Edward Waters College News

• Jacksonville mayor to address JU and EWC graduates (Florida Times-Union)
  posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:53:00 pm
  Mayor Alvin Brown will deliver the keynote address at Jacksonville University commencement on Saturday, and at the Edward Waters College commencement on May 12. More than 700 students will receive degrees during the JU commencement, which begins at 9:30 a.m. on the Science Green, behind the Howard Building near the heart of the campus. The university will honor Brown with an honorary doctorate of humane letters. The EWC commencement will be at 1 p.m. May 12 in the college's gymnasium, the Adams-Jenkins Community Sports and Music Complex. read more
• Lead letter: A big partner offers services in New Town (Florida Times-Union)
  posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:01:00 pm
  The recently published guest column by Jim Crooks provided a terrific overview of Jacksonville’s New Town Success Zone. As lead agency for foster care, adoption and family preservation services in Duval and Nassau counties, Family Support Services is a longtime partner in New Town and continues to provide many programs and services. We have been involved in Edward Waters College’s Schell-Sweet Community Resource Service Center in New Town since June 2009, providing more than $500,000 in services, staff and funding. read more
• EWC should focus on teaching careers (Florida Times-Union)
  posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:54:00 am
  Edward Waters College is a different place from the days when its current president, former Jacksonville Sheriff Nat Glover, was a student. In the early 1960s, EWC attracted most local black students whose dreams of higher education were restricted by segregation. Also back then, their career options were largely limited to teaching, a profession that was fed by a school system in which black teachers were needed to teach in second-class classrooms. Desegregation, however, changed all that. And for decades EWC has struggled to adapt. read more
• Paine College baseball Marshall(s) in new era (News 12 Augusta)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:23:27 am
  Melvin Le’Kerby Marshall (Kerby) joins the Paine College baseball staff as head coach, Director of Athletics, Tim Duncan announced. Marshall comes to the program from Edward Waters College, in Jacksonville, FL where he was head coach for six years.
• Start of a New Era at EWC (First Coast News)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 09:51:31 pm
  Jacksonville, FL --  Edward Waters College introduced their two new head basketball coaches on Thursday.
• Edward Waters College becomes part of White House interfaith initiative (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 07:29:02 am
  Edward Waters College will join other colleges around the country in President Barack Obama 's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.
• Success Park breaks ground at Edward Waters (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on June 17, 2011 at 06:13:27 am
  Saying children needed a safe place to play in Jacksonville's New Town community, city officials, college leaders and kids took the first step to that goal by breaking ground Thursday for a nearly 2-acre park and playground on the campus of Edward Waters College.
• Glover ready to tackle challenges as permanent president of Edward Waters (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on May 21, 2011 at 06:07:44 am
  Nat Glover came on as interim president of Edward Waters College one year ago, facing low graduation rates and a dangerous deficit. A year later, recently installed as the permanent president, Glover sat down with the Times-Union to discuss the future of the Jacksonville private college.
• JTA completes $2 million in improvements at Edward Waters College (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on May 11, 2011 at 06:15:37 am
  It's easy to figure out that you're driving through the Edward Waters College campus when driving on Kings Road between Whitner Street and Spires Avenue.
• JTA completes $2 million in pedestrian improvements around Edward Waters College (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on May 10, 2011 at 05:36:35 pm
  The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Edward Waters College marked the end of a $2 million improvement project on Kings Road at Edward Waters College Tuesday. The project installed new lighting, sidewalks, drainage, landscaping and bus stops in front of the college. Edward Waters College President Nat Glover thanked JTA, which supervised the construction, and state and federal ...
• Basketball star will take game to college level (McDuffie Mirror)
  posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:23:12 pm
  Thomson High School senior LaVance Yarbough has signed a commitment to play basketball at Edward Waters College. He said he expects to play for the Jacksonville, Fla., school his freshman year.
• EWC Students To Mentor Neighborhood Kids (WJXT Jacksonville)
  posted on February 22, 2011 at 04:49:18 pm
  Edward Waters College students are giving back to the community by mentoring local neighborhood kids. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The president of Edward Waters College is launching a mentoring program that seeks to address two factors that often lead life of crime: a lack of education and and children growing up without fathers in the home.
• Mentors sought for new First Coast program to target black males in foster care (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on February 22, 2011 at 06:50:33 am
  Edward Waters College and Family Support Services of North Florida announced Monday that they would partner to create a program to provide children in foster care with mentors.
• 2 hurt and 1 dead, in triple shooting on Northside (FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville)
  posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:04:37 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Action News has just learned that there's been a triple shooting on Palafox Street near Edward Waters College on the Northside.
• Nat Glover Named President of Edward Waters College (First Coast News)
  posted on February 14, 2011 at 09:10:26 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Nat Glover, who has been interim president since last May, is now the permanent leader of Edward Waters College.
• Glover named Edward Waters College president (Jacksonville Daily Record)
  posted on February 14, 2011 at 06:25:40 pm
  “I will expend every ounce of energy in my body to be the best president of Edward Waters College,” Glover said Sunday afternoon. He said he was honored to be named the 29th president of the college.
• Former Jacksonville Sheriff is new EWC President (FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville)
  posted on February 14, 2011 at 05:04:37 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla - Nat Glover officially became President of Edward Waters College Saturday after nearly a year of serving as interim President.
• Nat Glover named 29th president of Edward Waters College (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:08:37 am
  Former Jacksonville Sheriff Nat Glover was named the 29th president of Edwards Water College on Saturday, shedding the interim designation he's served under since May.
• Jennifer Carroll helps Edward Waters College keep its funding (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on February 10, 2011 at 09:26:43 am
  Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll helped ensure $1.8 million for the Jacksonville private college in governor's budget proposal but only for one more year.
• New Football Coach Introduced at EWC (First Coast News)
  posted on February 1, 2011 at 07:49:17 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Terry Parker High School graduate Brad Bernard was introduced as the new head football coach at Edward Waters College on Tuesday.
• Local college and high school results (News Chief)
  posted on January 14, 2011 at 02:19:54 pm
  Published: Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:46 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:46 a.m. Babson Park - The Webber International University’s men’s basketball team posted an impressive overtime victory Wednesday night over Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, 74-71.
• Jacksonville Congresswoman Reacts to Tucson Tragedy (First Coast News)
  posted on January 10, 2011 at 10:31:55 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Congresswoman Corrine Brown, attending an event at Edward Waters College, called for prayers for the victims of the Tucson tragedy. Brown, also a Democrat, knows Congresswoman Giffords from her role on committees and her politics, but not intimately.
• EWC, Job Corps Announce Partnership (WJXT Jacksonville)
  posted on January 10, 2011 at 07:53:08 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Edward Waters College and Job Corps announced a partnership Monday that will give Job Corps students an avenue to pursue higher education.
• Memorial Held For Students Killed In Crash (WJXT Jacksonville)
  posted on December 3, 2010 at 05:53:18 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- About 100 people attended a memorial Friday morning for two Edward Waters College student-athletes who died after they were involved in a crash in Miami over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
• 2nd EWC Student In Miami Crash Dies (WJXT Jacksonville)
  posted on December 2, 2010 at 05:07:56 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The second of two Edward Waters College student-athletes involved in a crash in Miami last week has died. Roberto Armenteros had been in critical condition before succumbing to his injuries early Thursday.
• EWC Remembers One Student, Prays for Another (First Coast News)
  posted on November 30, 2010 at 05:26:27 am
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Edward Waters College held a vigil to honor two students involved in a car crash in Miami.
• Edward Waters College remembers student killed in crash (FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville)
  posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:49:48 pm
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Students and staff members held a candlelight vigil for two student athletes involved in a crash. One was killed and another severely injured.
• Agape boys basketball coach returns to the college ranks (Orlando Sentinel)
  posted on November 29, 2010 at 06:37:47 pm
  Stan Cromartie’s tenure as Agape Christian’s boys basketball coach was shortlived. One game to be exact. The former Valencia Community College and Seminole CC head coach is leaving to take a position in the athletic department at Edward Waters College of Jacksonville. Agape won its opener 70-59 over RFM Christian of Melbourne last week. The Saints were [...]
• Edward Waters College student killed in car crash (FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville)
  posted on November 28, 2010 at 02:04:38 am
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A student at Edward Waters Collge was killed in a car crash in Miami.
• Northside College Student Dead, Another Injured in Miami Crash (First Coast News)
  posted on November 27, 2010 at 04:31:18 am
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Some Edward Waters College students are mourning the loss of one of their own, and wishing the best for another.
• Second Edward Waters College Student Dies after Crash (First Coast News)
  posted on November 27, 2010 at 04:31:18 am
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The second Edward Waters College student involved in a crash that killed his friend has also died.