Maintained one of the highest per capita rates of success nationwide with seven Fulbright awards for 2007-08. They included three full grants -- Bryson Voirin, Karlye Dilts and Trevor Caughlin – and four teaching assistantships -- Alia Schultz, Michael Powers, Eleanor Vekert and Meghan Rimelspach ‘05.

National Science Graduate Research Fellowships awarded to Trevor Caughlin and to Sarah A. Stamper, ’06.

One of only 48 Gates Cambridge Scholarships available to U.S. students awarded to chemistry major Jonathan Breidbord for study at the University of Cambridge. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation first offered these international awards in 2001.    
Recognized by the Florida Legislature on April 26, 2007 for the College’s academic achievements.

For the second year in a row, received the Outstanding Community Partner Award from the Sarasota Family YMCA for its collaborative "Preparing for College" program with the YMCA's Black and Hispanic Achievers Program.

Featured in the February 2007 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine and ranked #6 of the nation’s top 100 public colleges and universities, the fifth time in succession that Kiplinger’s named New College among the nation’s top 10 schools. 

Signed leasehold agreement with University of South Florida on August 3, 2006, formally transferring the historic New College campus to New College of Florida.

Reached an agreement in principle with Sarasota Bradenton International airport for the purchase of property currently occupied by the Sarasota Classic Car Museum.

Initiated implementation of a $250,000 campus master plan developed by internationally-acclaimed architects and urban planners, Moule and Polyzoides, with input from all campus community stakeholders, especially students.

Broke ground on the construction of five new residence halls designed by architects Harper Aiken Donohue Partners; the $23 million project is scheduled for completion in early Fall 2007.

Received a record $2 million gift from the Libra Foundation in the name of Rhoda Pritzker, supporter of the College for more than three decades.  One of the College’s new dormitories will be named the Rhoda Pritzker Residence Hall in her honor.

Beneficiary of $2.7 million gift from philanthropist Ulla Searing, part of a charitable remainder trust that will be used to fund student scholarships and research, as well as faculty development and compensation enhancements. When matched by state funds, the gift will be the largest in the College’s 46-year history.  One of the College’s new residence halls will be named after Searing.

Political Science Professor Keith Fitzgerald elected to Florida House of Representatives, District 69, and appointed deputy policy chair for the Democratic Caucus.

Initiated an Ecotoxicology Training program directed by Biology Professor Elzie McCord, Jr., under a grant from the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection.

Expanded informal science education projects through funding from the National Science Foundation received by Biology and Environmental Studies Professor Meg Lowman.

NAACP Freedom Awards given to Professors of Biology Sandra Gilchrist and Elzie McCord, Jr.; New College also was recognized for continuing support and commitment by the NAACP.

Environmental Studies Co-Director Jono Miller received the 2006 Bill Sadowski Award from 1000 Friends of Florida for his lifetime involvement in protecting Florida’s environment.

New College student Lensa Kwadjo awarded a $3,000 Diversity Leaders Award from The Washington Center in Washington, DC.

Inaugurated annual President’s Day lecture with a presentation on George Washington by Peter R. Henriques, Emeritus Professor of History at George Mason University.

Initiated “Power of Women” series, featuring presentations from prominent local women artists and entrepreneurs, with networking and mentoring opportunities for New College students.  

Villanova University’s 2007 Mendel Medal for advancing the cause of science awarded to Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Meg Lowman.

Grants from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded to Psychology Professor Gordon Bauer for his research on manatee hearing and touch, as well as dolphin hearing.

Two students awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for language study in Russia. A third student received an internship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia.  

Received National Science Foundation funding under the “Research Experience for Undergraduates Program” for nine students at various sites across the country.

Awarded other federal agency funding for six additional student research projects.

Ecology projects of six students funded by the Tree Foundation and the Ecological Society of America.

Women’s Contemporary Art Association of Sarasota awarded one student a $1,000 scholarship, and two students received scholarships from the Garden Club of America.

Participation of four students in the SEEDS Summer 2007 program at the Coweeta Research Site in North Carolina funded by scholarships from the Ecological Society of America.

New College student Adesh Seuraj awarded the 2007 Phyllis Turner Scholarship from the Sarasota Succulent Society and donated the prize money to support ecological organizations.

2007 Lifeline Research Fellowship of $3,000 from the American Vascular Association awarded to Biological Psychology student Elizabeth Coons for a project on vein graft failure in smokers.   

Named leaders to watch in 2007: Political Science Professor Frank Alcock and President Mike Michalson, by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Tampa Bay Business Journal, respectively.

Served as the only Florida host institution for Duke University Talent Identification Program’s Scholar Weekends throughout 2006 and 2007.