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AMU to Award Record Number of Undergraduate Degrees May 7

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More than 130 undergraduate degrees, plus 24 Masters degrees and one PhD will be awarded Saturday at Ave Maria Univerity's commencement. Cardinal William Levada (above right), the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will preside at a Baccalaureate Mass Saturday morning and Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, will deliver the commencement address in the afternoon.

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Two Vacancies on Immokalee Fire Commission Board

Residents of Ave Maria are invited to apply for two open seats on the Immokalee Fire Commission Board, which oversees fire and rescue operations in Immokalee and Ave Maria.

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AMSCD Gives Preliminary Nod to Budget

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The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District board gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposed budget for the next fiscal year that is basically unchanged from last year and does not raise residents' assessments. The board also agreed to fund a proposal from consultants on a strategy for restructuring bonds that become due in 2012, and heard updates on a number of other matters. Above, district manager Todd Wodraska swears in new board member Tom DiFlorio (2nd from right) and re-elected board members Paul Roney and Doug Baird.

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Michigan Jury Rules in Favor of Former Ave Maria College Employee in "Whistleblower" Suit

In one of the last vestiges of Ave Maria University's roots in Michigan, a jury in Ann Arbor has ruled that Ave Maria College violated a state law aimed at protecting employees who report wrongdoings to authorities. The jury awarded the college's former director of financial aid, Kate Ernsting, more than $400,000 in lost wages and other damages.
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Suspicious Incident Determined to Be a Misunderstanding

Collier Sheriff's deputies have closed their investigation into a suspicious incident involving a landscaper and a 10-year-old boy that occurred over the weekend in Hampton Village. Police and the boy's mother said that further investigation determined that the report arose from a misunderstanding.

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