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Pictured is the Santa Fe College clock tower.

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Santa Fe College COVID-19 update: 15 students and employees tested positive last week

By Juliana Ferrie | Feb. 17, 2021

Santa Fe’s total number of reported positive cases is now 678, according to a report provided by spokesperson Jay Anderson. The college recorded its first student case March 8. Since Jan. 29, the college’s COVID-19 numbers have fluctuated, with the highest number of reported positive cases being 37 in one week.

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Santa Fe College COVID-19 update: 19 students and employees tested positive last week

By Juliana Ferrie | Feb. 10, 2021

Santa Fe’s total reported positive cases is now 664. The college recorded its first student COVID-19 case March 8 and its first employee case the following day.

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Santa Fe College COVID-19 update: 37 students and employees tested positive last week

By Juliana Ferrie | Feb. 5, 2021

Santa Fe’s total reported positive cases since March is now 643.

Photo of Santa Fe College commencement from Fall 2019 [Courtesy of Matt Stamey]

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Santa Fe College to hold virtual Spring graduation

By Juliana Ferrie | Feb. 3, 2021

The ceremonies are scheduled for April 29-30 on a website created specifically for the graduation, according to Santa Fe’s website.

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Santa Fe College COVID-19 update: 21 students and employees tested positive last week

By Juliana Ferrie | Jan. 29, 2021

This brings the college’s total number of reported positive cases since March to 606.

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Santa Fe College COVID-19 update

By Juliana Ferrie | Jan. 19, 2021

511 Santa Fe College students and 44 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. The college is not making students test routinely.

Graphic of Gainesville City Hall and the County Administration Building

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Solar farm may soon come to Archer

By Serra Sowers | Oct. 1, 2020

The project would be the fourth renewable energy source of its kind in Alachua County

James Floyd, a guitar luthier from Pensacola, Florida, plays a guitar Sunday that he handcrafted from the jaws of a nine-foot shark. Floyd exhibited his collection of unique handmade guitars at the 50th Annual Spring Arts Festival put on by Santa Fe College. The two-day festival had live music, food, paintings, sculptures and many other forms of art.

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Sante Fe College cancels 2021 Spring Arts Festival

Sep. 16, 2020

Next year’s festival would have marked the 51st anniversary of the event.

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Six months into the job, Santa Fe College’s president balances school with safety

By Corbin Bolies | Aug. 28, 2020

Santa Fe College President Paul Broadie has faced the same challenges as any new leader — plus a global pandemic.

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From the office of the Student Body President

July 31, 2020

Tomorrow.

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Santa Fe College goes fully online, Florida public schools close and other coronavirus updates

By Hannah Phillips , Chasity Maynard , Alyssa Feliciano and Valentina Botero | Mar. 13, 2020

Santa Fe College announced today that its classes will be online starting Monday. Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered schools to be canceled for two weeks.

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There’s more than one way to become a UF student

By Kaelyn Cassidy | Feb. 28, 2020

Potential UF students have opportunities to transfer

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Former Santa Fe President Jackson Sasser retires

By Sarah Mandile | Feb. 7, 2020

Santa Fe College’s new president, Paul Broadie II, delivered his inaugural address Tuesday afternoon. As he steps into his new role, Santa Fe students and faculty reflect on former President Jackson Sasser’s legacy at the college.