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› Appeal coming, Florida Coastal School of Law says after federal student aid cut off
Florida Coastal School of Law will appeal a U.S. Education Department decision to end federal student aid to its students, the college’s president said in a release emailed Friday night. “[T]hey called us reckless and irresponsible with the students’ futures which could not be further from the truth,” said Peter Goplerud, who is also dean of the Jacksonville-based for-profit law school. “Our students are the sole focus of everything we are doing and always have been.”
› 5-tower Searstown plan would alter Fort Lauderdale skyline
An ambitious plan to transform the once bustling Searstown landmark would add five new high-rise buildings to downtown Fort Lauderdale, joining 38 towers already in the pipeline. The Searstown megaproject first made headlines early last year but has resurfaced with a sleek and sexy new design and a hotel that’s been shortened by two floors.
› Broadway returns to Sarasota’s Van Wezel hall in fall
There is a familiar look to the subscription series the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is revealing for its Broadway, Classical and Subscriber Specials seasons. Executive Director Mary Bensel has managed to reschedule most of the shows that were booked but postponed over the last two seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic.
› Judge Ungaro retiring from the federal bench but not the law. She’s joining a Miami firm
For nearly half her life, Ursula Ungaro has been wearing a black robe. Now, after turning 70, she’s about to hang that robe up — but she’s not leaving the law. Ungaro, who has served as a judge in the Florida state and federal courts for more than three decades, is returning to what she calls her first love as an attorney — high-stakes litigation.
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