• Charlene Shirk, director of community relations for The Players Championship, will be the keynote speaker at the Women Business Owners of North Florida dinner meeting Monday at River City Brewing Co. on the Downtown Southbank. Shirk will talk about “Executive Women’s Day” at the spring tournament and “how and why women are making a difference with the PGA Tour.” For more information, visit www.wbonfl.org.
• The Burdette Ketchum marketing consulting and communications firm hired Autumn Berrang as account director, Jessica Grant as copywriter and digital content specialist, and Eric Hinote as interactive developer. Berrang will act as a liaison between the clients and the creative team. Grant will develop content for corporate literature, web and interactive projects, as well as take on the role of agency proofreader. Hinote will work with the digital team to develop digital solutions including development for websites, mobile devices and tablets, as well as managing eblast messages and current client websites.
• A group of University of North Florida graduate psychology students have scheduled a bone marrow drive starting a week from today. The drive is scheduled 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at the Student Union Osprey Plaza on campus. The students partnered with the DKMS bone marrow donor center to register bone marrow donors who are matches for patients with blood cancer. Participants will complete a form and swab the inside of their mouth for tissue-typing. Donors must be between 18-55 years old and in good general health. For more information about donating, visit www.getswabbed.org. For information about the drive, contact Dr. Lori Lange, UNF Department of Psychology, at 620-1638 or at [email protected].
• Sunrise Aviation has been chosen by Florida State College at Jacksonville as the exclusive flight training vendor for students in FSCJ’s Professional Pilot Technology program. Flight students will receive training at Sunrise Aviation’s FAA-approved satellite at Cecil Airport co-located in FSCJ’s Cecil Center South facilities. Pilot training at Cecil Airport began this fall with 20 students actively enrolled in flight courses. The contract between FSCJ and Sunrise Aviation extends for three years and is renewable for two additional years.