gulf scholars

The designation recognizes UF’s emphasis on experiential learning, student involvement beyond the classroom and collaboration with community partners.

On a warm June day, under the shade of her home’s carport near Sanders Beach in the Florida Panhandle, 69-year-old Dixie Wilkinson spoke and seven University of Florida students listened. Wilkinson told the students about her childhood, growing up on the land her family owned for more than 150 years along the shore of Pensacola […]