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 September 25, 2017 in News
On Monday, Oct. 2, four University of Tampa faculty members will be joined by pianist Beth Waligorski in an evening of chamber music. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Plant Hall Grand Salon and is free and open to the public.
Faculty performers include Aric Brian, trumpet/flugelhorn; David Coasch, percussion; Barbara Prescott, flute; and Richard Sparrow, horn; playing music from the 20th and 21st centuries that is written for unconventional combinations of instruments. Almost all of the works on the program are by living composers, including Robert Baksa, John R. Beck, Eric Ewazen, Dwight Stone and Laurel Zucker.
Posted September 22, 2017 in UT Life
Kavin “Sam” Alderman’s Tampa home is full of pipes. The UT junior can look back at his young life and see the progression from Legos to science sets to now the genesis of a full-size pipe organ.
“I must have some engineer in me,” said Alderman ’19, a music major with a passion for organ – both constructing and playing it.
Alderman is building a pipe organ in his Tampa bedroom, a task he hopes is made easier with the skills he learned this summer in Massachusetts as an intern at C.B. Fisk Organ making reed boots, which contain all the moving parts of the reed pipe, and doing a lot of metal rounding and soldering. He also cut enough wood to make two octaves of wooden pipes.
Posted September 21, 2017 in News
For 21 years, Xcira (formerly known as Auction Management Solutions Inc.) has been an independent, technology-based infrastructure supplier for the asset disposition industry. As the co-founder of Xcira, Rabenold created a company that is recognized as the pioneer of bringing value-add technology to the asset disposition industry. She also is the lead inventor on several issued and pending patents.
Posted September 20, 2017 in News
On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Gina Duncan, Equality Florida’s director of transgender equality, will discuss “Transgender Dynamics in Trump’s America” as part of The University of Tampa’s Honors Program symposia series. Duncan’s talk will begin at 4 p.m. in the Plant Hall Grand Salon.
Posted September 19, 2017 in News
The comparison between Watergate and the present Russia/Trump investigation will be explored by UT Professor of History Terry Parssinen at a presentation on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
The presentation will be held in the Music Room at UT’s Plant Hall. The public is welcome to attend this free event.
According to Parssinen, potentially many of the elements of the two investigations are similar: cover-up of illegal activity, engaging in criminal activity to try to fix the result of a presidential election and personality disorders. Yet, there are differences as well: lack of definitive evidence (“smoking gun”), and different political climates.