History This Week @ Santa Fe
May 9, 2016
2003, May 9 - A nursing Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC student graduates today becoming the third generation to follow in a family's nursing footsteps. Grandmother Pat Simmons was a member of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC's inaugural two-year program graduating in 1970. She returned in 1973 and taught at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC for 30 years. Her daughter Meriam Holder graduated from the ASN program in 1995. Simmon's Granddaughter Melinda Phillips graduated on this day and began working on the heart transplant floor at Shands at UF.
1990, May 10 – Robert Myers is picked for Vice President of Educational Programs at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC.
1991, May 10 – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC likely to get its own police department.
2003, May 10 - Jack Hanna's tour with Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC Teaching Zoo students airs on ABC on this day. The teaching zoo, one of his favorites, has Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC students leading Hanna through the facility and its hands-on teaching program. Jack Hanna at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC Teaching Zoo.
1996, May 11 – Gainesville Sun writes that a new Student Services Center opens at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC.
2003, May 13 – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC Downtown Center surpasses its first-year enrollment projections.
1985, May 14 – College will receive $19.7 Million if the new budget is approved.
1994, May 14 – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»CC tech prep program helps girls explore technical fields.
