The University of Tampa has received a $250,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank America’s Most Convenient Bank® to develop a co-curricular experience to better support first generation and/or underrepresented students who have significant unmet financial need. [Read more…] about UT Receives Grant from TD Bank Foundation to Help Students Succeed
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UT Honors Program Fall Symposia Series Begins Sept. 10
The University of Tampa’s Fall 2018 Honors Program Symposia series will begin on Monday, Sept. 10, with Michael Coon, UT assistant professor of economics. His talk, “Local Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety,” will begin at 4 p.m. in the Trustees Boardroom in the Vaughn Center and is free and open to the public. [Read more…] about UT Honors Program Fall Symposia Series Begins Sept. 10
UT Announces Completion of Capital Campaign: More Than $160 Million Raised
The University of Tampa announced it successfully completed its second-ever comprehensive capital campaign — and raised more than $160 million. [Read more…] about UT Announces Completion of Capital Campaign: More Than $160 Million Raised
UT and Tampa Museum of Art Present Wednesday at Noon Performing Arts Series
The University of Tampa College of Arts and Letters and the Tampa Museum of Art are bridging the river with a new, collaborative performing arts series. [Read more…] about UT and Tampa Museum of Art Present Wednesday at Noon Performing Arts Series
UT Students Will Start the Year with Service at Into the Streets Aug. 24
On Friday, Aug. 24, University of Tampa students will start the academic year off by giving back to the Tampa Bay community during the University’s annual day of service, Into the Streets. The event is scheduled from 12:30–5 p.m., and volunteers will gather in the Martinez Athletics Center before loading into buses to volunteer at one of several sites in the community.
“Into the Streets is such a great way for incoming students to get acquainted with their new community,” said Liz Ho-Sing-Loy ’20, student coordinator for the PEACE Volunteer Center, which is organizing the event. “We hope that by providing the space for students to volunteer with Tampa nonprofits at the beginning of their time here at UT, we are opening the door for them to develop a passion for service and to continue to serve and build relationships with the community that is becoming their home.”
Into the Streets has become a UT tradition and is open to all students, faculty and staff. Organizers have space for 100 participants, and pre-registration is required through Engage.
Volunteers will work with several nonprofit organizations in the Tampa Bay community, including:
- Plant City Community Garden
- Tampa Bay Heights
- Zaksee Bird Sanctuary
- Feeding Tampa Bay
- The Spring
For more information, contact the PEACE Volunteer Center at [email protected] or (813) 253-6263.
The University of Tampa is a private, residential university located on 110 acres on the riverfront in downtown Tampa. Known for academic excellence, personal attention and real-world experience in its undergraduate and graduate programs, the University serves approximately 9,200 students from 50 states and 140 countries. Approximately 60 percent of full-time students live on campus, and more than half of UT students are from Florida.
University of Tampa Dumps Plastic Straws
Strawless initiative is part of University’s overall
plan to reduce single-use plastic on campus
The University of Tampa, in partnership with its dining services provider, Sodexo, has announced that dining facilities will no longer offer single-use plastic straws and stirrers. [Read more…] about University of Tampa Dumps Plastic Straws
University of Tampa to Host Films and Conversation with Independent Filmmaker Tour
The University of Tampa has been selected as a screening partner for the 2018-2019 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, a program facilitated by the nonprofit regional arts organization South Arts. [Read more…] about University of Tampa to Host Films and Conversation with Independent Filmmaker Tour
UT Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Study the Role Played by the Immigrant Communities of Tampa in Cuban Independence
Institute will increase awareness of how American immigrant
communities have helped usher in political transformations.
The University of Tampa has been awarded a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to offer a summer institute in 2019 focusing on the rise of the U.S. as a global power in the early 20th century as a consequence of its intervention in Cuba’s War of Independence. [Read more…] about UT Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Study the Role Played by the Immigrant Communities of Tampa in Cuban Independence
UT Named One of the Best Colleges by The Princeton Review
The University of Tampa has been again named by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education. [Read more…] about UT Named One of the Best Colleges by The Princeton Review
20th Anniversary of Good Friday/Belfast Agreement Discussed at UT Roundtable
The 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement/Belfast Agreement will be the topic of a roundtable discussion at The University of Tampa on Wednesday, May 23, at 4 p.m. in the Sword & Shield Room in the Martinez Athletics Center on campus.
The discussion is free and open to the public.
The roundtable discussion will be moderated by Liv Coleman, UT associate professor of political science. Roundtable participants will include: Richard Cushnie, deputy director of the Northern Ireland Bureau; Catherine Shannon, professor emerita of history at Westfield State University; Shane Stephens, consul general of Ireland in Atlanta; Aidan Hunt, son of John Hume; and Danny Kennedy, former minister of the Ulster Unionist Party.
Light refreshments will be served after the discussion.
The roundtable discussion is sponsored by the University of Tampa Office of International Programs, the Northern Ireland Bureau North America, the Consulate General of Ireland and the British Consulate-General Miami.
Following this event, a screening of the feature documentary In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America will take place at the Tampa Theater at 7 p.m.
