History This Week @ Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
October 24, 2016
October 23, 2003 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» got accepted for membership in League for Innovation. Only 19 of the 1,200 community colleges in the country were members.
October 24, 1995 - Job Training for senior residents was offered at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» for the first time.
October 25, 2002 - Automotive Technology Program won first place in the nation for "Overall Excellence" in competition sponsored by the Automotive Industry Planning Council.
October 26, 1996 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Wattenbarger Student Services building was dedicated.
October 26, 2002 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» participated in heart Walk at Oaks mall to help raise money to fight heart disease and stroke.
October 27, 1971 - According to the Gainesville Sun, committed to a philosophy that no student should be denied access to an education through lack of financial resources, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» ranked 4 in providing Student Aid.
October 27, 1976 - According to the Florida Times Union, for the fifth consecutive year, a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» student won the state's top student media productions award. Dean Tucker won at the Florida Association for Media Education with a multimedia presentation entitled "Love".
October 28, 1967 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» joined the State College Association.
October 29, 2001 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»s faculty to reflected on the college's opening in 1960's style of the era. Faculty wore bell-bottoms, tie-dye, rose-colored glasses and other clothing that was worn in the 60's and was once again in-vogue.
