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A Tribute to Gus Stavros
The University of South Florida pays tribute to Gus Stavros who passed away recently. Mr. Stavros was a transformational leader who helped guide USF, particularly the College of Education through its period of tremendous growth and increase in stature, both in the community and throughout the country.
October 21, 2022Alumni and Friends, Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement
USF College of Education welcomes Peter Trakas as new director of Gus A. Stavros Center
The USF College of Education welcomes Peter Trakas, EdD, as the new director of the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education. In this role, Trakas will lead the Stavros Center in its mission of advancing the effective teaching and integration of economic education, free enterprise and financial literacy into K-20 curricula.
May 27, 2022Centers and Institutes, College of Education News, Faculty and Staff
Gift from Coca-Cola Beverages Florida supports USF Stavros Center’s ‘Sustainability Superheroes’ initiative
The Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education received a $40,000 gift from Coca-Cola Beverages Florida to support Sustainability Superheroes, a professional development program that provides Florida teachers with sustainability training, mentorship and resources.
May 19, 2022Centers and Institutes
State Farm renews $20,000 gift to USF Stavros Center to fund economics education workshops for K-12 teachers
The Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education received a $20,000 gift from State Farm in support of the Center’s ongoing programming for K-12 teachers to help educate students in economics and financial literacy.
January 31, 2022Centers and Institutes
Stavros Center receives $20,000 grant from State Farm to continue support of economics education workshops for K-12 teachers
To date, State Farm has provided more than $200,000 in financial support to the Stavros Center.
February 24, 2021Centers and Institutes
Gus A. Stavros Center receives gift from State Farm to support financial literacy education programs
The Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education received a $20,000 gift from State Farm to support the Center’s K-12 economics education professional development programs.
March 4, 2020Centers and Institutes
USF Stavros Center receives Coca-Cola Foundation grant to help educators integrate lessons on sustainability into K-12 curriculum
To help K-12 educators teach their students about sustainability in all subjects and grade levels, the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education is teaming up with the University of South Florida’s Patel College for Global Sustainability to create new training and lesson plans for teachers throughout the Tampa Bay region.
March 28, 2019Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement
Stavros Center receives $20,000 grant from State Farm to continue support of economics education workshops for K-12 teachers
The Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education received a $20,000 gift from State Farm in support of the Center’s ongoing programming for K-12 teachers to help educate students in economics and financial literacy.
March 25, 2019Centers and Institutes
Alumna inspires students to become budding entrepreneurs through Sumerian ‘Shark Tank’ activity
The hallways at Learning Gate Community School buzzed with excitement as students in Kara Windish’s 6th grade class rehearsed their business pitches and adjusted their homemade inventions.
November 16, 2018Alumni and Friends, Centers and Institutes
State Farm makes $20,000 gift to Gus A. Stavros Center Free Enterprise and Economic Education
The USF College of Education announced that State Farm awarded $20,000 to the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education in support of the Center’s 2018 K-12 Economics Education Professional Development Program.
June 18, 2018Centers and Institutes
Stavros Center workshop empowers educators to use cars to teach analysis, decision making
A financial literacy workshop at the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Education helped educators prepare their students to analyze data and make decisions.
September 18, 2017Centers and Institutes
Stavros Center professor receives award for work in literacy education
Deborah Kozdras, PhD, instructor and chief creative officer at the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education, received the 2017 Friend of Newspaper in Education (NIE) award from Florida Press Educational Services.
August 28, 2017Centers and Institutes, Faculty and Staff