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Sykes Named a Best Business School or the second year in a row, the John H. Sykes College of Business at The Univer- F sity of Tampa has been named by the Princeton Review as an outstanding business school — and one of the 290 best business schools in the world. The Princeton Review fea- tures the school in the recently published 2008 “The College edition of “Best 290 Business Schools.” The Princeton Review compiled the list of Business based on its surveys of 19,000 students attend- ing the 290 business schools in the book, and is renowned on school-reported data. In the write up, UT students are quoted as saying that “teamwork for graduating and leadership skills” are “the focus of this MBA A UT professor works with students in one of the wireless classrooms in program,” and that professors here “have a gen- the John H. Sykes College of Business. students who are uine interest in students’ success and academic endeavors.” Students also praise the “beautiful pacts in the business community,” Ghannadian well prepared to campus” with “state-of-the-art facilities.” said. In fact, he added, numerous businesses Dr. Frank Ghannadian, dean of the College recruit annually at The University of Tampa, make immediate of Business, said students at UT are successful including Franklin Templeton, Ernst & Young, in that they have ample opportunities to mix Deloitte Services Inc., HSBC, Citigroup, Geico, impacts in classroom work with real Verizon Wireless, Raymond James Financial and world business applica- SunTrust Bank. the business tion. The Princeton Review listed only those “The College of schools accredited by the Association to Advance community.” Business is renowned Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The John — Dr. Frank Ghannadian, for graduating students H. Sykes College of Business is one of only 19 pri- Dean of the College of who are well prepared vate schools in the Southeast accredited at both Business to make immediate im- the graduate and undergraduate levels. UT Target Looks to UT for Big Business Ideas ike any business, Target Corp. is con- Strategic Assessment broke up into groups of stantly looking for creative, out of the box four to analyze the problems and seek creative L solutions for its retail business challenges. solutions. So this fall it looked to business students at The A professor picked the top four proposals, University of Tampa for fresh ideas. and Target chose which group’s solution was Target gave UT students two case studies, the most creative, realistic and best presented. on how Target can recruit top hourly and exec- The winner was chosen on Dec. 7. utive team members and on how the company It was the first time Target has coordinated can use technology to increase grocery sales such a program on UT’s campus. Executives at its SuperTarget stores. Groups of students in hoped it would “expose students to actual chal- the Sykes College of Business class Practical lenges that retailers face in today’s competitive

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Record-Setting Enrollment Continues he fall after celebrating its 75th anniver- This year’s entering class consists of 1,500 sary, The University of Tampa has set new students. The University continues to be T another record for number of students. more selective, this year accepting only 49 per- This year’s total — including graduates and un- cent of its undergraduate applicants, down from What’s Your dergraduates — is 5,601, up 4 percent from last 51 percent last year. Twenty-two percent of the year’s total of 5,367. This year’s total enrollment students were eligible for the University’s distin- UT IQ? is almost twice UT’s enrollment 10 years ago. guished Honors Program. When it comes to UT, you “First year applications were up 8 percent UT President Ronald L. Vaughn said the probably know the history down pat. You know that and transfer applications increased by 11 per- University’s growth mirrors the excitement and Plant Hall used to be the cent over the previous year — all healthy signs momentum of the campus in all its areas. Hotel. And that of UT’s increased visibility in the marketplace,” “More and more people are seeing The Uni- the UT football team won the versity of Tampa as a place where students can Tangerine Bowl in 1972. But said Barbara Strickler, UT’s vice president for did you know that six new enrollment. get a top-notch education in a vibrant academic residence halls have been The breakdown is as follows: setting,” Vaughn said. “UT has a dynamic atmo- built on campus in the past Total undergraduate enrollment rose to sphere and will continue producing outstanding 10 years? Or that today there • are more than 120 student 4,893, a 3 percent increase from last year. graduates and gaining in national and interna- organizations on campus? • Graduate students now number 708, up tional reputation.” UT To educate various audi- from 633 in 2006 — a 12 percent increase. ?ences about UT’s past and present, University admin- Nearly all U.S. states are represented in the student enrollment istrators occasionally bring mix of undergraduates. Approximately 50 per- 6,000 out the “UT Pop Quiz,” which cent of all UT students hail from – and consists of multiple choice more than half of those are from Hillsborough 5,000 and true-false questions. The t questions range from the and Pinellas counties. en 4,000 University’s enrollment, eco- Almost 90 percent of UT students are full- llm nomic impact and outstand- enro

time, and, of the full-time undergraduates, 67 t ing alumni. 3,000 Here are a couple sample percent live on campus. Students are housed in den tu s

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What proportion of UT’s 448-bed Stadium — all built or reno- t full-time undergraduate vated since 1998. 1,000 students lives on campus? Of all undergraduate and graduate students, A. 20 percent 0 B. 50 percent 42 percent are male, and 58 percent are female. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 C. 70 percent True or False: A UT alum- nus started for the 1996 and 1998 World Champion New Arts to do ut.edu calendar of events York Yankees. @ Think you can ace the @ 8 p.m. Thursday, 2 and 8 january FEBRUARY APRIL exam? Take the full, 10- Wed. Jan., 9-Sun., Jan. 13 Thurs., Feb. 14 p.m. on Friday Fri., April 4-Thurs., May 1 question quiz at www. ADDYS Tampa Bay Gallery talk/Performance University of Tampa Annual ut.edu/utpopquiz. All who Ad Federation Annual by Joyce J. Scott MARCH Juried Student Exhibition participate will receive a UT Competition Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Sat., March 15-Thurs., Scarfone/Hartley Gallery alumni decal. Scarfone/Hartley Gallery 11 a.m. March 27 Next Generation & 11th Fri., April 11 Wed., Jan. 9 Wed., Feb. 20 Congressional District Opening reception, student Gallery Night Gallery talk by Leslie King High School Art Exhibition awards, and friends of the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Hammond Scarfone/Hartley Gallery gallery honored 6-9 p.m. Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Sun., March 16 Mon., Jan. 28-Thurs., 1 p.m. 7-9 p.m. Opening reception March 6 Thurs., Feb. 21- Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Wed., April 30-Sat. May 3 Artist Joyce J. Scott Sat., Feb. 23 2-4 p.m. Spring Dance Happening Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Spring Dance Concert Edison Building Reeves Theater 8 p.m. A complete listing of University events can be found at www.ut.edu.

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Stadium Center Opens ore than 150 people came to toast The facility also the University’s newest residence brings the total num- M hall on Sept. 6. ber of dining stations Stadium Center hosted a grand opening on campus to 22, and celebration, allowing the University community features an old world to get a look at the $45 million mixed-use facil- Italian eatery named ity. The restaurants offered samples from their Pandini’s; a coffee menus, and Sodexho Dining Services offered a and bakery place free lunch to all guests. called Jazzman’s; President Ronald L. Vaughn recognized the Salsa Rico, which team that made the building possible and said serves fajitas, burritos that, because of the addition of Stadium Center, and tacos with fresh no students would stay in hotels this year. tortillas and home- “This is an exciting project,” Vaughn said. made guacamole; The University celebrated the grand opening of Stadium Center on Sept. 6, “It further ensures that students can live in a the Gourmet Grocer, with hand-crafted artisan and Sodexho treated 150 people to a comfortable residential environment on cam- sandwiches, wholesome premium convenience free lunch. pus, which will augment their academic experi- items and savory hot soups; Sedona Grill, with ences.” flavors from around the world and a South- The residence hall houses 448 students on western flair; and a Dairy Queen/Orange Julius. T-shirts the second through seventh floors. Every room Prices for items are as-marked. That is wired for Internet access and wireless service Another option is Panache, an upscale student enrollment Make a is available in the first floor dining lounge and restaurant offering contemporary fusion cuisine Difference in outdoor seating areas. The second floor also in a secluded setting. The cost for faculty and This fall the UT book contains a lounge, vending area, laundry and staff to dine at Panache is $7.95, and it is open store began selling organic a community room for meetings, training ses- Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The public cotton T-shirts made in sions and special events. is welcome to dine in any of the restaurants sub-Saharan Africa with the words “How do I live?” during regular serving hours. UT emblazoned on the front. On the back, the shirts answer, “I live to make a differ- ence,” above a silhouette Big Business Ideas when it comes to food?” Students were then of Africa. The shirts, from edun LIVE, are part of the continued from page 1 expected to develop a strategy, perform a SWOT fair trade movement, which (strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats) marketplace,” and incorporate classroom learn- seeks to provide fair wages 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 analysis, explore topics including price, prod- to workers in developing ing into real world business challenges. uct, marketing, trends and economy, and make countries. The shirts go Dr. Jody Tompson, associate professor of from “grower to sewer,” recommendations. management and director of the Naimoli Insti- according to the tags, and The Target Case Study Program was well a large percentage of the tute for Business Strategy said the competition suited for testing at The University of Tampa, purchase price returns to provided a great experience for business stu- the people who made them. as one of the goals of the UT Naimoli Institute dents and allowed Target to achieve two major In October, the Barnes for Business Strategy is to have students de- objectives: recruit future employees and hear & Noble book store sold velop long-term business strategies for area shirts that benefited breast some new solutions to its business challenges. cancer research. The store companies. Each graduate and undergraduate “The competition allows students to get also carries a University business student team works with a particular real world experience dealing with strategic of Tampa shirt. Barnes & company for a semester, analyzes the company Noble has a partnership thinking in a competitive marketplace,” Tomp- and the industry and formulates a new strategy with edun LIVE, a company son said. “And at the same time Target gets started by Ali Hewson and for success. some fresh, out of the box solutions to real her husband, U2’s Bono. UT “This is the kind of training students can’t world problems.” get from a textbook,” Tompson said. “We’re In one case study, Target asked: “How can hoping this program will spur another company we better utilize technology to innovate our to host a similar case study competition in the food strategy so our guests think of Target first spring.” UT

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UT Remembers Former Trustee Chair obert “Bob” Thomas, former chairman of the Board of Trustees and longtime R supporter of the University, died in Tam- Alan Weimer pa on Sept. 2. A local businessman with interests in the UT Loses cattle and timber industries, seaport develop- Business ment, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, Professor banking and equestrian sports, Thomas was to Cancer a member of the Board of Trustees from 1971 to 1984 and served as chairman from 1978 to As a scrawny kid, Alan Weimer took up boxing, but 1980. he was still afraid of being During his time on the Board of Trustees, hit. His trainer told him to tell UT tripled its campus acreage, strengthened its his opponent “You’re going admissions profile and increased the number to have to kill me, because I’ll keep getting back up.” of professors with terminal degrees from 60 Bob Thomas addresses the crowd at a graduation ceremony in 1980. When Weimer, a UT percent to 93 percent. Thomas was a charter business professor, was di- member and chairman of the Minaret Society, In addition to his support of UT, Thomas agnosed with cancer, he told his colleague Dr. Hemant which continues today as a group of alumni and chaired the foundations of Academy of the Holy Rustogi, “The only way this friends who contribute generously to the Uni- Names and Jesuit High School. He was a trustee thing is going to get me is if versity. of Franciscan University of Steubenville and a it kills me, because I’m going to get back up.” Thomas was on the advisory committee chairman of the board of trustees at Ave Maria Weimer lost his fight with to the director of development in 1962, and in University. cancer on Sept. 1. 1981-1982 chaired the University’s ULTRA fund- He also was active in various business, “He had an innate sense raising campaign. Through the 1960s, 1970s social, religious and civic organizations. of passion with everything he did,” said Rustogi. and 1980s he supported various campus areas, “While mourned by many in the community, “Whether it was teaching including scholarships, the chaplain’s program, Bob’s loss will be especially felt by the University or fighting his cancer. He marine biology, the University’s Confidence and community,” said President Ronald L. Vaughn. touched people’s lives in a very positive way.” Forward funds, the Interfaith Council and the “We owe a debt of gratitude for the gains made Weimer received his Newman Club. during his tenure here, and we will remember MBA from the University in He was a member of Sword & Shield and his dedication and loyalty to The University of 1995 and started teaching UT full time at UT in 1997, after was a Spartan Sports Superfunder. Tampa.” a successful career in infor- mation technology and man- agement with companies like Oracle and Sprint. things to do ut.edu calendar of events He served as director @ of the Naimoli Institute for @ Vaughn Center Crescent Plant Hall Fletcher Lounge Business Strategy and the DECEMBER FEBRUARY Club 2-4 p.m. MBA program at UT, and Through Sun., Dec. 23 Sat., Feb. 2 7:30-9:30 a.m. he and Rustogi co-founded Victorian Christmas Stroll Antique Evaluation Henry B. Plant Museum Plant Hall Music Room $10 per person MARCH BizKidz, a summer entrepre- Fri., March 28 neurship camp for at-risk Plant Hall 10 a.m.-noon Fri., Feb. 22 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Daily $5 per item, limit of four CCFCC Regional Career Florida Family students ages 11-18. Business Awards $10 for adults and $4 for Sun., Feb. 17 Expo/Job Fair “He was an inspiration, a Panels children 3-11. Undergraduate Hyatt Regency, Downtown mentor, a role model and to Reeves Theater Admissions Campus Tampa some he was a great friend,” 8:15-11:15 a.m. JANUARY Visit Day 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free for said Anthony Carpinelli ’07, Free Sat., Jan. 5 Plant Hall Lobby students and alumni one of Weimer’s students. UT Awards Luncheon Antique Evaluation 1-5 p.m. Plant Hall Music Room Thurs., Feb. 28 Vaughn Center Crescent 10 a.m.-noon Fri., Feb. 22 Education and Human Club $5 per item, limit of four Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Services Job Fair 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Businesses in Florida $25 per person A complete listing of University events can be found at www.ut.edu.

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UT Nursing Student Honored for Organ Donation Work By Amanda Whitsitt for more than 630 pa- Special to the Tampa Bay Business Journal tients awaiting trans- ost people probably couldn’t imagine plant,” LifeLink wrote having to do the job that Robbie in the award materi- M Brown does: approach families that als. “LifeLink of Flor- Photo by Kathleen Cabble have just lost a loved one to inform them about ida has experienced end of life issues such as donating that person’s an increase in organ organs. donors and number of As recovery services specialist for LifeLink organs recovered per of Florida in Tampa, a nonprofit dedicated to donor over the last recovering organs for transplantation, Brown three years. Robbie knows that she has to put aside how she’s feel- has played an integral ing in order to be there for the family. role in this success.” “This is not about me. This is not about Through her ex- Nursing student Robbie Brown holds a hand print she made from a donor in how I’m feeling,” said Brown, a UT student and perience, Brown has found that most families front of a quilt made of squares sent in the 2007 Medical Professional-Non Physician are willing to give the “gift of life.” from donors’ families. category award winner. “If they’re upset, I know “I found in doing my job, it doesn’t matter they’re not upset with me. They’re upset with what color you are, it doesn’t matter what reli- the situation.” gion you are, it doesn’t matter what socioeco- More than anything, these families want nomic status you are, people are very giving,” someone to listen to them, Brown said. she said. Candy Heater experienced Brown’s com- Brown also goes into the community on Editor’s Note: This story originally passion and care when she and her husband behalf of LifeLink to talk to church groups and appeared in the Oct. 12, 2007 issue decided to donate their son Wayne Jr.’s organs professional organizations about organ donation. of the Tampa Bay Business Journal after he died. She takes any opportunity she can to speak (tampabay.bizjournals.com). “She was not just a person out doing her job to a group. “I’m very passionate about it. I enjoy –— she was caring, kind and very understand- doing it,” she said. “I love putting together a ing,” Heater wrote in Brown’s award submission presentation. I’ve been very blessed on several materials. “Robbie would listen to any story we occasions to be able to take an organ recipient were willing to share about our Wayne Jr.” with me.” Brown is also a critical care nurse for Life- In addition to all she does for LifeLink, Link, a first responder able to perform evalua- Brown is also pursuing her master’s in nurs- “She was tions on brain-dead patients to determine if they ing at The University of Tampa. She said she calendar of events would be suitable candidates to become donors, looks forward to graduation in December as her not just a person but she primarily focuses on listening to and daughter, Samantha, will also be graduating answering questions for the families of potential with a bachelor’s in fine arts from theUniversity out doing her job donors. of . LifeLink saw the need for a nurse who Though Brown said she doesn’t always see — she was caring, strictly talks to the families, Brown said. “There’s the difference she makes until she receives a a small group of us who just don’t fold under letter from a organ recipient or donor, she sees kind and very that kind of emotional pressure.” the difference made by those who choose to Brown said that LifeLink does not hold her donate the organs of a loved one. understanding.” to any particular organ quotas and allows her to “We as individuals want to be remembered ­— Candy Heater, who fully support a family’s decision whether it is yes well,” she said. “Everyone wants to have an nominated Brown for the or no. However, the organization does count her epitaph that says we were a good person. To be award as a key player to its increase in donations. able to help someone at the time of your death “During LifeLink Foundation’s 2006-07 fiscal is the greatest gift you can give.” UT year, 184 organ donors provided the gift of life

winter 2008  Book collectors Lee Har- rer (left) and J.B. Dobkin (right) take a break from shelving books.

By robin roger Writer photography by jessica Leigh

donor gives collection of Books Valued at $300,000 Lee Harrer spent most of the summer and fall in the back of the Macdonald- Kelce library, sitting behind stacks and stacks of books, but he wasn’t studying for an exam. He was donating his book arts collection, valued at $300,000, which contains nearly 4,000 items...all “books about books.”

 Ut joUrnaL arrer, a charter member of the Florida ing is without value, an era Bibliophile Society, spent years in which everything, it seems, amassing the collection that in- is collectible. What has occa- cludes books on topics such as graphics, sioned this newfound fascina- famous presses, papermaking, book binding, tion for artifacts is anyone’s typography and the history of printing. For in- guess, but it could well be due stance, there are 15 to 20 books strictly on paper to renewed respect for the marbling, a decorative art originating in the 15th “real thing,” particularly at a century. time when so much popular The donation comes at a time when univer- culture is coming to us in sities are becoming more interested in the book the zeros and ones of digital arts and the fine press movement. Both Yale and transmission.” Oxford University, along with UT, are members In all Harrer estimates he of the College and University Letterpress Print- still has about 3,000 books in Harrer spent months cataloging ers’ Association. his house, and the number continues to grow. his collection. “This will be an outstanding collection unri- Somehow, he said, the shelves he emptied have valed in Florida, and possibly in the Southeast,” already begun refilling. said J.B. Dobkin, the former head of rare books “I’ve been a reader all my life, but I never at the University of South Florida. “UT will be collected anything until I retired,” said Harrer. joining a very exclusive club.” He attended a book auction in California in Harrer and Dobkin spent several days a 1969 and bought several shelves of books. He “printing as week for six months cataloguing the 4,000 checked their values at the local library and then books. They entered each one in a database. It is had to place the books in storage. After retiring a mechanical art searchable by author, subject, publisher, illustra- to Pinellas County in 1973, he sold 20-plus books tor, typographer, designer and some 15 other to Haslam’s Book Store in St. Petersburg. He will never die. It’s fields. Notable selections of the collection in- went back to that book store two months later clude works by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press to check the prices and found a considerable something done and the Dove Press, work by the contemporary markup. fine press Bird and Bull Press and limited edition “I thought, there’s something to this old by hand and books from the Book Club of California. book business,” Harrer said. One of the books, Among the Gently Mad: He started with old books about Brazil, people put their Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter where had lived from 1969 to 1972. He moved in the 21st Century by Nicholas A. Basbanes, on to concentrating on books about books. hearts and souls describes Harrer’s pastime and why it remains a There were books on publishing, printing, ty- vital pursuit today. pography, illustrations and writers. His favorites, into it.” “At no time in history have such skills be- though, are books about collecting books. — Lee Harrer come more useful than the present,” he writes. In the future Harrer said he would like to “We have entered an age, in fact, in which noth- see an area in the library designated as a Tampa Book Arts Studio, where printing equipment and the books could be housed in one place. The studio would benefit anyone interested in book history, or printing as a craft or hobby, he said. “Hopefully some day it will all be adjacent, from beginning to end, from the history of the book, through the making and preservation,” said Marlyn Cook Pethe, director of the library.

r. Richard Mathews, Dana Professor of English and director of the UT Press, said he envisions classes with lab time, where students learn something about letter- press printing. He now teaches a Pre-Raphaelite class where students set the type and print a Morris quote and illustration.

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winter 2008  Mathews (left) inks a block in the studio, while students Derrick preserving the Third dimension of Type Austin ‘11 (left) and Victoria Alt ‘08 (right) set type by hand from a type case using composing s he mixes the ink, places the paper just Mathews has owned a Vandercook cylinder sticks. so, and rolls it over the woodcut block, press for the last 30 years, and has used it to Dr. Richard Mathews explains why he print works for Konglomerati, a private press that can spend hours printing an image in the helped him make his mark as a printer of rare letterpress studio, instead of just reproducing it books. on a computer. “Everything now is printed on the surface,” “It’s so much more tangible,” says Mathews, Mathews says. “It’s superficial. With letterpress director of the UT Press and editor of the Tampa printing you have a depth, and you can see the Review. impression where the type hits the paper. You can Mathews uses all the latest technology for see the human presence in every product.” the UT Press, but he still enjoys using the antique Mathews’ latest project combines the most presses in the letterpress studio on campus. The up-to-date printing techniques with the antiquat- studio, housed in the Library Annex, contains two ed methods of letterpress printing. For the Florida flatbed presses, a cylinder press, a typecasting Bibliophile Society’s upcoming 25th anniversary, machine and a vertical press. he used on-demand printing to make a limited edi- One of the presses, a Washington Press from tion of William Morris’s The Ideal Book, and then the Lankes family in Virginia, arrived rusted in hand printed individual color blocks to be tipped pieces in the back of a moving van a year ago. It in the book. was made in the 1840s and was used by American “It can take you hours to lay out a page in artist J.J. Lankes to print the original woodcut type, but you can do it in minutes on a computer,” block illustrations he made for the first edition of says Sean Donnelly, assistant to the director of Robert Frost’s West-Running Brook. the UT Press. “You’re not doing this for practical reasons. You have to find a passion for it.” UT

Gently Mad quarian Book Fair in Plant Hall 25 years ago. conTinUedcon FroM page  For now the collection will be housed in the “I hope this will engage the students on an- special collections section of the library, and a other level,” he said of the collection. rotating display will feature specific pieces. Harrer said he decided to donate the books to Despite the digitization of printed material, UT’s library partly because of Mathews and his Harrer said he thinks there is still a future for commitment to the book arts studio. book arts, and there are enough people who still “He’s the guy who’s going to make this want to hold a book in their hands. thing run,” Harrer said. “This is an art,” he said. “Printing as a me- It also seems fitting, since Harrer and chanical art will never die. It’s something done his cohorts first talked about forming the by hand and people put their hearts and souls Florida Bibliophile Society at the Florida Anti- into it.” UT

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Chemical Society Receives Commendation he University of Tampa student affiliates “Few faculty chapter of the American Chemical So- members are willing T ciety (ACS) has received a commend- to make the great able award from the ACS for its activities in un- commitment of time dergraduate science education and in preparing and energy that a the next generation of chemical professionals. successful chapter More than 300 college and university ap- requires,” Hunt said. plications were submitted, and the ACS Com- “Professor Struss’s mittee on Education granted only 51 commend- efforts certainly able awards. Twenty-eight institutions received represent the best outstanding awards, and 96 received honorable in undergraduate mentions. The University of Tampa’s chapter science education will be honored at the 235th ACS National Meet- and mentoring ing in New Orleans on April 6, 2008. around the country.”

The UT ACS Student Affiliates chapter, Struss, assistant Members of the Student led by UT senior Nicole Craig, has recently professor of chemistry, teaches organic Affiliates of the American Chemical Society mixed up experienced an unprecedented increase in chemistry and specializes in developing new a batch of ice cream in the Vaughn Center lobby using liquid student participation. Last year the chapter methods for organic synthesis. He is currently nitrogen. They used the tasty participated in field trips, social events, regional developing new “green” technologies in organic treat to recruit new members. (Photo courtesy of Mindy Tucker conferences and National Chemistry Week and chemistry. of The Minaret.) Earth Day celebrations. It also coordinated The Department of Chemistry and Physics community outreach activities focusing on offers students a solid foundation in analytical chemistry, including “magic shows” at Tampa’s chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, Gorrie Elementary School to inspire science organic chemistry and physical chemistry. education in young students. The department also offers a new Bachelor ACS President-Elect Catherine T. Hunt par- of Science degree in forensic science, which ticularly commended Dr. John Struss’s work in prepares students for careers in forensic advising the student affiliates chapter. chemistry and forensic toxicology. UT

Media Bytes A sampling of the recent media placements Daniel Buyle, a UT executive chef, was the • “Crimes of The Heart Rarely Foundation Athat featured UT. subject of this article, which details his passion for Sound Defense,” Daytona Beach News- for cooking unique meals at the pre-game ”Keeping Your Cool in the Face of Journal, Sept. 9. • festivities of football Dr. Susan Brinkley, associate professor of Homework,” Tampa Tribune, Nov. 1. games. Merrie Tankersley, instructor of education, criminology, was quoted about crimes of pas- was interviewed for this story about strategies • “High Court Puts City Projects in Limbo,” sion regarding a murder case in Port Orange. parents can use in helping their children handle Tampa Tribune, Sept. 19. • “New Dorm Eases Growing Pains,” Tampa homework in the primary grades. Dr. Scott Paine, associate professor of Tribune, Oct. 2. communication and government and world This article detailed UT’s recent growth, • “Homelessness Panel Kicks off Hunger affairs, commented on a ruling by the Florida and Homelessness Week at UT, ” WMNF-88.5 highlighting a 4 percent increase this fall in the Supreme Court that could affect some of total number of enrolled students. The article FM, Nov. 5. Tampa’s high-profile development projects. The Faces of Homelessness Panel, an puts particular focus on UT’s low student- annual event organized by The University of • “The Shape of Things to Come,” WTVT- to-faculty ratio and the positive effect that Tampa’s student volunteer group P.E.A.C.E. Fox 13, Sept. 12. Stadium Center – UT’s newest residence hall (People Exploring Active Community Dr. Erika Matulich, associate professor of – has had on housing and amenities for the Experiences), was detailed in this story. marketing, was interviewed in this story about University’s on-campus students. product packaging, specifically with regard to a To view the full articles or to see more of UT • “Brats Don't Make the Cut with Tailgating redesigned milk jug being marketed by Costco. UTChef,” St. Petersburg Times , Oct.in 10. the NTin theews News, go to www.ut.edu. UT winter 2008  Getty Images

UT Biologists Research Predators By Robin Roger wo University of Tampa professors There are still many mysteries surrounding Writer made waves this summer researching what makes sharks such perfect predators, so T aquatic predators. Huber’s research on sharks’ “bite force” — their Dr. Dan Huber, visiting assistant professor hunting performance — may offer new insights of biology, researched the bite force of the great on sharks’ habits, capabilities and evolution. white shark in Australia. He traveled there in The research also may lead to advances in Dr. Daniel Huber inspects the jaws of a great white shark. July to study an 8-foot shark that had become protective swimwear, shark-proofing equipment entangled in netting, and he helped create a and a better understanding of flexible cartilage, 3-D digital recreation of the shark that should which forms the sharks’ whole skeletons, much reveal the animal’s biological mechanics. like human ears and noses. A CT scan was taken of the shark’s skull “There’s a ton of bad data on how hard and data from the dissection was used to create sharks bite,” Huber said. “And the more we learn the digital model. The digital model includes the more we can understand these animals, millions of bits of information, which together educate the public and keep people safer.” will allow a simulation of a great white’s bite at There are currently no accurate estimates

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of the maximum bite force of the great white, teracts with the surrounding air. This boundary but according to Huber, the 3-D model will layer of turbulent air reduces the friction that provide the world’s first accurate estimates. His would be created by the air interacting directly cutting-edge work was featured in many news with a smooth, hard surface. In the crocodile’s outlets, including The Sydney Morning Herald, case, the air is replaced with water. The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The St. Meers conducts his research by making Petersburg Times, and Bay News 9. exact replicas of crocodile and alligator heads On this side of the globe, Dr. Mason Meers, and placing them in a associate professor of biology, continued his tank filled with water research on crocodilian species, which include and tiny glass beads. crocodiles and alligators. The water flows over He taped a scene this summer that ap- the head, while la- peared this fall on National Geographic’s “Ex- sers illuminate the plorer: Ultimate Crocodile.” In the special, Meers glass beads, allowing discusses how the bumps on a crocodile’s body Meers to record their may act like the dimples on a golf ball, help- movement. So far his ing the predator travel through the water more research supports the swiftly and sneak up on unsuspecting prey. theory that the bumps The bumps act as camouflage, but instead may reduce the

of compromising a crocodile’s hydronymics, amount of drag. Dr. Mason Meers (left) was they may help. If his hypothesis is correct, it He plans on creating a model of a smooth filmed this summer discussing his research on crocodilians. would explain why crocodiles do not have alligator head to compare the results. smooth skin like sharks or dolphins. Potential applications of Meers’s research “It helps them be a golf ball, instead of a include weapons and other military equipment, dolphin,” Meers said. boating and car racing. Already a similar dim- In the golf ball design, air currents bounce pled design is used on the underside of some off the bumps, creating a cushion of air that in- Ferraris, Meers said. UT Professor Discovers New Species of Crustaceans project in the Cayman Islands that Price, who oversees the collection, de- Research Predators began in 1995 has yielded Dr. Wayne scribed the two new species of mysids as about A Price, Dana Professor of Biology, the 5 millimeters long, inhabitants of shallow estu- discovery of two new species of shrimp-like aries and “ignored.” crustaceans — mysids — that serve as a food “In the Caribbean, which is made up of a source in that fragile Caribbean ecosystem. series of islands with different governments, From 1995-1999, researchers from UT and unrestricted development, increasing tourism the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (MS) col- and unregulated commerce, not a lot is known lected marine invertebrates from the waters about marine invertebrates,” Price said. “Spe- surrounding the Cayman Islands. Eight years cies like these two mysids could be wiped out Dr. Wayne Price later, Price and a group of researchers are still by human impact, and nobody would have ever analyzing the collection and adding to the “un- known.” derstudied” Caribbean marine ecosystem. Mysids are well known to be highly affected “From that species collection two new my- by pollution in estuarine and coastal environ- sid species were discovered, four articles have ments. been published, one master’s thesis has been Price plans to continue his research on completed, a Ph.D. dissertation is in progress the collection, as well as return to the Cayman and another paper describing another new spe- Islands for further study. UT cies is in review by a journal,” Price said.

WINTER 2008 11 “Some people said these kids couldn’t do this, or couldn’t do that,” she says. “I didn’t want to hear that. I wanted to find a way.” —Lydia Sierra ’91

Students from Yvette Lazzara’s first-grade class celebrate with Lydia Sierra, under the school’s marquee.

The Principal Who Got an A By Robin Roger Writer When Lydia (Giglio) Sierra ’91 applied for the position of principal at a Photography by Tampa elementary school, the superintendent told her she would have Jessica Leigh to succeed or risk being moved back to an assistant principal position. Sierra told her she did not intend to fail.

“I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, Lydia, you just “Since we’ve gone from a D to an A school, spoke back to a superintendent,” she remem- morale has made a complete turnaround,” she bers. says. But Sierra was hired, and succeed she did. The young principal had a unique challenge, In one year she turned Egypt Lake Elementary as Egypt Lake is a Title I school, and 90 percent School from a D school into an A school. In of students are in the reduced or free lunch October the Florida Department of Education program. Many of the children come from single named her one of 60 turnaround principals in parent homes or speak English as a second lan- the state. guage. Many parents want to help their children, but cannot or do not know how, she says.

12 ut journal For them, Sierra created parent nights, Sierra received a certificate from the Florida Department where parents learn how to help put together of Education for improving the school by three letter grades. science fair projects or help their children study for standardized tests. She also instituted a parent resource center and equipped it with a bilingual staff. “I actually grew up in this neighborhood, so I was very familiar with the community,” she says. “The challenge served as my motivation for our students to succeed. I also wanted the community to know that great things happen at Egypt Lake Elementary.” extra credit She integrated the students who were learning English, instead of keeping them in self-contained classes. She also mainstreamed exceptional student education classes, which include gifted students or those with disabilities. “Some people said these kids couldn’t do Model student this, or couldn’t do that,” she says. “I didn’t Before becoming an administrator, Sierra want to hear that. I wanted to find a way.” taught for seven years in all different grades. Sierra implemented an awards ceremony She went into administration because she can This letter hangs outside the to recognize students with good grades and a look at the big picture and make choices the af- door of Sierra’s office. citizenship award for those who demonstrate fect the entire school, she says, which she finds good behavior and leadership. Last year top rewarding and motivating. readers at the school got to participate in the Dr. Helene Silverman, one of Sierra’s Gasparilla children’s parade, riding on a float former professors at UT, said she was delighted, and throwing beads. but not surprised that her former pupil had The school held an FCAT pep rally where been honored as a Turnaround Principal. Glossary they asked sample questions and pumped the “She was certainly up to the task, and she deserved it,” she says. “She was always willing Title i School – A Title students up with the WordUp Crew, a music I school receives special group made up of two teachers at the school. to pitch in and do whatever she could. I can see funding, since it has a high Sierra also partnered with local businesses, her motivating and inspiring not only her staff percentage of children from but the students as well.” low-income families. asking them to donate gift cards for the awards FcAT – The Florida ceremonies. She recruited the Honeywell Corp. Education is in her blood, says Dr. Edward Comprehensive Assessment to paint the cafeteria and landscape the school. Cloutier, associate professor of education, who Test is part of Florida’s had her in class at UT. Her mother, Rose Marie overall plan to increase The company also donated televisions and student achievement The Principal Who Got an A microwaves. Giglio, taught for 38 years and was one of the by implementing “The children are taking more pride in their best teachers he ever saw, he says. higher standards. It is Having a teacher as a mother gave her an administered to students school,” says first grade teacher Yvette Lazzara. grades 3 through 11 and “The kids are proud of themselves. They turned advantage, Cloutier says, and Sierra set a good measures benchmarks it around.” example for other students in her class. She in mathematics, reading, The children’s behavior is better in the demonstrated great respect for children, matu- science and writing. grading system – rity and professionalism at a young age, he says. cafeteria, the school looks nice and the Schools are assigned atmosphere has improved, she adds. Lazarra “She had a positive outlook on life and grades based on credited the teamwork of the administration, learning,” he adds. “She was very involved, dedi- achievement data from the cated and focused. She never had an excuse.” FCAT. They communicate faculty and students. how well a school is “We all worked together to get an A,” she Sierra, who later received a master’s degree performing in relation to says. from National-Louis University, remembers sit- state standards, and ting in Cloutier and Silverman’s classes and be- whether the lowest quartile Lazzara came to Egypt Lake with Sierra of students has improved from Lowry Elementary School, where Sierra ing blown away hearing about their experiences. performance since the was assistant principal. “UT gave me the background I needed,” she previous year. UT says. UT Source: The Florida Department of Education

winter 2008 3 UT’s Foundation in Tampa Bay

his fall, the Tampa Downtown Partnership asked that I write an 3.Current students — many of who essay about The University of supplement financial aid with part- and full- Tampa and its impact on Tampa. time jobs — provide much of the inexpensive T I did just that, and it was a worthy labor needed by urban businesses. Plus, we exercise in re-examining UT’s role in the provide the housing. community and beyond. UT has completed more than $200 My basic premise was that the investment 4. million in building projects during the past made by the Greater Tampa Chamber of decade, helping stimulate and support further Commerce 76 years ago in creating The downtown and neighborhood development. University of Tampa has undoubtedly been The UT campus now consists of 100 acres with By Dr. Ronald L. the chamber’s greatest achievement, and that 45 buildings. Vaughn UT has provided the greatest return on the President investment made for the longest period of time 5.UT’s annual economic impact — in than any other. I’ll explain why. terms of purchasing power and economic mul- st UT today is a model, 21 century tiplier — is about $450 million. metropolitan, independent university. This fall’s enrollment — 5,600 students — sets a University 6.UT provides more than 80,000 hours record. Eighty-seven percent of those students of service to 200 community organizations are full-time and two-thirds live on campus. annually. Business consulting is provided Tampa Bay is The university has an annual operating budget through the Naimoli Institute to 90 companies of $125 million and employs nearly 1,000 each year. blessed to have full-time, part-time and vendor-contracted employees. 7.UT provides workforce development a prestigious, Colleges and universities provide educa- through education and retraining activities. The tion, but also serve as economic engines. UT TECO Leadership Development Program and independent provides at least six impact levers that aid eco- Nonprofit Management Certificate Program are nomic development: two recent examples. university located 1. UT graduated approximately 1,500 8.Quality of life is enhanced through in its urban core. students last year, providing a vital supply of UT’s diverse programming, which enriches talent to the region, including nurses, teachers both the campus and community. Thousands and professionals. This is crucial as 43 percent of programs are offered annually, including of the working population will be eligible to athletic competitions, guest speakers, dance retire in the next decade. and musical programs, art exhibitions, theater productions and lectures by international 2. Our strengthening reputation has dignitaries. put us in the role as a major intellectual Tampa Bay is blessed to have a prestigious, importer for Tampa Bay, as we draw students independent university located in its urban from all around Florida plus 50 states and 100 core. And UT benefits from being in the core countries, most of who remain in Tampa Bay of a city that offers students a beautiful setting after graduation. These are the young, creative and a chance to learn both inside and outside people who are sought after by so many the classroom. As UT becomes more nationally- communities nationwide. known for its programs and educational excellence, it is fortunate to have a solid foundation in Tampa Bay. UT

14 ut journal Five Teams Advance in Post-Season niversity of Tampa athletics made The women’s soccer team captured the history this fall as all five teams SSC title for the third straight season in a hard- “The U advanced to post-season play. Four fought win in overtime. The final score was 1-0 won conference championships and one won a against St. Leo University, bringing the team’s coaches and regional meet, earning them a chance to regular season record to 15-2-2. compete for the NCAA championship title. The women hosted the first and second student-athletes “The coaches and student-athletes have round of the NCAA II South Regional competi- worked very hard and are very deserving,” said tion in November and advanced to the finals have worked Larry Marfise, director of Athletics. “They have with a 1-0 win over Ouachita Baptist. represented the University in such a positive The men’s soccer team took home the very hard way.” program’s 14th conference championship with a 4-2 defeat over . The conference and are very Cross Country victory earned the team its first NCAA playoff Both cross country teams showcased re- berth since 2001, the year the team won the deserving. They cord-breaking performances at the NCAA South national championship. Regional, with the women taking first place and The team faced Lynn again in the open- have represented the men taking second. It was the second time ing round of the NCAA South Regional and in program history that the women have taken won 2-1. The Spartans fell to the University the University in first place, but the first time in history the men of Montevallo, however, in a shootout after a made an NCAA finals appearance. scoreless 20 minutes of overtime in the South such a positive Following the victories, Coach Jarrett Region final. The team went 12-5 in the regular Slaven was awarded the South Region Coach season. way.” of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross volleyball — Larry Marfise, Country Coaches Association. He also was Directory of Athletics named the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) The volleyball team claimed its third SSC Coach of the Year for both men and women. championship in a row in a match against St. Leo, with a final score of 3-1. This is the 17th soccer SSC championship for the Spartan volleyball Both men’s and women’s soccer teams ad- team, which has won 11 of the past 12 titles. vanced to the NCAA South Regional after win- The team finished second in 2004. ning their respective conference championships. The team finished its regular season with a 26-2 record, 13-1 in the conference. The On the defending national Web champions headed For more information to the NCAA South on UT athletics and the fall Regional tournament season results, visit www. Nov. 15. UT tampaspartans.com. UT

The women’s soccer team celebrates their third conference victory in a row after a win at home on Nov. 4

winter 2008 15 Alumnus mAtt Arroyo finds succ ess in the ring By Tom Kolbe Sports Information Director

hen Matt Arroyo ’05 transferred from W Morrisville State College to The University of Tampa in 2001, he did so with intentions of following his love: baseball.

An excellent pitcher his whole life, Arroyo had no idea what was in store for him as he tried out for one of the nation’s top collegiate baseball programs. Though his baseball career did not go as planned, Arroyo ultimately found success amid disappointment.

 Ut joUrnaL “When I came to UT, my main focus was to realized that I was not as good as I thought I play baseball and make it to the majors,” says was. It was discouraging, but I decided to go Alumnus Arroyo. “When I got to Tampa, I got discour- back because I knew I would get real good real aged when I realized that those guys were on a fast.” completely different level than a New York kid With the determination of a true competitor mAtt Arroyo who could not play year round.” and the help of a trained professional, Arroyo Though baseball at UT did not work out for made it to the big stage on Sept. 23, 2006. Arroyo, he remained in school where he earned His first fight came against Naeem Munir in his degree in 2005. Prior to enrolling at Tampa, Orlando. The fight was a success for the UT Arroyo found a new passion while at a friend’s grad — he needed just 56 seconds to win the house in New York. His friend was watching fight. finds After two more fights, which resulted in a win and a loss, Arroyo was chosen to compete on the The Ultimate Fighter series. The program, which featured 16 competitors from across the nation, was shown on Spike TV and concluded on Dec. 8 with the crowning of the winner. “The Ultimate Fighter series took place From June 7 to July 17 in Las Vegas with each of us being paired up and having the opportunity to succ ess advance,” says Arroyo. With all that Arroyo has accomplished in such a short time, he still has the time to Arroyo was victorious in his fight against Dorian Price in ponder his next move. episode two. in the ring “After the fight, I will take some time off,” says Arroyo. “I recently opened up a jiu jitsu ultimate fighting, and a guy named Royce school in Tampa and will work on my skills and Gracie made a big impression on Arroyo. go from there.” “I saw Gracie completely destroy the three While Arroyo has clearly found something “i like the fact guys he faced, including a boxer who he took he truly loves, it does not come without pain down,” Arroyo says. “It was amazing to see and is not easy on the nerves. Arroyo is the first that ultimate a little guy take down bigger guys with such to admit that he has pre-match jitters. ease. I immediately went out and rented all of “It does not matter how tough you are; fighting allows Gracie’s fights.” everyone gets nervous,” says Arroyo. “I do not Arroyo was amazed by Gracie’s Brazilian freeze up, though. I fight the way I am trained. me to be the jiu jitsu skills, but he put that on the backburner It is almost like going on autopilot when I get in when transferring to Tampa to play baseball. the ring.” sole beneficiary “When I was not up to par at baseball, I When looking back, Arroyo has no regrets went back to upstate New York and looked and also takes a sense of pride in the time he of success or for a Royce Gracie school,” says Arroyo. spent as a member of the Spartan baseball “Interestingly, the school was only 20 minutes program. blame for a from my house, and I enrolled and got the “I have not had much time lately to come chance to meet Gracie.” to games, but I definitely follow them on the loss.” Upon returning to Tampa, Arroyo then Web,” says Arroyo. “While I love team sports, — Matt Arroyo ’05 decided to quit baseball to focus solely on jiu I am really competitive and also like the fact jitsu. Arroyo learned the art of jiu jitsu easily, that ultimate fighting allows me to be the sole but took it to a different level upon meeting Rob beneficiary of success or blame for a loss.” Kahn. The first black belt Arroyo learned under, Matt Arroyo has skyrocketed to success, as Kahn also trained under Gracie. he now appears on a popular local radio show “Rob Kahn changed everything for me,” every Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. and even has his says Arroyo. “When I decided to go with Rob, own Web site, which is www.mattarroyo.com. he took my game to another level. At first, I UT

winter 2008  Sinibaldi Sets SSC Men’s Brings Digs Record University of Tampa volleyball player Margeaux Back DeCarlo DeVeaux Sinibaldi became the he University of Tampa all-time bas- DeVeaux was drafted by the Hartford Hellcats of all-time Sunshine State ketball great DeCarlo DeVeaux returned the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). Conference leader in the digs category, setting the T to the school this fall, this time as the He also earned a tryout with the New Jersey new record on Sept. 19 at assistant coach to his mentor, Richard Schmidt. Nets in 1995. . She also DeVeaux enjoyed a prolific college and profes- In his nine years in the professional ranks, is The University of Tampa sional playing career, excelling at UT from DeVeaux averaged double digit points in each leader in the category. Sinibaldi became the 1990-1994. He re- season, including a personal best 22.5 points 22nd player in NCAA II his- mains on the books per game with the Solma Vikings (Stockholm, tory to record 2,000 career as the program’s all- Sweden) in the 1997-1998 season. He also aver- digs. The All-American also holds the UT single match time leading scorer. aged 6.4 rebounds in his rookie campaign. record of 37 digs. DeVeaux finished He went on to play in France, Spain, Argen- In October the senior his four-year career tina and Portugal, where he finished his profes- was featured in an issue of Sports Illustrated, in with averages of sional career with 16.7 points and 4.5 rebounds the “Faces in the Crowd” 19.6 points and 4.8 per contest. section, which profiles rebounds. He was A 2000 inductee to the Sun- notable high school and named the 1994 Col- shine State Conference Hall college athletes from DeCarlo DeVeaux across the country. UT lege Sports Magazine of Fame, DeVeaux returned NCAA II Player of the Year and was honored as to Tampa in 2004 as the a first-team All-American by the NABC. newest member of the UT He graduated with a degree in commu- Athletics Hall of Fame. UT Tampa nications. Following his graduation from UT, Swimming Boasts Top GPA The University of Tampa swimming teams posted sports to do ut.edu a combined men’s and calendar of events women’s grade point aver- @@ The following schedules are for home games only. For more information, call the Athletic Office at age (GPA) of 3.41 to beat out (813) 253-6240. UT faculty, staff and students free with ID. General public admission $5/adults, $3/ all NCAA Division II schools senior citizens, college-age students and children. *Indicates Sunshine State Conference game. for the Winter-Spring 2007 semester, according to basketball Sat., Jan. 19 Wed., Feb. 20 tabulations compiled by Men’s (M) and women’s (W) games are Barry (W) 2 p.m.* Eckerd (W) 5:30 p.m.* played at the Sports Center. www.collegeswimming.com. Barry (M) 4 p.m.* Eckerd (M) 7:30 p.m.* The women’s team put Thurs., Dec. 27 Wed., Jan 23 Sat., March 1 up a 3.50 average that was McMaster (M) 7:30 p.m. Florida Southern (W) 5:30 p.m.* Lynn (W) 2 p.m.* unmatched by any other Sat., Dec. 29 Florida Southern (M) 7:30 p.m.* Lynn (M) 4 p.m. NCAA II team. Wingate Augusta State (M) 4 p.m. Sat., Jan. 26 Swimming University, coached by Sat., Jan. 5 Palm Beach Atlantic (W) 2 p.m. Kirk Sanocki was a close Sat., Jan. 5 Nova Southeastern (W) 2 p.m.* Palm Beach Atlantic (M) 4 p.m. UT Relays 11 a.m. second at 3.477, while Nova Southeastern (M) 4 p.m.* Brad Flood’s University of Sat., Feb. 2 Fri., Jan. 11 Bridgeport women scored Wed., Jan. 9 Rollins (W) 2 p.m.* Emory 10 a.m. 3.470 for third. Saint Leo (W) 5:30 p.m.* Rollins (M) 4 p.m.* Wheaton 3 p.m. Saint Leo (M) 7:30 p.m.* On the men’s side, Sat., Feb. 9 Sat., Jan. 19 Tampa came in second Florida Tech (W) 2 p.m.* Rollins/Saint Leo 11 a.m. with a 3.32 to the Adelphi Florida Tech (M) 4 p.m.* Fri., Jan. 25 Panthers, who topped the Indian River CC 3:30 p.m. rankings with a 3.39 GPA. The University of Findlay A complete listing of University events Sat., Feb. 2 Darton 3 p.m. was third with a 3.26. UT can be found at www.ut.edu.

18 ut journal One Big Family t was great to see so many alumni over •Advisory Council. If fundraising is Homecoming, which continues to be a great your area of expertise, then getting involved I way for alumni to reconnect with the college with the Advisory Council is a great way to help and with each other. It was also great to see support the University. This group of parent so many parents return for Family Weekend in leaders helps support UT by encouraging other October. I had the pleasure of meeting many parents to invest in their students’ education by parents throughout the weekend and I noticed donating to the UT Annual Fund. This past year two common themes ... they all have ques- parents contributed almost $70,000 to the An- Jay hardwick Alumni Director tions and they all want to get involved. Some nual Fund. These gifts help support the Family E-mail: [email protected] parents focused on serious issues like campus Association’s annual Parent Fund scholarship safety, while others wanted to know where they awards given each year to deserving UT students. should go to dinner. •Career Services. Members of the “My son loves UT and is having a great first Family Association can support HIRE-UT — the semester,” one parent stated. “Are there any op- University-sponsored service that students portunities for a parent like myself to give back use to search jobs and internships, post online to the university?” resumes and receive career advice — by filling As parents become increasingly involved internship opportunities at their offices with in their children’s college experiences, it makes UT students, or suggesting that their employer John and Mary-Phyllis Harvey, co-chairs of the Family sense to have an active Family Association. The post job opportunities with UT’s Office of Career Association purpose of the Family Association is to encour- Services. age active support of The University of Tampa Most of all, par- by parents, to provide a forum of open commu- ents — and alumni nication between parents and UT, and to assist — serve as the face of UT in effectively achieving its educational goals. UT when they speak This year John and Mary-Phyllis Harvey, parents to friends, business of two current UT students, are serving as co- associates, rela- chairs of the association. They have helped us tives and neighbors. identify a few key ways for parents to stay con- Whether you realize nected to UT. it or not, you support •Admissions Volunteers. You can UT when you talk help by joining UT recruiters on high school about your academic visits, attending college fairs or calling admitted and extracurricular students. Parents always like to hear from other experiences as a UT parents, particularly when dealing with the student or parent. multitude of questions that accompany choos- If you would like ing the right college for their son or daughter. to get involved with •Parent Outreach. We are always any of the initiatives looking for parents to assist with parent out- mentioned above, reach. please feel free to “Sometimes parents don’t know who to get in touch with the ask,” said Mary-Phyllis. “If nothing else, they Office of Alumni and can pick up the phone to reach us.” Parent Relations via Parents can host or attend regional events e-mail at alumni@ut. for parents and alumni who might live too far edu or parent@ut. from UT to visit as often as they would like. edu or by phone at (813) 253-6209. UT

winter 2008 19 Relations Organization Davelis Goutoufas, UT’s ’75 International (PROI), which first deaf graduate, has Carol (Miller) Weinberg is is the largest partnership opened a cigar store on ’49 employed as a vocational of independent public Westshore Boulevard in Marjorie (Petion) Walters rehabilitation counselor relations firms. William is Tampa. The store features is retired from Yates at a school to work also a president of Florida- a cigar bar and humidified Elementary School in unit in St. Petersburg, based Tucker/Hall Inc. locker space that can be Brandon, FL. Her last FL. Her husband, Rob, rented by owners and position was assistant is a district resource Jeffrey Uribe has become accessed 24/7. principal. Since retirement teacher in industrial and a director of resource she has done volunteer technical education with planning of IAP Worldwide work for several schools Hillsborough County Services. He relocated to ’92 and a church. She enjoys Schools. They have two Cape Canaveral, FL. Kendra Frorup, Roger her four grandchildren sons. E-mail: Chamieh ’93 and Marc and great-grandchild. In E-mail: cmweinberg03@ [email protected] Mitchell ’00 showed their her free time she does yahoo.com artwork this fall at an porcelain doll-making and Emerging Artists Exhibit is china painting. Marjorie Diane Webb and A. J. Brent ’70 Patricia (Lala) Pupello ’90 at the Scarfone/Hartley a licensed mental health lives in Tampa. Lloyd C. ChatfieldII has Gallery at UT. The show counselor. She is employed become the vice president, ran from Oct. 26-Nov. 30 ’70 by the State Attorney’s general counsel and and featured a gallery A. J. Brent married Diane Office Victim Assistance ’62 secretary of Brunswick talk on Oct. 29, where Webb on Sept. 1 in Lincoln program as a in-house William Edinger won re- Corporation. He will report the artists shared their Hills, CA. He also started therapist, assisting victims election to the Ehrhardt to Brunswick chairman experiences. Frorup, now a new business, Premier of crime. Patricia has been Town Council in Erhardt, and chief executive officer an assistant professor Financial Trust, in Tampa. married 28 years to her SC, a town of 614. He has Dustin E. McCoy. He lives of art at UT, received a husband, Peter, and has served on the council for E-mail: ajb_ in Libertyville, IL. master of fine arts degree two children, Marisa and 10 years. A Florida native, [email protected] from Syracuse University. Peter John. They live in he retired from newspaper Robert Kruskie Jr. and his Chamieh works as a Tampa. advertising and moved to ’71 wife, Lisa, celebrated the sculptor and Mitchell his wife’s hometown in birth of their twins, Robert is a painter. Mitchell Howard “Howie” 1996. Joseph III and Kiana Taylor, received his master of Thompson has been ’77 on June 15. The couple fine arts degree at Boston named the women’s sports Robert A. Iezzi joined also has a 22-month- University. ’63 director and head women’s Executive Leadership old daughter, Shaela M. Teresa (Papia) basketball coach of Solutions as senior Morgan. The family lives in Dana Sock and her Timmons is serving her Southeastern Community executive recruiter. He Selinsgrove, PA. husband, Justin, welcomed second term as president College in Whiteville, NC. lives in Goshen, KY. E-mail: [email protected] their new baby, Shayna of Junior Service League He and his wife Jackie live Rose, on Nov. 8, 2006. James Kaminski was Sustainers of Brooksville, in Little River, SC. Peter Platteborze and his They have two other appointed as chief financial FL. She also has been E-mail: wife, Lynn, moved from children — Graham David officer and senior vice an active member of [email protected] Hawaii to San Antonio, (8) and Samantha Elise president of Scivantage, a the advisory board for TX. Peter is a chief of (11). The family lives in Russell Amerling, leading provider of Web- Hernando County’s chemistry at the Army Tampa. MBA ’77, and his wife, based, front and middle- Catholic Charities, Diocese Medical Department E-mail: [email protected] Jill, were awarded the office technology solutions of St. Petersburg, for the Center & School at Fort Servant Leader Award by to the financial services past eight years. Sam Houston, TX. Robbie Tenenbaum has Heartbeat International industry. He lives in West E-mail: peter.paltteborze become women’s rowing at their annual national Windsor, NJ. @us.army.mil coach at the University of convention in Orlando, Miami’s rowing program. ’67 Roberto Leon accepted FL. Russell is a national Catherine Rand is USC Robbie earned the Col- Marie (Valente) Tarring a position as a director publicity coordinator at Aiken’s new assistant legiate Rowing Coaches and her husband, of education for Coldwell Choose Life Inc. professor of music. Association’s (CRCA) 2006 Michael, have retired their Banker. He returned to E-mail: russ@choose-life. Her duties will include award for Assistant Coach architectural practice. Florida from California. He org direction of the university of the Year. He also re- They live in both of their lives in Miami Beach. band and jazz group. ceived back-to-back CRCA homes near Canterbury in Anthony Gaudio is a E-mail: leonmiamibeach She will also serve as the Central Region Assistant England and on the island State of Florida Certified @aol.com assistant director of the Coach of the Year honors of Oleron in France. They Underground Utility and Aiken Community Band. in 2005 and 2006. arrange holiday rentals for Excavating Contractor. the Accessiblefrance.com His company, Apalachee ’82 group. Excavating, specializes Paul Pucino was ’93 E-mail: marie@ in site work and utility appointed as executive William “Bill” Hetrick accessiblefrance.com contracting. Anthony lives vice president and and his wife, Belinda, in Tallahassee, FL. chief financial officer are coaching for the of Classmates Media Marion City Recreation ’69 Corporation, a wholly- Department’s fall soccer Col. Norman Redding ’72 owned subsidiary of program in Marion City, is one of the 12 directors Phillip Hankins retired United Online Inc. He lives OH. Bill is a manager in of the Corrections from the Hillsborough in Beverly Hills, CA. the quality assurance Foundation, which was County school system after department at the formed in 1996 to provide working as a teacher for pharmaceutical company support to the Florida 35 years. He and his wife ’88 Boehringer Ingelheim Department of Corrections. Deidre (May) ’75 live in William “Bill” Carlson in Columbus. Belinda He lives in Starke, FL. Tampa. was appointed as is a chemistry teacher E-mail: president of Public William “Bill” Carlson ’88 at Marion Harding High [email protected] School.

20 ut journal Robyn (Pratt) Stahl, her Leavenworth, KS, in the was John Jackson ’95, and Jessica Schwarzkopf is a husband, Don, and their summer. the wedding was attended supervising producer for three dogs, Bullet, Blackie, E-mail: dmaccuish@ by Anthony Newman ’93, Home Shopping Network and Chester, moved yahoo.com Brian Malison ’94, Todd in Clearwater, FL. She ’96 from Lehigh Acres, FL, to Jordan ’93 and Kris Pento oversees the production Beatrice Miller is a Crossville, TN, in April. Vanessa Wawrzynowicz ’95. The couple also held of the entire network physician assistant at Fort Robyn started work at graduated from Naropa a reception in Japan and live programming within Leavenworth military base Oreck Direct as a customer University with a honeymooned in Hawaii. fashion, health and fitness and wellness consultant service representative. Master’s in Transpersonal categories. for Wellness Axis E-mail: Counseling Psychology/Art Paul Kerstein was Institute. She relocated [email protected] Therapy. She is working as promoted to a director of from Fort Stewart, GA, to a private contractor in the content and community ’95 Leavenworth, KS. Boulder/Denver area in at Helium Inc. Paul and D. Shawn Vinson has E-mail: ’94 Colorado. his wife, Randye, also become an account [email protected] Don MacCuish and his E-mail: celebrated the birth of their manager for Quest David Sullivan has wife, Amy, had their new [email protected] son, Maxwell Asher, on Diagnostic Clinical Labs. become an executive baby, Evan Thomas, born Sept. 29. He relocated from Brandon Mike Hongo wed Melissa associate at M&I Bank on March 16 at Fort Polk, E-mail: pkerstein@ to Plant City, FL. Gulley Oct. 12 at The Trade Investment Advisors. He LA. The family moved to gmail.com Winds Island Resort in St. also received an MBA Petersburg. The best man from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 2006. David recently moved to Baltimore, MD. spotlight E-mail: [email protected]

A Spartan with a Fitting Profession Criminology major Steven Lowenthal opened a law p When Major Jay Ellison ’93 asked his team of 11 soldiers what they wanted firm in and to be called on their mission to Iraq, he couldn’t believe their answer: Spartans. practices criminal defense “Let me dig my T-shirt out of my bag, and I’ll explain,” he told them. and personal injury. His teammates, who began a one-year tour of duty this November, will use A performance for ARTE a the name Spartans on the radio as their call sign. They did not know Ellison had 2007, “Shaping the World We Share: Art, Music, graduated from UT, home of the Spartans. and Dance,” featured Their inspiration may have come from the movie 300, but the mascot couldn’t work by choreographers have been more appropriate for this UT alumnus. Ellison explained what it means to Mohan Kulasingam, r LeKeisha Bostwick ’99 him to be a Spartan. and Sharell McKinney “It’s about being a professional soldier, putting your country and your family ’06. All have Caribbean above your own safety and your own comfort,” he said. roots and connections and t Ellison said his team’s mission is to train a battalion of Iraqi national police, a mix have developed careers in professional dance between a national guard and an army. since graduating from “We want to get them to the point where they can do everything by themselves UT. The multidisciplinary and don’t need us,” Ellison said. performance was held a at the Scarfone/Hartley All of his teammates volunteered for this mission, he said. Gallery and featured “This mission gets us ultimately out of Iraq,” he said. “We train them to protect artwork by three distinctive their own people. That way we can go home.” artists, choreography by Ellison had an ROTC scholarship while at UT, and he majored in biology. He went students and alumni and n music recorded by UT on to teach biology and chemistry at the United States Military Academy at West music faculty. Point for three years. The leadership and people skills Ellison ’97 gained while at UT proved useful in his Dr. Bascom Bradshaw career, he said. created a cartoon dog to “Being able to work with anybody from educate children on pet rescue and pet adoption anywhere is a good thing in any walk of life, from animal shelters. The because you never know who you’re going to character is inspired by his be riding in the truck with,” he said. real dog Dingo. Bascom was recently recognized Ellison said he hopes to partner with for his contribution for a student group at UT to help deliver toys, military medicine as the school supplies and clothing to Iraqi children. 2007 US Army aerospace He welcomes donations of Spartan gear, too, medicine specialist of the year, but he likes to draw he said. He left for Iraq with a pair of UT flip in his spare time. He lives flops and a gym shirt to remind him of his in Fort Worth, TX. alma mater. UT www.dingothedog.com continued on page 22 Major Jay Ellison ’93

winter 2008 21 third son, Michael John, on Board of Directors of The March 26. Michael is the Crisis Center of Tampa Jason Ciofalo became pride and joy of his two Bay. a partner at Almerico in older brothers, Drew and Gulfport, MS. The law firm Evan. Melissa has been Michael Floyd is a seeks to represent the employed at Kforce Inc. manager at Merchant’s interests of the victims of since February 2006 and Association and is set to Hurricane Katrina, in cases was promoted to Business receive his MBA from UT where the insured received Process Manager in April this December. substantially fewer policy 2007. benefits than expected under their policy. He also Christof Hammerli is a ’99 opened his own law firm director of compliance A. Courtney Cox joined in Florida, Welter & Ciofalo for Switch and Data WellCare Health Plans PA, with offices in Tampa Facilities Company LLC. Inc. as corporate counsel and Miami. He is responsible for the litigator in Tampa. Michael John Dempsey firm’s compliance with WellCare is a leading the Sarbanes-Oxley Act provider of government- Michele (Crane) Diaz child protection investiga- ’98 and the international sponsored health plans. and her husband, Alex, tor for the Hillsborough Melissa (Agnitsch) audit department. Christof Courtney lives in Tampa. welcomed their new baby County Sheriff’s Office. The Dempsey and her husband is also a member of the E-mail: acourtneycox@ girl, Kailey Michele, on couple has just purchased Michael welcomed their hotmail.com Feb. 6, 2006. Michele is a a new townhome in South Tampa. E-mail: [email protected] spotlight ’00 Laura (Saunders) Layton Recent Grad Gets NIH Grant and her husband, Jason, to Study Asthma welcomed their first baby, p Preston John, on June 26. Leor Zellner ’02 recently re- They live in Land O Lakes, FL. ceived a $69,000 grant from the National E-mail: laurabean77@ Donovan Matthew Ith a Institute of Health to fund research on tampabay.rr.com asthma and neurons. She will conduct Molly Marsters married the research at West Virginia University Matthew Paolino on July 7 where she is working on her Ph.D. in in Kingston, RI. The couple lives in Tampa. r cellular and integrative physiology. E-mail: [email protected] She works in a lab that investigates how acute and prolonged ozone ’01 exposure can result in asthma. She is t Stephanie (Metz) Garland trying to pinpoint a specific time in early was promoted to counsel development when exposure to large for NCAA Compliance in amounts of irritants could predispose a people to the respiratory illness. Zellner has been listed as personnel on her advisers’ NIH grants in the past, but she was responsible for n the majority of the writing for this grant. “Just by having this on my resume I’ve given myself an advantage,” she said. “Showing that you know how to write a grant and getting funding is extremely helpful.” Zellner graduated with a degree in marine Leor Zellner ’02 science and chemistry, which her faculty adviser Dr. Steven Hendrix said is rare, because of its rigorous requirements. One of the requirements for graduation was an internship, which Zellner did with SunLabs on the UT campus. Her experiences in the labs at UT prepared her for the work she does today, she said. Even though she does not use the same techniques, her classes at UT taught her how to operate in a lab setting. “You can’t give somebody years of experience in six months, but you can give them an idea of what to expect and how to deal with things they might encounter,” said Hendrix, who taught Zellner in his advanced instrumental chemistry class. “You can give them a taste of what it’s going to be UT like.” Molly Marsters ’00 and Matthew Paolino

22 ut journal the athletic department of . E-mail: [email protected] spotlight Paul Trusik recently built a Web site for an awareness Alumna Films Documentary campaign launched by the nonprofit Homeless p on Disabled Classmate Coalition of Hillsborough County. The campaign As a filmmaker, the most important thingK ori Feener ’06 says she wants to do is is titled “Unexpected convey a message to viewers, rather than simply entertain them. So when she heard that Faces, Unexpected one of her former high school classmates had suffered a debilitating brain injury, she felt Places,” and Brian a Adams ’99 contributed compelled to tell his story. by writing profiles of The classmate, Patrick Killelea, was rendered disabled following an accident in the people featured. Trusik, an information March 2006 when he fell 30 feet from an escalator at the Denver airport. Ever since, and technology and r Killelea has gone through a long recovery process, struggling to relearn how to walk and communication major, communicate with those around him. now works full-time for Audio Visual Innovations “When I found out about it, I said ‘I have to do something about this,’” said Feener, in Tampa. who spent three months filming and editing a documentary that tells the story of Killelea’s t injury and his family’s struggle to help him recover. Feener’s film, Where There is a Will, premiered Oct. 13 at Masconomet High School in Topsfield, MA, the school from which she and Killelea both graduated in 2002. All pro- a ceeds from the event went toward supporting Killelea’s recovery. The film chronicles the life of the former high school soccer player, the accident that left him disabled and his family’s endurance of both the emotional and financial costs of helping their beloved son and brother through the recovery process. n “I’ve never been big into documentaries, but I felt that this was a very important story to tell,” Feener said. While still a student at UT, Feener founded her own film production company, BooseyHawkes Donovan Matthew Ith Productions, which produced her first film titled It’s Personal, a murder mystery. Where There is a Will ’02 is the second film produced under the BooseyHawkes Productions label and is Feener’s first film since Lisa (Behrend) Ith and she graduated. her husband Jonathan “I would say she was one of the most motivated students and very talented in all aspects of welcomed their son, filmmaking,” said Dana Plays, visiting associate professor of communication, from whom Feener Donovan Matthew, on sought advice about the technical aspects of the production. “Her visual aesthetics were exceptional. Sept. 14. They also have a daughter, Celine, who is “We’ve been communicating quite a bit by e-mail and staying in touch (since she graduated). I’d 18 months old. The family been trying to encourage her to stay with filmmaking and not just give it up.” lives in Bradenton, FL. Feener is continuing to work to get the film shown at other venues as well as on local Massachu- E-mail: lai@tampabay. rr.com setts TV stations. She has also considered the possibility of organizing a screening of the film at UT. A trailer for the film and other information can be found on Feener’s Web site, www.myspace. Carol Tortarelli is director of Mission Programs for com/booseyhawkesproductions. UT Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises in St. Shane Ramsey has joined Luke Medvegy married Petersburg. She works on ’03 Bush Ross’ Bankruptcy and Kate Bellows on Sept. 8 on re-entry and transition Erin Elliffe married Creditors’ Rights Practice Tybee Island in Savannah, programs for state prison George Pintye on June Group. He received his J.D., GA. Luke is a captain in inmates. She has served 9 in Spring Hill, FL. Erin magna cum laude, from the US Army. two years as director. is a first grade teacher Florida State University in E-mail: luke_medvegy@ in Spring Hill and her Jesse Landis is a winner 2006. msn.com husband works for Stream of the Tampa Bay Business in Tampa. Noreen Moy was Journal’s annual 30 E-mail: eme1016@aol. promoted from equity ’04 Under 30 Award. He is com analyst to senior business a public relations and Brianna Holmes was operations analyst at promoted to a captain communication adviser Jennifer C. Leibe was Washington Mutual. She at the chief patient at Paradise Advertising & engaged to Joshua E. lives in Palm Bay, FL. administration at Fort Marketing. Marshall on Oct. 28, E-mail: Noreen. Drum, NY. She also 2006. They married in Artwork by Justyn Farano, [email protected] received an MBA degree at Gloucester, MA, on Sept. James Dormer Schneider St. Leo University. Brianna 15 and celebrated with Michael Sowerby and ’04 and Jamie Perkins ’04 lives in Watertown, NY. their family and friends Kristy Marie Seigfried was featured in an alumni E-mail: at the new Cruiseport on married on Nov. 9. They exhibit at the Scarfone/ [email protected] Gloucester Harbor. live in Zephyrhills, FL. Hartley Gallery this fall. E-mail: msowerby@ Work included painting, tampabay.rr.com continued on page 24 Luke Medvegy ’03 and Kate multimedia and sculpture. Bellows

winter 2008 23 Samantha Horvath was selected by Oak Ridge spotlight Associated Universities as one of 10 outstanding research participants to Brothers in Arms attend the 57th Lindau Meeting of Nobel p When Brian Kain ’02 joined the ROTC program at UT, his older brother Jeff Laureates and Students ’05 was soon to follow. Now, with Jeff having already served one tour of duty in Iraq, in Lindau, Germany. Her Brian is following his brother to the battlefield. research concentration is theoretical vibrational st Both brothers have been dispatched to Baghdad as part of the Army’s 101 spectroscopy. She lives in a Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, for 15-month tours of duty. Brian, a Blackhawk Columbus, OH. helicopter pilot, and Jeff, a scout sniper platoon leader, left for Iraq in late Emily Petruccelli joined September, according to their mother, Kathy Kain, of Cedar Hill, MO. BYK USA Inc. as an “I’m sure none of (the soldiers) would prefer to go there, but that’s just where environmental, health r and safety generalist. She they’re told to go,” Kathy Kain said. “Just like with firefighters, I’m sure none of them moved to Meriden, CT. want to go to a 5-alarm fire, but they don’t have a choice. E-mail: “The nice thing about it is (Brian and Jeff) do have some contact and they are [email protected] t close. They’re hoping to see each other a couple of times a month.” Katherine “Katie” Shields After leaving their homes in Missouri, the brothers spent 21 days together in and James Knapp married Kuwait. They were flown to Baghdad in mid-October, where they are now serving in in October. The couple lives in Amesbury, MA. different parts of the city, Kathy said. a Jamie (Ferenbach) Kahns While Jeff is the older of the two brothers, it was Brian who was first to enroll at a development manager UT as Jeff completed an initial four years of service in the military, Kathy said. with the American Lung “(Brian) was totally about the ROTC program,” Kathy said. “He liked the idea of Association of Florida Inc., n getting college paid for and being close to the beach.” has organized the Asthma Walk for the second year Having heard much about his brother’s positive experience at the school, Jeff in a row. Kahns brought decided to enroll a few years later. Both brothers studied criminology while going through ROTC. the event to UT last year, Their mother says the brothers’ interest in criminology was likely due to the influence of their when people walked a 3 mile loop around the father Gene Kain, a former Army officer who now works as a chief of pre-trial services in the campus. 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24 ut journal Dan Sullivan is the new Alabama, Mississippi, Web writer for UT’s Public Louisiana, Kansas and Information Department. Arkansas. He enjoys telling Keith Shevenell is Prior to returning to his students about the great attending law school alma mater, Sullivan experience he had at UT at Nova Southeastern worked as a reporter for and trying to convince University. The Villages Daily Sun in them that UT is a great E-mail: shevenellk@nsu. The Villages, FL, and at place to go to college. law.nova.edu The Daily News Transcript E-mail: [email protected] in Norwood, MA. He lives in Tampa. Heather Reckard is a E-mail: dansullivan06@ kindergarten assistant Stay in gmail.com teacher at Trinity School for Children in Tampa. Touch E-mail: kreckard@ We want to know what yahoo.com ’07 you’ve been doing since Johanna Hill oversees Sara Tabone is working graduation, and so do your the annual Junior Marine at the Discovery Center classmates and friends. Biologist program at the Education Department Stay in touch by sending Jamie (Ferenbach) ’04 and Bob Kahns ’00 Loggerhead Marinelife of the Conservancy of us your Class Acts so we Center. She has worked Southwest Florida, under can include you in the next for best sports story. the 215 people who at the center since she their scholarship program. Jessica works for the attended the Manatee was 16. Johanna lives in issue of the UT Journal. You can send in the form below, El Paso affiliate of CBS County School District Jupiter, FL. Vanessa Panilagan Television. new teacher orientation completed an internship e-mail [email protected] or Adam Labonte began on Aug. 6. She lives in this summer with the update your page on the working as an admissions Bradenton, FL. cultural department of alumni site. UT ’06 counselor at UT this the British Embassy in Gina Sanfilippo married fall. Adam works with Jillian Miller will be a Washington, D.C. She is Robert Demchuk Jr. on incoming students from fourth-grade teacher at now looking to work in May 27 at the Our Lady of the , North Braden River Elementary public policy. School. She was among Lourdes Catholic Church in Florida, Texas, Colorado, Dunedin, FL. They live in Tampa.

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winter 2008 25 Alumni and Parents to do Parent Get ut.edu calendar of events All events are free unless otherwise noted. Together @ The UT Family Association january february Wednesday, March 19 held its annual meeting and Wednesday, Jan. 16 Tuesday, Feb. 19 MBAA Leadership Meeting panel discussion on Oct. MBAA Leadership Meeting Atlanta Alumni Event 5:15 p.m. 5, during Family Weekend. 5:15 p.m. Atlanta, GA Sykes College of Business Family Association co-chairs Sykes College of Business Details at alumni.ut.edu Room 148 John and Mary-Phyllis Harvey Room 148 Wednesday, Feb. 20 Thursday, March 20 served as hosts of this annual Thursday, Jan. 17 MBAA Leadership Meeting Tampa Alpha Alumni Chapter event that was attended by Tampa Alpha Alumni Chapter 5:15 p.m. Meeting more than 40 moms and dads Meeting Sykes College of Business 6 p.m. social from all over the country. 6 p.m. social Room 148 6:30 p.m. meeting Riverside Center At the meeting, members of 6:30 p.m. meeting Thursday, Feb. 21 Alumni Conference Room the UT community hosted a Riverside Center Tampa Alpha Alumni Chapter panel discussion, provided Alumni Conference Room Meeting april information and answered Friday, Jan 18 6 p.m. social Friday, April 11 questions on many New England Alumni Event 6:30 p.m. meeting NAA Board of Director’s Meeting campus issues. UT Boston, MA Riverside Center 9 a.m. Details at alumni.ut.edu Alumni Conference Room Vaughn Center Friday, Jan. 25 Friday, Feb. 22 Ninth Floor NAA Board of Directors Meeting Golden Spartan Induction Lunch Tampa Alpha Golf Classic 3 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. shotgun start Riverside Center Vaughn Center Crescent Club MacDill Air Force Base Alumni Conference Room march Price TBD Saturday, Jan. 26 Friday, March 14 Tampa Alpha Chapter Ladies of the ’50s Luncheon A complete listing of Gasparilla Pre-parade Brunch Noon 10 a.m. Vaughn Center Board Room University events can be Plant Hall $15 per person found at www.ut.edu. Are You West Verandah Getting $35 per person Duped?

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26 ut journal Alums Bet on a Good Time at Monte Carlo Night The Tampa Alpha Alumni Chapter hosted its 26th annual Monte Carlo Night on Oct. 20 on the ninth floor of the UT Vaughn Center. More than 150 alumni and friends enjoyed a full dinner, drinks and gaming while helping raise scholarship dollars for UT students. This year’s crowd was entertained by Sometimes 6 featuring Darrin Guilbeau ’06. For more information on the Tampa Alpha chapter, contact Carol Tortarelli ’02 at [email protected]. UT

(From left) Adam Labonte ’07, Brad Randel and Erik Allmond ’07 celebrate after winning a big hand at the blackjack table.

winter 2008 27 Add Value to Your UT MBA Degree

Join UT’s MBA Association • Backstage tours of Bay Area companies • Monthly happy hours Running Just for ’50s Gals Home Gals from the ’50s, get ready for your • Networking events Several alumni ran in annual luncheon at UT. The Ladies of the ’50s • Leadership development the Spartan 5K Oct. 20 dur- luncheon will be held on Friday, March 14, ing homecoming weekend. from noon to 2 p.m. Make plans now to join More than 300 runners E-mail [email protected], or crossed the finish line, and your friends for fun and games. Invitations call the alumni office ta (813) first place winners in each will be mailed in early February, but help us by 253-6209 for more information. category won free Chic-Fil- spreading the word to your friends now. A for a year. Dave Gresko MBA ’99 was the first male alumnus to finish in 18:01, Tampa Alpha Kicks Off taking the prize for the facul- Year with BBQ ty, staff and alumni category. Samantha Robinson ’07 was The Tampa Alpha Chapter kicked off anoth- the first alumna to cross er year of exciting activities for Tampa Bay-area the line in 23:31, coming in Spartans with its annual membership barbecue second in that category. The symbol of educational excellence race was organized by the on Sept. 15. To learn more about the Tampa Board of Counselors and Alpha Chapter contact Tampa Alpha president proceeds went to fund ath- Carol Tortarelli ’02 at letic scholarships. UT (Photo courtesy of Kimberly ctortarelli@hotmail. UT Comes to YOU! Photography.) com. UT Winter in New England On Friday, Jan. 18, New England-area Spartans will get together University Bookstore to watch the Boston Celtics take on the Philadelphia 76ers. The is Online group will gather before the game to catch up on old times and get ready to cheer on the Celtics. For more information on the New Visit the University Bookstore at utampa.bncollege. England alumni chapter, contact Stephanie Sibley ’89 at stephanie. com for all of your Spartan gear. Plus, since the Campus Store is a part of the Barnes & Noble [email protected] or Dave Tedford ’84 at [email protected]. family, you get tremendous deals on software, books and magazines. We’re Coming to Atlanta Contact Mike Comiskey, Campus Store manager, at (813) 253-6230 for more We weren’t able to get together this fall, but a date has been set information. UT for an Atlanta-area Spartan gathering this spring. UT alumni, par- ents and friends are invited to meet up for a networking happy hour on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Go to alumni.ut.edu for all the details. UT

28 ut journal Influential Pastor and UT Alumnus Dies he Rev. D. James Kennedy ’58, founder In 1974 he began and senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presby- Coral Ridge Ministries T terian Church in Fort Lauderdale, died that produces the on Sept. 5. He was 76. weekly program, “The The pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Coral Ridge Hour.” Church for nearly five decades, Kennedy grew The weekly televi- to have a worldwide ministry influence. Ac- sion broadcast airs cording to the Miami Herald, Kennedy led a on more than 400 congregation that grew from 45 in 1960 to stations and to 165 10,000 today. He created the ministry “Evange- nations on the Armed lism Explosion,” and in 1996 it became the first Forces Network. Christian ministry to be established in every It is estimated nation on earth. that “The Coral Ridge Kennedy co-founded the Moral Majority, Hour” reaches more the Coalition on Revival and the Alliance De- than 3 million view- Dr. D. James Kennedy ’58 with fense Fund. He also was the founder of West- ers in 200 countries. In 2005 Kennedy was in- his wife of 51 years, Anne. Photo courtesy of Coral Ridge minster Academy, a Pre-K to 12th grade Chris- ducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Presbyterian Church tian school, and Knox Theological Seminary. Hall of Fame. Columnist Cal Thomas called Kennedy “one According to the tribute Web site www. of the best educated and most compelling of all djameskennedy.org, Kennedy’s family moved the cultural conservatives who sought to use to Tampa when Kennedy was in high school. He the political process to reverse the ‘moral slide’ served as the drum major at Plant High School, in America.” and received a music scholarship at UT. UT MemoriaIn m ALUMNI Evelyn Fernandez ’42 UT Remembers Two Students Violet M. Conte ’46 his fall the UT community mourned the Anthony Granell ’50 Vincent A. Chicko ’54 passing of two students and remembered Cleo Menendez ’54 T them with candlelit vigils. D. James Kennedy ’58 During the summer break, on Aug. 2, Sa- Sara W. Edwards ’58 UT Comes to YOU! mantha MacQuilliam, a 19-year-old sophomore, Bartow K. Lysek ’60 was found dead in her Palm Harbor home. Her William T. “Bill” McLean ’60 Garland H. Nelson ’66 boyfriend was later charged with her murder. Edward L. Collins ’70 Originally from Gambrills, MD, MacQuilliam Fred Britt ’71 was a nursing student. Herbert N. Wolfe ’71 “Samy was all about caring,” said Assistant John N. Schmidt ’73 Professor of Nursing Dr. Suzanne Collins, Sa- Brigitte H. Andersen ’73 Eddie B. Kirkland ’75 my’s Gateways professor and nursing adviser. Two students share a moment of silence at Nick Kopplin’s candlelit vigil William Kuhlman ’84 in the Vaughn Courtyard. “Her sunny disposition would have made her a Megan Thompson ’02 real natural for nursing.” “Nick was just an all around great person,” A candlelight memorial service was held on said sophomore Kayla Adams. “He was one of Sept. 27 to celebrate her life. my first friends at UT and since day one made Nicholas Kopplin, a junior finance major sure everyday I had here was fun. He was an from Overland, MO, died in a motorcycle ac- incredibly caring and sweet person and always cident in St. Petersburg on Aug. 21. At a can- brightened everyone’s day around him. He was dlelight vigil on Aug. 29 his friends described a very genuine person, and he lived his life to Kopplin’s love of life. the fullest.” UT

winter 2008 29 Homecoming & reunions Friday, oct. -sunday, oct.  Hundreds of UT alumni got together this fall for Homecoming and Reunions 2007. The weekend’s events began Friday with the Golden Spartan Reunion Luncheon for the classes of 1934 through 1957. All alumni were invited to the President’s Reception at 5 p.m. the same day where President Ronald L. Vaughn hosted hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Saturday morning, several alumni took part in the Spartan 5K Run. Later in the day, a “Decade of the ’50s” open house for class members who graduated in the 1950s took place, followed by a reunion luncheon for the classes of 1987, 1997 and 2002. That evening, former Spartans were treated to a buffet dinner, cocktails and gaming during the Monte Carlo Auction and Casino Night. The black-tie optional event took place in the Director of Athletics Larry Marfise (far left) and President Ronald L. Vaughn (far right) crown the King and Queen of Homecoming, Josh Murphy ’08 and Vaughn Center’s Crescent Nicole Miranda ’09 (center right and left). (Photo courtesy of Peter Arrabal of The Minaret.) Club, with all gambling proceeds going toward the UT National Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship. UT

From left: Rosemary Leathers ’58, Gerald Jackson ’50 and Al Leathers ’56 are all smiles at the Decade of the ’50s Open House.

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Tony Saladino ’55 and Ralph Steinberg ’53 catch up on old times before The student homecoming parade winds past the President’s Reception on the East Verandah. lunch at the Decade of the ’50s Open House.

Nora Ganderson ’98, Tom Staples ’87 and Ron McClarin ’87 helped kick off homecoming weekend at Recent graduates share a laugh at the President’s Reception. the President’s Reception.

Alumni of all ages took advantage of the opportunity to see future plans It was a packed house at the Golden Spartans Luncheon honoring the class of 1957. for UT’s campus at the President’s Reception.

winter 2008 3 Trustee Alumni Come Home By Robin Roger uring Homecoming Weekend, Ernest impressive growth of the curriculum, colleges, Writer Segundo ’56 spent practically all day student population and faculty, as well as the D and all night at The University of Tampa. expansion of the physical campus. He remem- “All I needed was a bed there,” he says. bers UT when it was completely housed in Plant Segundo’s dedication to UT goes far beyond Hall. Ironically, he used to sleep on the fourth The Board of Trustees includes Homecoming Weekend, however. He is part of a floor, where the men’s dorm was located. several alumni members, including (front row, left to right) growing number of alumni who have elected to The third floor was divided, with one wing Ernest Segundo ’56, Brooke May ’03, Pauline Crumpton ’57, Lea stay involved long after graduation by serving for women and one wing for married couples. Davis ’93, Helen Kerr ’86 and on the Board of Trustees. There are 40 elected Classrooms were on the second floor, and the Alfred Austin ’47, (back row, left to right) Leo Berman ’69, John members, 10 ex officio, five trustee emeriti and first floor held offices. The library was in what is Wolfe ‘68, Craig Sturken ’66, Jim McLeod ’70, Bob Calafell ’66, Kyle four chairman emeriti on the board, 18 of who now Fletcher Lounge. Bailey ’95, Bob Martinez ’57, Bill Cantrell ’79, and Joe Wessel ’95. are alumni. They all have different reasons for Though the University has expanded, it has Not pictured: Dick Greco ’56, John serving, with the same goal in mind: to keep kept a certain small-school charm throughout Sykes (Honorary Degree ’98) and Rick Thomas ’72 improving the University and enhancing its rep- the years. utation as a symbol of educational excellence. “Never Leaving” From Humble Leo Berman ’69, president of the Palm Beginnings Beach Yacht Center, says the personalized at- Now a trustee emeritus, Segundo was in- tention and small classes allowed him to be Lmore than just a number. He says UT prepared vited to become part of the Board of Trustees in 1997. He says his desire to continue helping him for the real world. Nthe University at a higher level of involvement “The greatest thing about the University is prompted him to accept the invitation. when I return to campus it’s like I never left,” Segundo has seen many changes since Berman says.” Of course, the facilities are a lot his days as a student, he says, including the nicer, but the same friendly atmosphere prevails today as it did in the ’60s.”

32 ut journal Joe Wessel ’95, training and development Moving Forward Alumni coordinator with Pepin Distributing, echoed The Honorable Bob Martinez ’57, former Board of Berman’s thoughts. He still remembers his first governor of the state of Florida and senior policy Trustee campus visit, when Dr. Wayne Price, at the time adviser for Holland & Knight, says serving on the chair of the biology department, sat down Members Tthe Board of Trustees has been an uplifting to talk with him. R. Kyle Bailey ‘95 experience. As the University continues to Trustee Though he didn’t end up majoring in ma- thrive, his degree becomes more valuable, he Bailey Family Foundation rine biology, he says this personal attention im- Leo Berman ‘69 says. But UT still faces challenges as it continues pressed him. He still has lunch with his mentors President to grow, he says. Palm Beach Yacht Center from the University, Dr. Jeffrey Klepfer, associ- “There will always be a campaign,” he Robert Calafell ‘66 ate professor of psychology, and Dr. Phil Quinn, says. “The Plant building in particular is very Senior VP (Retired) associate professor of criminology. GTE (Verizon) expensive to maintain, but it’s a landmark.” “My general motivation for ‘never leaving’ Bill Cantrell MBA ‘79 Martinez, a trustee emeritus, should know. President UT is the spirit of our institution,” says Wessel. As governor of Florida, he spearheaded an effort People’s Gas System “The camaraderie and feeling of family per- Pauline Crumpton ‘57 to refurbish Plant Hall. meates all involved — students, faculty, staff, Educator (Retired) When Tampa suffered an economic alumni, parents and friends. Our living, breath- Lea Davis ‘93 downturn and retailers left downtown in droves, Political Campaign ing and constantly evolving campus creates the Consultant (Retired) UT stuck it out, he says, and continued to atmosphere of open learning from each other.” Helen Kerr ‘86 contribute to the economic life of the city. Now Realtor (Retired), Opportunities UT will reap the rewards, Martinez says. Community Volunteer Looking forward, this group of trustees Jim MacLeod ‘70 Many board members credit UT with giv- Managing Director says that, despite the rapidly growing student Coastal State Bank ing them opportunities they may not have had body, they would like to maintain the student to Craig Sturken ‘66 otherwise. Pauline Crumpton ’57 serves on the teacher ratio and manage growth. Chairman, CEO, President Mboard to show her appreciation for the fact that Spartan Stores “I’d like to see UT reach 6,000 students,” there was a “hometown” university available to John Wolfe ‘68 says Kyle Bailey. ”I’d like to see UT achieve Realtor her in the mid-1950s. the new, highest-level accreditation that it’s Preston & Farley Inc. “I am certain, had UT not been available, currently seeking. I’d like to see UT become Chairman Emeriti my life path would have been very different,” she Alfred S. Austin ’47 the best, mid-sized, private university in the says. (Honorary Degree ‘04) nation.” CEO Crumpton, former president of the Chisel- The school’s selectivity is also a high priority. A.S. Austin Company ers, continued to live at home and held a full- “We can be selective in the students we John Sykes time job while a student at UT. This balancing (Honorary Degree ‘98) choose and make this an institution that will Chairman Emeritus act helped her develop self-discipline, she said, have more respect,” says Al Austin ’47. “The Sykes Enterprises Inc. the most valuable lesson learned in college. reputation of the school is something we’re all Rick Thomas ‘72 “I received an education, and I met my wife President and CEO proud of. The best is yet to come.” Thomas Financial Group of 41 years at UT,” says Craig Sturken ’66. “I am Many expressed the need for a greater passionate about both of these events, and I trustee Emeriti endowment. Dick Greco ’56 believe that my experience as the CEO of a pub- “Through my years in the Board of Fellows, (Honorary Degree ‘02) licly held company can add value to the college Former Mayor/City of Tampa the Board of the National Alumni Association Executive Vice President that gave me a head start towards what I believe and the Board of Trustees, I have been a Lindell Properties to be a successful career in the business of food supporter of creating endowment funds for Gov. Bob Martinez ‘57 retailing.” Former Governor/State of scholarships and faculty grants,” says Segundo. CEO of Spartan Stores Inc., a Michigan- Florida “By all measurements, UT’s endowment is low. Senior Policy Adviser based chain of supermarkets and drugstores, I would like to see it reach $100 million in my Holland and Knight Sturken was the first in his family to graduate Ernest Segundo ‘56 lifetime, and I believe that it can be done.” from college. Though he was an education ma- President (Retired) While Segundo cherishes his memories of Vista Chemical Latin jor, his entire career has been in business. He UT as it was, housed in one building, he looks American S.A. says he owes his success to the process of matu- eagerly to the future. ex officio ration he went through at UT, while finding the Brooke May ‘03 “When I look at the University’s Master Plan wherewithal to finish is education. Chair, UT Board of Counselors developed by the Board of Trustees and the Assistant Project Manager “I found the environment that I was in while Administration, and see the projects that have Skanska USA at UT was extremely competitive and that, cou- Joe Wessel ‘95 yet to come to reality, I become excited ... and a pled with finding a wife who supported my ambi- Training and Development little impatient.” Segundo says. UT Coordinator tions, made the difference for me,” he says. Pepin Distributing Company

winter 2008 33 D Building Ut Memories Gifts of the Past for he Annual Fund touches virtually every part of The University of Tampa. The T Fund is broken down into categories to help UT meet its most urgent and immediate the Present needs — academic programs, athletic programs, campus improvements, scholarship assistance, TAylor AlBerTSon Pinke director of the Annual Fund and teaching excellence, innovation, and faculty e-mail: [email protected] development — all of which are vitally important to UT’s success. The Annual Fund helps to ensure everything you love about your UT experience is here for future generations. Recently I asked Annual Fund donors their favorite memories of UT. Sure annual Fund enough, the Annual Fund played a part in all — By the of these memories. Here is the Annual Fund in action: numbers So a special thank you to everyone who • In 2007, 87 percent “My favorite UT memory is of leading has made contributions to the Annual Fund and of UT students received my girlfriend on a scavenger hunt around financial aid or scholarship have sent in their favorite memories. I invite you assistance. The Annual Plant Hall and then proposing to her in the to share the experiences you had at UT and to Fund helps to build these Student Government Office. We met at O- help ensure current students can create their aid packages, which allows team [orientation team] interviews, served in own lifelong memories. the University to attract campus leadership together and were married the best students who will rick and sandy Thomas ’ named benefit most from a UT shortly after graduation. It has been five years annual Fund co-chairs education. and we are still deeply in love. Thanks UT!” After a year of trying to get Sandy Baldwin’s • With help from UT’s — william Bridgeham ’02 attention, Rick Thomas finally got a first date. Annual Fund, students can participate in more “Varsity sports, intramural sports, small And the two have been together ever since. than 2,000 University classes, frequent dances and a great city!” They both graduated in 1972 and were mar- events each year, and ried shortly after. The Thomases remained in more than 120 clubs and — Dr. william P. Bosworth ’57 student organizations, Tampa, began Thomas Financial, raised a fam- and 20 sororities and “The UT Honors Program! I was able ily and today are enjoying their first grandchild. fraternities give students to go to Europe through the program and And all the while, they have never forgotten the opportunity to meet and the honors courses I took prepared me for their UT roots. interact with other students. graduate school.” Support to UT’s Annual Rick Thomas, who played on the football • — jennifer Dawson ’02 Fund helps the University team at UT, said they feel a tremendous sense to hire the best professors am a single mom whose daughter of satisfaction advancing the University’s impor- and keep class sizes small “I — the average class size is a sophomore at UT on a scholarship she tant mission and enhancing UT’s national repu- is 20 students. Because of received because of her outstanding grades. I tation for excellence in higher education. UT’s 15-1 student to faculty am so proud of her and cannot wait to see her “Like our family and our hometown, UT is ratio, students get to know part of who we are,” Rick Thomas said. “The their professors and graduate from UT. Thank you! are able to learn — Leann M. Fisher, mother of University gave us the foundation for the suc- in and out of the amelia Cullen ’10 cess we have enjoyed in our lives. classroom. UT Everything you remember about “Our experience as supporters of UT illus- your University of Tampa experience trates the principle that when you contribute to — that’s how the Annual Fund supports an institution you believe in, as we believe in today’s students. The characteristics that The University of Tampa, you get back 10 times make UT different from other universities what you give.” Browse our books at http://utpress.ut.edu — small class sizes, personalized attention The Thomases have graciously volunteered from professors, top-notch campus housing to spearhead UT’s Annual Fund as the co-chairs University of Tampa Press • 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. • Tampa, FL 33606 and facilities, unique student activities and our this year. In their roles as co-chairs they will 813-257-3099 • Fax 813-258-7593 diverse academic programs — are all made pos- help the University raise awareness and funds sible through support to the Annual Fund. in support of UT’s mission. UT

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A Calculated Plan Thomas R. Giddens, Ph.D. Planned Giving Director Alumna Josephine LeGault ’49 Thomas R. Giddens, Ph.D., is UT’s planned giving Repays UT for Launching Her Career director, a post he has held since July 1996. He also has s a member of the Air Force, the one LeGault said her decision to major in been a regular contributor constant in Josephine LeGault’s life math and science was based less on her to “Leaving a Legacy,” a practical guide to financial A was being regularly uprooted from natural aptitude and more on the fact that planning and planned giving her home and moved to new locations. From GIs returning from the war were flooding the at UT. Kansas to North Africa, there were only two liberal arts classrooms. “For some reason,” she Giddens also directs UT’s Institute for Estate and things that traveled with LeGault wherever said with a smile, “there weren’t too many who Financial Planning, which she went: her husband, and her education wanted to study physics.” assists alumni and friends from The University of Tampa. This broad course of study would come in of the University with estate and financial planning needs While enrolled as a student at UT, Le- handy when LeGault arrived at Patrick Air Force via lectures, seminars, in- Gault was unsure which field she wanted to continued on next page home study courses and oth- study. She began her search first in psychol- er educational programs that focus on wills, trusts and ogy and later found a better fit in mathemat- life estate contracts, taxes, ics, a major in which she eventually earned Planned Giving Web investments, life insurance, her degree. Site: A Valuable long-term health care and Fresh out of college, LeGault was ready retirement planning. UT Resource to find her way into the high-tech world when Do you have questions about estate planning? her military husband was alerted for duty in Planned giving? Your will? Trusts? Tripoli, Libya (North Africa). During the wait Each month, we feature new ar- for documents, immunizations and travel ticles and interactive features that cover such topics at our Planned arrangements to Africa, she decided to con- Giving Web site: tinue her studies, earning a second major in Go to www.ut.edu/ physics to complement her undergraduate plannedgiving to learn more. UT education.

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LeGault most responsible for teaching her how to carry continued from page 36 out the thousands of complicated calculations “I’m not one she did in her lifetime. Base in Melbourne, FL, where her husband’s to spend things assignment was to last nine years. In the When it came time to consider her estate plans, LeGault decided that she wanted to early 1950s, a computer named FLAC (Florida on myself — Automatic Computer) was being designed, “pay back” The University of Tampa for the doors her education had opened for her. After assembled and tested for running the computa- material things tion requirements of the missile test range at some consideration, she included a provision the base. in her trust for the University, stating, “I’m don’t mean LeGault’s responsibilities were to organize not one to spend things on myself — material and staff a computing laboratory with the capa- things don’t mean much to me — and I’ll much to me bility to develop and test FLAC software. What trade that for helping to make a better world.” this boiled down to were many sophisticated LeGault’s gift to The University of Tampa — and I’ll trade hand calculations carried out by a large team will help her realize that goal by shaping of mathematicians. In short, they were trying young people into future psychologists or that for helping to write the story — in mathematics — of what mathematicians. UT was happening in each test flight. to make a better LeGault said she used every bit of what For Further Information she had learned at UT, in that the task required world.” her to be “a little bit of a programmer, a little Thomas R. Giddens Brian Overcast Director of Planned Giving Planned Giving Officer — Josephine bit of a mathematician and a little bit of a psy- LeGault ’49 chologist.” She credits her education at UT for The University of Tampa • Office of Planned Giving–Box H 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. • Tampa, FL 33606-1490 enabling her to accomplish this feat, especially Telephone: (813) 253-6220 • Fax: (813) 258-7798 Dr. Guy Becknell, who was her math and phys- E-mail: [email protected] ics professor at the University and the person Web site: www.ut.edu/plannedgiving

Where There’s a Will… Leith FACT: If you own property — from Q. Who will be your executor? a car to a bank account — and are concerned Bequest It is important to choose someone you about how this property will be distributed upon trust and who is capable of handling the many Allocated to your death, you need a will. financial and administrative tasks involved in Scholarships Here are four questions you should consider managing your estate. A recent bequest by when preparing a will: past professor Dr. Bill Leith Q. Who will be your attorney? is a perfect example of the Q. What do you have to give? transformative effect that an The most important factor when seeking estate gift can have on The The first step is to write down an inventory. University of Tampa. Thanks an attorney is to find someone you feel com- List your bank and retirement accounts, your to Dr. Leith’s bequest, UT fortable working with. The best way to find an insurance policies and your real estate. You will recently established seven attorney is to ask those around you: your friend, new endowed scholarships: also want to list other valuable property, such your coworker, or your accountant. • three student as artwork and antiquities. scholarships; As you consider your estate planning, the • three discretionary Q. Who do you want to give Planned Giving Department at The University of dean’s funds; Tampa is here to help. You may request a free • and a discretionary fund for the . to? brochure, “Planning Your Will and Protecting Consider who should benefit from your es- The student scholarships Your Decisions” by calling the department will help bright students tate. Do you have family members to consider? at (813) 253-6220, or by e-mailing us at with financial need, and Friends? Which charities would you like to sup- [email protected]. the discretionary funds will port after you are gone? ensure that our academic As with all important financial matters, we recommend leadership can quickly that you speak with an attorney, tax professional, or invest- fulfill the University’s most ment professional before considering a charitable gift. UT pressing faculty and program needs. UT

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Inspiration Through

By Dan Sullivan Web Writer Award Exploration Honors Sophomore Receives Scholarship Smith’s Life to Study Whales Down Under The Timothy M. Smith Inspiration Through ext summer, Lorian Knapp ’10 will Exploration Award is spend eight hours a day aboard a boat presented annually to a in Hervey Bay, Australia, gathering UT undergraduate honors N student. information with a team of marine researchers Timothy M. Smith was from the Pacific Whale Foundation. Using an alumnus of Tulane highly sophisticated research equipment, the University who passed away in 2003. Although a team will collect data on the Australian lawyer by trade, Smith’s humpback whale population, providing true passion was traveling research information that could influence the world and writing about his many experiences. environmental policy worldwide. The award was first For Knapp, a psychology major with a ma- introduced at UT in 2005 to rine science minor, the overseas excursion will honor the life of its name- sake. Smith’s brother, father be a rare opportunity propelling her closer to and sister-in-law each were realizing her ambition of being a marine mam- UT alumni. mal field researcher — an opportunity made “They wanted to honor him with an award that possible by an award from UT’s Honors Program. would allow students to Knapp was recently selected as the re- travel and be inspired by cipient of the Timothy M. Smith Inspiration their travels,” said Robert Through Exploration Award — an annual Bruns, director of corporate and foundation support. scholarship given to a UT Honors student. The The award’s two previ- $2,000 award is dispensed to provide the win- ous winners traveled to ner with the opportunity to travel abroad, with Israel and Europe before publishing essays about the expectation that they write about their ex- their experiences. periences upon their return. The highly competitive “Australia is a place I’ve always wanted to Lorian Knapp ’10 (center) works with her virtual rat in the psychology lab award provides $2,000 for while Dr. James Woodson, assistant professor of psychology, assists. the winning student to use go,” Knapp said. “I was floored when they told for travel during the summer me I had won. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t think With original aspirations of being an animal to virtually any destination. I would get it.” trainer, Knapp’s initial academic interests To be considered for the award students are re- were focused in the field of marine science. quired to submit an original A Whale of an Idea After having participated in an internship fiction or nonfiction essay Knapp’s decision to use the award to fund at Sea World, however, she decided that as well as an essay on why the student believes he or an internship with the Pacific Whale Foundation knowledge of psychology was essential to she would benefit from the was one that was particularly impressive to the understanding animal behavior. Thus, most of award and a summary of members of the Faculty Honors Committee, her extracurricular activities cater to either her where they intend to travel if selected. Upon returning according to Dr. Richard Piper, the director of psychology major or her marine science minor. to the United States, the the Honors Program. On the psychology side, Knapp recently student is required to write “Lorian had such a well-described project,” started to work with Dr. Jeffrey Klepfer, an as- an essay detailing his or her Piper said. “It tied right into her minor. Her’s experiences overseas. UT sociate professor of psychology, in an honors was the most clearly presented and the best research fellowship study that examines how written.” emotions influence investment decisions.

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Alumnus Sets Up Scholarship Newly for International Study Established lumnus Axel Claesges and his wife, a professor in the Department of Foreign Lan- Endowed Ann, recently established a $4,000 guages at West Virginia University and devel- Scholarships A annual scholarship to support UT oped a study abroad program in Germany. Ann, students’ participation in study abroad and a graduate of Vanderbilt University, served as UT gratefully acknowl- edges the individuals, corpo- international programs. a schoolteacher. Ann and Axel Claesges live in rations and foundations that The annual scholarship, part of a compre- Nashville. have contributed to the Uni- hensive planned gift, was named the Axel and Last May, four UT nursing students were versity’s endowment. They have been instrumental in Ann Claesges Study Abroad Fund and will as- awarded $1,000 scholarships each, which en- securing the University’s fu- sist and encourage deserving undergraduate abled them to travel with a group to Ecuador ture. New Endowments begin and graduate students with financial need to to tour medical and psychiatric hospitals, meet with a commitment of $25,000 complete an international experience or study with local nursing faculty and students and or more. Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, new endowments will abroad program. engage in a community health project in an begin with a commitment of Axel Claesges ’62 worked for 25 years as elementary school. UT $50,000 or more. • Charles T. Eldredge Endowed Scholarship Scholarship “I would love to see it come to fruition • William D. Leith Endowed Scholarship Fund continued from page 38 before she graduates,” Klepfer said. “She’s a for the College of Arts and “I knew it would be beneficial to have a sophomore and already she has accomplished Letters very sharp student to help with the study,” a lot here at the University. She’s just one of the • William D. Leith Klepfer said. “Lorian is very bright. She has a very best.” Endowed Scholarship Fund Among her numerous other scholastic ac- for the College of Natural and lot of initiative and a winsome personality.” Health Sciences tivities, Knapp serves as a resident assistant in • William D. Leith Earning Extra Credit UT’s Smiley Hall, is a violinist in the UT orches- Endowed Scholarship Fund tra, an active member of Campus Crusade for for the College of Social Knapp is involved in all aspects of the Christ and one of the founders of a new group Sciences, Mathematics and study, a complex experiment involving the Education called Active Minds, which strives to raise practice of giving extra credit points to students • William D. Leith awareness about students with mental health in UT psychology classes, Klepfer said. In Janu- Endowed Provost Fund disorders on college campuses. ary 2008, she will help present the initial results • Ralph Russo Memorial Upon returning to the United States, Knapp Scholarship at a psychology conference. Later, Klepfer said will write an essay detailing her experiences he hopes to have the results published in a overseas, for publication in Respondez! — UT’s peer-reviewed journal of psychology. Honors Journal. UT

Darwin P. “Sonny” Stoll John and Betty Gibson gifts in Honor and in memoriam Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Austin Joyce Keller Robert “Bob” Thomas Bryan Pardo Gifts made from June 3 in memoriam Lucille Hickey Grant Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Austin Team Health Southeast Mr. and Mrs. Avron Bryan through Nov. 8, 2007. John M. Wolfe Mary S. Wolfe Robert Barner Judge and Mrs. Paul W. Martha Vaughn Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Austin in honor Mr. and Mrs. Reginald B. Danahy Jr. Colvard Nell B. Hippenmeier Frank G. Cisneros Vince Chicko Frank L. Rosenblatt Col. David and Amanda Mr. and Mrs. Reginald B. McNabb corrections George Grant Colvard Charles W. Kearney Sr. Dorothy “Ordy” Hendry’s name was misspelled in Judge and Mrs. Paul W. Sofia Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Austin Danahy Jr. Covington and Dr. the Gifts in Honor and In Memoriam section of the fall James Covington Gordon Maingot George Smith Journal. Rosemary Armstrong and Fred E. and Jeanette Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Anthony More Michael C. Floyd should have been listed in the Morris Weinberg Jr. Tony Provenzano Joe and Julie Urso section for the Frederic Spaulding Society Gold ($500- William Dean Dorinda and Luis Rodriguez, Fred E. and Jeanette Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Reginald B. Anna Noya $999). Colvard Didi Rief Sheri A. Huelster gave $75 and should have been th Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Austin listed in the 75 Anniversary Club list.

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