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Local Folks: Josh Gellers

Local Folks: Josh Gellers

While Josh Gellers might claim his move to Jacksonville was just luck and timing, it took two years of applying to more than 78 jobs to finally beat out nearly 150 applicants for a job as an assistant professor in the political science department at the University of North Florida (UNF). “I’m very grateful, Gellers […]

UNF Students Receive Timucuan Preserve Grants

UNF Students Receive Timucuan Preserve Grants

Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve have awarded $1,000 and $500 grants, respectively, to two University of North Florida (UNF) students. Victoria Hayes, an undergraduate student of anthropology, and Hunter Mathews, a graduate student and research assistant in the biology department, will be conducting research in the Timucuan […]

UNF receives Skinner Land donation, largest gift in University’s history

UNF receives Skinner Land donation, largest gift in University’s history

Eleven parcels of land – 190 acres valued at $21.5 million – donated to the city decades ago by the family of A.C. Skinner was donated in December to the University of North Florida. The donation of vacant woodland adjacent to the institution from the Duval County Research and Development Authority is the largest gift […]