Associate Professor of English Thomas Hallock, Ph.D. | Student Photo by Aaron Alper, '12.
USF St. Petersburg Associate Professor of English Thomas Hallock, Ph.D., has been named the Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar Chair in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University for Fall 2013. The chair was created in 1989 to provide support for both academic and outreach missions and is awarded to a nationally recognized scholar with outstanding credentials in the … Continue reading
USF St. Petersburg will offer a new Bachelor of Arts in World Languages and Cultures in the fall to provide students with the language skills and cultural expertise they need to compete in the global economy. It is the only degree like it in the State University System. The degree will offer undergraduate students applied learning experiences here and abroad … Continue reading
Kimberly Kopnitsky placed second in the education category.
Nine USF St. Petersburg students participated recently in the first Statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium that brought together graduate students from across Florida to showcase their work. USFSP Masters of Reading Education student Kimberly Kopnitsky placed second in the education category for her research project, “The Effects of Peer Editing and Response in a First Grade Writer’s Workshop.” Eight of … Continue reading
Jose Hernandez, Ph.D., USF System Chief Diversity Officer
University of South System Florida President Judy Genshaft announced Monday the appointment of Jose E. Hernandez to the newly created position of Chief Diversity Officer and leader of USF’s expanded Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Hernandez, a former USF diversity official who has served at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in recent years, will return to USF to lead … Continue reading
Joseph M. 'Donny' Smoak, Ph.D, in the Everglades.
Joseph M. “Donny” Smoak, Ph.D., associate professor of Environmental Science, is among a handful of U.S. scientists invited to present at a climate change conference in China next month. Nanchang University will cover travel expenses for Smoak to make a one-hour presentation at the International Workshop on Global Change and Aquatic Ecosystems, May 27-29. Smoak recently was awarded a National … Continue reading