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A kraken, a legendary sea monster, is one of three potential mascots at Florida State College at Jacksonville. | PBSA kraken, a legendary sea monster, is one of three potential mascots at Florida State College at Jacksonville. | PBS
A kraken, a legendary sea monster, is one of three potential mascots at Florida State College at Jacksonville. | PBS

FSCJ narrows possible mascots to three. Vote for your choice.

By Dan Scanlan
Published on January 17, 2024 at 1:06 pm
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The people have spoken, and the top three proposals for the new mascot of Florida State College at Jacksonville are: kraken, manta ray or sea dragon.

Almost 9,000 votes were cast for potential mascot names over the course of four weeks from October to November. 

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Now the community is being asked to cast one more vote and choose among these three as their favorite mascot to represent the college.

Lead image: A kraken is a legendary sea monster. | PBS

Voting is open now through Feb. 23 at fscj.edu/mascot.

author image Reporter email Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at The Florida Times-Union before joining the staff of WJCT News 89.9.

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