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FCCI $250,000
Gift Takes USF Sarasota-Manatee Crosley Campus Center Fundraising
Initiative Over
$2 Million Mark
“No great city gets that way without a
university presence,” said President and CEO of FCCI Insurance Group
G.W. Jacobs … The USF Sarasota-Manatee expansion will speed up
Sarasota’s transition to a truly great city.”
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G.W. Jacobs

Neal
Gives $100,000 to USF Sarasota-Manatee For Student Services Center
“We have four USF graduates at Neal
Communities, and the local campus provides a convenient source for
skilled employees as well as a place for current employees to
upgrade their skills.”
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Pat Neal

W.G. Mills Gives $100,000 to USF
Sarasota-Manatee Campus Crosley Center Fundraising Initiative for
Board Room
“If a company expects to grow, it
needs a place where employees can expand their education and skills,
and USF Sarasota-Manatee makes that easier for our community.”
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Lem Sharp III
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Jack Rnyerson and
Laurey Stryker Campus CEO |
Manatee Memorial Hospital Foundation Gives $250,000, Names College
of Nursing Center on Crosley Campus
"The
Crosley Campus Center will bring state-of-the-art technology,
nursing programs and the prestige of a nation research university
right here
in our own backyard."
--Jack Rnyerson, Chairman Manatee Memorial
Hospital Foundation
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Jan Smith Gives $100,000 Toward USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus Crosley
Center College of Education Wing
Jan E. Smith, president of Jan Smith and Company in Bradenton and
chairman of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Campus
Board, has given $100,000 to the Crosley Campus Center Fundraising
Initiative. The Jan E. Smith College of Education Wing will be named
in honor of his generosity and campus leadership.
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Jan Smith

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. Donates $100,000 In Support Of USF
Sarasota-Manatee, Names Welcome Plaza
"A strong
university is a key element of a vibrant community. It not only
becomes a driving force in culture and business, but it begins to
permeate the character of the community itself." said SMR
president and CEO Rex Jensen.
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In memory of Mary and Earl Watts, Pioneers for Quality and Equality
in Education
"Mary and Earl created a
formidable alliance for educational standards and equality. They had tremendous compassion, their lives were examples of hard
work, perseverance and the value of education."
Mary and Earl Watts -- Edwin Watts, son continued
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