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New College No. 7 on Kiplinger's Best Value Public Colleges

New College of Florida has been recognized once again as a top value in America by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, placing seventh on the list of 100 best values in public colleges for 2012-13. This marks Kiplinger Logo the 10th consecutive year that New College has placed among the nation's top 20 public colleges overall on Kiplinger's list of schools delivering a stellar education at an affordable price. Kiplinger's ranked New College No. 5 in 2012 and No. 11 in 2011.

 

To determine the ranking each year, the editors at Kiplinger's Personal Finance narrow down a list of nearly 600 public four-year schools to about 130 schools based on SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and four- and six-year graduation rates. The editors then rank each school based on cost and financial aid, though academic quality carries more weight than costs.

 

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New Topics New College, "Positive Aging Pioneers"

January 15 at 5:30 p.m.
Mildred Sainer Pavilion,
5313 Bay Shore Road

 

Tickets $15; free for New College students, faculty and staff

 

Reserve online at donate.ncf.edu/events or call 941-487-4888

 

EsselmanThe Institute for the Ages has an ambitious vision--to be the world's largest and most significant change agent for positive aging. Institute for the Ages President and CEO Tom Esselman will provide the community with an update on how individuals and community groups within Sarasota as well as innovators around the world are focused on the global aging phenomenon. Esselman will discuss groundbreaking research initiatives and the development and applications of products, services and policies that are improving our lives as we live to be older and older.   

New Music New College, "Psychoanalysis, Gender and Jazz"

January 18 at 11 a.m.
College Hall Dining Room,
351 College Drive

 

This discussion with pianist and psychotherapist Marilyn Lerner is co-sponsored by the New College Gender Studies Program and is open to New College students, faculty and staff only. Visit newmusicnewcollege.org or call 941-487-4888 for more information.
New Music New College, Artist Conversation with Marilyn Lerner

January 18 at 3:30 p.m.
Mildred Sainer Pavilion,
5313 Bay Shore Road

 

New Music Logo Free and open to the public; no reservations necessary
Visit newmusicnewcollege.org or call 941-487-4888 for more information.

This free Artist Conversation with pianist Marilyn Lerner and New Music New College Director Stephen Miles precedes Lerner's performance, Dreamwork, on Saturday, January 19.
New Music New College, Marilyn Lerner, Dreamwork

January 19 at 8 p.m.
Mildred Sainer Pavilion,
5313 Bay Shore Road

 

Tickets $15; $5 for non-NCF students; free for New College faculty, staff and students

 

Reserve online at  donate.ncf.edu/events or call 941-487-4888
newmusicnewcollege.org

 

LernerWidely recorded and internationally renowned, Marilyn Lerner's work speaks to improvisation, not just as an approach to music making, but as a way of life, a mode of being that is accessible to all of us in our daily lives. Her groundbreaking recordings have garnered much recognition, including her two solo recordings Luminance and Romanian Fantasy, as well as Special Angel with Sonny Greenwich. Her intimate knowledge of the piano, combined with a fearless experimental and passionate spirit, render her a true original. Lerner's work spans the worlds of jazz, creative improvisation, klezmer and 20th-century classical music. She composes for film, theater, radio and television. She is also an audio artist and has created a series of soundscapes using samples of sounds she collects in the natural environment.

Klingenstein Lecture, "The Essentially Ambiguous Jewess"

January 22 at 7 p.m.
Mildred Sainer Pavilion,
5313 Bay Shore Road

 

Judith Free; reserve online at donate.ncf.edu/klingenstein or call 941-487-488

 

Cynthia M. Baker, author of Rebuilding the House of Israel: Architectures of Gender in Jewish Antiquity, will give the talk "The Essentially Ambiguous Jewess: Exploring Images of Jewish Women through the Centuries." Drawing on art and literature from the distant to the recent past, this talk will illuminate ways in which Jewish women have been imagined--and have imagined themselves--as significant points of contact between their own and other cultures. Baker is associate professor of Religious Studies at Bates College.

 

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In the News

A selection of recent news stories about New College, its faculty, students and alumnae/i


10 Best Public Colleges, Lowest Debt At Graduation
Kiplinger (January)

New College Ranked No. 7 for Best Value in Public Colleges
Bradenton Herald (Dec. 28)

New College Makes Top 10 Best College Deals
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Dec. 28)

Gallery to Feature Botanical Sculptures by Rick Herzog
The Daily Item (Dec. 21)

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