This is a letter that the Department of Journalism and Digital Communication sent Sept. 23 to Pinellas County legislators and other stakeholders. By USF St. Petersburg Journalism Faculty The faculty
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The consolidation plan was labeled a “preliminary blueprint.” But when USF system President Steve Currall unveiled it last week, campus veterans heard echoes of an unhappy yesteryear, when St. Petersburg
By Nancy McCann In June, the governor and Legislature put an order into state law: When the three campuses of the USF system are consolidated in 2020, they declared, St.
By Nancy McCann In a stinging put-down of St. Petersburg, the Faculty Senate in Tampa has urged the USF system Board of Trustees to oppose making St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee
Above photo: Ken Welch graduated from USF St. Petersburg in 1985 and was elected to Pinellas County Commission 2000. He is wary of plans to consolidate the USF campuses. Courtesy
Above photo: student body president David Thompson criticized a front page of The Crow’s Nest, saying “‘Campus in Crisis?’ Does this look like a campus in crisis to you? It certainly
By Whitney Elfstrom and Jeffrey Waitkevich When the St. Petersburg campus learned in January that the Legislature was considering abolishing its accreditation, the news landed like a bombshell. In both
By Emily Wunderlich A student-led petition opposing the bill that would end USF St. Petersburg’s separate accreditation has drawn only 150 signatures. But its author, junior marketing major Mariah McQueen,
By Mariah McQueen Some people think that the controversial bill containing language that would unravel USF St. Petersburg’s separate accreditation is a foregone conclusion. But I refuse to do nothing
Above photo: Students from all three USF system campuses were tasked with lobbying Florida legislators in February 2017. Michael Moore Jr. | The Crow’s Nest What’s all the fuss I’m