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Feb 6, 2012 – Business Buzzzzzzzz

South University has expansion into the greater Cleveland area with the addition of a campus located in Warrensville Heights, their first campus in the state of Ohio. The newly constructed 40,000 sq. ft. campus offers 17 classrooms, labs, a library and office space. Classes will begin April 7, 2012. "I am looking forward to meeting our inaugural class of Cleveland students this spring," according to John T. South III, Chancellor for South University. Initially, South University's Cleveland Campus will offer programs in Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, Business Administration, Information Technology, Healthcare Management, Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Nursing.

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A bill to allow mega-resort casinos in Florida appears dead this year in the Florida House of Representatives 2012 session. Proposed by Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, he pulled the bill on Friday during committee hearings, according to the Jacksonville Business Journal, before a sub-committee hearing, knowing he did not have support for the legislation to get out of committee.

No final vote was taken. "I think if there had been a vote, it's pretty clear it would have been defeated today,'' David Hart, a vice president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, which was an influential opponent of the bill, told the newspaper on Friday.

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The Sea Island Company is bringing in the Georgia Dept. of Labor to help them run a Career Fair to staff up for the upcoming season.  The Georgia Department of Labor’s Brunswick Career Center will help the Sea Island Company recruit employees to fill about 250 seasonal job openings at its resort on St. Simons Island. Recruitments will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 15-16, at the Sea Island Retreat Golf Club, located at 100 Kings Way on St. Simons Island. Wednesday’s recruitment will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., while Thursday’s is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Before the recruitments, job seekers are encouraged to apply on-line at www.seaisland.com/careers and browse “open jobs.” Part-time and full-time jobs are available throughout the resort, including those at the Beach Club pools, in the front office, at restaurants, retail stores, golf courses, tennis courts, spas, and yacht clubs, along with others in food service, housekeeping, and stewarding.

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