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 April 18, 2016 in News
The always popular spring Dance Happening will take place April 27–29 at The University of Tampa, featuring popular music and student dancers from all parts of the University community. The show begins at 8 p.m. in UT’s Falk Theater on Kennedy Boulevard opposite campus and is free and open to the public.Dance Happening will feature choreography by UT students in a range of dance styles, including hip hop, tap, modern, lyrical and jazz, with 70 students participating.
Posted April 15, 2016 in UT Life
When a group of six UT students started researching ways to create social enterprises that increase the income of people living in crowded urban spaces, they realized a lack of investment capital was a glaring niche.OptiMrkt provides an online platform for the more than 200 million micro entrepreneurs in India, group members say. Artisans are able to seek capital and sell their goods through OptiMrkt and receive funds and repay their loans through their cell phones in a mobile wallet account.
Posted April 13, 2016 in News
A number of hot button issues, including LGBTQ equality and the Syrian refugee crisis, will be up for discussion at The University of Tampa’s fifth annual Human Rights Day Conference on Saturday, April 23. Conference attendees will investigate and celebrate human rights through panels, presentations and creative works from UT faculty and students as well as outside speakers.The event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center and is free and open to the public.
Posted April 13, 2016 in News
On Tuesday, April 19, The University of Tampa will wrap up its 2015-2016 Writers at the University series with readings by two award-winning poets, Helen Pruitt Wallace and Syvia Curbelo. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery on campus and is free and open to the public.
Posted April 11, 2016 in UT Life
When asked to make a film for her documentary film class, Kaitlyn Traurig ’16 headed two hours south to Lee County to scout out some possibilities.Having grown up in Fort Myers, she was familiar with the area and with her mom’s stories about the law enforcement officers she worked with in the county’s legal system. It was Spring 2015, just fresh off the Ferguson, MO, protests following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer.
“With everything going on in the media, seeing how people in the community were reacting, I wanted to give insight to what the deputies are feeling,” said Traurig, a film major with a minor in communication. “I felt this was a great way to see the other side.”