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Students of Daytona State College’s Flagler Campus are organizing efforts for a positive impact on the community. Mid-spring, Flagler Campus Dean Kent Ryan, his assistant, Rhonda Mitchum, psychology professor Dr. Jon McNeeley and Ram Nayar, Senior Professor of Microbiology, several community volunteers and about 20 students huddled into the tiny faculty break room at the Flagler/Palm Coast campus to discuss forming a chapter of the Roteracht Club, the student version of the Rotary Club service organization.

Dr. McNeeley, a Roteracht veteran since 1983, signed on to sponsor the student chapter and recruited the heads of the Pierson and Flagler chapters, Tim O’Donnell and Sandra McDermott and Donna Tofai, respectively. Several other key community activists also are assisting the group to adhere to Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self.” Continue reading Flagler Rotaract students aim to make difference→

It may be hard news for some to swallow, but just when the world wants people to believe love and faith for humankind has withered and died, along comes a bombing to prove them wrong.

That may sound peculiar to some, but think about it for a moment. People continue from day to day living their lives without so much as a scattered thought for random people they pass on the street or line up behind at Starbucks. The sound of thousands of feet pounding the earth echoes around them, but inside, their world scarcely trembles. Continue reading Breaking news – humanity not dead yet→

For some students April 11 began with no ifs, ands or butts. DSC’s Environmental Club hosted the Cigarette Butt Pick-Up event alongside of Daytona State’s No Butts Committee, Student Activities and the Volusia County Health Department. In 2012 students managed to pick up around 13,500 butts in the Daytona campus alone. With Earth Day just around the corner, the No Butts Program was a great way to kick it all off. The No Butts program isn’t just about beautifying the campus. On March 21 Daytona State offered a Quit Smoking Now class that was entirely free. The one hour course also offered free Nicotine Replacement Therapy patches, gum and lozenges for those that participated. The No Butts Program helps to beautify the campus but there is a larger goal in the midst. The program also aims to encourage others to quit smoking. The No Butts event isn’t the only way to be environmentally friendly. The Campus Cafeteria offers reusable mugs to replace the Styrofoam cups that cafes so often use. For students and staff that spend much of their time on campus, a single payment of 30 dollars will let one fill up his or her mug for the rest of the semester. If that price seems a bit steep, 10 fills cost 10 dollars and 25 fills cost 20 dollars. Along with reusable mugs, Daytona State has taken other initiatives to be environmentally friendly. Recycling bins for paper, aluminum cans and other common reusable items are common around campus, but what DSC recycles varies widely. From chemical waste to Freon, DSC has been working hard to expand their recycling program. Continue reading Organizations work for cleaner, healthier campus→