USF Alumni July, 2011 Alumni Voice

“Q”

in the Limelight Quentin Earl Darrington `04, Broadway Star and Proud Bull

IN THIS ISSUE:

Ten Years After 9/11 Mentoring Comes Full Circle Life Member Honor Roll

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CONTENTS FEATURES

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10 “Q” in the Limelight

Quentin Earl Darrington, `04, is making his mark on Broadway, but he makes it a point to come back and give back to the place where it all began for him.

12 Mentoring Comes Full Circle

Raymond James & Associates President and CEO Dennis Zank, `76, gives back to USF in many ways, but he especially enjoys mentoring first-generation business students.

21 Ten Years After 9/11

BB&T Vice President Daniel Hoffe, MBA `05, made it out of the World Trade Center South Tower with only minutes to spare before its collapse. He talks with us about the experience and how it changed him – and our country – forever.

30 Life Member Honor Roll

The USF Alumni Association gratefully acknowledges the alumni who help us achieve our mission of connecting alumni, supporting students and strengthening USF with the generous donation of their time, talent and treasure.

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President’s Message USFAA Board of Directors News Roundup Where’s Rocky?

Bull’s Eye: Powers Chapters & Societies That Was Then; This Is Now

20 The Year That Was 21 Bull’s Eye: Hoffe 22 Your Membership in Action 23 Employ-A-Bull 25 Class Notes 39 Athletics 41 Calendar

Quentin Earl Darrington, `04, starred as Coalhouse Walker Jr, in the Tony-nominated Broadway production of “Ragtime.” He will star as Delray Farrell in the award-winning musical “Memphis” playing at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater Feb. 7-12, 2012.

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president’s message Fellow Bulls, My name is Richard Heruska and I have the honor of serving as the 2011-2012 President of your USF Alumni Association. I first set foot on campus in 1994 and my service to the Alumni Association began as a USF Ambassador. Like many of you, our alma mater has provided me with a strong education and amazing experiences that have shaped my life. From meeting my wife through USF, to the lifelong friendships I have formed, to my business partner being a USF graduate, our university has had a profound impact on my life.

DID YOU KNOW that with the most recent class of 5,700+ graduates, our network now consists of 250,000+ alumni? What started as a small college in 1960 has transformed into one of the nation’s top 63 public research universities with graduates who reside all over the world, excelling in all facets of society. The value of our degrees continues to rise, and with a quarter-million alumni worldwide, Bulls Country is truly UNSTOPPABLE. CONGRATULATIONS to our 15 newest National Alumni Board Members, who include the former COO of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, as well as executives and entrepreneurs, politicians and philanthropists, two student leaders, and a former professional athlete who played on the inaugural USF football team. I am very confident they will build on the incredible foundation that has been established by our outgoing board members.

A HUGE THANKS to our 2,000+ Life Members who are “Bull-azing” a trail for our future and helping build our endowment. A full nine pages of this magazine are dedicated to recognizing our strongest supporters. For only $700/$1,000 for an individual/joint membership, you too can help your Alumni Association grow its endowment, provide scholarships, and also get invited to exclusive Life Member events.

THE DATES FOR HOMECOMING 2011 have been announced. Please mark your calendars for Homecoming on Oct. 22, when our Bulls will beat Cincinnati. If you haven’t been to campus in a while, it is surely something to come home to.

SOME OF YOUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’S GOALS for the upcoming year include: • Transforming the Alumni Association Homecoming tailgate experience, yielding our largest alumni turnout in Bulls history • Supporting our future alumni by doubling the size of our Student Alumni Association and developing an even stronger partnership with Student Government • Growing our endowment and Life Memberships so we can continue to offer scholarships and run a sustainable organization • Increasing the number of fans on your USF Alumni Association’s Facebook Page at www.Facebook/USFAlumni • Developing an Alumni Faculty of experts and speakers to provide mentoring to our future alumni.

I INVITE YOU TO BECOME EVEN MORE CONNECTED. There are more than 77 alumni groups to help you stay connected to other alumni, 16 of which are international groups, reflecting USF’s status as a “Glo-bull” university. “Like” us on Facebook to keep informed of your fellow alumni movers and shakers, or visit us at www.USFalumni.org.

Feel free to email me at rheruska@gmail.com anytime. I look forward to hearing from my fellow Bullievers.

In Bull Pride,

Rich Heruska, `99 President & Life Member

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Board of Directors

USF alumni Association

2011-12

PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT Richard Heruska Kimberly Choto Schmidt Business, `99 Communication, `92 & M.A. Adult Education, `02

DIRECTOR Gene Balter P.E., Engineering, `77

secretary Lisa Provenzano Heugel Mass Communications/Journalism, `93, Information Systems, `96 & M.S. Computer Science `07

DIRECTOR Mike Griffin Marketing, `03

DIRECTOR Karen Diebel MBA, `93

DIRECTOR Lizz Harmon Mass Communications, `82

DIRECTOR Mary Harper Early Childhood Edu., `97 & M.Ed. & Ph.D, Curric. & Instr., `01 & `07

DIRECTOR Thomas King Jr. Finance, `09

DIRECTOR Randy Norris Marketing, `79

DIRECTOR Jon Smith MBA, `07

TREASURER Donna Brickman Accounting, `81

CO-TREASURER Ed Hoeppner Marketing, `81

DIRECTOR Gene Haines Criminology, `97

DIRECTOR Sean Grosso Business, `05 & M.A. Adult Education, `08

DIRECTOR Audrey Hirst Management, `89 & M.S. `94

DIRECTOR Zachary Johnson Student Government Vice President

DIRECTOR Manley Jaquiss Criminology, `86

DIRECTOR Betty Otter Nickerson Psychology, `76

DIRECTOR Jeff Reynolds Finance, `91

DIRECTOR Alan Steinberg Communication, `78

DIRECTOR Tony Umholtz Finance, `99 & MBA `02

DIRECTOR John Harper USF Alumni Association Executive Director, Mass Communications, `76

DIRECTOR Gordon Gillette USF Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman, Mech. Engineering, `81 & M.S. Engineering Management `85

IMMEDIATE PAST PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT Roger T. Frazee Brad Kelly CFP, CLU, ChFC, CPA, CPA, Accounting, `79 Finance/Accounting, `71

DIRECTOR Monty Weigel Finance, `76

DIRECTOR Brenda Kenny Accounting, `07

DIRECTOR Ashley Smith Special Education, `78 & M.Ed `80

DIRECTOR Lee Winter Finance, `85

DIRECTOR Christi WomackVillalobos English, `92

NON-VOTING BOARD MEMBERS

DIRECTOR Dr. Judy Genshaft University of South Florida President

DIRECTOR Joel D. Momberg University Advancement Vice President

DIRECTOR Dazaun Soleyn USF Ambassadors President

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news roundup Rankings Reflect USF’s Focus on Academics The University of South Florida ranks 27th among U.S. public institutions in the newest edition of the Top American Research Universities. USF’s ranking was fueled by its high ratings in total research funding, federal research grants, postdoctoral fellows, doctoral degree productivity and faculty awards. The ratings system compares universities on a total of nine performance measures. In addition to its overall ranking among public universities, USF ranked 39th in overall research funding and 36th in federal research awards.

Additionally, USF achieved the nation’s largest increase in its Academic Progress Rate, as measured by the NCAA. The Academic Progress Rate (APR) is a term-by-term measure of eligibility and retention for Division I studentathletes that was developed as an early indicator of eventual graduation rates. Of USF’s 18 sports represented in the NCAA report, 13 have a positive multi-year APR trend from the 2010 report and 16-of-18 programs have annual APR rates above 950, including eight with perfect rates of 1,000.

Bulls License Plates in Georgia Now all 6,500+ USF alumni who live in Georgia can show their Bull Pride on their ride just like we do in Florida.

The Georgia Motor Vehicle Division has agreed to sell USF Bulls license plates. But there’s a catch: we need 1,000 people to purchase the plates to make it happen. Go to www.

USFalumni.org/GAplate to reserve your plate right now.

Learn Valuable Job Search Skills at Your Convenience To stand out in today’s job market, you need every advantage. Pick up tips, ideas and proven techniques to get a job by watching free Career Webinars from Talent Marks. The online webinars feature experts who will coach you on topics such as the power of networking, writing effective resumes, cracking the “hidden” job market and much more, all from the convenience of your computer, day or night. To get started, visit www.USFalumni.org/ areerwebinars.

Marine Biologists Push for Gulf Monitoring System The Florida Institute of Oceanography and USF’s College of Marine Science say a comprehensive and coordinated Gulf monitoring system is needed to guard against future disasters, and they propose using a portion of fines expected to be paid by oil giant BP to pay for it. The proposal has been presented to some members of Congress and is supported by the Gulf Research Collaborative, a cooperative of academic marine science institutions from the five Gulf states.

The Gulf Observing System would be comprised of research vessels, remotely operated vehicles, satellites, communication systems, buoys, acoustic sensors, robotic technology, and autonomous observing platforms. Additional laboratories, data management and computer modeling systems would round out the effort.

2011-12 USF Alumni Association Board of Directors Named Rich Heruska assumed the gavel as the new board president at the annual USF Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting held June 25 at USF Sarasota-Manatee. Heruska

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replaces Brad Kelly who became the immediate past president and remains active on the board. Kimberly Choto Schmidt is president-elect. For a complete list of directors with their photos, please see page 3.

Neuroscientist’s Research Goes Viral USF Health and the research of neuroscientist Edwin Weeber, Ph.D, were in the national spotlight in May with the posting of an inspirational video on the popular web

portal Yahoo! News. The video clip, created by USF Health Communications, offers a behind-the-scenes peek at the Yahoo.com crew’s production of the video “Angelman Syndrome: Close to a Cure?”

Yahoo! teamed up with the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) to promote research for the rare neuro-genetic disorder. The resulting video, including an interview with Dr. Weeber, received widespread pickup on celebrity-entertainment websites because actor Colin Farrell divulged his son’s diagnosis with Angelman Syndrome during an interview with TV host Ellen DeGeneres. To view the video, visit http://www. cureangelman.org Sources: University Communications & Marketing, Wikimedia Commons, USF Health

NEWS & NOTES Helios Foundation Gift to USF Polytechnic Making a Difference in Early Childhood Education “When you put a face on the issue and get out of the ivory tower, that’s when you can really make a difference,” says Dr. Smita Mathur.

Thanks to the Helios Education Foundation and the Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA), Mathur now has a $1.2 million budget with which to make a difference in early childhood education in Florida’s migrant and low income communities.

An assistant professor in the Division of Education at the University of South Florida Polytechnic, Mathur specializes in early childhood learning and has conducted extensive research in Florida’s migrant communities. She also serves on the board of RCMA, which provides child care and early education for children of migrant farm workers and rural, low-income families in counties in Florida.

Mathur developed a teacher training program called Scaffold the Scholar, for which she helped secure a $771,000 gift from the Helios Education Foundation as part of the USF: Unstoppable Campaign. The total project budget will exceed $1.2 million thanks to in-kind support from RCMA. Dr. Rebecca Burns, an assistant professor of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at USF Sarasota-Manatee, is co-principal investigator on this project.

“Creating highly-effective early learning environments for children ages birth to five means surrounding those children with high-quality teachers,” said Helios Education Foundation’s Vice President and Director of Early Childhood Education, Karen Ortiz. “And, that is what’s so promising about our partnership with USF Polytechnic and the Redlands Christian Migrant Association. We’re reaching teachers, most for whom English is not their primary language, in rural areas and helping them earn their credentials and degrees in early childhood education. Those same teachers will also acquire the kinds of knowledge and skills they need to better prepare children to succeed during their kindergarten year. We’re really excited about that.”

“USF has stepped outside the box,” said Barbara Mainster, RCMA’s executive director. “They’ve recognized that education has to adapt to meet demographic changes and respect students’ contributions. And the Helios Education Foundation has recognized that such innovations need to be funded. We’re excited and pleased.” lllllll

Through June 1, 2011, the USF: Unstoppable Campaign has raised more than $408 million supporting the people and programs of the USF System. To learn more on how you can make USF: Unstoppable, visit www.unstoppable.usf.edu.

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Rocky? where’s

Take Rocky on your next trip and send your photos to: Karla Jackson at jacksonk@usf.edu or to her attention at the USF Alumni Association, 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455.

Candy Wright Current, `71, and Rocky take a break on the beach in Aruba.

Rocky traveled to the land down under with Jim Norton and Lisa Brewer-Norton, `97. Pictured with them in front of the Sydney Opera House are Future Bull Lindsey Blackledge, left, and incoming USF freshman Bobby Blackledge, right.

The USF Alumni Association hosted a freestyle Caribbean cruise aboard the Norwegian Epic in April. Pictured here at Marigot, St. Martin, are, from left: Mike Brickman; Sandy Foxworth, `71; Ellen Rosenblum, `72; USFAA Director of Chapter and Corporate Relations Christina Burke; and USFAA Board Member Donna Brickman, `81.

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Rocky went fishing with the guys off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Pictured from left are: USF Alumni Association Board Member Monty Weigel, `76; Executive Director John Harper, `76; Dr. Bob Fier, `76; and USFAA Board Member Lee Winter, `85.

USF Alumni Association Board Member Manley Jaquiss, `86, (right) introduced Rocky to Jewel of the Seas Captain James MacDonald, pictured here with Manley’s wife, Jill, `87, and daughter, Megan, during their recent Caribbean cruise. The ship’s Assistant Cruise Director Frankie Portera is also a Bull, Class of 2002.

Heather Holbrook, `03, brought Rocky along to meet the cadets at the Army/Navy game last winter.

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Where’s Rocky?

Bill Potter, `69, took Rocky with him on safari in Africa in May. The photo of Rocky with Potter was taken in Botswana. They also visited the senior class of the Mahlekisana Primary School outside of Ngala Game Preserve, South Africa, where Rocky was a big hit with the students.

Edwina Baker, `72 & M.A. `79, took Rocky with her on an extended tour of Israel in March. They’re pictured here during a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.

Dr. Lois Mautte, M.A. `77 & Ph.D `90 and Carmen Thomas, `69 & M.A. `72, took Rocky for a little sun bathing on the beach by the famous sevenstar hotel, the Burj al Arab (in the background) in Dubai, United Arab Emerates.

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In the Bull’s Eye

Fran Taylor Powers, M.Ed. `89, Girlstories

By Christine Makar

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t all began with a bike ride.

Fran Taylor Powers originally earned a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Fontbonne College in St. Louis, but she never used it. Still, the stage beckoned to her. So, at 40 years old, she quit her job and took a trip around the country – by bicycle.

During her ride, Powers created a game plan for what would become Powerstories, a nonprofit theatre company that features autobiographical stories and motivational events.

Getting the theatre off the ground was a slow process,

but within a year, Powers was able to put on her first full production. As the theater received investors, Powerstories presented more shows.

Now in her 10th year, Powers recently received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for the Girlstories Theatre Project. The award is the nation’s highest honor “for out-of-school arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America’s young people,” according to NAHYP.org.

Girlstories is an important part of Powerstories Theatre.

Director Janice Nepon-Sixt is the leader of this inventive program, which partners with social services agencies serving at-risk 10- to 17-year-old girls, and presents workshops using storytelling techniques and other activities to help young girls tell their own life stories confidently.

“It was amazing,” Powers said about her trip to the White House to receive the award from First Lady Michelle Obama.

“It was an honor.” Being among professionals with large-scale theater companies was “wonderful validation.”

Powers was married with children when she came to USF to earn her Master’s degree. It was a struggle, but Powers finishes what she starts. She looks back fondly on the moment she received her last credentials in the mail stating that she could graduate.

She hopes to expand the theater company throughout Florida and, eventually, throughout the United States. Visit their website at www.powerstories.com.

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Feature: Quentin Darrington

“Q”

in the Limelight

By Tammy Serebrin

photo by michael cairns

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Darrington is often invited back to USF as an ambassador to promote the University and to sing, host or speak at an event.

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here in the world is Quentin Darrington has come home five times to perform Darrington? More to the in a musical version of “The Gift of the Magi” for point, where isn’t Quentin Lakeland school children that is directed by Paul Darrington? Darrington, or Hughes.

“Q” as many call him, began In 1996, with the help of a Ruth Eckerd Hall his career as a theatre professional at the Tampa Youth Scholarship, Darrington entered USF. One Bay Performing Arts Center, Center Stage Theatre, of his favorite USF theatrical experiences was a while still attending USF. Upon graduation in 2004, production of “Vinegar Tom” directed by Robin “an angel by the name of Robert Freedman, CEO Gordon. One of the few shows he has done that of Ruth Eckerd Hall,” blessed Quentin with is not a musical, it “gave me the chance to explore an opportunity to perform in his first national the text of a straight play, which I didn’t often tour. Since then, Darrington has performed in have a chance to do.” As for Gordon, who was numerous shows and concerts in 45 states, Canada also his USF acting teacher, Darrington describes and Europe. Along the way, he has volunteered her as a master teacher. “She dug inside and his time and talents in nursing homes, hospitals, pulled out the talent that was already there. She schools, universities, shelters and churches. pushed and challenged me.”

Darrington made his Broadway debut as

Darrington credits other USF mentors with Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the 2010 Tony-nominated helping him reach his full potential. He talks revival of “Ragtime.” He also lovingly about Fanni Green, as made both his solo concert and “a professor with great wisdom cabaret debuts in 2010 in the who led and guided me beyond New York Broadway by the the role of professor, more Quentin Earl Darrington, `04 like a mother. She cares, she Year series, “Songs of 1927.” Last fall, he wrapped production takes time. We keep in touch.”

Q: What is your favorite movie? on the American premiere of President Judy Genshaft and A: I always get picked on about Douglas Tappin’s “I Dream,” Darrington “grew close from my choice for favorite movie a musical about the life of Dr. day one.” He sang at her USF but I’m standing by it, “Maid in Martin Luther King Jr., in which inauguration and they became Manhattan!” It just does it for me.

Darrington portrayed Dr. King. good friends. He describes her Q: What is your favorite book?

Born and raised in as “guiding me in life beyond A: The biography of Paul Robeson.

Lakeland, Darrington’s life the stage.” He is often invited He is a true hero of mine. was changed forever by a back to USF as an ambassador Q: What is your favorite place in the to promote the University and middle school drama class world? and a summer community arts to sing, host or speak at an A: Actually, back home in Florida. program. He pursued theater in event. high school under the tutelage So what’s next for Q. What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? and mentorship of Lakeland’s Darrington? He is spending A. Be kind and generous to Harrison School for the Arts part of the spring and summer everyone. Allow love to lead every drama teacher Paul Hughes. with his three young sons in thought, word and action.

Tied to his hometown roots, Illinois. He will be working Q: What super power would you like to have?

A: The ability to fly.

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in Atlanta, Omaha and Philadelphia with the Broadway Dream Foundation, a national nonprofit performing arts training program. During week-long summer intensives, students attend classes covering all aspects of the business taught

by Broadway professionals and perform alongside the faculty in a revue style show at the end of the week.

Come October, Darrington stars as Delray Farrell with the first national tour of the awardwinning musical, “Memphis.” The tour kicks off in the city of Memphis on Oct. 14. Central Floridians will be able to see Darrington in action when “Memphis” plays at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Feb. 7-12, 2012.

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Profile in Leadership Dennis Zank

Mentoring Photos: Courtesy of Raymond James & Associates, USF Communications & Marketing

By Jeremy Canody

Former Corporate Mentor Program students, Brian Lamb (left) and Torrell Jackson (right) are two of more than 15 students from the USF College of Business that Dennis Zank (center) has mentored as one of the longest-serving volunteers of the program.

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iving back to the University of South Florida comes in many forms, most of which ultimately benefit students. USF alumnus Dennis Zank, `76, gives back to his alma mater in many ways, but his gift as a mentor to USF business students is having a huge impact on those who are fortunate enough to experience a day in the life of one of the top executives at Raymond James & Associates.

As President and Chief Operating Officer of Raymond James & Associates, headquartered in St. Petersburg, Zank has been a strong advocate of the USF College of Business Corporate Mentor Program that pairs first generation junior and senior business students with mentors from the Tampa Bay business community. First generation students come from backgrounds where they are the first in their immediate family to attend college.

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“I like to expose each student to a variety of situations, let them absorb their surroundings and then we sit down to discuss what they learned,” said Zank, reflecting on the program that has benefitted hundreds of USF students.

Zank said as a student at USF he could have benefitted from opportunities like the corporate mentor program to expose him to career options after graduation. “At that age, very few of us really know what we want to do with the rest of our lives, but I was made aware of opportunities within accounting and went with it,” he said.

He moved with his family from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the Bay area during his sophomore year in college and transferred to USF to enroll in the College of Business, where he settled on accounting as a major, based on the school’s solid reputation for producing successful graduates.

As an avid boater and fisherman, Zank said the majority of his time in college was spent

Comes Full-Circle finding creative ways to schedule as much fishing as possible around classes and working part time.

Under the guidance of his professors and academic advisors who recognized something special in Zank, he was pointed toward a career path that would one day place him on a leadership team of one of the nation’s premier full-service investment firms. Raymond James Financial (RJF) annually boasts nearly $3.5 billion in revenues with nearly 5,000 financial advisors in 2,200 locations serving clients throughout the world. Raymond James & Associates is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial.

He started as an accountant at Raymond James in 1978 when it was a small, up-start company and worked his way up the corporate ladder with “a little luck” and the good fortune of having a mentor and a boss who believed in him. He was promoted to Controller in 1982, was appointed as the Treasurer in 1985, and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 1986.

In 1992, Zank was appointed Executive Vice President of Operations and Administration. In that role, he directed securities and customer operations, client services, information technology, office services, human resources, financial and regulatory reporting, and international operations.

“It was during that period that I really learned how the company operated from the inside out,” he said.

In addition to his position as president of Raymond James & Associates, Zank serves on the company’s Operating Committee and is also a director of the firm’s insurance subsidiary, Planning Corporation of America. He is also the President and Chief Operating Officer at Raymond James & Associates Asset Management arm.

“They took a chance on me to succeed,” said Zank of his ascension through the ranks of the company, admitting that although each opportunity wasn’t always the most conventional, his peers had faith in him to do well.

Early in his career, Zank also benefitted from the guidance of a mentor in fellow USF College of Business alumna Lynn Pippenger, who hired Zank at Raymond James. Under Pippenger’s guidance, Zank flourished and the two have played an integral role in growing the company into the success it is today.

He lights up when discussing the USF corporate mentor program because he enjoys paying it forward based on his past experiences.

“The mentoring program at USF has been a great experience for me, as well as those students I have worked with. It means a lot to be involved with something like this.”

Zank said he holds nothing back when working with students, adding that they are given access to some very high-level corporate opportunities so they may gain hands-on experience that cannot be duplicated in the classroom. “I encourage the students to attend executive-level meetings, get involved and ask questions. I’m constantly encouraged by the insight of their questions and their willingness to learn more.”

He says his willingness to give his time, talent and treasure to USF is Dennis Zank, `76 simply the right thing to do because of how important the university is Q. What’s the best advice you’ve ever to his company and the Tampa Bay received? community. “USF’s graduates are a A. Be truthful in understanding your huge boost to the local workforce,” weaknesses and work to improve. he said. “This company benefits Q. What was the last book you read? directly from literally hundreds of A. The Last Dive USF graduates who work here.”

Q. What is your favorite movie?

Raymond James is among the largest A. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” employers of USF graduates – if not

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Q. Where is your favorite place in the Zank and his company not only world?

A. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico hire USF’s highly-skilled graduates, he also has spearheaded an effort to Q. What superpower would you like create a scholarship endowment in to have? the College of Business benefitting A. All of them! students, which many USF alumni in the company have supported. “I believe in the intellectual capital of this university and I know how important it is to invest in it.”

Zank compared the tremendous growth and success of his alma mater in a way that only an accountant can appreciate. “If USF were a stock that you invested in 1956, can you imagine what that would be worth today? It would be priceless!”

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(Top) The USF Ambassadors meet annually with President Judy Genshaft to say goodbye to the seniors and interview their replacements. Pictured here is President Genshaft (center, front) with the 2010, 2011 and 2012 USF Ambassadors.

For over 30 years, the Ambassadors have represented the best of the student body, serving as leaders on campus and in the community.

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Every spring, the USF Ambassadors hold their annual Apple Polishing reception during which they honor faculty and staff who have made an impact on their lives as students. Pictured here from left are: Brent Gruing, Michael Howard, Jenna Schwartz, Ashlea Coulter, J.D. Kegley, Stacy Koshko and Dwayne Isaacs.

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The USF Alumni Association’s legislative interns spent the spring session working behind the scenes in the state capital, gaining valuable experience in government and meeting important leaders. Pictured here with former Florida Speaker of the House H. Lee Moffitt (center) are, from left: Deonte Franklin, Jennifer Ashton, Bess Georges, Rocky the Bull, Jose Arrona, Russell Romeo and Corey Staiscia.

Moffitt was the driving force behind the creation of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, located on the USF Tampa campus.

USF students made their presence known in Tallahassee during the spring legislative session. The USF Student Government Supreme Court met with Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning, who holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from USF.

St. Petersburg Times Correspondent Lucy Morgan (center) has covered state politics for decades. In fact, Morgan won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1985, before our interns were born.

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Members of the new USF Sarasota-Manatee crew team were honored by the Pittsburgh Pirates during USF Day at the Pirates on March 26 at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, where the Pirates hold spring training. Pictured from left are: Simone Peterson, Raghavendra Gadan, Edward Velez, Justin James, Jeremy Piper, Laura Warner, Marshall Fisher, Alex Wann, Coach Liza Dickson, Regional Chancellor of USF Sarasota-Manatee Dr. Arthur Guilford, Lynn Guilford, Jay Riley and Marty, the Bradenton Marauders mascot. The Bradenton Marauders are a Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Pirates.

Pictured here at the Bulls Around the World Spring Gala are, from left: Nicole Poff, wife of former Alumni Association Board Member Patrick Poff, `92, with their baby daughter Lillian, and former USFAA Board Member Diana Michel, `88 and her husband, William Michel II. Proceeds from the event help to fund USFAA student programs and scholarships.

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Nearly 400 Life Members of the USF Alumni Association gathered May 20 for a free appreciation event held at the new USF baseball/softball complex. Life Members were treated to a pregame meal and free USF ball caps, and watched the USF Bulls baseball team beat Pitt 7-2. Pictured above from left are: USFAA board member Ashley Smith, `78; board co-treasurer Donna Brickman, `81; Ward Griffin, `73; Kristin Fox, Brenda Kenny, `07; Victor Lucas, `85 and Lisa Provenzano Heugel, `93, `96 & M.S. `07.

No matter where you live, you’ll always be a Bull!

The USF Alumni Association has alumni chapters all over the country. We also have college and special-interest societies for like-minded alumni. It’s easy to get involved. Just email the contact person of the group you’d like to visit.

Societies Ambassador Alumni Ted Rivera ted.rivera.iii@gmail.com

John Carpenter j-carpenter2@ti.com

National Chapters

Barbara Lyn barbara@barbaralyn.com

Atlanta Denise Dimbath denisuela@hotmail.com

Architecture Alumni Adam Fritz adam@cgharchitects.com

Broward Ruth Rogge R_rogge@yahoo.com

Austin Brad Heath gobulls@austin.rr.com

Association of Filipino Students Alumni Society Aileen Aqui afsalumnisociety@hotmail.com

Alan Steinberg usfbrowardalumni@hotmail.com

Chicago Greg Morgan gregmorgan4@gmail.com

Anthropology Alumni Brian McEwen bmcewen@cachillsborough.com

Black Alumni Shomari Sanford shomari1906@yahoo.com College of Business Alumni Maegan Fader Maegan@usfcobalumni.org Education Alumni Freda Abercrombie aber2@aol.com Engineering Alumni Shelia Carpenter-van Dijk sheliacv@tampabay.rr.com

For the first time, not one, but two, scholarships were presented at the annual LGBT Community Gala, held April 14 at the Gibbons Alumni Center at USF Tampa. Andrea Larson (top) received the USF Alumni Association LGBT scholarship and William Warmke (bottom) received the USF Alumni Association LGBT scholarship in honor of Meta Osborne. Osborne joined PFLAG Pinellas (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) when she was in her nineties and left a generous contribution to USF’s LGBT Society upon her death.

Tallahassee Phil Canto pcantompa@gmail.com

Brevard Todd Bonanza bonanza298@aol.com

Fort Myers Sanjay Kurian skurian@becker-poliakoff.com Hernando Kevin Floyd usfhcac@gmail.com

D.C. Regional Celia Riley celia.riley@yahoo.com Kathy Dorf kathyd286@yahoo.com

Highlands (FL) Charles Devlin cdevlin@devtechsales.com

Dallas Ken Lettre klettre@jcpenney.com

Jacksonville/St. Augustine Gary Hoog oldcitymunc1@yahoo.com

Rob Smith RobSmith@alumni.indiana.edu

Ellen Rosenblum rosenblum.ellen@gmail.com

Entrepreneurship Alumni Debbie Bernal dbernal@bnfe.org

Denver Martha Baker marthacbakeredd@gmail.com

Manatee/Sarasota Sean Grosso sgrosso@sar.usf.edu

Geology Alumni Mike Schackne mschackne@gore.net

Greenville, SC Brittany Link GreenvilleUSFAlumni@hotmail.com

Miami-Dade Carlos Rodriguez USFmiamialumni@aol.com

Honors Alumni Lisa Provenzano Heugel lproven1@tampabay.rr.com

Houston Alan Goldsmith alshmaly@flash.net

Monroe (Key West) Kristen Condella kristnine@hotmail.com

Michael Peppers mike.peppers@comcast.net

Kosove Alumni Christina Calandro ccalandro@research.usf.edu

Greater Ocala Jerald “Jerry” Grimes donnajer958@embarqmail.com

MPA Alumni Mike Rimoldi mike@rimoldiconstruction.com

Orlando Katie Giglio Kgiglio@usf.edu

Marine Science Alumni Bruce Barber bbarber@terraenv.com

Palm Beach Scott Teich scott.teich@raymondjames.com

Beau Suthard bsuthard@coastalplanning.net

Panama City Janet Caragan janetcaragan@yahoo.com

Medicine Alumni Christina Brown-Wujick cbrown7@health.usf.edu Nursing Alumni Lauren Kelly lkelly2@health.usf.edu Pharmacy Alumni Leanna Baylis lbaylis@health.usf.edu

Pasco County/New Tampa Kimberly Choto kchoto@success-sciences.com Pensacola/Spanish Fort/Mobile Nick Kessler nickess@aol.com

Indianapolis Ali Bridwell alibridwell@gmail.com Los Angeles Janet Foster usfbullsnla@yahoo.com Minneapolis/St. Paul James Nieman dottie0011@comcast.net Nashville Melinda Dale nashvilleusfbulls@live.com New York Valerie Berrios valerieberrios78@hotmail.com Northern Ohio Sean Chamberlin usfneoalums@yahoo.com

John Spurny usfpensacola@hotmail.com

Public Health Alumni Leanna Baylis lbaylis@health.usf.edu

Raleigh, NC Bob Cohn bob.cohn@mssb.com

Pinellas Brenda Kenny bdkenny@tampabay.rr.com

Social Work Alumni April Steen steenmsw@yahoo.com

San Antonio, TX Ruben Matos captram02@yahoo.com

Polk Randy Dotson randy.dotson@gmail.com

San Diego Carlos Sayan lboltusf@gmail.com

Florida Chapters

St. Lucie Frank Pennetti franker@adelphia.net

Corporate Affinity Group

Greater Tampa Diana Dias dias.diana.c@gmail.com

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Partying with a Purpose

he Gibbons Alumni Center was the place to be on April 2 when your USF Alumni Association Board of Directors hosted the Bulls Around the World Spring Gala. Many thanks go to Dr. Anila Jain, `81, and Diana Michel, `88, who worked tirelessly to make it such a special evening. More than 200 people sipped signature martinis and enjoyed dinner, dessert and dancing. They also scored great deals during the silent auction. Proceeds from the event help fund endowments that support alumni and student programs. Be sure to mark April 7 on your calendar next spring.

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Brynn Frazier Class of 2011

You’re sitting on top of Sheikra at Busch Gardens. You’re dangling for what feels like an eternity, facing doubts and uncertainties. You’re thinking, “Why did I do this to myself?” and “Why couldn’t I have just stayed on the platform? It’s safer.” And then – It’s over. You’re safe and you’ve survived to see another day. You crossed a hurdle that seemed impossibly huge and threatening. You’re going to be OK. That’s how I felt about my graduation in May. It’s a roller coaster that has me dangling, doubting and wondering. I’m slipping down the 90-degree drop, ready to plummet. But I know I’ll be OK in the end.

I graduated with a degree in Mass Communications (Advertising). As of the spring of 2011, the U.S. unemployment rate was around 9 percent, with Florida’s being just a bit higher. As a new graduate, I know I have to be an aggressive job seeker who is willing to take risks.

My advertising teachers have been more than helpful in getting me ready for the first drop off in my Sheikra ride. I’ve been told, as a prospecting writer, that my résumé should be a story of my work history. “No lists, no bullet points – show them you can write.”

And my cover letter is just that, a letter. It opens the flow of conversation between a potential employer and me. It’s an ice breaker of sorts.

talking to new people every day. I’m a social butterfly who also adores the social media scene.

I’ve already applied for jobs as a social media coordinator and as an ad writer and editor. Best case scenario: One of those jobs comes through. Worst case: I stay at my part-time job until something better comes my way. Or I could always go back to school.

Either way, I know I’m going to be OK in the long run. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t just give up. I’m not afraid to step out of my comfort zone, to seize the day and nab the job I want. Graduating is scary, but I’m going to embrace the changes and spear life with my USF BULL horns.

Wish me luck.

SAH ARE Memor y Enjoy these excerpts of memories from members of the USF Alumni Association. Email your favorite USF memory to kjackson@admin.usf.edu or post it on our Facebook page.

Moving into Iota 219 in 1991 and meeting a friend I would keep to this day. Late night walks through MLK plaza. Wandering through Andros complex and stopping by Lambda Hall. Concerts at the Sun Dome; that distinctive smell of Cooper Hall. It seems to be the simple things, those small details that cannot be replicated, that stick out the most.

John Jack, `97

But first impressions matter the most, so when it comes to interviewing, practice makes perfect. Smiles and confidence can make or break you, but so can asking the right (or wrong) questions. And, of course, never go to an interview with just one copy of your résumé/cover letter/business card.

Inevitably, you’re going to be interviewed by more than one person or maybe you’ll see a higher up in the company on the elevator.

My best memory was standing next to Ronald Reagan at the USF Sun Dome. With Alice Cooper a close second.

Jeff Budd, `93

And always, always, ALWAYS do your research about the company before interviewing. A prepared interviewee is a happy new employee.

Driving between Sarasota, Venice, Tampa and St. Pete to find classes that fit my work schedule in order to complete my degree by my 40th birthday. It isn’t exactly a favorite memory but it was well worth it!

Mike Lawless, `09

I’ve been doing my homework about what I want to do for the rest of my life. I’ve found that I’m good at customer service and community relations. I like helping others and

Long before football and Greek housing, I had the best time being part of the Greeks. Probably the best years of my life.

Karen Connolly McElfresh, `79

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2001 The Year that Was!

U.S. PRESIDENT: George W. Bush VICE PRESIDENT: Richard Cheney MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $42,228 UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.8% FIRST CLASS STAMP: 34 cents

IN THE NEWS: Hijackers ram jetliners into the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth hijacked plane crashes 80 miles outside of Pittsburgh.

Nearly 3,000 die in the attacks. Islamic militant Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda terrorist network are identified as the parties behind the attacks.

An anthrax scare rivets the nation, as anthrax-laced letters are sent to various media and government officials. Several postal workers die after handling the letters.

IN SCIENCE: In an address to the nation, President Bush approves the use of federal funds for studies on human embryos, but limits that research to cells that have already been extracted; a toxic smoke plume swirls around the World Trade Center affecting health and air quality until June 2002.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Infoplease.com, NewScientist.com, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tampabay.com, University of South Florida: The First 50 Years 20 20

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AT USF: Within days of the attacks, a team of USF engineers take four small robots to New York City to search for survivors.

They find five bodies and one set of remains, but no survivors.

IN THE ARTS: “Gladiator” wins the Oscar for Best Picture and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” wins for Best Foreign Language Film; television’s Emmy Awards are postponed twice in the wake of the terrorist attacks; U2’s “Beautiful Day” wins a Grammy for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

In the Bull’s Eye

Dan Hoffe, MBA `05, 9/11 Survivor

By Christine Makar

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hen the World Trade Center’s south tower collapsed on September 11, 2001, Daniel Hoffe, MBA `05, made it out of the building with only 20 minutes to spare.

“I remember looking around and looking up at the buildings and seeing the flames licking up the side,” Hoffe said. “It was a picture perfect blue sky, and it was almost beyond comprehension. You didn’t think it could be happening or that you could be there. You always think it’s going to happen to somebody else, but I’m living proof that it can happen to you.”

Hoffe will relive that day when he appears as a panelist at a 10th anniversary remembrance of the terrorist attacks September 7, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Selby Auditorium on the USF Sarasota/Manatee campus.

This will punctuate a victorious moment for the United States. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces May 2. Hoffe said it sends a good message to the world: “If you’re going to do something like that, no matter how long it takes we’re going to find you and bring you to justice.”

Hoffe was training with Morgan Stanley on the 61st floor of the south tower that morning when the north tower was hit. He and the rest of the people on the 61st floor took to the stairs to escape. They were on the 10th floor when they heard the north tower had collapsed and the second plane hit.

“When that plane hit our building, you could feel it, you could almost feel the building start to sway… jet fuel must have gone down the elevator shaft, blowing out beneath us, so we had smoke coming up…” he said.

They were able to get out behind the tower, away from falling debris.

Approximately twenty minutes later, the building came down.

Hoffe hopes that people never forget what happened that day. It’s been a decade, but the experience still affects him.

“It definitely changes you. It’s still hard to imagine that it happened. The license plate on my car says carpe diem,” he said. “I’ll tell you what, a lot of folks went into work that day, but no one knew it was going to be their last day. You realize life is pretty fragile. You’ve got to live for the moment and do what you want to do, because you never know.”

USF Sarasota-Manatee Institute for Public Policy and Leadership Presents

Remembering Sept. 11 A Decade Later Panel Discussion Sept. 7, 2011 4-5:30pm USF Sarasota-Manatee Selby Auditorium, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota RSVP to Holly Lundgren at hlundgre@sar.usf.edu or 941-359-4774

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Employ -A-Bull

Get ahead of the herd with tips from executive recruiter Jim Weber.

Class of `77 & MBA `82

USF Alumni Association Life Member Jim Weber is the founder of New Century Dynamics, Inc., an executive search firm for the food service industry. If you have career questions for Jim, email them to us at alumni@usf.edu.

Working with an Executive Recruiter

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usiness is picking up and people are going back to work, especially college graduates. The improving employment outlook will increase the likelihood that you will be contacted by a third-party recruiter. Some tips to help make that experience effective and help you look like a pro are in order.

Working with most recruiters is a rather straightforward business proposition. Remember, their job is to serve their client, the hiring company. The recruiter is expected to manage the search process, making their client’s job easier and more effective. That means doing all the detail work to validate you as a viable candidate. It is important to understand and appreciate the relationship the recruiter has developed with their client. The goodwill generated by serving the client is a precious asset to the recruiter which they will fight to protect. Be mindful that you are representing the recruiter when you interview with their client. If you present yourself well, you will gain an ally who will help your career.

When contacted by a recruiter, you will be provided with a general description of the position, compensation and location. The name of the company is generally not divulged in the first discussion; their confidentiality is maintained as closely as yours at this stage. You should learn about the recruiter as well as the nature of their relationship with the client. You will want to understand

their process and establish expectations. Check out their website and their references. The first thing that you will want to learn is whether the recruiter has an exclusive assignment with the client, or if it is a non-exclusive contingency search. This information will speak to the strength of the recruiter-client relationship. You must do a little homework on your own to understand as much as you can about the recruiter to validate your decision to work with this person.

If mutual interest is established, arrangements will be made for more detailed discussions. This may take place in person, though often it conducted over the telephone.

If mutual interest continues, the next step is a personal meeting, after which your credentials will be presented to the client for their review. The recruiter will maintain contact with you throughout the process, even after you are hired. They will answer your questions, schedule meetings and expedite all phases of the process. You will be kept fully informed of the client’s impressions and intentions.

Here are some tips to help you build a relationship with a third-party recruiter: n Never shade the truth. Misstating or exaggerating titles, time spans, education, salary, etc. will be discovered and may disqualify you. n Full disclosure is vital. Errors of omission are potentially as damaging as distorting the truth about information you provide. n Let the recruiter know if you are not interested or if you have any concerns about the job. n Respond to the recruiter in a timely manner and provide complete feedback as required. n Be a resource to the recruiter, offering candidate referrals when requested. n Do not offer up candidates to your potential employer for other opportunities they may be trying to fill. This will be viewed as an infringement on the recruiterclient relationship making you persona non grata. n If the process does not go well for you, do not try to circumvent the recruiter. n Alert your references to expect the recruiter’s call. n Do keep in touch. LinkedIn is a powerful tool to employ.

Remember, working with a recruiter is not just about the job opportunity presented to you today. It is about building a professional relationship that will help you achieve your long-range career goals. Build on that relationship and make it work for you.

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classnotes Don’t be shy Alumni! We’d like to include your news and photos in Class Notes. Send in your information to: jacksonk@usf.edu or you can mail your information & photo to: Karla Jackson USF Alumni Association Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC100 Tampa, FL 33620-5455

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Suzanne O’Hara Wadley Jaworski Rhodenbaugh, English `66, recently published

a new book of poetry called The Whole Shebang.

Rhodenbaugh is a poet, essayist and critic who lives in St. Louis. She has published two collections and four chapbooks of poetry, as well as individual poems in various publications. Her book Lick of Sense won the Marianne Moore Poetry Prize in 2001. Rhodenbaugh gave a reading from The Whole Shebang at USF on April 4.

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Michael P. Bernard, Accounting `78, joined AutoBody America as chief financial officer. With more than 30 years of experience, Bernard has held various senior executive positions with both public and private growth-oriented companies and has been active in the collision industry for more than 10 years.

Chiropractic Care Center in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. He is a former USF tennis player and tennis professional who hurt his back in a tournament and was helped by a chiropractor when no other doctor could help. As a result, Dr. Muransky attended Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating in 1978. He returned to South Florida and set up practice. In addition to his chiropractic practice and comedy skills, Dr. Muransky has appeared on numerous television and radio shows and has hosted his own 12-part series for public television.

Jeffrey Sawyers, Accounting `78, was hired as Sanwire Corporation’s chief financial officer and treasurer. Sawyers has more than 30 years of diversified financial management experience. Most recently, Sawyers served as the corporate controller for Tijuana Flats, where he was responsible for all the external financial accounting and reporting systems, audit and tax management, and banking relationships. Sawyers is a certified public accountant and a certified management accountant.

Martin H. Smith, Management `79, joined

Patriot Rail Corp. as vice president of human resources. He will oversee the company’s human resources functions and assist in the integration of the 88 employees of the newly acquired former Weyerhaeuser railroads. Smith has more than three decades of experience in the human resources area.

Joel Levine, Mathematics Education

Lt. Colonel Darrell Stinger, Engineering `74, is on active duty in the United States Air Force and is deployed to the Middle East. Stinger’s son, Capt.

James Stinger USAF, is also deployed to the Middle East at a base approximately 100 miles from Lt. Col. Stinger’s location.

Edward Malphus, M.D., `75,

James Tagliarini, Criminology `75, has written and published Why Would You Want to be an Undercover Cop? Tales from the Narc Side. The story centers on the Outlaws Motorcycle Club shootout in the 70s in Tampa and Tagliarini’s adventures as a member of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

He retired from HCSO as a Captain.

`70, is an associate professor in the Adrian Dominican School of Education at Barry University in Miami Shores.

He holds an M.S. and Ed.D from Florida International University and an Ed.S. from Nova Southeastern University. received the second annual Monsignor Anthony Brouwers Award at the Mission Doctors Auxiliary Benefit Gala at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles.

Dr. Malphus showed dedication and faith-filled leadership during his 10-year tenure as president of the Board of Directors for the Mission Doctors Association.

Frank Mazzarelli, Psychology `77, provided chiropractic services to Mixed Martial Arts champion, Yosmany Cabezas, before he won the title in Tampa in November 2010.

David Muransky, Management `72, performed at the Improv Comedy Club at Hard Rock on April 27. Dr. Muransky is a chiropractor for Aventura

Armando Yanez, Accounting `71, has been named director of the Tampa office of Pacific Security Capital. Yanez has been involved in commercial real estate in the Florida market for more than 20 years.

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Bonnie Baker, Marketing and Accounting `80,

joined Lincoln Financial Distributors as relationship manager for the institutional retirement solutions distribution consultant channel. Baker will be responsible for supporting the institutional field sales team through research, strategic planning, and relationship development. Baker is a Certified Investment Management Analyst and holds

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) security registrations 7, 63, and 65.

David Corry, Mass Communications `86, has been named as the general counsel for Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Corry previously served as senior litigation counsel with Liberty Counsel, a nationwide public interest religious civil liberties law firm.

Cassandra Davis, Special Education

`83 & M.A. `91, won the Hillsborough Education Foundation’s Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator of the Year Award.

Davis teaches special education at Seffner Elementary School. She is a member of Phi Delta Kappa and has received the Celebrate Literacy Award from the Hillsborough County Reading Association/PTA. She is also the co-founder of B-BOB, Boys Booked on Barbershops.

Richard Mancini, Political Science `87, was recently named the president of the Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled in Naples.

Mancini is a commercial litigator and is certified as a circuit court mediator by the Supreme Court of Florida.

Elaine Myrback, Management `84, founded EMS Consulting-Intelligent Chaos, an architecture technology firm, from her home with only $10,000 in start-up capital. Now, 13 years later, EMS-IC has four offices nationally with more than 135 associates. The firm was recently awarded the Oracle North America Innovation Award for Excellence in Service Oriented Architecture for the third time. Myrback spends her free time with her husband, Doug, and their 10-year-old daughter. Her hobbies include fishing, collecting wine, art, and international traveling.

Rhonda Pearlman, MBA `80, was honored for her dedication to the Central Florida Jewish community with the Harriet Ginsburg Woman of Choice award by the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando on March 16. Pearlman sits on the Kinneret Council on Aging Board of Trustees, and participates in the Jewish Federation Women’s Division programs, Super Sunday, Shalom Orlando newcomers program, monthly board meetings and community missions to Israel.

Amy Goldberg Tardif, Mass Communications `87, is one of only 38 winners in the country to receive a 70th annual Peabody Award. The Peabody Award is the oldest, most prestigious honor in electronic media. Tardif received the award for her radio documentary “Lucia’s Letter,” a documentary about a young Guatemalan woman’s immigration to Florida. She wrote and produced JULY 2011 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Tardif has worked for WGCU Public Media since 1993 and has previously worked for The Fort Myers Police Department, WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, FL, KAAL-TV in Austin, MN and WUSF-FM.

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James S. Brodsky, Business Administration `92, was promoted to chief human resources officer at Jacksonville-based Foundation Financial Group.

Brodsky’s new appointment is instrumental as the company transitions from a mortgage lender to a comprehensive financial services company in 2011.

Brodsky rose to vice president of regional employee relations senior consultant during his 16-year employment with HSBC Bank USA before joining the Foundation Financial Group.

Madhabi Chatterji, Ph.D

Measurement & Research `90, is a tenured professor of MeasurementEvaluation & Education and director of the Assessment and Evaluation Research Initiative (AERI) for Teachers College at Columbia University. She is a former Fulbright Research Scholar (2007-08) and has won numerous awards for her research publications.

Heuy J. Chen, Nursing M.S. `94 & Ph.D `01, is a

visiting assistant professor in the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing at Georgia State University. She is board certified in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing. She is currently a Research and Evaluation Committee member of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.

Kim During, Accounting `92, was

nominated for the 2011 Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Business Woman of the Year award. During is founder, president and CEO of K.Tek International Corp., a holding company for 17 national and international diversified companies with interests including, but not limited to, technology, retail, international real estate and venture capital. During is a member of USF’s Women in Leadership & Philanthropy, the Presidents Council, and the Dean’s Circle of Excellence, and a USF Foundation Donor.

Tammy Evans, MA `91 & Ph.D `04, is now the

Language Arts department chair at Braden River High School, as well as a teacher at Lakewood Ranch High School and an adjunct instructor at the University of Miami IMG Academies.

Mark A. Gordon, MBA `95, was appointed to vice president and general manager, measurement and power systems, within AMETEK Aerospace & Defense. Gordon joins AMETEK from United Technologies Corporation, where he had been 26

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Myrna Hogue, MSW `98 and USF Tampa College

of Education doctoral candidate, received the National Association of Social Workers 2011 award for Social Worker of the Year.

Debi Immel, Mathematics `95 & M.A. `97, is now teaching Disney Experiential Learning and Disney Corporate Analysis at the Disney College Program.

Kathy Iwanowski, Art `94, debuted the exhibit,

“Sharp Objects: Injecting Memories & Reality,” featuring images and installations by members of Nurse Artists International, a nonprofit organization that she founded. The exhibit ran May 23 - June 9 in the art gallery at Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry campus.

Timothy Jackson, English `96,

author of the literary novel Mangrove Underground, established the Coral Reef Preservation Fund through the Nature Conservancy. Contributions will go to the study and conservation of coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. A portion of the book’s proceeds will benefit the fund.

David Klement, Mass

Communications `96, was recently named executive director of St. Petersburg College’s new Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions, a think tank based on SPC’s Seminole campus.

Karen Mosteller, Accounting `91, accepted a seat on the inaugural advisory board of the Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University. Mosteller is a consulting and technology partner with Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company, P.A. She joined the firm in 1986 and is a certified public accountant as well as a certified healthcare business consultant.

Merrie Beth Neely, M.S. Marine Science

`96 & Ph.D `08, recently joined the Consortium for Ocean Leadership as the Science and Environmental Compliance Manager for the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a long-term, NSF-funded program to provide 25-30 years of sustained ocean measurements to study climate variability, ocean circulation and ecosystem dynamics, air-sea exchange, seafloor processes, and platescale geodynamics. She also remains an active Kappa Delta Sorority alumna and spends time in Clearwater and Washington, D.C.

Tyra Read, Business Administration

`97, has been appointed to the Cape Coral Construction Industry Association’s (CCCIA) Board of Directors. CCCIA assists those involved in constructionrelated industries in the City of Cape Coral by closely monitoring impact fees, ordinances, road projects and long-term growth issues.

Dawn Richards, Marketing `91, managing partner for Outback Steakhouse, completed an 18-day trip to Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan as a volunteer with Operation Feeding Freedom VIII, an annual mission sponsored by OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, Outback’s parent company. Operation Feeding Freedom is part of OSI’s ongoing commitment to support the troops.

Richards has been with Outback Steakhouse for nearly six years, three of those years as a managing partner.

Mary Ruiz, MBA `94, was appointed to the New

College of Florida Board of Trustees by the Florida Board of Governors. She is the president and chief executive officer at Bradenton’s Manatee Glens, a nonprofit hospital specializing in mental health and addictions services. Ruiz has senior management experience in hospital administration, corporate strategic planning, marketing, business development, local government and nonprofit agency administration.

John A. Vassel, English `91 & MLA `94, was appointed as student banking specialist for Fifth Third Bank’s Tampa Bay affiliate. His responsibilities include providing free financial literacy presentations to high school and college students about responsible banking. Previously, he worked in admissions at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, counseled students as an academic advisor at Pasco Hernando Community College and taught English at St. Petersburg College.

Rick Voight, MBA `98, joined SoloHealth and will be responsible for market penetration and distribution of the company’s SoloHealth Station.

Voight was previously the national sales manager of retail publishing at Hewlett-Packard.

Sergio Waldeck, MBA `99, was named to the financial management function at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, based in downtown Manhattan. As part of his responsibilities at the nation’s Central Bank, Waldeck is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, planning and analysis, trending, reporting, and staff management. Prior to the Federal Reserve Bank, he worked for 12 years with some of the largest Wall Street firms, such as Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank. Waldeck resides in Greenwich, CT, with his wife, Camila, and two kids, Andre and Christina.

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Matt Adams, Management Information Systems

`05, was promoted to executive vice president of Santa Rosa County Federal Credit Union. Adams was hired with the Credit Union as an IT director in September 2006.

Tony Adams, Ph.D Communication `08, recently

spoke to students in Professor Carolyn Ellis’ Communicating Emotions course about his new book Narrating the Closet: An Autoethnography of SameSex Attraction. Adams is currently an assistant professor of communication at Northeastern Illinois University.

Laura Altfeld, Ph.D Biology `06, is an assistant professor of Biology at Wilson College in Pennsylvania.

Irma Ancheta, Ph.D Nursing `07, is now an

assistant professor of Nursing at the University of North Florida.

Frank Barnes, Ph.D Philosophy `00, is teaching Disney Organizational Leadership and Disney Creativity & Innovation for the Disney College Program.

David Benko, Ph.D Mathematics `01, is an assistant professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of South Alabama.

Michael Drennon, MSPH `06, is a member of the Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Class of 20092011. He is assigned to the Sarasota County Health Department.

Daniel Factor, M.S. Physics `02, is a tutor at

Thomas Aquinas College, teaching two sections of freshman math and an evening freshman seminar.

Factor is also co-teaching a freshman philosophy class.

Gary Galloway, M.S. Management Information Systems `03, was appointed as the new director of marketing for 3 Birds Marketing. He will be in charge of coordinating the multi-channel marketing strategies of the company’s growing client base.

Michael Geis, MBA `04, joined myMatrixx as

director of IT infrastructure. He has more than 15 years of technology leadership in a number of different industries. Previously, Geis served as vice president of Information Systems Operations at Lifestyle Family Fitness.

Simone Ghirlanda, MSEE `06, graduated

from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University with an MBA in May 2011. After graduation, he joined J.P. Morgan as an investment banking associate.

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classnotes Mercy Gomez, Management `05 & MBA `08, is now the international business program coordinator for the School of Business at Universidad del Norte in Colombia.

Sinan Gurman, MBA `03, is senior principal consultant in the Knowledge Services Business Unit at Infosys, one of the world’s leading business and IT consulting companies and outsourcing firms.

Gurman helps high-level executives in some of the world’s largest companies improve their sales and marketing effectiveness. A native of Turkey, Gurman earned a physics degree from Middle East Technical University. He decided to get an MBA at USF after meeting with Ural Akbulut, a USF alumnus who received his Ph.D in chemistry and was president of METU at the time. Gurman, who plays the guitar and sings in the band The Reverted in his spare time, enjoys the outdoors, specifically beach volleyball, mountain biking, running, and scuba diving.

Lisa Witherspoon Hansen, Ph.D Curriculum and Instruction `09, was selected as an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women’s Basketball Legend in January. The honorees were recognized during the ACC Legends Luncheon on March 4, and on the court at halftime of the first semifinal game on March 5. The ACC Women’s Basketball Legends program honors past players and coaches from each of the ACC’s 12 schools who have contributed to the league’s rich tradition.

Hansen is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science at USF and director of USF Active Gaming Research Laboratories.

Keri-Rose Harkins, MSW `09 & MPH `10, is

a senior child advocate at St. Joseph’s Children’s Advocacy Center in Tampa.

Elizabeth Hennig, Finance `01 & MBA `08, was promoted to chief financial officer for Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. She previously served as director of administrative services and will continue to handle those responsibilities at the zoo.

Kinga Huse, Accounting `09, earned her Certified

Public Accountant license from the Florida Board of Accountancy. Huse practices in a variety of audit and tax services at Christopher, Smith, Leonard, Bristow & Stanell, P.A. Huse is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and the USF Accounting Society.

Melissa Lee Jarrell, MA Criminology `00 & Ph.D `05 is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, TX. Georgina Johnson, Interdisciplinary Natural

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Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship. Johnson was formerly a supervisor and technical specialist in two water quality laboratories, with experience in wet chemistry and bacteriology; as well as an electroneurodiagnostic clinician in healthcare and test administrator/proctor for Pearson VUE testing center. As a Fellow, Johnson will receive a $30,000 stipend to complete a special intensive Master’s program at the the University of Michigan. Every Fellow then commits to teaching for at least three years in a high-need urban or rural school in the state of Michigan.

Nina Lacevic, English `05, has joined the Tampa office of GrayRobinson as an associate in the business and finance practice group. Lacevic’s experience includes business organization, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and civil litigation. Before joining GrayRobinson, Lacevic was an associate in the business practice group, where she provided commercial litigation counsel to various clients. She was recognized by Tampa Bay’s Athena Society as one of its Young Women of Achievement and is also a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, The Florida Bar, American Bar Association and the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers. Lacevic earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida Law School.

Desiree Liburd, History `01 & MPH `10, is currently a program planner analyst for the Center for Leadership in Public Health Practice at the University of South Florida College of Public Health.

Liz Stevens Lofaso, M.S. Nursing `05, is a boardcertified Registered Nurse Practitioner for Premier Family Health & Wellness in Palm Beach County, FL. Her professional interests include adolescent health, preventative medicine and oncology. Her personal interests include exercise, photography, arts, mountain biking, cycling and swimming.

Lara Martin, Anthropology `05, accepted a position with Save the Children Sweden in the Sudan. Based in Khartoum, Martin is program development specialist, and has responded to conflict in the Abyei administrative area.

Tyrone McKenzie, Economics `08, is a secondyear linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He joined former USF corner back Mike Jenkins and former Bulls defensive end Jarriett Buie for a children’s football camp that Buie organized over Easter weekend. Jenkins currently plays for the Dallas Cowboys and Buie plays for the Tampa Bay Storm. McKenzie played an instrumental role in helping organize the Buccaneers’ workouts at USF earlier this year.

Scott McMaster, MPH `08, is a program specialist at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Bay Pines.

Joseph M. Nygard, Marketing `02, accepted a

position with the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group in Plano, TX., in their internal audit department. Nygard is also a certified public accountant.

Alicia Ordaz, English Education `09, won the 2010 Early Career Teacher of Color Award of Distinction from the National Council of Teachers of English.

Debra J. Price, Zoology `83, M.Ed `90, MSPH `97 & Ph.D Public Health `02, is the education coordinator for Florida’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (FMQAI) in downtown Tampa.

Haia Radwan, Mass Communications `07, was

recently named as a Deborah Orin Scholar and received a $5,000 scholarship from the White House Correspondents Association. She was invited to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner and met President Obama, Seth Meyers and several important journalists. Radwan is finishing her Master’s program at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

George Selvie, Communication `09, returned to campus in the spring to host the inaugural George Selvie Classic, a flag football fundraising tournament that supports the Tampa Alumni chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Selvie is a defensive end for the St. Louis Rams. The tournament featured an age 13- -to-18 youth division and an 18-and-older adult division. More than 16 teams participated. Proceeds benefitted the alumni chapter’s scholarship program and its youth auxiliary group, Sigma Beta Club.

Caroline Connors Sheffield, Ph.D Curriculum &

Instruction `09, is an assistant professor of social science education at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. She holds Florida professional teaching certifications in Social Science 5-9 and 6-12, as well as Gifted Education K-12.

Melissa Molinari Shelton, Elementary Education `96 & M.S. Nursing `08, was the recipient of a 2011 USF Golden Bull Award. She is vice president of the USF Nursing Alumni & Friends Society board and a Nursing BS-Ph.D candidate. The Golden Bull Awards are given annually to students who encompass the spirit of USF and have demonstrated its values.

Recipients exemplify exceptional leadership and service to the University and the community.

Todd Standley, M.D. `00, is an assistant professor of Radiology in the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.

Michael Sutton, Criminology `03, has

been awarded certification as a certified fund raising executive by Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) International.

Sutton is the chief development officer

of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pinellas County.

The CFRE certification program exists to foster the development and growth of fundraising by developing certified professionals who can serve as role models in the fundraising field.

Jaime Wilke, MSPH `01 & Ph.D Public Health `06, is an assistant professor of Global Health at the University of South Florida.

Amber Sale, Mass Communications `10, is an account executive for The DuPont Registry, doing outside sales for Tampa Bay Magazine. She is also a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader (20092010 season), a former USF Sun Doll (2006-2008) and a Tri Delta sorority member (2005-2009).

Emmeline Sangeorzan, MPH `10, is a

biostatician for the Arthritis Research Institute of America.

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Lauren Capo, Art History `10, has been accepted

into Columbia University’s New York/Paris Program to study urban planning and historic preservation.

Cynthia Folsom Crim, M.Ed `10, was named the 2011 Hillsborough Teacher of the Year. Folsom Crim is the Math Resource teacher at Palm River Elementary, where she was formerly a student. She is a district trainer for the elementary mathematics department and was the recipient of the Hillsborough County Elementary Mathematics Council’s PRISIM award, recognized for her leadership in mathematics.

Lissa Fahlman, MHP `09, is now an epidemiologist for the Arthritis Research Institute of America.

Michelle Heystek, Management `10, was

hired by Minor League Baseball to serve as a staff accountant. Heystek will prepare journal entries, budget variance analysis, and a variety of financial schedules, as well as assist in employee benefit administration, budget preparation and year-end audits. Heystek joins MiLB after spending 15 years as a bookkeeper for the Pinellas County School Board. Heystek also served in the military as a Navy reservist, Petty Officer.

Mark Kelley, MBA `10, accepted a position as a market analyst for Neilsen, researching and analyzing information for Proctor & Gamble to help them make market decisions regarding baby care products.

Jennifer Peregoy, MPH `10, is now an

epidemiologist and science writer for the Arthritis Research Institute of America.

In Memoriam William A. Bradley, `69 & M.A. `71, 3/8/2011 Robert D. Connell, `63, 6/16/2010 Deborah Lynn Curry, `89, 3/25/2011 Eveline D. “Eve” Gilmore, `M.A. `86, 2/2/2011 Anthony Greer, `67, 1/18/2011 Mathew Little, `08, 5/16/2011 Jason Moore, `03, 5/12/2011 Linda Lee Wade, `70, 2/26/2011 JULY 2011 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Life Member Honor Roll The USF Alumni Association thanks the following Circle of Excellence Life Members for their generous gifts.=

The USF Alumni Association thanks the following fully-paid Life Members for their support.

Diamond Level $1,000+

Warren R. Abel M.D. Freda A. Abercrombie Amir A. Abou-El-Naga Jeffrey Michael Abraham Diane and Brian Acken Emily S. Adams Jennifer and John Adams Marisa Adams Robert T. Adams Melanie S. Adams-Miller Adam T. Adkins Jean Aertker Deborah H. Agoos Chuka Amara Agugua Vicki and Frederic Ahrens Rickey D. Akins Karen and Roberto Alayon Licia Albanese Dr. Sharon Albers Ronald R. Aldrich Brandon S. Aldridge Jo-Ann and Bernie Alessandrini John Alexander Barbara A. Alfano Nancy J. Alfredson Elaine and Falih Aljasir Ross V. Allen Terry G. Allison Tamara K. Almond Diane C. Altwies The Honorable F. Dennis Alvarez Dr. George G. Alvarez Jack and Cynthia Amor Dr. Christian G. Anderson Jeffrey A. Anderson William Andree Lindbergh N. Andrew Robert W. Andrew Jr. April L. Andrews Katherine Ann (Leach) Andrews and Robert P. Andrews Jr. Laura S. Andrews Margaret Andronaco and Donald Thompson Lorraine M. Angelino Lisa M. Annaheim Victoria Antoinette Peggy A. Apgar Schmidt Carole and Wayne Apple

Rick C. Brandt Angela and James Brewer J. Mack Carneal Victor E. Connell William J. Esposito Roger T. Frazee Cynthia and John Harper Dr. Anila Jain Thomas Raymond King Jr. Donna and John Larson Mark Levine Joseph and Linda Lewkowicz Jacquelyn E. Rogow Elizabeth and Alexander White M.D.

Emerald Level $500-$999 Donna and Michael Brickman Mark S. Callahan Patrick J. Feldman Lisa Provenzano Huegel and Ben Heugel Janet and Brad Kelly Richard William Lane Elizabeth B. Marshall Theodore W. Whitford Jr.

Gold Level $250-$499

Dennis Norman Blankenship Betty M. Carroll Katharine A. Freeman Dale M. Gibson Carl T. Gingola David L. Hilfman Gary A. Hoog Tina and Dan Johnson Kenneth Kalunian Dean F. Martin Mary and Dushan Martinasek Jean-Anne and Thomas McAllister Jack F. Plagge Patricia and Jeffrey Reynolds Doreen and Eric Robinson = Gifts from May 22, 2010 - May 25, 2011 to the Alumni Endowment or the Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence.

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John W. Appleby Scott C. Arnold Linda Sluss Arrington Donald L. Arscott Austin B. Asgill Janice S. Ash Dr. Ronald A. Ash Gregory J. Ashley* Diana and Harold Astorquiza Raquel A. Astudillo Andrew O. Aubery Emmanuel Auguste Jeffery Austin Margaret J. Austin Michelle and James Austin Jr. Norma and Leslie Avchin Mark Awmiller Michael Axon Carol C. Ayers James Ayers Raymond F. Ayres II Sara Baden Eliot M. Bader Jay Bailey S. Nathaniel Bailey Stephen N. Bailey Michelle and Louis Bainbridge Cecil R. Baker Jr. Kenneth B. Baker Richard T. Baker III Rajappan Balagopal Sharmatie B. Singh Susan and Eugene Balter Ruth E. Bannhard Laura B. Barber Nancy and James Bardin Warren L. Bare Rosemary Barkett Jonathan I. Barlow William D. Barnes Scott F. Barnett Nancy and Gregg Baron Cindy and Phil Barringer James T. Barry Rebecca L. Bast Khari K. Batchelor Bruce Bates Linda and Charles Baumann Herbert J. Baumann Augusto Enrique Bayro Dore R. Beach Ed.D. Michelle L. Beaudet-Smith Heidi and Vincent Bekiempis Douglas T. Bell Elizabeth M. Bell Risa Witherspoon Bell Susan G. Bell

Kathleen and William Bellamy Dr. Celeste Bello Joseph V. Belluccia Jeffrey A. Belvo Shaye K. Benfield Aviya J. Bensky Keyton Benson Benjamin and Jynine Benvenuti August M. Berg Tracy and Aaron Bergacker Blair Bergen Suzette M. Berkman Elisa A. Bernard Scott T. Bernard Suzette and Brad Bernstein Charles D. Bess M.D. William D. Besselieu III Kathleen Betancourt Robin and William Bethune Patrick L. Beyer Dennis W. Bickel Margaret Elizabeth Biebel Franklin N. Biggins Theodore T. Bill Mary and Wynne Black Kendall L. Blair Oakley B. Blair Warren Blanchard Judy G. Blanco Victor D. Blanco H. Kirby Blankenship Jennifer Leavengood and Stephen Blume Sherri L. Bogue David Bohl Laura A. Bolduc John D. Bolle Alan C. Bomstein Beverly Bondarew Timothy D. Bonds Jesse S. Bonds Lee Bonta Stirling L. Boomhower Charles H. Booras James W. Booth David S. Borkan Kay and Francis Borkowski Darrell E. Borne John P. Borreca Victoria A. Boswell Tracey and David Boucher Janis L. Boyd Sara and Bruce Boyd Thomas W. Boyer Stephanie Boyle Gregory Bradford Michael J. Bradford

Jennifer K. Bradley Melville D. Bradley Kristen C. Brady Patrick M. Brandon Carrie A. Brang Cynthia M. Brannen Yoshie and Jamie Branson Edward William Braun M.D. Ann and Robert Bretnall Scott W. Bridges Gary Patrick Briggs Mark E. Bright Bobby W. Brinkley Brandi M. Bronleben Gary L. Brosch Elizabeth F. Brown Isabelle A. Brown Lori A. Brown* Melvin Wayne Brown Norman L. Brown III Shekeria L. Brown Richard W. Broyles Walter I. Brugger Darlene Y. Bruner Fred J. Brunjes Craig H. Brunstein Lisa J. Brush Sivilai and Ryan Brusko Victoria M. Bruzese Jeffrey Wayne Brzoska William F. Buckley Laurie Budd Gerald Buhr Arthur and M. Katherine Bullard William Burchenal Jr. Scott Burkett Patrick J. Burley Darryl M. Burman Jennifer Ann Burns Fern and Deborah Burr Robert S. Burress M.D. Cheryl A. Burstein Linda and Gerald Busch Patricia Bussell Dr. Joseph F. Busta Patricia G. Byrnes Marissa L. Byrum Louis E. Caballer Tiffany M. Cacciatore Judiann Cacioppo Heather and Matthew Cain Lynn V. Calhoun Brian C. Campbell Sean Michael Campbell Margarita R. Cancio M.D. Janet Canfield Craig Michael Capo

Sandra J. Capuano Janet E. Caragan Christine E. Caraway Salvatore Cardillo Betty and William Carlin JoEllen and James Carlson Jon M. Carlson Susan and Edward Caron Paul S. Carpenter Jennifer Carpenter John H. Carpenter Jr. Erin Mumbulo and Robert Carpenter Sheila Carpenter-Van Dijk Dr. Sylvia F. Carra-Hahn Joyce M. Carroll Richard Carroll Thomas R. Carter William K. Carter Deanna R. Carter-Blackburn Ryan C. Caruso Jennifer R. Casatelli M.D. Colin Caspersen and Tosia Kmiec Jose L. Castellanos Betty Castor Vicki and Nelson Castro Philip M. Catalano Jenny L. Cater* Jane M. Cavallucci Lauro F. Cavazos Erika V. Chambers Patricia Chancey Suzanne C. Chandler Danielle E. Chandonnet Kristen and Craig Channing Daniel L. Chapman Colleen Elizabeth Chappell Lee and Diane Chase Scott C. Chase Janet Chaves Donna V. Cheesebrough Michael J. Cherill Maureen Chiodini and Jim Rinaldo Michael E. Christman Patricia C. Weaver Chulick Jonathan P. Cistone Elizabeth G. Clark Pamela I. Clark Ph.D. Sarah E. Clark Stephanie C. Clark Tami L. Clark Lauren Steele and James W. Clark IV John S. Clarke Elsie and Warren Clary* Don V. Clementi Geraldine Clemons Jennifer and Charles Closshey Carla B. Codd*

Matthew C. Coe Daniel Colantuono Vicki L. Colbert Johnnetta B. Cole Michael E. Cole II Kimberly M. Coleman Lori Beth Coleman Mauricio Collada Daron M. Collado Barron Collier Larry H. Collins Gary A. Cone Brian R. Confer James C. Congelio Gregory Conley Chris A. Conn Sarah F. Connelly Charles H. Conner Jr. James F. Conway III Jason D. Cook Juanita J. Cook William R. Cook Myra and Mack Cooley Brian J. Cooper John Cooper Robyn A. Cooper Pamela and Charles Copeland Catherine M. Cornett Kathryn Corrigan and Brad Bjornstad David M. Corry John S. Coryn Catherine T. Costabel Harold J. Costello Jr. Theodore J. Couch Jr. Theodore J. Couch James O. Council Harrison W. Covington Dr. Gena L. Cox Constance and John Cozier Wilson L. Craft David A. Craig Rebecca L. Craig Robin and Timothy Craig Susan P. Crawley Thomas F. Creed III Janis S. Crews Robert C. Crews II The Honorable Victor D. Crist and Angela Crist* Ruthann P. Cross Georgann and James Crotty Kristie and Charles Crouse Susan Cuadra Margo Culbertson and Emma Culbertson Linda and William Cullerton The Honorable Faye B. Culp

Kristin and John Cunningham Mirtha and Elias Cura Patricia and Rudy Curioso Daniel B. Curtis Cheryl Dafeldecker Cathy and David D’Alessandro John Dalley David H. Dalton Ryan Daly Clarence E. Daniel Andrea Desrosiers and Harold Daniels Jennifer Darley Linda and John Darling Jr. Fran L. Darrach Margaret I. Davenport Brian Davies Toni D. Davila Albert Davis Baron D. Davis Brandon D. Davis Kendra R. Davis Mark S. Davis Shirley A. Davis Steven Allen Davis Jr. Stephen and Dewey Davis- Thompson Gregory Lee Dawkins Mary Jane and Richard De Aguero Rachelle M. De Moya Heather and Benjamin Debrocke Jennifer and Robert deFreese Julie M. Dekker Tamara and John del Charco Marci Delaney Thomas J. Delaney John T. Delesline Christopher James Delgado David M. Delo Rajiv Dembla Andy Denka Merle and Manuel Dennis Nancy and Daniel Dennison Jeffrey W. Denny Franklin T. Depalma Jr. Nima B. Desai Robin and David Devlin Derek E. Dewan David Ryan DeWeese Anudeep D. Dharkar Melissa M. Diaz Karen S. Diebel Thair R. Dieffenbach Laura and David Dignam Joshua D. Dillinger Denise R. Dimbath Jim Dine JULY 2011 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Life Member Honor Roll Jodi A. Dodge Terri Dolph Christopher D. Donaldson Teri and Michael Donohue Lisa Jardine and Jorge Dopico Katherine A. Dorf Michael A. Dorsey Dr. David W. Dorton Katherine A. Dotson Diana L. Doughty Danita G. Downey Bruce C. Downing Karen L. Dozier Judith C. Draculan

Patricia Dury Paula Ann Dye Daniel J. Eagan Karen and John Eagle Joshua Morgan Ebner Margaret B. Eddings Carol Edelson H. Marie Edmonson Michael R. Edmondson Engr. Osato F. Edo-Osagie Lynette H. Edwards R. Deadra Edwards Pamela and Ronald Egger Susan and William Eickhoff

“We are very grateful and proud to be USF Bulls. We feel as Life Members, it is our responsibility and duty to honor the legacy of the past and to support USF as it moves forward.�

Arthur Bullard Jr., `74 & MBA `82 & M. Katherine Bullard, `74

J. Kevin Drake Robert A. Dressler Stephen G. Dressler Deborah J. Drewes Margaret V. Drizd Tina Dry* Sara M. DuCuennois Christopher F. Dudley Kathleen and Dan Duerr Catherine M. Duffy Siobhan M. Dumas Troy T. Dunmire Ernestine E. Dunn Patricia A. Dunn Robert S. Durfee Donald W. Durrance M.D. 32

Jacqueline Eisenhauer and Kathy Buresh Diana C. Ekonomou Joan E. Ekstrom Brenda Elarbee Mary Elfter Katherine M. Elkahly David D. Eller Elizabeth M. Elliott Nathan Ellis Glenn W. Elmblad Renata S. Engel James Alan English Cynthia G. Enlow M.D. Sandra K. Enoch Debra and Kenneth Eriksen

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Mary Erickson Diane E. Erwin Donna and Ernest Estevez Carly Evans Dr. Kenneth L. Evans Lisa and Charles Evans Mary C. Evans Walter R. Everton Rena and John Ezzell Jammie Anne Faircloth Linda and John Fantone Joseph R. Faulk Jason C. Faulkner Phyllis L. Fee Jamie D. Feheley Adam F. Feinberg Lawrence J. Ferguson Lea A. Fernandez Patrice Fernandez Joann A. Ferra Henry J. Ferrara Mary J. Figg Alejandro Figueroa Michael J. Fimiani Karina B. Findlay Fabio Fiore Nicholas J. Fiorentino Joseph E. Fisher Margaret B. Fisher Penelope S. Fisher Rose M. Fisher Steven L. Fisher Maura Flaschner Kurt J. Fleckenstein Darin R. Fleming Arthur Flemming Jeffrey C. Flemming Rodel Torio Flores Jane and John Flynn Kathleen A. Flynn Myrna and Gregory Flynn Paul Flynn Elizabeth and Con Foley Leonara Y. Folsom Edmund J. Foody Edward Ford Kenneth R. Ford Susan and Jose Forns Michael Forrett Louise Forsman Jamie A. Foster Jennifer C. Fowler M. Elizabeth Fowler Margaret M. Fowler Liana F. Fox Sara and Jeffrey Fox Harrison W. Fox Jr.

Carol Ann Francis Karen A. Frank Donald Frashier Debbie L. Fratus Laura A. Fratus Raymond M. Frazier Edward L. Fredere II Michelle R. French Rick A. French Peter Frenquelle John C. Friend Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Fry Kristin and Arthur Fuente Wayne A. Fuller M.D. Carolyn Fulmer Cheryl S. Furr William A. Futch Mary H. Futrell Erin and James Gaddis Michael B. Gagliardo Steven M. Galbraith Mariya Galchenko Cynthia and Peter Galiette Tony R. Gallina Joseph V. Galluzzo Jesse P. Gamble Darren L. Gambrell Freddie C. Garcia Jr. Ivan Ely Garcia Julian Garcia Jr. Patrick H. Garrett Timothy Garrigan Gary P. Garrison Sheila and Philip Gartrell Glenn Garvey Robert A. Garvy Kathleen P. Gaston Melissa and Kendall Gay Gayle and Dennis Geagan Joseph Jude Geck Jane M. Geders Heather and Justin Geisler Allen J. Genaldi President Judy Genshaft Ph.D and Steven Greenbaum Helen Georgiev Gary C. Gerard Kathryn L. Gerardo Theresa Gerke Jay D. Germano* Eric Andrew Gershman M.D. Sam M. Gibbons William F. Gibbs Carissa A. Giblin Harrington Albert Gibson Jr. Lea Gibson Ana Cosme and Michael Giel

Gerald P. Giglia Julie and Jeffrey Gillespie Nicole and Richard Gillespie III Paula and Gordon Gillette Audrey A. Gilmore Jeffrey Gilmore Richard A. Gilson Seth Alan Gissen Shannon and Benjamin Gittleman Jennifer and Mark Givens Shale M. Gladfelter Brett T. Glauser Shawn J. Gleason Elizabeth and Ross Gload Jr. Steven E. Goforth Shelly J. Goforth-White Susann Golby Adam Goldberg Seth Goldberg M.D. Paul Golden Michele and Randy Golomb Armando Gonzalez Henry Gonzalez III Jennifer and Shannon Gonzalez Steven Gonzalez Andrea A. Gonzmart Richard Gonzmart Derek Good Jason P. Good Larry T. Goodman Judy and Robert Gordon Angela B. Gorgei James Richard Gossett Greg H. Gotling Jane A. Gradwell Allison D. Graham Daniel Joseph Graham Twila B. Graham Cathleen M. Gramling Sarah Anne Granados Beverley and John Grant Merit L. Greaves Gil P. Gredinger Andrew Greeley Aria R. Green Beth and Ivan Green Jason I. Green Kristin and Bradley Green Jeffrey M. Greenberg Bruce Greene Jennifer Greene William M. Greenlees Cathy and John Greer Jr. Jennifer and Kenneth Griffin Michael E. Griffin Sarah and Steven Griffin Ward E. Griffin

Mary Clark and Richard Grimberg Jr. Kristen A. Grimes Chad Grissom J. Michael Groff Jr. The Honorable Raymond and Mrs. Paulette Gross Matthew G. Grosz Barbara and John Guarino Debbie and David Gula Kathleen L. Gulley Jennifer Gunberg M. James Gunberg Chad E. Gunter Mark C. Gurlea Dr. Michael J. Gurucharri David H. Gutcher Robert F. Gutierrez Amanda L. Guy Israel Guzman Pamela and Michael Haber Eileen and Andrew Hafer Cynthia J. Haffey Eugene N. Haines Jody and Gregory Hall Jr. Kimberly L. Hall Rosalind J. Hall Richard Hallstrand Gregory M. Hamaker Andrea and Robert Hamel Andy B. Hamilton David T. Hamilton Francis E. Hamilton Kenneth G. Hamilton Samuel R. Hamilton Scott D. Hamilton Mary J. Hand Myung-Joo Lee Handelman James E. Haney II Stephanie and Jeffrey Hannett Susan D. Hansche Dr. John N. Harker Rodney A. Harlach Lizz E. Harmon Brett G. Harper Mary and Daniel Harper David Harrell Jack H. Harris Jeffery G. Harris Mary and Charles Harris Rodger Craig Harris Julie Hirst and Bret Hart Janice and Ronald Hartley Karen and James Hartsfield Sonya and James Harvey Tamara L. Harvey John Harvill Kanae Hatta

Dianne P. Haun Richard B. Havens Garrett Griggs Hawk Joseph B. Hawkins Kenneth Dane Hawthorne Katherine L. Hay Miriam and Richard Headley Michael P. Heid M.D. Jeffrey E. Hengel Thomas J. Hennessy Alberto A. Hernandez Heidi and Martin Hernandez Sonia D. Hernandez John Thomas Herndon Danielle and Gregory Herrmann Henry Hershey Laura and Richard Heruska Christopher S. Hester Steven D. Hester David H. Hicks Yuri J. Higgins John Augustine Hildebrand III Stephanie A. Hildreth Jack L. Hill II Janice B. Hill Raymond P. Hill Lauren and Justin Himmelberger James and Julie Hinck Andrew H. Hines Daniel M. Hinson William F. Hintz Jr. Brent Hirschy and William Piper Jr. Audrey S. Hirst Richard A. Hjerpe WayWay M. Hlaing Ph.D. Julius F. Hobbs Thomas J. Hochadel Ruth A. Hochman Carol A. Hodges Sharon P. Hodges Sharon and Edward Hoeppner Heather Holbrook Randall R. Holcomb Joanne Beaudet and Clinton Holder Jack E. Holland Jeannie L. Holliday Ernest F. Hollings Robin L. Hollins John Holloway Loretta and Michael Holtkamp Lisa and Anton Hopen Mae Alice Hopkins Polly and James Horne Jr. Frank Horrell Gary T. Houghtalin Johnny W. Howard Wanda F. Howard

Celia and Joseph Howe Jaclynn and John Howell John T. Howell Marjorie P. Howell-Quartey Michael L. Howsare Alison and Jason Hubbard Barbara and Craig Hubbard Andrew G. Huggins James E. Hugh Jeffery Hughes

“Not a day goes by that I don’t call upon some part of the wonderful personal and educational experiences I’ve received at USF. I’ve continued my education there during each of the last five decades.

I’m proud to be a lifelong learner and a Lifetime Member of the USF Alumni Association.”

Liana Fernandez Fox, M.Ed `80 Catherine and Richard Hugues Jonathan E. Hull Scott M. Humanek Jill C. Hume Marie P. Hunniecutt Zenaida and Randall Hunter Jr. Shirley and Deron Hurley Jane Hussar JULY 2011 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Life Member Honor Roll Marc S. Hutek Kristina L. Hutto Guillermo E. Inchausti Daniel A. Intriago Pamela Iorio and Mark Woodard Anna and Paul Ippolito Shirley A. Jackson Cynthia Stumetz Jacobs Ricky Scott Jacobs Cheryl E. Jaeger Dr. Mona and Kailash Jain Anthony R. James Tina James Janet A. Jameson-Szolosi Thomas Janer Kristin E. Jay Dr. Bonnie Leigh Jefferis Donna Jellison and Craig Dye Mary Ann and Ronald Jenks Barbara Ann Dickinson Jensen Joan Jernstrom Christa L. Jerome Jonathan Jackson Jett-Parmer Roy E. Jewell Beverly and Timothy Jewesak James A. Jimenez Kerry A. Johnson Martha Johnson Stephanie H. Johnson Steven K. Johnson Susan G. Johnson Thomas Johnson Connie A. Johnson-Gearhart Lindsy and Stephen Johnston II Jennifer Joiner and Nicole Whitaker Teresa L. Joiner Sarah J. Jolly Ethel and John Jones Jeffery E. Jones Patricia and Arthur Jones Jr. Shari Jones Timothy William Jones Mary Jones-Freis Cheryl and Steven Jordan James E. Jordan James W. Jordan Kimberly J. Jordan Bradley M. Joseph Jill E. Joyce Brooke C. Juan Barbara and Frank Julian Marc A. Jump Rodrigo Jurado Jr. The Honorable Charles R. Justice John R. Kaddis Hans-Christian Kahlert Rebecca S. Kaiser 34

Robert O. Kalbach Jacqueline and William Kalbas Jennifer and Allan Kalik Ginger L. Kalinski Joshua Karren Natalie E. Kasey Kevin A. Kasubinski Bonnie B. Kearns Conrad T. Kearns Sharon Keefer Connie A. Keehn M.D. Brian P. Keenan Dana B. Keenan Ruth C. Kegel Kendra and Michael Keller Kevin Keller Brenda and Joseph Kenny Julie and David Key Kaycie and Jeremy Kibler Hao Chi Kien Carlton E. Kilpatrick Robert J. Kincart Jennifer and Kristofer Kirchen Tricia and Scott Kirchner Lashonda N. Kirkland Lisa Kirschten Lorie Kittendorf Tassey and Jerre Kittle Regina L. Kizer Christopher Johannes Kluis Thomas A. Knaus Christopher R. Koehler Dianne R. Koenig Douglas D. Konselman Glenda and Jason Koshy Melanie Kouroupis Jakub M. Kowalczyk Kenneth C. Kralick Stacey and Kevin Krause Rose and Clayton Kreis Brian Krenn Alicia Krukoski Tahlman Krumm Jr. Elizabeth Krystyn-Fueyo and Enrique Fueyo Anthony Kuntz Leena and Sanjay Kurian Ronald J. Kurz Gail Fugate LaCour Erin M. Laipply Nancy and John Lake Archbishop Lakovos Georgia Laliotis and Charles Kane Brian D. Lamb Mary E. Landsberger Melanie J. Langston Michael R. Langston

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James P. Lanier Samuel Lanza Pamela and Michael LaPan Richard Larsen Eric V. Larson Ph.D. Thomas W. Latto III Rhea F. Law Patrick W. Lawlor Deborah and Neil Layton Ronald A. Lazo Victor P. Leavengood Philip L. Lecceardone James W. Lee David L. Leever Aurelia G. Leinartas Annabel and Earl Lennard Hernan Leon Kim and John Lersch III Robert Leslie Lauren Leslie-Hynan Kenneth J. Lettre Robin Levin Donald W. Lewis Lisa and Michael Lewis Willard F. Libby Ann M. Liguori Ann R. Lindell Sheppard Gregory S. Linden Cindy R. Lineberry* William Litton Steven T. Livingston Bette A. LoBue Suzanne and Joseph Lomascolo Lynda K. Long Ward G. Longbottom M.D. Denise Loos Melissa Lopez Yvette Lopez Denise and George Lorton Tiphaine J. Louradour-Hwang Ann L. Lovitt Richard H. Low Steven D. Lowe Travis and Jennifer Loxton Victor W. Lucas Deborah and Carleton Lum III Kyle K. Lundquist Steven V. Lyons Jessica Jo Lyublanovits and Scott Ley Joseph J. MacDougald II Katrina MacGregor Nathan Earl Macht Frederick J. Mack Frederick J. Mack Jr. James T. MacKay Ian A. MacKechnie Jr.

Cecil Mackey Glenn E. Maclean June and Mark Magan Frank and Lora Maggio James P. Magill Richard S. Magill Michael L. Magruder Rashed Mahmud Sarah E. Majirsky Joseph A. Malec Jennifer R. Malin Robert F. Mallett A. K. Bobby Mallik Timi D. Maloney Allison and Jason Malouf Cori Campbell and John Manning Michael R. Manning Elizabeth Manzano-Boulton and Steven Boulton Henry M. Marcet Jorge E. Marcet M.D. Cherryl L. Marlan Robert C. Marshall William G. Marshall Jr. John W. Martin Lara S. Martin Susan Martin William B. Martin Kevin J. Martinez Aileen O. Martino* Joann S. Martino Paul C. Marton M.D.* Donna and William Masi Randall C. Mason Diana and Michael Massimini Lacey and Nicholas Mastorides Derek Mateos Shelby Mathias Ruben A. Matos Linda V. Mattos Jon C. Mauro John Mauthner Robert B. Mautz Renee and George Mavros Thomas Mawhinney David and Debbie May Russell S. Maynard Andrew J. Mayts Jr. Roy A. Mazur Michelle M. Mazuros Steven Mazza Brian P. McAllister Dialne and David McCall Kimberly A. McCartin Patricia and Richard McConnell Shamus A. McConomy Stephen M. McCormack

Carol McCoy Carson E. McCoy Kimberly A. McDonald Dayla J. McElroy Catherine McEwen Kathryn and Murray McGarry Christine and John McGee Kathryn P. McGee Levi McIntyre Robert W. McKee David and Jodi McKeithan Cleveland C. McKenzie Joseph McKenzie Jr. William McKown Scott R. McLam Eric E. McLendon Timothy and Sara McMurry Kerry E. McNab Larry E. McNabb Heidi McNaney Karl Augustus McNish Margo McVicker Lisa C. Mead Craig W. Meadows Brian E. Meaton Christina S. Medbery Francis C. Meddleton Harold V. Medero Marlyn and Robert Meeks Wilda Q. Meier H. Frank Meiners Jr. Mario Eric Mendola Elizabeth M. Menendez Lynette and Marian Menezes Sandra G. Menke Mary C. Mercer Sandra E. Mercer-Lynch Brigid and Jason Merenda David A. Mereness Lynne E. Merriam M.D. Ashley M. Merrill Robert E. Messinger Michael J. Metcalf Greg Metcalfe Alisha and Corey Meyer Judith Meyer Otto and Kirsten Meyer Rudolph Michaud Diana L. Michel Steve Michelini Bernard H. Middendorf Cynthia A. Miller James Phillip Miller June and George Miller Karen and David Miller Leonard E. Miller Lesley J. Miller Jr.

Nancy S. Miller M.D. Edward Mills Andrea and Jack Milrad Lynnis J. Mincey Anthony P. Minerva Elena Minicucci Laura and Andrew Mintzer Joanne and James Mittenzwei Cheryl A. Mixson Nancy H. Mizrahi

“The opportunity to financially support the Alumni Association and get “point benefits” for seating preferences at sporting events went hand in hand in both my husband and my decision to become Life Members. It was, and still is, one of my greatest investments and pleasures in my support of USF.” Deborah Kerr Tagliarini, `86

H. Lee Moffitt Deborah and Joel Momberg Karen Lynn Monsen April R. Monteith Michelle D. Monteleon

Tracy A. Montgomery Brenda A. Moore Dee Dee Moore Jason Moore Jessica and Richard Moore Jo Ann Moore Paul A. Moore Shirley and James Moore Joyce D. Morales-Caramella Leslie and Curtis Moreau Lori and Jorge Morejon Donna and Joseph Moretti Elise Morgan Russell G. Morgan Lynne M. Morneault Lilian M. Morris Paul Morrison Steven T. Morrison Frank L. Morsani Linda and Edward Mortellaro Stephanie D. Morton Patricia A. Mosley Luis L. Moss Olin L. Mott Victor L. Motto Nakhle Moubarak Pamela L. Moulton Charles B. Mudd Jr. Henry J. Mueller III Roberta and Robert Muir* Sisy and Sudip Mukerjee Raymond L. Mulholland Kym H. Mullins Pamela and Leslie Muma Brian F. Mumme David S. Murdock Donald J. Murphy II Lawrence J. Murphy Michael G. Murphy Sean Murphy Raymond Murray Susan and Stephen Murray Casey and Stephanie Muse Adrian J. Musial Jr. La Veda L. Myers Marlo M. Myers Michael T. Mysels Mark D. Nash Michael A. Nash James P. Nault Terry F. Nealy Merrie B. Neely Tara B. Nelan Tia and William Nelson Catherine L. Nelson-Murphy* Diane and Timothy Nettles Eric C. Neuman

Lyris and Eric Newman William J. Neylan Betty Sue Otter-Nickerson and Glen Nickerson Samuel J. Nirenberg Amol A. Nirgudkar John Nixon Tonya M. Nixon Mark W. Nonnenberg Jack Norris Michele and Randy Norris Alyson I. Noune Michael S. Novilla Varrick S. Nunez Casanova Z. Nurse Dianne and Timothy O’Brien Kimberly and Shawn O’Brien Catherine E. O’Connor* Jennifer and Kenneth O’Connor William R. O’Connor Toshiaki Ogasawara Leslie Ogden Thomas C. O’Horo Mary E. Ojeda Lisa Spagnoulo-Oklu and Jay Oklu Dr. Elizabeth Y. Okogbaa Dr. Timothy O. Oladokun Thomas J. O’Lenic Holly Morris and Jason Olivero Christine and Ronald Olney Stephanie and Kent Olsen Steven P. Olsen Tommy E. O’Neal Martha and Donald Oneal William Oram Heidi and Alex Oros China R. Orr Judy K. Orton Vincent E. Osborne Robert O. Osburn Marc D. Ostroff Colleen O’Sullivan Maria J. Otto Matthew D. Otto Judith and John Ouellette Elizabeth and Michael Overstreet Adrian E. Owens George Brunyee Oxx Jr. Angel Jose Pa Docobo M.D. Robert C. Pacenta Girija Padmanabh Kenneth J. Page II Leon D. Paige Luanne J. Panacek Kathleen and Arthur Panov George Parker John D. Parker JULY 2011 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Life Member Honor Roll Matthew M. Parker Samantha A. Parker-Hopkins Leslie C. Parkins Amy J. Parry Surendra B. Parvataneni Dr. Kiran Patel Janice and Scott Paton L. J. Patouillet Mary and Leland Patouillet John R. Patrick Doreen and Michael Patterson Eugene C. Patterson Scott E. Pautler M.D. Carla Jean Pawich Dennis A. Payne Lynn P. Payne Carol and Carlos Pazos Daniel Peachee John Pearce Darryl Pearson Michele and Vincent Pedulla Nathan S. Pendleton IV Taylor and Eric Penvose James Michael Peppers Kimberly K. Perez Schneider William J. Perna William G. Perret Karen S. Peters James C. Peterson Natalie M. Peterson Theresa and Wayne Peterson Trudy U. Pettibone Sandra L. Pettit Robert B. Pettyjohn Ada and Phillip Pfotenhauer Shawna L. Phelps Amanda and Wayne Phillips Richard Carl Phillips Robert M. Phillips Sharon E. Phillips Gretchen Adent Picotte Scott A. Pierce Sanel and Frantz Pierre Dana D. Pigg Smitha Pillai Greg I. Pine Carol and Julian Piper Scott L. Piper Mary E. Pippin Steven J. Plaisted Kristen Plastino-Arnold and Hays Arnold III Thomas Edward Plesich John W. Pletcher Michelle W. Plotka Gary Alan Poe Sr. Nicole and Patrick Poff 36

Ronald W. Poindexter Lesly Pompy Nancy and Scott Popick Sue Ann Porter Edith Potter Terry W. Potter Joseph L. Powell Mary Lou and Eugene Powell Mary Lou Powell Penelope A. Powell Helen S. Powers Walter M. Prather Victor Matthew Prebor III Susan B. Prestridge Ross D. Preville Kathleen M. Prossick Brian J. Pruett Nicolas Psomiadis M.D. Teresa Puckett Amanda and Carlos Puentes Richard B. Pylant Stanley Carl Raab Jr. Mary and Jack Rader Laurie and James Ragsdale Jennifer A. Ramil Naida and John Ramil Margaret An Rangel William J. Raspberry Erik S. Rauch Jonathan D. Rausch Daniel B. Ravicher Chitra Ravindra Teresa and James Rawe Jr. John Rawnsley Richard Raymond Martha and Timothy Rea Scott W. Reading Ronald P. Reagan Sr. Scott A. Rebane Curtis L. Reece Judith and Charles Reese John Regar Richard Gerhard Reichle Jr.* Carol Clay Reid Ronald R. Reinhart Martina and Alexander Reiss Jennifer H. Rendahl Karen and Robert Reuben Sueanne Reynolds Sarah Lind Ribeiro Frederick R. Rich Lynn and Robert Richard Matthew R. Richardson Debra and Joseph Richichi* Cherice N. Ridgeway Gwendolyn H. Ridley Arthur A. Ringness

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Elizabeth and Robert Risch Oscar M. Rivas Pedro J. Rivera Esq. Teodoro Rivera III

“Being engaged with the Alumni Association, as a Life Member and Director on the National Board, has helped in my transition to postcollege life and has been enjoyable and rewarding in both my personal life and professional career.�

Thomas King Jr., `09

Andrew D. Riviears William J. Rizzetta Jonathan J. Roberts Richard A. Roberts Bonnie A. Robertson Leslie C. Robins Adam Robinson Burke P. Robinson Dean S. Robinson Harold A. Robinson Reginald G. Robinson Shaun Charles Robinson Yvette and Sonny Robitaille Raymond R. Rocha Nancy M. Rockstroh

Oliver R. Rodrigues Deborah and Roger Rodriguez Delma Rodriguez Eileen Rodriguez and Steven Camp Jerard E. Rodriguez Mary S. Rodriguez William Christopher Roese Ruth and James Rogge Gini and Quinton Rollins Malissa Eagens-Rolph and Brian Rolph James M. Roney R. Chandler Root James P. Rosbolt Michael A. Rosen Ellen F. Rosenblum Judith O. Rosenkranz James A. Rosenquist Dennis M. Ross Kimberly A. Ross Jeffrey Stuart Rothenberg Carl T. Rowan Dr. David W. Rowe II Marcella E. Rua Nancy F. Rubin Jodee L. Rucker Michael J. Rudd Douglas W. Rudig Erma G. Ruffkess Richard G. Rumrell Anne and Anthony Runion Casey and Jason Runkles Solveig and Cory Ruppel James B. Rush Janice and Michael Rush Dr. John H. Russell Dr. Charles E. Russell Jr. Jennifer E. Russell John F. Ruzic Christina and Patrick Ryan Maryann K. Ryan Glenn E. Rybacki Austin F. Ryder Carla J. Saavedra Renan Saavedra Mia Sadler Elizabeth and Michael Saine Wesley F. Sainz Phillip Saladino Nicole D. Salazar Magda and Mohamad Saleh Robert Salicco Neetha and Nitin Sallapudi Jennifer R. Salmon Gregory A. Salyer Betty L. Sanchez Dana and Kenneth Sanchez

Tonya and Anthony Sanchez Karina L. Sanderson Henry R. Santos Darren T. Sapashe Louis Sarbeck Eileen A. Sarris Jeannette Sasmor Jolyon J. Sasse Joshua D. Saunders Rebecca and Neal Sayers Michael T. Schaefer Kelley R. Schaeffer Fred Scheigert William D. Scheirer Jr. Lauren G. Schellman Alfred N. Schiff Robert D. Schlechty Philip P. Schlossnagle Kenneth C. Schlugar Kimberly and David Schmidt Nancy F. Schmidt Nancy M. Schneid Dennis J. Schnur Wolfgang Scholl James and Renee Schreck Laurie P. Schroeder Shauna and Scott Schullo Lisa J. Schultze Linda L. Schwartzkopf Samuel E. Scolaro Daniel Scott Shannon L. Seal Therese C. Seal Jean Ashby Seawell Laura and Lance Seberg Robert Sechen Kenneth J. Seibert Suzanne Marie Seidl Scott E. Seigel Pamela Seigrist Andersen Ada M. Seltzer Robert E. Senton W. Douglas Sessions Jr. Richard H. Sessums T. Terrell Sessums Nirav P. Shah Charles M. Shanberg Deborah and Timothy Shannon Debra J. Shannon Patrick O’Farrell Shea Nancy and John Shearer Karen and James Sheffield Craig E. Sheftell David B. Shepler Barry William Sheppard Leo Sheridan Ron Sherman

Albert C. Sherman II Donald Sherwood Joseph M. Shield Patricia J. Shiflett Ph.D. Mandell Shimberg Dong Y. Shin Stephen Douglas Shipman Perry H. Sholes Gail A. Sideman Michael Sierra Joy and Frederick Sikorski Dale P. Siler Jane F. Siling Brenda E. Simmons Carol and Earl Simmons Cheryll Simmons Linda O. Simmons William G. Simmons Paige F. Simpson Vicki and Michael Simpson Lori and Kelly Sims Shalonda M. Sims Nathan P. Sindel Lizabeth A. Sismilich* Walter C. Skirven Barbara Fincher and Stephen Skrzypkowiak Deborah and Neal Smalbach Thomas Smerz Barry S. Smith Cara A. Smith Celinda L. Smith Daryn G. Smith Devern E. Smith Donald A. Smith Edward B. Smith Edward F. Smith Ellyn and Ashley Smith Herman Munroe Smith Jr. James P. Smith Jessica and Marshall Smith Leslie H. Smith Lisa Gear-Smith and Robert Smith Sam D. Smith Stephen W. Smith Susan and Jon Smith William R. Smith Jr. L. Lisa Smithson Kenneth M. Snead Richard M. Snyder Sandra and Michael Sobzack Stephen Sodheim Nicole M. Solana Julie and James Somers Joseph D. Sonnenberg Douglas S. Sonosky Lois A. Sorensen

Vicky and Peter Sorensen David Soyer Barbara J. Spahr Sara and Jeffrey Spalding Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy Homer A. Spencer James G. Spencer Stephen A. Spencer M.D. Carol Minshew-Speyerer and David Speyerer Tonald E. Spinks Lynne and Michael Sprenger Angela Lyn Spurlin-Horwitz Patricia R. Spychala Kristina Stadtherr

“It is exciting to witness the growth in excellence at USF. Being a Life Member gives you the opportunity to give back and to be a part of the continued advancement of our University.”

Tony Umholtz, `99 & MBA `02 Lydia G. Stage Brett E. Stanaland M.D. Susan B. Stanton Sherri and Charles Stargel Sean A. Starowesky Ellen C. Stavros Gus A. Stavros Vicki L. Stecher Barbara K. Steele

Jacqueline L. Steele Leslie Reicin Stein Lorinda and Craig Stein Alan H. Steinberg Michael S. Steiner Arnold Steinhardt Randy J. Stepp Elliott W. Stern Brian P. Stevens Jamie and Patrick Stevens Deborah H. Stevenson Michael R. Stewart Stephanie J. Stiles Darrell E. Stinger George Michael Stone Marybeth and Craig Storts Jane A. Stovall Marsha-Ann M. Strand George Strawbridge William H. Streator Jennifer L. Strykowski Paula S. Stuart Brian H. Stucker Charles J. Styer Natalie D. Suarez Frederick C. Sumner Randall M. Sumner William R. Sunter Catherine M. Suttle Roy Sweatman Shannon Sweatman Colleen and Thayne Swenson III Gennie and Michael Swenson Ronnie Swopes Juliana G. Szakacs Deborah and Peter Tagliarini Tom A. Tagliarini Dr. Paul J. Talbot Deborah J. Tamargo Thomas N. Tamburro Rony Tanis Scott M. Tappan Lance E. Taylor Merrily E. Taylor Robert L. Taylor Tracy S. Taylor Von G. Taylor III David Teague Joseph P. Teague Gene H. Temple Robert L. Tennant Zenjiro Terasaki Sherry T. Terpening Stella F. Thayer Charles Thomas Denise H. Thomas John C. Thomas JULY 2011 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Life Member Honor Roll Christopher D. Thompson Gracie L. Thompson Lora Thompson Ph.D. Michael David Thompson Robert S. Thompson Sophie and Michael Thompson Thomia E. Minor Mark D. Tighe Patricia A. Tobin Richard M. Todd Cynthia and Andrew Toledo Janet Tolson Joseph M. Tomaino Sherrill M. Tomasino Denise Toole Nancy M. Toole David and Mary Ann Touchton Charles H. Townes Scott K. Tozian Karl H. Tramer Todd S. Traub Noreen Travis Michael Tree Dr. Laurier J. Tremblay Jr. Johnnie H. Trevena Jerry E. Trimble M.D. Mary Trimble Justin M. Troller Gary Trombley Susan and Richard Tron Bettina Tucker Patricia and Kenneth Tucker Robert G. Turner Jr. Spencer Turner Dexter G. Turnquest Kathryn K. Tushaus Christopher L. Ugles Keith A. Umbaugh Anthony J. Umholtz Wendell M. Underwood Carolyn L. Undorf Jamiel Vadell James A. Valdes Jessica and Dennis Valenti Jose E. Valiente Dr. Monique Dibbs-Vallee M.D. and Dr. John Vallee M.D. William J. Van Houten Jr. Cynthia and Russell Varney Wayne Vasey Timothy and Victoria Vaughan Thomas A. Veit Jr. Christopher Vermillion James E. Vermillion Jean and Gregory Vestri John J. Victoravich Clyde Anthony Vinson 38

Christopher Viscusi* Cynthia and Luis Visot Jeanne Viviani Jill Voorhis Kimberly E. Votery Jennifer L. Vozne Mark Vrahotes Carri A. Wacker Charles R. Wagner Jeff J. Wagner Jodi L. Wagner-Zallis Albert M. Waksman Ginger E. Wald Selinda B. Walden Heather A. Walders Matthew J. Waldron Karen and Donald Walker Renee and Benjamin Walker George M. Wall James Kipp Wall Jr. Lawrence and Sharlene Wall Judy and Lew Wallace Matthew L. Wallace Amy P. Walsh Jeffrey D. Walter Clara Wansley Bruce L. Ward Katrina K. Ward Suzanne M. Ward Ian Ware Elizabeth A. Wasdin Evelyn P. Watkins Sherry R. Watkins Charles P. Watson Carol D. Weber Jim Weber Jody B. Weber David C. Weeks Sharon and Theodore Weeks Kathryn A. Weese H. Monty Weigel Link V. Welborn R. James Welz Mark P. Wentley Deborah L. Werner Denny Werner Jacqueline and Helen Wertel Mary and M. Brent Wertz James C. West Angela M. Westbrook Douglas P. Wetherill Jacqueline G. Wexler Jeanne M. Whalen Janet F. Wheeler Andrew S. White Gary L. White Harold J. White

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Kenneth L. White John Nathaniel Whitehead III Cheryl and Thomas Whiteman Jr. Betsy R. White-Stewart Judy Whitman and David Sawicki Albert Wiesbauer Amber J. Williams Belynda E. Williams Calvin Williams Elizabeth and Kenneth Williams Helena and Derek Williams Jason Williams Lee Williams Carl V. Williamson Karla H. Willman Tammy and Christopher Willman Adriana and Michael Wilsey Janet and Todd Wilson Jennifer Wilson Stuart Winograd Kurt D. Winslow Don E. Winstead Jr. Misty and Lee Winter Michael K. Wisniewski Richard K. Wittcoff David M. Witte Nicole E. Wittlin Susan A. Wittpenn Debra L. Wohlers Jerry A. Wolfe Edgar Wolfram Christi R. Womack-Villalobos Janet M. Wood Tonya E. Wood Kimberly and Keven Woodard Katherine A. Woods David P. Wright Eric N. Yates Shelley A. Yingst-Smithgall Yolanda and Russ Yoder Cynthia Gurey and Mark Yonchak Marion T. Yongue Patricia and Frederick Yonteck Richard D. Yost Bill Young Jessica and David Zeller Jr. Jeffrey E. Zientara Jason Zimmerman Lee Zimmerman Dina Zumbahlen

*Denotes an additional gift to the Alumni Endowment or the Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence.

Fully paid Life Members through May 25, 2011

athletics

USF’s New Athletics District Will be the Envy of the BIG EAST

By Chris Harry

K

en Ericksen grew accustomed to hearing praise from his peers. As coach of the USF’s women’s softball team since 1996, Ericksen won more than 600 games, captured three conference titles and guided the program to eight NCAA berths. Plenty of congratulations came his way.

Some back-handed compliments, also.

“A lot of coaches that came through here would ask how I was able to maintain elite status in our softball program with the kind of facilities we were playing in,” Eriksen said. “They told me I had tremendous patience.”

It’s a virtue that many a Bulls coach over the years has had to nurture for sanity’s sake. But for Ericksen and his colleagues, that patience is being rewarded.

Take the sparkling $11.7 million baseball/ softball complex, for example. It opened in the spring – a magnificent and unique design that adjoins the stadiums of both programs with an observation deck overlooking both fields – and is just one jewel in the treasure trove of state-ofthe-art upgrades that constitute nearly $70 million improvements to USF’s Athletics District. This

ambitious vision of Director of Athletics Doug Woolard has been seven years in the making and is now mere months from completion.

“The landscape of [USF] athletics has taken on such a transformation,” women’s basketball coach Jose Fernandez said. “Just look across the campus; everything is coming to fruition.”

When all is said and done, the finished product will be worth the wait.

Track got its facelift (and slick new surface) in 2008. The renovated tennis complex was completed last summer. Football coach Skip Holtz beamed at the christening of three immaculate practice fields in February, right about the time ribbons were being cut at the baseball and softball stadiums and opened to rave reviews for the 2011 season.

“People have come through here from UCF, TCU, Florida State, Kentucky, Alabama and Texas A&M,” Executive Associate Director of Athletics Bill McGillis said. “The response from all of them – to a person, coaches and administrators – has been, ‘Wow!’” More wows are on the way.

The new soccer stadium, directly across Elm Drive from the baseball stadium, will be ready for

“Now, we’ll have the very best not only in the Big East, but as good as any place in America.”

– Bill McGillis, Executive Associate Director of Athletics

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the 2011 season. The stadium will seat 1,000, with spill-over seating on picturesque berms that circle the field.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams will move into their new headquarters this month upon completion of the $10.9 million Pam and Les Muma Basketball Center. The center is a twostory, 51,000-square-foot building featuring courts, a giant lobby, office and meeting rooms, locker rooms, lounges and a strength and conditioning center, all with direct access to the Sun Dome.

“I really get a huge sense of appreciation driving into work every day,” said Fernandez, who will enter his 12th season as head coach this fall. “Just seeing that building and thinking how much it’s going to help our [men’s and women’s] programs compete in the best league in the country and recruit the kind of athletes it takes to play in the Big East Conference, it’s exciting.”

The bigger picture?

“The playing fields, for all of our coaches, are being leveled,” Fernandez said.

They’re being leveled for the fans, too.

The antiquated campus home of the basketball Bulls, the 31-year-old Sun Dome, will undergo a makeover worthy of Ty Pennington’s approval.

The entire arena will be gutted and reconfigured with new seating (including club seats), a 360-degree concourse and center-hanging scoreboard with video screen. Work there is tentatively due for completion in the spring of 2012.

Cost: $35 million.

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will recognize it the next time they’re in there,” McGillis said.

That’s a good thing. Alumni that haven’t been on campus in recent years will be absolutely floored the next time they take in an event. Better yet, potential future alumni – as in recruits – will see fields and facilities that will rival some of the best the Southeastern, Atlantic Coast and Big Ten conferences have to offer.

Gone are the days when Bulls coaches had to drive recruits 12 miles off campus – to Raymond James Stadium – to show prospective studentathletes USF’s marquee sports facility. That’s what Ericksen used to do.

“They’d look at me and say, ‘But you don’t play softball here, right?’” Ericksen recalled. “I’d tell them, ‘No, but isn’t it gorgeous?’ Anything to keep them from seeing what we had to work with.”

In a matter of months, any coach on campus will be able to walk out of the Athletics Training Center, the home office and hub of all USF sports, and take a short stroll in any direction and point out any one of these new and inspiring homes to the Bulls.

Sometimes, patience pays off.

“Without question, our facilities were in the bottom-quarter of the Big East Conference when we entered the league [in 2005] – and some would argue they were the worst facilities in the league,” McGillis said. “Now, we’ll have the very best not only in the Big East, but as good as any place in America.”

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July 9-10

USF Botanical Gardens Tropical Plant Fair, 10 a.m., USF Tampa campus, $5, free for USFBG members.

Visit http://www.cas.usf.edu/garden for details.

15 Moonlight Canoeing, 7 p.m., USF Riverfront Park, $5. Purchase tickets online at https://secure.touchnet.com/C20235_ustores/web/store_main. jsp?STOREID=28. Call 813-974-9395 for more information.

30 Ocala Chapter Student Roundup. Visit www.USFalumni.org/Ocala for details.

August 8

USF Polytechnic Campus Board Meeting, 1:30 p.m., USF Polytechnic, LTB 1124/1124A, 3433 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland. Free public meeting.

Visit http://www.poly.usf.edu/Events/Campus-Board-Mtg-20110808.html for details.

September 3

Notre Dame Away Game Tailgate, 12:30 p.m., College Football Hall of Fame, $80. Visit www.USFalumni.org/tailgates for details.

3 Chicago Chapter Notre Dame Tailgate, details at USFalumni.org/Chicago.

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Hernando Chapter Bulls Bash Watch Party, 3:30 p.m., Spring Hill Hooter’s, 3437 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. Visit www.USFalumni.org/Hernando for details.

28 Hernando Alumni Chapter Meeting, 6 p.m., Duke’s American Grill, 1320 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. Visit www.USFalumni.org/Hernando for details.

29 Pittsburgh Away Game Tailgate, 6 p.m., Atria’s Restaurant & Tavern, $20.

Visit www.USFalumni.org/tailgates for details.

29 Hernando Chapter Bulls Bash Watch Party, 8 p.m., Spring Hill Hooter’s, 3437 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. Visit www.USFalumni.org/Hernando for details.

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THE DATE: Homecoming USF Bulls vs. Cinncinati Bearcats, Oct. 22 Raymond James Stadium

Visit www.USFalumni.org for details as they develop.

Event dates and details are subject to change. Please visit the websites or call to confirm.

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