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10 Bulls Employers Slowly but surely companies are starting to hire again, and many of those employers are partial to applicants with degrees from USF. We spotlight four businesses that are proud to count your fellow alumni among their staffs and list dozens more that like to recruit from USF.

14 Bridezilla Bull Second-generation Bull Julie Jones Maisonet, `09, wanted an elegant wedding, but her father, “Bull Blaster” Art Jones, `73, had big plans for a real Bulls wedding, complete with an Astroturf runner and groomsmen in USF helmets. That’s when the “Bridezilla” producers got involved. Now they definitely have a story to tell their future grandchildren.

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

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Enrique Oliu, `89, lets the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd and his extensive knowledge of baseball tell him what his eyes cannot when he’s in the booth as the color analyst for the Spanish-language broadcasts of the Tampa Bay Rays games.

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President’s Message News Roundup Where’s Rocky?

Chapters & Societies Blast from the Past

29 That Was Then; This Is Now 30 Featured Member Benefit 31 Employ-A-Bull 32 Class Notes 37 Calendar

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president’s message Fellow Bulls, My name is Brad Kelly and I have the honor of being the 2010-11 president of your USF Alumni Association.

I am a 1979 graduate of the USF College of Business and a Life Member of the Alumni Association of which I have served as a board member for the past four years. As you can see from the smile on my face, I am extremely excited to be the 47th president of the Alumni Association of our great University. I follow in a long line of distinguished presidents and understand the bar for success they have set is very high. I look forward to meeting this challenge.

USF is a top-tier research university, an economic giant in the Tampa Bay community and competes in the Big East conference in all sports. As a long time supporter of USF athletics who holds season tickets for football, basketball and baseball, I encourage all my fellow alumni to come out and join the fun.

Because of the successes of our academic and sports programs, our footprint across the country continues to grow.

Some of my goals for the association this year include: • continuing to develop our public advocacy program under the

leadership of Roger Frazee, immediate past president • building our Student Alumni Association as well as our relationship with

the Student Government • growing our membership, license plate and affinity programs • building our endowment (Life Memberships)

We also will host several major events this year in addition to our usual Homecoming festivities. Our annual Alumni Awards banquet, which has traditionally been a luncheon, will become a dinner function held in Traditions Hall in the Gibbons Alumni Center on the Tampa campus. If you haven’t visited campus recently, Homecoming is a great time to do it. We are also planning a spring event under the leadership of longtime board member, Dr. Anila Jain. We expect this to become an annual signature event and I look forward to working on it. Look to future issues of Alumni Voice and your monthly AlumNews emails for information on both of these events.

As you can see, your Alumni Association has a busy year ahead. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize our staff at the Alumni Association and thank them for their anticipated continued hard work and dedication. They really represent the heart of this organization.

A past president once said that we alumni are the only permanent piece of the University. I urge all alumni to support our University by becoming involved with the Alumni Association. There is so much you can do to contribute. Visit www.USFalumni.org for details. I thank you for your continued support and participation and look forward to the year ahead.

Go Bulls,

Brad Kelly, `79 President & Life Member

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letters Push for an On-Campus Stadium

I’m currently a member of the USF Alumni Association. I admit, I’m not really an active member of the association, but I always try to see how the University is improving and, of course, I’m a huge fan of the football team. I just wanted to ask if there has been much push from the Alumni Association to build an on-campus football stadium. After seeing what it did for UCF (my brother graduated from there), it was kind of hard not to get a little envious. UCF used to have a commuter image, but they did a good job of getting rid of it. The oncampus stadium is a big part of the reason why.

I’ve read/heard from various people the reason they chose UCF over USF is because of the campus life (on-campus stadium, nightlife around campus, etc.)

I’m sure there are a lot of alumni who would welcome the opportunity to either email/meet on ways to help improve campus life around USF. A lot of it has been done, like building the new Marshall Center. I think that is pretty cool. It’s really

University of South Florida Alumni Association 2010-11 Board of Directors PRESIDENT Brad Kelly, CPA, Accounting, `79 PRESIDENT-ELECT Richard Heruska, Business, `99 SECRETARY Kimberly Choto Schmidt, Communication, `92 & M.A. Adult Education, `02 CO-TREASURERS Donna Brickman, Accounting, `81 Victor Lucas, Management, `85 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Roger Frazee, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CPA, Finance & Accounting, `71 BOARD MEMBERS Gene Balter, P.E., Engineering, `77 Shaye Benfield, Marketing, `97 Audrey Gilmore, Marketing, `80 Gene Haines, Criminology, `97 Lisa Provenzano Heugel, Mass Communications/Journalism, `93, Information Systems, `96 & M.S. Computer Science, `07 Ed Hoeppner, Marketing, `81 Gary Hoog, International Studies, `83 & Special Education, `87 Thomas King, Finance, `09 Mark Levine, Esq., Psychology, `74 Diana Michel, Business, `88 Spencer Montgomery, USF Student Government Vice President Patrick Poff, Esq., English, `92 Jeff Reynolds, Finance, `91 Ted Rivera III, Management, `98 Jon Smith, MBA, `07 Alan Steinberg, Communication, `78 Christi Womack-Villalobos, English, `92 Jim Weber, Finance, `77 & MBA, `82 Derek Williams, CFP, Finance, `00 Lee Winter, Finance, `85 NON-VOTING BOARD MEMBERS Dr. Judy Genshaft, University of South Florida President John Harper, USF Alumni Association Executive Director, Mass Communications, `76 Leslie “Les” Muma, USF Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman, Mathematics, `66 Joel D. Momberg, University Advancement Vice President Andrew Cohen, USF Ambassadors President

good to hear about how USF just broke ground on a new dining center, the recreation center expansion, baseball field and new athletic facilities. I really think those will add a lot of value to campus life.

I am very interested in the opinions of the USF community on how to improve the University and the idea of an on-campus stadium.

Thanks,

Proud Alumni,

Charles Gossage, `06 With Thanks from a Lifelong Learner

As a non-degree-seeking student, I audited a USF course in international relations, Conflict in the World, during the 2009 fall semester. Seeking the required department permission, I found our professor in his office, diligently preparing for his course. Despite my sudden and urgent intrusion, Dr. Earl Conteh-Morgan welcomed me with warm hospitality. After ascertaining my eligibility and motivation to learn, he approved my attendance.

I speak for my classmates in expressing our appreciation for his wisdom, teaching competence, and humanity. His well-informed historical and real-world perspectives encouraged our own analysis. We were further enriched by the example of his pleasant disposition and courtesy. No student received special consideration, as Dr. Conteh-Morgan was equally facilitative to all. He was well-groomed, well-organized, attentive to detail, and committed to creating an optimum learning environment.

A superb lecturer and listener, his dedication to our learning process was always evident. Consistent with the University mission, Dr. ContehMorgan actively supported lifelong learning, an informed citizenry, and individual intellectual freedom, all of which contribute to the quality of life of Florida citizens.

I’ve had a rewarding association with our University for over 20 years, and my dedication to USF has served me well. I’m now 69 and, thanks to USF, still expanding my capabilities and my awareness of the world.

Sincerely Yours,

William P. Walsh, MSW `89, LCSW With Thanks from a Scholarship Recipient

I have dreamed of attending a four-year university and completing my English Literature degree ever since I was young and now that I have been named recipient of a USF Alumni Scholarship, I will be able to pursue that dream. I promise to put this scholarship towards my education and fulfillment of my future career as a teacher in the field of English. I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks for your organization’s support and kindness.

Without scholarship patrons like your members, there would be many students such as myself unable to pursue their career goals.

Respectfully and Sincerely Yours,

Christopher McCoy

Rotonda West, FL With Thanks from a Tampa Campus Freshman

I would like to take this opportunity to give my sincere thanks to the USF Alumni Association for selecting me as the Tampa Campus Scholarship Recipient. The scholarship will be a great head start for me, as I am planning to take 15-18 hours a semester. I promise that I will do my best to keep my GPA high and keep a good academic record.

Thank you so much,

Yashobha Ranaweera

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USF Takes Lead in Studying Gulf Oil Spill Researchers from USF’s College

of Marine Science (CMS) are in the forefront of tracking, assessing, predicting and educating public policymakers about the effects of the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the April 20 explosion at BP’s Deepwater Horizon well.

Two research vessels anchored at USF St. Petersburg, The R/V Weatherbird II and The R/V Bellows, have made multiple expeditions into the Gulf to gather data for federal authorities responding to the spill. The ships are operated by the Florida Institute for Oceanography, a collaborative academic support organization headed by CMS Dean William Hogarth, and staffed by scientists from USF and Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

USF scientists have tracked the path of the spill, created models to predict its course and collected samples of water and marine life to assess the impact on the Gulf’s ecology. They also discovered dissolved hydrocarbons in the deep recesses of the Gulf that pose a serious potential threat to marine life and habitats.

Media from around the world have interviewed Dean Hogarth and other experts from the college about their findings.

USF oceanographer Frank Muller-Karger testified to Congress about the need for an underwater observation system to determine the true extent of the spill. Robert Weisberg, director of CMS’s Ocean Circulation Group, briefed Sen. Bill Nelson on the projected trajectory of the gulf oil spill and has been providing local, state and national authorities with precise models that track and predict the spill’s movement through the Gulf.

One of the most important tools at the scientists’ disposal is a USF-developed device called a SIPPER – an advanced underwater imaging system capable of capturing images of marine life nearly 1,000-feet below the water’s surface. The SIPPER is essentially a high-tech light and camera system that captures images of what’s in the water as it moves through a metal tube – creating pictures of particles in such detail that scientists can see the tiny tentacles on jellyfish larvae or inside the fragile structure of plankton without having to touch the delicate creatures.

To keep up with the University’s continuing efforts in the Gulf, be sure to visit the USF Channel on YouTube or the USF website at www.usf.edu

USFAA on Your Smart Phone

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The USF Alumni Association (USFAA) launched a mobile website that helps alumni and friends stay connected when they are out and about.

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“We realize that alumni today expect access to information when they’re on the go,” said USF Alumni Association Executive Director John Harper. “With our mobile site, alumni will have everything from chapter events and football schedules to our Facebook page, all at their fingertips. They can even play the USF Fight Song on their phone to show their Bull pride. It’s a great way to stay connected.”

Alumni can also sign up for MoBullMe text message alerts from your Alumni Association at www.USFalumni.org/MoBullMe to be among the first to get information about important USF news and events.

Key information on the mobile site includes: Events, News, USF Songs (“Alma Mater,” “The Bull” and “USF Fight Song”), Game Schedules, USFAA Facebook Page and Alumni Association Information (Contacts, Alumni Groups, Membership, Career Services).

The site is optimized for smart phones such as iPhone, Palm Pre and Google Android. Additionally, when iPhone users make the USFAA site a favorite, a Bull “U” icon displays on their home screen alongside other app buttons. This new mobile website can be accessed on a web-enabled mobile phone at http://usfalumni. org/mobile

USF to Become an All-Steinway School

The University of South Florida has made the commitment to become an All-Steinway School, which means that from practice rooms to recital halls throughout USF’s College of The Arts (CoTA) only Steinway & Sons-designed pianos will be in use.

“There is no question that having Steinway pianos on which our students can practice and perform will raise the level of their performances,” said USF School of Music Professor of Piano Averill Summer.“Having Steinways in our studios, practice rooms, and concert halls will benefit the level of teaching, and level of playing, and the enjoyment of the listeners.”

USF’s School of Music currently owns 18 Steinway pianos, but with the help of private funding, the hope is to purchase approximately 130 pianos. The University joins a prestigious list of conservatories, colleges, universities and other institutions that have committed to use only the best pianos including The Juilliard School and Yale School of Music, as well as George Mason University and the University of London.

The College of The Arts School of Music is home to one of the area’s top piano competitions and hosts an annual Steinway Piano Series, which features some of the world’s top pianists.

Winners of the annual Robert Helps Piano Competition take home a $10,000 prize each year, and the competition features original compositions for chamber ensembles, which includes piano compositions.

Student-Created BlackBerry® App Wins Prize

Students from the USF College of Business placed second in a nationwide competition to create an app for the BlackBerry® Storm. Dubbing their application the CA Quickshot, the students prototype allows business operations managers to quickly capture and harvest data, summarizing key performance metrics on a digital screen with a simple red, yellow, and green alert system.

The three-man team, made up of students from USF’s Information Systems Decision Sciences department, bested

teams from universities such as Carnegie Mellon, Kettering University, McMaster University, Millersville University, Queen’s University, Texas A&M, University of Victoria, and University of Waterloo. The State University of New York – Stony Brook won the competition.

The students, Sohail Bhola, Jeremy Fisher and Naresh Kumar Kalla, will share a $2,500 cash prize and each received a new BlackBerry®, courtesy of Research In Motion, the smart phone’s designer and manufacturer.

Source: University Communications & Marketing

NEWS AND NOTES Tom (`73) and Trish Kennedy have given a $3 million gift to USF and the USF: Unstoppable Campaign.

The Harwich, MA couple designated the gift to be equally divided among the USF College of The Arts, the USF College of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and the USF College of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.

The gift may be eligible for a 100 percent match through the State of Florida’s Major Gifts Challenge Grants Program.

Tom is among USF’s most accomplished alumni as the co-founder of BackOffice Associates, with his wife and business partner Trish, in 1997 in the Cape Cod town of Harwich, MA. The company is now one of the largest data migration companies in the world and lists among its clients some of the most recognizable global brands, including Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Grainger, Pepsi and the U.S. Postal Service.

BackOffice Associates employs nearly 400, with offices in the U.S., Europe, Australia and India.

The Kennedys share a passion for the arts, athletics and the entrepreneurial spirit and these common interests are reflected in their generous gift to USF. Tom not only supports USF through his philanthropy, he also generously dedicates his time to serve as a member of the USF Foundation Board.

In the USF College of The Arts, the Kennedys’ gift has already created The Kennedy Family Artist-in-Residence program in the School of Art & Art History.

“Unstoppable is a great description of USF,” said Tom Kennedy. “But unstoppable is not accomplished by inertia. USF is unstoppable because of the leadership provided by President Genshaft and the board, and fueled by the efforts of dedicated staff and world renowned instructors. But all this effort needs funding to achieve USF’s lofty goals. Hopefully our gift will inspire other alumni to reconnect and provide the funding that will

allow USF to continue to deliver a great education and college experience for many generations to come.”

•••••• USF: Unstoppable webisodes are coming to your email inbox. The ongoing webisode series highlights the tremendous accomplishments of the people and programs of the USF System. Look for webisodes featuring the College of Education in July and the College of Marine Science in August.

To see all previous webisodes, and to see what’s coming up this fall, visit the Unstoppable website at http://unstoppable.usf. edu/video/webisodes/Unstoppable_webisodes/.

•••••• Donations to the USF: Unstoppable Campaign are welcome. There are many ways to give. n Cash gifts to existing operating and endowment funds can be made through the campaign website, www.unstoppable.usf.edu or by contacting the USF Foundation at 813-974-2035. n To learn how to endow a new scholarship, fellowship or faculty chair, contact Laura Bolduc, Office of Donor Relations at 813-974-2035. n Legacy gifts to the campaign may be arranged through Kelly Ritrievi and the Foundation’s Office of Gift Planning at 813-974-1570.

Thank you for doing your part to make USF unstoppable!

•••••• As of June 4, the USF: Unstoppable campaign has raised $108,194,224. To learn more about the campaign, visit the website at www.unstoppable.usf.edu

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rocky? where’s

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

Cliff Burmeister, `08, caught this 54-pound Wahoo off the coast of Jacksonville while wearing his Bulls visor, which he says brings him good luck.

Rocky tagged along with members of the USF Alumni Association Advocacy Committee on a visit to the state Capitol in Tallahassee during the spring session. From left are USFAA Past President Roger Frazee, `71; Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Ron Reagan, `77; Advocacy Committee Chair Dr. Anila Jain, `81 and USFAA Life Member Kailash Jain.

You never know where you’ll find a Bulls tag.This is Charlie Aguirre’s car in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Aguirre, `08, is special projects coordinator for U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.

Rocky took a trip to Germany in April with the Wolfe family and their friends. He’s pictured here in the Alps on Zugspitze, the highest peak in Germany at 9,718 feet, with Ann Wolfe, `88 & MACC `91, and her son Alan.

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Angie Brewer, `82 & M.S. `84, and her husband Jim took Rocky along on their vacation to St. Thomas in February. The Brewers, who are generous USF philanthropists, donated the Bull sculpture that’s the centerpiece of the new Clyde G. Nixon Courtyard on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus.

Candy (Wright) Current, `71, took Rocky for a ride on a camel named “Mickey Mouse” while visiting the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

Grad student Angela Keller-Markle, `99, traveled to Guatemala and Honduras last summer to study the Maya and took Rocky along with her. This photo was taken at the top of Temple IV in Tikal, Guatemala, which was built in 741 A.D. and towers 212 feet above the jungle floor.

Jim Conway, `01, is the security officer aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Pride of America, based out of Honolulu. He recently met fellow alum, Anna Facciolo, `01, who was on board visiting her husband who also works on the ship. Conway says he always keeps Rocky on board for whenever he encounters fellow Bulls on his travels.

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Michael Sparks, `74 & MPA `87, (left) introduces Rocky to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack during a roundtable on Florida Agriculture held in May at USF’s Tampa campus. Sparks, the executive director of Florida Citrus Mutual, was joined by U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd of Tallahassee and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa in hosting the event.

New grad Erica Watson, `10, snapped this shot of the Bulls snowman built by her son Jason, 6, while on vacation in Union, WV in January.

Rick Johnston, `07 & MBA `09, center on the scooter, is wrapping up a year teaching English at Jiaying University in Meizhou, China, Guangdong province. With him kneeling are Dai Fei Fei, left, and Liu Qiu Yan, right. Standing are Chen Yu Ting, left, and Zhao Hao Guang, right.

Johnston says his students love hearing about his USF experiences and enjoyed watching one of the Bulls football games on T.V. 8

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USF Alumni Association Life Member and USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy Chairwoman Michele Norris, `79, gave Rocky a tour of St. Peter’s Basilica during her visit to Vatican City. St. Peter’s Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people.

Jeff Pafunda, `78, and his wife, Katherine Cartwright Pafunda, M.S. `82, took Rocky along on their California vacation in the spring. He’s pictured here in Yosemite National Park.

Randy Simmons took this cool shot of Rocky at Madison Square Garden during USF’s first-round win in the BIG EAST basketball tournament.

Randy and his wife, Linda Simmons, `75, had seats right behind the team bench. He took this shot with his iPhone using the Toon application.

Rocky went snowmobiling with Suzette Blank, `91, in the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin.

Alumni came out on April 9th to watch some Bulls baseball and bid farewell to the old Red McEwen Field, which is being replaced with a new $8 million, 2000-seat stadium. Pictured with Rocky are, from left, Tara Leek, `10, Ritchie Malapira, `10 and Ann Marie Picinic, `09.

Rocky met alumni James Rackley, `65, and Gwendolyn Trice, `79, at a USF: Unstoppable event held in Ft. Lauderdale in May. To learn more about how USF is Unstoppable, visit www. unstoppable.usf.edu

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Feature: Bulls Employers

You’re Hired!

These Employers are Bullish on USF Grads

As the American economy begins its fragile recovery from the Great Recession, employers are cautiously beginning to hire again. And when they do, many of those employers, both locally and nationally, are on the lookout for applicants with degrees from the University of South Florida.

Stories by Karla Jackson, `88 Photography by Rebecca Boudreaux

“USF grads are generally very hard working because many of them have had to balance both work and school,” said John Mezzei, a Class of `93 grad who is a human resources manager for Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks. “That takes a lot of discipline, a lot of motivation and hard work.”

Those traits, coupled with the University’s focus on preparing grads for the workplace through internships, mentoring and real-world academics, means that USF alumni are prepared to hit the ground running their first day on the job. Alumni who have been out of school for a while can polish their resumes and sharpen their jobhunting skills with Alumni CareerQuest, offered through the USF Career Center. Visit www.USFalumni.org/careerservices to find out more about it.

USF mascot and celebrity extraordinaire Rocky D. Bull decided to pop in on four employers with a strong USF alumni base: defense industry giant Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors in Clearwater, and longtime USF partner Busch Gardens Tampa Bay; plus two local businesses founded by USF alumni, Ash Engineering, a multidisciplinary engineering firm in Town ‘n Country, and ChappellRoberts, an Ybor City-based branding, public relations and advertising agency.

Though the goals and missions of these companies are very different, they all have one thing in common: they bleed Green and Gold.

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any of the 400 or so employees at the Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors facility in Clearwater are engaged in highly

technical, top-secret work, much of which they can’t talk about. What they can talk about is their allegiance to the University of South Florida.4

Members of Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors’ USF affinity group had lunch with Rocky at the Clearwater operations facility.

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USF alumni at the Clearwater plant were the first to form a college-based “affinity group” within Lockheed Martin MS2’s facilities worldwide. The affinity group, founded in 2007, has about 45 people who mentor students, facilitate continuing education events such as conferences and workshops, and generally assist in community outreach however they can. They’ve also created a Facebook page for the group, known officially as MS2 for U, but informally as USF Alumni at Lockheed Martin.

“Our objective is to link all USF alumni working for Lockheed Martin across the country and world,” says program finance manager Barbara Julian, `78, who spearheads the group. Some 15,000 people work for MS2 worldwide.

As an advanced technology company and major defense contractor, Lockheed Martin can take its pick among the best and brightest applicants from all over the world, so the prevalence of USF alumni speaks well of the University.

“We look to USF for many of our needs,” says Julian. “Our general manager is a USF alumnus, and much of his staff. We have USF alumni represented in all of our disciplines, from engineering to finance.”

Lead finance analyst Karen Ferreri, Karen Ferrei, MBA MBA `84, is an officer `84, 2010 HOT in the USF affinity Volunteer of the group and one of Year MS2’s most devoted volunteers. In April, she was named the 2010 Volunteer of the Year by HandsOn Tampa Bay, an organization that recruits and manages volunteers for dozens of agencies and charities throughout the area.

“MS2 Cares has for years been active in the community, providing financial help and hours of giving to various organizations in the area,” Ferreri said.

“When we found out about HandsOn Tampa Bay, we realized that this was another way to become more involved in the community, providing volunteer hours to the organizations that needed it with manpower being something that we could easily supply.”

USF alumni at ChappellRoberts are, back row, from left to right: Laura Newhook, `09; Erin Gray, `06; Kristy Garvey, `98; Katy Parsons, `06; Heather Lajoie, `07; Amanda Varner, `09 and Christine Turner, `97. In the front row are agency owners Colleen Chappell, `88, left, Rocky and Deanne Roberts, `74.

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ocky the Bull is in the at a Fortune 100 company, Chappell sits house!” Colleen Chappell on the advisory board for ZAP, the School shouts as she bustles of Mass Communications’ Zimmerman through the lobby of ChappellRoberts’ Advertising Program, founded by USF sleek new offices in Centro Ybor. “Hurry! alumnus and advertising magnate Jordan Get out here! Bring the camera!”

Zimmerman. She is president of the A visit by USF’s beloved mascot is a American Marketing Association Tampa big deal at ChappellRoberts, an integrated Bay and a member of the CEO Council of branding, marketing, advertising and Tampa Bay. In 2002, she partnered with public relations firm owned by Chappell, agency founder Deanne Roberts, who has `88, and alumna Deanne Roberts, `74, earned countless advertising honors and who founded the agency some 30 years awards, including the 1992 USF School ago. Forty percent of ChappellRoberts’ of Mass Communications Distinguished high-energy, hyper-creative, 26-person Alumni Award. staff are USF alumni.

Another proud Bull at Cameras flash and hum as Rocky ChappellRoberts is assistant account clowns around with alumni who crowd executive Katy Parsons, `06, who wears into the lobby to meet him. They shoot a USF Charter Class medallion on a chain photos and video as Chappell talks about around her neck that was given to her how the agency came to be loaded with by her grandmother, Marie Harrell, `64 & USF grads.

M.Ed. `80.

“We obviously have a great deal “It was my grandmother’s graduation of pride in hiring USF present to me,” said graduates, but we’re also Parsons. “She had a hole looking for the best and drilled through it and put brightest,” she says. “They it on a chain. I wore it at seem to rise to the top of graduation. It means a lot the candidate pool. USF to me.” grads have deep portfolios, Her grandmother is Katy Parsons, `06, wears the good internships and 80 now, retired after a Charter Class medallion that experience, as well as successful teaching career, community service, so they was a gift from her grandand still a proud Bull, just mother. Her grandparents are very well prepared.” like her granddaughter.

Formerly an executive photo sits on her desk.

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Feature: Bulls Employers

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay employees who are USF alumni gathered recently before the park opened to meet Rocky and take photos.

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

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and Busch Gardens go way back. Neighbors for more than 50 years, the University and the theme park have a mutually beneficial partnership. Countless students have worked at the park while attending USF and dozens have gone on to have successful careers there, including some of the company’s top executives.

Jim Atchison, `88, and Donnie Mills, `71, started out parking cars at Busch Gardens while attending USF. Atchison is now president and chief executive officer of the theme park’s parent company, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. Mills is chief operating officer for Busch Gardens and Sesame Place.

“A lot of us, including myself, started here at an entry level and worked our way up,” said John Mezzei, `93, human resource manager for Busch Gardens. “I started off in culinary and worked there

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for five years, then I was a pest control tech for three. I actually went into the H.R. rep job days after I graduated.”

Nearly 140 salaried executives at Busch theme parks across the country hold USF degrees, more than any other college, according to a March 2009 report in the St. Petersburg Times. About 3,500 people work at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island.

“USF grads are generally very hard working because many of them have had to balance both work and school,” said Mezzei. “That takes a lot of discipline, a lot of motivation and hard work.”

Busch Gardens hiring representatives are a fixture at USF job fairs and they are

also beginning to grow their internship programs. Recent grad Sarah Buckner was able to leverage a marketing internship into a full-time job in the department.

“I’ve found everything I learned in the College of Business to be applicable to my real-world business experiences,” said Buckner, `09, who now manages the internship program. “My main objective is to make sure that the interns are getting the absolute best experience they possibly can.”

Sarah Buckner, `09, leveraged an internship with Busch Gardens into a fulltime job in the Marketing department.

Ash Engineering, Inc.

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anice Sands Ash, P.E., co-founder of one of the few woman-owned engineering consulting firms in Florida, credits two USF College of Engineering professors with helping her to define her career vision some 30 years ago.

“The two most influential people in my life were Dr. Robert Carnahan and Dr. Jerry Murphy,” she said. “These gentlemen helped me find my love of environmental engineering. They guided me through my Bachelors, Masters and part of my Ph.D.” Ash and business partner Eugene R. Masters founded Ash Engineering, Inc. 17 years ago. She has served as an adjunct professor in the College of Engineering and on the USF Alumni Association National Board of Directors.

She and other USF alumni at the firm are very active in the Engineering Alumni Society and regularly participate in job fairs at USF. Over the years, Ash estimates the firm has hired upwards of 30 USF alumni for various positions, including internships, business development, field technicians and engineers. Currently about 25 percent of her staff is USF grads.

“I know firsthand the outstanding preparation students receive in the College of Engineering,” said Ash, who earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in `87 and `89, respectively.

“Ash Engineering has always supported students and one the most important aspects of that support is giving USF grads the opportunity to start their careers here.”

Ash has done more than 40 civil engineering projects for USF, so it’s a real asset to have engineers who are familiar with the Tampa campus. They understand how class schedules work, the flow of

USF alumni with Rocky at Ash Engineering, from left to right: Jeff Glas, `99, senior scientist; Janice Sands Ash, P.E., `87 & MSCE `89, president/CEO; Keven Woodard, `87, business development manager; Lorenzo Duarte, E.I., `08, project engineer and Rich Piccininni, P.E., `02, project manager. traffic and the movement of students across campus, crucial factors when building roads and other infrastructure for the burgeoning campus.

The firm is also very active in

Janice Sands Ash, Tom Ash and Keven Woodard at the 2009 Bullarney fundraiser.

Bullarney, the college’s kooky scholarship fundraiser, hosted by the Engineering Alumni Society, which Ash has chaired in the past. Ash, her husband Tom Ash, and the firm’s business development manager, Keven Woodard, `87, dressed up as knights from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” to serve as “celebrity” waiters for the 2009 event.

“We were honored to be one of the two Gold sponsors for Bullarney,” Ash said. “We also use our USF football season tickets as rewards for staff and clients and we take advantage of the various alumni society basketball nights and attend several games each year.”

“We consider ourselves a true alumni firm,” Sands said.

Bulls Employers

This is a just a sample of employers that recruited at USF in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Aero Simulation, Inc | Aerotek | American Cancer Society | AVIS | Bank of America | Bay News 9 | Baxter Healthcare | BCI Engineers & Scientists | Belk, Inc | Buckeye International, Inc | Bright House Networks | Busch Gardens | CAE USA, Inc | Canon Business Solutions | Central Intelligence Agency | Charlotte Regional Medical Center | City of Tampa | City of Orlando | City of Safety Harbor Public Library | CH Robinson Worldwide | Cherry Bekaert & Holland | Citigroup | Coca-Cola | ConnectWise | Defense Intelligence Agency | Deloitte | Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation | Dillards | Draper Laboratory | Enterprise Holdings | E&J Gallo | Eclectic Media Productions | Eli Lilly & Company | Ernst & Young | Federal Air Marshall Service | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Federated Insurance | Fifth Third Bank | Firestone | Florida Aquarium | Florida Power & Light | Florida Department of Children & Families | Florida Department of Corrections | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Florida Department of Transportation | Florida Office of Financial Regulation | Florida Juvenile Welfare Board Children’s Services Council | Franklin Templeton | GE Aviation | Geico | GlaxcoSmithKline | Grant Thornton | Genzyme Genetics | Hartford | Harris | Hertz | Hillsborough County Schools | Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office | Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) | Home Shopping Network | ICON Clinical Research | Internal Revenue Service | Ironman-World Triathlon Corporation | KPMG | Levin Financial Group | L3 Communication | Lockheed Martin | Lowe’s | M & I Bank | Macy’s | MetLife Insurance | Maximum Healthcare | MITRE Corporation | Mosaic | Naples Daily News | NAVAIR | Naval Surface Warfare Center | Neilson Company | NexTex | Northwestern Network-Teague Financial Group | Old Navy | Orlando Magic | Pall Aeropower Corporation | Peace Corp | Pebble Creek Golf Club | Pepsi Bottling Group | Polyglass USA | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Progress Energy | Prudential | Publix | Raydon Corporation | Raymond James Financial | Raytheon | Regions Financial Corporation | Sandpearl Resort | Sherwin-Williams | Social Security Administration | State Farm Insurance | Style Publications | Southwest Florida Water Management | Syniverse Technologies, Inc | Tampa Armature Works | Tampa Bay Lightning | Tampa Bay Water | Target | Titan America | Tech Data Corporation | URS Corporation | US Department of Justice | US Army | US Air Force | US Coast Guard | US Customs & Border Protection | US Department of State | US Marine Corp | US Secret Service | USAA | United Space Alliance | Veteran Affairs | Verizon | Walgreens | Wells Fargo Financial | Walt Disney World | Walt Disney Imagineering | Warner Robins Air Logistics Center | Wharton-Smith, Inc | Women’s Running Magazine | Youth Villages | Zimmerman Advertising Prepared for Alumni Association (April 29, 2010) JULY 2010 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Feature: Bulls Wedding

Bridezilla Bull

Julie Jones expresses her frustration to “Bridezilla” camera operators as her father and fiancé pick up the USF helmets and pom-poms they plan to use in the wedding.

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Story and Photos By Karla Jackson, `88

indergarten teacher and recent USF grad Julie Jones Maisonet just wanted a nice, normal wedding: Long white dress, beautiful flowers, elegant reception with her family and friends.

Her father, Art Jones, a two-time USF grad and diehard Bulls fan, had other ideas.

“I’m paying for it all so I should at least get some say” said Art, a Pinellas County teacher who earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in Physical Education.

Art and his wife, Pat, Class of `72, are Life Members of the USF Alumni Association, active members of the Pinellas County Alumni Chapter and Bulls football season ticket holders. Art’s the burly guy with the silver crew cut that you see at every Bulls Roast Homecoming tailgate with his face painted, horns atop his head, chest adorned with dozens of strands of green-and-gold beads.

What Art wanted for his youngest daughter was a real Bulls wedding: Groomsmen in USF helmets, bridesmaids carrying green-and-gold pom-poms and a flower girl sprinkling used ticket stubs instead of flower petals along an aisle covered with Astroturf.

Wedding programs designed to look like football programs. Instead of rice, the bride and groom would be showered with green-and-gold confetti from a Gatorade bucket. With each passing week, Art’s plans escalated and Julie’s nerves frayed.

Producers for “Bridezilla,” the infamous Women’s Entertainment network series about hellion brides,

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heard about Art’s plans from a future in-law. At first they said, “Thanks, but no thanks.” Then, four months before the wedding, they called.

“They were looking to try something different,” said Pat, who, like Julie, teaches kindergarten at Mildred Helms Elementary in Pinellas. “They wanted a bride they could put on T.V. without bleeping every other word. We’re

Julie stands stoically as Edwin gives a thumbs up while their vows are “reviewed” by Bulls wedding referee Jason Hubbard, `04.

kindergarten teachers, for goodness sake. We don’t act glass windows of the church sanctuary as Julie married like that.” her partner of 10 years, Edwin Maisonet. A singer Which is not to say things weren’t stressful in the performed “Ave Maria.” Julie’s voice trembled as she wedding planning department. Julie is her father’s spoke her vows, her lace train spread elegantly across daughter, Pat says, strong-willed and determined to do the altar. Afterward, guests headed to the reception things her way. The one thing that kept most of the while the wedding party posed for photographs. family drama at bay was the memory of their other daughter, Julie’s older sister, Jennifer Jones, who was killed There’s no swearing, but no shortage of drama, as a in a car accident two years earlier. family of diehard USF fans plan a real Bulls wedding.

“A lot of things were put on hold after that,” Pat said. “Our Bulls family really helped us through that tragedy.”

Then it was time.

Julie understood that this would be Art’s only In a last-minute change of plans, the wedding party opportunity to walk his daughter down the aisle. scurried out of the sanctuary to a nearby field, carrying They reached a compromise. Julie chose “clover” helmets, pom poms and assorted Bulls paraphernalia. and “sunshine” (green and gold) for her colors. The They had less than half an hour to get to the new groom’s cake had a USF theme. Art went to work beachfront reception hall before the sun set, a sight cutting the Astroturf runner, borrowing USF helmets Julie and Edwin were determined to share on their and pom poms, getting necessary clearances from wedding day.

USF for the “Bridezilla” tapings. The new plan was a Julie channeled her inner Bridezilla to get the “mock wedding” to be held in the church sanctuary show on the road. The bridal party quickly donned immediately after the real ceremony. their gear; the couple walked the Astroturf aisle and Does any wedding ever go off without a hitch? exchanged International Bowl rings borrowed from USF First, Julie discovered that the dress she had bought a Athletics. As they turned to leave, Art threw out a red year earlier was ruined by an incompetent seamstress. flag, indicating that he wanted to appeal their decision.

Then the reception hall cancelled because of the Julie stood stoically while referee Jason Hubbard “Bridezilla” video releases. Personalities clashed and ducked beneath the black hood of the mock camera. tension rose as the May 1st wedding date neared.

“The play on the field stands!” Hubbard shouted, to “Anytime you get a group of people together, not the cheers of the bridal party, before they sprinted for everyone will see eye to eye,” Julie said diplomatically. the limos.

“I told them all to be on ‘Team Jux’ and it will be fine, “Bridezilla” cameras were there to film it all. Look for the show to air sometime in the late summer. but trust me, some have to be reminded whose team they’re on.”

And when you see Art at Homecoming, please say Afternoon sunlight streamed through the stained “Congratulations!” to the father of the bride.

Newly married Julie Jones Maisonet urges her wedding party to hurry up with the Bulls wedding so they can get to the reception before sunset.

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chapters & societies

USF Women in Leadership and Philanthropy (WLP) presented USF Alumni Association Life Member Dr. Mona Jain, M.D., Ph.D `84, with its Community Leadership Award. Dr. Jain is a Fulbright and National Science Foundation scholar and medical doctor. She has been a teacher and administrator in American, British, and Indian systems of education since 1961.

She is currently chair of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women and is one of only 20 women in the nation to be honored with a community service award from the American Medical Women’s Association. Pictured at the WLP Awards presentation, from left to right, are Diana Michel, `88; Dr. Anila Jain, `81; Kailash Jain; USF President Dr. Judy Genshaft; Dr. Mona Jain and WLP Chair Michele Norris, `79.

Students in the Spring 2010 Tallahassee Intern Program made several important contacts during their time in the state capital. Pictured below with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, from left to right, are Christine Burrus, Cynthia Pruitt, Johnathan Meadows and Rachel Lyons.

They also met Bulls Head Football Coach Skip Holtz during his visit to Tallahassee. The TIP program is one of three student legislative programs sponsored by your USF Alumni Association dues.

Coach Holtz also met with State Rep. Faye Culp, M.A. `93, of Tampa, and State Rep. Ken Roberson, of Port Charlotte, who attended USF in the 60s.

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Two Chicago Chapter alumni were elected to leadership positions for the American Society of Civil Engineers’ technical groups in the Illinois Section. Jason Faulkner, `03, is serving as the vice chair for the Illinois Section Younger Members Group and Tatiana Hernandez Papakos, MSCE `01, is serving as the chair for the Illinois Section Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Group.

Members of the Chicago alumni chapter got together to go to the USF vs. DePaul basketball game in March. Pictured in the back row, from left to right, are Brad Bernstein, `84; Greg Burns, `84; Mark Peterson, `83 and Don Blaha, `83.

In the front, left to right, are Suzette Bernstein, `84; Debbie Waring Evans and USF development officer Ann Ruble.

State of California Controller and CFO John Chiang, `84, visits with hosts June and Tom Simpson during a USF: Unstoppable event in April at the Simpson’s home in Malibu.

Los Angeles area alumni spent an afternoon getting to know each other at a USF: Unstoppable event at the Malibu home of June and Tom Simpson. From left are: Jennifer Brown, `94; Catherine Clinch, `74; Heather Hegeman, `95; Janet Foster, `88; Diane Altweis, `83; Jeanine Jianetti, `05; April Zentmyer and Craig Sheftell, `76.

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chapters & societies The USF Alumni Association Ambassadors are not only smart, they’re good looking too!

For the past two years, our Ambassadors have been chosen as Mr. & Miss USF. From left are Mr. USF 2009 Matt Diaz, Mr. USF 2010 Dazaun Soleyn, Miss USF 2009 Jasmine Fowlkes and Miss USF 2010 Lisa Noury. Photo by David Downs, The Oracle

The D.C. Regional Chapter had a busy spring. In April they took a day trip by limo to Hidden Brook Winery and Lost Creek Winery & Vineyard in Leesburg, VA. Pictured above in the front row are: Dr. Bob Marshall, `81 & M.D. `85; Chapter President Lara Martin, `05; Jennifer Moore and Dave Schuster. In the back row are: Linda Turner, `03; Mandi Alexander; Ken Kalunian, `92; and the owners of Lost Creek Vineyards, Bob and Carol Hauck; Past Chapter President Rajiv Dembla, `92; Merrell Dickey, `87 and Kristin Cahill.

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

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

Societies Ambassador Alumni Ted Rivera Tedrivera1976@yahoo.com

Miami-Dade Chapter Chair Carlos Rodriguez, `82, presents Miami Beach High student Mark Zavala with a Book Award. The chapter’s Book Award is presented to a rising senior to encourage outstanding high school students to consider attending USF.

Architecture Alumni Adam Fritz adam@cgharchitects.com Black Alumni Shomari Sanford shomari1906@yahoo.com Business Alumni Jamie Ellison jamie.ellison@memberstrust.com Maegan Fader Maegan.Fader@FFinsbr.com Education Alumni Freda Abercrombie aber2@aol.com Engineering Alumni Sandy Pettit s-pettit@verizon.net Entrepreneurship Alumni Ferdian Jap fjap@aimadvisoryandmanagement.com Geology Alumni Mike Schackne mschackne@gore.net Honors Alumni Lisa Provenzano Heugel lproven1@tampabay.rr.com Kosove Alumni Justin Geisler justingeisler@hotmail.com

In March, members of the D.C. Chapter attended the Cherry Blossom Festival Tour & Luncheon at Ebbitt Grill.

Pictured in the top row, from left to right, are: Jackie Marks, `90; Karen Lips, `88; Ryan Bamberg, `07; Kayla Munro,`07; Natasha Bui, `08 and Charlie Aguirre, `07. On the bottom row, from left to right, are: Dr. Bob Marshall, `81 & M.D. `85; Ken Kalunian, `92 and Alecia Peacock, `09.

Marine Science Alumni Bruce Barber bbarber@terraenv.com Beau Suthard bsuthard@coastalplanning.net

Florida Chapters

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

Columbia, SC Doug Currier colusf@aol.com

Darren Gambrell dgambrell@sar.usf.edu

D.C. Regional Lara Martin lsm4u1982@hotmail.com

Miami-Dade Carlos Rodriguez USFmiamialumni@aol.com Monroe (Key West) Kristen Condella kristnine@hotmail.com

Rob Smith Rob.Smith@atmosenergy.com

Greater Ocala Kathleen & William Bellamy icchoice-kathie@earthlink.net

Denver Mile High Mark A. Thompson brahman95@msn.com

Jerald “Jerry” Grimes donnajer958@embarqmail.com

Houston Alan Goldsmith alshmaly@flash.net

Orlando Katie Giglio Kgiglio@admin.usf.edu

Michael Peppers mike.peppers@comcast.net

Palm Beach Scott Teich scott.teich@raymondjames.com

Indianapolis Kelly Brummet kbrummett@ncaa.org

Panama City Janet Caragan janetcaragan@yahoo.com

Jeremy Sims jsims@shepherdins.com

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

Los Angeles Janet Foster usfbullsnla@yahoo.com New York Valerie Berrios valerieberrios78@hotmail.com

Peter Kemp pjkemp629@gmail.com

Northern Ohio Sean Chamberlin seanchamberlin@me.com

Pinellas-Mid Pat Jones pjones22@tampabay.rr.com

Philadelphia/South Jersey Joe Ebner jebner@coventry.com

Pinellas-North/Trinity Brenda Kenny BdKenny@tampabay.rr.com

Phoenix Stephen Curry Scurry914@gmail.com

Polk Randy Dotson randy.dotson@gmail.com

Pittsburgh, PA Robb Myer ruther44@yahoo.com

Greater Tampa Shaun Robinson srobinson@strongcollegestudents.com St. Lucie Frank Pennetti Brevard franker@adelphia.net Todd Bonanza Tallahassee bonanza298@aol.com Phil Canto John Carpenter pcantompa@gmail.com j-carpenter2@ti.com National Chapters Barbara Lyn barbara@barbaralyn.com Atlanta Denise Dimbath Broward denisuela@hotmail.com Sara DuCuennois usfbrowardalumni@hotmail.com Austin Brad Heath Alan Steinberg bradh@virtexassembly.com usfbrowardalumni@hotmail.com Fort Myers Sanjay Kurian skurian@becker-poliakoff.com

Greater Boston Lisa Casillo casillo.lisa@gmail.com

Hernando Kevin Floyd kfloyd.usfhcac@SouthFloridabulls.com

Chicago Kelly Gitchel kelly.gitchel@nielson.com

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

Amy Walsh amy.walsh@pepsico.com

Ellen Rosenblum rosenblum.ellen@gmail.com

Dallas Ken Lettre klettre@comcast.net

Portland, OR Scott Chamberlain sc.28372@yahoo.com Raleigh, NC Bob Cohn bob.cohn@smithbarney.com St. Louis Mark Greenspahn markgStL@aol.com San Antonio, TX Ruben Matos captram02@yahoo.com Seattle-Tacoma, WA Jared Capouya jaredcapouya@gmail.com

Corporate Affinity Group Lockheed Martin – Oldsmar Barbara Julian barbara.julian@lmco.com

Cincinnati Chris Kiley ckiley@good.com

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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+ Diane C. Altwies Rick C. Brandt Angela and James Brewer Donna and Michael Brickman William J. Esposito Roger T. Frazee Dr. John N. Harker Cynthia and John Harper Dr. Anila Jain Thomas R. King Jr. Mark Levine Joseph and Linda Lewkowicz Patricia and Jeffrey Reynolds Emerald Level $500-$999 Katherine Ann (Leach) Andrews The Honorable Victor D. Crist and Angela Crist Janet and Brad Kelly Donna and John Larson Kimberly and David Schmidt Bettina Tucker Gold Level $250-$499 William K. Carter Suzanne C. Chandler Daniel Colantuono Larry H. Collins Katharine A. Freeman Jeffrey M. Greenberg Dr. Sylvia F. Hahn Tina and Dan Johnson Richard William Lane Ann L. Lovitt Leonard E. Miller Jack F. Plagge Marybeth and Craig Storts R. James Welz

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

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Marisa Adams Melanie S. Adams-Miller Robert T. Adams Adam T. Adkins Jean Aertker Chuka Amara Agugua Rickey D. Akins Licia Albanese Dr. Sharon Albers Ronald R. Aldrich Brandon S. Aldridge* Jo-Ann and Bernie Alessandrini John Alexander Nancy J. Alfredson Elaine and Falih Aljasir Ross V. Allen Terry G. Allison Tamara K. Harold Dr. George G. Alvarez The Honorable F. Dennis Alvarez Jack and Cynthia Amor Dr. Christian G. Anderson Jeffrey A. Anderson William Andree Lindbergh N. Andrew Robert W. Andrew Jr. April L. Andrews Laura S. Andrews Robert P. Andrews Jr. Margaret Andronaco and Donald Thompson Lorraine M. Angelino Peggy A. Apgar Schmidt Carole and Wayne Apple John W. Appleby Scott C. Arnold Linda Sluss Arrington Austin B. Asgill Dr. Ronald A. Ash Janice S. Ash Gregory J. Ashley Barbara and John Guarino Emmanuel Auguste Jeffery Austin Margaret J. Austin Michelle and James Austin Jr. Mr. Mark Awmiller Michael Axon Carol C. Ayers James Ayers Raymond F. Ayres II Sara Baden Eliot M. Bader S. Nathaniel Bailey Stephen N. Bailey Michelle and Louis Bainbridge Richard T. Baker III

Cecil R. Baker Jr. Rajappan Balagopal Susan and Eugene Balter Laura B. Barber Nancy and James Bardin Warren L. Bare Jonathan I. Barlow William D. Barnes Scott F. Barnett Cindy and Phil Barringer James T. Barry Khari K. Batchelor Bruce Bates Herbert J. Baumann Augusto Enrique Bayro Joanne Beaudet and Clinton Holder Michelle L. Beaudet-Smith Heidi and Vincent Bekiempis Douglas T. Bell Elizabeth M. Bell Risa Witherspoon Bell Kathleen and William Bellamy Dr. Celeste Bello Joseph V. Belluccia Jeffrey A. Belvo Shaye K. Benfield Aviya J. Bensky Keyton Benson Benjamin and Jynine Benvenuti August M. Berg Tracy and Aaron Bergacker Blair Bergen Suzette M. Berkman Elisa A. Bernard Scott T. Bernard Suzette and Brad Bernstein Charles D. Bess M.D. Kathleen Betancourt Robin and William Bethune Patrick L. Beyer Margaret Elizabeth Biebel Franklin N. Biggins Theodore T. Bill Mary and Wynne Black Kendall L. Blair Oakley B. Blair Warren Blanchard Judy G. Blanco Victor D. Blanco H. Kirby Blankenship Jacqueline L. Blanton Jennifer Leavengood and Stephen Blume Sherri L. Bogue David Bohl John D. Bolle Alan C. Bomstein

Beverly Bondarew Timothy D. Bonds Jesse S. Bonds Lee Bonta Charles H. Booras James W. Booth David S. Borkan Kay and Francis Borkowski Darrell E. Borne John P. Borreca Victoria A. Boswell Tracey and David Boucher Janis L. Boyd Sara and Bruce Boyd Thomas W. Boyer Stephanie Boyle Gregory Bradford Michael J. Bradford Melville D. Bradley Kristen C. Brady Carrie A. Brang Cynthia M. Brannen Yoshie and Jamie Branson Edward William Braun M.D. Ann and Robert Bretnall Scott W. Bridges Mark E. Bright Bobby W. Brinkley Brandi M. Bronleben* Gary L. Brosch Dr. John Lott Brown Elizabeth F. Brown Isabelle A. Brown Lori A. Brown Melvin Wayne Brown Shekeria L. Brown Richard W. Broyles Walter I. Brugger Darlene Y. Bruner Fred J. Brunjes Craig H. Brunstein Lisa J. Brush Sivilai and Ryan Brusko Victoria M. Bruzese Jeffrey Wayne Brzoska Laurie Budd Gerald Buhr Scott Burkett Patrick J. Burley Jennifer Ann Burns Fern and Deborah Burr Linda and Gerald Busch Dr. Joseph F. Busta Patricia G. Byrnes Marissa L. Byrum Louis E. Caballer Judiann Cacioppo

Heather and Matthew Cain Lynn V. Calhoun Mark S. Callahan Brian C. Campbell Margarita R. Cancio M.D. Janet Canfield Sandra J. Capuano Janet E. Caragan Christine E. Caraway Salvatore Cardillo JoEllen and James Carlson Jon M. Carlson J. Mack Carneal Susan and Edward Caron Paul S. Carpenter Richard N. Carpenter Erin Mumbulo and Robert Carpenter Jennifer Carpenter John H. Carpenter Jr. Sheila Carpenter-Van Dijk Betty C. Carroll Joyce M. Carroll Richard Carroll Thomas R. Carter Deanna R. Carter-Blackburn Ryan C. Caruso Jennifer R. Casatelli M.D. Jose L. Castellanos Betty Castor Vicki and Nelson Castro Philip M. Catalano Jane M. Cavallucci Lauro F. Cavazos Erika V. Chambers Patricia Chancey Danielle E. Chandonnet Kristen and Craig Channing Daniel L. Chapman Colleen Elizabeth Chappell Lee and Diane Chase Scott C. Chase Janet Chaves Donna V. Cheesebrough Michael J. Cherill Maureen Chiodini Michael E. Christman Patricia C. Weaver Chulick Jonathan P. Cistone Elizabeth G. Clark Mary Clark and Richard Grimberg Jr. Pamela I. Clark Ph.D. Tami L. Clark Lauren Steele and James W. Clark IV Elsie and Warren Clary Don V. Clementi Geraldine Clemons Jennifer and Charles Closshey

Carla B. Codd Matthew C. Coe Johnnetta B. Cole Michael E. Cole II Kimberly M. Coleman Lori Beth Coleman Mauricio Collada

Kristie and Charles Crouse Susan Cuadra Margo Culbertson and Emma Culbertson The Honorable Faye B. Culp Kristin and John Cunningham Mirtha and Elias Cura

“In today’s evolving business environment, the abilities to think critically and welcome innovation are vital. USF provided the foundation for both; the Alumni Association provides opportunities to build on them.”

Wilson Craft, `77 Concept President, O’Charley’s Restaurants Atlanta, GA

Daron M. Collado Barron Collier Gary A. Cone Brian R. Confer James C. Congelio Gregory Conley Chris A. Conn Victor E. Connell Sarah F. Connelly James F. Conway III Jason D. Cook Juanita J. Cook William R. Cook Myra and Mack Cooley Brian J. Cooper John Cooper Pamela and Charles Copeland Catherine M. Cornett David M. Corry John S. Coryn Catherine T. Costabel Harold J. Costello Jr. Theodore J. Couch James O. Council Harrison W. Covington Dr. Gena L. Cox Constance and John Cozier Wilson L. Craft David A. Craig Robin and Timothy Craig Thomas F. Creed III Janis S. Crews Robert C. Crews II Ruthann P. Cross

Patricia and Rudy Curioso Daniel B. Curtis Cheryl and Mark Dafeldecker Cathy and David D’Alessandro John Dalley David H. Dalton Ryan Daly Clarence E. Daniel Andrea Desrosiers and Harold Daniels Jennifer Darley Linda and John Darling Jr. Fran L. Darrach Margaret I Davenport Brian Davies Toni D. Davila Albert Davis Baron D. Davis Brandon D. Davis Kendra R. Davis Mark S. Davis Shirley A. Davis Steven Allen Davis Jr. Stephen and Dewey Davis-Thompson Gregory Lee Dawkins Mary Jane and Richard De Aguero Rachelle M. Fortner Heather and Benjamin Debrocke Jennifer and Robert deFreese Tamara and John del Charco Marci Delaney Thomas J. Delaney John T. Delesline Rajiv Dembla Andy Denka

Jeffrey W. Denny Franklin T. Depalma Nima B. Desai Robin and David Devlin Derek E. Dewan Anudeep D. Dharkar Thair R. Dieffenbach Laura and David Dignam Joshua D. Dillinger Denise R. Dimbath Jim Dine Jodi A. Dodge Terri Dolph Christopher D. Donaldson Teri and Michael Donohue Lisa Jardine and Jorge Dopico Michael A. Dorsey Dr. David W. Dorton Diana L. Doughty Danita G. Downey Bruce C. Downing Karen L. Dozier Judith C. Draculan J. Kevin Drake Stephen G. Dressler Deborah J. Drewes Tina Dry Sara M. DuCuennois Christopher F. Dudley Kathleen and Dan Duerr Catherine M. Duffy Siobhan M. Dumas Troy T. Dunmire Ernestine E. Dunn Patricia A. Dunn Robert S. Durfee Donald W. Durrance M.D. Patricia Dury Donna Jellison and Craig Dye Paula Ann Dye Daniel J. Eagan Malissa Eagens-Rolph and Brian Rolph Karen and John Eagle Joshua Morgan Ebner Carol Edelson Michael R. Edmondson H. Marie Edmonson Engr. Osato F. Edo-Osagie R. Deadra Edwards Lynette H. Edwards Pamela and Ronald Egger Susan and William Eickhoff Jacqueline Eisenhauer and Kathy Buresh Diana C. Ekonomou Joan E. Ekstrom JULY 2010 | ALUMNIVOICE

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lifememberhonor roll Brenda Elarbee Mary Elfter Katherine M. Elkahly David D. Eller Elizabeth M. Elliott Nathan Ellis Glenn W. Elmblad Renata S. Engel James Alan English Cynthia G. Enlow M.D. Sandra K. Enoch Mary Erickson Diane E. Erwin Donna and Ernest Estevez Carly Evans Lisa and Charles Evans Mary C. Evans Walter R. Everton Rena and John Ezzell Jammie Anne Faircloth Linda and John Fantone Joseph R. Faulk Jason C. Faulkner Phyllis L. Cosgrave Jamie D. Feheley Adam F. Feinberg Lawrence J. Ferguson Lea A. Fernandez Patrice Fernandez Joann A. Ferra Henry J. Ferrara Mary J. Figg Alejandro Figueroa Michael J. Fimiani Karina B. Findlay Nicholas J. Fiorentino Joseph E. Fisher Margaret B. Fisher Penelope S. Fisher Rose M. Fisher Steven L. Fisher Maura Flaschner Kurt J. Fleckenstein Darin R. Fleming Jeffrey C. Flemming Rodel Torio Flores Jane and John Flynn Kathleen A. Flynn Myrna and Gregory Flynn Paul Flynn Elizabeth and Con Foley Leonara Y. Folsom Edmund J. Foody Edward Ford Kenneth R. Ford Susan and Jose Forns Michael Forrett 22

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Louise Forsman Jamie A. Foster Jennifer C. Fowler M. Elizabeth Fowler Margaret M. Fowler Liana F. Fox Sara and Jeffrey Fox Harrison W. Fox Carol Ann Francis Karen A. Frank Donald Frashier Laura A. Fratus Raymond M. Frazier Edward L. Fredere II Michelle R. French Rick A. French Peter Frenquelle John C. Friend Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Fry Kristin and Arthur Fuente Elizabeth Krystyn-Fueyo and Enrique Fueyo Wayne A. Fuller M.D. Carolyn Fulmer Cheryl S. Furr William A. Futch Erin and James Gaddis Michael B. Gagliardo Steven M. Galbraith Mariya Galchenko Cynthia and Peter Galiette

Sheila and Philip Gartrell Glenn Garvey Robert A. Garvy Kathleen P. Gaston Melissa and Kendall Gay Gayle and Dennis Geagan Lisa Gear-Smith and Robert Smith Joseph Jude Geck Allen J. Genaldi Judy Genshaft Ph.D Helen Georgiev Kathryn L. Gerardo Theresa Gerke Jay D. Germano* Eric Andrew Gershman M.D. Sam M. Gibbons William F. Gibbs Carissa A. Giblin Dale M. Gibson Lea Gibson Gerald P. Giglia Julie and Jeffrey Gillespie Nicole and Richard Gillespie III Paula and Gordon Gillette Audrey A. Gilmore Jeffrey Gilmore Richard A. Gilson Carl T. Gingola Seth Alan Gissen Shannon and Benjamin Gittleman Jennifer and Mark Givens

Michele and Randy Golomb Armando Gonzalez Jennifer and Shannon Gonzalez Steven Gonzalez Henry Gonzalez III Andrea A. Gonzmart Richard Gonzmart Derek Good Jason P. Good Larry T. Goodman Judy and Robert Gordon Angela B. Gorgei James Richard Gossett Jane A. Gradwell Cathleen M. Gramling Sarah Anne Granados Beverley and John Grant Gil P. Gredinger Andrew Greeley Aria R. Green Beth and Ivan Green Jason I. Green Bruce Greene Jennifer Greene William M. Greenlees Cathy and John Greer Jr. Jennifer and Kenneth Griffin Michael E. Griffin Ward E. Griffin Kristen A. Grimes J. Michael Groff Jr.

“I will be eternally grateful to the University of South Florida. Motivated professors challenged me and prepared me for a high level of personal and professional satisfaction. Administrators (especially Troy Collier and Dr. Samuel Wright) provided an appropriate level of nurturing. Finally, I have developed lifelong friends with whom I have shared many treasured memories.

Becoming a Life Member allows me to repay the institution that has fortified me in so many ways. I would like to remind fellow Alumni that we are the only permanent element of the University. It is critical that we do our part to ensure that the Alumni Association has the resources to tell the world of the impactful contributions made each and every day by our Alma Mater and its alumni.�

Victor W. Lucas, `85 Vice President, First Community Bank of America, St. Petersburg, FL

Tony R. Gallina Joseph V. Galluzzo Jesse P. Gamble Darren L. Gambrell Freddie C. Garcia Jr. Julian Garcia Jr. Patrick H. Garrett Timothy Garrigan Gary P. Garrison

Brett T. Glauser Shawn J. Gleason Elizabeth and Ross Gload Jr. Steven E. Goforth Shelly J. White Susann Golby Adam Goldberg Seth Goldberg M.D. Paul Golden

The Honorable Raymond and Mrs. Paulette Gross Matthew G. Grosz Debbie and David Gula Kathleen L. Gulley Jennifer Gunberg M. James Gunberg Chad E. Gunter Mark C. Gurlea

Dr. Michael J. Gurucharri David H. Gutcher Robert F. Gutierrez Amanda L. Guy Israel Guzman Eileen and Andrew Hafer Cynthia J. Haffey Eugene N. Haines Jody and Gregory Hall Jr. Kimberly L. Hall Rosalind J. Hall Richard Hallstrand Gregory M. Hamaker Andrea and Robert Hamel Andy B. Hamilton David T. Hamilton Francis E. Hamilton Scott D. Hamilton Mary J. Hand Myung-Joo Lee Handelman James E. Haney II Susan D. Hansche Rodney A. Harlach Lizz E. Harmon Brett G. Harper David Harrell Jack H. Harris Jeffery G. Harris Mary and Charles Harris Rodger Craig Harris Janice and Ronald Hartley Karen and James Hartsfield Tamara L. Harvey John Harvill Dianne P. Haun Richard B. Havens Garrett Griggs Hawk Joseph B. Hawkins Kenneth Dane Hawthorne Katherine L. Hay Miriam and Richard Headley Michael P. Heid M.D. Thomas J. Hennessy Alberto A. Hernandez Sonia D. Hernandez John Thomas Herndon Danielle and Gregory Herrmann Henry Hershey Laura and Richard Heruska Steven D. Hester Lisa Provenzano-Heugel and Ben Heugel David H. Hicks Yuri J. Higgins Stephanie A. Bernard David L. Hilfman Janice B. Hill

Raymond P. Hill Jack L. Hill II Lauren and Justin Himmelberger James and Julie Hinck Andrew H. Hines* Daniel M. Hinson Brent Hirschy and William Piper Jr. Audrey S. Hirst Julie Hirst and Bret Hart Richard A. Hjerpe WayWay M. Hlaing Ph.D. Julius F. Hobbs Thomas J. Hochadel* Ruth A. Hochman Sharon P. Hodges Randall R. Holcomb Jack E. Holland Jeannie L. Holliday Robin L. Hollins John Holloway Loretta and Michael Holtkamp Gary A. Hoog Mae Alice Hopkins Polly and James Horne Jr. Frank Horrell Gary T. Houghtalin Wanda F. Howard Celia and Joseph Howe Jaclynn and John Howell John T. Howell Marjorie P. Howell-Quartey Michael L. Howsare Barbara and Craig Walker Hubbard Andrew G. Huggins James E. Hugh Jeffery Hughes Catherine and Richard Hugues Jonathan E. Hull Scott M. Humanek Jill C. Hume Marie P. Hunniecutt Shirley and Deron Hurley Jane and John Hussar Marc S. Hutek Kristina L. Hutto Lauren L. Hynan Guillermo E. Inchausti Daniel A. Intriago Anna and Paul Ippolito Shirley A. Jackson Cynthia Stumetz Jacobs Milton E. Jacob Ricky Scott Jacobs Cheryl E. Jaeger Dr. Mona and Kailash Jain Tina James Janet A. Jameson-Szolosi

Thomas Janer Kristin E. Jay Dr. Bonnie Leigh Jefferis Mary Ann and Ronald Jenks Barbara Ann Dickinson Jensen Joan Jernstrom Jonathan Jackson Jett-Parmer Roy E. Jewell Beverly and Timothy Jewesak James A. Jimenez Kerry A. Johnson Martha and Marson Johnson Stephanie H. Johnson Steven K. Johnson Susan G. Johnson Thomas Johnson Connie A. Johnson-Gearhart Lindsy and Stephen Johnston II Teresa L. Joiner Sarah J. Jolly Ethel and John Jones Jeffery E. Jones Patricia and Arthur Jones Jr. Mary Jones-Freis Cheryl and Steven Jordan James E. Jordan James W. Jordan Kimberly J. Jordan* Bradley M. Joseph Brooke C. Juan Marc A. Jump Rodrigo Jurado Jr. The Honorable Charles R. Justice John R. Kaddis Hans-Christian Kahlert Rebecca S. Kaiser Robert O. Kalbach Jacqueline and William Kalbas Jennifer and Allan Kalik Ginger L. Kalinski Kenneth Kalunian Joshua Karren Natalie E. Kasey Kevin A. Kasubinski Bonnie B. Kearns Conrad T. Kearns Sharon Keefer Brian P. Keenan Dana B. Keenan Ruth C. Kegel Kevin Keller Brenda and Joseph Kenny Julie and David Key Kaycie and Jeremy Kibler Hao Chi Kien Carlton E. Kilpatrick Robert J. Kincart

Jennifer and Kristofer Kirchen Tricia and Scott Kirchner Lashonda N. Kirkland Lisa Kirschten Lorie Kittendorf and Richard Rosengren Tassey and Jerre Kittle Regina L. Kizer-Birdwell Christopher Johannes Kluis Colin Caspersen and Tosia Kmiec Thomas A. Knaus Christopher R. Koehler Dianne R. Koenig Douglas D. Konselman Glenda and Jason Koshy Melanie Kouroupis Jakub M. Kowalczyk Kenneth C. Kralick Stacey and Kevin Krause Rose and Clayton Kreis Brian Krenn Alicia Krukoski Tahlman Krumm Jr. Anthony Kuntz Ronald J. Kurz Gail Fugate LaCour Nancy and John Lake Archbishop Lakovos Georgia Laliotis and Charles Kane Brian D. Lamb Mary E. Landsberger* Melanie J. Langston Michael R. Langston James P. Lanier Samuel Lanza Pamela and Michael LaPan Richard Larsen Eric V. Larson Ph.D. Thomas W. Latto III Rhea F. Law Patrick W. Lawlor Deborah and Neil Layton Ronald A. Lazo Victor P. Leavengood Philip L. Lecceardone James W. Lee David L. Leever Aurelia G. Leinartas Annabel and Earl Lennard Hernan Leon Kim and John Lersch III Robert Leslie Kenneth J. Lettre Robin Levin Donald W. Lewis Lisa and Michael Lewis Willard F. Libby JULY 2010 | ALUMNIVOICE

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lifememberhonor roll Ann M. Liguori Ann R. Lindell Gregory S. Linden Elizabeth Lindsay Cindy R. Lineberry William Litton Steven T. Livingston Bette A. LoBue Suzanne and Joseph Lomascolo Lynda K. Long Ward G. Longbottom M.D. Denise Loos Melissa Lopez Yvette Lopez Denise and George Lorton Richard H. Low Steven D. Lowe Victor W. Lucas Deborah and Carleton Lum III Kyle K. Lundquist Steven V. Lyons Joseph J. MacDougald II Katrina MacGregor Nathan Earl Macht Frederick J. Mack Frederick J. Mack Jr. James T. MacKay Ian A. MacKechnie Jr. Cecil Mackey Glenn E. Maclean June and Mark Magan Frank and Lora Maggio James P. Magill Richard S. Magill Michael L. Magruder Rashed Mahmud Sarah E. Majirsky Joseph A. Malec Jennifer R. Malin Robert F. Mallett A. K. Bobby Mallik Timi D. Maloney Allison and Jason Malouf Julie M. Mancini Michael R. Manning Elizabeth Manzano-Boulton and Steven Boulton Henry M. Marcet Cherryl L. Marlan Elizabeth B. Marshall William G. Marshall Jr. Susan Martin William B. Martin John W. Martin Mary and Dushan Martinasek Kevin J. Martinez Aileen O. Martino 24

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Joann S. Martino Paul C. Marton M.D. Donna and William Masi Randall C. Mason Diana and Michael Massimini Lacey and Nicholas Mastorides Shelby Mathias Ruben A. Matos Linda V. Mattos Jon C. Mauro John Mauthner Renee and George Mavros Thomas Mawhinney David and Debbie May Russell S. Maynard Andrew J. Mayts Jr. Roy A. Mazur Michelle M. Mazuros Steven Mazza Brian P. McAllister Jean-Anne and Thomas McAllister Dialne and David McCall Patricia and Richard McConnell Shamus A. McConomy Stephen M. McCormack Carol McCoy Carson E. McCoy Dayla J. McElroy Catherine McEwen Kathryn and Murray McGarry Christine and John McGee Kathryn P. McGee Levi McIntyre Robert W. McKee David and Jodi McKeithan Cleveland C. McKenzie Joseph McKenzie Jr. William McKown Scott R. McLam Eric E. McLendon Timothy and Sara McMurry Kerry E. McNab Larry E. McNabb Heidi McNaney Karl Augustus McNish Margo McVicker Lisa C. Mead Craig W. Meadows Brian E. Meaton Christina S. Medbery Francis C. Meddleton Harold V. Medero Marlyn and Robert Meeks Wilda Q. Meier H. Frank Meiners Jr. Elizabeth M. Menendez Marlo M. Menendez

Lynette and Marian Menezes Sandra G. Menke Sandra E. Mercer-Lynch Brigid and Jason Merenda David A. Mereness Lynne E. Merriam M.D. Ashley M. Merrill Robert E. Messinger Michael J. Metcalf Greg Metcalfe Judith Meyer Kirsten and Otto Meyer Rudolph Michaud Diana L. Michel Steve Michelini Bernard H. Middendorf Cynthia A. Miller June and George Miller Karen and David Miller Nancy S. Miller M.D. Lesley J. Miller Jr. Edward Mills Andrea and Jack Milrad Lynnis J. Mincey Anthony P. Minerva Elena Minicucci Thomia E. Minor Laura and Andrew Mintzer Cheryl A. Mixson Nancy H. Mizrahi H. Lee Moffitt Deborah and Joel Momberg Karen Lynn Monsen April R. Monteith Michelle D. Monteleon Tracy A. Montgomery Brenda A. Moore Dee Dee Moore Jason Moore Jo Ann Moore Paul A. Moore Shirley and James Moore Joyce D. Morales-Caramella Leslie and Curtis Moreau Lori and Jorge Morejon Donna and Joseph Moretti Elise Morgan Russell G. Morgan Lynne M. Morneault Lilian M. Morris Paul Morrison Steven T. Morrison Frank L. Morsani Linda and Edward Mortellaro Stephanie D. Morton Patricia A. Mosley Olin L. Mott

Victor L. Motto Nakhle Moubarak Henry J. Mueller III Roberta and Robert Muir Sisy and Sudip Mukerjee Raymond L. Mulholland Kym H. Mullins Pamela and Leslie Muma Brian F. Mumme David S. Murdock Lawrence J. Murphy Michael G. Murphy Sean Murphy Raymond Murray Casey and Stephanie Muse Adrian J. Musial Jr. La Veda L. Myers Michael T. Mysels Mark D. Nash Michael A. Nash James P. Nault Terry F. Nealy Merrie B. Neely Tara B. Nelan Tia and William Nelson Catherine L. Nelson-Murphy Diane and Timothy Nettles Eric C. Neuman Lyris and Eric Newman William J. Neylan Betty Sue Otter-Nickerson and Glen Nickerson Samuel J. Nirenberg Amol A. Nirgudkar John Nixon James Nohelty Mark W. Nonnenberg Jack Norris Michele and Randy Norris Alyson I. Noune Michael S. Novilla Varrick S. Nunez Casanova Z. Nurse Dianne and Timothy O’Brien Kimberly and Shawn O’Brien Catherine E. O’Connor* Jennifer and Kenneth O’Connor Toshiaki Ogasawara Leslie Ogden Mary E. Ojeda Dr. Elizabeth Y. Okogbaa Dr. Timothy O. Oladokun Thomas J. O’Lenic Christine and Ronald Olney Stephanie and Kent Olsen Steven P. Olsen Tommy E. O’Neal

Martha and Donald Oneal William Oram Heidi and Alex Oros* China R. Orr Judy K. Orton Robert O. Osburn Marc D. Ostroff Colleen O’Sullivan Maria J. Otto

James Michael Peppers Kimberly K. Perez Schneider William J. Perna William G. Perret Karen S. Peters James C. Peterson Theresa and Wayne Peterson Trudy U. Pettibone Sandra L. Pettit “I became a Life Member of the Alumni Association to support USF, one of the most important and biggest economic engines in the Bay Area. My membership provides me updates on what is going on in the USF community and makes me feel connected to all my fellow Bulls worldwide!”

Hon. Catherine Peek McEwen, `79 United States Bankruptcy Judge Tampa, FL

Matthew D. Otto Adrian E. Owens George Brunyee Oxx Jr. Angel Jose Pa Docobo M.D. Robert C. Pacenta Girija Padmanabh Kenneth J. Page II Leon D. Paige Luanne J. Panacek Kathleen and Arthur Panov John D. Parker Matthew M. Parker George Parker Amy J. Parry Surendra B. Parvataneni Dr. Kiran Patel Janice and Scott Paton L. J. Patouillet Mary and Leland Patouillet John R. Patrick Doreen and Michael Patterson Eugene C. Patterson Scott E. Pautler M.D. Carla Jean Pawich Dennis A. Payne Lynn P. Payne Carol and Carlos Pazos Daniel Peachee John Pearce Darryl Pearson Michele and Vincent Pedulla Nathan S. Pendleton IV Taylor and Eric Penvose

Robert B. Pettyjohn Ada and Phillip Pfotenhauer Amanda and Wayne Phillips Robert M. Phillips Gretchen Adent Picotte Scott A. Pierce Sanel and Frantz Pierre Dana D. Pigg Smitha Pillai Greg I. Pine Carol and Julian Piper Mary E. Pippin Steven J. Plaisted Kristen Plastino-Arnold and Hays Arnold III John W. Pletcher Michelle W. Plotka Gary Alan Poe Sr. Patrick J. Poff Ronald W. Poindexter Lesly Pompy Terry W. Potter Joseph L. Powell Mary Lou and Eugene Powell Mary Lou Powell Penelope A. Powell Helen S. Powers Walter M. Prather Victor Matthew Prebor III Ross D. Preville Brian J. Pruett Nicolas Psomiadis M.D. Teresa Puckett

Amanda and Carlos Puentes Richard B. Pylant Mary and Jack Rader Laurie and James Ragsdale Jennifer A. Ramil Naida and John Ramil William J. Raspberry Erik S. Rauch Jonathan D. Rausch Daniel B. Ravicher Chitra Ravindra Teresa and James Rawe Jr. Richard Raymond Martha and Timothy Rea Scott W. Reading Ronald P. Reagan Sr. Scott A. Rebane Curtis L. Reece Judith and Charles Reese John Regar Richard Gerhard Reichle Jr.* Carol Clay Reid Ronald R. Reinhart Martina and Alexander Reiss Jennifer H. Rendahl Karen and Robert Reuben Sarah Lind Ribeiro Lynn Richard and Robert Richard Matthew R. Richardson Cherice N. Ridgeway Gwendolyn H. Ridley Jim Rinaldo Arthur A. Ringness Elizabeth and Robert Risch Oscar M. Rivas Pedro J. Rivera Esq. Andrew D. Riviears William J. Rizzetta Jonathan J. Roberts Bonnie A. Robertson Burke P. Robinson Dean S. Robinson Doreen and Eric Robinson Reginald G. Robinson Shaun Charles Robinson Adam Robinson Harold A. Robinson Yvette and Sonny Robitaille Raymond R. Rocha Nancy M. Rockstroh Oliver R. Rodrigues Deborah and Roger Rodriguez Eileen Rodriguez and Steven Camp Jerard E. Rodriguez Mary S. Rodriguez Ruth and James Rogge Jacquelyn E. Rogow

Gini and Quinton Rollins James M. Roney R. Chandler Root James P. Rosbolt Michael A. Rosen Ellen F. Rosenblum Judith O. Rosenkranz James A. Rosenquist Dennis M. Ross Kimberly A. Ross Dr. David W. Rowe II Marcella E. Rua Nancy F. Rubin Jodee L. Rucker Michael J. Rudd Erika Pyner and Douglas Rudig Erma G. Ruffkess Richard G. Rumrell Anne and Anthony Runion Casey and Jason Runkles Solveig and Cory Ruppel James B. Rush Janice and Michael Rush Dr. John H. Russell Jennifer E. Russell Dr. Charles E. Russell Jr. John F. Ruzic Christina and Patrick Ryan Maryann K. Ryan Glenn E. Rybacki Austin F. Ryder Carla J. Saavedra Renan Saavedra Mia Sadler Elizabeth and Michael Saine Wesley F. Sainz Nicole D. Salazar Magda and Mohamad Saleh Robert Salicco Neetha and Nitin Sallapudi Jennifer R. Salmon Gregory A. Salyer Dana and Kenneth Sanchez Tonya and Anthony Sanchez Henry R. Santos Louis Sarbeck Jeannette Sasmor Jolyon J. Sasse Joshua D. Saunders Rebecca and Neal Sayers Michael T. Schaefer Kelley R. Schaeffer Fred Scheigert William D. Scheirer Jr. Lauren G. Schellman Alfred N. Schiff Robert D. Schlechty JULY 2010 | ALUMNIVOICE

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lifememberhonor roll Philip P. Schlossnagle Kenneth C. Schlugar Nancy F. Schmidt Nancy M. Schneid Dennis J. Schnur James and Renee Schreck Shauna and Scott Schullo Lisa J. Schultze Linda L. Schwartzkopf Samuel E. Scolaro Mr. Daniel Scott Jean Ashby Seawell Laura and Lance Seberg Robert Sechen Kenneth J. Seibert Suzanne Marie Seidl Scott E. Seigel Pamela Seigrist Andersen Ada M. Seltzer Robert E. Senton W. D. Sessions Richard H. Sessums T. Terrell Sessums* Charles M. Shanberg Deborah and Timothy Shannon Debra J. Shannon Patrick O’Farrell Shea Karen and James Sheffield Craig E. Sheftell David B. Shepler Ron Sherman* Tonya M. Sherman Albert C. Sherman II Donald Sherwood Joseph M. Shield Patricia J. Shiflett Ph.D. Mandell Shimberg Stephen Douglas Shipman Gail A. Sideman Michael Sierra Joy and Frederick Sikorski Jane F. Siling Brenda E. Simmons Carol and Earl Simmons Cheryll Simmons Linda O. Simmons William G. Simmons Paige F. Simpson Vicki and Michael Simpson Lori and Kelly Sims Shalonda M. Sims Nathan P. Sindel Walter C. Skirven Barbara Fincher and Stephen Skrzypkowiak Deborah and Neal Smalbach Thomas Smerz 26

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Barry S. Smith Cara A. Smith Celinda L. Smith Daryn G. Smith Devern E. Smith Donald A. Smith Edward B. Smith James P. Smith Jessica and Marshall Smith Jon Robert Smith

Barbara K. Steele Leslie Reicin Stein Lorinda and Craig Stein George Steinbrenner Michael S. Steiner Arnold Steinhardt Randy J. Stepp Elliott W. Stern Brian P. Stevens Jamie and Patrick Stevens

“I am very proud to be a USF Bull, and consider myself very fortunate that USF was there for me. Being a Life Member should be the professional responsibility of every USF graduate.”

Jose E. Valiente, `73 CPA Principal, Tax, LarsonAllen CPAs Tampa, FL

Leslie H. Smith Pamela L. Smith Sam D. Smith William R. Smith L. Lisa Smithson Kenneth M. Snead Richard M. Snyder Stephen Sodheim Nicole M. Solana Julie and James Somers Joseph D. Sonnenberg Douglas S. Sonosky Lois A. Sorensen Vicky and Peter Sorensen David Soyer Barbara J. Spahr Sara and Jeffrey Spalding Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy Stephen A. Spencer M.D. Homer A. Spencer Carol Minshew-Speyerer and David Speyerer Lynne and Michael Sprenger Angela Lyn Spurlin-Horwitz Patricia R. Spychala Kristina Stadtherr Lydia G. Stage Brett E. Stanaland M.D. Susan B. Stanton Sherri and Charles Stargel Ellen C. Stavros Gus A. Stavros

Deborah H. Stevenson Stephanie J. Stiles Darrell E. Stinger George Michael Stone Jane A. Stovall George Strawbridge William H. Streator Jennifer L. Strykowski Brian H. Stucker Charles J. Styer Natalie D. Suarez Randall M. Sumner William R. Sunter Catherine M. Suttle Roy Sweatman Shannon Sweatman Gennie and Michael Swenson Colleen and Thayne Swenson III Ronnie Swopes Juliana G. Szakacs Deborah and Peter Tagliarini Dr. Paul J. Talbot Deborah J. Tamargo Thomas N. Tamburro Rony Tanis Scott M. Tappan Lance E. Taylor Merrily E. Taylor Robert L. Taylor Von G. Taylor III David Teague Joseph P. Teague

Robert L. Tennant Stella F. Thayer Charles Thomas John C. Thomas Christopher D. Thompson Gracie L. Thompson Lora Thompson Ph.D. Michael David Thompson Robert S. Thompson Sophie and Michael Thompson Mark D. Tighe Patricia A. Tobin Cynthia and Andrew Toledo Janet Tolson Sherrill M. Tomasino Denise Toole Nancy M. Toole Charles H. Townes Scott K. Tozian Todd S. Traub Noreen Travis Michael Tree Dr. Laurier J. Tremblay Jr. Johnnie H. Trevena Jerry E. Trimble M.D. Mary Trimble Justin M. Troller Gary Trombley Susan and Richard Tron Patricia and Kenneth Tucker Spencer Turner Dexter G. Turnquest Kathryn K. Tushaus Wendell M. Underwood Carolyn L. Undorf James A. Valdes Jessica and Dennis Valenti Jose E. Valiente Dr. Monique Dibbs-Vallee M.D. and Dr. John Vallee M.D. William J. Van Houten Jr. Cynthia and Russell Varney Wayne Vasey Timothy and Victoria Vaughan Thomas A. Veit Jr. Christopher Vermillion Jean and Gregory Vestri John J. Victoravich Christopher Viscusi Cynthia and Luis Visot Jeanne Viviani Jill Voorhis Kimberly E. Votery Jennifer L. Vozne Mark Vrahotes Carri A. Wacker Jeff J. Wagner

Jodi L. Wagner-Zallis Ginger E. Wald Selinda B. Walden Heather A. Walders Matthew J. Waldron Karen and Donald Walker Renee and Benjamin Walker George M. Wall Lawrence and Sharlene Wall James Kipp Wall Jr. Judy and Lew Wallace Clara Wansley Bruce L. Ward Katrina K. Ward Suzanne M. Ward Ian Ware Elizabeth A. Wasdin Sherry R. Watkins Charles P. Watson Carol D. Weber Jim Weber Jody B. Weber David C. Weeks Sharon and Theodore Weeks

Kathryn A. Weese H. Monty Weigel Link V. Welborn Mark P. Wentley Deborah L. Werner Denny Werner Jacqueline and Helen Wertel Mary and M. Brent Wertz James C. West Jeanne M. Whalen Janet F. Wheeler Andrew S. White Elizabeth and Alexander White M.D. Gary L. White Harold J. White Kenneth L. White Cheryl and Thomas Whiteman Jr. Betsy R. White-Stewart Theodore W. Whitford Jr. Judy Whitman and David Sawicki Albert Wiesbauer Amber J. Williams Belynda E. Williams Calvin Williams

Elizabeth and Kenneth Williams Helena and Derek Williams Jason Williams Carl V. Williamson Karla H. Willman Tammy and Christopher Willman Janet and Todd Wilson Jennifer Friend Stuart Winograd Don E. Winstead Jr. Misty and Lee Winter Richard K. Wittcoff Nicole E. Wittlin Susan A. Wittpenn Debra L. Wohlers Jerry A. Wolfe Edgar Wolfram Christi R. Womack-Villalobos Tonya E. Wood Kimberly and Keven Woodard Pamela Iorio and Mark Woodard David P. Wright Eric N. Yates Shelley A. Yingst-Smithgall

Yolanda and Russ Yoder Cynthia Gurey and Mark Yonchak Marion T. Yongue Patricia and Frederick Yonteck Richard D. Yost Bill Young Jessica and David Zeller Jr. Jeffrey E. Zientara Jason Zimmerman Lee Zimmerman Dina Zumbahlen † Gifts from May 1, 2009 through May 21, 2010 to the Alumni Endowment and the Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence. * Denotes an additional gift to the Alumni Endowment and the Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence.

Fully paid Life Members through April 30, 2010.

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1982 A Blast from the Past !

U.S. PRESIDENT: Ronald Reagan

VICE PRESIDENT: George H.W. Bush AVERAGE INCOME: $20.171 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 9.7% 1st CLASS STAMP: 20 cents

IN SCIENCE: The first permanent artificial heart is implanted in a human, Dr. Barney B. Clark, in Utah; Space shuttle Columbia makes its first mission; the personal computer is selected as Time magazine’s Man of the Year, the first non-human recipient of the award.

AT USF: The Bulls baseball team wins its first Sun Belt Championship; Sebring retirees A. Harrison and Ruth Kosove donate $600,000 to USF for student scholarships, which was then the largest single gift in the university’s history; Writer Hampton Dunn begins donating his collection of notes, interviews, papers, photographs, manuscripts and other research on Florida history to the USF Tampa Library.

IN THE NEWS: Princess Grace of Monaco, 52, dies when her car plunges off a mountain road; John W. Hinckley Jr., is found not guilty because of insanity in shooting of President Reagan; The Equal Rights Amendment fails to be ratified by the required majority of state legislatures.

IN THE ARTS: Michael Jackson releases “Thriller,” which sells more than 25 million copies, becoming the biggest-selling album in history; “Cats” opens on Broadway; “Gandhi” wins the Best Picture Oscar; “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” is the top-grossing movie of the year.

Sources: Infoplease.com; USF archives; U.S. Census Bureau; Association of College and Research Library Newsletter, Fall 2006.

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By Evan Tokarz Class of 2012 Hello, I’m new here. My name is Evan Tokarz and I’m the new “That Was Then, This Is Now” columnist. I’m going to focus on summer jobs in this column, but first I’d like to let you know a bit about myself. I am the son of USF graduates, the brother of a USF graduate student, and the nephew of two USF graduates. I guess you could say that going to USF runs in my family. I came to USF to major in Journalism, and I’m currently a junior in the Magazine Journalism program of the School of Mass Communications. I look forward to writing this column and being a part of the USF alumni community.

So, about summer jobs: They can be great, but they’re really hard to find these days. I talked to three generations of USF students, including a current student and a graduate of the `63 Charter Class. I even spoke with my mother. Thanks, Mom! Matt Martin, a junior majoring in Elementary Education, told me he is having a hard time finding a summer job. He blames the economy, noting that he is seeing high competition for a limited number of jobs.

“I think there’s a lot of students out there in high school who are trying to find their first job,” he says.

He has applied to various places, including restaurants and grocery stores, yet still has not found a summer job to complement his work as a waiter at a retirement home. His experience is being mirrored across the country. Unemployment among 16- to 24-year-olds stands at nearly 20 percent, almost double from 2007, the last summer before the recession, according to a report on CNNMoney.com Another member of the USF community had better luck when she was at USF. Nancy Tokarz, `78, who also happens to be my mother, told me she worked in the Instructional Materials Center in the College of Education building when she was at USF. The IMC, as it was called, was a lending library for Education students.

She liked working there. She says that one of the perks she enjoyed was being able to easily check out items she needed for her classes. Being so close to the materials she needed allowed her to plan out her lessons more easily. She says it was a great job, overall.

“It was an invaluable experience. It was something I really could use in my career.” Mom went on to become a successful teacher.

Diane McCaffrey, a member of the Charter Class of `63, told me she also enjoyed a summer job she had while at USF. She worked at Thatcher Glass, a glass manufacturer that used to be across the street from the University on Fowler Avenue.

She did multiple jobs for the company, including assembling boxes and checking glass bottles for imperfections. She remembers one time when she was working by a conveyor belt checking bottles and the machine malfunctioned. As the bottles were flying toward her, she felt like she was in the episode of “I Love Lucy” where Lucy works at a chocolate factory and can’t keep pace with the conveyor belt.

She can’t quite remember where she got the job, although she thinks it was posted at the campus job center. Speaking of which, if you’re looking for work, be sure to check with the USF Career Center at www.career.usf.edu. You never know what they might be able to line up for you.

McCaffrey wound up working at a local supermarket the next year, but she feels like her time at the glass factory was well worth it.

“The money was good, but it was also very interesting and very enjoyable,” she says. “I learned a lot about glass-making and factory work.”

I myself have been blessed to not have to hold a summer job while at USF. I have scholarships and loans, so besides seasonal work at the campus bookstore, the closest I have come to a summer job is taking summer classes. However, in a sense, summer classes are sort of like a summer job because there are bosses, deadlines and co-workers, just like in the so-called real world.

For summer classes, my boss is my professor. Instead of my paycheck, this boss holds my grade in his hands. For me, grades are a kind of currency, because if my GPA drops, I could lose my scholarships. In class, just like at work, I have found that if I do what the boss expects, then I will usually be rewarded. I have also found that there’s not much difference between school and “real life” – half the battle is figuring out what those in authority want from me so I can succeed.

In a job or in the classroom, deadlines are paramount. In a job, if I’m late for a meeting or an assignment, then my job is on the line.

In the classroom, if I’m late for class or an assignment, my grade is on the line. Even though Florida’s beaches are especially tempting in the summer, I try not to let myself get distracted so that I can meet my deadlines.

The final way summer classes are like summer jobs is that they both have co-workers. In a summer class, the co-workers are the other students in the room, my classmates. As in a job, I feel that if people disrespect one another in a summer class, clashes will arise that distract from the learning and waste time. So I try to work well with others and respect their views. If only everyone else would do the same.

Whether you are working, studying or relaxing this summer, I hope you make the most of it. I’ll see you all in the fall for the Homecoming issue.

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

One of my favorite memories was attending the show “Equus” on campus in the late 70’s and also helping my daughter move in to her dorm in 2007.

Carol Joiner Whitman, `81 My favorite memory was working at the Marshall Center and getting to shake Gov. Crist’s hand.

Ryan Hughes, `10 Eating lunch on the “molecules” by Engineering and feeding the enormous squirrels! And being at RJS watching USF beat Bowling Green, our first ranked team to fall.

Jen Ferraz, `00 & M.S. `04 Tailgating at the Bulls games and Dr. Kleine’s Chinsegut Hill retreat.

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Save on admission to Busch Gardens Tampa and Busch Gardens Williamsburg where you can experience up-close encounters with amazing animals, test your courage on pulse-pounding roller coasters, or take in a stage show, and colorful live entertainment.

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Enjoy hours of sun-drenched fun on corkscrew slides or in waterfalls, giant wave pools, and rambling rivers at Adventure Island or Water Country USA. Visit www.usfalumni.org and log into the membersonly section to download and print your Benefits Card with discounts good for up to six people! (Required registration on the web site is quick and easy!)

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Visit www.usfalumni.org and join today or call us at 800-299-BULL (2855).

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Employ -A-Bull

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

Class of `77 & MBA `82

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

Build a Team to Manage Your Career “No man is an island,”

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John Donne,1572–1631

onne was an English poet, not a business person, but he had the right idea. Have you ever heard an acceptance speech that did not recognize other people who had helped or inspired the honoree? Or, have you ever listened to an honoree who took all of the credit for their accomplishments; someone who failed to recognize that anyone else played even a small part in their success? It is doubtful that you have ever heard this kind of acceptance speech from a truly successful person. Everyone has a circle of friends and associates who can be helpful in their personal and professional lives. Successful people understand this dynamic and build a team to help ensure their success.

If you want to be successful in life you must have a good team as well. Frankly, you could not have gotten to this point in your life without having some kind of a support group – your team. It may include friends and family, clergy, teachers, coaches and favorite professors. If you are a member of a personal interest group, such as a golf or chess club, those members are part of your team. Professional groups and associations are a natural source of support. The USF Alumni Association may be one of your most important career resources. When you think about it, you have been a part of a team of one kind or another your entire life. Now you must think about managing your team for success.

Whether you’re a new grad or a seasoned professional,

you already have a team in play. It is probably composed of likeminded people who share a common bond. Hopefully you have surrounded yourself with people who are looking out for your best interests and want to help you achieve your goals. Your role is to seek out and recruit people you want on your team, especially mentors. To do that, you must have a clear idea of your career goals and the people who can help you achieve them. The composition of your team will change over time as your situation and goals evolve, but try to build a few key relationships that will last the course of your career.

To build and expand your team, you must network, network and network some more. Think of yourself as a talent scout and your team as the basis of your network. From there, branch out to people whom you don’t know, but need to know.

Suppose you want to do business with XYZ company, but don’t know anyone at XYZ. Cold calling is always an option, but business works best on a referral basis. We are more willing to talk and listen to strangers if they have been referred to us by someone we know and trust. In effect, the trust and respect we have for the referring person is passed on to the referred, to a certain extent. Personal referrals make networking more effective and efficient. Canvass your team to see if anyone has a contact at XYZ company. You may be surprised to learn that more than one of your team members has a good contact for you.

Once connected, you must make time to nurture and maintain those relationships. Keep in mind that your role is reciprocal. As a team player, it is also your responsibility to help other team members achieve their goals. Be sure that you know how to help them and they know how to help you. You never know when volunteering to help out a team member could result in a valuable professional contact.

Why is networking so important? Business is a human endeavor. Companies are social institutions at their core. Sure, they exist to deliver a product or service and make a profit, but the institution is still comprised of people helping other people improve their lives. Relationships are as vital in business as they are in your personal life. If you are to spend eight hours a day at work with other people, then you had better enjoy their company. People tend to work with people they like and trust.

Remember that when you are building and expanding your network.

Networking is a natural social phenomenon that is fundamental to social transactions, including business. It taps into the normal give and take among peers. It is, without a doubt, the most effective way to tap the market and increase your contacts exponentially. In short, networking is what people do.

Building an effective team does not happen by chance. Be thoughtful about what you have to offer as a team member and what you expect in return. Be focused and friendly when you meet new people. Keep cards with your contact information handy and follow up with a friendly email when you meet someone you’d like to add to your network. With the right attitude, networking can be fun as well as rewarding.

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William B. Harrison III, Geology `68 and `69, Emeritus Professor of Geosciences, received a 2010 Public Service Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) for his nearly 30-year effort to save one-of-a kind rock samples and paper records that provide critical data about Michigan’s geology. Harrison was cited for having dedicated his professional life to establishing Western Michigan University’s Michigan Basin Core Research Laboratory in 1982 and building it into the preeminent source for data on the state’s subsurface geology. The award, presented during the group’s annual convention April 11-14 in New Orleans, recognizes the contributions that AAPG members make in the public affairs arena above and beyond their normal job responsibilities.

Four people worldwide received the award this year.

Harrison earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati.

Anna Marie (Terry) Ippolito, `65 & M.A. `72, retired in October 2008 after 22 years of working at USF in Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources in the College of Education. She was the founding president of the College of Education Alumni Society and is president emeritus. She continues a tutoring practice in South Tampa and serves on the USF Athletic Council. She is thoroughly enjoying her retirement with her husband, Paul. Terry was National Alumni President 1979 and was the first cheerleader/dance team coach for USF. Jerry Osteryoung, Business Administration `67, coauthored a book, If You Have Employees, You (Really) Need This Book, with Tim O’Brien, Psychology `71.

Released in June, the book is an action-oriented guide that helps managers select, motivate, coach, train and retain a high-energy and effective staff. Dr. Osteryoung is the director of Outreach Services of the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida State University. He is the Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship (Emeritus) and a Professor of Finance (Emeritus). He is an internationally known speaker and a popular business coach.

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Judy Schosser Barrett, Physical Education `71 and M.A. `73, was chosen 2010 Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year in Pinellas County. She teaches at Dunedin Middle School, where she’s been for four years after spending more than 18 years in the high school environment. Barrett was a Fulbright Program Exchange teacher in 2001-02 in England and taught a year in Nagano, Japan, as part of the Clearwater-Nagano Sister Cities exchange program.

She is involved in Special Olympics and was chosen Volunteer of the Year for Pinellas County 2009.

by Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. The Dean’s Award is presented to a member of the faculty who has demonstrated that research and/or creative activity is an integral part of his or her vocation and who has published or performed outstanding works over the previous three years that have gained scholarly recognition or critical acclaim. This was the first year co-recipients have been named. Their research focuses on understanding the mechanisms responsible for the growth and development of cell walls in fungi. It is vital for discovering new ways to use, control or inhibit fungal growth that impacts health, medicine and the economy. They have authored and co-authored eight peer-reviewed publications in leading journals and disseminated their findings each year at national and international research conferences, for a total of 18 presentations spanning eight years. After graduating from USF, Dr. Hill earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida.

William Robert Kiser, M.D. `78, was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy and assumed command of the Naval Medical Center, in Portsmouth, Virginia in August 2008.

William Moskowitz, M.D. `78, is a professor and the chair of Pediatric Cardiology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System.

Lyris Newman, Special Education `72 & M.A. Education Leadership `77, has generously contributed to several areas of the University of South Florida – including her most recent gift in January to the Stavros Center. She is a member of The Friends of Patel, an organization of key leaders in business, government and academia in Tampa Bay who share a belief in the core values of the Patel Center and interest in global issues. Her family’s business, J.C. Newman Cigar Company, was founded in 1895 and produces 80,000 medium-priced cigars out of its historic Ybor City factory, in addition to producing many other fine cigars in other parts of the world. The family established the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, which supports children in the Dominican Republic, where the tobacco for Newman cigars is grown. The family has built an elementary and high school, a dental and health center and a water purification facility for the community there.

Golda Brunhild, Counseling `71, retired from the family real estate management business after 32 years. At almost 80 years old, she had her first book published, Mishbucha: The Family. Brunhild’s second book is currently being reviewed for publication, and her third book, a novel, is in the works. Her late husband, Gordon Brunhild, was a member of the original USF Faculty in 1960 in the School of Business. He retired as Professor Emeritus after 40 years.

Tim O’Brien, Psychology`71, co-authored a book, If You Have Employees, You (Really) Need This Book, with Jerry Osteryoung, Business Administration `67.

Released in June, the book is an action-oriented guide that helps managers select, motivate, coach, train and retain a high energy and effective staff.

O’Brien is a Tallahassee entrepreneur, director of The Institute for Stress Management & Performance Improvement and a life member of The International Society for Performance Improvement. For 14 years, he wrote a column for Knight Ridder News Service and has published more than 400 articles. He is working on three new book projects focusing on personal productivity and performance improvement. O’Brien is a Life Member of the USF Alumni Association.

Terry Hill, Microbiology `72, and his colleague Darlene Loprete, are the recipients of the highest faculty honors for outstanding research, the Clarence Day Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, awarded

Perry Samowitz, M.A. Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling `75, has worked with young people with intellectual disabilities for 33 years with the Young Adult Institute in New York City, where he is senior director for Education & Training, with a staff of over 500, and creator of more than 50 training videos. A

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popular presenter in the U.S. and overseas, Samowitz is currently doing a U.S. government sponsored, countrywide assessment of services for the Mideast county of Jordan.

Laura Geisel Sullivan, M.D. `78, is the staff pathologist and Laboratories Director for Central Florida Pathology Associates in Orlando.

Paul Udell, Marketing `78, is president of Paul V. Udell & Associates. Founded in 1995, Paul V. Udell & Associates provides outsourced sales and marketing support to small to midsized consumer products manufacturers. Specific focus is directed at new product launches within the drug, grocery, mass chains, discount and dollar store channels.

Rick Williamson, Theatre `77, directed “A Short Film,” which won the Audience Award at the 2010 L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival in April. L.A. Comedy Shorts is the largest comedy film festival in the U.S. and attracts some of the biggest names in comedy. The film also won the Best Comedy Award at the 3 Minute Film Festival in Santa Fe. He has been invited to premier the film at the Friars Club in New York City in September.

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Patrick Conners, Communications `88, is the president of Stout Industries, a metal sign fabricator established in 1886. Stout Industries also has an imaging system that provides aluminum fascia and other products for companies that are changing the way they look. Conners earned an MBA from Washington University in 1994. His first few jobs after college were in journalism. Conners was a reporter at the Winter Haven News Chief, then executive editor at the Auburndale Star, a weekly paper. He later became a sports writer for The Tampa Tribune. He is married to Monica Conners, assistant vice president of the St. Louis County Economic Development Council. They live in Webster Groves, MO and have three children: Patrick, 15; Claire, 14; and Gillian, 10. He likes to coach basketball for his kids’ teams, cook Italian cuisine and smoke meats in his spare time.

Merrell Dickey, Communications `87, received the 2010 Pride Staff Award for Outstanding Contributions to the LGBT Community from the Committee on Issues of Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity. The award was presented at the sixth annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Society’s gala and scholarship awards celebration on March 26 at the Gibbons Alumni Center on the Tampa campus. Dickey was named director of Development for USF Libraries in May. He was formerly director of Geographic Outreach and Corporate Relations for the USF Alumni Association.

Nimish Doshi, MBA `88, was promoted to vice president of business operations for Northrop Grumman’s Technical Services sector.

Karen Ferreri, MBA `84, was selected as the 2010 Volunteer of the Year by Hands On Tampa Bay of the United Way. Ferreri works for Lockheed Martin. The award was presented to her at the Tampa Bay Ray’s game on April 23. Ferreri is also a member of the Lockheed Martin Alumni Corporate Group.

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

Gloria Houston, M.Ed `83 Ph.D. `89, is an author of several books, including The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree (Dial, 1988), which was one of several books she authored while she was at USF. “Christmas Tree” was a Publisher’s Weekly annual bestseller, an international best seller, and listed as a Best Book of the Decade of the 1990’s by the American Library Association. Her latest release, Miss Dorothy and her Bookmobile, was published by HarperCollins. She also has a short story in James Ransome’s anthology, An American Christmas.

Sandra Lauterbach, MBA `88 was appointed vice president of Sales and Commercial Affairs at Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. Bill Levy, Distributive and Marketing Education `82, is featured in the Wisconsin State Journal in their “Executive Q&A” column. Levy launched Best Management Onward Campus, a Madison-based campus property management company handling about 3,000 beds in several states and providing consulting and brokerage services. Over the past 25 years, Levy has managed more than 100,000 leases covering 75,000 beds in student housing properties across the country.

Levy only started focusing on his company exclusively in 2002, when he quit his job managing a $4 billion investment fund in student housing run by GMH and Goldman Sachs. Levy started out as a dishwasher in the kitchen of the private dorm he lived in as a student at USF. After a few promotions within a couple of years, he was managing that building, a 13-story high-rise with 824 beds owned by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Barbara Lyn, Finance `87, is president of the Brevard County Chapter of the Sentinels Of Freedom Space Coast, Inc., a voluntary, nonprofit organization that Lyn established in 2008 to assist severely injured veterans returning to civilian life. There are about 100 volunteers in this chapter and they welcomed home their first sentinel, Marine Cpl. Robert Smith, on March 27. Lyn is a native Floridian and has been a Brevard County resident for nine years. In addition to her full-time career as a Realtor at RE/MAX 2000, Lyn has been a volunteer with different organizations for many years and was executive director for the Seminole & Osceola Counties American Cancer Society prior to moving back to Brevard in 2003.

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Galina Fouks-Abele, Art `94, has written and illustrated a new children’s book, Maurice’s Daughter, published by The Fig and The Vine Publishing. In the book, a young girl grieving over the death of her father learns how to cope with her loss. The book also includes journal pages for readers to write about their loved ones who have died. Fouks-Abele came up with the idea of the book after the death of her father, renowned Chicago artist Maurice Fouks. Fouks-Abele attended USF on a volleyball scholarship and graduated with top honors. She then moved to Atlanta and received a degree in Art Education at Georgia State University. Later, she completed a Masters program in New York City, earning a degree in School Leadership: Administration and Supervision. She has taught special education art for the past decade and recently went into administration for a private school, Acacia Academy, for children with Learning Disabilities K-12, located outside of Chicago.

Aaron Bloom, Political Science `93, has joined Horizon Bay Retirement Living as vice president of Legal and Risk Management. Bloom is responsible for protecting Horizon Bay’s legal interests and reducing liability exposure by ensuring that operations remain within the scope and regulations established by law.

Additionally, he manages all litigation matters, assures legal compliance and provides hands-on counsel to all levels of the executive team and operations staff.

Prior to joining Horizon Bay, Bloom served as a partner with the multi-state law firm, Buckley & Fudge, P.A., in St. Petersburg. Bloom was also the founder and shareholder of a start-up Home Health Agency from 2006 through 2009. He also previously worked with Wicker, Smith, et. al. in Tampa, and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in Long Island, New York.

Bloom earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in May 1997. He has also served as the featured speaker for widely recognized organizations like the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and the Florida Assisted Living Association (FALA).

He is currently admitted to practice law in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York.

Amanda M. Bullough, Marketing `97, is an assistant professor of Global Entrepreneurship at the Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ. She is the academic director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program, through a partnership with the American University of Afghanistan. The program initiative is to educate Afghan women in business development in growth and to promote the active involvement of women in business to boost economic development in Afghanistan. Dr. Bullough delivered a new Social Entrepreneurship course at Thunderbird and previously taught graduate and undergraduate level entrepreneurship, management and international business courses at Florida International University in Miami. She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from Florida International University in Management & International Business. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from Florida International University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from USF with a major in marketing.

Tyra Dark, M.A. Psychology `99 & Ph.D. Public Health `07, is an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health, in Tallahassee.

Glenn D. Genereux, Accounting `93, is a certified public accountant and senior manager of accounting at Bright House Networks, managing accounting projects, process improvement and internal auditing.

Jennifer (Kreeb) Joiner, Finance `98, and her husband Jeff welcomed their new son Andrew James Joiner on Dec. 30, 2009.

Tiffany Melovich, Elementary Education `96, was chosen as Florida’s Reading Teacher of the Year for elementary schools. Melovich, who teaches at Bevis Elementary School in Lithia, was honored by the State Department of Education reading initiative, Just Read! Florida. Tiffany was a magna cum laude graduate of the USF College of Education and a graduate of Bloomingdale High. She

has taught at Bevis for seven years. She previously taught at Bryan and Folsom elementary schools.

Jackie Nelson, Accounting `91 & MACC `97, was promoted to senior director of undergraduate affairs in USF’s College of Business. After receiving a Master of Accountancy in 1997, she became a certified public accountant in 1998. Nelson has worked for USF since 1995. She began her career as an academic advisor for the College of Business and became the coordinator of Student Affairs in the College of Nursing in 1997. She returned to the College of Business as the director of Undergraduate Programs in 1998, where she currently manages the Academic Advising office and facilitates student services. Nelson was recognized as a USF Outstanding Academic Advisor in 1997 and was a USF Outstanding Faculty Advisor in 2000. Prior to working at USF, Nelson worked as an accountant for Tunstall Consulting, Inc. and the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Ted Rivera, Management `98, is chief executive officer of solar-e.com, a global website that promotes the use of solar energy and passive designs in buildings.

The solar-e.com’s parent company, Wise Earth Pty Ltd., is located in Western Australia. Rivera lived in Perth, Western Australia for two years, after being selected by The Rotary Foundation for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, one of the largest international scholarship programs in the world. During his program, Rivera served as an unofficial ambassador of goodwill and studied at the University of Western Australia. He graduated from UWA in 2007 with a Master’s Degree in Communication Studies and began his career at solar-e.com. Rivera returned to the Tampa Bay area in October 2009.

Since his return, Rivera has reconnected and taken an active role within the USF Alumni Association by becoming an associate Life Member, group leader of the newly formed USF Ambassador Alumni Society, a new member of the Communications Council and new board member of the Association’s National Board of Directors.

Lisa Schiavinato, Political Science `98, was selected as the Natural Resources Scientist of the Year in the 2009 N.C. Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards program. Schiavinato is a coastal law, policy, and community development specialist for North Carolina Sea Grant, an organization that provides research, education and outreach opportunities relating to current issues affecting the North Carolina coast and its communities. In 2009, Schiavinato provided leadership for a statewide advisory panel that made recommendations on emerging ocean policy topics. The resulting publication, “Developing a Management Strategy for North Carolina’s Coastal Ocean,” is under review by the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission. The report was developed through a two-year partnership among the N.C. Division of Coastal Management, Sea Grant and the N.C. Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center. Schiavinato also serves as co-director of the law center and has worked on legal and regulatory matters related to potential wind energy projects in the coastal region. She also organizes the annual Shape of the Coast workshop for attorneys, planners and anyone interested in coastal policy topics. She joined North Carolina Sea Grant in 2007 after five years with Louisiana Sea Grant. President-elect of The Coastal Society, an organization of private sector, academic, and JULY 2010 | ALUMNIVOICE

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Charlotte Schulz, MFA `93, received a prestigious New York Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, 2009-2010. Schulz lives in Beacon, NY, and maintains a studio in Cold Spring. She currently teaches at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. She is the recipient of individual artist fellowships from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation in 2005-2006, the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2002 and 2009, the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in 2003, the State of Florida in 1996 and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1992. Notable group exhibitions include “Vocabularies of Metaphor: More Stories,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco; “Dark Poets,” Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore; “ARCHI+TEXTURE,” Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY; “underCURRENT/ overview,” Tampa Museum of Art and “Featuring Florida,” The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. Recent solo exhibitions include “An Insufficiency in Our Screens,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT and Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA and “Inside the Monad,” Azarian McCullough Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY. Kathryn Simpson, Social Work `94, MPH `00 & MSW `01, is an occupational health specialist in Corporate Safety for Publix Super Markets, Inc. in Lakeland.

Robert Tabler Jr., Gerontology `94 and MPH `08, is the emergency planner and Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) coordinator for the Tampa Fire Rescue, Office of Emergency Management, in Tampa. Tabler’s job-search efforts and disaster-relief volunteerism was featured in an article in the New York Times in 2009 about highly-skilled workers searching for employment.

Susan Webb, MPH `91, is a project manager for the University of Kentucky, Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Research and Policy, in Lexington, KY.

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Mopelola Adewunmi, MPH `09, is a dentist at the Pinellas County Health Department Dental Clinic in Pinellas Park.

Manoj Agravat, MPH `08, is an HIV/AIDS surveillance coordinator with the Pinellas County Health Department.

Angela Diane Alfaro, M.D. `00, graduated from the Florida Hospital Family Practice Program in Orlando. She is married to Rafael (Max) Alfaro and has four children.

She lives in Haines City and works at St. Anthony’s Primary Care in St. Petersburg.

Talat Almukhtar, MPH `09, is an epidemiologist for the Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa. He is involved with the diabetic retionopathy clinical research network.

Ana Amaya, MPH `09, is a doctoral candidate at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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Michelle Blume, Political Science and Religious Studies, `02, was the recipient of the Stetson College of Law’s Public Service Scholarship. She will receive a full-tuition scholarship to Stetson Law for her final year. A part-time student, Blume is ranked 10th in her class, serves as a Public Service Fellow and helped found the Innocence Project Student Group at Stetson. She also works as the pastor of an urban church in Tampa, and holds down jobs at a pharmaceutical consulting group and as a faculty research assistant. At Stetson, Blume volunteered at the Attorney General’s Office in the Children’s Legal Services Bureau, served in the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and as a Guardian ad Litem, and clerked for Judge Tracy Sheehan of Florida’s 13th Judicial Circuit. Blume started a food-pantry ministry and has led various youth mentoring programs; she also regularly visits the sick and needy and leads worshipservices at her church. While at Duke Divinity School, Blume was awarded the Upcoming Leader Scholarship and co-founded the Young Adult Seminarians Network.

She graduated magna cum laude from USF and received the Honors Program Scholarship and Bright Futures Scholarship. She has also received the Roger P. Fairs Award for leadership from the United Methodist Church.

Richard Cantrell, MPH `09, is a sterility assurance supervisor for Wright Medical Technology, headquartered in Arlington, TN. April Childers, MFA `09, and Carmen Tiffany, MFA `10, participated in SITEfest 2010, a two-day interdisciplinary event in March highlighting the diversity of performance in Brooklyn’s emerging art scene, Bushwick. Now in its second year, SITEfest reflects the progressive live art in BETA Spaces and open studios encompassing a variety of forms including theater, dance, music, and collaborative performance.

Childers and Tiffany formed the collective Destineez Child as a means of examining the nature of cheaply mass-produced commodities and the process of where and by whom these items are accumulated. Destineez Child also explores themes in trickle down marketing and cultural phenomenon surrounding places such as convenience stores, hair salons, car washes and flea markets. Destineez Child’s SITEfest installation and performance at Grace Exhibition Space was titled “Losing Friends?”

Tracy Clouser, MBA `06, is director of public relations for the American Marketing Association, Tampa Bay Chapter. Clouser has 18 years of marketing, communications and development experience. Clouser has an MBA and is a certified fund raising executive. She works as the vice president of development at Easter Seals Florida, helping the organization raise awareness of and funds for its mission and programs in the Tampa Bay area.

Jessica Cohen, MPH `08, is the CDI surveillance coordinator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Surveillance Branch, in Atlanta, GA. Natalie Dyenson, MPH `07, is the director of Supplier Food Safety for the Corporate Food Safety Group of Walmart Stores, Inc. in Bentonville, AR.

Karen Dyer, M.A. Applied Anthropology `08 & MPH `08, is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at USF in the Department of Anthropology and is expected to graduate in December 2011.

Jason Faulkner, Civil Engineering `03, is vice chair of the Illinois Section Younger Members Group of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Illinois Section (Chicago Area).

Bernadette Ferraro, MPH `00 and Ph.D. `09, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Jennifer Fowler, MPH `09, is the director of Environmental Compliance for the Orange County Public School System in Orlando.

Phoenix Gayles, Music `09, placed third out of 50 singers in the Sun Coast Opera Auditions on March 13, earning a $2,000 prize. She is a graduate student in the studio of Dr. Warren Jaworski at USF. Suzanne Dolwick Grieb, MSPH `02, was selected as a member of the 2010-2012 cohort of Kellogg Health Scholars. The program, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and managed by the Center for Advancing Health in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health, supports the development of a cadre of new leadership in the effort to reduce and eliminate health disparities and to secure equal access to the conditions and services essential for achieving healthy communities. This two-year postdoctoral fellowship is designed for scholars with terminal degrees in fields related to the study of health disparities.

Maureen Weir Guthke, MPH `05, is a wellness coordinator with Orlando Health. Previously, she was the tobacco cessation specialist and coordinator of Community Health Education for Gulfcoast North AHEC, Inc. in Land O Lakes.

Lisa Hansen, Ph.D. `09, a professor in the USF College of Education’s Physical Education and Exercise Science Department and co-director XRKade Research Laboratories, attended the Global Forum for Physical Education Pedagogy 2010 (GoFPEP 2010) held in May in Grundy Center, Iowa. More than 70 educators, health professionals, administrators and policy makers from 30 countries, representing 64 universities, institutions, organizations and schools, attended the event, which focused on reforming health and physical education programs for K-12 students. Dr. Hansen earned her undergraduate degree in K-12 Health and Physical Education in 2000 and her Master’s in Health Promotion in 2004, both from Virginia Tech. She earned a Doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction at USF in the summer of 2009 while working as the co-director of the USF XRKade Active Gaming Research Laboratories and teaching undergraduate courses. She joined the faculty at USF in the fall of 2009.

Gwendolyn Hudson, MPH `04, is a Ph.D. candidate and an ASPH/CDC/PRC Minority Fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the School of Public Health.

Dominique Godfrey-Johnson, MPH `04, is a public health epidemiologist in Infection Prevention and Control for WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, NC.

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Sandeep Kasat, MPH `04, is an associate research scientist for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) in Calverton, MD. Ruth Kim, MPH `09, works in emergency preparedness for the St. Lucie County Health Department in Port St. Lucie, FL. Nicole Kleiman, MPH `04, is an allocation analyst for the United Network for Organ Sharing, 700 North 4th Street, in Richmond, VA. Nina Lacevic, English `05, joined the law firm of Fee & Jeffries, P.A. as an attorney in its Business Litigation Group. She will focus her practice on intellectual property and business disputes. Lacevic received her J.D. from University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2008 and her B.A. in English, magna cum laude, from USF Honors College. She is originally from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and now lives and works in Tampa.

Ian Lanzillotti, Russia & History `05, is a doctoral student at The Ohio State University and was recently awarded a Fulbright-Hays grant by the U.S. Department of Education. Lanzillotti will travel to Russia for nine months to research the role of states in forging national consciousness, governance and security in multiethnic and multiconfessional states, and the legacies of colonialism and empire. His dissertation, “EthnoNationalism and Interethnic Relations in the North Caucasus: Kabardino-Balkaria, 1858-1991,” examines the history of interethnic relations and national identity formation in Kabardino-Balkaria, an unusually peaceful republic in Russia’s strategically important North Caucasus region. He will trace the historical processes that have contributed to Kabardino-Balkaria’s current socio-political landscape and tsarist and Soviet policies that have led to interethnic tension in the region. His research will also highlight the state policies that have prevented Kabardino-Balkaria’s tensions from exploding into violent conflict. After earning his dual Bachelor’s at USF, Lanzillotti earned an M.A. in Russian East European Studies from Indiana University (2008).

Xiaohong Li, MPH `08, is a data analyst for the Florida Department of Health.

John “Juan” Luque, MPH `04 & Ph.D. Applied Anthropology `06, is an assistant professor of Community Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, at Georgia Southern University. He was recently elected as a Fellow in the Society for Applied Anthropology (SAA). Fellows are elected for their academic and applied contributions in the field and the excellence of their scholarship. Dr. Luque is a medical anthropologist who specializes in community health, community-based participatory research, and applied anthropology. He received graduate-level training in applied anthropology and cultural anthropology from Arizona State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in medical anthropology, epidemiology, and social marketing from the University of South Florida. Before joining JPHCOPH, he was a post-doctoral Fellow in Behavioral Oncology in the Department of Health Outcomes & Behavior at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa. His areas of research include community-based interventions to impact cancer disparities in highrisk, medically underserved, or racial/ethnic minority populations. He is currently focusing his research on rural health in Hispanic migrant communities in the

South, and analyzes community-based approaches to improving the health of these medically underserved populations. Overall, he has presented his research at over 35 professional meetings and conferences both nationally and internationally. His publications have appeared in Human Organization, Journal of Ecological Anthropology, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Progress in Community Health Partnerships, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, Journal of Cancer Education, and Health Promotion Practice.

Taylor Grey Meyer, Psychology `06, wrote a children’s book, A Wig for Ally, that teaches positive visualization to children undergoing chemotherapy. She came up with the idea while volunteering at a children’s cancer research hospital. A portion of the proceeds from the book go to the American Cancer Society.

Laura Newhook, Mass Communications `09, was featured in tbt* as a “Rising Star.” The “Rising Star” feature is an occasional spotlight on a young professional in Tampa Bay. Newhook works as an assistant account executive at ChappellRoberts. She also volunteers with the Gasparilla International Film Festival, where she is a member of the board of directors.

Newhook earned a degree in Mass Communication from USF with a focus in Public Relations.

Dee Adams Nikjeh, Ph.D. Communication Science and Disorders `06, has published three journal articles in collaboration with her USF mentors based on her dissertation work: “Preattentive Cortical-Evoked Responses to Pure Tones, Harmonic Tones, and Speech: Influence of Music Training,” submitted to Ear and Hearing; “The Relationship Between Pitch Discrimination and Vocal Production: Comparison of Vocal and Instrumental Musicians,” in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America; and “Hearing of Note: An Electrophysiologic and Psychoacoustic Comparison of Pitch Discrimination Between Vocal and Instrumental Musicians,” in Psychophysiology. Dr. Nikjeh continues to be involved in research. Her newest project, funded by Anodyne Therapy Systems, examines therapeutic outcomes for hearing loss.

Laura Ogdie, Elementary Education `03 & M.Ed. Educational Leadership `08, and Bradley Mosall, Economics `08, were married on July 25, 2009, in St. Petersburg.

Tatiana Papakos, Civil Engineering `01, is the chair of the Illinois Section Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Group of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Illinois Section (Chicago Area).

Leah Phillips, MPH `08, is a fiscal and business specialist for the Florida Prevention Research Center in the Center for Social Marketing at the USF College of Public Health.

Christopher Prentice, MHA `09, is the contracts manager for Tampa General Hospital.

Nikole A. Collins-Puri, Political Science `01, appeared on “The Price Is Right” on April 26 and won a new Jeep by playing the Money Game. She is currently a National Urban Fellow (Class of 2010) in Perth Amboy, NJ. Collins-Puri attended USF on a full athletic and academic scholarship. She graduated in 2001, magna cum laude, as the Most Outstanding Senior, and was inducted into the USF Hall of Fame. During her academic tenure, she was very involved in campus affairs and was elected Student Government Senate

President for two consecutive years, allocating more than $12 million to student organizations throughout her administration. In 2000, she was selected for the highly competitive White House Internship Program, during which she worked in the Office of the Public Liaison. Prior to accepting the National Urban Fellows Award, Collins-Puri worked for AT&T Inc., starting as an intern and advancing to a senior manager position within eight years.

Sarah Smith, MPH `09, is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Anthropology at USF. Nicole Stokes, Psychology `03 and MPH `07, is the vice president of programs for The Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay. She and her husband, Jimmy, recently added a new branch to their family tree with the birth of their daughter, Callie Nicole Stokes, on Aug. 12, 2009.

Margaret Wan, MSPH `04 & Ph.D. `06, is a consultant and trainer for EOH Consulting, an occupational health and safety consulting firm based in St. Petersburg.

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Jamie L. Jackson, Accelerated Nursing `10, was appointed as an ensign in the United States Navy Nurse Corps. She is currently working at the National Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD. Rossybelle Perales, MPH `10, received two post-graduate offers from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). Ultimately, she declined the Naval and Marine Corps Public Health Center for an opportunity with the U.S. Army Public Health Command (Provisional) located in Aberdeen, MD. This group has ongoing applied research projects in the areas of environmental health, engineering, entomological sciences, ionizing and nonionizing radiation, occupational and environmental health, industrial hygiene and worksite hazards, environmental sanitation and hygiene and laboratory services worldwide. She works specifically in the Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance (DEDS) program within the behavioral and social outcomes branch.

Carmen Tiffany, MFA `10 and April Childers, MFA `09, participated in SITEfest 2010, a two-day interdisciplinary event in March highlighting the diversity of performance in Brooklyn’s emerging art scene, Bushwick. Now in its second year, SITEfest reflects the progressive live art in BETA Spaces and open studios encompassing a variety of forms including theater, dance, music, and collaborative performance.

Tiffany and Childers formed the collective Destineez Child as a means of examining the nature of cheaply mass-produced commodities and the process of where and by whom these items are accumulated. Destineez Child also explores themes in trickle down marketing and cultural phenomenon surrounding places such as convenience stores, hair salons, car washes and flea markets. Destineez Child’s SITEfest installation and performance at Grace Exhibition Space was titled “Losing Friends?”

In Memoriam William Patrick Belin, `09, 4/16/2010 Charles David “Dave” Bell, `79, 4/12/2009 Leah Marks Cohen, `78, 3/25/2010 Nolan Graham, `72, 4/12/2010 Susanna Merritt, M.A. `04, 4/12/2010 JULY 2010 | ALUMNIVOICE

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athletics perspective to the broadcast that airs on AM 680.

“It’s just a matter of experience and instinct,” says Oliu, 48, who also works as an assistant for the Hillsborough County Public Defender’s Office. “If sight is perception, I can see as much as the next person.”

Oliu got his start covering games for Florida College, a small Christian college in Temple Terrace.

“I’d always loved sports and played sports, but when I got to college, I couldn’t compete at that level, so I wanted to do the next best thing and be a radio broadcaster,” says Oliu, whose outgoing personality makes him a natural behind the microphone. “A friend gave me a shot and I discovered I could do it.”

He landed his first professional gig with the Jacksonville Expos the

A Bull in the Booth

By Karla Jackson, `88

W

hen it comes to talking about baseball, Enrique Oliu doesn’t need sight because he has insight. Oliu, a Class of `89 Communications grad, has been blind since birth, but that hasn’t stopped him from serving for 13 seasons as the color analyst for the Spanish language radio broadcast of the Tampa Bay Rays games.

The first thing people want to know is how he does it. It’s not some parlor trick or sixth sense, just the powers of preparation and deduction, Oliu says. He does extensive research before a game, pouring over statistics and memorizing details. During the games, he listens to the play-byplay of his partner, Ricardo Taveras, plus the sounds on the field and the reaction of the crowd. He filters that input through his years of baseball experience to bring a discerning

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same year that he graduated from USF with his Bachelor’s degree. He followed that with a stint with the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball League. His friend and former Florida College classmate, ESPN baseball analyst Orestes Destrade, arranged Oliu’s audition for the Rays games. He’s been in the booth ever since.

Oliu is a regular contributor on “Solamente Pelota” (“Only Baseball”) on XM Satellite Radio. He hosted his own show on WQBN 1300 AM and has appeared as a guest on baseball broadcasts and talk shows in Managua, Nicaragua, where he was born. He called games for the Tampa Bay Storm Arena Football League from 2003-05 and served as the Hispanic voice for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 200203 season.

Dubbed “The Volano” by his announcing partner Taveras, Oliu’s enthusiastic delivery and extensive

sports knowledge has earned him many fans, as well as a few people who try to test his abilities.

“They play little tricks, but I can usually figure them out,” Oliu said.

“Sometimes I can surprise them. I pretty much know what it is they’re trying to pull. You get used to it.”

He fully expects the Rays to have a great season this year, predicting they’ll win 96 games and possibly make the playoffs. He counts Rays Head Coach Joe Madden among his good friends.

“He’s not your usual jock, for lack of a better word,” Oliu says. “He’s a guy you can talk to about books and music. You can bounce ideas off him.”

Oliu also follows USF Bulls sports and eagerly anticipates attending football games in the fall. He was stunned to learn how much the Tampa campus has changed on a recent visit for a meet-and-greet with Bulls Head Football Coach Skip Holtz.

“I couldn’t believe how big it’s grown. It used to be I could walk from Cooper Hall to the Science building with no problem. I could always get around OK. I could walk to the Empty Keg, but I guess that’s no more now,” he says.

Fellow USF alumni come up to him all the time at Rays games and other places around town to say hello.

“Everyone seems to remember me,” Oliu says. “Those were really good times for me. I’ll always have fond memories of USF.”

Enrique Oliu, `89, works a Rays game with his partner, play-by-play announcer Ricardo Taveras.

Photos by Skip Milos/Tampa Bay Rays

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your membership in action

JULY 7 Northern Ohio Chapter: Wine 101, 7–9 p.m., American Wine School in Beachwood. Contact usfneoalums@yahoo.com to RSVP. 10-11 USF Botanical Gardens’ 11th Annual Tropical Plant Fair, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., USF Tampa campus. Visit www.cas.usf.edu/garden for details.

22 South Tampa USF: Unstoppable Event, 6–8 p.m., Tampa Yacht Club.

Visit www.unstoppable.usf.edu for details.

August 1 New York Chapter: USF Alumni Dinner Cruise, 6 p.m.

Contact valerieberrios78@hotmail.com for details.

7 Northern Ohio Chapter New Student Round-Up & Student Sendoff Picnic, 1–4 p.m., Sunny Lake Park, Aurora, OH. Contact usfneoalums@yahoo.com for details.

14 USF Night with the Rays, 4:10 p.m., Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg.

Visit www.USFalumni.org/Rays for details.

14-15 USF Botanical Gardens’ Bromeliad Bash, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., USF Tampa campus. Visit www.cas.usf.edu/garden for details.

23 Fall Semester Classes Begin. Visit www.usf.edu for details.

September 4 USF vs. Stony Brook, Time TBA, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa.

Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com for details.

6 Labor Day. All USF campuses closed.

11 Northern Ohio Chapter: Running of the Bulls Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, 8 a.m., Downtown Cleveland, OH. Contact usfneoalums@yahoo.com for details.

11 USF vs. UF, Time TBA, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com for details.

14 USF Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Lecture Series: Taylor Branch, 7 p.m., David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts/Jaeb Theater.

Visit www.cas.usf.edu for details.

25 USF vs. Western Kentucky University, Time TBA, Raymond James Stadium. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com for details.

SAVE THE DATE: Homecoming USF Bulls vs. Syracuse Orange, Oct. 9th Raymond James Stadium Taylor Branch

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

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