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Eckerd College is a private college of liberal arts and sciences that challenges students to ThinkOutside. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Colleges that Change Lives.

St. Petersburg, FL
Joined April 2007
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Brielle Benefield, a senior visual arts student and pitcher on the softball team, was busy moving into her dorm. “I still had a lot of stuff to do,” she says, “but I stopped doing that. I’m a Florida girl, and I know the devastation hurricanes can cause.” eckerd.edu/news/blog/rescue-…
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Welcome, Tritons! It’s move-in day and the start of Autumn Term for Eckerd's first-year students. Eckerd student-athletes, coaches, and staff are lending a hand to make the first day a bit easier. 📦🌴👊 #CatchTheWave @eckerdcollege
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Aiden Rooney @MyODFW: I’m from Durham, NC, and I’m working with @MyODFW Marine Reserves in Newport, OR! I recently earned a BS in Marine Biology @eckerdcollege to study marine invertebrates, and I’ve really enjoyed tidepooling on the West Coast for the first time this summer!
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Get up close & personal with a shark! Students from @eckerdcollege fly to the Bahamas @BiminiSharkLab for #Elasmobranch studies of seven species of shark and rays in their natural habitat. Adroitly led by Assoc Prof of #MarineScience & Biology, Bill "Ski" Szelistowski.
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How many words describe "wind" in Icelandic? (Hint: 130+). Students from @eckerdcollege study #Geology #SubpolarEcology #NordicHistory while exploring Skaftafellsjökull Glacier with Assoc Prof of Marine Science & Biology, Nancy Smith. #Iceland
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Congratulations to the class of 2023!! 🎓🎉👏 #TritonForLife #CatchTheWave
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First @eckerdcollege graduation as Head Coach at my Alma Mater. 4 wonderful servants to @eckerdwsoccer now join me in the @EckerdAlumni. Congratulations Andi, Hajar, Morgan & Erin 👩‍🎓🔱⚽️ – at St Petersburg, FL
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Congratulations to our senior award winners: Isabel Berry, Evin George, Carter Weinhofer and Audrey Marsala! #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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Grad cap art was in high style this year! #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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The ceremony is over but the life of service has just begun. Congratulations to the Class of 2023! #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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It's the moment we've all been waiting for... #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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"I ask you to accept my challenge to inspire others. I ask you to make the world a safer and healthier place," LaRuby May '97 says at the end of her remarks. #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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"You will never stop becoming the person you were meant to be," says LaRuby May '97, an attorney, Eckerd grad and this year's Commencement speaker. "People will be inspired by how they perceive you." #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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"Embrace stillness," says Love Bauer '23, the elected class speaker. "Find or create yourr own paths and your own ways of being." FULL SPEECH AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM. #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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The reading of the Eckerd College land acknowledgement at its 60th Commencement. #IndigenousHistory #Eckerd23
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Trustee Board Chair Ian Johnson '89 announces that the board has approved 358 bachelors degrees yesterday. #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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The procession is in the tent. #Eckerd23 Commencement starts now. – at St Petersburg, FL
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15 minutes until the Class of 2023 joins the ranks of Eckerd College alumni. #Eckerd23 – at St Petersburg, FL
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