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BRAINIAC: NSB's Sammi Hicks got her associate's degree at Daytona State College weeks before her high school diploma

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Marching to the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance" once is stresful enough. Imagine doing it twice in two weeks. 

For New Smyrna Beach's Sammi Hicks it's been there, done that! She's not alone. More than 150 high school students graduated earlier this month from Daytona State College with associate degrees that will allow them to go directlly to most colleges as juniors.

DAYTONA DYNASTY: DSC women’s golf team wins 9th championship in 13 years

BRASELTON, Ga. – After teeing off for four days at the Chateau de Elan Resort in Braselton, Ga, Daytona State College claimed its ninth title in 13 seasons at the NJCAA Women’s Golf National Championships. Under the direction of Head Coach Laura Brown, the Falcons scored 1191 over four rounds to finish 55 over par, besting their closest competition by 14 strokes. 

Asst professor of nursing at Daytona State College named a leader among 'America’s Best Nurses' for 2017

Headline Surfer photo illustration / Katheryn Csonka, an assistant professor of nursing at Daytona State College, is shown above.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-- Katheryn Csonka, an assistant professor of nursing at Daytona State College has been named a leader among America’s Best Nurses for 2017 by the American Health Council. 

The honor is awarded to nurse educators and professionals who have exhibited exemplary conduct in their field.

Daytona State College to hold job fairs

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.  – More than 100 employers combined will be on hand seeking to fill open positions on Tuesday, and again on the following Tuesday, April 18, when Daytona State College's New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater and Daytona Beach campuses host spring job fairs.

Teen brainiacs to compete in Daytona State College's annual Physics Olympics

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – More than 200 high school students from Volusia and Flagler counties will gather at Daytona State College on Friday, April 7, to compete in the college’s annual Physics Olympics.

Joint Study by Daytona's Embry-Riddle & Fla Institute of Technology: Driverless ambulances unsettling to more than half respondents; women moreso than men

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Would you ride in a driverless ambulance? In three separate studies, about half of 1,028 US adults polled were significantly less willing to be lifted into an automated ambulance, compared with a conventional one, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida Institute of Technology have discovered.

Five Daytona State College students earn prestigious Aspen Institute/Siemens scholarships

Photos for Headline Surfer® / Marisha Baker and Susan Carchi, shown above, are two of five Daytona State College students in nursing or other health-related degree programs honored as Siemens Technical Scholars. Baker and Carchi are featured in breakout profiles in this story presentation.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

Ring of Fire: See Sunday's solar eclipse from Southern hemisphere at Daytona's Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dr. Terry Oswalt, an astronomer and chair of the Department of Physical Sciences at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University had some thoughts on the annular solar eclipse that happened in the Southern Hemisphere over the weekend.