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 March 20, 2019 in News
In a ranking of MBA programs that stressed “fact based criteria,” The University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business was placed in the “Tier One” out of 144 schools in 25 countries worldwide. Additionally, UT’s Executive MBA (EMBA) program was ranked 34th out of 91 schools in the Tier One of EMBA programs.
The ranking was compiled by CEO Magazine in an effort to “cut through the noise and provide potential students with a performance benchmark for those schools under review.” The factors (and percentage weighting) for rankings included quality of faculty (34.95), international diversity (9.71), class size (9.71), accreditation (8.74), faculty to student ratio (7.76), price (5.83), international exposure (4.85), work experience (4.85), professional development (4.85), gender parity (4.85) and delivery methods (3.8).
Posted March 19, 2019 in News
The Dozier Winds, the woodwind quintet music performance team of the 282nd Army Band, will perform at The University of Tampa on Monday, March 25, from 10-11 a.m. The concert and master class will be held on campus in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values and is free and open to the public.
Posted March 14, 2019 in News
University of Tampa faculty from all disciplines in the Sykes College of Business will present their research at the college’s Faculty Research Day on Friday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held in the Sykes College of Business, Room 131.
Faculty Research Day, according to Frank Ghannadian, dean of the Sykes College of Business, is both a celebration of the faculty successes in publishing in journals and a recognition of how the college’s applied research helps the business community.
Posted March 14, 2019 in UT Life
Karlton Meadows M.S. ’16, M.S. ’18 should add professional juggler to his résumé. Though instead of juggling bowling pins or flaming torches, Meadows multitasks his way through a variety of endeavors: Olympic hopeful, entrepreneur and personal trainer, to name a few.Meadows, of Gary, IN, retired after 20 years with the U.S. Navy and walked on to UT’s track team at 45 years old while earning his master’s in exercise and nutrition science, which he finished in 2016. The same year he won a silver medal in the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championship. He returned to the classroom in August 2017, completing a master’s in entrepreneurship by 2018.
Posted March 13, 2019 in News
The Annual Student Juried Exhibition at The University of Tampa, featuring a variety of student artwork, will be held Monday, March 18, to Wednesday, April 3. The exhibit will be held in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, located on campus at the R.K Bailey Arts Studios at 310 N. Blvd, and is free and open to the public.
The Annual Student Juried Exhibition allows students of any major to display their artwork for the public. A variety of media will be presented, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, digital media, animations and mixed media.