{"id":252765,"date":"2026-04-30T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252765\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:00:09","slug":"listen-up-grads-direct-link-link-to-a-ba-at-florida-atlantic-university-is-not-just-for-palm-beach-state-college-students-wgcu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252765\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen up grads &#8212; direct link link to a BA at Florida Atlantic University is not just for Palm Beach State College students | WGCU News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian River State College students now have another\u00a0option\u00a0to pursue\u00a0a\u00a0bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colloquially known as\u00a0The River, the college has joined forces with\u00a0Florida Atlantic\u00a0University\u00a0\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0or FAU &#8212;\u00a0through Link2FAU, a program that gives\u00a0those\u00a0pursuing\u00a0an\u00a0associate\u2019s\u00a0degree\u00a0a\u00a0guaranteed path\u00a0from\u00a0\u00a0Indian\u00a0River State College to FAU.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0There are plenty of\u00a0scholarship opportunities, university resources, and\u00a0advising\u00a0support included from day one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students at The River who complete their\u00a0associate degree with\u00a0at\u00a0least a\u00a02.0 GPA,\u00a0are guaranteed a seat at\u00a0FAU\u00a0\u00a0to\u00a0finish\u00a0their\u00a0bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Students can join Link2FAU when they apply to The River or\u00a0anytime\u00a0before they are admitted\u00a0to\u00a0 FAU.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For students\u00a0in\u00a0Okeechobee County who were not directly admitted to FAU, going through The River is a path for acceptance into the school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and donate now. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indian River State College students now have another\u00a0option\u00a0to pursue\u00a0a\u00a0bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0\u00a0 Colloquially known as\u00a0The River, the college has joined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-252765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}