The University of Florida is Florida’s flagship university. It’s a very large presence in a very small, rural north Florida town.  As a University of Florida student and alumna I’ve taken my share of campus life images over the years.  I’ll be sharing them with you from time to time so check back periodically to see my newest additions. I’ll begin with a favorite among graduating students; the University of Florida’s Mascots, Albert and Alberta who greet visitors to Gainesville and the UF campus.

Albert and Alberta UF Mascots; Lifesize bronze sculpture of the UF Gators mascots, Albert and Alberta found near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. The statues were created by artist Peter Forster based on genuine mascot costumes and the statues were executed by The American Bronze Foundry, based in Sanford, Florida. Charles Perry Construction and Robinshore Inc. funded the statue with masonry pedestal.

One of the most iconic symbols of the university of Florida is the Century Bell Tower on Newell Road.

UF Century Tower and Newell Drive; University of Florida Century Tower on UF campus in Gainesville, Florida.

UF Century Tower Framed View framed between the brick walls of the Marston Science Library.

UF Century Tower Framed View; between two brick columns of the Marsten Science Library, UF’s Century Bell Tower rises above the trees on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida.

Here’s one last view of the Century Tower, along with the University Auditorium and the sculpture “Whispering Close” a 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture by Seward Johnson, Jr.  The sculpture, a temporary exhibit displayed on the Plaza of the Americas directly across the street from the Auditorium, is of a couple dancing, inspired by “Dance in the City,” the painting by French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The exhibit was removed from the Plaza in 2013, a few months after this image was taken.

Whispering Close on the Plaza of the Americas

Whispering Close on the Plaza of the Americas; View of University Auditorium, Century Tower and the sculpture “Whispering Close” a 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture by Seward Johnson, Jr. of a couple dancing, inspired by “Dance in the City,” the painting by French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

This is all for tonight…