Talk:Jacksonville University/Archive 1

Aeronautics Highlight
"Jacksonville University is known for its aeronautics program."

I'm sorry, but I don't believe that this should be the first line under "Academics." Regardless of how successful the aviation program is, the section on Academics should begin with something more general, and not jump right into one of the specific programs. 98.67.161.233 (talk) 03:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree, and last time I checked there were some issues with their program and with Delta Connection Academy. The program from the inside is plagued with troubles, as is their Education Department. JU tends to jump into programs without planning much of it out, then tries to correct things too much in hindsight. I don't believe that Universities should be the only ones to comment on the main sight like this as it is completely biased.98.67.161.233 (talk) 03:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)


 * "Unique aviation program" is complete excrement of the male bovine. "Unique" REALLY means "one-and-only", and not "outstanding", "excellent", "good", or any other such notion. Furthermore, nothing at all can be "more unique" or "most unique" -- because "unique" truly means ONE AND ONLY, and that is not true in this case. There are dozens of others, including Embry-Riddle, Kansas State University at Salina, Kansas, several colleges in Texas and Oklahoma, and so on and so forth.
 * 98.67.161.233 (talk) 03:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

'Policies?'
"...though alcohol policies are strictly enforced."

This is very far from the truth and should be removed to prevent any misconception. Relative to other colleges in this region of the country, the enforcement of drinking policies is definitely not above average (if not less than average). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.29.160.175 (talk) 19:59, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

What a bunch of overdone hooey about Naval ROTC.
What a bunch of overdone hooey about Naval ROTC! First of all, you don't need all of that crap about what Naval ROTC does. People can read that in the article on the subject. Further, what was written (quoted below) read like a recruiting document, and it came across as "Piled High and Deep" (Ph.D.) Who is the current Profesor of Naval Science is really an irrelevant thing, since those officers change every two or three ywars, anyway. Plus, at genuine universities and institutes of technology, the ROTC programs are nice to have, a plus to the college, but NOT central items to their description. At of these genuine schools, all of the ROTC, and NROTC programs in particular, are not anything to over-hype: Auburn University, Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, the University of California, UCLA, Texas A&M University, the University of Maryland and so forth -- because they have much more significant things to be written about. By over-emphasizing NROTC in this article, it makes the rest of Jacksonville University look like diddly and absurd college - or something worse, a diploma mill. Expend your effort at what is genuinely important about a university, a college, or an insitute of technology. Don't go off onto tangents about secondary and tertiary elements. For example, this article says absolutely nothing about the mathematics dept., the physics dept., the chemistry dept., the biology dept., the psychology dept., the sociology dept., the politial science dept., the English dept., the history dept., the school of education, the dept. of economics, the undergrate college of business, and so forth. I know that Jacksonville Univ. does not have any of these following, so you need to emphasize the important parts of what the university of learning does have: No {college of engineering, no college of agriculture, no school of architecture, no medical school, no dental school, no school of optometry, no school of veterinary medicine, no college of information & computer science, no college of engineering management, and lots of other things that major universities do have. Therefore, emphasize descriptions of what you do have. There was absolutely no information about the graduates of Jacksonville Univ. who go on to graduate school somewhere, and do they have any success there. There was absolutely no information about the relationships between Jacksonville Univ., and any of the other colleges and universities in the metropolitan area, including the University of North Florida, and any community colleges that might be in northeastern Florida or southeastern Georgia. Do a significant number of graduates from Jacksonville Univ. go to graduate school at the Univ. of North Florida, Florida State University, or the University of Florida. Since this is not mentioned at all, we are lead to believe that they don't - not in any significant numbers. Since Jacksonville Univ. has no Ph.D. programs, and no professional schools (e.g. medicine, dentistry, optometry) of its own, it would be important to state about whether or not Jacksonville Univ. has any graduates who enter those schools at other universities. This article as really gotten started on a poor foundation, and then gone off on tangents from there. - "for service in a wide variety of warfare disciplines, including surface warfare submarine warfare, naval aviation, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, nuclear power and Marine Corps occupational specialties.

"On March 2, 2004, the new NROTC building at Jacksonville Univ. was named in Tillie K. Fowler's honor to recognize her leadership, effectiveness and dedication to national security, and her dedicated work on behalf of Jacksonville University.

"The NROTC Unit also has several clubs and teams including the aviation club, color guard, drill team, pistol team, sailing team, Semper Fi Society, SpecWar club, SWO Society, and the Trident Society which have a very active presence in the area. The classroom also houses state-of-the-art simulators and training tools to provide the best real world training for the Midshipmen. Commanding Officer: CAPT Charles Berdar, USN --- Executive Officer: CDR Brent Lapp, USN" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.161.233 (talk) 04:18, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

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History Section
The history section is far too broad and short, skipping over most of the school's history after the early 1970's. The book Our Place In The Sun would be an invaluable resource to use for contributing towards this section. It contains a detailed history of the school from 1934 to the late 1980's. Computermichael (talk) 21:05, 11 September 2018 (UTC)