Saint Leo University has a long-standing history of being one of the top military friendly colleges, evidenced by its recent inclusion in GI Jobs Magazine’s 2011 list of the top military friendly schools.

This month marks a milestone for Saint Leo University in Atlanta, with two good-news events for students at different stages of their educational journeys.

Most notably, the Atlanta Commencement for nearly 300 students who have earned associate, bachelor’s, or master’s degrees will be held Saturday at noon at the Atlanta Civic Center. Frances Davis, Ph.D., the chief human resource officer of Gwinnett County Public Schools, will deliver the commencement address.

Don Tapia, a successful businessman who earned a degree online from Saint Leo, decided to donate $4 million to the university. His gift, which is the largest gift in the Saint Leo’s history, will be used to assist in the construction of a state-of-the-art facility that will house Saint Leo’s School of Business. The School of Business building will be named in appreciation of this extraordinary donation.

Donald R. Tapia wanted to earn a college degree. He often preached the value of education to others and so he decided to pursue his bachelor’s degree online. He chose Saint Leo University because it has a traditional campus along with online offerings.

While Americans are able to drink clean water from a faucet, there are millions around the world that do not have the luxury of the Clean Water Act.

Saint Leo University, known for its community service interlaced with steadfast and morale education, decided to take part in educating the public on this epidemic. On October 12th, Saint Leo University invited the former New York Times reporter Joseph B. Treaster to discuss the worldwide water crisis in his presentation.

Recently, two professors from Arkansas published a new book called Professors’ Guide to Getting Good Grades in College that offers realistic advice on how students can do their best academically. The authors, Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman,included some of their advice in their Professors Guide Blog on the U.S. News and World Report Web site. One tip stands out as advice that echoes the atmosphere at Saint Leo: that good students make some contact with the professor beyond the classroom discussion (or in our case, sometimes, beyond the online session).