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Gainesville is the largest city in Alachua County. Gainesville was rated Number 1 in the book, "Cities Ranked & Rated," Second Edition, and provides many cultural, educational, athletic and entertainment possibilities. From Gainesville's Independent Theater House, The Hippodrome, to the vast array of state parks and springs, opportunities for entertainment and recreation abound.
Santa Fe College averaged 16,000 students during the Fall 2008-Spring 2009 semesters. While the vast majority of the students are from Florida, the students are also from 72 different countries and more than 30 other states. Santa Fe offers a variety of degree options, including A.A., A.S., and professional certificates.
Gainesville is also home to The University of Florida, which is one of the oldest and largest universities in Florida, and among the most academically diverse public universities in the nation. According to the U.S. News and World Report "Top Public Universities" (2006), The University of Florida was ranked #13 in the nation.
The Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) is located approximately 10 miles from our office. There is also a shuttle system that transports passengers from Gainesville to other airports in Florida, such as Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa. The Regional Transit System offers over twenty bus routes making places of interest in Gainesville easily accessible.
“We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things [but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.”
-James Carroll
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