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Gatorland gifts $25,000 to The Education Foundation

  Gatorland Family of Dealerships hosted a Check Presentation at Westwood Middle School on Feb. 10 to award The Education Foundation of Alachua County with a check for $25,000. This is the second year in a row that Gatorland has supported The Education Foundation in a large way. This year, the money from Gatorland will...
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Juan-Carlos Molleda has been named the Chair of the Department of Public Relations at UF. Molleda also serves as a professor and director of the College’s online Master of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a specialization in Global Strategic Communication. Molleda was recently elected a trustee of the Institute for Public Relations and is...
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Check out unemployment data on Alachua County

Unemployment and poverty is a hot topic in Alachua County. Click our infograph below to read through the numbers on how it affects the region.  
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On the Move

James Moore, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants has hired Jennifer Blackburn as a staff accountant; Jill Carlton as an associate accountant; Angela Frick as a staff consultant in the Accounting and Controllership Services department; Kyle Paxton as an office assistant; Kelly Shaer as an associate accountant; and Scott Smith as a technology solutions technician.  ...
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The Fisher School of Accounting at the Warrington College of Business Administration dedicated the atrium of Gerson Hall, the home of the Fisher School, to longtime accounting professor Dr. Irvin N. Gleim. Gleim was an innovative force in the field of accounting and published training manuals for budding accountants that became the field’s authoritative learning tool...
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UF Health Shands Hospital has been named to Hospital & Health Networks’ list of Health Care’s Most Wired Hospitals for 2013. The Most Wired designation is reflective of the comprehensive health information technology systems used at UF Health Shands Hospital, said Kari Cassel, senior vice president and chief information officer for information technology at UF...
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See Who's Been On the Move in the Last Month

Brij M. Moudgil, professor in the department of materials science and engineering and director of the Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Moudgil was chosen for contributions to the field of particle science and technology.            ...
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See who's Been On the Move

Leah Craig, formerly the corporate communications specialist at RTI Surgical, has accepted the position of Marketing and Public Relations Manager for the UF College of Fine Arts. Craig is a member and past board member of the Gainesville Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. She is a freelance writer for local lifestyle publications, has...
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Chamber to Focus on Building on iG's Success

By Bradley Osburn I think the true representation of Gainesville is an untold story,” said Susan Davenport, the vice president of economic development for the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, before lamenting that the city doesn’t market its aesthetic very well. Sitting in the Chamber’s conference room, she cited a recent article she read that...
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McKinsey & Company – 2012 – IT Projects   Percent of projects with budgets greater than $15 million that experienced: Software – Avg. Cost Overrun: 66%,  Avg. Schedule Overrun: 33%, Avg. Benefits Shortfall: 17% Nonsoftware – Avg. Cost Overrun: 43%, Avg. Sched. Overrun: 3.6%, Avg. Bene. Shortfall: 133%   45% of IT projects experience cost...