SF Digital Media Students Receive Scholarships
The Digital Media Technology department at Santa Fe College held the 2013 Student Showcase Thursday, May 2 with a gala opening and awards ceremony. At the ceremony, AdFed of Gainesville awarded their 2013 scholarships. A long-time priority for AdFed of Gainesville is education and helping support future leaders in the advertising industry. In 1995 a [...]
Entrepreneurship Academy Graduates 14 SF Students
Fourteen Santa Fe College students recently graduated from the Entrepreneurship Academy (EA). This group is the fourth class to graduate from the EA. The graduates are Stephanie Ali, Charles Touché, Gregory Sledge, Shawn Mello, Sabrina Newman, Bernardo Gonzales, John Coffill, Darrell Linzy, Lucas Driaza, Jean Cherisma, Giselle Zamorino, Neil Wingfield, Thomas Carter and Ryan Demuynck. The EA is a program designed to promote entrepreneurial activity among Alachua and Bradford County college [...]
SF Rocket Team Updates
The SF Rocket Team, which competed in the 2013 NASA Student Launch Projects this past weekend, had a successful launch in Huntsville, Ala. Sunday morning. The flight went as planned, flew to about 4800 feet and deployed both of its parachutes at the right times. It landed safely with all of the payloads intact. The [...]
Spring Honors Celebration and Student Awards Night April 26
Help celebrate the accomplishments of spring Honors Certificate graduates. All Honors graduates, their families, Honors students, Honors faculty and SF administrators are invited to the Spring Honors Celebration 4 – 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 in the President’s Lobby (located in the Robertson Administration Building). Please RSVP to Danielle Paulsen at 352-381-3825. Immediately after the Spring [...]
Library Open Extended Hours
Need a good place to study? The Lawrence W. Tyree Library will be open extended hours for finals. Friday, April 26 – 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Saturday, April 27 – 10:00 am – 10:00 pm Sunday, April 28 – 10:00 am – 10:00 pm Need a group study room? Reserve one now by calling [...]
SF Rocket Team Prepares to Launch
The Santa Fe College Rocket Team will represent SF in the 2013 NASA Student Launch Projects (SLP) Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21 in Toney, Ala. The annual event will challenge 36 collegiate and 20 high school teams of enterprising young engineers, scientists and innovators to design, test and build large, high-powered rockets capable [...]
2013-2014 SF Student Ambassadors Chosen
After an intense interview process, 12 of Santa Fe College’s best and brightest students were chosen for the 2013-2014 Student Ambassador Program. Their first official day as acting Student Ambassadors is Wednesday, August 21. Congratulations to Katherine Benesch of Anchorage, Alaska; Lauren Brabham of Gainesville; Tom Fouts of Orlando; Roberto Garcia of Maracaibo, Venezuela; Christina Giddings [...]
Fifteen Students Named to 2013 SF Hall of Fame
Since 2003, the Santa Fe College Hall of Fame has been the highest honor bestowed upon SF students. The Hall of Fame is reserved for those who have demonstrated truly superior leadership and achievement through their scholarship and extracurricular activities while members of the SF community. Through their involvement as student leaders, it is clear [...]
SF Student Government Spring General Election Results
Student Government‘s 2013 Spring General Election ended at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 3. A total of 1229 students (eight percent of the student body) participated in the election. The winners are student body president – Daniel Freed (Students United) student body vice president – Amber Gale (Students United) student body treasurer – Courtney “Kentucky” Costellow [...]
SF Student Wins Newman Civic Fellows Award
Campus Compact, an organization made up of college and university presidents committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education, recently announced its newest recipients of the Newman Civic Fellows Award. The award honors students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Newman Civic Fellows Award winners [...]