<br />
UNIVERSITYOF SPRING2025<br />
JOURNAL<br />
Top of Mind<br />
Officially inaugurated,<br />
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg<br />
reveals her vision for the<br />
University’s future<br />
<br />
SHORELINE<br />
STEWARDS<br />
Students chipped in to<br />
clean up the bay waters<br />
around Picnic Island<br />
Park in South Tampa<br />
on March 22. The event<br />
was sponsored by the<br />
UTampa Scuba and<br />
Snorkel Club.<br />
PHOTOGRAPH: JOSHUA SCHWARTZ ’25<br />
UNIVERSITY OF<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 />
JOURNAL<br />
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF<br />
COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS<br />
Eric Cárdenas<br />
ecardenas@ut.edu<br />
CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Ana Alvarado ’25<a title="S25-UTampa-Journal page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/1776a168?page=1"> UNIVERSITYOF SPRI</a>
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