UF Early Childhood Collaboratory

08/19/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our very own Angela Mesia Ruiz on being nominated for FLAECY’s Educator of the Year Award! 🌟

Angela’s dedication, passion, and commitment to her students make a lasting impact every day at UF ECC. We are so proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition!

🎉 Congratulations to all of our 2026 FLAEYC Member Awards nominees!

Being nominated is an incredible recognition of the impact these early childhood professionals make every day, and we are so excited to honor each of them.

To every Director of the Year and Educator of the Year nominee, good luck! 💛

We’ll recognize all of our nominees and celebrate the winners in each category during Awards Night at the 2026 FLAEYC Annual Conference on Friday, October 16 at 5:00 PM. 🏆

We can’t wait to celebrate the dedication, leadership, and heart represented by this outstanding group of professionals. 🎊

07/31/2026

📚✨ We’re excited to share our new Lending Libraries at our Diamond Village and Anita Zucker Hall locations! These beautiful libraries were created as an Eagle Scout project by Baby Gator VPK alum Kaayana Sharma, who wanted to give back to the community with her passion for making books accessible to every child. A special thank you to Victoria Alexander for purchasing and building the libraries, and to Kaayana and her troop for decorating and installing them. We hope our families will borrow a book, leave a book, and enjoy many special reading moments together. Happy reading! ❤️📖

07/20/2026

By Aimee Sullivan, Communications Intern University of Florida students are used to being greeted by a variety of events and activities at the campus Libraries, from small wind ensembles and piano performances in the Architecture and Fine Arts Library to a cross-campus 5K that takes runners past eac...

04/27/2026

Let the celebrating begin! 🎉 Teacher Appreciation Week is here, and we’re shining a light on our incredible educators who make a difference every day. Thank you for everything you do! We’re so grateful for you! 💖📚🍎

03/31/2026

This weekend, some of our staff attended the Tracks to Excellence Conference – Everyday Heroes.

From inspiring sessions on STEAM 🔬🎨, to music and movement 🎶, and powerful insights from keynote speaker Ron Mohl, it was a day full of learning and inspiration.

Here’s to the educators who make a difference every day—you are truly appreciated! 🌟

03/26/2026

Join us on Saturday, April 4th for UF ECC's Family Field Day! We hope to see you there!

02/20/2026

We want to say a big THANK YOU to all of those who donated towards UF ECC at Baby Gator during yesterday’s Stand Up and Holler Day! We are so grateful to each and every one of you. We are so excited to supply our classrooms with their books📕

02/20/2026

We are entering the final hours of Stand Up and Holler! Let’s finish this years giving day strong! 🐊💙🧡

02/19/2026

One of our sweet infants is cheering for all our donations so far! We are so excited to see all the help towards our curriculum 📕

02/19/2026

We are cheering for Stand Up and Holler Day! Today is the day to donate to UF ECC at Baby Gator🧡🐊💙

https://givingday.ufl.edu/pages/baby-gator