Tamara LushApril 22, 2020
12min360
To be a teen facing prom, graduation, and 18th birthday in social isolation.
Tag: graduation
Tamara LushApril 22, 2020
Drew WilsonMay 25, 2018
4min272
The Florida Retail Federation said parents, grandparents and friends will spend big bucks on celebrating high school and college graduates this year. The trade association said the average Floridian will spend $102.51 showering the young adults with gifts once they snag diploma or degree. That’s just a couple dollars shy of last year’s record average […]
Scott PowersNovember 17, 2017
6min384
Florida Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart is working with her counterpart in Puerto Rico on a plan that would allow Puerto Rican high school students who evacuated to Florida because of Hurricane Maria study for and receive Puerto Rico diplomas in Florida, rather than Florida diplomas. The issue is more than just choice and pride […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 30, 2017
6min316
Graduation season means big business for Florida businesses. The National Retail Federation estimates total spending is expected to reach $5.6 billion this graduation season, a nearly 4 percent increase over last year when consumers spent $5.4 billion buying gifts for graduates. The 2017 estimate is expected to be the highest amount spent in the 11 […]
Guest AuthorMay 26, 20154min176
To my two or three readers of this commentary, I apologize for my silence. I have descended briefly into my end-of-year funk when I face the transition from 15-hour days to long stretches of empty time. This year has been complicated by my turning 65 and becoming officially “old” plus the deaths of a colleague […]
Guest AuthorMay 10, 201510min234
It is May, a season of hope and fulfillment of dreams. Graduations bloom new flowers all across our state. A limitless future of choices and chances stand before those who are crossing our stages. I recently had the privilege of offering my thoughts through a commencement address to the students receiving graduate degrees from St. […]