The Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education received a $20,000 gift from State Farm in support of the Center鈥檚 ongoing programming for K-12 teachers to help educate students in economics and financial literacy.
For more than four decades, the Stavros Center, located in the College of Education at USF鈥檚 Tampa campus, has been recognized for excellence in economic education at the local, state and national levels. The gift provided by State Farm will allow the Stavros Center to continue its work in equipping educators across the Tampa Bay region with the knowledge and tools needed to teach financial literacy concepts in their classrooms effectively.
鈥淥nce again, State Farm has demonstrated its support of the USF College of Education with another gift to the Stavros Center to enhance the financial literacy instructional skills of K-12 educators in the USF region,鈥� said Dick J. Puglisi, PhD, professor and director of the Stavros Center. 鈥淥ver the past 12 years, State Farm has supported the Stavros Center鈥檚 professional development programs for K-12 educators and demonstrated that they recognize the importance of educators in preparing students to tackle real-world issues.鈥�
State Farm began its partnership with the Stavros Center in 2010 to promote financial literacy education within K-12 schools. To date, the insurance company has provided more than $230,000 in financial support to the Stavros Center.
鈥淪tate Farm is proud to continue supporting the USF Stavros Center鈥檚 work in creatively educating and empowering K-12 teachers in our community,鈥� said Jose Soto, State Farm Corporate Responsibility Analyst. 鈥淭he professors at the Center do an amazing job in making the virtual and in-person workshops exciting and fun for the teachers along with providing practical tools and lesson plans the teachers can easily implement in their classrooms.鈥�
The Stavros Center works with educators and school district leaders from Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota County school districts to provide teacher training programs, curricula development efforts and other strategies that infuse free enterprise and consumer economics concepts into the classroom.
鈥淔inancial literacy is an important life skill for K-12 students that they need to learn early on so they can continue making healthy financial decisions in the future,鈥� said R. Anthony Rolle, PhD, dean of the USF College of Education. 鈥淲e are incredibly grateful to State Farm for their continued support of the Gus A. Stavros Center, and we look forward to offering more professional development opportunities for Tampa Bay teachers.鈥�
To learn more about the work of the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education, visit .
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