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Santa Fe College is a public college located in Gainesville, Florida. As part of the Florida College System, it offers both associate and baccalaureate degree programs. Established in 1965 by the Florida Legislature as Santa Fe Junior College, the institution began classes in September 1966. It was renamed Santa Fe Community College in 1972 and ...
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) zoo in Gainesville, Florida. Located on Santa Fe College's main campus, it is the only college zookeeper training facility in the United States. [3] Since 2000, the zoo has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Blount Center. / 29.65476°N 82.3305°W / 29.65476; -82.3305. The Charles L. Blount Center, often referred to as simply the Blount Center, is a campus of Santa Fe College (SFC), located in Gainesville, Florida. Prior to it being a campus, the center served as an educational and outreach center for those in the downtown area.
The planetarium was dedicated in September 2006 and officially opened to the public in September 2007 [2] and is located on the Northwest Campus of Santa Fe College.The SF Kika Silva Pla Planetarium was made possible by a donation of John Pla and his wife Amy Howard, on behalf of the Pla family, in recognition of his mother, Kika Silva Pla's, commitment to education and passion for social ...
Date apprehended. September 7, 1990. Daniel "Danny" Harold Rolling (May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006), known as The Gainesville Ripper, was an American serial killer who murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida over four days in August 1990. He later confessed to raping several of his victims, committing a triple homicide in his ...
Santa Fe Saints. The Santa Fe Saints are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Santa Fe College, located in Gainesville. The Saints compete in the Mid-Florida Conference within Region 8 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). [1] Caesar, an anthropomorphic St. Bernard, serves as the mascot for the Saints.
A brick courthouse replaced the old wooden one in 1885. Public utilities were gradually installed in the city late in the 19th century; gas in 1887, water in 1891, and telephones and electricity later in the 1890s. By 1900 Gainesville was the seventh largest city in Florida, with over 3,600 residents.
Gainesville Regional Transit System is the local area transit corporation that serves the Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida area, the University of Florida and Santa Fe College campuses. It presently serves 40 city routes (19 on Saturdays, 16 on Sundays) and 10 campus routes. Paratransit (ADA) service is also provided to anyone with a ...