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Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 27Collaboratory launches College Access Nights for Southwest Florida
Collaboratory is kicking off its College Access Nights series this fall with four free sessions from October 2026 through January 2027, providing high school seniors, college students and adult learners with hands-on assistance navigating college applications, financial aid and…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 16Beyond the Degree
The path to a career can begin in a college classroom, a technical program, an apprenticeship or through hands-on experience in the workplace. In the first part of Florida Weekly’s “Is College Worth It?” series, educators across Florida pointed to a changing definition of…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 03UF/IFAS Extension offering gardening workshop, Master Naturalist Program
The UF/IFAS Extension Office in Charlotte County is offering two significant educational events within the next few weeks: vegetable gardening workshops and the Freshwater Module of the Florida Master Naturalist Program. Detailed information on each is as follows: Vegetable…
Florida Weekly (Charlotte)
Published September 02Florida UF/IFAS Extension awards SWFL Ag Expo scholarships
The 2026 Southwest Florida Agricultural Exposition (SWFL Ag Expo) successfully raised funds to support educational scholarships for 4-H and FFA senior youth participants. The scholarships were open to any senior youth ages 14 to 18 who participated as a livestock or creative…