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Sean got his first taste of web development when he saw his friend building an HTML web page to display Dungeons & Dragons character statistics. Since then he has determined that HTML is decidedly not dorky enough, and picked up a couple of programming languages.
Thanks to his stubborn refusal to give up, which is the decades-long result of being really bad at video games, Sean has become proficient at developing and debugging complex solutions. In addition, Sean has learned to be flexible enough to work with various 3rd party software solutions to meet clients' needs.
Nine-year-old Williston Elementary student, Madeline Ervin, donates her gift to Shands Hospital for Children at UF’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Children’s voices echoed off the walls of the multipurpose room at Williston Elementary on Friday, Dec. 21 as the students took turns at different stations crafting ornaments, dancing to…
White Cloud is partnering with Children’s Miracle Network to create its new facial tissue box designs to showcase children’s artwork while giving back to children’s hospitals across the U.S. 10-year-old patient Samantha Garcia of Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida has been selected as a finalist. If…
When Carldon Lahey went for a walk Jan. 6, 2007, he never could have predicted the outcome. “I received a calling from God that day,” said Lahey. “And I have been following that calling ever since. It’s that simple.” That calling not only changed Lahey’s life – it has changed…
When pediatric surgeon Saleem Islam, M.D., M.P.H., came to Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida in 2007, he was tasked with developing a minimally-invasive surgery unit for children, a place where big operations could be performed with very small incisions. He first met 3-year-old…
In celebration of Thanksgiving, the University of Florida women’s volleyball team spread a little holiday cheer to pediatric patients at Shands Hospital for Children at UF on Sunday, Nov. 25. This marks the 20th consecutive year Coach Mary Wise and her team, which just won the Gators’ 20th Southeastern Conference…
The smell of Southern barbecure and the sound of down-home country music rang through The Space at Feather Oaks in Tallahassee on Nov. 2 as more than 200 community members gathered fro the third annual Belt Buckle Ball. The event, which included dinner followed by a silent auction as well…
Laura Brown, Shands at the University of Florida visitor assistant, greets visitors with smiles and answers at the hospital’s east lobby welcome desk. “I go out of my way to help people,” said Brown, who has held this post for three years. Her desk and her job will…
Joanne Lagmay, MD What Joanne Lagmay, M.D., defines as her dream job is often surprising to others. As a pediatric oncologist at Shands Hospital for Children at UF, she treats children with solid tumors and more specifically sarcomas, or bone and muscle tumors. “When I meet people in a…
Hyundai Hope on Wheels awarded University of Florida researcher Wesley Bolch, Ph. D., and his research team a grant of $250,000 to support their pediatric cancer research. Osteosarcoma survivor Sam Blakemore left a paint hand print on two pieces of canvas prior to placing one on a 2013 Hyundai Santa…
