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Gainesville, Florida 32611. United States. Website. www.fbk.org. Florida Blue Key banquet with O'Connell, Kennedy, Smathers, and Reitz in 1957. Florida Blue Key is a student leadership honor society at the University of Florida. It was founded in 1923. The organization is the oldest and most prestigious leadership honorary in the state of Florida.
The endowment was used to create a curriculum in public interest communications, and to mentor and advise students who plan to build careers in the field. [14] In May 2019, The Center for Public Interest Communications, in collaboration with UF CJC Online, launched the nation's first master's degree program in Public Interest Communications. [15]
The Reitz is the campus union at the University of Florida. On February 1, 2016, it was reopened after an extensive renovation and expansion. The 138,000 square feet (12,800 m 2) of new space includes support space for student organizations, new lounges, study spaces, a game room, an arts and crafts center and dance studios. [158]
The J. Wayne Reitz Union is the student union of the University of Florida, located on Museum Road on the university campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States.The union was named in honor of J. Wayne Reitz, the fifth president of the university, who served from 1955 to 1967.
The Benton Engineering Council (BEC) was established in 1910 to serve as the executive and legislative coordinating body for the students and organizations in the College of Engineering. There are currently 51 undergraduate and graduate student societies in the council, including many UF chapters of national organizations. [4]
UF Health Shands Hospital. When World War II ended and veteran students began to return to Gainesville in 1946, the university was overwhelmed with both returning and new students buoyed by their GI Bill of Rights (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) educational benefits. By 1947, over 7,500 students were enrolled, more than three times the number ...
Bishop suffered severe head injuries in a car crash on the drive back to Gainesville from EDM artist Knock2 ’s Orlando concert Oct. 13. He died at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital on Oct. 16. He was ...
The organization paid $85,000 in a settlement to Charles Grapski for defamation in the 1995 UF student government elections. [78] The subsequent trial determined that Florida Blue Key "has historically undertaken a political function in connection with student government affairs."