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UTjournal
The Publication for The University of Tampa SPRING 2014
president’s message UTjournal
www.ut.edu/utjournal
EDITOR
Kiley Mallard
kmallard@ut.edu
ART DIRECTOR
Anne Rowland
arowland@ut.edu
DESIGN CONSULTANT
2COMMUNIQUÉ
contact@2communique.com
STUDENT GRAPHICS ASSISTANT
Emma C. Lettera ’15
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
AND PUBLICATIONS
Eric Cárdenas
ecardenas@ut.edu
CONTRIBUTORS
Greg Breining, Eric Cárdenas, Jessica
Burns Fugate ’04, M.S. ’08, MBA ’11,
Steve Gonyea MBA ’86, Jay Hardwick,
Marc Jordan ’12, Tom Kolbe ’01, Miles
Parks ’13, Jamie Pilarczyk MBA ’13, M.S.
’13, Taylor Albertson Pinke, Joanne B.
Sullivan, Cindy L. Tully
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Casey Budd ’16, Jessica Burns Fugate ’04,
M.S. ’08, MBA ’11, Jos
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contents
news of note
“Sometimes it seems like it would be easier to tr
news of note Captu
Smith said people feel compelled to cooperate
news of note Struss, Amato and Logsdon
spartan sports Senior Preston Packrall pit
news of note (Continued fr
Tennis Team Eats to Compete Standing in the midd
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SMALL BY GREG BREINING PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX MCKNIG
“Going green” means many things to many people. T
the assistant director of campus recreation and w
A MORE EFFICIENT CAMPUS One of the larger sustain
Previously, two other buildings were LEED c
STAR- GAZER Ast
An artist concept of Kepler-11, one
“IF WE HAVE A SIGNATURE THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR, AT
tion and structure of solar-type stars — aligned
BY STEVE GONYEA MBA ’86 PHOTOGRAPH BY ANATOLY KAS
I have not lived in the U.S. since
“FOR ME, THE CHANCE TO LIVE AND WORK OVERSEAS, TO
24 UTJOURNAL SPRING 2014
alumni report
alumni report class acts WHAT’S NEW? Stay in
Scivantage, was named CFO of the year in the cate
alumni report 87 Scott Leonard recently
with emphasis in strategic foresight from Regent
alumni report spartan spotlight Edouard Carrie '
Ryan ’05 and Cortney Hamel ’10 with their son, Ol
alumni report A Pirate’s
the Tribune Hometown Hero for his role as the out
alumni report Survey Says... A sampling of y
I remember... FREQUENCY PROMOTING UT TO OTHERS:
brick by brick HOW SUPPORTERS IMPROVE THE UT EXP
“We didn’t have air conditioning or a lot of the
brick by brick New Scholarship to Support Vet
Joan Jones ’59 seated in the Plant Museum wearing
minaret moment OU
W S e TI h t HC e k a M and Make a DIFF
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA,