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On Top of Their Game Jordan Zimmerman, `80 & MBA `84, and Craig Spencer, `83, are Players in Business and Sports

Q&A with Philip J. Motta

The Art of Healing

Life Member Honor Roll

The well-known “shark-bite professor” Two artist-alumni explore the link Many thanks to the generous says sharks don’t mean to eat people. between physical, mental and spiritual benefactors who support the health in their work. PG 15 PG 9 Alumni Association. PG 20

Completing the Circle “My degrees from USF changed my life. They were the credentials I needed to start my own company.

I feel it’s my duty to pass that opportunity along!

There are so many ways you can make a difference: become a Life Member of the Alumni Association, get a Bulls license plate, endow a scholarship….

You can change people’s lives. It really is as simple as that.”

Angie Brewer B.A. `82, M.S. `84

Learn more about how you can make a difference. If you’d like to become more involved, please contact: Ron Sherman, `74 USF Alumni Association (813) 974-1891 rsherman@alumni.usf.edu.

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15 The Art of Healing In their work as professional artists, Loren Ellis, `74, of New York City, and Kathy Iwanowski, `94, of Tallahassee, explore the synergy that links artistic expression to one’s physical, mental and spiritual health.

26 Call Him Crazy Jordan Zimmerman, `80 & MBA `84, is co-owner of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and built the nation’s 14th largest advertising agency from scratch. He says the key to that kind of success is “insanity.”

28 Soul Man Philly Soul co-owner Craig Spencer, `83, developed some of the finest hotels in the country as founder of The Arden Group. Now he’s bringing his magic touch to the Arena Football League, in partnership with rock star Jon Bon Jovi.

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President’s Message News Roundup USF Spotlight Letters to the Editor Where’s Rocky?

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Chapters & Societies Blast From the Past That Was Then; This is Now Life Member Honor Roll Class Notes Athletics Calendar

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Alumni Voice USF Alumni Association Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ALC100 Tampa, Florida 33620 alumni@admin.usf.edu USFalumni.org

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Alumni Voice magazine is published four times a year in January, April, July and October by and for members of the USF Alumni Association. A $40 membership fee includes Alumni Voice magazine as a member benefit.

Alumni Voice Editorial Karla Jackson, kjackson@admin.usf.edu or Rita Kroeber, rkroeber@admin.usf.edu Advertising: Jim Gundry, profnet@aol.com or 813-286-8299; Rita Kroeber, rkroeber@admin.usf.edu or 813-974-6312 Design: Marilyn Stephens, University Communications & Marketing Contributing Writers in this Issue: • Mia Faucher • Kathy L. Greenberg • Jeffrey Jones • Mary Patrick Walker Alumni Association Contact Information Executive Director: John Harper, `76 Membership: 813-974-2100 or 800-299-BULL Alumni & Student Programs: 813-974-2100 General Alumni e-mail: alumni@admin.usf.edu Giving/Scholarships: Ron Sherman, rsherman@admin.usf.edu USF Bulls License Plate: www.BullsPlate.org Alumni Association website: USFalumni.org Letters to the editor are encouraged.

Please write to Karla Jackson at kjackson@admin.usf.edu or mail to the address at the top of the page.

Views expressed in the Alumni Voice magazine do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the USF Alumni Association, the University of South Florida or the editorial staff.

New Address? Moving?

Update your official USF alumni record at myUSFbio.org or e-mail your information to alumni@admin.usf.edu. You also may remove the magazine label and send it with your correct address to Alumni Voice, USF Alumni Association, 4202 East Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620. © 2008 All rights reserved.

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Hello Fellow Alumni,

I look forward to serving as your Alumni Association president for the next fiscal year. It has been 29 years since my graduation and I feel more connected to the University today than when I was a student. That connectivity is due to the immense sense of satisfaction and pride that I receive as a member of the Alumni Association.

As alumna, I am one of over 200,000 graduates of USF. We are the only PERMANENT members of our institution. Students, faculty and administration will all come and go, but throughout time, the alumni will always remain consistent. Therefore, it’s up to us to build our legacy. The mission of the Alumni Association is to connect alumni, support students and strengthen USF. Think about that for a minute.

As members of the Alumni Association we impact the lives of students every day. We are stewards of alumni-funded student scholarships that enable the best and brightest of today’s youth to fulfill their dreams of a college education. Through our nationally recognized Legislative Intern and Directed Study programs, we help students gain invaluable government experience. The Ambassador program is honing the leadership skills of a uniquely talented group of student representatives – the finest USF has to offer.

Because of the involvement of alumni like yourselves who donate your time, treasure and talent, these students (and future alumni) thrive. By paying it forward you are helping in more ways than you will ever know. Thank you for continuing to stay involved. Those of you who’d like to become more involved in building our legacy can take the first step by visiting www.USFalumni.org or calling 813-974-2100 or 800-299-BULL (2855).

In Bull Pride,

Michele Norris, `79

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Spalding, `87, and Charley Harris, `87; treasurer Marie Edmonson, `88 & MACC `90; co-treasurer Brad Kelly, `79; and secretary Pat Poff, `92.

The board of directors sets policy and guides the direction of the Alumni Association, working in partnership with a paid, professional staff that implements the Alumni Association’s programs, services and communications.

Alumni Communications Awards The magazine you’re reading, Alumni Voice, earned a Platinum Award from Hermes Creative Awards for the January 2008 issue featuring couples who met at USF, married and stayed connected to the University through the USF Alumni Association.

Other Platinum winners in the Hermes contest included 3M, American Kennel Club, Lockheed Martin and T. Rowe Price, among others.

Save the Date for SuperBull XII It’s official. Homecoming 2008, also known as SuperBull XII, will be Oct. 18. Your USF Bulls will play the Syracuse Orangemen at Raymond James Stadium. We don’t know yet if it will be a daytime or evening game, but we do know that it’ll be the party of the year.

The weekend starts with a little business, followed by a lot of fun. On Friday, Oct. 17, the USF Alumni Association presents our annual Distinguished Alumni Awards, followed by an Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting.

After that, it’s party time. Bring your lawn chairs and watch the Homecoming Parade from the best bead-catching seats on campus – along Alumni Drive in front of the Gibbons Alumni Center. Stay after the parade to watch students burn the Syracuse mascot in effigy at the annual bonfire.

The Alumni Association’s monthly e-newsletter, AlumNews earned a Gold in the Hermes competition and the Homecoming 2007 campaign earned an honorable mention.

A postcard promoting the 2007 football tailgates earned a Bronze Award in the Summit International Awards. The panel of judges for this competition included professionals from internationally acclaimed organizations such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, LXB Communication Marketing and others.

Game day, on Saturday, Oct. 18, starts with Bulls Roast – the Alumni Association’s biggest party of the year. Our Get Your Game On Tent will be stocked with free pom-poms, tattoos and special-edition commemorative beads for Alumni Association members. (Be sure to bring your membership card!) There also will be games, giveaways, music and guest appearances

by President Judy Genshaft, Rocky, the Herd of Thunder, USF cheerleaders and the Sun Dolls. Tickets for Bulls Roast will go on sale in August.

Details are still in the planning stages, so be sure to check for updates at www.USFalumni.org.

New Alumni Board of Directors The 2008-09 Board of Directors for the USF Alumni Association assumes office this month, with Michele Norris, `79, of Lutz, as your new president, and Roger Frazee, `71, as president-elect.

A New Alumni Directory

2008 Alumni Directory

Find the old friends you promised you‘d never forget in the new USF Alumni Directory. This new directory, published in collaboration with Harris Connect, is the first one in more than a decade. This valuable resource includes personal, academic and business information about all of our graduates. To reserve your copy, call 800-898-4919.

Other officers on the 27-member volunteer board are past presidents Jeff

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New USF Treasurer

Join the Alumni Army

Fell Stubbs was promoted to USF treasurer from associate treasurer upon the retirement of the University’s first treasurer, Eric Walden. In addition to serving as treasurer, Stubbs continues to serve as executive director of the USF Financing Corporation and the USF Property Corporation. These two separate but complementary entities are the financial structures through which the University acquires, constructs and manages property.

As an alumnus of the University of South Florida, you have a stake in the issues that impact your alma mater, especially in these dire financial times. It’s your right and privilege to make your voice heard to the federal, state and local legislators whose decisions affect its future.

Stubbs received an MBA from the University of Denver and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado.

Prior to joining USF, he served as senior vice president and CFO of Bank One Colorado, senior vice president and CFO of United Bancorporation of Wyoming; vice president of Wells Fargo Colorado, CFO of a semiconductor manufacturer in Arizona, and he managed pension funds for the University of the West Indies.

Toward that end, the USF Alumni Association has compiled an Advocacy Guide to serve as a primer on how to effectively communicate with your elected representatives and the media in a productive manner.

Let your lawmakers know that USF alumni demand a say in the future of their University. You can find the Advocacy Guide at www.USFalumni.net/pages/AlumniAdvocacyPacket.pdf.

Correction: Michael Hoad is vice president of University Communications and Marketing. Michael Pearce is vice president of Information Technology.

Their titles were incorrect in the April issue of Alumni Voice. We regret the error.

Presents

Doris Kearns Goodwin Presidential Historian & Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Friday, October 3, 2008 • Hyatt Regency Downtown Proceeds for this event support USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy, a program that provides opportunities for women to grow as community leaders and philanthropists and influence USF’s future by supporting the university’s educational, research and public service mission.

For sponsorship or ticket information, please contact Laura Heruska by email at lheruska@admin.usf.edu or by phone at 813-974-6996.

USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PRS100 • Tampa, FL 33620

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University of South Florida Alumni Association Board of Directors

Communications Council

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Purpose: A cornerstone of the Alumni Association mission is the fostering of a lifelong relationship between the University and its alumni. By engaging alumni in a dialogue about matters of interest and concern to them, the association completes this connection. The Communications Committee provides guidance to the board and the association on all matters related to this dialogue with alumni: from research and planning to messaging and branding; from evaluating the relative effectiveness of available media to offering feedback on graphics and content. The committee and its members help keep the association staff apprised of developments in communications theory and technology, especially as they relate to current or future projects.

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Michele Norris, `79 Marketing ___

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Roger T. Frazee, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CPA, `71 Finance & Accounting ___

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Patrick Poff, `92 English ___

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Marie Edmonson, `88 Accounting, MACC `90 Accountancy Brad Kelly, `79 Accounting ___

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Jeff Spalding, `87 Computer Science & Engineering ___

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Brandon Aldridge, `88 Communication Jan Ash, `87 Engineering Science, `89 M.S. Civil Engineering Gene Balter, `77 Engineering Angie Brewer, `82 Management, M.S. `84 Management Bill Eickhoff, `69 Business & MBA `73 James Gossett, `98 Business Gene Haines, `97 Criminology Elizabeth Harmon, `82 Mass Comm.

Charley Harris, `87 Business Richard Heruska, `99 Business Anila Jain, MD, `81 Biology Mike LaPan, `81 Management Mark Levine, `74 Psychology Victor Lucas, `85 Management Diana Michel, `88 Business Jim Ragsdale, `81 Management Carla Saavedra, `87 English Jim Weber, `77 Finance, MBA ‘82 Derek Williams, `00 Finance Christi Womack-Villalobos, `92 English

Areas of Responsibility: The Communications Committee provides guidance, advice and professional expertise to the association board and staff in a number of ways, including:

• Reviewing communications research and planning efforts • Providing input on messaging and branding • Evaluating the effectiveness of various communications vehicles • Reviewing vendor proposals as requested by staff • Applying technology developments to Association programs • Suggesting content for print and electronic media

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Communications Council Members (from left): Ryke Cordisco, USFAA graphic artist; Christi Womack Villalobos, `92; Rita Kroeber, USFAA communications director; Diana Michel, `88, council chair; John Harper, `76, USFAA executive director; Rachel McVety, `88, Vincent Osborne, `66; Katy Parsons, `06; Colleen Chappell, `88 and Dan McLean, `03.

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Judy Genshaft, University of South Florida President John Harper, `76 Mass Comm., Alumni Association Executive Director Leslie “Les” Muma, `66 Mathematics, USF Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman Elizabeth Pitts, USF Ambassadors Jeff Robison, University Advancement Vice President

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It’s Good to Be Green & Gold As a USF graduate in the mid-80s, I never thought I’d see the day that this city would be awash in Bull Pride. Now everywhere I go – restaurants, parks, malls, wherever – I see USF bumper stickers, T-shirts, flags and tags. I’ve always been proud to be a Bull and it’s nice to see that everyone feels this way. I can’t wait to take my son to the football games this fall.

See you there!

Kevin Jackson, `85 | Tampa More than 1,000 alumni responded to our request to ask the Florida Legislature to pass a bill allowing the transfer of the Johnnie B. Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute to USF. Here are a few of their replies. – Ed.

Parking Problems I am very proud and honored to have gotten my MPH from USF. I am also proud and honored that my eldest son received both his B.A. and M.A. from USF. Two of my other sons are current USF students. I am voicing a concern as a parent and an alumnus: It seems that there exists a severe parking shortage on campus which needs to be addressed.

My sons have decals but insist there is nowhere to park on many occasions. I did not believe them until I tried, myself, to find parking. I had gone with a group of my high school students to get them started on the Dual Enrollment process and it took me over 20 minutes to find a space. I appreciate your review of this issue and hope for much success for USF and its alumni.

Magda Elkadi Saleh, MPH `95 Principal, American Youth Academy | Tampa The new Richard A. Beard Parking Facility on Alumni Drive is expected to open any day now bringing 2,000 new parking spaces to a central location on campus. – Ed.

Merging the Byrd Institute with USF I am asking the Legislature to allow the Johnnie B. Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, located on USF’s Tampa Campus, to be transferred to USF. Alzheimer’s research is very near and dear to my heart because it has struck every woman on my mother’s side of the family. Alzheimer’s drastically affects the family members just as much as the person with the illness.

We must provide funding and work towards a cure for this horrible disease. Can you imagine coming home to your spouse or a family member and them not knowing who you are or anything about themselves or their lives? Just think where your life would be if you couldn’t remember a thing about yourself or anyone else. This is why we need to keep working towards a cure.

Cassandra Junker, `05 | St. Cloud

Don’t Use Tax Dollars I don’t believe that centers paid for with public funds should be named after Senators. If Johnnie wants a center named after him or his father he needs to pony up the funds. Otherwise, I believe it should be the USF Alzheimer’s Institute ... or the Reagan or whomever had Alzheimer’s that has provided public service by giving of themselves ... or suffered from Alzheimer’s, or has enough money to provide a chair endowment.

L.A. Richard, `72 | Treasure Island

Don’t Forget Other Causes I support this research, but what is USF doing to make sure Africana Studies and other programs are not cut? We should fight just as passionately for this discipline as we do our research.

Brittany Osbourne, `07 | Deltona 6 ALUMNIVOICE | JULY 2008

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If Rocky looks cranky, it’s because it was freezing when he and alumnus Mark Hafen, M.A. `92 & Ph.D `01, visited the historic Multnomah Hotel in Portland, Ore. in late April. The hotel opened in 1912 and encompasses an entire city block. It was recently renovated by Embassy Suites and is one of the largest hotels in the Northwest.

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memberbenefit Bulls Under the Sea

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ever let it be said that Bulls don’t like the water! These three USF alumni make their living sharing the beauty of the deep blue sea with the public. And there’s no place better to explore the wonders of the underwater world than The Florida Aquarium, where USF Alumni Association members get a $4 discount on regular-priced daily admission and a 10 percent discount on certain memberships.*

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atrick Mayer was an aquarium volunteer for 10 years before he earned a Bachelor’s in Biology in 2005.

Now he’s the principal biologist for the birds at the aquarium. Patrick helped establish the Hawk Flight demonstration and is responsible for the care and training of the facility’s feathered residents. He’s pictured here with his favorite, Hootie, the great horned owl.

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hen Courtney Phillips was a little girl, she petted a nurse shark and discovered her professional passion. Courtney, 23, graduated in December 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and now works at The Florida Aquarium as the assistant instructor of public programs.

She helped to develop “Shark Feeding: Behind the Scenes,” in which participants learn about and feed the sharks.

She also trains volunteers for the education department. Courtney takes great pleasure in helping people get to know the often-misunderstood shark.

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fter graduating with an English Literature degree from in 1994, Tom Wagner cut his teeth working for the university in the Public Affairs office. An avid SCUBA diver, he joined the aquarium as public relations manager in 2006, following stints at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Busch Gardens. “Spending time in the exhibits with our animals is amazing! Guests are often surprised to learn they, too, have the chance to dive with the sharks or swim with the fishes.”

See it all at http://www.flaquarium.org/ *Membership discounts are on individual, couple, party-of-four and party-of-eight categories. Must be purchased online.

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Philip J. Motta Ph.D

By Kathy L. Greenberg, Class of 1993

Philip J. Motta, a professor of Biology at USF, is a noted authority on sharks and bony fishes.

Since 1990, Motta has collaborated with Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota and currently is part of a research program on whale sharks directed by Mote Marine and the Mexico-based conservation group Project Domino. In April, he discussed the feeding and sensory apparatuses in the hammerhead shark’s head on “Explorer: Shark Superhighway” for the National Geographic Channel. Motta also has made appearances on “Animal Planet” and “The Today Show.”

Q : Why sharks?

A : Because [sharks] are fascinating animals.They are uniquely adapted to their environment.They are great to study in terms of form, function and evolution. I knew I was going to be an ichthyologist when I was 17 years old. I did my first shark research as an undergrad at Duke University.

Q : What evolutionary changes have sharks undergone since prehistoric times?

A : Sharks are a conglomeration of ancestral and derived fixtures.There are numerous things that have changed and numerous things that have not changed.The feeding apparatus and feeding structure of the head have changed slightly.Their jaws have become more mobile. But their general body form, internal workings and physiology have not changed much.

Q : Tell me about your current research.

A : We’re involved with numerous projects, but all of our studies focus around the feeding biology of fishes. I’m studying the feeding and biology of whale sharks in Mexico with Mote Marine Laboratory and the Georgia Aquarium. I work with my students on the form and function of hammerhead sharks, the evolution and feeding of stingrays, the biomechanics of shark teeth and bite force in large predators, like barracuda and bull sharks.

We’re studying why the teeth have changed slightly.

Over hundreds of millions of years, shark teeth have gone from being more pointed and needlelike for penetrating to cutting-like with very sharp edges.

We’re looking at the mechanics of cutting, how the teeth formed, how they have changed and how they perform. We work with engineers at USF and use their machines to measure the force to cut different types of prey.

Q : How many species of sharks do we know to

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A : There are about 500 known species.

Q : Have environmental changes affected shark behavior?

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the dams and let in a huge slug of fresh water. At other times of the year they dam the rivers and let less fresh water in. We [humans] control the influx of water.

the sharks mistake [a person] as baitfish.You have a greater chance of dying from a bee sting than from a shark attack.

Bull sharks like medium salinity.Young bull sharks move into fresh waters and stay up there to feed away from the adults, because they’ll prey on them.

When you let a large slug of fresh water into the rivers, it drives the young bull sharks into the Gulf of Mexico. By controlling the water flow, you change the distribution and abundance of bull sharks.

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Q : Are people today more interested in or aware of shark preservation?

A : I think the public is more aware of ecological balance. Floridians are more into the balance of nature. Look at all the letters in newspapers about preserving endangered land in Florida. Wildlife is extremely important to Floridians.

Q : Tampa Bay is home to the great hammerhead.

Should we be concerned?

A : Not with any recreational activity. Tampa Bay has great hammerheads, small bonnetheads and bull sharks. Most of these sharks feed on fish and stingrays. But use correct judgment when you swim in the bay. Don’t swim in schools of baitfish. Don’t swim across the bay – it’s not a swimming pool.

Some people train for marathons and swim the length of the bay. I don’t think any shark biologist I know of would do that.

The highest incident of shark attacks is on the east coast of Florida because there are so many people in the water in conjunction with sharks. Shark bites are usually a case of mistaken identity. In most cases,

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Q : Which waters have the largest shark popula-

A : Some places in the Indo-Pacific and places off South Africa.They’re small places with a concentration of sharks.

Q : How do you feel about the way sharks are portrayed in the media?

A : After “Jaws” came out, shark fishing skyrocketed.Twenty or 30 years ago, the only good shark was a dead shark.That’s really turned around now. Everybody is sympathetic with the victim, but if you read some of the reports of the shark attacks, you’ll see Floridians, especially, saying that this is part of the price of living in this ecosystem. On the east coast of Florida, many of the surfers and boogie boarders who’ve been bitten say it won’t deter them.This is the risk they take in a large population of sharks that are feeding.

Q : If you could be a shark for a day, which one would you be?

A : A hammerhead. It’s an evolutionary oddball.

Why does it have this bizarre head? Why is it shaped that way? We currently have a National Science Foundation grant to study their head.Three universities and four different researchers are working on this project.

Q : Have you ever been bitten by a shark?

A : No.They eat fish and small prey.They’re not really interested in humans.

Q : What can we learn from sharks?

Measuring the bite of a bonnethead shark.

A : How ecosystems work and the balance of them. In terms of Florida, what is the role of sharks in the ecosystem and how important are they? Why have some sharks changed and some haven’t in evolution? What selective pressures have made them change? How do teeth work? There is little information about how teeth cut.

More important than that is taking young minds and training them in scientific endeavors. [Shark research] is a great tool because it sparks so much interest. Also, antibiotics have been isolated from sharks.There is some endocrinology work being done on sharks and for cancer research they’re studying the biochemical properties that prevent blood vessel formation.

Filming a television segment for National Geographic.

Q : What is it like to be known as the shark bite expert?

A : We get a lot of queries from the media. Almost every week we get emails.The public is especially interested in bite force. We spend a lot of time with public relations. It brings awareness of sharks to the public.

When we get right down to it in the lab, our focus is just pure research. My primary focus is education. My goal is quality education for graduate and undergraduate students. It’s not about ‘I’; it’s ‘we.’ It’s about our students getting involved in research and the community of shark experts who study [these animals]. If we don’t educate, it’s a waste of time.

Studying the feeding biology of whale sharks with the Mote Marine Laboratory and the Georgia Aquarium.

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

Brian Campbell bcamp10331@aol.com

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.

Education Alumni Freda Abercrombie aber2@aol.com

Societies Architecture Alumni Adam Fritz adam@cgharchitects.com Black Alumni Felecia Brantley lbtdfmu18@hotmail.com

Business Alumni James Gossett jgossett@fadv.com

Engineering Alumni Gene Balter gene.balter@hdrinc.com Geology Alumni Mike Schackne mschackne@gore.net Honors Alumni Lisa Provenzano Heugel lproven1@tampabay.rr.com Jewish Alumni Nicky Spivak nsspivak@tampadsl.net

Entrepreneurship Alumni Chris Kluis ckluis@hotmail.com Kosove Alumni Justin Geisler justingeisler@hotmail.com LGBT Alumni Marion Yongue myongue@wedu.org Lynne Carlson lcarlson@tempest. coedu.usf.edu Jerry L. Miller jerry.miller@db.faneuil.com Marine Science Alumni Bruce Barber bbarber@terraenv.com Beau Suthard bsuthard@coastal planning.net

Florida Chapters

Jacksonville Louis B. Richardson louinjax@comcast.net

Tampa Jim Johnson jimusfsig@yahoo.com

Ellen Rosenblum ellenmarkmatt3@yahoo.com

Brevard John Carpenter j-carpenter2@ti.com

Manatee/Sarasota Ross Allen Rva34238@yahoo.com

Barbara Lyn barbaralyn.com

Miami Ruben Matos captram02@yahoo.com

Broward Sara DuCuennois ducuenno@nova.edu

Carlos Rodriguez rodvoll@aol.com

Fort Myers Sanjay Kurian Skurian@becker-poliakoff. com Hernando Belinda Nettles Scipi8@cs.com

Monroe (Key West) Kristen Condella kristnine@hotmail.com Ocala/Marion Kathleen & William Bellamy icchoice-kathie@earthlink. net

Master of the macabre, Stephen King, and his protégé Lauren Groff flash the Bull horns after an appearance at USF Sarasota-Manatee in March to discuss their new novels.

King, a part-time resident of the Sarasota area, recently released Duma Key, a mystery set in central Florida that features some familiar Bay area landmarks. Groff’s novel, The Monsters of Templeton, is a favorite of King’s.

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Jerald “Jerry” Grimes Donnajer958@embarqmail.com

St. Lucie Frank Pennetti franker@adelphia.net

Orlando Kevin Krause kkrause2@hotmail.com

Tallahassee Tara Klimek taraklimek@yahoo.com

Palm Beach Scott Teich scott.teich@raymondjames.com

National & International Chapters

Braden Schivalli bschivalli@sofla.nef.com

Atlanta Denise Dimbath Denisuela@hotmail.com

Pensacola/Spanish Fort/ Mobile Nick Kessler nickess@aol.com

Austin Lisa Sortevik lhwalker@austin.rr.com

Pinellas Audrey Gilmore usf1@tampabay.rr.com Polk Randy Dotson randy.dotson@gmail.com

USF Alumni board member Dr. Anila Jain, `81, left, and Alumni Affairs officer Jay Riley, right, met Gov. Charlie Crist at the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony in March. USF benefactor Dr. Pallavi Patel was inducted during the ceremony.

Brad Heath bradh@virtexassembly.com Barbados Junior Browne junior.browne@gmail.com

Gov. Charlie Crist’s press secretary, Sterling Ivey, `97, center, took a few minutes from his busy schedule to speak to students participating in the Tallahassee Intern Program sponsored by the Alumni Association, the College of Arts & Sciences and USF Student Government.

Florida CFO Alex Sink, center, and two of her top staffers, Tara Klimek, `01, and Michael Carlson, `90, far right, and Florida Rep. Ron Reagan, `77, far left, also made time to talk to the students in the Tallahassee Intern Program.

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chapters & societies Chicago Karla Stevenson karla.stevenson@gmail.com

Indiana Jeremy Sims jsims@shepherdins.com

Pittsburgh, PA Robb Myers rmyer@cmu.edu

Nolan Shaeer nshaeer@yahoo.com

Los Angeles Catherine Clinch catherine@MomsDigitalWorld.com

Portland, OR Scott Chamberlain sc28372@msn.com

Columbia, SC Doug Currier ColUSF@aol.com D.C. Regional Rajiv Dembla rajiv.dembla@gmail.com Dallas Lisa Lacy lisa.lacy@tx.rr.com Denver Mile High Mark A. Thompson Brahman95@msn.com Houston Nohra Martinez chemng1874@yahoo.com

Nashville Jen Thompson JenThompson08@yahoo. com New York Valerie Berrios valerieberrios78@hotmail. com Michael Simpson Michael.Simpson@gs.com Philadelphia/South Jersey Brandon Aldridge aldridgb@toysrus.com

Raleigh, NC Bob Cohn Bob.Cohn@smithbarney. com San Francisco Arthur Ringness ak@ringness.net Seattle/Tacoma, WA Jared Capouya jcapouya@hotmail.com St. Louis Mark Greenspahn markgstl@aol.com

Engineering Alumni Society President Gene Balter, `77, gets a taste of whipped cream pie on his face during the annual craziness that is Bullarney, a fundraiser for engineering scholarships. This is the first year the Engineering Alumni Society organized and produced the event, which sold out in advance.

Rob Smith Rob.Smith@atmosenergy. com

Dan McLean, `03, Matt Dalhquist, `09 expected, and Nathan Kerr, `02 found a creative outlet for their Bull Pride while vacationing in Cape San Blas, FL. The trio sculpted a 12-by-12-foot USF logo in the sand.

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USF Ambassadors Jon Moore and Peggy O’Connor met former U.S. Senator and Florida Governor Bob Graham, right, who spoke as part of the Institute for Public Policy and Leadership’s Civility and Democracy series held at the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus. The series was held in partnership with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and the Collins Center.

Feature Story

Art Healing

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By Mary Patrick Walker

Excerpt from “Butterfly in South of France” by Loren Ellis.

Spiritual Expression

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s a teenager, Loren Ellis was eager to immerse herself in the world of art.

Even then, she was aware of the power of art to heal and transform life’s harsh realities into something sublime.

“I couldn’t wait. I skipped my senior year at King High School to attend USF early,” said Ellis, who now works as an artist in New York City. She received her high school diploma after finishing her first year at the University. “From my first quarter – we had quarters and not semesters then – I knew I was an art major.”

Her passion is summed up neatly in a quote from George Bernard Shaw: “Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”

“That,” Ellis said, “says it all. I love this quote.”

In conjunction with her career as an poets that was hosted by Ellis’s brother, artist, gallery director and former teacher Mark Ellis, at his European Tile and in Manhattan, she is founder and direcFloor store in Pinellas Park. Art for Healtor of a nationally registered nonprofit ing NYC also hosts an annual exhibit at organization, Art for Healing NYC. The the Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community organization focuses on showing how Health Center in Manhattan. This year’s exposure and education in the arts is show, which ran from April through therapeutic for everyone: artists, patrons June, featured mixed media works by and patients. It also crosses over into the more than two dozen artists, some of field of art therapy, as well. which are still on display at John Barry’s

Ellis, who earned a B.A. in Studio Arts in 1974, said the nonprofit has a fluid approach toward accomplishing its mission.

“There’s no one answer of how we work,” she said. “We help visual and performing artists share the healing power of their art with our community by offering consultation, offering our gallery for free usage, fiscal sponsoring of projects and fundraising benefits.”

For five years, the nonprofit has held continuous exhibits at Ellis’ Manhattan gallery. The organization recently helped fund a benefit for Loren Ellis in her NYC studio with mural “Purify Air.” Tampa Bay artists, musicians and

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“Bird in Paris” by Loren Ellis

restaurant in Manhattan.

“I believe all illness starts in the mind,” Ellis said. “When one is healed spiritually, they are healed mentally and physically. Creating art – which includes music, dance, writing, theater – definitely has a healing effect on the artist and also on the audience.”

Ellis’ belief is beginning to be validated by an increasing amount of research in the past decade on the therapeutic value of artistic expression.

But she doesn’t need numbers to tell her what she’s experienced firsthand.

“The day after 9/11, when New York stood still and I was afraid to call anyone, I buried myself in my studio and created a huge series about my feelings about 9/11,” Ellis said. “I also wrote poetry. Creating art was healing for me.

It always is.”

The healing power of art can be applied to the environment as well, she said. Ellis recently received a grant from the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, which she used to create new art focusing on the connection between spirituality, humanity and ecology.

“I was honored to be invited by Dr. Blanca Greenberg, a healer, to use her spiritual center as my venue for the exhibition. I also taught art workshops in conjunction with the exhibition,” said Ellis.

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counselor, Reiki Master and author whose Spiritual Path Holistic Center is based in Staten Island. Ellis’ collection of photographic paintings, called “Ecology: The Human Element,” was on display there in May.

Ellis’ pursuit of artistic spirituality is grounded in the structure of her years at USF, where she learned that, in addition to being creative, an artist must also be disciplined.

“The art department was very demanding,” she said. “The school was of course smaller, but the professors were very professional and accomplished in their respective fields.”

After completing her degree at USF, she earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Florida State University, and then moved to New York City. It was there that she began to incorporate photography into her drawings and paintings.

“I enjoy perspective, light and shade,” Ellis said. “In my photographic paintings, as I term my work, the juxtaposition of the various images creates the statement. I am a Romantic, and believe art can be beautiful and still have a meaningful message.”

Teaching has long been a component of Ellis’ professional life. She has taught at USF and also counsels artists in her Art for Healing program.

“Teaching is very rewarding to me.

I spend a lot of time guiding artists and encouraging them to create their art in what is always a difficult climate,” said Ellis.

Nothing is as difficult – or as transforming – as making art, she said.

“Creating art is sometimes exhausting emotionally and physically,” said Ellis. “I try to not base my new art on experience and base my end results on feelings, thoughts and desires that are often not easily expressed in words.”

Learn more about Art for Healing and Loren Ellis at www.ArtforHealingNYC.org and www.LorenEllisArt.com.

Nursing Creativity

K

athy Iwanowski is both a nurse and an artist. The two fields, she believes, are connected in ways many people might not realize.

Art is an important part of the healing process.

“I have had the chance to personally and professionally witness the positive effects of the arts on healing,” said Iwanowski. “The first time, on the personal side, was when I painted my way through an episode of burnout from nursing.

“Then, on the professional side, I am reminded over and over again in experiences with individuals and groups, with and without disabilities of all kinds, how powerful the association between self-expression, self-awareness and self-confidence really are for all human beings.”

A growing body of evidence tends to support Iwanowski’s belief in the healing power of art. She felt so strongly about its transformative powers that, although already a practicing nurse, with

Iwanowski during Camp Alegria

Iwanowski working with client during her CARD residency

a degree from the Wesley-Passavant School of Nursing in Chicago, she also earned a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts from USF in 1994.

At the time, she had no idea how the two degrees would merge into her life’s work. Today she offers creativity consulting for both businesses and individuals, helping them to make the connection between good health and creativity. She has taken some inspiration from Mary Rockwood Lane of the University of Florida’s College of Nursing and other nurses who have found the value of artistic expression in the healing process.

“I have been pleasantly surprised by what has transpired,” said Iwanowski, who recently moved from Dunedin to Tallahassee. “The more I moved into the world of art, the more I found my nursing experience to support my work in strange and wondrous ways.”

One of those ways is through the International Association of Nurse Artists, which Iwanowski founded with other nurses. The goal, she said, is for the group to work with people before they are ill, or “wellness nursing.” Part of the plan is showing people the connection between art and health – something that is needed to combat the stress of the modern work environment.

“Stress is not only draining people of the energy to work for their companies but also of their hopes and dreams.

In the end, this is leading to more disease – physically, emotionally and

mentally,” Iwanowski said. “The fact that many companies have stopped offering pension plans and, in some cases, profit sharing, has increased the amount of stress and also created negative working conditions for many people.”

She believes that by coaching people to vent their stress via art, she can help them lead healthier, happier lives.

Another of Iwanowski’s projects, Breastplates & Other Artful Armor Against Cancer, is also inspired by her personal experience.

“The exhibit was inspired by the deaths of my grandmother, Daisy, who was a cancer survivor when she died, and my mother-in-law, Sharlot, who died of metastatic breast cancer,” Iwanowski explained.

She also drew from the “many other courageous and inspirational patients I cared for as a cancer and hospice nurse for almost 20 years.”

She asked other nurses and artists who had been affected by cancer to participate in the exhibit, which was first presented as a work in progress to health educators at a conference of Cancer, Culture & Literacy in Clearwater.

They created a powerful collection of 18 paintings, sculpture and mixed media works that offer a hopeful, yet unflinching, view into coming to terms with breast cancer.

Breastplates & Other Artful Armor Against Cancer debuted in its finished form in October 2006 in the lobby of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. In 2007, it morphed into a traveling exhibit that was shown across Florida in all sorts of venues, from the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University to a biker bar.

“It was designed to be shown to all types of audiences, mostly in places other than galleries, which can be so intimidating,” Iwanowski said.

Currently seeking her Master’s in fine arts from Goddard College in Vermont, Iwanowski is now exploring the theories behind using art to cope with the grieving process.

“What I hope to accomplish on this path is the ability to work through the grieving process with visual art, music and writing in the future, with soldiers and others who have experienced all types of losses, not from an art therapy perspective, but rather from the therapeutic Iwanowski process of the arts.”

And she plans on continuing to help make art and creativity an everyday experience for more people.

“It is quite amazing to see the transformation that occurs when, through creativity and play, one can safely solve problems on one level – such as trying color combinations that appeal to the eye on canvas – and transfer that accomplishment of seeing something in a different light to other more risky areas of our lives,” she said.

Learn more about Kathy Iwanowski’s work at www.kathyiwanowski.com/.

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1963 A Blast from the Past !

U.S.PRESIDENT: John F. Kennedy

VICE PRESIDENT: Lyndon B. Johnson AVERAGE INCOME: $5,807 UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.7% FIRST CLASS STAMP: 5 cents

IN SCIENCE: Michael E. DeBakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital; the first commercial nuclear reactor goes online at the Jersey Central Power Company; quasars are discovered by U.S. astronomer Maarten Schmidt.

IN THE NEWS: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated; Vice President Lyndon Johnson assumes the post within hours; the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, D.C.; U.S. Supreme Court rules no locality may require recitation of the Lord’s Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.

IN THE ARTS: Poet Carl Sandburg performs a reading of his works at USF; Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; Beatlemania hits the U.S. with the release of “I Want to Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There” and “Meet the Beatles”.

At USF: President John Allen refutes findings of a John’s Committee investigation, saying there are no subversives on campus; USF announces that it has stocked fallout shelters in the Chemistry building, University Center and Library; Some 325 degrees are conferred at the University’s first graduation.

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By Mia Faucher Class of 2010 With the date for the presidential election of 2008 fast approaching, the push to be politically involved and aware is never more practical or important. While you may think that this new era of Internet blogging, technological overload and the heavy focus on entertainment may be breeding more political apathy from college students than in times past, there are still many who thrive on being informed citizens and spreading that fervor to others.

Robin Roup, incoming vice president of USF’s College Democrats, is just such an individual, using her love of politics to spark positive change in our country to get it through these trying times.

“Our country is in a bad state: we’re in a recession, we’re in a pointless war, our currency isn’t worth anything and we’re losing our place in the global hierarchy,” Robin says, adding, “I want to get behind any candidates that want to make a change to get us out.”

But Robin realizes that it’s not only up to those running for office to turn the state of affairs in our nation around.

“If you want change, you have to get out there and do something. Things won’t get done unless people are out there fighting for it,” she says.

This is not a new idea, as you well know. All throughout history, people in our country, some of whom may be reading this right now, have come across ideas, feelings and legislation that they saw as unjust and in need of serious revamping. USF has a history of political activism, from the fight against the John’s Committee search for “anti-American activities” in the early sixties, to the repeated student protests of the Vietnam War, culminating in the infamous Fowler Avenue blockade in 1972.

As media ethics professor Dr. Larry Leslie so aptly puts it, “If it is to be, it is up to me,” meaning that reforms must start with an individual who is willing to work towards change.

While some people see the new media technology as an impediment to political awareness, recent USF graduate Robert Armstead feels such developments were largely responsible for the increase in young voters and college students over the past 10 years.

“All the candidates have MySpace and Facebook pages that lend their platforms to much larger participation from that demographic,” he says.

Robert added that, “just having an opinion is a good start, especially with college students who may have a more educated opinion,” on political matters. An opinion, he feels, is the first step towards any potential action on anyone’s part.

Both Robin and Robert came to the conclusion that if they neglect to get involved, then they have no reason to complain about what goes on around them.

“I don’t think some people realize that politics and government affect everything – they affect the roads you drive on, how much you get paid at your job, how much you pay for school, whether the air you’re breathing is clean – everything,” Robin says, adding, “I just don’t get how you can live in a political battleground state like Florida and not be into politics.”

I would add that not only to be in Florida, but to be in college at USF, an immense arena of free and independent thought and the opportunity to exchange such ideas with others, and not be involved, or at least aware, is a terrible waste. It’s uplifting to know that students today are just as active and becoming more resolute in their political beliefs as they were years ago.

MemorE y SAHAR Excerpts of memories from members of the USF Alumni Association.

One of my fondest memories is being invited to join Fides, a local sorority which later led to becoming a member of Tri Delta. I met my best college friend, Daphne Evans. She was so full of ideas that we could talk for hours. Also, when a professor put my poem in The Oracle, I was thrilled.

Susan Banks Baker, `67 / Annual Member

I have great memories of my major professor, the late Dr. Larry Doyle, USF St. Petersburg campus, Marine Science. He taught us the little things to be successful in life, not just at college.

Stephen Szydlik, `80 / Annual Member

One of my best memories was doing a stage performance of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in my Performance Communications class with Jay Baglia. We were a mixture of football players, frat guys, sorority girls, honors students, etc. and we all meshed and had so much fun!

Kristen Cabot Brady, `02 / Life Member

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lifememberhonor roll The USF Alumni Association thanks the following Circle of Excellence Life Members for their generous gifts.= Diamond Level $1,000+

Angela and James Brewer J. Mack Carneal Roger T. Frazee Dr. John N. Harker Cynthia and John Harper Anila Jain M.D. Mark Levine Diane and Timothy Nettles Michele and Randy Norris Ellen F. Rosenblum Sara and Jeffrey Spalding Elizabeth and Alexander White M.D.

Emerald Level $500-$999

Brandon S. Aldridge Rajiv Dembla Christopher F. Dudley Nancy F. Schmidt Bettina Tucker

Gold Level $250-$499

Darrell E. Borne Daniel Colantuono Larry H. Collins Michael J. Fimiani Katharine A. Freeman Jeffrey M. Greenberg David L. Hilfman Raymond P. Hill Andrew H. Hines Elizabeth B. Marshall Paul C. Marton M.D. Leonard E. Miller Catherine E. O'Connor M.D. Mary Lou and Eugene Powell Ellen C. Stavros John C. Thomas

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Jennifer and John Adams Gretchen S. Adent Jean Aertker Rickey D. Akins Licia Albanese Ronald R. Aldrich Jo-Ann and Bernie Alessandrini John Alexander Nancy J. Alfredson Elaine and Falih Aljasir Terry G. Allison Tamara K. Harold Diane C. Altwies Dr. George G. Alvarez Jack and Cynthia Amor Dr. Christian G. Anderson William Andree Robert W. Andrew Jr. Lindbergh N. Andrew Laura S. Andrews April L. Andrews Katherine and Robert Andrews Margaret Andronaco and Donald Thompson Peggy A. Apgar Schmidt John W. Appleby Scott C. Arnold Linda Sluss Arrington Austin B. Asgill Dr. Ronald A. Ash Gregory J. Ashley Margaret J. Austin Jeffery Austin Michelle and James Austin Jr. Michael Axon Carol C. Ayers James Ayers Raymond F. Ayres II Sara Baden Eliot M. Bader S. Nathaniel Bailey Brian J. Bain Michelle and Louis Bainbridge Cecil R. Baker Jr. Rajappan Balagopal Sharmatie B. Singh Susan and Eugene Balter Laura B. Miller Nancy and James Bardin Jonathan I. Barlow William D. Barnes Scott F. Barnett Cindy and Phil Barringer Khari K. Batchelor Bruce Bates Herbert J. Baumann Michelle L. Beaudet-Smith Heidi and Vincent Bekiempis Elizabeth M. Bell Douglas T. Bell Joseph V. Belluccia Jeffrey A. Belvo Shaye K. Benfield

Keyton Benson Benjamin and Jynine Benvenuti Tracy and Aaron Bergacker Blair Bergen Stephanie and Scott Bernard Suzette and Brad Bernstein Charles D. Bess M.D. Kathleen Betancourt Patrick L. Beyer Franklin N. Biggins Theodore T. Bill Mary and Wynne Black Oakley B. Blair Kendall L. Blair Warren Blanchard Victor D. Blanco Judy G. Blanco H. Kirby Blankenship Jacqueline L. Blanton David Bohl John D. Bolle Alan C. Bomstein Jesse S. Bonds Timothy D. Bonds Charles H. Booras David S. Borkan Kay and Francis Borkowski John P. Borreca Elizabeth Manzano-Boulton and Steven Boulton Janis L. Boyd Bruce and Sara Boyd Thomas W. Boyer Stephanie Boyle Gregory Bradford Michael J. Bradford Melville D. Bradley Kristen C. Brady Rick C. Brandt Yoshie and Jamie Branson Edward William Braun MD Ann and Robert Bretnall Mark E. Bright Bobby W. Brinkley Gary L. Brosch Norman L. Brown III Isabelle A. Brown Melvin Wayne Brown Elizabeth F. Brown Shekeria L. Brown Dr. John Lott Brown Walter I. Brugger Fred J. Brunjes Lisa J. Brush Sivilai and Ryan Brusko Victoria M. Bruzese Laurie Budd Gerald Buhr Scott Burkett Fern and Deborah Burr Linda and Gerald Busch Dr. Joseph F. Busta Patricia G. Byrnes

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“From the first day I stepped foot on campus, I knew that I would be a Bull for life, and now I have made this possible by becoming a Life Member.�

Michael E. Griffin, `03 B.S. Marketing Tampa

H. Marie Edmonson Engr. Osato F. Edo-Osagie R. Deadra Edwards Trustee Lynette H. Edwards Pamela and Ronald Egger Susan and William Eickhoff Diana C. Ekonomou Brenda Elarbee David D. Eller Elizabeth M. Elliott Nathan Ellis Renata S. Engel Mary Erickson Diane E. Erwin Lisa and Charles Evans Walter R. Everton Rena and John Ezzell Jammie Anne Faircloth Linda and John Fantone Jason C. Faulkner Lawrence J. Ferguson Patrice Fernandez Joann A. Ferra Henry J. Ferrara Mary J. Figg Alejandro Figueroa Nicholas J. Fiorentino Joseph E. Fisher Penelope S. Fisher Steven L. Fisher Rose M. Fisher Margaret B. Fisher Maura Flaschner Kurt J. Fleckenstein Darin R. Fleming Jeffrey C. Flemming Kathleen A. Flynn Paul Flynn

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Melanie J. Langston Michael R. Langston James P. Lanier Samuel Lanza Pamela and Michael LaPan Richard Larsen Trustee Rhea F. Law Deborah and Neil Layton Victor P. Leavengood James W. Lee Aurelia G. Leinartas Annabel and Earl Lennard Hernan Leon Robert Leslie Robin Levin Lisa and Michael Lewis Willard F. Libby Gregory S. Linden Elizabeth Lindsay William Litton Steven T. Livingston Bette A. LoBue Suzanne and Joseph Lomascolo Denise Loos Melissa Lopez Denise and George Lorton Ann L. Lovitt

Henry M. Marcet Cherryl L. Marlan Susan Martin John W. Martin William B. Martin Mary and Dushan Martinasek Kevin J. Martinez Joann S. Martino Aileen O. Martino Donna and William Masi Randall C. Mason Diana and Michael Massimini Ruben A. Matos Linda V. Mattos John Mauthner Thomas Mawhinney David and Debbie May Russell S. Maynard Roy A. Mazur Steven Mazza Brian P. McAllister Patricia and Richard McConnell Stephen M. McCormack Carol McCoy Carson E. McCoy Dayla J. McElroy Catherine McEwen

“I support my University with loyalty and pride as one of the first Life Members of the Alumni Association. As Life Members, we help to empower alumni to become leaders on behalf of USF and their communities.�

Dr. Anila Jain, `81 B.A. Natural Sciences Bradenton

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On Top of Their Game

Panthers Co-Owner Prowls with the Big Dogs

By Jeffrey Jones, Class of 2007

W

hen Jordan Zimmerman graduated from USF in 1980, he was full of ambition and ready to make a name for himself in the real world. And why not?

Zimmerman, along with a group of his Mass Communications colleagues, created and delivered one of the most famous anti-drug slogans ever: “Just Say No.” It was part of a national contest won by the USF advertising program. They were awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. to present the campaign. They were big time.

But much to Zimmerman’s dismay, that national recognition and a B.A. in Mass Communications weren’t enough to impress the industry big shots when he started looking for work.

“We created (the slogan) and I took it to New York, but I couldn’t get a job,” Zimmerman said. “I went to 10 interviews, and I went 0 for 10 – so I went back to school.”

That’s where he learned about the “funnel system” while getting his MBA from USF. The basic premise of the funnel system is that you have to be aware of a brand in order for the brand to be profitable. Zimmerman disagreed with that concept. He be-

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That kind of success doesn’t come lieved the funnel to be inverted, that a easily. Zimmerman started out in a profitable brand creates awareness on small office in Fort Lauderdale repreits own. senting local brands and expanded,

“So right after school I wrote a first regionally, then business plan, and nationally, according to started Zimmerman his business plan. His with $10,000 dollars clients now include big and turned it into a names such as Nissan, $2.4 billion dollar Pep Boys, Crocs, Papa agency,” he said.

John’s, Friendly’s Res It is now the taurants and Mattress 14th largest adverFirm. tising agency in the “For the first 12 United States – the years, I had to worry largest outside New about cash flow, and York City. Zimit wasn’t until about merman is also 1993 that I didn’t,” said part owner of the Zimmerman, who was National Hockey a competitive body League’s Florida Panthers. He is Jordan Zimmerman, `80 & MBA `84 builder and former “Mr. Florida.” awash in awards and Zimmerman now lives in a beautiaccolades, including his recent inducful home in Boca Raton, where he tion into Nova Southeastern Univerentertains dignitaries such as President sity’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Entre- George W. Bush. He collects Bentpreneur Hall of Fame. The USF Alumni leys and Ferraris and summers in the Hamptons. But even in the early years Association named Zimmerman as a when times were tight, Zimmerman Distinguished Alumnus in 2007 and never gave up, because of a value he the School of Mass Communications still holds dear: insanity. recently inducted him into the Kappa

“You’ve got to be insanely comTau Alpha Hall of Fame. In 1991, he mitted to whatever you do,” he said, was named USF College of Business without a trace of irony. “If you want Entrepreneur of the Year.

to be great in business, you have to have an insane commitment to differentiate yourself.”

He brings that same zeal to his work with the Florida Panthers. When Wayne Huizenga sold the team in 2001, Zimmerman was one of the investors who formed a partnership to buy the team.

“We all came together, some friends, and we thought it would be an interesting investment, and we also didn’t want the team leaving,” he said.

For the first five years, Zimmerman helped run the day-to-day business of the team and attended every game. Now he’s able to take a more behind-the-scenes role and enjoy their games as a fan, as well as an investor. His favorite sport is football, but hockey has grown on him.

“Having ownership in a professional sports team is going to drive your interest, and your commitment, and make your desire to win even greater,” he said.

The Zimmerman family, clockwise from right: Jordan Zimmerman, daughters Cara and Jordana, sons Jett and Chase and wife Denise, center.

In addition to valuing insanity, Zimmerman, a New Jersey native, also believes in remembering one’s roots.

In the fall of 2005, he began the Zimmerman Advertising Program (ZAP) at USF, and in August 2006, gave the School of Mass Communications the largest donation in the history of its program – $1 million dollars to help fund the ZAP program.

The gift provides the means to enhance the advertising program at USF and make ZAP one of the premier destinations for aspiring executives from all over the United States, he explained.

“You get the opportunity to learn under a relevant new program that was created by one of the fastest growing agencies in the country today, and be taught by Zimmerman executives and some of the finest professors in the country today,” Zimmerman said.

Zimmerman’s son Chase, 19, is a freshman at USF who is following in his father’s footsteps as an honors student in the college’s advertising program. Zimmerman and his wife Denise have three other children, Cara, 12, Jett, 5, and the youngest, Jordana, who is 3-years-old.

In addition to the agency and the hockey team, Zimmerman is also chairman and CEO of NTDS Holdings, Inc. and INCO Holdings, Inc. He was named as one of the “100 Most Powerful People in South Florida” by South Florida CEO magazine in 2004.

If that’s what insanity can do for a person, then Zimmerman is crazy like a fox.

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On Top of Their Game

Philly Soul Co-Owner Works it like a Rock Star

By Jeffrey Jones, Class of 2007

C

raig Spencer has always been interested in real estate. As a child, instead of daydreaming about being a football hero and winning the Super Bowl, Spencer had aspirations of being a player in the field of finance.

“When I was growing up, as much as I played and loved sports, I just always thought I would be in the real estate business, and be a real estate developer – I don’t know why, I can’t tell you,” he said. “Never crossed my mind to be a professional athlete of any kind.”

Spencer followed the path of his youthful intuition and became a successful businessman. The USF Class of `83 alum founded the Philadelphiabased Arden Group in 1989, which has purchased and developed over $1 billion in real estate since its inception.

“We primarily focus on luxury hotels and residential, typically combined and branded,” Spencer said. “For instance, we’re involved in six RitzCarlton hotels and resorts that have a big residential component.”

But Spencer, who admits to being very opportunistic, managed to find a way to intertwine his love of sports with that of the business world: He acquired a pro sports franchise in 2004 – the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.

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two men discovered they had more

After his first attempt to buy an similarities than differences – and soon NBA franchise didn’t pan out, Spencer a partnership was born. learned of the AFL through a friend “Jon is one of the and decided to take smartest guys I’ve a look for himself by ever been around in catching a few games my life,” Spencer said. on TV. “To me he’s a busi “I liked what I ness guy who just saw, my kids loved happens to play music it, and I started dofor a living. ing my homework,” “For two people who Spencer said. “I come from totally decided not only different worlds, we that it was a really have become very interesting game, but close friends and the ownership had haven’t had a single changed dramatidisagreement in five cally from mom-andyears.” pop owners to very Craig Spencer, `83 Spencer is not only wealthy entrepreco-owner of the neurs.” franchise, he is also vice-chairman of

With the help of a sports consulthe Soul’s board of directors, and a tant, Spencer projected that the league board member and co-chairman of the was poised for a dramatic take off. He Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundacontacted the AFL with intentions to buy the Soul, but was surprised to dis- tion, which works to fight poverty in the area. cover there was another offer already

In addition to the business aspect in place. of the football team, there is also the

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi had confamily factor, which makes being the tacted the league three weeks earlier. owner of a pro sports franchise all the Instead of an all out bidding war, the more enjoyable. league commissioner decided it was

“We go to all the games and in the best interest of both parties to they love it, because it’s their football form a partnership. team,” Spencer said of his family. “It’s

Spencer was hesitant at first, but a great way to spend time with your agreed to meet with Bon Jovi. The

Soul co-owners Craig Spencer and Jon Bon Jovi during pre-game festivities.

family and for them to bring their friends.”

Spencer is the father of four very athletic children: the boys, Jake, 6, and Max, 12, are both into multiple sports, including football, baseball and basketball. Older sisters, Taylor, 15, and Arielle, 18, followed their father’s footsteps. Arielle has four straight high school tennis titles while Taylor recently won her first title as a freshman.

Before Spencer attended USF, he went to the University of Florida for

three years and played on the men’s tennis team. Before his senior year at UF, Spencer decided he needed to make a change in order to complete his goal of graduating and attending law school.

“I had way too many friends and knew way too many people, and went out way too much,” said Spencer, a Sarasota native.

So he moved to Tampa and transferred to USF. He says it was the best decision he could’ve made.

“I remember it was a great campus, with great professors, great atmosphere, and very conducive for me to study and do very well,” Spencer said.

“I have very fond memories, because I got out of it what I wanted, which was a chance to really focus on my academics and make sure I got into law school.”

Spencer did quite well his senior year, making all A’s, then graduating as a Bull with a B.A. in Finance. He then earned a law degree from Georgia State University College of Law. During his senior year there, he met his wife of 20 years, Barbara NiponSpencer. They now live with their four kids in Gladwyne, Pa.

True to his roots, Spencer has advice for future and recent graduates from USF: “You’re going to have a lot of people who are going to tell you that you can’t, you shouldn’t, and don’t, but if you believe in it, and you work hard enough, there is really nothing you can’t achieve today.”

The Spencer family, from left: Barbara J. Nipon-Spencer, daughter Arielle, sons Taylor, Max, Jake and Craig Spencer.

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classnotes 60s

Richard Oppel, `64, is one of two USF alumni who are members of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize Board, the panel that determines the annual winners of the famed prize established by journalist Joseph Pulitzer in 1917. Oppel earned a degree in Political Science from USF. He was named editor of the Austin American-Statesman in 1995, and is responsible for news and editorial content.

After serving in the Marine Corps, he graduated from USF and began his career with The Tampa Tribune. He worked for The Associated Press and The Detroit Free Press before becoming executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat in 1977, and then editor of The Charlotte Observer in 1978. During his 15 years in Charlotte, the Observer won two Pulitzers, both gold medals for meritorious public service, and shared a Pulitzer with The Atlanta Constitution for editorial cartoons. Oppel has been the National Press Foundation’s Editor of the Year, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and president of the North Carolina Press Association.

He and his wife Carol have two children, Richard Jr., a New York Times reporter; and Shelby Oppel Wood, a Portland Oregonian reporter. He became a Pulitzer board member in 2000 and is a 2008 co-chair of the board.

Suzanne Wadley Jaworski Rhodenbaugh, `66, recently held a poetry reading at the Brandon

Regional Library with USF faculty member Jay Hopler and two other poets, accompanied by a jazz trio.

Karl Olander, M.S. `68, received the

Semiconductor Environmental Safety and Health Association’s (SESHA) Life time Achievement Award in March. He earned a Master’s degree in Chemisty at USF, followed by a Doctorate from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana in 1972.

JoEllen Carlson, `69 & M.A. `72,

earned a Grant Professional Certification (GPC) from the American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP). The GPC credential validates knowledge of and competency in the grants profession. She is on staff at the Institute for Instructional Research and Practice and the Institute for At-Risk Infants, Children, Youth and Their Families.

Doug Kaye, `69, played Candy in a play based on John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, that was performed in April at the Shakespeare Tavern, Atlanta. Doug was a mainstay of Theatre USF back in the 1960s, and that training and experience led to nearly continuous acting jobs since then. He has been with the Tavern for the past 12 years and is

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a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

70s Lydia M. Acosta, `70 & MLS `73,

joined Nova Southeastern University (NSU) as vice president for Information Services and University Librarian in May. Acosta is responsible for setting the strategic direction and managing the daily operations of the NSU library system. She joins NSU after directing the East Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Parish Library comprised of a main library, 12 branches, a bookmobile and two outreach service centers.

She oversaw the completion of four new community branches and the development of the building program for a new main library. Acosta also led successful fundraising efforts for new library programs, and initiated monthly library cable television programming. Acosta began her library career at the University of Tampa. She worked at the university for more than 20 years, serving as library director for 18 of those years. Acosta then became dean of library and learning resources at Chicago State University. Following her tenure at Chicago State, she was appointed as director of the Fountaindale Public Library District in the Chicago suburbs, the position she held before moving to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system.

Julie M. Janssen, `70 & Ed.D `01, was named interim superintendent of Pinellas Schools in May. Janssen, the district’s top deputy since 2006, will be the first female superintendent in the 96-year history of Pinellas public schools. She graduated from Boca Ciega High in 1966 and joined the district in 1970 as a teacher at Perkins Elementary, but soon left for Belize, where she taught for nine years. She came back to Pinellas in 1981 and taught at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle, Pasadena Elementary and Pinellas Technical Education Centers. By 1983, she was a math teacher at Lakewood High, and in 1991 she became an assistant principal. She became principal at Countryside High in 1998 and moved to St. Petersburg High as principal in 2004. Janssen is a Treasure Island resident with four grown children.

Mike Pride, `72, is one of two USF

alumni who are members of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize Board, the panel that determines the annual winners of the famed prize established by journalist Joseph Pulitzer in 1917. Pride graduated with a degree in American Studies. He has been editor of the Concord Monitor since 1983. Prior to that, he served as its managing editor. Under his editorship the Monitor has won the New England Newspaper of the Year Award 19 times, as well as numerous

national awards for excellence. The paper has been cited by Time magazine and the Columbia Journalism Review as one of the best papers in the country.

Before joining the Monitor, Pride was city editor of the Clearwater Sun and the Tallahassee Democrat.

He served as a Russian linguist in the Army during the late 1960s and began his journalism career as a sports writer at The Tampa Tribune. Pride was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1984-85. He won the National Press Foundation’s editor of the year award in 1987 for directing the Monitor’s coverage of the Challenger disaster and later the Yankee Quill Award for contributions to New England journalism. In 2004, Pride was Weinstein scholar-inresidence at Gettysburg College, where he co-taught a course in presidential politics. He has also been a lecturer and tour guide at the Civil War Institute at the college. In 2005, he was a Hoover media fellow at Stanford University. Pride is a former chairman of the Small Newspapers Committee of the American Society of Newspapers Editors and also served on the society’s writing awards board. He is the co-author of My Brave Boys, a Civil War history, and Too Dead to Die, the memoir of a Bataan Death March survivor, and the co-editor of The New Hampshire Century. He became a Pulitzer board member in 1999 and is a past chair of the board.

Otis Anthony, `73, is director of diversity for Polk

County Schools and hosts a Sunday morning radio show called “Sunday Forum” on WMNF-FM. As the Polk district’s director of diversity, Anthony is charged with addressing the needs of minorities, creating opportunities for minority students to succeed and instructing school staff and administrators on issues of sensitivity to those needs. Three years into his job, the Tampa native and divorced dad, whose passions run from performing at poetry slams to collecting African art, has implemented several new initiatives that hold parents more accountable for student performance and are designed to raise FCAT scores for black and Hispanic youths.

Anthony has hosted “Sunday Forum” on WMNF for four years. He was chairman of the Black Student Union at USF in the 1970s and completed a Master’s degree in Urban Administration through the National Urban Fellows program at Bucknell University in 1982. After graduating USF, Anthony served as housing and civic education coordinator for the nowdefunct Tampa-Hillsborough Urban League. With a grant from the Hillsborough County Museum and Hillsborough Community College, Anthony wrote the history of African Americans in Tampa, a project that included taped recordings of residents reliving that history. Anthony’s work is now part of USF’s Special Collections Department. Early in his career, Anthony took a job with the Justice Department’s Office of Communications in Miami to help assess the aftermath of the deadly 1980 riots in the Liberty City and Overtown communities, and assemble federal

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resources. Anthony left that post and returned to his hometown to take a series of jobs that led to a position as an aide to then-Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman.

Michael L. Crowley, `74, was

elected 2008 president of the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association (SDCDBA). He takes over the leadership of the organization consisting of more than 200 public defenders and private attorneys who have devoted their careers to criminal defense. In 2005, Crowley was honored as the Top Trial Lawyer by the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association along with colleagues Jerry Coughlan and Michael Pancer. The three were the defense attorneys in the city council “Strippergate” criminal trial, which ended in verdicts against City Councilmen Michael Zucchet and Ralph Inzunza.

Crowley’s client, David Cowan, the former council aide to the late Councilman Charles Lewis, was acquitted. Crowley holds Bachelor degrees in Journalism and Political Science from USF and earned a J.D., cum laude, from California Western School of Law in 1984. A member of the California, United States District Courts and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals bars, the 54-year-old El Cajon resident started his legal career in 1984 as an associate in the law offices of current San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre. He has been a solo practitioner with offices in downtown San Diego and El Cajon since 1986. In addition, he has taught Constitutional Law, Constitutional Litigation and Criminal Motions as an adjunct professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He is currently teaching a California Evidence class.

His past Bar activities include: director, treasurer and secretary of SDCDBA; president of the Criminal Defense Lawyers Club of San Diego; co-chair of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference; chair of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCDBA); co-chair of the Federal Courts Committee of SDCDBA; co-editor, Bar Briefs (SDCDBA); editor‑in‑chief, DICTA Magazine (SDCDBA); executive editor, California Western Law Review and currently a member of the SDCDBA Ethics Committee and a board member of the Private Conflicts Counsel Advisory Committee for SDCDBA. He is also a frequent local media commentator on legal issues.

Bill West, `75, is the new president and CEO of

The Bank of Tampa. He follows Jerry Divers, the only person who had held those jobs since the current ownership assumed control of the bank in 1984.

West, 56, is a 15-year veteran of the bank and was previously executive vice president.

Ellie Potts Barrett, `76, recently received the 2nd Annual Central Florida Dance Award presented by the University of Central Florida Conservatory Theater. In April, she debuted Barrettwerks, a program

showcasing her diverse choreography, including a 12-minute dramatic dance based on the story of Opal Petty, a Texas woman who was committed to a mental institution for 51 years for dancing against the wishes of her fundamentalist family. Also on the program were Cantata Sonata, Yet Another Tango and Two for Tutu. The performances were held in the Johnny Holloway Theatre at the Harwood-Watson Dance Studio in Orlando. Barrett, who grew up in central Florida, lives in St. Augustine with husband Ken Barrett, a photographer, and is also on the faculty of Flagler College in St. Augustine and the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville. She returns to teach weekly at the School of Performing Arts in Fern Park. She works in both modern dance and commercial and musical theater.

She studied modern dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music in the 1970s, but left to play Mary Magdalene in the first national tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” She later finished her dance degree at USF. She co-founded central Florida’s first modern dance troupe in the 1980s, created dance sequences for Disney World and SeaWorld, and choreographed productions of “Grease,” “Urinetown” and “Rent” in Seoul, South Korea. Her first feature-film choreography credit was for the 2006 John Travolta/Salma Hayek movie “Lonely Hearts,” filmed in the St. Augustine area.

80s J. Michael Swinden, `80, has written a book,

Sirgen and Katheren: A Dragon’s Love Story, that was published in February by Pleasant Word Books.

It is a children’s book with a Christian theme that began with a story Swinden told to entertain children at a church fundraiser. After graduating from USF, Swinden worked in a variety of law enforcement and security positions. Currently, he is a truck driver and is battling a rare form of leukemia. He lives in Greenville, S.C., with his wife Jill.

Jordan Zimmerman, `80 & MBA `84, was inducted into Nova South-

eastern University’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in April. Zimmerman is the founder and chairman of Zimmerman Advertising, which is the nation’s 14th largest advertising agency. With more than 1,300 associates and 22 offices, Zimmerman Advertising reaches virtually every retail sector. South Florida CEO magazine recently named Zimmerman among its “100 Most Powerful People in South Florida.” He is also part-owner of the NHL’s Florida Panthers. He is a USF Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award winner and a generous benefactor of the University’s Mass Communications department.

Gordon Gillette, `81 & MSEM `85, chief finan-

cial officer for TECO Energy, Inc., was named Tampa Connection’s Citizen of the Year. He is a former president of the board of directors for the Children’s Museum of Tampa and past chairman of the board of the Hillsborough County Education Foundation.

He currently serves on the boards of the Tampa Art Museum and University of South Florida Foundation.

He is also a Tampa Connection alumnus.

Mike Pardee, M.A. `81, senior vice president of research at Scripps Networks, joined the board of directors of the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), the premiere advertising industry association for creating, aggregating, synthesizing and sharing the knowledge required by decision makers in the field. Pardee’s three-year appointment began in April. The ARF board consists of senior level executives representing a wide array of segments in the advertising industry. Trained in applied anthropology, Pardee has been an active member of the marketing and media research community for more than 25 years. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and later earned a Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology from USF. He joined Scripps Networks in 1998 to head up audience and market research for the newly created division of The E.W. Scripps Company. Before joining Scripps Networks, Pardee served as vice president of research for Denver-based Your Choice TV. Prior to that, he spent nearly 15 years in progressively responsible positions with Nielsen Media Research. Pardee has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award from USF’s Anthropology Department and by the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing with a Research Case Study award and the TAMI award.

Dale R. Sisco, `81, has opened a

boutique law firm concentrating on civil and criminal litigation. In addition to his litigation practice, he is a certified circuit and county court mediator.

He is also certified to mediate cases in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Dale recently purchased, and Sisco-Law now occupies, a renovated 1920s building in downtown Tampa.

Kathy A. Cormier and Harry H. Rabb III, both `82 Business grads, have merged their local ac-

counting firms into the firm of Cormier & Rabb CPAs. The partners purchased the 30-year Clearwater practice of Hicks, Frankenberg & Associates. The College of Business classmates have been certified public accounts for more than 25 years in Florida.

Their firm is now located in the Whitney Bank Building in Clearwater, and offers services in accounting, tax and financial and management consulting.

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classnotes Ann Liguori, `82, a WFAN 660AM

golf correspondent, sports talk show host, author and television personality, was selected as one of 20 in the U.S. to attend Literary Feast 2008 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, March 13-15. Ann was recognized for her latest book, A Passion for Golf: Celebrity Musings About the Game, a collection of interviews and stories with some of the top personalities in sports and entertainment whom she golfed with, including Brett Favre, Jim Brown, Pete Sampras, Matthew McConaughey, Celine Dion, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Pesci, Vince Gill and Kevin Costner.

Ann also hosts the weekly “Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori” radio show, heard every Saturday morning on WLIU 88.3FM, in The Hamptons and throughout Long Island, Westchester and southern Connecticut. Ann recently interviewed Greg Norman for a new book she is contributing to called Nature of Golf, in which she interviews the designers of 16 environmentally-friendly courses. For more information on Ann, visit www.annliguori.com.

Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy, `83 & M.A. `91, received a President’s

Women’s Leadership Award from USF’s Women’s Status Committee & Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office. SparksMcGlinchy has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a Master’s degree in Guidance and Counselor Education from USF. She is senior associate director of Athletics at USF. She has worked tirelessly on behalf of women in athletics and serves both on the USF Title IX Committee and as the primary person responsible for oversight of Title IX compliance. She played a key role in adding new opportunities for women athletes at USF, including the addition of women’s cross country, track & field, soccer, and sailing, during her tenure.

Hank Fowler, `84, has written The Whole Armor

of God – Volume 1 – Foundations of Christianity, which was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. in May. Through Biblical citation and analyzing its text, Fowler’s book offers support to readers who are spiritually defeated. Since graduation from USF, he has worked in facilities engineering management in hospitals in Florida and Illinois. He and his wife Cynde currently reside in the small Midwestern town of Murphysboro, Illinois, where he works full time at the local hospital. Hank and Cynde often lead praise and worship and produce a quarterly Christian newsletter. He is a member of several professional groups including NFPA, IFMA, ASHE, and SICHE. His hobbies are gardening, hunting, woodworking, motorcycle riding and playing guitar.

His inspiration to write this book stems from his experience as a born-again Christian since 1975.

Douglas Trueblood, `85, was named general

manager, marketing & sales, for Universal Studios

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Singapore. He will assist in the development of a studio similar to the one in Orlando for the next two years.

Myrtice P. Young, `85, is the new public relations director for Southeastern University in Lakeland. Young has an extensive marketing and public relations background and has been recognized for her professional achievements which include Distinguished Alumnus Award from Polk Community College; Distinguished Service Award from USF Lakeland; Women of Distinction Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners Lakeland Metro; and the Bartow Chamber Leadership George W. Harris Leadership Award. As the public relations director, Young serves as the public information officer for Southeastern University. Her responsibilities include developing and managing a comprehensive public relations program for the university including, media relations, community relations and issues and crisis management.

Young currently serves on the board of directors of Bartow Chamber of Commerce, the Community Advisory Board of Bartow Regional Medical Center and the Bartow Marketing Partnership Advisory Board.

She is a participant of Polk Vision Leadership Class I and is a member of the Florida Public Relations Association.

Renee Hedsand, `86, has joined the staff as a

manager at Wipfli LLP, a CPA and consulting firm with offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hedsand’s area of expertise is small businesses.

David L. Mearns, `86, was a partner and search

director in the discovery of the missing Royal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS Sydney, which was lost in action with all hands during November 1941. The HMAS Sydney II was lost in the Indian Ocean off western Australia with its entire crew of 645, following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran. In March, both shipwrecks were located a little more than 100 miles off the coast of western Australia. As search director, Mearns determined the area to be searched, known in the industry as the “search box,” which resulted in the location of the two ships, lost for more than 65 years. He also filmed the shipwrecks for documentary purposes.

The discovery was a major news story in Australia, announced by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

For a chronicle of the search, photos and videos, visit www.findingsydney.com.

Wendy A. Beck, `87, joined the leadership council of Domino’s Pizza as executive vice president and CFO. Beck, 43, joins the company with a broad range of finance and restaurant experience. She was most recently chief financial officer, senior vice president and treasurer of Whataburger Restaurants based in Corpus Christi, Texas. Before that, she was CFO,

vice president and treasurer for Checker’s Drive-In Restaurants. Beck has been a CPA since 1992 and serves on the board of the Women’s FoodService Forum.

Heather Highouse, `87, joined the Western Michigan University Career Center at the Hawthorne College of Business as a career advisor. She will provide career-advising and job-search services for the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

She had been a contracted career counselor in the university’s TRIO Student Success Program. She earned a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from WMU. C. Richard Mancini, `87, recently

joined the Fort Myers law firm of Henderson Franklin. He will be located in the firm’s Bonita Springs office. Mancini has more than nine years of commercial litigation experience, focusing in securities and investor-related litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Mancini graduated with honors from St. Thomas University School of Law in 1998. Prior to law school, he was chief executive officer for a public/ private economic development alliance in Alabama and formerly vice president of the Greater Brandon (Florida) Chamber of Commerce. Mancini is an active member in the community, serving on the board of directors for the Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled and the Great Dock Canoe Race. He is active in the Foster Care Council of Southwest Florida, coaches the Gulf Coast High School Mock Trial Team and serves as an adjunct professor at Hodges University, teaching paralegal courses in contracts, property, ethics and other courses.

Fon Silvers, `87, M.M. `89 & MBA `97, has written Building and

Maintaining a Data Warehouse, which was published by Auerbach. Based on a foundation of industry-accepted principles, the book provides an easy-to-follow approach to warehousing data that is cohesive and holistic.

Beverly Carbaugh, M.A. `89 & Ph.D `96, is principal of Tomlin Middle

School in Plant City. She earned a Master’s in Educational Leadership in 1989, followed by a Doctorate in Educational Leadership in 1996. She is also an adjunct professor in the College of Education’s Educational Leadership Department and teaches Administrative Analysis of Change and Educational Leadership. She was recently featured in a Q&A in The Tampa Tribune.

Dr. Kenneth Cory, `89, was named to the board

of directors for EPCOR Power Services. Dr. Cory is currently executive vice president for finance and administration for EPCOR Utilities. He was appointed executive vice president of finance and administration in December 2007 and is responsible

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for the creation of EPCOR’s corporate strategy, longterm plan, financial strategy, and the oversight of numerous functional areas. In addition to his B.A. in Finance from USF, he also holds a Ph.D in Strategic Management from Texas A&M University, where he also served on the faculty. Dr. Cory has over 12 years of industry experience in strategy and financial management that includes serving as the head of strategy for two Fortune 500 power companies, Calpine Corporation and TXU Corporation, and as a strategy consultant with Deloitte Consulting. He comes to EPCOR after serving as chief executive officer of V3 Technologies, a start-up renewablepower generation company.

Natasha Tamaskar, M.S. `89, is

vice president of Product Management and Marketing for NextPoint Networks, where she is responsible for working across R&D and product management to define product and technical strategy and requirements, and product architecture/direction for NextPoint’s solutions. Prior to NextPoint, Natasha served as director of IMS Development for Reef Point. In this role, she built and launched Reef Point’s IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) product portfolio. She was instrumental in defining Reef Point’s IMS product strategy, project planning, and overall product delivery. Prior to Reef Point, Natasha was the R&D lead for Nortel’s Enterprise Secure Edge Router program. Earlier, she held several technical leadership positions with Mei Technology, which was acquired by MATCOM in 1999. Natasha holds a Ph.D. in Computational Physics from the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University; an M.S. in Physics from the University of South Florida; and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Delhi, India.

90s Walter Chason, M.A. `90, earned a Grant Professional Certification (GPC) from the American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP). The GPC credential validates knowledge of and competency in the grants profession. He is on staff at the Institute for Instructional Research and Practice and the Institute for At-Risk Infants, Children, Youth and Their Families.

Seth Gissen, `90, and Sean Zawyer, `91, run

one of Florida’s largest process serving firms, Gissen & Zawyer Process Service, Inc., based in Miami.

They are a full-service process serving firm, offering county, statewide and nationwide service, skip tracing, fully computerized billing, Internet status of all subpoenas/summons and a paperwork database.

Their firm was recently featured in The Miami Herald.

Bob McKee, `90, M.A. `92 & `93, is the deputy executive director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue.

David C. Zaperach, `90, graduated with a degree

in Finance and is currently a director within the Department of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). After spending eight years at the FINRA headquarters in Washington D.C., he moved to Boca Raton when a new office opened there in 2005. As a director within the Department of Enforcement, he manages numerous large-scale securities investigations of potentially serious sales and trading practice abuses which are national in scope, as well as possible violations of FINRA rules and the federal securities laws.

Mark Wentley, `91, and his wife

Lambryne, recently welcomed their daughter Sophia Maria Wentley, born April 15, in Chicago, Illinois, weighing 7 lbs 5 oz. She was 20.5 inches long.

Roberto Ferrari, `92, MLA `94 & MLIS `97,

was recently notified that his first novel, Pierce, is a finalist for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Men’s Mystery. The Brooklyn resident was recently interviewed about the novel by Gaydar Nation, based in the UK. He is currently working towards his Ph.D in art history.

His articles have appeared in the Journal of Library Administration, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, and Notes and Queries, and his fiction in the Louisiana Review. To learn more, visit his website at www.robertocferrari.com.

Anh-Vu Nguyen, `92 & M.D.`96,

celebrated his second wedding anniversary to Marissa Myers on April 20. Nguyen just recently finished his third book, Medical Misperceptions.

His first two books, Learning from Medical Errors: Clinical Problems and Learning from Medical Errors: Legal Issues, are found in medical and legal libraries worldwide and the former has been translated into Korean. Nguyen was also named the 2008 Florida Academy of Family Physicians Volunteer Preceptor of the Year. He is an international presenter of medical lectures.

Brad Ward, MLIS `92, was named 2008 Florida

Library Association Leader of the Year. Brad is the executive director of NEFLIN, a multitype library cooperative serving over 500 libraries in northeast Florida. Brad and his wife Marilyn live in Orange Park, FL, and are the proud parents of a girl and boy, ages 1 and 2.

Phil Connor, `93, is director of Business Develop-

ment at IAB Solutions LLC, a first-party accounts receivable outsourcing provider. He is based in Clarks Summit, PA, where he lives with his wife Lisa, two sons, Christopher and Ethan, and daughter Kiera.

Jerry Koleski, M.D. `93, recently returned from a 4 1/2 year tour as a medical missionary at Hospital Vozandes del Oriente in Ecuador. He is moving to Indiana for one year to work as a visiting assistant professor at the Indiana University Department of Family Medicine. In July 2009, he plans to move to Malawi, Africa, to work as a medical missionary with HIV/AIDS patients.

Mark Gordon, MBA `95, was named president

and general manager of Onity, a leading global provider of electronic door locks that is a subsidiary of UTC Fire & Security. Prior to joining Onity, Gordon served as managing director of Smiths Detection, a division of Smiths Group, a global technology company that provides advanced integrated security solutions. Previously, he held a variety of sales, marketing and operations leadership roles with Amphenol RF, Thomas & Betts and Square D Company. Gordon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University, as well as an MBA from USF and an M.A. from Harvard University.

Don Mammoser, `95, has written The Photographer’s Guide to the Colorado Rockies, featuring more than 100 of the most breathtaking sights within the mountain range, as well as tips to help people capture perfect shots year-round. The instructions, maps and details in the book are accompanied by dozens of Mammoser’s photographs taken during his many years as a Colorado resident. Mammoser is a professional nature and wildlife photographer who also authored the Wildflowers of Colorado Field Guide and contributed to National Geographic Adventure as well as many other publications. He and his wife Shelly and their family live in Bailey, Colorado.

Jennifer Blount, `96, earned a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida in May. She will move from her position as an analyst for Publix Supermarkets into the role of pharmacist.

Matt McDonough, `96, is the communications coordinator for FMQAI, the Florida End Stage Renal Disease Network. After completing his B.A. degree at USF in 1996, he earned his M.S. in Communications from Utah State University in 2006. Matt joined FMQAI in 2006 as a senior technical writer, and now manages marketing, training, and communications projects for FMQAI’s Quality Infrastructure Group. He lives in Tampa with his wife Deborah, `92 & M.A. `98, and their two children, Calvin and Kadison.

Dr. Jennifer O’Flannery, M.A. `96, was recently named as the president & CEO of United Way of Broward County. O’Flannery is currently chief of staff and trustee liaison for Florida Atlantic University.

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classnotes of board meetings and retreats, and, most recently, organized the Republican debate at FAU. She also was instrumental in the planning, oversight and construction of FAU’s Baldwin House, an events and reception facility, as well as private residence for the president and family. After graduating from USF in 1996 with an M.A. in Mass Communications, she earned a Ph.D in Public Administration from the College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs at FAU.

Holly Atkins, `97 & M.A. `04, is a Doctoral

student and the recipient of the Graduate Student Achievement Award presented by the Graduate Professional Student Council in March.

Jennifer Anna Gonzalez, `97 and Shannon Michael Gonzalez, `98 & M.S. `04, welcomed their first

child, Layne Michael Gonzalez, born on March 26, weighing 7 lbs 2 oz. Shannon and Jennifer are Life Members of the Alumni Association and current season ticket holders to Bulls football games. They have attended all three bowl games and hope to attend their first BCS bowl game with Layne later this year. Jennifer earned a J.D. from Stetson Law in 2005. Shannon’s father, John Michael Gonzalez, `73, passed away on Feb. 8, 2006. Mr. Gonzalez was an avid outdoorsman, a devout Christian, and also the owner and president of Florida’s Nature Coast Publishing, which operated three real estate advertising publications in west-central Florida. He was a member of the TKO fraternity at USF and is survived by many loving family members.

Clay and Christi (Williams) Hildebrand, `97 & `98, respectively,

work for the Coweta County School District in Georgia. Christi is a school improvement assistant principal at Evans Middle School and coordinator of testing and school improvement for the Coweta County school system. She began teaching in Florida schools in 1998, as a first-grade teacher at Philip Shore Magnet School. Later, she was a technology resource teacher at Dunbar Technology Magnet School and also served as a national staff development consultant for International Learning Systems. She came to Coweta County’s Smokey Road Middle School as a Title I coordinator and was named as an assistant principal at Lee Middle School in 2006 before becoming Evan’s school improvement specialist last year. She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from USF and a Master’s of Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University in 2001. Clay was one of 10 finalists for Georgia’s 2009 Teacher of the Year Award. He was the Smokey Road Middle School Teacher of the Year and the Coweta County Teacher of the Year. He teaches sixth grade math.

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state Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet in May at the Georgia Aquarium.

Michelle Weston, `97, recently completed a

two-book children’s fantasy series, The Elysian Chronicles. The first book, A Prophecy Forgotten, debuted in March 2007 and will be followed this summer by Out of the Shadows. The series chronicles the struggle of cherubian warrior Major Davian to protect a little human boy who could be the answer to the Universe. Weston, a USF accounting grad who lives in Naples, is also a radio talk show host and a professional speaker who holds seminars, workshops and writer’s conferences.

Tonald “Ed” Spinks, `97, has

opened the law firm of T. Edmund Spinks, Esq. P.L., located in the historic Hutchinson House in Hyde Park in Tampa. He represents families who have been injured due to another’s negligence. With over 20 years of military service, he also focuses on military and veteran law cases involving claims against the government.

Chad Dickey, `98, M.S. `02 & Ph.D `04, is a medical researcher who was the lead author of a study that found what may be a link between cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease. Working with researchers from the Mayo Clinic and the Moffitt Cancer Center, the scientists discovered that a protein related to Alzheimer’s is similar to a protein found in cancer patients. The study was published online in February in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Brian D. Lamb, `98, was featured in the April issue of Tampa Bay Illustrated, in an article titled “The Perfect 10,” about the Tampa Bay area’s most fashionable and charitable men. Lamb was noted for the Eugene Lamb Jr. Foundation, which he started in his father’s name. The foundation raises funds for Lamb’s hometown of Midway, FL, and the recreation center there that was named for his father. Lamb, former captain of the Bulls basketball team, was recently promoted from CFO to senior vice president and head of business banking in Tampa Bay for Fifth Third Bank. He holds board positions at the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, the USF Foundation and was Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2006 Minority Business Person of the Year.

Leslie C. Parkins, `99, earned a Doctorate in

Higher Education Administration in April from North Carolina State University. A former USF Ambassador, Parkins (formerly Kirk) is the associate director of the APPLES Service-Learning Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Durham, N.C., with her husband, Grant and their dog, Dixie.

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Rachel and Jack Lazinsk, both `02

Business alums, welcomed their new son, Paul Stephen Lazinsk, born Oct. 7, 2007, weighing 6 lbs 8 oz. He was 19 inches long.

Natalie Salmon, `02, was in Cali, Colombia, for three months as part of her job with Colgate-Palmolive’s Global HR Rotational Leadership Program. After USF, she earned an M.A. in Social Organizational Psychology from the Teacher’s College at Columbia University.

Helena Wallenberg, M.A. `02,

finished her M.Ed at the University of Cambridge in 2006 and is now working on her Ph.D at Swarthmore College.

Melissa Booth, `03, recently opened Lost Stone Empire Granite Countertops in Sarasota with partners Wilson and Nelson Almeida. The company fabricates and installs marble and granite countertops for indoor and outdoor kitchens, baths, fireplaces and waterfalls. They also make granite sculptures.

Ricky Keck, `03, has published his second novel, Bound by Honor, the sequel to Critical Response. The novels chronicle the adventures of a fictional, privately-funded, global emergency response team. Keck’s background as a U.S. Navy bomb disposal technician and consultant for civilian response teams helps him with his novels’ plots and adds an element of realism to his work. He is currently a grad student at Eastern Kentucky University.

Steven White, `03, was named B Shift EMT of the Year for the City of St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue. He has been with the department since June 2004. He is currently stationed at the Oak Park Fire Station.

White received an exceptional performance letter for his assistance with two back-to-back significant trauma alerts. He earned Run of the Month recognition for saving a life during a cardiac arrest. White is a CPR & First Aid instructor and is nationally certified through the American Council on Exercise as an ACE peer fitness trainer for the department as well as being a personal trainer.

Karen Brown, M.A. `04, and a Ph.D candidate in Creative Writing, was profiled in the St. Petersburg Times in March about her work, Pins and Needles, and her impressive array of literary prizes, including the O. Henry Prize for “Unction,” one of the stories in the Pins and Needles anthology. Another story in the collection, “Galatea,” won the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize and was chosen by novelist Salman Rushdie for the 2008 edition of Best

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American Short Stories. Pins and Needles also won the 2006 Grace Paley Prize for short fiction.

Sarena Castorino, `04, was the 2008 Orange

Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts Teacher of the Year for the Hillsborough County, FL school district.

Cosme Herrera, `04, a NYC-based artist, was featured in a recent issue of the online magazine, NYArts.

Valerie J. Kimball, `04 & MBA `06, and Kimberly Martyn, `04 & MBA `07, were published

in the February 2008 issue of The CPA Journal, a refereed publication that is venerated by practicing CPAs, educators and other accounting professionals.

Their article was the cover story, titled “Government Procurement Fraud.” It reviewed the different types of procurement fraud dealt with by the U.S. government and analyzes the steps that are being taken to prevent and discover fraud. Both women are grad students at the USF St. Petersburg College of Business.

Larissa McCoy, `04 & M.A. `06,

was the 2008 Alonso High School Teacher of the Year for the Hillsborough County, FL school district.

Jeffrey Oliveira, `04, returned in January from a

15-month tour of duty in Iraq. He is currently a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves and works as a senior purchasing analyst for Publix Supermarkets.

Jennifer Gedeon, `05, and her business partner

Christine Wilhelm, opened J & L Birds of Tampa.

They bought the former TLC Birds at the beginning of April and plan to expand the inventory soon. The shop offers wing clipping and claw and beak trimming. The store also sells cages, food and toys.

Troy Paolantonio, M.M. `05,

recently won first place in the Atlanta Flute Club Young Artist Competition. In addition to prize money, he has been invited to present a solo recital for the Atlanta Flute Club later this year. Troy was also a winner in the 2008 Advanced Master Class Competition for the Florida Flute Association. He performed for Jim Walker’s master class. While at USF, Troy studied with Dr. Kim McCormick and played principal flute in the USF Symphony Orchestra.

Sharon G. Waldrum, Ph.D `05,

is an assistant professor at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. She received her Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction, Adult Education with a cognate in Measurement, in August of 2005. In January 2007, Dr. Waldrum returned to her alma mater, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, as an assistant professor of Adult

Education in the Department of Human Development and Services in the School of Education. She has started a Distance Learning cohort in Richmond County, North Carolina, for which she received a grant to put two classes online. Among the classes she teaches is the Adult Education Practicum, the capstone class for this program. In this class, she is the university supervisor for up to 15 students who serve as adult educators in various agencies and institutions of higher learning. In the past year, Waldrum has presented research at Clark Atlanta’s 3rd Annual National Teaching and Learning for Empowerment Conference: A Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference for Minority Serving Institutions and Institutions Serving Minorities. She also presented at the Association for Gerontology and Human Development in Historically Black Colleges & Universities, Inc.’s 28th Annual Meeting and Conference/Symposium. She was elected as treasurer of this national organization. Additionally, she is collaborating with Dr. Rosemary Closson, of USF COEDU on her research: “When the Majority is the Minority: White students’ social adjustment when in the minority.”

Jennifer Barry and Lee Kornhauser, both `06 alum, were married June

21, 2008, at Embassy Suites in Boca Raton, Florida. He is currently working for the Broward Sheriff’s Office while pursuing a career in crime scene investigation.

She is a 3rd grade teacher and pursuing a Master’s degree at USF in Gifted Education. The couple lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Yoko Nogami, MFA `06, received the Pinellas

County Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant for 2008. It will supplement her residency at Vermont Studio Center this summer, along with the 2007 Florida Cultural Affairs Artist Enhancement Grant.

She is an adjunct instructor at USF’s School of Art and Art History.

Lisa Peake, M.Ed. `06, received the 2007 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She and 99 other honorees met Vice President Dick Cheney,had breakfast in the U.S. Capitol, dined at the State Department and won a $10,000 grant. Peake teaches Chemistry at Wesley Chapel High School. The presidential award is administered by the National Science Foundation. Peake’s six-year career was graded by a panel of scientists, mathematicians and educators. They evaluated her as a professional: her master’s degree from the University of South Florida; her presentations to the National Science Teachers Association and the American Chemical Society; and her published articles. They looked outside the classroom: she mentored teachers and tutored students, she reviewed textbooks, applied for grants and became head of Wesley Chapel High’s science department.

And they looked in the classroom: grading her teaching philosophy and a video of her labs. At 28, Peake is one of the youngest teachers to win the honor and the only Florida teacher to win.

Jason Allgair, `07, band director at Wharton High, recently conducted the Wharton High School band in a tribute concert to his late father held in his hometown, Palmetto Bay. All 44 members of the band traveled to the Miami area from Tampa for the performance. Allgair’s father, Jeff Allgair, recently passed away after a battle with lung cancer. Attending the concert were Jason’s former neighbors, seventh grade band director, numerous band parents and former classmates from Coral Reef Senior High School, where Jason was a band captain. The students also performed a special composition, “Lux Aurumque,” which band members learned on their own while Jason was attending his father’s funeral.

Chase Clark and Peter Murphy, both MBA `07, are co-founders of Home Encounter, an Ybor-

based real estate consulting firm. They publish the “Tampa Bay Residential Real Estate Report,” an analysis of the regional real estate marketplace which is covered on a monthly basis by local media outlets. To read more about Home Encounter, visit www.homeencounter.com/. Murphy and Clark also recently co-founded www.TheTenantList.com, a landlord information sharing web site. The site has been rolled out in over 40 states, and was featured on Bay News 9 in Tampa.

Donald Gibson, `07, reviews music, books and

films for assorted publications and is a regular contributor to Blogcritics Magazine. He also blogs at www.DonaldGibson.blogspot.com.

Hollie Rybak, `07, has joined Liggett Stashower (L.S.) as an account coordinator. She is responsible for assisting in day-to-day client services.

Before joining L.S., the North Jackson native completed internships at Stars Are Born (SAB) Records in Tampa and the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry in London, England. Liggett Stashower, based in Cleveland, OH, is one of the region’s largest communications firms.

In Memoriam Charles Beck, `06, March 13 Gina Carini-Murray, `06, February 4 Peter Foley, `88, May 29 Marlene Young, `80, May 22

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athletics

Bulls by the Numbers

Sports teams live and die by their stats, so here’s a few more for you to mull over:

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20 Pinellas Alumni Preseason Tailgate Party, 2 p.m., Capogna’s Dugout, JULY 1653 Gulf to Bay Blvd., Clearwater. Free.

. AUGUST 2 USF Night with the Rays, 6 p.m., Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg. $14 - $25. Visit www.USFalumni.org>Events for details.

9 Summer Commencement, 9 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Sun Dome, Tampa Campus.

25 Fall Semester begins.

30 USF vs. Tennessee Martin, TBA, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa

SEPTEMBER

1 Labor Day. All campuses closed.

6 USF vs. UCF, 7 p.m., Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com>Order Tickets or www.Ticketmaster.com for details.

7-8 Botanical Gardens Gesneriad Gala, 9 a.m., USF Botanical Gardens, Tampa Campus. Free. Visit www.cas.usf.edu/garden for details.

12 USF vs. Kansas, 8 p.m. Raymond James Stadium, Tampa. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com>Order Tickets or www.Ticketmaster.com for details.

20 USF vs. Florida International University, TBA, Miami. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com>Order Tickets or www.Ticketmaster.com for details.

27 USF vs. N.C. State, TBA, Raleigh, N.C. Visit www.GoUSFBulls. com>Order Tickets or Ticketmaster.com for details.

October

2 USF vs. Pittsburgh, TBA, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa.

17 USF Alumni Association Awards & Board of Directors Meeting.

17 Homecoming Parade, TBA, Tampa Campus.

18 Bulls Roast Tailgate Party, 3 hours prior to kickoff, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa.

18 USF vs. Syracuse Homecoming Game, TBA, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa.

25 USF vs. Louisville, TBA, Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY

30 USF vs. Cincinnati, TBA, Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Event dates and details are subject to change. Please visit the Alumni Association website at www.USFalumni.org for the latest information.

APRIL 2008 I ALUMNIVOICE 37

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