When Spencer McCloskey and Zach Blair-Andrews first stepped foot on campus, they never imagined that two years later they would be representing more than 50,000 students as the first Tampa governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, of a consolidated university. Now, as they begin their junior years, they face the challenge […]

In the winter of 1987, a basketball player at Mercer University played in a holiday tournament against the Bulls at the USF Sun Dome. Roughly 30 years later, Jay Stroman is now the senior vice president of advancement and alumni affairs and CEO of the USF Foundation.  After former CEO […]

Alliyah Edwards has one voice, but she’s using it to advocate for a united student body from all three campuses — Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee — as part of her initiative to bring representation to the forefront of Student Government’s (SG) mission in the upcoming term. After being part […]

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic made online learning the primary method of education across all grade levels, education majors are finding ways to keep on track for graduation while teaching at the same time. Students obtaining an education degree must complete major requirements to graduate, and some are unable to […]

The restaurant may be called Little Greek, but the president of the franchise and USF alumnus, Nick Vojnovic, is known to have a big heart.  Vojnovic has made it his mission to provide hot meals to USF students who are experiencing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  “The university […]

Second-year mathematics and microbiology student Alexander Mercier was selected as one of 10 people in the entire country to learn from renowned researchers at the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) in New Mexico this summer. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity faced some virtual changes. The institute ranked […]

While being at home may not be the way USF students wanted to spend the end of their spring semester, it is not completely a loss for a good time.  Historically, isolation has brought about some incredible discoveries. Isaac Newton discovered calculus and William Shakespeare wrote “King Lear” while in […]

USF students now have the option to receive pass/fail grades instead of letter grades in their current courses. However, this was not the initial plan as it came from many circling petitions, one being from Lea Baddoura. In just two weeks, her petition received 7,040 signatures.  When the university moved […]

Having created two award-winning films for Campus Movie Fest (CMF), USF student Shelby Bachnik said she knows what it takes to participate in the fest’s launch on Wednesday. CMF tours participating colleges and universities in the U.S. teaching students how to create a five-minute film in one week. It is […]

If you think taking care of yourself in college is taxing enough, imagine adding a furry little companion to the mix. This is USF student Emily Watkins’ life — training with a soon-to-be medical alert dog, all while keeping up with a college schedule. Cosmos, the little German shepherd in […]