Courtesy of Matt McCann By Nancy McCann For the third year in a row, the Florida Legislature has awarded no new preeminence funds to USF and the state’s two
Author: Nancy McCann
Pictured Above: State Sen. Jeff Brandes (left) says the USF Board of Trustees has enough money to begin expanding St. Petersburg’s academic programs. But trustee Tim Boaz, the president of
Pictured Above: $250,000 that was budgeted for St. Petersburg was transferred to support the pediatric residency program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (left). St. Petersburg Campus Board member Susan
Pictured Above: USF administrators need to be “trained in diversity and inclusion,” says Spanish professor Pablo Brescia (left). Around the country, faculty of color have a “sense that universities aren’t
Pictured Above: Under a bill sailing through the Legislature, students’ intensely personal comments could be recorded without their permission. This photo of adjunct instructor Tim Curran and his students in
Pictured Above: The bill “grants students the right to record classes without the teacher’s permission and to publish such recordings on the internet,” Faculty Senate President Tim Boaz said. Courtesy
Pictured Above: The money comes from a $900 billion stimulus package enacted by Congress in December – with more aid on the way under the $1.9 trillion stimulus that President
Courtesy of Matt McCann By Nancy McCann and Sophie Ojdanic Spring enrollment of new students at the St. Petersburg campus hasn’t sprung, as some campus leaders had once hoped. Instead,
Pictured Above: Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, (left) has emerged as a key player in consolidation and a critic of the way Tampa-based administrators are handling it. He said he
Pictured Above: Professor David Rosengrant (left), chair of St. Petersburg’s Faculty Council, said the campus was well represented during a virtual site visit by the regional accrediting agency. The visiting