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RSS FeedStudents interested in the Peace Corps got a chance to talk to volunteer and recruiter Katie Roders, who addressed the basics of the organization and shared her experience working abroad. The Peace Corps is a federally funded volunteer organization that works with community development, health, education and other programs in developing countries. Rather than posting
The Rev. Dr. Ronald Cole-Turner spoke at the fourth Festival of the Genome event “Finding the Human in the Genome.” Cole-Turner is a professor of theology and ethics at the Pittsburg Theology Seminary. Cole-Turner led discussions about ethical issues in science and the coexistence of science and religion. He talked about humans’ origin through earlier
Tyler Crawford graduated from USF St. Petersburg in spring 2011 with his bachelor’s degree in English and history. He celebrated his 23rd birthday on Monday, Nov. 7. Monday was also the day he received his first student loan bill for $80. Now he is a state organizer for the local chapter of Fight Back Florida,
The attached documents were distributed students by Tampa’s Student Government on the Nov. 9 bus trip to the Board of Governors meeting at Florida Atlantic University. Board of Governors Meeting Talking Points Board Of Governors Letter From Matt Diaz
In spring 2012 students will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with presidential campaigns by registering for The Road to the White House course, POS 3931, taught by Professor Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan. The class will offer more than traditional lessons from a textbook. “This is a course about the history and politics of presidential
Holocaust survivor George Lucius Salton lived through ten concentration camps, the deaths of his mother and father to the Nazis and the still unknown fate of his brother—whom he hasn’t heard from since the last time they saw each other in a concentration camp. On Nov. 1, Salton shared his experiences with the USFSP community.
An “anonymous benefactor” has rented a bus and will provide meals for USF students who want to attend the Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The board, which governs the state university system, will vote on whether USF Polytechnic will remain within the USF system or be established as an independent institution. The
A zombie apocalypse has arrived on campus. On Monday, Nov. 7, humans and “zombies” will launch a battle in a game hosted by students. Freshman Scott Mange organized a group to gather and play for seven days to see who will survive. According to humansvszombies.org, the game “Humans vs. Zombies” began at Groucher College in
Instant news from social media and contextualized news from traditional media were discussed with a group of 16 African journalists who visited in conjunction with the Edward R. Murrow Program on Nov. 3. Monica Ancu and Paul Wang, professors in the Department of Journalism & Media Studies, presented at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library to
Miami artist Xavier Cortada and Kalai Mathee of Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine spoke at the third Festival of the Genome event, “Sequentia: Art and Science Together,” at the Nelson Poynter Memorial library on Nov. 3. Mathee called the 100 trillion cells which make up the building blocks of the human the “magic of life.”
