By Nancy McCann and Whitney Elfstrom Two influential state legislators who helped torpedo the university’s independent accreditation last year now say that St. Petersburg should become a branch campus when
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By James Bennett III When general facility manager James Waechter first arrived at USF St. Petersburg seven months ago, the first thing he noticed was the withering, pale grass in
By Nancy McCann The biggest benefactor in the university’s history has done it again. Retired entrepreneur Kate Tiedemann and her partner, Ellen Cotton, have pledged $3 million to endow the
By Nancy McCann Ray Arsenault left a tenure-track position at the University of Minnesota in 1980 to come to St. Petersburg and teach at a tiny school that townspeople called
By Nancy McCann and Amy Diaz Seeking to allay the concerns of St. Petersburg faculty, USF system President Judy Genshaft says it “clearly has not been decided” how the campus
By Anna Bryson “Mom, I got into my dream school!” Sike. USF St. Petersburg sent out about 430 acceptance emails over the weekend to high school seniors. An hour later,
By Rachel Freeman At USF St. Petersburg, Megan Hammer’s passion to help people is fueling her drive to raise awareness of human trafficking with the new campus organization SOSO Coalition,
By Dylan Hart Students now have the opportunity to guarantee their room selection in Residence Hall One for the 2019 fall semester with the USF St. Petersburg room draft. An
By Michael Moore Jr. When students returned to campus following winter break, they found mounds of dirt, walls of silk fencing and yellow caution tape outside Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
By Nancy McCann It is, says professor Ray Arsenault, “the elephant in the room.” When the three campuses of the USF system are consolidated in 2020, St. Petersburg will lose