High School Student Resources

How can the BCGC help High School Students?

The Broward County Gator Club offers volunteer opportunities for high school students, at least 10 scholarships a year of $1,500 for outgoing Broward County high school seniors going up to UF, and we are launching new opportunities for local internships, mentoring, networking, and more for when these admitted students come back home.  We also pay for the Student Alumni Association for the first year of all scholarship award winners.  We exist to foster and enhance the relationship between UF and the Broward Gator Nation.  Please let us know if there is any way we can help students know what it means to become a part of the Gator Nation in/from South Florida (nearly 19,000 Alumni in Broward)!

Please contact Angel Thomas our Volunteer Coordinator and teacher in Broward County at bcgcvolunteercoordinator@gmail.com or Ruben Socarras, our VP of Academics, at bcgcacademics@gmail.com, with any questions.

BCGC Scholarship Award Winner Testimonials

 Angel Thomas, BCGC William F. Reed Memorial Scholarship Receipent in 2005:

"Growing up a Gator and cheering for the football team is one thing, but attending the University as a student is a whole new world that takes some time getting used to. It's an adjustment that I was able to make with my Broward County Gator Club scholarship. It empowered me to concentrate on my studies and start my college career off on the right path; instead of being frazzled and having that one other little thing to worry about...money. It is very rewarding that I now sit on the BCGC Board, and help to give Baby Gators that same foundation in Gainesville that the Broward County Gator Club gave to me.”

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