 Dr. Douglas Mader, local veterinarian and author, will present at CFK’s VIP Series on Thursday, April 17 at 7p.m. in the Tennessee Williams Theater on the Key West Campus. KEY WEST, FL, April 4, 2025— The College of the Florida Keys will conclude its 2025 VIP Series with “Invasive Species in the Florida Keys” on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Tennessee Williams Theatre on the Key West Campus. Dr. Douglas Mader, a local veterinarian and author, will explore changes in the Florida Keys’ fauna and flora over recent decades, focusing on the impact of invasive species.
Dr. Mader’s presentation will highlight notable invaders such as Green Iguanas, pythons, Lionfish, Cuban Treefrogs, Haitian Curly-tailed Lizards, Myna Birds, and Monk Parrots. He will also address invasive plants like Australian Pines and Brazilian Pepper trees, which pose significant threats to the region’s ecosystem. Dr. Mader is a triple board-certified veterinary specialist with over three decades of experience. An internationally acclaimed lecturer and reviewer for multiple scientific journals, he has authored medical textbooks and numerous scientific publications. His latest book is The Vet at Noah's Ark: Stories of Survival from an Inner-City Animal Hospital. Dr. Mader serves South Florida’s animal community as a consulting veterinarian for organizations including the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Zoo, Key West Aquarium, Dynasty Marine, the Sea Turtle Hospital, Everglades Alligator Farm, Zoo Miami, and Theater of the Sea. Now in its eleventh season, the College’s VIP Series showcases the views, ideas, and perspectives (VIP) of speakers with local, regional, and national prominence. CFK’s 2025 VIP Series is sponsored by Essential Net Solutions. Tickets are $5 at the door; admission is free for students at CFK and Monroe County schools. For more information, call CFK at 305-296-9081 or visit the College’s website at CFK.edu/VIP.
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Students with intellectual disabilities, families invited to learn more about unique program at virtual event  Chrisfer Hyppolite, a student in CFK ‘s Project ACCESS program, studies on the Key West Campus. KEY WEST, FL, February 4, 2025—The College of the Florida Keys invites prospective students and their families to learn more about its Project ACCESS program at a virtual information session on Wednesday, February 19 at 5:30 p.m. Project ACCESS is an inclusive postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities and autism. The personalized program includes academics, social activities, employment experience, and independent living. Students can participate in Project ACCESS at CFK’s Key West Campus or Upper Keys Center in Key Largo.
CFK offers an array of support for students in Project ACCESS including academic and peer mentors, success coaches, and academic advisors. Project ACCESS is a federally- approved Comprehensive Transition Program, meaning eligible students may receive Pell grants and apply to participate in work-study programs. Additionally, the College was awarded enhancement grants through the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities in 2017, 2020, and 2023 and is an approved Florida Post-Secondary Comprehensive Transition Program. Because of this funding, eligible students are awarded scholarships annually to offset tuition, fees, housing, and other costs. CFK recently earned national recognition for its work with Project ACCESS students. The NRF Foundation named CFK their 2025 RISE Up Partner of the Year for the successful incorporation of RISE Up retail training in the Project ACCESS program. Attendees of the virtual information session on February 19 will receive a code to waive the $30 application fee. Visit the College’s website at CFK.edu/ProjectACCESS to learn more and to connect to the virtual event. For more information, contact Nicole Gerrard, CFK Executive Director of Student Success Services, via email at [email protected] or phone at 305-809-3262. Learn more on February 5 or February 20  CFK Academy’s first classes of students sit in the stairwell of the new building in August 2023. KEY WEST, FL, February 3, 2025— The College of the Florida Keys has added another date option for middle and high school students and their family members to learn about the CFK Academy. The two Prospective Student Events will be on Wednesday, February 5 and Thursday, February 20, both at 5:30 p.m. at the CFK Academy on the College’s Key West Campus. Key information will be presented about the A-rated, tuition-free public charter high school. Attendees will be able to meet the CFK Academy’s principal, teachers, staff, and students and tour the school.
The CFK Academy focuses on college and career readiness with curriculum centered on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and Career Technical Education (CTE). Teachers use a Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach, which provides students with hands-on engagement in the learning process beyond the traditional classroom. In the process, they further develop critical-thinking and communication skills. CFK Academy students are encouraged to earn college and high school credit simultaneously through the College’s Dual Enrollment program. College classes are conveniently located on the same campus as the high school. Motivated students can graduate with their high school diploma as well as an associate degree, certificate, and/or industry certification. There is no cost to attend the CFK Academy, including the college level classes, potentially saving families tens of thousands of dollars. The CFK Academy earned an “A” grade from the Department of Education (FDOE) for the 2023-24 school year. FDOE’s school grading system pulls from various student success metrics, including student achievement, learning gains, graduation rates, acceleration success, and focus on students who need the most support. Applications are open for grades nine through 12 for the 2025- 26 school year and can be found online at CFK.edu/CFKAcademy. Space is limited. Applications are due by February 25 and a lottery will be conducted on February 27. Applications now open for 2025-26 school year  KEY WEST, FL, January 15, 2025— The College of the Florida Keys invites middle and high school students and their family members to the CFK Academy Prospective Student Event on Wednesday, February 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the CFK Academy on the College’s Key West Campus. Key information will be presented about the A-rated, tuition-free public charter high school. Attendees will be able to meet the CFK Academy’s principal, teachers, staff, and students and tour the school.
The CFK Academy focuses on college and career readiness with curriculum centered on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and Career Technical Education (CTE). Teachers use a Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach, which provides students hands-on engagement in the learning process beyond the traditional classroom. In the process, they further develop critical-thinking and communication skills. CFK Academy students are encouraged to earn college and high school credit simultaneously through the College’s Dual Enrollment program. College classes are conveniently located on the same campus as the high school. Motivated students can graduate with their high school diploma as well as an associate degree, certificate, and/or industry certification. There is no cost to attend the CFK Academy, including the college level classes, potentially saving families tens of thousands of dollars. The CFK Academy earned an “A” grade from the Department of Education (FDOE) for the 2023-24 school year. FDOE’s school grading system pulls from various student success metrics, including student achievement, learning gains, graduation rates, acceleration success, and focus on students who need the most support. Applications are now open for grades nine through 12 for the 2025- 26 school year and can be found online at CFK.edu/CFKAcademy. Space is limited. Applications are due by February 25 and a lottery will be conducted on February 27.  KEY WEST, FL, January 2, 2025— The College of the Florida Keys is teaming up with the Key West Chamber of Commerce to help local high school students, their families, mentors, and guidance counselors through processes related to college applications, decisions, requirements, and deadlines. The free workshop, entitled “Ready, Set, COLLEGE!” will be held on Wednesday, January 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the library on the College’s Key West Campus.
The first part of the workshop will focus on writing. Students will receive tips for writing effective essays for both college admissions and scholarship applications. The session will also help parents, mentors, and guidance counselors learn how to better evaluate student essays and suggest improvements. The second half of the workshop will be dedicated to learning about different ways to pay for college through federal grants and loans, scholarships, and payment plans. CFK financial aid staff will provide hands-on guidance through completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is the first step required for federal and many other financial aid opportunities. For additional information about “Ready, Set, COLLEGE!,” contact CFK at 305-296-9081. Marine scientist, author, and CFK alumnus to present in Upper Keys and Key West  KEY WEST, FL, January 2, 2025— The College of the Florida Keys will open its 2025 VIP Series with back-to-back presentations on Wednesday, January 15 at 7 p.m. at CFK’s Upper Keys Center in Key Largo and on Thursday, January 16 at 7 p.m. in the Tennessee Williams Theatre on the Key West Campus. Marine scientist, author, and CFK alumnus Dr. Jack Stein Grove will present “Galapagos Fishes, From the Shore to the Abyss and From Darwin to DNA.”
Drawing from 50 years of research and adventures in the Galapagos Islands, Dr. Grove will discuss the natural history and diverse wildlife of the famous archipelago. Dr. Grove graduated from CFK in 1972 before setting sail on his first expedition to the Galapagos in 1975 as an undergraduate of the University of West Florida. Since then, his research has been published in numerous scientific and popular articles. He authored "Fishes of the Galapagos Islands," published by Stanford University in 1997, which included a foreword by Jean Michele Cousteau. His new comprehensive book about the fishes of the Galapagos is scheduled to be released, open access, in 2025. In its eleventh season, the College’s VIP Series features the views, ideas, and perspectives (VIP) of speakers of local, regional, and national prominence. CFK’s 2025 VIP Series is sponsored by Essential Net Solutions. Tickets for each event are $5 at the door. Admission is free for students at CFK and Monroe County schools. For more information, call CFK at 305-296-9081 or visit the College’s website at CFK.edu/VIP. $100 Kick-Starter Scholarships; Application fees waive  KEY WEST, FL, November 14, 2024— The College of the Florida Keys will hold “Fast Track to Spring” events on Wednesday, November 20, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Key West Campus and at the Upper Keys Center in Key Largo at to help prospective students quickly get on a path toward their academic and career training goals this spring semester. New student applications are due December 1 and classes begin January 10. New students who participate in “Fast Track to Spring” will have their application fee waived, a savings of $30, and receive a $100 Kick-Starter Scholarship.
Future students and their families will be able to connect directly with knowledgeable CFK staff to receive information about degree and certificate options as well as financial aid, payment plans, and scholarships. Personalized guidance through the application process will also be available. Prospective students are encouraged to bring the following items, if readily available, to expedite the admissions process:
For more information about the opportunities available at CFK, visit the College’s website at cfk.edu or contact Marissa Owens, CFK Manager of Recruitment, at [email protected] or call 305-809-3207.  KEY WEST, FL, November 1, 2024— The College of the Florida Keys invites the community to a Movie Night fundraiser at the Tropic Cinema on Sunday, November 10, at 6 p.m. to support the men’s and women’s swim teams. The feature film will be the biographical sports drama “The Swimmers." Tickets are $15 and can be purchased either at the door or online on the Tropic Cinema website at www.tropiccinema.com
All proceeds from the event will support the athletes’ travel expenses to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Swimming and Diving Championships in Buffalo, New York in March 2025. Donations to support the team can be made to the CFK Foundation on the College’s website at www.cfk.edu/give.  CFK Poetics 2024 will feature poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi on November 7. KEY WEST, FL, October 24, 2024—The College of the Florida Keys (CFK) invites the community to attend a CFK Poetics event on Thursday, November 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Willliams Theatre on the Key West Campus. Acclaimed poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi will present a live reading of her work and take questions from the audience. The event is free for all attendees.
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Calvocoressi is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Stegner Fellowship and Jones Lectureship from Stanford University; a Rona Jaffe Woman Writer's Award; a Lannan Foundation residency in Marfa, TX; the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review; and a residency from the Civitella di Ranieri Foundation, among others. Calvocoressi's poems have been published or are forthcoming in numerous magazines and journals including The Baffler, The New York Times, POETRY, Boston Review, Kenyon Review, Tin House, and The New Yorker. Calvocoressi is an Editor at Large at Los Angeles Review of Books, and Poetry Editor at Southern Cultures. Works in progress include a non-fiction book entitled, The Year I Didn't Kill Myself and a novel, The Alderman of the Graveyard. Calvocoressi was the Beatrice Shepherd Blane Fellow at the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute for 2022 - 2023. Calvocoressi teaches at UNC Chapel Hill. CFK Poetics is a series that aims to develop awareness of an immersion in the humanities landscape by connecting students and the community with poetry on the national level in a way that is immediate to their own experiences. Since 2019, visiting poets have come to Key West or appeared virtually to share their work and have conversations with the student body as well as the community at large. Formerly featured poets include B.H. Fairchild, Chelsea Rathburn, Richard Blanco, and Ross Gay, Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, Adrian Matejka, Lauren K. Alleyne, and Kim Addonizio. Additional information about CFK Poetics can be found on the College’s website at cfk.edu/poetics. Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this presentation do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.  KEY WEST, FL, October 17, 2024— The College of the Florida Keys (CFK) invites all to its tenth annual Community Day on Saturday, November 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the Key West Campus. The free, family-friendly event will feature a full slate of attractions—including CFK academic showcases, interactive exhibits, live performances, a bounce house and other children's activities, vendors, music, free food and drinks, and free T-shirts.
As tradition, CFK President Dr. Jonathan Gueverra will lead a salute to veterans and military service members. This year’s event will also serve as the grand opening of the Tuga Clinic on CFK’s Key West Campus. The new healthcare clinic, which will be open to the public starting November 4, is a joint venture between the College, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County, and Rural Health Network. The College will also be collecting non-perishable food items at the event for the Tuga Shelves food pantry for food insecure students. CFK’s Community Day is supported by sponsors Essential Net Solutions, Waste Management, First Horizon Bank, Lisa Ferringo Group Coldwell Bank Schmitt Real Estate, Florida Keys Media, the Keys Citizen, the Key West Weekly, David and Annette Curry, and James Rifkin and Jane Packard. For more information about Community Day, call CFK at 305-809-3198. |
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