• The White Oak Conservation Center plans a “lunch and learn safari” with the cheetahs Sept. 10. White Oak has been focusing each month on a different species or aspect of the Northeast Florida center, 30 miles north of Jacksonville. It offers a trolley ride to the animal area, an educational experience about the animal, the opportunity to take photos and see the animals up close and a commemorative photo. Cost is $75 for nonmembers and $50 for members. For information, call 225-3383 or visit www.whiteoakconservation.org.
• To salute Jacksonville’s first professional sports world champions, Mayor Alvin Brown is scheduled to present a proclamation to the Jacksonville Sharks, winners of ArenaBowl XXIV, at 5 p.m. Thursday at City Hall. The presentation will be followed by a parade to the Landing for a pep rally and the hoisting of the Foster Trophy. The public is invited.
• Workforce Florida plans to announce a training and job-creation initiative at 10 a.m. today at the Jacksonville Port Authority cruise terminal. A news release describes more than $2 million in workforce training initiatives to advance Florida’s role as an international trade hub through workforce training. On hand will be Workforce Florida Chair Mary Lou Brunell, Florida Rep. Lake Ray, Florida Chamber of Commerce Global Outreach Director Frank Ryll and RS&H executive Joseph Debs.
• Jacksonville-based FIS, which provides banking and payments technology, plans to host a “Risk Oversight Summit” to assist financial institutions’ boards of directors and executive management to plan for the effects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which takes effect Oct. 21 and is considered the most comprehensive financial services reform legislation since the Great Depression.
• Michael Stewart, director of external affairs at the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, speaks to the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce Downtown Council at breakfast Friday at Currents Riverview Bistro in the Aetna Building.
• Gov. Rick Scott announced the members of the seventh class of the Gubernatorial Fellowship Program. Students experience how state government operates. Among the 13 students is Clarence “Hal” Houston, 27, of Jacksonville, a third-year law student at the University of Florida. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Florida. The program began Monday and ends May 11.