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 August 14, 2018 in News
The University of Tampa, in partnership with its dining services provider, Sodexo, has announced that dining facilities will no longer offer single-use plastic straws and stirrers.
UT President Ronald Vaughn said UT and Sodexo chose to make the change due to the detrimental environmental impacts of plastic straws.“Especially being in Florida, on the bank of the Hillsborough River, we want to improve the health of our nearby waterways and oceans, and reduce our overall environmental impact,” Vaughn said. “Removing plastic straws and other plastic products helps with the much bigger sustainability issue.”
Posted August 14, 2018 in UT Life
Emily Sanner ’19 woke up in Mozambique for a month this summer. She’d interact with students learning English at the American Culture Center, visit the U.S. Embassy and Ambassador and tour the Naval and Army academies, interacting with cadets from Mozambique’s defense force and learning how they live and train.
“Participating in the program was extremely worthwhile and meaningful, and I wish every cadet in every ROTC program could have an experience like that,” said Sanner, of Hadley, PA. “It’s critical that the leaders of today’s Army understand and respect cultural differences. It’s also important that we see the world through other people’s lenses and realize how small America truly is compared to the rest of the world.”
Posted August 13, 2018 in News
The University of Tampa’s Scarfone/Hartley Gallery will kick off its 2018-2019 season with a showcase of remarkable artistic works by the faculty in the College of Arts and Letters’ Department of Art and Design. The exhibition runs from Aug. 24–Sept. 14, with an opening reception on Friday, Aug. 24, from 7-9 p.m.
The UT Art and Design All Faculty Showcase provides a glimpse into the variety and expertise of the Art and Design professors and adjunct faculty, featuring photography, painting, sculpture, digital media, drawings, prints and installations.
Posted August 10, 2018 in News
The University of Tampa has been awarded a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to offer a summer institute in 2019 focusing on the rise of the U.S. as a global power in the early 20th century as a consequence of its intervention in Cuba’s War of Independence.
The four-week institute, “José Martí and the Immigrant Communities of Florida in Cuban Independence and the Dawn of the American Century,” will take place on the UT campus from June 17 to July 13, 2019. Up to 25 university and college professors from throughout the U.S. will be selected to participate.
Posted August 07, 2018 in News
The University of Tampa has been again named by The Princeton Review as one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education.
The rankings, listed in the book The Best 384 Colleges, are based on surveys of 138,000 students at 384 top colleges.
"We picked the 384 'best' colleges for our book primarily for their outstanding academics; we highly recommend each one," said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review's editor-in-chief and the book's lead author.