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Feb. 14, 2007
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Genshaft to Discuss Strategic Plan
 USF President Judy Genshaft and Trustee Lee Arnold will
be on campus tomorrow, Feb. 16 to lead a USF Strategic Planning Town
Hall Meeting. The session will be held in DAV 130 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to take part in the strategic
planning discussion.
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Journalists and War
 This weekend, journalists, media critics, academics and
a Pentagon spokesperson will examine the role of journalism in war at
the Journalist & War Conference Feb. 16-17 in Steidinger
Auditorium.
This line up of experts,
including Corey Flintoff, NPR newscaster currently reporting from
Baghdad, will explore the ins and outs, challenges, philosophies and
logistics to chronicling a thing called war.
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Summit on Homeless
The City of St. Petersburg is holding a "Summit on
Homelessness" at the Campus Activities Center Saturday, Feb. 24
from 8 a.m.-noon.
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Hotel
Rwanda Hero Shares Story
Presented by Bank of America and the Sembler/Florida
Holocaust Museum Speaker Series at the College of Education.
Paul Rusesabagina will present his lecture "Hotel
Rwanda: A Lesson Yet to Be Learned" for the Explore the World
lecture series Sunday, Feb. 25 in the Campus Activities Center at 1
p.m.
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out more...
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Double-Digit Increase in
Applications
Freshman applications are up more than 63 percent from
just one year ago. Last year at this time 399 students had applied to
USFSP. This year that number has jumped to 651.
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Over 2 Million Served
USF St. Petersburg's notoriety is growing as evidenced
by the increase in spring student credit hours and fall applications.
There is another tell-tale sign that word is out about this downtown,
waterfront campus: the Web.
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Conference Discusses Overlapping of Senses
The Sixth Annual National
Meeting of the American Synesthesia Association at USF St. Petersburg
opened with a request most don't hear often:
"Leave your cell phones
and pagers on so many of us can experience a world of colors and
shapes," said Pat Duffy, co-founder of the ASA. "Although, we
may argue upon which colors and shapes."
Her opening set the stage for
a conference focusing on a topic unlike any other and attracting an
eclectic mix of attendees including synesthetes, scholars, researchers
and students.
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Sailing Team Has Outstanding Weekend
 The USF Sailing Team showed exceptional teamwork
the weekend of Feb. 3-4 with a winning margin of 21 points over 17
other South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association teams. The
team competed at a combined SP-1 and NP-1 regatta hosted at the College
of Charleston.
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Students Needed for Photo Shoot
The College of Education needs student volunteers for a
photo shoot Monday, Feb. 19 from 2-6 p.m. Graduate and undergraduate
students are invited to participate.
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Nominate a Distinguished Alumnus
The USF Alumni Association Pinellas County Chapter is
now accepting nominations for the 2007 Pinellas County Distinguished
Alumni Award. All nomination materials are due by Friday, March 9 at 5
p.m.
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Outstanding Students, Outstanding Organizations
The Office of Student Life is now accepting nominations
for its new awards program recognizing the leaders, programs and events
that make USFSP a better place for everyone. Awards will be presented
at the Leadership & Involvement Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 20
in the Campus Activities Center.
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New Service from Campus Computing
You can now access administrative applications in GEMS,
FAST and Oasis, connect to your personal or departmental drive and
access on-campus Web sites from yourr home computer as easily as you do
on campus.
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The College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council created
a bulletin board/listserv to post discussion of university business
that is conducted outside of regular Faculty Council meetings.
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Call for Women's History Month Events
The Office of Multicultural Affairs would like to help
you advertise your Women's History Month programs. Each year,
Multicultural Affairs produces calendar flyers for Black History Monty,
Hispanic Heritage Month and Women's History Month that are distributed
strategically both on and off campus.
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24th Annual
Faculty and Staff Softball Event and Taste of Bulls Country
The 24th Annual USF Faculty and Staff Softball Event and
Taste of Bulls is Saturday, March 24 at the USF Softball Complex on
Sycamore Drive and under the Oaks east of the USF Soccer Stadium.
Softball games start at 9 a.m., and there will be activities for
children, as well as food and refreshments from Bulls Country restaurants
and beverage vendors from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
USFSP faculty and staff
interested in playing softball at the event as part of the intrepid
Wharf Rats, please contact Marcus Berry in Recreation at 727-873-4202.
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