Alabama Weninegar is a first-year journalism major and The Alligator's Spring 2026 University General Assignment Reporter. She also works a part-time job at Wyatt's Coffee downtown. In her free time, she enjoys watching her favorite shows on a rainy day or re-reading the Twilight series.
Alayna Dean lives under the East African sun. The 24-year-old UF alumna is a Peace Corps community health outreach volunteer in Kenya. Dean spends her days connecting with the people in her new home, whether she’s teaching students in the classroom or spending time with local families.
The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida voted at a meeting Sunday to purchase a new building following the closure of its current home within the Gainesville Community Counseling Center.
Each plant has a wooden stick in its soil showing off its name. Students ask for the plants by name, Ewing said, and some even receive permission to take their favorite home when they graduate.
While AI is eliminating some entry-level roles and raising expectations for new hires, educators and industry professionals say it is also transforming career paths. Students are now being pushed to learn how to work alongside the very tools disrupting their field.
Major projects include facility and infrastructure upgrades and new buildings. They could also refer to additions and renovations to current buildings. Activities like roof replacements, single floor renovations and classroom and lab additions are considered “minor.”
Sabatini said the chapter was illegally stripped of its status as a registered student organization for exercising its First Amendment rights. He also called the reason for disbanding UFCR “fake.”
Smoak then said while success might not be easy to achieve, it’s “easy to understand,” which plays into his slogan: “Success is simple.”
According to the Healthy Minds Network’s data interface, a little more than one in three female college students suffered from anxiety in 2025, compared to a little under one in four male students.
The pride center has subleased with GCCC since 2023, and is expected to move out by the end of April.
An independent artist is now dutifully recreating the original Petty mural, which is expected to be completed by Friday.
Over a dozen community members met on Sunday to discuss details of the pride center’s new location on April 19, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
Community members attend a Pride Community Center of North Central Florida board meeting on March 20, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
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