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Florida Southern student
interns at University of Miami

LAKELAND, Fla. (Aug. 25, 2003) - Florida Southern College student Laura Toops interned at the University of Miami this summer, where she studied the various aspects of phytoplankton ecology and the spawning biology of bill fish. 

This is the second internship awarded to Toops, a senior biology major. Two years ago, she conducted field and lab productivity studies at the College of William and Mary Marine Lab in Virginia. Toops plans to attend graduate school next fall. She is the daughter of FSC education professor Timothy Toops and his wife, Constance, of Sarasota, Fla., 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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