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 28, 2015 in News
Gary B. Grant has been named by The University of Tampa as the vice president for development and university relations. He will begin his duties at UT on June 1.
As vice president, Grant will lead the fundraising, alumni and communications functions at UT and work collaboratively with various individuals and organizations across the UT campus and the Tampa Bay area. He will assist UT President Ronald Vaughn in increasing philanthropic support of the University, increasing public awareness of UT, building relationships and securing private support from donors. Grant will also serve as a key advisor to Vaughn on all advancement and university relations topics, and other institutional issues.
Grant comes to UT with more than 25 years of experience in advancement, which started as a phonathon caller as a freshman student at the University of Chicago.
Posted April 21, 2015 in News
“Everything from Bach to Broadway” will be presented at The University of Tampa concert featuring a women’s choir, Camerata, and Chamber Singers, a mixed choir, on Monday, May 4.
Pieces include, among others, “Come Sweet Death” by J.S. Bach and “Nyon Nyon” by Jake Runested.
“The singers have fallen in love with this one,” Hebert said of the latter work. “The words make no sense, but the overall effect is that of a techno club with sound effects, percussion, sirens and pure fun.”
Posted April 21, 2015 in UT Life
Kelly Fitzgerald ’15 became intrigued by the cultural significance of tattoos, especially among indigenous groups, through her extensive travels.
While in Thailand, she said she encountered numerous Buddhist monks who wear protective yantra tattoos and a Maori woman who wore a moko (tattoo) tattoo on her lips and chin to symbolize her grief at the death of a venerated elder.
“As a result of my research I have learned quite a bit about the history of tattooing and how much culture affects perspective on practices such as tattooing,” said Fitzgerald, who has been awarded a 2015-2016 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Indonesia. “With my topic, everyone has their own opinions that are highly influenced by ingrained cultural biases. By comparing cultures, I have unearthed cultural biases held within my own culture that I did not recognize before.”
Posted April 20, 2015 in News
This year’s Dance Happening at The University of Tampa will feature pieces that explore everything from a challenge dance to dancing for the pure joy of the movement.
The show, which will be held on the evenings of April 29-May 2, begins in the Reeves Theater in the Vaughn Center at UT at 8 p.m.Posted April 20, 2015 in News
The University of Tampa will screen its students’ best short films, including the best experimental, narrative and documentary films, at the Black Box Film Festival at UT’s Falk Theatre on May 2, 2015.
The festival, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is free and open to the public.The festival programming mirrors UT’s Film and Media Arts curriculum, which includes a full range of film production courses ranging from narrative, to documentary and experimental production, and advanced post-production, to producing and senior seminar.