Come and join the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo for a weekend of “ocean inspired” fun with Dr. Seuss’s One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish in honor of World Oceans Day. There will be fun, ocean-themed crafts and…
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Spring Commencement Honors SF Graduates May 4
Santa Fe College will hold commencement and pinning ceremonies at the Northwest campus Thursday, May 3, and Friday, May 4. Approximately 1,275 students have applied to graduate this spring, including 26 BAS graduates of the Health Services Administration bachelor’s program and…
This Week’s Graduation Ceremonies
Nurses Pinning Ceremony (new nurses) – 6 p.m. Thursday, May 3 in the Gymnasium Health Sciences Graduation (all other health sciences graduates) – 3 p.m. Friday, May 4 in the Gymnasium Teaching Zoo Graduation (student zookeepers) – 3:30 p.m. Friday,…
‘Party for the Planet’ Draws Hundreds to Santa Fe Zoo
People usually go to the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo to watch exotic animals like the white-handed gibbon. But at Party for the Planet on Saturday, it was the gibbons that were the watching the people. The primates stared with fascination,…
BugFest Entomology Open House
Learn about the Entomology major of the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at this unique, fun event! Find out how the Entomology major can lead to vet school, med school, dental school or graduate school. Hear from actual…
Teaching Zoo Celebrates Opening of New Play Area
Twenty preschoolers, ages 4 and 5, recently descended from theLittle School to theTeaching Zoo to help the Zoo celebrate the grand opening of its new children’s play area. (Click the photo above for more images by Aaron Daye.) The Zoo received a $25,000…
Party for the Planet
The zoo is having a Party for the Planet and you are invited! In honor of Earth Day, we welcome you to explore the zoo and experience the wonder of wildlife. The celebration will include fun activities for the whole…
Hollywood Comes to Santa Fe
A bit of Hollywood is coming to Santa Fe College Friday, March 16. Casting director Paul Weber, C.S.A. will give a cold reading / acting workshop for a group of 20 student actors and directors, as well as a few…
Refurbished Eagle Enclosure Ready for Breeding Season
If you visited the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo in late summer, you might have noticed a pair of the zoo’s marquee animals were missing. “The bald eagles were away for a bit while we created a brand new environment…
Enjoy a Spooktacular Halloween at Boo! at the Zoo
Thousands of area children will descend on the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo for the best Halloween party in town, Boo at the Zoo, 3-7:30 p.m. on Halloween (Monday, Oct. 31). Admission to Boo is one canned good per person…
Asia the Otter Leaving Teaching Zoo for Zoo in Australia
It’s the time of year when parents wistfully send their sons and daughters off to college, reflecting on how they’re all grown up. Zookeepers at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo find themselves in a similar situation. They are about…
How Dulu Got Her Name
SF Facilities’ Project Manager Jesse Pugh came up with the winning name of Dulu for the Teaching Zoo’s new baby gibbon. No small feat considering there were 175 names submitted! Dulu means “first” in Indonesian, and Dulu is first in…
Teaching Zoo Invites Community to Name Baby Gibbon
Drum roll, please… it turns out the baby gibbon at the Teaching Zoo … is … a … girl! (Yay!) The baby was born July 21, 2010, so why has it taken so long, you might think, to finally announce its…
Come Meet the SF Teaching Zoo’s New Baby Gibbon!
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is pleased to invite the general public to come out and meet the newest member of the Teaching Zoo family, our baby gibbon. (Click the photo for a larger view.) “The baby gibbon seems…
Gibbon Family Sneak Peek!
The SF Teaching Zoo is pleased to invite the Santa Fe family to see the newest member of the Teaching Zoo family, our baby gibbon. (Click the photo at right for a larger view.) Come out to the Teaching Zoo…
Baby Gibbon’s Birth and “Boo at the Zoo”
“Our big, huge news, is that we’ve got a baby gibbon at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo,” said Jonathan Miot, Director. This is the first time the Teaching Zoo has had a baby gibbon in its 40-year existence, and…
Welcome to the SF Family: Joshua Watson
Joshua Watson is the new Assistant Professor at the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo. He teaches Introduction to Zoos and Aquariums, Aquarium Culture, and Mammal Culture. “This is a total dream job,” he said. Joshua is passionate about animals and remembers…
Jack Brown Retiring from Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
Jack Brown, the man synonymous with the Teaching Zoo for decades, is retiring from Santa Fe College June 30. The college is celebrating his tenure with a going away party starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 25 at the Teaching…
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo Celebrates World Ocean Day
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo will take a different perspective when celebrating World Ocean Day on June 5 and June 6. While many might look at how we can help our oceans with regard to climate change, excess fishing…
Santa Fe College Celebrates Spring Commencement April 30
Santa Fe College students are celebrating their accomplishments at the Spring Commencement and pinning ceremonies held throughout the day Friday, April 30. Santa Fe invites family members and friends of our graduates to come out and share the joy. All…
Party for the Planet at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, April 10 and 11
The zoo is having a Party for the Planet and you are invited! Get a jumpstart on celebrating Earth Day by exploring the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and the wonder of wildlife. Visit with the animals, chat with the…