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The Avian Veteran Alliance offers an alternative stress-reduction therapy If someone told Kaleigh Hoyt three years ago that she would become an avid bird watcher, she would have responded with, “No, that’s for old people with too much time on their hands.” But now the USF St. Petersburg senior volunteers at the George C.
Distinguished women discuss the impact of the 1972 federal law barring discrimination based on sex. According to justice.gov, Title IX is a “comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity” and the primary goal is to “avoid the use of federal money to
From building character to building homes, CharitaBull is committed to community outreach, service and compassion in St. Petersburg. Since high school, Noora Khalil, 22, has had a passion for community service. Upon transferring from St. Petersburg College to USF St. Petersburg, Khalil couldn’t find a service club on campus to join. So she
With the holidays upon us and the looming Spring semester just around the corner, students are beginning (or already muddled in) the registration process. For underclassman, it’s probably just about getting your “gen-eds” and that one anthropology class everyone recommended. Juniors are usually neck-deep in their major’s courses, taking more credit hours than planned, while
For farmers, food is more than just taste and a price tag. Food production is a creative process. Food is the product of attentive care and labor. Cole Turner wakes up before dawn and tends to his farm. He plants, seeds, weeds, trellises and even does some office work, often until the sun sets. He
Authors Judy Blume, Ann Dunwoody, Roy Peter Clark and more, draw large crowds to the 23rd Annual Times Festival of Reading. Around 11 a.m. on Saturday, hundreds of fans stood in a line that stretched outside USF St. Petersburg’s Student Life Center, each with a fresh new book in hand, waiting to meet author Judy
Changing the way people think about crime and punishment. If Dr. Dawn Cecil didn’t become a professor, she would probably be working in a prison. As an undergrad, a criminal justice course sparked Cecil’s interest in prison life, particularly for women, as her professor worked in a women’s prison. She decided to switch her major
Dr. Chenneville works with HIV-positive youth to end the stigmas surrounding the disease Psychology professor, Dr. Tiffany Chenneville, was welcomed by warm hearts of children, parents and community leaders in Kenya, where she spent just over two weeks conducting HIV research. After about 20 years of researching the disease, she was given the opportunity to further
In a Florida weather miracle, the seemingly endless season of rain ended just in time for the anticipated return of the Saturday Morning Market. After its routine summer hiatus, the market reopened on Oct. 3 and was greeted with consistent sunshine, a refreshing breeze, and the familiar sense of community that downtown St. Petersburg knows
Grab a bite to eat, snag a coffee or check out fine artwork with USFSP’s Bulls in the Burg. Being a “Bull in the Burg” really has its benefits — with a waterfront overseeing the beautiful bay, dozens of renowned venues, museums and restaurants, and of course the constant push for environmentally-friendly ideas — it’s
