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 January 31, 2019 in News
The University of Tampa TECO Energy Center for Leadership in the Sykes College of Business will present the 2019 Leadership Summit, “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The event will be held from 7:15 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Crescent Club, located on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center.
The Leadership Summit will kick off with a presentation by keynote speaker Jen Shirkani, an emotional intelligence speaker and author of Choose Resilience and Ego vs EQ.
Posted January 31, 2019 in News
On Thursday, Feb. 7, The University of Tampa will host a reading by Erica Dawson, associate professor of English and writing and director of the MFA in Creative Writing program, who will share from her book-length poem, When Rap Spoke Straight to God. The event, which is part of the University’s Honors Program symposia series, begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Crescent Club on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center and is free and open to the public.
Posted January 30, 2019 in News
FLEX, the Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, will run from Feb. 6–10 in Tampa, with most screenings happening on The University of Tampa campus. All FLEX events are free and open to the public.
During this year’s five-day festival, nine programs of experimental short films and video and two programs of multi-projector expanded cinema will compete for prizes. With more than 750 submissions from 52 countries on six continents, FLEX organizers selected 81 for inclusion in the competition shows. FLEX is also showcasing selections of work by three jurors — including UT Professor of Film, Animation and New Media Dana Plays, Almudena Escobar López and Nazli Dinçel.
Posted January 30, 2019 in UT Life
Eric Freundt, director of UT’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry, said that students who participate in research and inquiry develop transferrable skills, such as critical thinking, communication and problem solving that are highly valued by employers and graduate programs.
It’s one such reason his office has been a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) for several years and recently announced that membership benefits that support faculty-mentored student research will now extend to all part-time and full-time faculty, staff and students at no cost to the individual
Posted January 28, 2019 in News
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, The University of Tampa will host a reading with spoken word poet and fiction writer Peuo Tuy as part of the Writers at the University series. The reading begins at 7 p.m. in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery and is free and open to the public.
A Cambodian-American, Tuy’s poetry collection, Khmer Girl, is inspired by the traumas of her life, including her family escaping the killing fields of their native country and facing the injustice of life as an immigrant in the United States. Her poetry, written and spoken, educates audiences about both the history and beauties of her Khmer heritage, as well as the effects Khmer culture had on her self-esteem as a girl and woman.