Education

Local students helped cook and serve food at this year’s Wild Game Feast in Gainesville. The event took place Thursday night at the Rotary Conservation Area at Hatchet Creek. The annual event sponsored by the local Rotary Club featured dishes created and prepared by students of the Eastside High School …

Alachua County School Board members held a meeting Tuesday night and a topic of discussion was Governor Rick Scott’s proposed budget plan. With the state of Florida facing the largest budget cut in history, education programs alone will suffer more than $3.3 billion in cuts. Alachua County School Board Member …

Earlier this afternoon seven women in the Gainesville community were honored by Santa Fe College. The 24th annual Women of Distinction and Women of Promise luncheon was held from 11:30 this morning to 1 P-M. The women recognized in today’s ceremony were Theresa Harrison, Garrett Bell, Teresa Drake, Mariyln Nye-Islam, …

Students at Duval Elementary in Gainesville received a special surprise this morning. As Florida’s WUFT-FM’S Courtenay Tucker reports, the work of a student organization brought five months of extensive planning to life. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/Projectmakeover.mp3]

The proposed state budget recommends significant cuts to university employee benefits and students may see an effect on their wallets. In order to combat these funding cuts, University of Florida President Bernie Machen proposed a 30 percent increase in tuition yesterday. UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes says the education provided by …

Seven inspirational women will be honored by Santa Fe College at the Women of Distinction and Women of Promise awards next Tuesday. This prestigious award has been around for more than two decades and has honored acheivements of women from the Alachua to Bradford County service district. WUFT-FM’s Laura McKeeman …

A University of Florida Financial Estate Specialist says America has a problem with debt, especially from a consumer standpoint. U-F Associate Professor Michael Gutter says some debt can be strategic. He says using debt to pay for college, buy a home, or purchase a car may be a wise decision …

Antagonizing, intimidating, and harassing others can have detrimental effects on someone’s livelihood. As WUFT-FM’s Olivia Link reports, there’s a special focus on bullying on the second Wednesday of February. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/bullywrap.mp3]

Ralph Lowenstein, the Dean Emeritus of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has been honoring the Jewish-American community by preserving their history into an archive. Now he will be the one receiving a top honor by the American Jewish Historical Society. WUFT-FM’s JoAnna Wise has the story …

Governor Rick Scott’s proposed budget calls for a 10% decrease in education spending in Florida. Teachers, parents, and community leaders with close ties to Florida schools are not happy. WUFT’s Laura McKeeman brings us their reactions. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/FPSchoolBudgetWRAP.mp3]