www.sfcc.edu Other major programs sponsored by the Endowment Corporation include the annual SFCC Spring Arts Festival in Gainesville and the SFCC Starke Fall Festival of the Arts. The board of directors for the Santa Fe Community College Endowment Corporation is elected for a three-year term. The members for 2007-2008 are: Charles L. Blount Judy E. Boles Winston J. Bradley Glenna F. Brashear Eric J. Brill Reeves H. Byrd, Jr. Ralph W. Cellon, Jr. Charles W. Clemons, Sr.
Joseph W. Davis Stefan M. Davis G. Thomas Mallini John M. Miller Bryan K. Nazworth Larry S. Noegel Dexter A. O’Steen James F. Painter
Judge George H. Pierce Freeman Register III James D. Salter Jackson N. Sasser Richard T. Smith, M.D. Robert F. Watson Breck A. Weingart Evelyn T. Womack
Outreach Centers and Programs Andrews Center In 1983, the historic courthouse in Bradford County
and some of the surrounding properties were contributed to and purchased by the Santa Fe Community College Endowment Corporation to establish a major academic center in Starke, Florida. This $2.5 million asset includes a turn-of-the-century facility that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Renovation of the historic courthouse was the responsibility of the Endowment Corporation, which restored the interior to accommodate classrooms, laboratories, offices, a study room and student lounge. In addition to enhanced educational and cultural opportunities for all citizens of Bradford County, the Andrews Center is an integral part of downtown redevelopment and restoration. In the spring of 1991, the Andrews Center Cultural Building, a century-old structure in downtown Starke, was renovated by private donations to the Endowment Corporation. The $700,000 renovation project provides the college and the community with a performing arts auditorium/theater seating 155 people, a facility for the Eugene L. Matthews Historical Museum, and additional classroom and office space for a growing Andrews Center. In the fall of 2002, the Lillian Stump Education Center opened to provide the Andrews Center with an approximately 4,000 square foot new facility, which includes four major college classrooms and faculty and staff office space. The Stump Education Center, a $400,000 project of the Endowment Corporation, enhances the Andrews Center's dual enrollment program with Bradford County High School and provides classroom space for college level courses, as well as community and continuing education classes.
Blount Center In 1988 the City of Gainesville deeded the old train depot
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on NW 6th Street to the SFCC Endowment Corporation for the purpose of establishing an educational center that would be accessible to those living in and around the downtown area. Renovation of the old train station was the responsibility of the Endowment Corporation. All funds for this project came