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UNIVERSITY OF SPRING2026
JOURNAL
Power through Art
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Center Breaks Ground
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Learning in Service
PHOTOGRAPH: DHONNIE LABANG
LIFE FLIGHT LESSONS
The Tampa General Hospital
Aeromed team landed in Pepin
Stadium in April to give students in
the Physician Assistant Medicine
program a chance to learn from
flight paramedics. The hands-on
simulation taught what it’s like to
receive and hand off patients in
need of helicopter transport for
critical care.
UNIVERSITY OF
JOURNAL
utampa.edu/utjournal
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Holly Neumann
hneumann@ut.edu
ART DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF BRAND AND CREATIVE SERVICES
Erin Dixon
e
Tampa UNIVERSITY OF
PHOTOGRAPH: DHONNIE LABANG
LIFE FLIGHT LESSONS The Tampa General Hospital A
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Leadership for a Changing
16 CONTENTS | SPRING 2026 VOL. XLII, NO.3 FEA
Dr. Stephen F. Dickey and Marsha Dickey, center,
KNUCKLEY NAMED NEW DEAN OF CNHS Bryan Knuckley,
ON CAMPUS FACULTY FOCUS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
ON CAMPUS 5 MINUTES WITH Jess Wombles ’28 J
Grads Cross the Stage in 162nd Commencement The
Spartans on a PEACE spring break trip to Seattle
Afghanistan access resources and develop and writ
ON CAMPUS
“I’m trying to read more classic literature.”
Men's swimming won the NCAA Div. II national cham
“I really wanted us to have another shot
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LET'S GO T H E “ " F L O R I D A - S P L A I NED
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Cathy Salustri ’95 will tell you that she’s a “mi
WINTER PARK: FROM ROUGH TO RAIL Today, Winter Par
BELLEAIR: TAKE IN THE SPLENDOR The Belleview Bilt
OCALA: TAKE THE
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materials and developing the discipline required
transformed into form. What begins as experience
Frorup’s work in major international collections
CLASS NOTES 1970s Timothy Mazzei ’76 is a state
ALUMNI REPORT Travis Kaiser ’07, owner of San
e�t SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT A Friend of Po
Meet the Class of 2026 PHOTOGRAPHS: CAROLIN BELC
ALUMNI REPORT SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT Shaping the
papers from her father that lead her into a searc
ALUMNI AWARDS Alumni Awards The Uni
ESSE QUAM VIDERI Lee Matthews, Ph.D. �C�l�a
DeCarlo Deveaux ’94 uses just one word sum up his
Houston Astros organiza- tions, and before that w
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SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY A Firm Belief in the F
MINARET MOMENT Getting a Glow-up At a spr
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA ALUMNI Weekend OCTOBER 2-3,
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