When Matt Hartley joined the University of North Florida Interfaith Center in 2018, he set about rebuilding student leadership and engagement that had faded years before. Last week, he traded that director position for a new one: the director of Interfaith programs at the OneJax Institute. OneJax, a local nonprofit organization, used to be part.
It’s been four months since the Interfaith Space in the University of North Florida Student Union was officially closed. Since then, numerous religious students have expressed frustration and said they feel ignored by both Student Government and the university. Like the name suggests, the room was intended to be a place where religious and non-religious.
Back in March, the student-body presidential ticket of President John Grosso and Vice President Emily Sullivan ran uncontested, succeeding the previous Rodefer-Murray administration. After their election, the new Grosso-Sullivan administration listed two goals: to improve SG’s relationship with other UNF organizations and to address the university’s high transfer rates.
The prayer and meditation room in the University of North Florida’s Interfaith Center was originally built as a closet. The room is a box approximately 10 feet by 10 feet that can support about four people at once. Nine months ago, then-Student Body President Nathaniel Rodefer worked out an agreement between Student Government, the Student Union and.