SARASOTA FL – New College of Florida’s Public Archaeology Lab can’t wait to live up to the “public” part of its name.
At a groundbreaking ceremony this week, school officials said the $525,000 facility has been designed with community
involvement in mind. Elementary and secondary students and their teachers, archaeological [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (Mar. 12, 2010) – The The University of South Florida School of Architecture + Community Design was recently recognized by the magazine Architect for excelling in community design in its new guide to architecture schools. Coincidentally, an excellent example of the school’s community design program in action has just made the shortlist [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (March 11, 2010) – Governor Charlie Crist has named two prominent University of South Florida alumni to USF’s Board of Trustees, Jordan B. Zimmerman of Boca Raton, founder and chairman of Zimmerman Advertising, to replace Kiran Patel, and Byron Shinn of Bradenton, president of Shinn & Company, LLC, to succeed Sonja Garcia. [...]

In honor of Mote Marine Laboratory’s 55th anniversary this year, the Florida House passed a resolution on Wednesday, March 10, recognizing the nonprofit organization as a “powerhouse of near-shore marine research” and commended its “tireless pursuit of answers to some of the ocean’s most pressing questions” and its efforts to share “its knowledge with the [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (Mar. 9, 2010) – In recognition of her significant contributions to liberal arts scholarship, Jewel Spears Brooker will be awarded the University of South Florida Humanities Institute’s second Distinguished Humanities Graduate Award Mar. 18. The award honors USF alumni who illustrate the academic strength of the university through their achievements within, and [...]

Applications for the scholarship are due June 1, 2010.
Executives from charitable agencies seeking to hone their business skills – and apply them in the non-profit arena – are invited to apply for a $21,500 scholarship to the Executive MBA program at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Covering half the expenses of the [...]

Plant City – Hillsborough Community College’s Plant City Campus will be hosting its annual job fair on Tuesday, March 16th. Anyone seeking employment is encouraged to attend this free event which will also feature career skills training and job placement.
Participating employers include:
Argosy University City of Plant City
ComForcare Senior Services
Florida Surveying & Mapping [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (March 10, 2010) – A process developed by a team of USF researchers which converts common organic materials such as sawdust, yard clippings and even horse manure into jet fuel is among an elite group of 12 projects named as semi-finalists in the prestigious Global Venture Challenge 2010.
The patent-pending project will compete March [...]

Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota), FL. March 9, 2010. Training for Entrepreneurs.com, an on-line business skills training and virtual resource center for aspiring, start up, and experienced entrepreneurs, made an announcement today about their promotional, Complementary VIP Passport that –for a limited time only–entitles entrepreneurs to experience a free, one-year Select level membership in Training for Entrepreneurs.com™. [...]

SARASOTA, March 8, 2010 – USF Sarasota-Manatee presents the first Roundtable discussion of the Environmental Economics Policy Forum series on Thursday, March 25th from 3:30-5:30pm in the Selby Auditorium. This two-part roundtable will focus first on policies and secondly on best practices regarding regional water usage. Despite our state, and specifically the [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (Mar. 5, 2010) – Turbulent times – individuals, families and children are in crisis. Meanwhile, resources are shifting for local, statewide and national social service agencies everywhere, impacting the level and quality of government and private assistance communities can count on to address their needs. Social workers, the people who step [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (Mar. 5, 2010) – The University of South Florida is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Eisenberg, Ph.D. to a five-year term as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Eisenberg has served in an interim capacity since August 2008. He will continue to lead the largest college at [...]