by abhiramgorle | Dec 7, 2010 | Press Releases
Posted Dec. 7, 2010 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Governor-elect Rick Scott has tapped University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning Director Don Pemberton for his education transition team. The team will help Scott “find innovative ways to create a new education system...
by abhiramgorle | Dec 3, 2010 | Press Releases
Posted December 3, 2010 UF Lastinger Center Director Don Pemberton and UF President Bernie Machen unveil a portrait of Allen and Delores Lastinger. (Photo by Jason Henry) University of Florida President Bernie Machen praised the contributions of Allen and Delores...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 18, 2010 | Press Releases
Posted Nov. 19, 2010 Duncan Wambugu and his UF African Choir (pictured above) set the mood for the College of Education's 5th annual Comparative and International Education Week event Nov. 15, opening the half-day function with native music and dance...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 10, 2010 | Press Releases, Spotlights
Posted Nov. 12. 2010 In 2000, only two seniors from Miami Carol City High School were accepted into the University of Florida. A decade later in 2010, UF enrolled 22 seniors from the inner-city school. Stephen Backs, a world history teacher at the school, attributes...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 8, 2010 | Press Releases
Posted Nov. 9, 2010 More than 150 College of Education supporters from around the state converged upon Gainesville’s UF Hilton Conference Center recently for Profile 2010, a two-day series of outreach events where participants recognized some of the...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 1, 2010 | Press Releases
Posted Nov. 1, 2010 Transforming education through global engagement is the theme of the college’s 5th annual Comparative and International Education Week event on Monday, Nov. 15, 12:30-4:30 p.m. in the Norman Hall Terrace Room. The event starts at 12:30 with...
