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UTjournal
The Publication for The University of Tampa WINTER 2016
Ideas Start Here
$150 MILLION
CAMPAIGN WILL
HELP SHAPE
UT'S FUTURE
New space puts students on
the road to entrepreneurship
president’s message
Meeting New Challenges
UTjournal
EDITOR
In September, my wife, Renée, and I attended the finals www.ut.edu/utjournal
of the Clinton Global Initiative’s Hult Prize competition in
New York City. We were there to cheer on a group of UT stu-
dents that was one of six finalist teams vying for $1 million of
seed money. Out of more than 20,000 teams throughout the
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president’s message Meeting New Challenges UTjour
contents
news of note
“The whole experience has opened up countless doo
news of note The Root of Media Bias The medi
A (Not so) Hidden Gem Eight plant s
news of note spartan sports Thompson w
face. Fellow Spartan Pascal Milien ’10 is a midfie
Audrey Guyton has found a home in Cypress Landing
UT study shows providing stable housing
“WITH STABILITY, THEY HAVE HOPE. AND WITH HOPE, T
information that demonstrates it’s a worthwhile e
OPEN FOR The new ICB is a place where students co
BUSINESS learn, answer questions, relax, interact
S Student entrepreneurs
A CREATIVE HAVEN With an abundance of natural lig
The Collaboration Kitchen (above) is a space for
BY KILEY MALLARD PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEX MCKNIGHT ILL
A Ask the questio
JOE ORSINO '06, M.S. '07 Company: CEO of Caledon
Chris Findeisen, Black & Denim CHRIS FINDEI
For the three alumni profiled here, being involv
“A CENTER LIKE THIS WILL HELP STUDENTS MAKE THO
does now, but he says the experience helped him b
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alumni report
alumni report Seeing the Elephant: Vietnam
named the Tampa Bay Business
alumni report Chicago, after earning a doc
a business development ment, acting as the direc
and ice hockey. as an analyst
John Davis Jr. MFA is the poet In her new ro
alumni report 1
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The University has announced a $150 million campa
Naimoli Family Softball Stadium 2013 Science
Health Sciences and Human Performance Building 20
A BOLD STEP FOR UT’S FUTURE Always a memorable ev
Graduate Fellowships Graduate fellowships will dr
“Students want to innovate and create something
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRS SUCCEEDING TOGETHER This
EVERY GIFT COUNTS! Make your campaign contributio
brick by brick
brick by brick Tinny has lived all over t
The UT Board of Trustees has added seven new memb
brick by brick Hoover stays connected to
FORMER BOARD MEMBER DIES John F. Germany, who ser
minaret moment D.C. OR BUST It was the summ
ADD A SPARTAN TO YOUR CHARIOT! Show your
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA,