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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Power of Transformation campaign co-chair Rad Lovett discusses why he decided to get involved in the $110 million initiative.

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.

Power of Transformation campaign co-chair Rusty Newton discusses the reasons why his family is one of the first $1 million donors to the initiative.

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.

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.

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.