Alumni Golf Tournament This Weekend

   The Pinellas County Alumni Chapter’s Summer Classic Golf Tournament is this Saturday, July 10 at Westin Innisbrook to benefit USF St. Petersburg scholarships.

   The tournament has limited spots still available. The scramble has an 8 a.m. shotgun start and the entry fee of $100 per golfer includes green fees, golf cart, on-course beverages, lunch and admission to the award ceremony and silent auction.

   To register online, go to www.alumni.usf.edu or contact Brad Settel, tournament director, at 727-510-9925.

Fall Application Deadlines Extended

   The deadline for domestic, undergraduate and transfer student applications is midnight August 1 for USF St. Petersburg, USF Lakeland and USF Sarasota/Manatee. To alert local students of the extension, ads are running in several Bay Area newspapers.

    Applications for “former students returning” have been extended to August 1 for all campuses. This is considered any degree-seeking undergraduate student who has not earned his/her degree, who has not been enrolled at USF in any of the last three terms, and who wishes to re-enroll.

   For more information or to direct a student to regist, please call Rosemary Trukenbrod, enrollment services administrative assistant, at 3-4879.

Administrative Titles Reflect Campus Nomenclature

   To reflect the change of title that Regional Chancellor Karen A. White received in February, titles for administrators such as Abdul Nasser, associate vice president for administration and finance, have changed. Nasser’s working title has changed to Regional Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance.

     White said the working titles are now more reflective of USF St. Petersburg’s reporting structure and the duties of the administrative team. These new titles do not affect the salaries of the administrative team.

    In addition to Nasser, working titles have changed for Charles L. Brown, now Regional Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, James S. Malek, Interim Regional Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Christopher F. D'Elia, Regional Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Community Partnerships and Holly Kickliter, Regional Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations.

New Parking Permit Machine Coming Soon

   Visitors to campus will soon be able to purchase a parking permit after hours. A parking permit machine is being installed this month at the Welcome Center on the corner of 5th Avenue South and 2nd Street. The daily permits cost $3 and the machine, accessible by drive-thru and walk-up, will accept coins, dollars and credit cards, but change will not be available.

   “This machine will make a night and day difference for parking on this campus,” said Rusty Richmond, coordinator of public safety. “It is currently difficult for guests for special events to visit the campus, especially early in the morning and at night. Having a machine where people can easily drive up and purchase a permit will be wonderful.”

   On the day of purchase, staff, faculty, students and guests can park in any green space on the St. Petersburg campus and should display the permit on their car dashboard.

Committee Offers On-Campus Student Service

      Last month, USF St. Petersburg became the first regional campus to provide students with the services of a local Academic Regulations Committee, an important step toward operational autonomy for the campus, said Kevin Coughlin, ARC chair and director of admissions and records.

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Professor to Participate in Distinguished Lectureship

   The Organization of American Historians has invited Professor Raymond Arsenault to participate in their nationally recognized Distinguished Lectureship Program for 2004-2005. This program offers institutions the ability to invite speakers who have made major contributions to U.S. history.

   Professor Arsenault directs the University Honors Program, co-directs the Florida Studies program and is a John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History, and has written two prizewinning books on Southern politics and society. Additionally, he is the author of the forthcoming Freedom Riders and coeditor, with Jack Davis, of the forthcoming Paradise Lost? The Environmental History of Florida.

Professor Receives Community Service Award

   On June 8, Bill Heller, PhD, professor of special education, was awarded the Community Service Award by the prestigious Leadership St. Petersburg Alumni Association. The association recognized Heller with this distinguished award for his “outstanding contributions to the community."

New Café and Computer Store at Tampa Bookstore

   The USF Tampa Bookstore has opened a new café on the mezzanine level that serves Starbucks Coffee with a menu featuring sandwiches, soups and desserts. The café also will be open for breakfast.

    Additionally, the second floor of the bookstore now has a USF Computer Store for computer and technology software that is open Monday through Saturday.

Program puts reading within reach

St. Petersburg Times  

   The diminutive third-grader arrived at summer reading camp early on a May morning with three strikes against him.

    Diagnosed as emotionally mentally handicapped, his IQ hovered somewhere around 70. He had failed third grade. And he could barely read.

    Six weeks later, under the tutelage of caring teachers, at least one of his challenges had begun to recede. The child had learned how to read a book.

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