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USF St. Petersburg will co-host the 10-day 2013 College Sailing Spring National Championships starting Tuesday, May 21. The USF Women’s Sailing Team, which is based at USF St. Petersburg, is among 27 teams from across the country that will compete May 21-24 for the national Gerald C. Miller Trophy. Other races include team competitions for the Walter C. Wood Trophy, 25-27, … Continue reading
Students in the Field Experiential Methods course worked with this underwater sensing device.
By all indications, an experimental environmental science course taught for the first time during the spring semester was a big success. The undergraduate selected topics course, “Field Experiential Methods,” combined time in the classroom with hands-on field research in Tampa Bay. It was designed by David Fries, director of the Ecosystems Technology Group at the College of Marine Science. “This … 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
Visiting Graphic Design Instructor Erika Greenberg-Schneider with James Foster (left) and Sierra Schneider (right).
Two USF St. Petersburg Graphic Design Program students were honored recently by the local chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters at its annual Career Awards program at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Sierra Schneider of New Port Richey won first place and $3,000 and James Foster of St. Petersburg won second place and $2,000 in a competition … Continue reading