JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The University of North Florida recently announced the newly named Silverfield College of Education and Human Services on Monday, January 27.
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The naming of the college, which is the second College of Education named in the State University System, is due to a transformational gift from Gary and Laine Silverfield, both longtime supporters of the University.
The Silverfield’s vision for naming the college is “to continue enhancing the quality of education in the community and better prepare teachers to meet classroom demands”.
Programs that will be supported by the Silverfield gift include:
- Silverfield Family Endowed Professorship in Sport Management and Coaching Education
- UNF’s first endowed professorship in this field.
- The Laine S. Silverfield Endowed Professorship in Special Education
- Another first endowed professorship dedicated to recruiting, retaining and supporting an outstanding faculty member in the field of special education or a closely related field.
- Silverfield Family Coaching Education, Professional Development and Research Fund
- This covers costs related to coaches' annual certification and will fund the Silverfield Family Athletic Symposium.
- Establishes and funds a director position for The CIRCLE
- The director will oversee The CIRCLE, an on-campus community supporting programs, initiatives and events for students with intellectual and developmental differences.
- This position will integrate established support programs including THRIVE, USOAR, Duval County Public Schools Project Search and The Arc Jacksonville On Campus Transition Program.
- Establishes the Silverfield Special Education Fund
- This fund supports programmatic initiatives, events and student opportunities.
- Silverfield Endowed Excellence Fund
- Provides critical resources for the dean of the college to grow innovative degree programs and student success resources including scholarship funding for students.
“Since 1972, UNF’s College of Education and Human Services has graduated more than 22,000 students with bachelor’s degrees or higher, who have gone on to educate, mentor and counsel future generations of students in our region,” said UNF President Moez Limayem. “We are incredibly grateful to the Silverfields for their generosity and for their passion for education.”
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