by | Oct 14, 2021 | Faculty Laurels
Phil Poekert, director of the Lastinger Center for Learning, was awarded the UF Foundation Term Professorship Award for 2021-2022. Poekert’s leadership role as director has helped to accelerate the Center’s mission to create equitable education systems that make it...
by kaylasharp | Sep 7, 2021 | Press Releases
Every child deserves the opportunity to experience new worlds and achieve their full potential. We know this happens through positive connections among families, schools and communities. The perfect connector? Books. The ability to read and learn are critical life...
by kaylasharp | Oct 30, 2020 | Press Releases
It’s not every day that a UF center has the opportunity to share its work at a Fortune 500 company’s all-staff meeting — but that’s what happened after the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning recently announced the first round of data for its new,...
by kaylasharp | Dec 12, 2019 | Featured News, Giving, Headlines, Press Releases, Spotlights
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At the Spring 2019 University-wide commencement ceremony, James Patterson, America’s best-selling author, offered a free story to attendees about him and his wife, Susan, and “The most important thing that we’re doing right now.” Spoiler...
by | May 16, 2018 | Alumni Accolades, Awards
Friends and supporters of the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service gathered in Orlando, Florida, at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel on May 10 to honor two extraordinary citizens who have worked to make Florida a better place to live and work. The...
