Rod Borisade

Roderick Borisade is among the hundreds of students who have benefited from scholarships funded by generous donations to UNF. The generosity of donors has made possible transformational experiences for our students.
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Blancharts' gift sets students on steady course

Leonard and Eleanor Blanchart

After more than 22 years at sea and 30 years as a river pilot, it's not surprising that Leonard Blanchart uses a ship analogy to describe his legacy to UNF and generations of its students.

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Coggin gift brings Bell, Gundlach to business college

Dr. Gregory Gundlach & Dr. Timothy Bell

The Coggin College of Business continues to enhance its reputation for faculty excellence with the naming of two nationally recognized stars in the world of business academia as Coggin Distinguished Professors.

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Scholarship honors special person who touched the hearts of many

Kristi Wilder

Kristi Wilder asked that simple question of scores of people she encountered in the 28 years she struggled with severe disabilities. The question touched the hearts of family and friends while inspiring a UNF endowment that promises to change the lives of other special needs children through dedicated teachers.

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LeMaster gift - C'est trés bon!

Harriet LeMaster

On a hot summer day in the early 1940s in a small Iowa town, a bored teenager visited the local library. There, the teen found several books by Victor Hugo stacked inconspicuously on a lower shelf. Those books kindled a 60-year love affair with all things French and indirectly provided the impetus for a $100,000 gift to UNF.

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Barnes endowment funds science scholarship

Lehman and Marianne Barnes

Sometimes it takes a little help to reach your goals. Drs. Marianne and Lehman Barnes, who have made a $25,000 gift to fund the Marianne and Lehman Barnes Scholarship for Science Education, can vouch for that.

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PSS World Learning that lasts a lifetime

Luther and Blanche Coggin

A foundation gift is making possible the establishment of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in the Division of Continuing Education for people 50 and over.

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Coggins, PSS World Medical help fund career center

Luther and Blanche Coggin

Gifts from PSS World Medical as well as Blanche and Luther Coggin, longtime friends and supporters of the Coggin College of Business, will enable the college to build a Career Management Center.

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Gift provides shot in the arm for nursing program

UNF President John Delaney, Pam Chally, dean of the Brooks College of Health, and Robert Lufrano, chairman and chief executive office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, attended the press conference for the announcement of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield gift.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida recently made a $600,000 gift to UNF’s School of Nursing and the University of Florida’s program to help address the state’s nursing shortage.

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Sneed considers scholarship an investment in the future

Lynne and Gary Sneed

Gary Sneed sees the $100,000 gift he and his wife, Lynne, made to the Brooks College of Health to fund need-based scholarships as an investment that will never stop paying dividends.

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Wachovia committed to supporting education

Kelly Madden

A $300,000 gift from the Wachovia Corporation to the College of Education and Human Services reinforces Wachovia’s commitment to the people of North Florida and to making education its No. 1 philanthropic priority.

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Moseley uses IRA to create scholarships

Thad and Linda Moseley

For Linda Moseley, there could be no more fitting memorial to her late huband, Dr. Thad Moseley, than the nursing scholarship she recently established in his name.

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