From internships to student achievements to recognition of The University of Tampa faculty and institution as a whole, the following is a running archive of UT press releases, called News Articles, and feature stories, noted as UT Life.
Posted February 07, 2017 in News
University of Tampa students, faculty and staff will honor the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service to the Tampa Bay community on Saturday, Feb. 11.“The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a day set aside for University of Tampa students, faculty and staff to come together and make a difference within the Tampa Bay community in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month,” said Emily Little ’17, co-director of community outreach in UT’s PEACE Volunteer Center.
Posted February 02, 2017 in News
The University of Tampa community as well as the public will have a unique opportunity to see artist Monica Cook at work when she comes to campus for UT’s STUDIO-f visiting artist program Feb. 6–17.
In addition, Cook’s sculpture, “Buttercup,” will be on display as part of the ongoing Electronics Alive IX exhibition. “Buttercup” is the inspiration for her intended STUDIO-f project, along with her film, Milk Tooth. Cook will give a Gallery Talk in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and there will be an open house and gallery reception at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, with an opportunity to meet the artist.
Posted January 31, 2017 in UT Life
Julia Boorse ’17, a UT junior who graduates in December, does not just give campus tours for Admissions as a Spartan Ambassador or oversee students living on campus as a resident assistant. She’s been hosting a YouTube channel for the last eight years, and is known by her more than 65,800 subscribers as Julhippo.“I started making videos in 2009, when I was only in eighth grade,” said Boorse. “I didn’t take it very seriously until I got later in high school, and I realized this was something I want to be doing for a long time. It’s not just a hobby.”
Posted January 30, 2017 in News
Rebecca J. White, professor of entrepreneurship and director of the John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center at The University of Tampa, was recently awarded the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Max J. Wortman Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship.The lifetime achievement award is presented in recognition of a lifetime of entrepreneurial achievement that encompasses the ideals of entrepreneurial activity. Only 13 individuals have previously received the prestigious award.
Posted January 26, 2017 in News
Before watching the annual pirate invasion of Tampa at the Gasparilla Pirate Festival on Saturday, come by The University of Tampa on Friday, Jan. 27, to learn more about those who lived and worked on the sea during the “Golden Age of Sailing.” Beginning at 4 p.m., Dan Walden, an associate professor of English at Baylor University, will speak on “A Hell of Our Own — Pirates, Sailors and Coastal Identities in Early America.” The event, which is part of the Honors Program symposia series, will be held in the Trustees Board Room on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center and is free and open to the public.