FEATURES + PROFILES
A New Reality
Florida GATOR Magazine | April 2018
Alumni profile on Ted Henter (BSME ‘74). Henter was named the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Migel Medal by the American Foundation for the Blind, joining the likes of Helen Keller. Henter was awarded for the development of Job Access With Speech, or JAWs, the groundbreaking computer screen-reader program for the visually impaired.
A Different Kind of Bottom Line
UF Advancement | March 2018
Young alumni profile on Robert Felder (BSBA ’16, BSA ’16). Gator entrepreneur who mixes business with goodwill to clothe Bengali children, founded online retailer Bearbottom Clothing.
Grateful Gators Gather at the Plaza
UF Advancement | March 2018
The third Grateful Gator Day gathered students celebrate the generosity of donors through writing thank-you cards and taking photos and recording video messages.
Twin Nurses, and One Life-Changing Opportunity
UF Advancement | February 2018
Program highlight for the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholarship designed to assist academically talented, low-income students who are first in their family to attend college. This is the story of how that scholarship changed the life of twin sisters, Candi and Sandi.
From Music Major to Rock Star
UF Advancement | October 2017
Faculty profile to kick off UF’s Go Greater Campaign. Geologist and assistant professor Andrea Dutton travels with her team to shorelines around the globe. From the Florida Keys, to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, to the beaches of the Seychelles Islands off the coast of Africa, the team surveys and gathers samples of fossil corals, ice cores and sediments to examine Earth’s geological record.