GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida School of Architecture announces the creation of the Alfred Browning Parker Architecture Archives Endowment named for the legendary South Florida architect and to be marked during the school’s two-week exhibition, “Of a Master’s Hand: Alfred Browning Parker – Celebrating 92 Years in the Making.” It opens Sept. [...]
Collegiates Helping As Mentors in Public Schools, or CHAMPS, is a UF organization that provides Alachua County Public Schools with UF student mentors.
This year, the organization hopes to set new records by signing up at least 300 new mentors through their orientation sessions.
Orientation sessions will be held at 8 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Graham [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The fall Career Showcase will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 23 and 24 in the O’Connell Center. Career Showcase is a career fair that helps students and alumni explore potential career paths, network and identify career opportunities.
More than 300 companies and agencies will attend Career Showcase [...]
Fifty years ago, Virgil Hawkins entered into a consent decree that ended nine years of litigation to desegregate the student body of the University of Florida. Then on Sept. 15, 1958, an Air Force veteran named George H. Starke registered for classes at the College of Law and became the university’s first African American student.
During [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fifty years ago one man changed the course of history for higher education in the state of Florida. African-American, academically eligible, and eager to start his instruction, Virgil Hawkins was denied admission to the University of Florida College of Law based solely on his race.
With the legal assistance of future Chief Justice [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A noted expert on Florida history will deliver the opening talk in a new lecture series named in honor of longtime University of Florida historian Samuel Proctor.Michael Gannon, professor emeritus of history from UF, will open the Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Pugh Hall Ocora [...]
Several campus events today will mark the seven-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Included in the events is a moment of silence on campus at 8:46 a.m.. Campus flags will fly at half-staff all day.
The Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish students group will host a “good deed marathon” on the Reitz Union Lawn from 11 [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — North Central Florida’s public broadcasting stations, WUFT-TV/DT and WUFT/WJUF-FM, have named a new general manager: Larry Dankner, who has served as their interim general manager since January 2007.Dankner has deep roots at WUFT. For 14 years, he was the local PBS and NPR stations’ director of finance and administration, setting endowments currently [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning’s Historic Preservation Program and the Harn Museum of Art are partnering with the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and the Florida Historical Commission to conduct a statewide public workshop on “Preserving the Recent Past in Florida” on Nov. 6 – 9 at [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In an ever-expanding global world, a study-abroad experience could be the next big ticket to landing a dream job.
Study-abroad experiences combine different studies, professors and personalities to create a “once in a lifetime experience,” said graduate student and study-abroad participant Brian Canning.
The University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications adventure to [...]