<br />
UNIVERSITY OF WINTER2025<br />
WINTER 2025<br />
JOURNAL<br />
EARTH, WATER AND SKY<br />
Like the elements that surround it,<br />
the University of Tampa campus<br />
blends naturally into the cityscape,<br />
a heartbeat away from the bustle of<br />
downtown and the serene beauty of the<br />
Hillsborough River and Tampa Bay.<br />
PHOTOGRAPH: AERIAL INNOVATIONS<br />
UNIVERSITY OF<br />
JOURNAL<br />
utampa.edu/utjournal<br />
EDITOR<br />
Holly Neumann<br />
hneumann@ut.edu<br />
ART DIRECTOR<br />
Erin Dixon<br />
edixon@ut.edu<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Sarah Krolik ’20, M.A. ’23<br />
DESIGN CONSULTANT<br />
2COMMUNIQUÉ<br />
contact@2communique.com<br />
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF<br />
COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS<br />
Eric Cárdenas<br />
ecardenas@ut.edu<br />
CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Ana Alvarado ’25, Kayla Boronell,<br />
Asia Brown M.A. ’22, M.S. ’2<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=1"> UNIVERSITY OF WIN</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=2"> EARTH, WATER AND SKY Like the elements that surr</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=3"> PHOTOGRAPH: AERIAL INNOVATIONS UNIVERSITY OF </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=4"> PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Te One and Only UTampa </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=5"> 12 CONTENTS | WINTER 2025 VOL. XL, NO.2 FEATU</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=6"> NEWS OF NOTE HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=7"> Longtime Athletics Director Larry Marf</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=8"> NEWS OF NOTE FACULTY FOCUS COLLEGE OF ARTS </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=9"> Assistant Professor Nate Connealy teaches crimino</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=10"> NEWS OF NOTE Fully Engaged UTampa’s social </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=11"> 5 MINUTES WITH John Ambrosio ’03 John Ambrosio</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=12"> ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS A Hard-Won Final Softball Se</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=13"> “When I frst got to see her after her f</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=14"> The Journal staff was eager to capture the energy</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=15"> 24Grand </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=16"> TUESDAY 5:45 a.m. </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=17"> 8 a.m. </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=18"> 1:05 p.m. Chris Haight sits in a break- out room </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=19"> 6:53 p.m. Sunset. Other campus buildings block a </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=20"> WEDNESDAY 12:10 a.m. In the common area on the n</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=21"> 2:18 a.m. A student comes into the lobby barefoot</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=22"> Climbing Florida’s Extra Rungs 20 | University of</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=23"> Te boards of directors overseeing the country’s b</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=24"> “Y </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=25"> Mercedes Romero “If we know h</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=26"> 24 | University of Tampa | W I N T E R 2 0 2 5</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=27"> s e f o o p r o ge r s wants u to y t</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=28"> S </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=29"> In the U.S. 90% of seafood is imported, “and any </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=30"> “You can judge the quality of a restaurant bas</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=31"> Mark Lang in the Kitchen How Mark Lang approache</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=32"> ALUMNI REPORT </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=33"> WHAT'S NEW? GO TO ALUMNI.UT.EDU TO STAY IN TOUCH.</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=34"> ALUMNI REPORT Florida in August. According to</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=35"> DECEMBER I : COMMENCEMENT WELCO</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=36"> ALUMNI REPORT Joe Adorno ’04 is the owner and</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=37"> SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT Hooked on Music, Magic Damar</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=38"> GASPARILLA BRUNCH</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=39"> Again this year, a lively bunch of spirited pirat</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=40"> ALUMNI REPORT SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT Nursi</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=41"> recognized in September as a “rising leader” by t</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=42"> ALUMNI WEEKEND OCT. 4-5, 2024 PHOTOGRAPHS: JESS</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=43"> WINTER 2024 | University of Tampa | 11</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=44"> ALUMNI REPORT Brittany Bing ’18, M.S. 19, pic</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=45"> EXPLORE THE WORLD IN 2025 WITH UTAMPA ALUMNI TRAV</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=46"> THE INAUGURATION OF TERESA ABI-NADER DAHLBE</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=47"> Daniel Park ’22 is the Korean language interprete</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=48"> SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=49"> a story about why you're cool and why you deserve</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=50"> PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. </a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=51"> From Worst to First Stu and Diane Williams Head B</a>
<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=52"> PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. </a>
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<a title="W25UTAMPAJOURNAL page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/53f6a8e8?page=54"> MINARET MOMENT What’s Your Hypothesis? T</a>
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