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Attallah Shabazz, a well-known diplomat, author and actor, as well as the daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, spoke  to students, faculty, alumni and visitors on Feb. 28 in Fox Hall. 

ECOS made a new rule for clubs last month that they must take attendance so ECOS can track engagement and properly assess their budget, which was protested via petition by 33 clubs at spring Club Fair.

ECOS held its spring town hall Feb. 23, drawing over 100 people to the event, which was an increase from about 60 in the fall semester.

Sun Room, a surf-rock band from southern California, will be playing at Eckerd College’s spring concert on March 28. Eckerd’s student activities board, Palmetto Productions, made the announcement on their Instagram on Wednesday. 

Eckerd’s 2026 commencement ceremony will remain on Kappa Field after a two-week controversy that included a class walkout and finally a vote by seniors to maintain the on campus graduation tradition.

Attallah Shabazz, daughter of human rights activist Malcolm X, will speak at Eckerd on Feb. 27 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Fox Hall. Invited by the Unity Center, she will speak about the importance of diversity and human rights as a part of the …

The recent student-made chicken coop at the Eckerd Community Farm lies dormant after the death of two chickens in June. The rest of the flock was later euthanized in August due to the high concern of them contracting the disease too.

ECOS held both the “State of The Address” and the “ECOS Town Hall” in Fox Hall, drawing over 60 students, on Sept. 25, a significant increase from last spring’s state of the address that only had two people in the audience. 

The Eckerd Library, in collaboration with members of the St. Petersburg Public Library System, will be hosting a public library card sign up Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Hough Quad located in front of the Pub.

As hurricane season reaches its peak, the Eckerd College Gulf Scholars Program hosted a hurricane preparedness panel for students on Sept. 8 in the James Center. 

Autumn Term can be a challenging time as first-year students begin acclimating to college life. In Florida, that’s tough to do with spotty air conditioning, especially for Eckerd’s many students from colder states.