service management
company Aramark.
The university decided to
contract with Chartwells
after doing a two-year
review of its dining and
catering needs.

A standalone Dunkin' Donuts is

under construction.
It is expected to be completed
sometime in the fall.