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RSS FeedStudent Government is helping students cut through red tape with its new form templates, making club and event organization a little less daunting. “We wanted to make it easier for any student to make things happen on campus,” said Reuben Pressman, creative director for Student Government. “The right questions would be answered, everyone would have
Mark your calendars this fall for the stellar line-up of performers visiting the Bay area. From country to classical, there’s a concert venue for everyone. Sept. 24 Miranda Lambert The Grammy-nominated country music artist is famous for her chart-topping hits like “The House That Built Me” and “Famous in a Small Town.” Where: Tropicana Field
Marquise R. is a painter, filmmaker and sculptor. His friend Hanna calls him the official DJ of Creative Clay. Artist and mentor David Bewley calls him a renaissance man. He considers himself an artist in the most operative sense of the word. “Sometimes I just sit and draw and don’t stop,” he said. The 26-year-old
USF President Judy Genshaft gave her fall address Wednesday, Sept. 7, highlighting several USF Tampa partnerships with institutions, the Tampa Bay community, and the other schools in the USF system—USF St. Petersburg, USF Manatee, and USF Polytechnic. Genshaft briefly touched on a few points about USFSP—the continued construction of the Multipurpose Student Center and the
The faculty in the Languages, Literature & Writing department is launching a new creative writing program in January. The program, composed of fifteen credit hours, will be open to students working on their bachelor’s degree or anyone in the community looking to work on their poetry. Students will have to take Creative Writing, CRW3031, and
Seeking out a tutor doesn’t have to be a dirty little secret, said Brenda Burger, director of the USF St. Petersburg Academic Success Center. Since coming to USFSP to direct the tutoring center in February, Burger has worked to remove both the barriers to entry and the stigma attached to receiving extra help. The first
All USF St. Petersburg campus classrooms now come equipped with duress buttons. Installed in April 2011, the buttons will trigger an immediate police response. “If there is a major disturbance or emergency in class, instructors can quickly sound a silent alarm by activating the duress button,” said Chief Rene Chenevert, director of University Police Services.
In August USF was awarded $11 million in a grant for research in the Gulf following the effects of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill last April. USF’s grant proposal was one of eight awarded money out 77 applicants. Of the eight winning institutions, three of them are from Florida. The amount of money, to
“Galacidalacidesoxiribunucleicacid” is one of Salvador Dalí’s masterworks hanging at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. The title is the longest of all his paintings, something Dalí did intentionally to comment on the shortness of modern art titles at the time. But the title reveals Dalí’s love and appreciation for science and DNA, said Peter Tush,
“Somewhere in Heaven, some angelic director is leaping with joy that John has joined his cast,” said Norine Noonan, vice chancellor of USFSP academic affairs. She spoke during the celebration of John Conlon’s life at the St. Petersburg City Theatre on Saturday. John Conlon, 66, was a renaissance man. He taught literature and theater classes;
