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 November 19, 2018 in UT Life
As Jasmine Velez ’19 secured chains on a prisoner in the Hillsborough County Courthouse and escorted him into the prisoner elevator, she knew this was a job most students don’t have the opportunity to experience. She sat down in the courtroom next to the prisoner and reflected as she realized working in law enforcement would become her future.“Although it can be scary at times, working with criminals is definitely a rewarding experience,” said Velez.
Posted November 16, 2018 in News
University of Tampa graduate students Emilia Meo and Zac Herman were selected as the first place team in the 2018 CREATE Business Idea Pitch Competition Finals on Nov. 2 coordinated through the Sykes College of Business’ Lowth Entrepreneurship Center.
Meo and Herman showcased their business idea, SEED Classroom, which is a mobile application that allows teachers to utilize mobile devices as a tool for education, while ensuring that students are on task. In this application, teachers are notified when students have left the SEED app and have opened a new one. This holds students accountable throughout the day. Additionally, SEED functions as a live hall pass. The program is meant to create a productive learning environment and ensure students are engaged in the classroom.
Posted November 15, 2018 in UT Life
He’s tapping his feet, drumming his fingers and bobbing his head. But ask Elwood Bond ’20 if he’s nervous, and the answer is no. He’s quietly practicing.
“I’m a menace to be around,” said Bond, a music education major whose principle instrument is contemporary percussion. “There are patterns with the lower half of my body that I know I need to do. While soloing, they tell you to put this kind of pattern on auto-pilot. If I can talk while doing this and keep it going, I know I can mess around with my hands and do whatever I want.”
Posted November 12, 2018 in News
On Sunday, Nov. 18, The University of Tampa will present a recital of modern masterworks for piano featuring pianist, harpsichordist, chamber musician and composer Duncan J. MacMillan. The recital begins at 3 p.m. in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values and is free and open to the public.
This recital will present beautiful new works for solo piano written by American composers Michael Hennagin, Stephen Sewell and William Rea. The program includes Hennagin’s Piano Sonata No. 4; Sewell’s The Solemn Lady, Edward Variations and Sonata 1993; and Rea’s A Dissimulation of Birds and Before Breathlessly Melting Into Air. All the works on the program are pieces written for and dedicated to MacMillan.
Posted November 09, 2018 in News
The Princeton Review and Bloomberg Businessweek have both again named The University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business as one of the best business schools in the world.
For the13th year in a row, Princeton Review named the Sykes College of Business as an outstanding business school and one of the 252 outstanding on-campus MBA programs. The Princeton Review features the school in the book Best Business Schools for 2019.