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Alumna Takes Advantage of Nurse Training Program to Stay Local
USF’s Accelerated Second Degree Nursing program kicked off in Fall 2019 with an inaugural cohort of 20 students.
October 23, 2019Campus News, Student Life
Alum Leads Local Non-Profit Empowering the Homeless
As President and CEO of the Homelessness Empowerment Program (HEP), Ashley Lowery oversees a team that provides food, housing and clothing for just under 400 individuals and families, including veterans, every day.
October 8, 2019Campus News
Alumni Profile: David Trigaux, Executive Director of the Washington Urban Debate League
We sat down with David Trigaux to discuss his personal journey with debate, his current role as Executive Director and his experience at USF St. Petersburg, including being the first person to eat at the Reef and how the university taught him how to grow up and figure a lot of things out.
September 16, 2019Campus News
Alum Named an Adobe Rising Star of Photography
USF St. Petersburg alum Kelly Stefanski has been named one of Adobe’s 2019 Rising Stars of Photography, a distinction shared with only 10 other up-and-coming photographers from around the world.
September 6, 2019Campus News
Alumni Lead and Compete in National StartupBus Challenge
Now in its 10th year, StartupBus is an immersive networking event designed to attract and inspire young innovators.
August 1, 2019Campus News
USFSP Alum’s Ice Cream Drive Raises Party Funds for Foster Kids
Last Wednesday, USF St. Petersburg graduate Jon Boyd threw a different kind of celebration for his 26th birthday.
June 3, 2019Campus News
Alum Develops Predictive Model for Matching Blood Platelet Donors with Patients in Need
Kelley Counts was pursuing his MBA when he was struck by an idea that had the potential to benefit patients in need of critical blood products.
April 26, 2019Research and Innovation
Four Siblings Bond Over Business at USF St. Petersburg
Brandon, Dean, Jonathan and Myah Luper are siblings who aspire to run their own companies one day. They are also all current or former USF St. Petersburg students.
January 16, 2019Student Life
Alumni Profile: Kyle McIntyre, Deputy Branch Chief of Congressional Reports; Legislative Liaison for Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
Kyle McIntyre joined the Navy on his 18th birthday. He had dropped out of high school the year before after realizing he wouldn’t graduate on time. He never even bothered to take the SAT.
November 16, 2018Campus News
Alumna champions Shakespeare for everyone
If you’ve spent much time at USF St. Petersburg, you’ve met some of the campus’ water carriers – those dedicated individuals who are the backbone of the campus and give it the intimate feel that students, staff and faculty love.
November 1, 2018Campus News
Florida Man Book Waxes Poetically about the Sunshine State
In February 2016, a viral TIME’s headline came out of Florida; “Florida Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Live Alligator into Wendy’s Drive-Thru Window.” Fox News, the Washington Post, CNN and even the U.K.’s Telegraph reported similar headlines.
May 25, 2018Campus News
USF St. Petersburg Alum Awarded Pulitzer Prize in History for The Gulf
Jack E. Davis, a University of South Florida St. Petersburg alum and University of Florida professor, was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in history for his engrossing book The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea.
April 23, 2018Campus News