Barnes & Noble USF St. Petersburg Opens Tuesday The grand opening of the new Barnes & Noble USF St. Petersburg superstore is Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. The new bookstore is located at 500 Third Street South. The event will include music, samples from the bookstore café and prizes. For more information click here Festival of Reading Returns to Campus The 14th Annual St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading is taking place Saturday, Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will once again be held here at USF St. Petersburg. More than 60 celebrated authors will be in attendance and among them some of our own faculty authors. Full story... Academic Success Center Helps Improve SATs With colleges becoming more competitive each year, students need to work harder to set themselves apart from the crowd. USF St. Petersburg’s Academic Success Center offers Pinellas County high school students a free eight-week SAT preparation program on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Full story... Graduate Scholarships Available Education graduate students have a new opportunity for funding their studies. The College of Education has a new scholarship for up to 35 new students interested in obtaining their master’s degree or certificate in Special Education and ESOL; Elementary Education and ESOL; and Reading. Full story... Submit Your Outstanding Graduate Nominations It's time to submit nominations for this year's Outstanding Graduate Award. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional achievement in leadership, community service, work experience and schol spirit Read more on submitting your nomiation. Campus Air Conditioning Improvements in the Works Construction has begun on the chiller plant in front of Bayboro Hall. Facilities Planning is working to double the capacity of the central chillers to support recent and planned growth on campus. Starting Monday, Oct. 30 the parking lot in front of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library will be closed due. Handicapped parking for the Library will still be accessible. Gubernatorial Watch Party on Tuesday After the recent studentvoter registration drive, the USF St. Petersburg Center for Civic Engagement, in partnership with Leadership Florida, is engating students gubernatorial election. Full story... Mark Your Calendar for Homecoming Events The University of South Florida will celebrate Homecoming from Monday, Oct. 30-Saturday, Nov. 4. This year’s Homecoming, known as SuperBull X, is very special. It marks ten years of celebrations that have included football, and makes SuperBull the longest running USF tradition. Full story... World Trade Center I-Beam Visits USFSP  A piece of an I-beam from the World Trade Center was on display in Davis Lobby on Wednesday, Oct. 12 to honor National Fire Prevention Week. Representatives from the Florida State Fire Marshall Department answered questions about the exhibit. New University Relations Coordinator University Relations has hired Erika Llenza as its new University Relations Coordinator. Llenza was promoted from the Marketing Writer position, where her responsibilities included developing collateral materials to assist in the recruitment of prospective students. She has a background in radio promotions and public relations agency work and is working on her master’s degree in public relations at USF Tampa. Her new responsibilities include media relations and campus communications. Please contact her about campus events or suggestions for Enews stories or media coverage. She can be reach at ellenza@stpt.usf.edu. Special Barnes & Noble Discount for Faculty and Staff Fridays are Spirit Days for non-uniform employees. USF St. Petersburg, in partnership with Barnes & Noble will offer a special opening-day discount of 25 percent to faculty and staff on USF and USF St. Petersburg clothing and gift items. Full story...  October 19, 2006 USF St. Petersburg faculty and staff will receive a one day 25 percent discount on USF clothing and gift items at the Barnes & Noble USF St. Petersburg grand opening. USF St. Petersburg Homepage Campus Calendar of Events USF St. Petersburg News eNews Archive Subscribe to eNews USF Bulletin Send a USF St. Petersburg Postcard To submit news, events and announcements, Click here. The deadline is the Friday prior to Wednesday publication. See the Top News at USF St. Petersburg. Volunteers for the St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading are still needed to help set-up on Oct. 27 and for the day of the event. Contact Sudsy Tschiderer at 3-4842. It's not too late to join the USF St. Petersburg Pet Walk team. The team will participate in the SPCA Tampa Bay annual Pet Walk on Saturday Oct. 28. Donations are being accepted. 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