From student to legacy: Gene Stokes’ lifelong impact on education

North Florida College Contributor In 1958, when Gene Stokes stepped onto the newly established North Florida Junior College (NFJC) campus (now North Florida College (NFC)), he was embarking on a journey that would shape his life and the lives of countless others. As one of the first students to attend the college, he became the inaugural recipient of the Madison County Rotary Scholarship, a financial award that, in his own words, “made the difference between attending and not attending.â