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New Bell Tower Set to Ring
Behind the Scenes,
Alumni Make Olympic
Magic Happen
Te Metal Tamer: Meet
Artist Ryan McCallister ’10
JOURNAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WINTER 2021*
Team
Teaching
at Its Best
Te newly revamped
Honors Program fea-
tures courses taught
by faculty in three
diferent disciplines.
ALL IS WELL
One highlight of Fall Weekend in October was the
Energii Wellness Expo, which featured dozens
of on- and of-campus organizations. Co-hosted
by the Department of Wellness and its afliated
student organization, Live Well U
UT
ALL IS WELL One highlight of Fall Weekend in Oct
UT ut.edu/utjournal EDITOR Jane Bianchi jbianc
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Body, Mind and Soul In t
14 18 24 Editor’s Note: We’re changing the wint
NEWS OF NOTE HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY
A Musical Sculpture for the Ages Te Ars Sonora*—
NEWS OF NOTE Tomas Witherspoon at Plant Hal
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS FIVE FACULTY M
NEWS OF NOTE 5 MINUTES WITH Lonnie Bryant L
BY THE NUMBERS Well and Good It’s been a difficu
NEWS OF NOTE Remembering Kenneth E. Hyat K
UT Board Welcomes New Members UT’s Board of Trust
NEWS OF NOTE Left
“Friends always said I was so fy, and I
Team Teaching at Its Best The newly revamped
ARTIST CREDIT(S)
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Amy Elliot (left), assistant teaching professor o
OMLAYKMINGPIC MAGIC HAPPEN As the world watche
THE OPTIMISTIC OPTIMIZER: HASSANI WATSON M.S. ’17
“(The mental aspect) is kind of an overlooked p
“The cameras have to be properly aligned to see
of the workday. But he did manage to score a stuf
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Feature Headline * see feature headline guidelin
I f you saw Ryan McCa
“When you tell people you’re an artist, nob
HITTING THE GAS AGAIN Like many college graduates
Top to bottom: Ryan McCallister ’10; Atlas was ma
ALUMNI REPORT
WHAT’S NEW? GO TO UT.EDU/ALUMNI TO STAY IN TOUCH.
ALUMNI REPORT Shutts & Bowen, where he handle
SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT A Way With Words Gianna Russo
ALUMNI REPORT coach in the history of the Uni
Kasey (Rodgers) Sheffer MBA ’09 is vice president
ALUMNI REPORT SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT Smart Move Roma
September. He’s been with the firm since September
ALUMNI REPORT Ryan Benger ’17
FALL WEEKEND Oct. 1-2, 2021 Fall Weekend — former
ALUMNI REPORT 2020s Nneka Jones ’20, an art
New Year, New Plate BRAND NEW FOR '22!
42 | UT | W I N T E R 2 0 2 1 *
SPARTAN SPIRIT WEEK OCT. 20-24, 2021 During Spart
SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY
Supporting UT Alumni: The Alumni Association Boar
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT.
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. Creating a Commu
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. A Return to Styl
It’s All About Family You’ll always be a Spartan,
DONOR HONOR ROLL June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
Kimberly S. Morris 10+ ▲Newgentek ▲Nielsen Co
▲TIF Foundation ▲Joe ’65 and Joann ’64 Tomaino ▲T
Elizabeth P. Anderson ▲Robert and Daryl Andre
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▲Tim Howard MBA ’16 ▲James A. Howd Jr. ’71 ▲David
▲Lisa and Alexa Mikrut ▲Michael F. Miley ’84 ▲Mik
Cura Sod Corporation Eva Dupay ’12 Thomas Euley D
Gerry Cochrane Craig Corrado ’07 Maren L. Cox Edw
2020 to 2021 Legacy Society Member
Carly Hilinski-Rosick Paul M. Hillier Leon Hoke J
MaryAnn C. Cordone ’57 Pauline B. Crumpton ’57 De
DONOR HONOR ROLL Dr David W. Devine ’78 Robert
Christina Hurley ’88 Mary J. Jeffery ’80 Manuel A
DONOR HONOR ROLL Melisa M. Martin ’95 Jose L.
James D. Litchford ’07 Amanda Lord ’09 Maurice R.
DONOR HONOR ROLL Brittany A. Immenhausen ’11 L
Karen Casey Annual Scholarship in Memory of Ba
DONOR HONOR ROLL Trooper Jeffrey T. Hause, Cla
Morris Edward White Endowed Scholarship Stuart an
DONOR HONOR ROLL Regions Bank Revenue Manageme
Jeffrey and Marisa Hartmann Willie and Christine
MINARET MOMENT A Peek Above Back when Pl
People. Opportunity. Impact. Be the Future
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA,