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University And Local Business Partnerships Bring Great Results

Dr. Debra A. Schwinn
8 Nov 2022
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At Palm Beach Atlantic University, as we’re getting ready to announce some exciting plans for our Rinker School of Business, we’ve been thinking much about the powerful results that come when a university collaborates with local businesses. Local Businesses and PBA You might consider the practicalities of the business world as far removed from the “ivory tower of academia.” But that tower is an unfortunate image, and the phrase certainly doesn’t describe what’s happening at PBA. Sure, we’re serious about rigorous academics, but we don’t climb up into a tower of privileged seclusion. Instead, we belong to an ever-growing learning […]

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Revealing the Dark Truth About Human Trafficking in South Florida, Local Women Advocate for Victims and Fight Back

Shelly Pond
22 Jan 2019
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There is a battle hidden in plain sight for the lives of vulnerable women and youth caught in the web of human trafficking. This modern-day slavery involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Florida is ranked third in the nation for human trafficking and South Florida is one of the state’s top regions for this horrific crime.  However, there is a team of women and men, working hard to take this dark subject out of the shadows and bring it into the light. Working in a variety of organizations, […]

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Man of Spectacular Dreams, Dr. Jess Moody, Founding PBA President, Dies

The Good News
3 Jan 2019
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Dr. Jess C. Moody, founding president of Palm Beach Atlantic University, died Friday, Dec 7, 2018. He was 93. “As the University celebrates its 50th year, we give thanks for a giant of a Christian crusader, a Bible preacher, a visionary dreamer and our founding president,” said President William M. B. Fleming, Jr. “Dr. Moody’s mark is on every Palm Beach Atlantic graduate and student. His sweet love and unlimited devotion to young people is legendary. Stories will continue to be written and told about Dr. Jess Moody, a servant for all seasons and all mankind.” Moody came to West […]

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Good News Wants to Know…What is your family’s most unique Christmas tradition?

The Good News
13 Dec 2018
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Approaching the holidays with anticipation, we look forward to family gatherings and celebrations with friends. As you prepare for this season, Good News Wants to Know… What is your family’s most unique Christmas tradition? Among our favorite Christmas traditions is to daily read the Palm Beach Atlantic University Advent Guide. For 22 years, the University faculty, students and alumni have been contributing daily devotionals for the Advent season.  Once published only in print, the guide is now available online to a wider audience. Our Christmas prayer is this guide offers inspiration, hope and unity for our Christ-first community. We receive […]

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Prepare for Christmas with PBA’s Advent Guide

The Good News
5 Dec 2018
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While retailers would have you start preparing for Christmas in August, many Christian denominations begin the season closer to December with Advent. This period a few weeks ahead of Christmas is filled with prayer and meditation on Christ. The four Sundays before Christmas are celebrated by church congregations and families as they light candles each week signifying the four virtues that Christ brings us: hope, love, joy and peace. A treasured Palm Beach Atlantic University tradition is the Advent devotional guide, edited by Dr. Ken Mahanes, special advisor to the President. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of PBA’s founding, the guide […]

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“The Gospel According to Scrooge” is a Rare Musical of a Redemptive Christmas

Lydia Hicks
8 Nov 2018
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“The Gospel According to Scrooge” stage production returns for its second year, bringing Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to life in ministry to South Florida’s communities this December. Revelation Ministries, South Florida’s Christian performing arts organization, will present this free Christmas production at New Covenant Church on December 1, at Community of Hope on December 7 & 9, and at St. Paul Lutheran Church on December 15 & 16. Revelation Ministries’ Director Oksana Horton shared that this two-act Christmas musical performance with vivacious acting, singing and dancing “is an unforgettable story of how a life can be truly transformed by […]

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Good News Wants to Know …. What are you Thankful For that Made this Year Special?

The Good News
7 Nov 2018
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Since this is our November Thanksgiving issue, in the year 2018 are there one or two things that you’re thankful for that made this year special?   2018 brought us a baby girl, Summer Winslow Denison. She’s grateful that her big brother thinks she’s a dog (he pats her head like one) and also grateful her big sister Nora hasn’t blinded her (she’s constantly trying to poke her eyeballs out). Bob Denison, President, Denison Yacht Sales       Last December my wife had a chest x-ray during her normal checkup. The doctors noticed several small crushed glass circles in her right lung. […]

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Send a Shoebox to a Child Across the Globe During Drop-Off Week November 12-19

The Good News
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Because of the generosity of donors across the United States, Operation Christmas Child delivers more than 8 million shoeboxes packed with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items to needy children around the world, bringing joy and the eternal hope of the Gospel. You can participate by packing your own shoebox and dropping it off at a local collection site during National Collection Week November 12 – 19, 2018. Want to find out where your shoebox is going? Now you can even find out where your shoebox gift is headed by donating $9 online to Follow Your Box. You’ll receive […]

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Brain Bowl Fundraiser Held in Boca Raton

The Good News
5 Nov 2018
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Candy Cohn, CSA, Owner of Oasis Senior Advisors South Florida in Boca Raton, and Public Relations Chair for the Brain Bowl Committee, attended the kickoff party for the Brain Bowl luncheon recently held at the West Boca Busy Body Center. A very large crowd enjoyed some healthy food and an appearance by five times boxing champion, Cory Spinks, son of another boxing legend, Leon Spinks. The 5th Annual Alzheimer’s Luncheon, The Brain Bowl, chaired by local probate attorney, Pamela Higer-Polani, will take place on Friday, April 12, 2019, from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Boca West Country Club to […]

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U.S. News Ranks Palm Beach Atlantic Among Best in South

The Good News
31 Oct 2018
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Palm Beach Atlantic University climbed five spots in the respected U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2019 edition. The University placed 52nd among the best universities in the South in the rankings released September 10. The publication includes rankings of more than 1,800 schools nationwide. The 2019 ranking places Palm Beach Atlantic tied with Coastal Carolina (South Carolina), Columbia College (South Carolina) and Wingate University (North Carolina) in the top tier of regional universities in the South. “As we enter our 50th year, PBA celebrates the vision of our founders whose dream to establish a Christ-first university in South […]

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