WINTER PARK -- Rollins College junior Shannon Brown's passport only has two stamps in it. She got them coming and going from a trip she took to Peru on an anthropological study during spring break her freshman year. Brown, a resident of New Port Richey, recently got her ticket punched toward the career of her dreams. She was awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards for graduate students. ...more

July 12, 2008

Each one has a story. For some, their childhoods were marked by foster homes and food stamps. Others dodged the drugs and guns that permeated Miami's housing projects. Many were raised in one-parent households where their part-time work helped pay the bills. ...more

July 8, 2008

For decades, USF, with some help from the federal government, has set aside money, faculty and space in its residence halls each summer for students from low-income families who are the first generation in their families to go to college. ...more

July 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - In nearly a half-century of coaching college football, Bobby Bowden has seen quite a few things. But thus far, the Florida State coaching legend isn't too fond of quarterbacks who start as a freshman. ...more

July 7, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA Cheyenne Woods was 3 years old when, poking through the garage at grandfather Earl's house, she came upon a treasure. It was a golf club with the shaft cut down to a size more suitable for a toddler. She picked it up and started swinging. ...more

June 26, 2008

Johnathon Dupree, who helped lead Plant City High to a pair of district soccer championships in the past three seasons, has signed a scholarship to attend Palm Beach Atlantic University. ...more

June 18, 2008

SOFTBALL NCT centerfielder Jakara Willis joins long line of county players to sign with P-HCC. ...more

June 15, 2008

Getting into the Florida State Golf Association's amateur championship tournament is no easy feat. Pressure-packed events are held around the state with only a handful of qualifying spots available in each. ...more

June 14, 2008

The Edmund Sheffield Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century announced Marissa Tweed, daughter of the Revs. Dave and Rita Gardner Tweed, the winner of its 2007-08 Anne Massey General Scholarship at a meeting May 15 at Palma Ceia Country Club. ...more

June 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - James Francis Parker was known for his sweet and loving demeanor, his talent for swimming, his brilliant mind and for the golden locks on his head. ...more

June 5, 2008