The Seminole Chronicle was a weekly community newspaper that served Oviedo and Winter Springs , Florida , United States . The Chronicle published each Thursday with a circulation of 10,000 copies.
24-642: The Chronicle was founded in 2004 by the Knight Newspapers company and was purchased in 2007 by Florida Today , which is owned by Gannett . Florida Today ceased publication of the Chronicle on July 31, 2014. The Seminole Chronicle began publication in July 2004, with a goal to compete directly with the Seminole Voice , another Oviedo-based newspaper. Founding editor Alex Babcock created
48-690: Is a public college based in Cocoa, Florida . It is a member of the Florida College System and has additional campuses in Melbourne , Palm Bay , and Titusville , as well as a virtual campus . Since its inception, the college has served more than a half-million students. About 35,000 students take courses annually on the Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne and Palm Bay campuses, and online. According to state Florida College System statistics,
72-514: Is directed by a five-member Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor. The current chair is Alan H. Landman, a Melbourne attorney. James H. Richey is president of the college, named to that position in January 2012 after serving as interim president since October 2011. Richey also previously served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. In the first year (1960–61), the school offered
96-637: Is the major daily newspaper serving Brevard County, Florida . Al Neuharth of the Gannett corporation started the paper in 1966, and some of the things he did with this newspaper presaged what he would later do at USA Today . In addition to its regular daily publication, Florida Today publishes three weekly community newspapers that are tailored for the North, South, and Central areas within Brevard County. Average daily circulation ($ 1.25/issue) of
120-818: The Titans and participate in softball , baseball , women's basketball , men's basketball, men's golf , men's soccer, women's soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis, and women's volleyball . They participate in the Southern Conference of the Florida State College Activities Association (FSCAA) and the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 8 . The men's golf program has won seven National Junior College Championships since 1969. The college include
144-602: The Cocoa newspaper from Marie Holderman in 1965, it also acquired the Titusville Star-Advocate in the county seat to the north, and the tabloid weekly Eau Gallie Courier , the latter published from the Cocoa facility. They acquired the Melbourne Daily Times in 1970. To guarantee advertisers a minimum circulation, Gannett delivered papers at no cost to all residences in Brevard County for
168-706: The Independent Digital Features Festival since 2011, showcasing the talent of the Digital Media students. WEFS TV is a non-commercial educational television station operated by EFSC. WEFS TV broadcasts educational, cultural, and informational materials and telecourses of special interest. The Harry T. and Harriette Moore Multicultural Center commemorates the lives and work of the Moores, African-American community leaders who lived and worked in Brevard County, martyr-pioneers of
192-807: The Law Enforcement Academy which trains people for employment in local law enforcement positions. There are about 25–30 students. EFSC is a direct connect satellite campus program to The University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida. From 2018 to 2023, the Melbourne Police Department has sponsored over 60 recruits to attend the Eastern Florida State College police academy program. They plan to continue to sponsor recruits for this program. [1] The 2,000-seat Maxwell C. King Center for
216-726: The Performing Arts , on the Melbourne campus, offers performances and cultural art events. The Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory , on the Cocoa campus, features one of the largest public-access telescopes in Florida as well as large-format movies, laser light shows, and other presentations. The Titusville campus contains the John Henry Jones Gymnatorium, used for performing arts as well as athletic events. The Digital Media Bobcats have run
240-579: The college has among the top graduation rates in the 28-member Florida College System, and the highest graduation rate among state and community colleges in Central Florida. In 2010, the college reported 25,000 students enrolled for courses. There were 1,200 employees in 2011, including support personnel and faculty. In the fall of 1960, the Brevard County School Board founded Brevard Junior College with 768 students in
264-603: The enrollment reached 4,335. The college experienced a 51% increase in enrollment for online classes from 2007 to 2010. On July 1, 2013, it was officially named Eastern Florida State College. It now offers four year degrees in health care management and general business management . The college offers nearly 100 degree and certificate programs, including career and technical programs. In 2009, there were 19.7 students per class on average. Most of EFSC's students take part in its Associate in Arts transfer program. In 2007, EFSC
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#1732801035950288-431: The first two weeks of the newspaper's life; publication began on March 21, 1966. It continued this free circulation promotion to specific parts of the county until its circulation met the minimum set for the advertisers. Both the Titusville and Melbourne papers maintained their independence and continued to be printed at each publication's own facility. A teen section The Verge was "by, for, and about teens." The section
312-505: The former Cocoa High School (built in 1925) on Forrest Avenue in Cocoa. Dr. J. Bruce Wilson was president. There were 31 faculty members. Four associate degrees were offered. The School Colors were Red-White-Blue and the School Mascot was a "Spartan". At the time, it was racially segregated , and a separate Carver Junior College for African-American students was opened the same year. To accomplish desegregation in compliance with
336-569: The law, Brevard Junior College merged with the all-black Carver Junior College in 1963 and moved to the present location of the Cocoa Campus at 1519 Clearlake Rd in Cocoa. The college was renamed Brevard Community College in 1970 when the state of Florida created a system of two-year colleges. The college would then offer aeronautics specialities as it would be a foundation school for many NASA-tied universities such as Florida Institute of Technology and University of Central Florida . In 1966,
360-474: The main publication is 54,021, with Sunday circulation ($ 3.50/issue) 89,328 (2013). Circulation of the paper tends to be higher in the winter (due to snowbirds ), lower in summer. Gannett's Florida Today , initially simply TODAY , was built at the Cocoa Tribune , to compete with the regional and dominant Orlando Sentinel and the statewide Miami Herald . When Gannett (Gannett Florida) purchased
384-633: The men's sports of basketball and baseball as "club" teams. Over the next few years, they added wrestling, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, archery, fencing, judo, and rifle. The school was a member of the Florida Athletic Conference and the NJCAA participating in the Southern Conference. The first basketball coach was Albert Green and the first baseball coach was George King. EFSC's athletic teams are nicknamed
408-626: The newspaper as part of the Knight Newspapers company, which also owned the Central Florida Future , the University of Central Florida's campus newspaper. The Seminole Chronicle mainly served the Seminole County, Florida communities of Oviedo and Winter Springs, but also delivered to Chuluota and Geneva . The Chronicle had five sections: News, Lifestyles, Sports, Viewpoints and Classifieds. The primary goal of
432-730: The newspaper was to deliver hyper-local, community news to residents in the coverage area. In February 2007, Florida Today purchased Knight Newspapers, Inc. which included the Central Florida Future and the Seminole Chronicle . Florida Today is owned by Gannett. After purchasing the Chronicle , Gannett moved the Chronicle's production offices to High Tech Drive, within the Research Quadrangle. Gannett also moved in three other products within
456-527: The papers throughout the surrounding areas of Oviedo and Winter Springs through the use of newspaper boxes and home delivery. In 2011, the newspaper adopted a free home delivery model through the Orlando Sentinel. Papers were distributed to select neighborhoods in Oviedo, Winter Springs, Geneva and Chuluota as well as on racks scattered throughout the community. Florida Today Florida Today
480-530: The same office: The Central Florida Future , a bi-weekly student newspaper covering University of Central Florida , Moms Like Me , a monthly magazine for mothers, and Saves , a coupon booklet packaged with the Future and the Chronicle. Moms Like Me was discontinued in 2011. The office address was 11825 High Tech Avenue Orlando, Florida 32817. The phone number was 407-447-4555. The Chronicle printed 10,000 copies every Thursday year-round, and distributed
504-485: The sharing of facilities and services with UCF on EFSC's campuses, including the EFSC/UCF Joint-Use Library. The president's office is on the Melbourne campus. The Registrar's Office is on the Cocoa Campus with a main college mailing address for Eastern Florida State College of 1519 Clearlake Rd, Cocoa, FL, 32922. There are admissions and advising offices on each of the four campuses. The college
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#1732801035950528-506: The week. It was originally published on the back of Sunday's People section. At a 2006 conference, The Verge won two national awards: First and Second Place for Best News Story. In May 2007, it was announced that The Verge would be integrated with the paper, rather than have its own section. The paper was cited in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 as a Gold Medal Newspaper for overall excellence by Gannett Co. Brevard Community College Eastern Florida State College ( EFSC )
552-411: Was composed by 40 students, as long as they were under 20 (most were in local high schools, but a few attended the local Brevard Community College ). The section had regular articles in rotation such as Generation Gaps, where teens and someone from an earlier generation (parent, teacher, coach, etc.) wrote opposing views to a topic. The section began expanding into other parts of the paper and throughout
576-607: Was listed 21st in the nation in the number of AA degrees awarded. Transfer and articulation partnerships between EFSC and the University of Central Florida , a joint initiative called "DirectConnect," and with the Florida Institute of Technology , whose TechTrack program guarantees the admission of EFSC graduates who wish to transfer to Florida Tech, make possible the seamless transfer of credits to other four-year institutions. The EFSC-UCF partnership also involves
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