by kaylasharp | Aug 26, 2013 | Giving, Headlines, Press Releases
It should come as no surprise that James Patterson, one of America’s current top bestselling authors, has a passion for books and reading, and he supports those who do the same. But the plot thickens. Patterson believes one way to champion books and reading for...
by kaylasharp | Mar 6, 2012 | Giving, Press Releases
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and its K-12 laboratory school, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, have a long history of collaboration dating back to 1934, and now each will benefit from a $100,000 gift from one of the lab school’s former...
by kaylasharp | Feb 9, 2012 | Giving, Insider News, Press Releases
GAINESVILLE, FL — In August of 2006, UF’s College of Education lost two of its most involved and beloved graduate students, but their memory lives on in a scholarship created by donations from their mother, friends, faculty and fellow students. The college’s...
by kaylasharp | Sep 27, 2011 | Giving, Insider News, Press Releases
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When former teachers Bill and Robbie Hedges saw their 2005 donation of almost $2 million to the University of Florida’s College of Education drop in value during the global financial crisis in recent years, they feared the education research...