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 January 30, 2015 in News
The 2014 national championship University of Tampa volleyball team received a commendation from the Tampa City Council on Thursday morning with the presentation of the program's honors.
Head coach Chris Catanach was also presented with a plaque noting the commendation, with council members Charlie Miranda and Mike Suarez taking time to praise The University of Tampa athletic program.Posted January 27, 2015 in News
The University of Tampa will welcome John G. Taft, CEO of RBC Wealth Management, on Thursday, Feb. 5, who will speak as part of the Sykes Hall of Fame Speaker Series.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. in Falk Theatre, 428 W. Kennedy Blvd., with networking and coffee. The presentation, Back from the Brink of Disaster! Reinventing Capitalism, begins at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.
Posted January 26, 2015 in News
Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 27, The University of Tampa’s Scarfone/Hartley Gallery will present Electronics Alive VIII, a biennial invitational exhibition of computer animations, digital video, interactive digital work and virtual spaces from around the world. The exhibition will run through March 6 and is free and open to the public.
The exhibition features works by UT professors as well as artists from across the globe, including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Iran, Israel, Netherlands, Poland and the UK.
Posted January 26, 2015 in UT Life
Learning by Doing: Inquiry-based Experiential Education is a campus-wide initiative to increase hands-on, practical and real-world opportunities for UT students.
“Learning by doing is of course not new to UT, as it is rooted in our mission statement. But this new QEP, with its focus on undergraduate research and internships, anchors learning by doing at the very heart of the curriculum,” said Provost David Stern, vice president of academic affairs.
Posted January 22, 2015 in News
John M. Barrett ’87, MBA ’96, president and CEO of First Citrus Bank, will speak at The University of Tampa on Monday, Feb. 2. Barrett’s talk, part of the TECO Energy Center for Leadership Speaker Series, begins at 4 p.m. in the Sykes College of Business building, Room 134. The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.Barrett earned his undergraduate degree from UT by attending night classes and owned and managed a lawn maintenance business for several years while working full time at a prominent downtown Tampa law firm. At the age of 34, Barrett started Tampa-based First Citrus Bank with his colleagues on the board, and continues to serve the company as president and CEO today.