UT’s Honors Program Announces Spring 2015 Symposia Series

The University of Tampa’s Spring 2015 Honors Program symposia series kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 28, with a presentation by Lt. Gen. Roméo A. Dallaire, who was the commanding officer of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda prior to and during the 1994 genocide. His talk, titled The Rwandan Genocide, begins at 4 p.m. in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values on the UT campus.

Throughout the series, resident scholars and researchers at the University will present in their areas of specialization. In addition to Dallaire, guest speakers in the series include Don Hutson, author of The One Minute Negotiator, and Shulamith Koenig, a United Nations Human Rights Prize recipient.

All lectures are free, open to the public and held on the UT campus. For a full schedule, see below:

Wednesday, Jan. 28:The Rwandan Genocide, Lt. Gen. Roméo A. Dallaire, Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 5:The Origins of Extrasolar Planets, Simon Schuler, UT assistant professor of physics, Reeves Theater, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 12:Happening Here, There and Everywhere: UT Dance Through the Ages, Susan Taylor Lennon, UT professor of dance, Susannah LeMarquand, UT assistant professor of dance, Edison Building, Room 101, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 18: Keynote Speaker for the 2015 Leadership Summit, Don Hutson, author of The One Minute Negotiator, ninth floor of the Vaughn Center, 8 a.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 25:Galileo and the Roots of Modern Astronomy, Emilio Torro, UT associate professor of mathematics, Reeves Theater, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 3:Student Perceptions of Tattoos, Kristen Foltz, UT visiting assistant professor of speech, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, noon.
Thursday, March 19:Mistaken Cosmologies: European and American Mappae Mundi Before and After the Discovery, James Lopez, UT associate professor of Spanish, language and linguistics, Macdonald-Kelce Library, AV Room 2, 4 p.m.
Monday, March 23: Peer Active Learning Strategy (PALS) for Clinical Education: A User-friendly Model for Health Care, Joanne Stevens, UT associate professor of nursing, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 11:30 a.m.
Monday, April 6:The Radical Shift in Language Learning: What’s IN, What’s OUT, Andrew DeMil, UT assistant professor of Spanish, language and linguistics, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 15:The Roots of Religion and the Believer’s Brain, Scott Husband, UT associate professor of psychology, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 18: Fourth Annual Human Rights Conference Keynote Speech, Shulamith Koenig, United Nations Human Rights Prize recipient, ninth floor of the Vaughn Center, noon.
Thursday, April 23: Celebrating Honors: Undergraduate Research Fellows Presentations, Honors Undergraduate Research Fellows, Vaughn Center, ninth floor, Trustee’s Room, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 29:Ethical Arguments about Disciplinary Controversies, David Reamer, UT assistant professor of English, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 4:B.E.L.I.E.V.E. (Becoming Engaged Leaders by Inspiring Education Values and Exploration), Pattie Johnston, UT associate professor of education, and Merrie Tankersley, clinical education director, Vaughn Center, ninth floor, Crescent Club, 6:30 p.m.

Please note that dates and locations are subject to change. For more information, contact the Honors Program at (813) 257-3545 or honors@ut.edu.

On Friday, April 17, a panel of four industry professionals will present the obstacles and challenges faced in today’s business environment related to whistleblowing.

The panel will be held at The University of Tampa Sykes College of Business, Room 234, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. This “Hot Seat Event” is sponsored by UT’s Center for Ethics. The public is invited, and there is no charge for the event.

Student Films Screened in Moon Dance Film Festival at UT

University of Tampa film students will screen their work at the first annual Moon Dance Film Festival at UT’s Reeves Theater on Tuesday, April 14, at 8:30 p.m.

Aaron Walker, assistant professor of communication, said the festival is an opportunity for UT students both to screen their work and to curate the best work of their peers.

“It’s fully student-run, so it shows how deeply the students care about celebrating the strong work of their peers, but also shows how much desire there is for our FMA students to create venues of success for one another,” Walker said. “It’s a terrific collaboration, and will be a terrific party for film. Plus, the movies are great.”

Sustainable Business Coalition Calls for Nominees for 7th Annual Sustainable Business Awards on June 10

The Sustainable Business Coalition of Tampa Bay Inc. and The University of Tampa Center for Ethics is calling for nominations for their annual Sustainable Business Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, June 10, at The University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center.

Now in its seventh year, the Sustainable Business Awards, sponsored by the Sustany Foundation, recognize and honor for-profit businesses in the Tampa Bay area that engage in practices that increase economic opportunities and improve the environment and community.