Tuesday's Daily Pulse

› UF urged to appreciate student employees this week [UF News]
The University of Florida Office for Student Financial Affairs urges offices on campus to show their appreciation to student employees this week. Student employees play a key role in UF’s educational, research and operational excellence.

› Florida road work at risk as federal gas-tax money runs dry [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
After years of running on empty, the federal gas-tax fund that helps pay for road work could go dry this fall, putting hundreds of Florida transportation projects and thousands of construction jobs in jeopardy.

› Florida Polytechnic University selects first president [WTSP]
Florida Polytechnic University's Presidential Search Committee has selected Dr. Randy K. Avent, an accomplished academic leader and current Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Development at North Carolina State University (NC State), to be the University's first president.

› Guess where Florida is field testing its new standardized tests? (Not Florida) [Washington Post]
Most states field test their standardized tests in their own state. Not Florida. Florida’s new tests are being field tested in, of all places, Utah.

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