New College News

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month is always a celebration at New College of Florida, filled with fun events organized by students, faculty and staff. I spoke with second-year student Gaby Batista to learn more about the celebration and the Latinx Club as a whole.

How does a liberal arts education prepare students for the competitive workforce? The Chronicle of Higher Education, in a 2022 report entitled New Pathways from College to Career, highlighted New College of Florida’s creative approach to career preparation. The state’s designated honors college was one of only six colleges featured in the report.

Choosing New College of Florida over Yale University was a decision Alyssa Boynton made wholeheartedly.

Cultivating his legal prowess was a skill Michael Reese ’88 learned at New College of Florida, and the experience has served him for decades as a successful lawyer. So, in early September, Reese decided to pay it forward, donating $50,000 to his alma mater’s Law Society.

When I first came to New College of Florida a year ago, one of my priorities was to increase the College's reputation nationally. Rather than being seen as a "hidden gem," I wanted New College to be known as a "heralded gem."

New College of Florida has retained its spot as the No. 5 National Liberal Arts College (Top Public Schools) by U.S. News & World Report for the 2022-2023 school year.

Virginia Profeta, a second-year law student at Stetson University College of Law, is the newest extern to New College of Florida General Counsel David Fugett.

As the global demand for data scientists continues to grow, New College of Florida’s Applied Data Science graduate program is training tomorrow’s leaders. Fortune magazine has named the state’s designated honors college to its list of “Best Master's in Data Science Programs in 2022.”

Students at New College of Florida are known to vote, to an award-winning degree, in local and national elections. And Washington Monthly has taken notice this year, naming the state’s designated honors college to its “2022 Best Colleges for Student Voting Honor Roll.”