USF AlumniVoice Magazine - July 2007

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A Bull in Baghdad USF Alumni Association Supporting Students Our USF Ambassadors program helps today’s top students become the leaders of tomorrow.

Show your Bull Pride!

Get connected at: www.usfalumni.org

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Oliveira, ‘04, Paints the Embattled City Green & Gold.

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Thank You for Changing My Life “The Association’s Legislative Internship Program gave me an opportunity at a time when I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my future, and changed my life forever.”

Evelyn Hale, Legislative Intern, 2002

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USF vs. Elon, Raymond James Stadium USF vs. Auburn, Jordan Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL Art After Dark, Tampa Museum of Art, Downtown Tampa USF vs. North Carolina, Raymond James Stadium Career Fair, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., USF Sun Dome, Tampa Campus,

Call (813) 974-2171 or visit http://www.career.usf.edu/ for details.

An Evening with Novelist Norman Mailer, 7 p.m., Marshall Center Ballroom, Tampa Campus, Contact Robin Bajkiewicz at (813) 974-3657 or rbajkiew@cas.usf.edu for details. Free.

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USF Annual Tampa Community Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Hyatt Regency, Downtown Tampa. Call (813) 974-1936 of visit www.USFalumni.org > Calendar for a seat or table sponsorship.

USF vs. Florida Atlantic University, Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL Graphic Studio Benefit Art Sale, noon – 10 p.m., Free, Tampa Campus, Call (813) 974-3503 for details.

USF vs. UCF, Raymond James Stadium USF vs. Rutgers, Rugters Stadium, New Brunswick, NJ USF vs. Connecticut, Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT

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Homecoming Parade and Parade Watch Party, Gibbons Alumni Center, Tampa Campus Bulls Roast Tailgate Party, 3 hours prior to kick-off, Raymond James Stadium Homecoming Game: USF vs. Cincinnati, Raymond James Stadium USF vs. Syracuse, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY USF vs. Louisville, Raymond James Stadium USF vs. Pittsburgh, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA

The Legislative internship program is just one of the important programs that your membership makes possible.

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

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The mission of the USF Alumni Association is to foster a mutually beneficial, lifelong relationship between the University and its alumni; to inspire loyalty and pride among current and future alumni and to advocate for excellence in teaching, research and public service.

President, Board of Directors Jeff Spalding, `87

President’s Message

2 Greetings from Jeff Spalding, `87, President

News Round-up

3 A brief recap of the top news and research

Movers & Shakers

Executive Director

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John Harper, `76

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(813) 974-2100 or (800) 299-BULL

4 USF faculty, staff and administrators are making

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AlumniVoice is published four times annually by the USF Alumni Association

6 Betty Castor, Executive Director of the Dr. Kiran

Blast from the Past

C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, talks about the center’s future.

8 A look at USF and the world in… 1974

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the past 50 years.

That was Then; 9 Junior Natalie Shultz gives her perspective on This is Now how college is different today than when her

mother and uncle attended USF.

A Bull in Baghdad 10 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Oliveira, `04, paints

the embattled city Green and Gold.

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Submit story suggestions, comments, photos and Class Notes to Publications Editor Karla Jackson at kjackson@admin.usf.edu USF Alumni Association Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC 100 Tampa, FL. 33620-5455 Phone: (813) 974-2100 Toll-free: (800) 299-BULL alumni@admin.usf.edu www.usfalumni.org

Alumni Profile 12 For State Representative Peter F. Nehr, `00,

becoming a Bull is a family affair.

Life Member 14 The Alumni Association’s annual tribute to our Honor Roll lifetime members.

Athletics 19 Your favorite Bulls teams have big things in store.

Class Notes 20 See who’s earned a promotion, opened a business,

written a book, had a baby and more!

Calendar 25 Events and activities coming up at USF in the

next new months.

F E AT U R E S TO RY:

Visit Jeffrey Oliveira in his tour of Iraq

through the embattled streets of Bahgdad.

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president’s message Hello Alumni, Please allow me to take a moment of your time to introduce myself: I’m Jeff Spalding, the 2007- 08 president of your USF Alumni Association Board.

I’m a Class of `87 graduate and a 17-year member of the alumni association.

Since I’ve been away from Tampa for a number of years, I’ve found that being involved in the association is a great way to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones and give back to the university that helped me get where I am today.

When I do get back to campus, I’m awed by the phenomenal change at USF. Our alma mater has evolved from a “commuter” school to a top-tier state university.

We should all be proud to be USF Bulls. Your alumni association is growing and changing, too. This new magazine you’re holding is just one of the many new benefits of membership.

It will become even bigger and better in the upcoming months as we chronicle the lives and careers of so many USF alumni who are doing amazing things at home and abroad.

With all these positive changes comes new challenges for your alumni association. USF is a young university with a large and diverse alumni base. We must work hard to reach out to all of our graduates. My goals as president are to: - Increase the value of your USF degree.

- Share my passion for USF. - Increase the involvement of my fellow alumni and the future alumni - students.

It all boils down to three words: Passion, Pride and Value. I challenge all USF alumni to get involved in some way. Whether it’s with a local alumni chapter, a national society or by attending alumni association events, you can make a difference.

I hope I can count on your support to help improve our university through your participation with the USF Alumni Association.

Go Bulls!

Your Friend,

Jeff Spalding, `87 Life Member Charlotte, N.C.

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roundup Judging by the numbers, USF has admitted its smartest freshman class ever. Students who scored an A-minus average or better in high school make up the majority of this fall’s prospective freshman class.

In addition, USF has invited hundreds more students to the Honors College, the university’s academic crown jewel, than last year.

More than 5,000 freshmen admitted to USF so far have GPAs that exceed 3.7, an A-minus average, up from 3,300 at the same time last year. The average GPA of those freshmen is 3.8. Of the 8,200 prospective freshmen offered admission for this fall, about 1,740 were invited to USF’s Honors College, which requires at least a 3.7 GPA and a 1270 SAT.

USF on iTunes U The College of Education and USF Health debuted on the USF on iTunes U website in the spring. The site opens up a new world of possibilities for sharing digital content among students and faculty.

“Soon, USF students will be able to access a password-protected area of USF on iTunes U to get course materials, lectures, seminars and a variety of valuable information related to their studies,” said James Welsh, at the Florida Center for Instructional Technology in USF’s College of Education. “This will change the way students access and review course materials and prepare for tests.”

Check it out at http://itunes.usf.edu/.

Single Women Make Good Adoptive Moms, USF Study Shows A single woman in the United States can raise a child adopted from China just as well as a married couple, says a study by a USF professor, countering claims by the Chinese government that single parenting is bad for children.

China ruled in 2001 that only 5 percent of Chinese children could be adopted into single-parent families. The policy tightened even more in May, barring anyone who is single, overweight, depressed, married less than two years, divorced and remarried less than five years, or over 50 years of age, from adopting a child from China.

College of Education in Top 50 USF’s College of Education is one of the nation’s top 50 graduate schools of education, according to the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of the nation’s best graduate schools.

The College of Education’s ranking, at No. 48, included in the magazine’s report on “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008,” places USF’s college among the top 20 percent of graduate schools of education. It’s the fourth consecutive year that the college has been ranked. The previous year, the College of Education’s graduate school ranked 60th in the U.S. It was one of only two colleges of education in Florida to be included in the ranking.

Alzheimer’s Vaccine Patch Researchers with USF’s Department of Psychiatry report that a novel, needle-free vaccine approach is effective and safe in clearing brain-damaging plaques from a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The transdermal, or across the skin, vaccination, may offer a simpler way of preventing or treating the devastating neurodegenerative disease with less likelihood of adverse immune reactions.

The study was published in January in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

USF Lakeland Going High-Tech If things go as planned, USF-Lakeland could become Florida’s first public university specializing in applied technology.

USF psychologist Dr. Tony Xing Tan compared 144 Chinese girls aged 1 ½ to 11 years old who were adopted by 126 single-mother families, with 509 Chinese girls adopted by 415 families with two parents.

The idea, says USF-Lakeland CEO Marshall Goodman, is to focus resources on teaching and research in information technology, applied health and biotechnology, manufacturing technology, business and education - with an emphasis on producing math and science teachers.

“Overall, the present study found no evidence that the adjustment of the adoptees from single-parent families differed from their peers from dualparent families,” Tan said in his study, presented in March at the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Boston.

With plans underway for a new, 500-acre, 16,000 student campus at the interchange of I-4 and the Polk Parkway within the next decade, USFLakeland could become a vital link in the emerging high-tech corridor between Tampa and Orlando.

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USF Health Website Goes Global In order to make its groundbreaking research available to a worldwide audience, the USF Health Research website can now be translated into nine different languages.

In addition to English, the site can be viewed in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Korean, and Japanese. You can see for yourself at http://health.usf.edu/. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to select a language.

Working on a Vaccine for Breast Cancer Researchers are having some success in testing a type of cancer vaccine that seems to delay and prevent breast tumors in mice. The strategy holds promise for the future use of peptide vaccines in women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer.

Scientists from USF, the Mayo Clinic and the University of Torino employed substances called toll-like receptor agonists to help a synthetic peptide vaccine raise the immune system response against breast cancer tumors. Simultaneously, they used antibodies to blunt other aspects of the immune system that might interfere with the effectiveness of the vaccine.

In the Feb. 1 issue of Cancer Research, the researchers reported that their strategy was effective in preventing spontaneous tumors in mouse models for breast cancer, even when the vaccine was given when the mice already had early-stage cancer.

New Funding for Cardiac Technology USF’s signature program for cardiovascular research received $812,000 from the Walter L. and Phyllis W. Mason Trust and the university is seeking matching funds from the state to raise a total of $1.6 million.

The funding will be used to purchase specialized scientific equipment and technology for researchers at USF Health studying heart disease.

Cardiovascular research is among the College of Medicine’s four newly created signature research programs, which also include allergy immunology and infectious diseases, cancer biology and neuroscience.

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shakers USF Foundation Has New CEO The USF Foundation has new leadership: J. Jeffrey Robison began his term as vice president and chief executive officer of the USF Foundation June 11.

Robison came to USF from Case Western Reserve University, where he served as vice president for development. He also served as president of the Florida State University Foundation for more than a decade. Before that, he was associate director of university development at the University of Florida and has spent a significant part of his career at Ohio State University, The Ohio State Development Fund and Ohio University.

Robison holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Ohio University and a master’s degree in education.

New CEO for Sarasota-Manatee A former associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at USF Tampa is now the new vice president and chief executive officer for USF Sarasota-Manatee.

Arthur Guilford served as interim VP and CEO since January, after the retirement of Laurey Stryker.

Guilford’s appointment became permanent April 20. He had served as the associate dean of faculty and program development for the College of Arts and Sciences at USF Tampa since 2004.

Guilford, a respected scholar and prolific author on the topic of communication disorders, became a USF faculty member in 1976 after teaching at the University of Michigan and California State University Los Angeles.

The FSU graduate and distinguished alumnus (1993) majored in speech pathology and audiology. He earned a master’s degree in speech and hearing from Tulane University’s department of otorhinolaryngology followed by a doctorate in physical medicine and rehabilitation in the speech and hearing science section from the University of Michigan.

Stan Heath Takes on Basketbull Former Arkansas Razorback Stan Health is now a USF Bull, taking the helm of the men’s basketball team as the eighth coach in the program’s 35-year history.

Heath received a five-year deal worth $3.4 million, or $680,000 a year. He also could earn up to another $170,000 in incentives per season, which could be obtained in full by winning the national title.

After nearly a monthlong search, USF athletic director Doug Woolard landed a coach who has three NCAA Tournament appearances in six seasons and is coming off consecutive 20-win seasons at Arkansas.

Heath also was in the mix for openings at Iowa and Marshall, but decided on a chance to coach in the Big East. He is known as one of the nation’s top recruiters, landing three Top 15 national classes at Arkansas.

New A&S Dean for USF St. Petersburg Frank Biafora is the new dean of the College of Arts & Science at USF St. Petersburg.

Biafora, a sociology professor and associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts at St. John’s University, recently won a Fulbright Scholars award in Vietnam.

Biafora earned his bachelors and masters degrees from UF and a doctorate from University of Miami in 1991. He started his new job at USF July 1.

Stavros Chosen for Board of Governors USF trustee and local businessman/ philanthropist Gus Stavros was named to the Board of Governors, a state panel that oversees the university system.

Stavros, chairman of PELAM Investments, has been a generous benefactor of USF. In addition to serving on the USF and USF Foundation Board of Trustees, he also established the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education on USF’s Tampa campus.

His appointment runs through January 2013.

Kudos for President Genshaft The Florida Holocaust Museum honored USF President Judy Genshaft with the 2007 Loebenberg Humanitarian Award during its annual “To Life” dinner in February. The award was established to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Holocaust Museum and its mission to recognize the inherent worth and dignity of human life in order to prevent future genocides.

In April, Genshaft was presented with the Captain of Education Award during the annual commencement ceremony of Hadassah College in Jerusalem. The college recognized Dr. Genshaft as a leading figure in modern higher education, who promotes excellence in education, research and development, diversity and social issues.

Former State Senator Joins USF Lesley Miller, a USF alumnus and the university’s first black student body president, was hired as the new director of community relations and student ombudsman in April.

Miller comes to USF after more than 10 years as manager for Minority Business Development and Governmental Relations at Tampa General Hospital. He also served in the State House and Senate for more than a decade and was Senate minority leader during his 2004 term.

Provost Honored for her Work, Citizenship USF Provost and Senior Vice President Renu Khator was named an “Outstanding American by Choice”

by U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services. Khator, a native of India, is part of an elite group of foreign-born high achievers to receive the honor, including Dr. Kiran Patel, USF trustee and philanthropist.

USICS Director Emilio Gonzalez, a Cuban-born USF graduate, presided at the event.

Browning Named Secretary of State Kurt Browning, `82 & `94, was selected as secretary of state by Gov. Charlie Crist.

He holds a Masters of Public Administration from USF and served on USF’s Public Administration Advisory Board. Browning, formerly Pasco County’s supervisor of elections, represented the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections’ interests before the Legislature for the past decade. In addition to overseeing the state elections process, the Department of State also oversees corporations and cultural affairs, the state library and archives and the office of cultural and historic programs.

New Dean for the College of Engineering The College of Engineering welcomes Dr. John Wiencek, who began his term as dean July 1.

Dr. Wiencek was chair of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He completed his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University in Chemical Engineering and was an assistant professor at Rutgers University, where he earned tenure.

Dr. Wiencek is an accomplished teacher and scholar who won several national and institutional awards. He has a long list of peer-reviewed publications and presentations and has attracted over $7.5 million in research support from external, competitive funding agencies, including the NSF, NIH, NASA and DOE. His research interests focus on protein biophysics and novel membrane-based water purification.

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developing world. Coming to the Patel Center was like coming full circle.

Q : How did you begin teaching in East Africa?

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betty castor Q&A with Betty Castor, Executive Director of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions USF launched the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions in May 2005, thanks to a generous gift from Tampa cardiologist and entrepreneur, Dr. Kiran C. Patel, and his wife, pediatrician Pallavi Patel. The Center’s mission is to study the world’s problems from a global perspective and to develop new tools to create solutions. Former USF President Betty Castor was appointed as Executive Director of the Center in January.

Q : What drew you to be a part of the Patel Center?

A : It was almost happenstance. In the same day, at the same luncheon, I saw the Provost (Renu Khator) who inquired about whether I’d have any interest in joining the Patel Center. It wasn’t something I had thought about. Then about an hour later, I saw Dr. Patel, and he said, “Are you ready for another challenge?” I don’t know if they had talked about it previously, but it seemed like maybe they had.

What really drew me to it was the center’s mission, because I actually started my career as a teacher in East Africa and I’ve maintained my interest in the

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A : I was in college and was very involved in a project to send educational supplies to developing countries. This was at a time in the Sixties when many developing countries were throwing off European control and becoming independent. It was a time of great promise and great hopefulness. The belief was that education was the essential component in helping these countries become independent and self-reliant.

I had a professor who said, “This would be a great opportunity for you.” And it was. You get out of your comfort zone and you’re impacted by a culture that’s very different.

I taught a variety of subjects to African students. I was their net ball coach. I was also part of a team of young women who went to the summit of Kilimanjaro. I think the first African woman to summit was part of our group. So for me, it was idyllic, but the poverty was overwhelming and only a small percentage of young people could get an education – at that time it was well below 10 percent.

The nice thing about East Africa was that the secondary and university education was in English, which was helpful for those of us who were coming from America, although many of us were able to pick up some of the language.

Q : With so many challenges in the world, how does the Center define its focus and zero in on its priorities?

A : The fundamental issues – water and sanitation – those were settled before I arrived. Soon after Dr. Patel announced his initial gift, the USF faculty came together in a large group and debated what the overarching issues would be.

When you think about it, water is as important as anything when it comes to establishing and sustaining a community. And sanitation goes hand-in-hand with water. It crosses all the disciplines – public health, engineering, geography, education.

For me, the intriguing part is that in the developing world, when you think about education, young women can’t start their day unless they supply the water. It’s a gender issue. It’s the girls, the mothers,

the women who are responsible for supplying water to a village or a school. So their day doesn’t start before they do their chores, which includes gathering water.

Q : What are the Center’s other priorities?

A : First, you have to have clean water, what we call potable water. Then you can look at the other issues, like migration and urbanization, people leaving the rural areas and moving into the cities and coast.

The (other) area is, what does it take to make a community sustainable? It really depends on the culture. It’s very different in the developing world.

It’s about whatever commodity that’s important in that culture.

But for now, we’re concentrating on potable water and sanitation.

What’s interesting is that it turns out that the west coast of Florida is a very good laboratory for water issues. We’ve had lakes that have dried up. We’ve had coastal areas taken over by condominiums. We’ve had streams that have become polluted. And we’ve had success in terms of building one of the largest water reservoirs in the country, the Tampa Bay Water reservoir.

newsletter with their findings. It’s another example of taking faculty work and using it to understand what’s going on in a global economy.

Q : A parcel of land next to the Gibbons Alumni Center has been dedicated for construction of the Patel Center. How is that progressing?

A : We need a few more pledges before we get there. We have $10 million in the bank, but we have to raise more funds and find some partners. We’re trying to identify other groups with international interests, both within the university and externally, so that when it’s ultimately constructed it will have a truly international emphasis.

Q : How does it feel to be back on campus after a few years? Has it changed much since you were president (1994-99)?

Q : What do you say to people who feel like we should focus our energies here in the U.S. and let other countries solve their own problems?

A : It’s been very interesting having to deal with things like parking and IDs. I have to walk a little farther to get to my office these days. But it’s wonderful to see everyone and there are advantages to having been here before.

I kept in pretty close contact, but there have been a lot of changes. I can’t wait until the Marshall Center is complete. I think that will truly be the stamp of change.

A : We live in a global economy. Our resources are global resources. What happens in one part of the world will surely, in the broader sense, affect the rest of the world. A lot of the territorial debates around the globe are fundamentally about land and water, then other countries get drawn into that. So helping communities become sustainable and live in a more harmonious way benefits the greater good. I think most people understand that.

Q : In addition to your educational background as a teacher and President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, you also have an extensive background in politics, as a Florida’s Education Commissioner, State Senator and County Commissioner. Now your daughter, Kathy Castor, is following in your footsteps, first as a County Commissioner and, most recently, as a U.S. Representative.

What advice have you passed along to her?

Q : What is the Globalization Research Network?

A : Kathy is very much her own person. The interesting thing to me is when I see people I know, they used to ask, “How are you doing?” Now they ask, “How’s your daughter doing?” It’s a generational thing. And a lot of folks tell me what’s going on with her. They’ll say, “Oh, she’s going to be speaking here in a few weeks,” and that will be the first I’ve heard of it.

A : That is a consortium started by the Center and (Academic Director) Mark Amen. It’s a network of four universities (USF, UCLA, George Washington University and the University of Hawaii) that research globalization issues and produce an electronic

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1974 A Blast from the Past !

U.S. PRESIDENT: Richard M. Nixon

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: (current dollars): $11,197

UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.6% FIRST CLASS STAMP: .8 cents IN THE ARTS: Russian ballet

IN SCIENCE: Lucy, a prehistoric

star Mikhail Baryshnikov defects and joins the American Ballet Theatre; Patti Smith releases what is considered to be the first punk rock single, “Hey Joe;” Stephen King debuts his novel, Carrie.

biped that becomes a link in the theory of evolution, is discovered in Tanzania; Citing safety concerns, the National Academy of Sciences calls for a ban on genetic engineering research; Leda the ninth and smallest of Jupiter’s moons, is discovered by astronomer Charles Kowal.

AT USF: First reported incident of on-campus streaking occurs; New College in Sarasota joins the Florida university system and USF Sarasota. IN THE NEWS: Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to resign. He leaves office Aug. 8, after being charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws and refusal to produce subpoenaed material. He’s pardoned on Sept. 8 by his former vice president and successor, Gerald Ford; Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolf Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army on Feb. 5; Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh dies on Aug. 26 of lymphoma in Maui, Hawaii.

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By Natalie Shultz Class of 2008

graduated. She was completely lost and totally shocked at all the new buildings, traffic and people.

College. Parents think they know what it’s like, but they have no idea.

“USF is definitely not what it used to be,” said my mother, Dr. Deborah Shultz. “There were no sports and not too many clubs around, so studying is just what we did.”

Trying to guess the number of times the “College is so different now, you just don’t understand,” conversation has occurred at my family’s dinner table is a futile venture. Now, more than ever, it’s clear that college is a whole new ball game, and parents are the enthusiastic, but clueless, fans.

The old-fashioned days of typewriters, hand-written notes and library card catalogues have given way to modern conveniences like laptops, email, Internet and the omniscient Google.

My generation has the luxury of instant information that our parents lacked, but the flip side is that multi-tasking is an essential survival skill for today’s Bulls, for better or worse.

Today’s students grow up too fast and have too much on their plates. Between jobs, commuting to and from class, homework, projects, extracurricular activities, exercising and trying to keep a decent family and social life, we are just plain stressed out.

Consider my schedule, for example. On weekdays, I get to USF at 8 a.m., leave campus to go to work at a law firm in south Tampa, then return later for my afternoon classes. After that, there are meetings for student government and other organizations, or my sorority, Delta Delta Delta, some of which last until 10 p.m. By then, homework is the last thing I want to think about. And those extra-curricular activities aren’t optional.

Employers look for graduates who put in that extra effort.

On the other hand, my mother, a USF alumna, said her daily activities consisted of going to class, going home to study, and maybe helping out at my grandfather’s office on the weekends - if her homework was done. She was also in a sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, but she says the time commitment was nowhere near what I’m expected to put into mine. And she loves to remind me that her study habits are what earned her straight A’s all through college.

I knew when I started at USF in Fall 2004 that I had big shoes to fill. My mom and her brother John graduated from here in 1975 and `68, respectively, with one-way tickets to medical school.

In light of that, my very first B during my freshman year at USF was traumatic. It was like I had a big, scarlet “B” on my chest. I felt like a failure. But it turned out to be a huge wake-up call. I came to understand that sometimes, no matter how hard I try, B’s happen.

Of course, my mom (and many other parents) find that rationale completely unacceptable. But to my generation, it’s reality.

Mom got a little wake up call herself when she returned to campus with me for registration, some 30 years after she

The truth is that college today isn’t what it used to be. It’s faster, more demanding, less personal and super competitive - much like the real world today. I’m majoring in Magazine Journalism and the Mass Communications professors often tell us that only a small percentage of us will actually end up in our chosen field, because there are more applicants that jobs.

Wish me luck.

Memor y SAHARE Excerpts of memories from members of the USF Alumni Association.

I remember playing on the first varsity baseball team in 1966, and in `67, winning 11 straight games. We also beat the University of Miami and they were ranked in the Top 5 in the country.

Arthur Richardson `69 Annual Member I remember all of the good times and friends at Fontana Hall; golfing at The Claw; Saturday afternoons at Busch Gardens; beer tours at the brewery; frat parties; studying in the medical library so I could get some quiet time.

Greg Schmitt, `83 Annual Member

While I was finishing graduate school in the Dept. of World Languages my mom became very ill. I remember how supportive the Department was: my head professor, Dr. Wei Zhu and the adjuncts. My mom passed away, but I kept all the cards and remembered the kindness of those around me - particularly my husband-to-be - Michael.

Eve Dobbins `03 Annual Member

Share your USF memory with us! Email alumni@admin.usf.edu and write “Memory” in the subject line.

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Feature Story

A Bull in Iraq ✯✯✯

“I’ve left the greater details to God and whatever divine plan He may have for my life.”

Look closely at the photos on these pages. Less than 24 hours after those shots were taken, 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Oliveira, 23, was on patrol in an armored vehicle that was struck by a roadside bomb.

Fortunately, no one was killed this time.

His unit, the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, has lost 12 soldiers in the past seven months while serving in Baghdad, where they will be until at least January 2008.

Oliveira, Class of `04, is circumspect about the danger he faces as detachment commander of a heavy armor and mechanized company that conducts combat patrols in Baghdad’s International Zone, formerly known as the “Green Zone.”

The 5.6-square-mile area that was Saddam’s stomping grounds is now the hub of the U.S. and coalition forces’ operations in Iraq, and consequently, a primary target for insurgents.

“There’s only so much armor and plating that can

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protect you,” Oliveira says in an email interview.

“I’ve left the greater details to God and whatever divine plan He may have for my life. The best deterrent is sound decision-making and wearing all the protective gear we have.”

Oliveira, who earned a B.A., Cum Laude, in Political Science while at USF, joined the Army because he felt compelled “to do something – to give back in some small way.”

He was moved by late President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to Americans some 46 years ago: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

“Sadly, it’s a message and a challenge that has eluded much of America’s youth,” says Oliveira, who was a student

in the Alumni Association’s select Legislative Directed Study Program.

“My generation was raised with MTV and the Internet. Life was great. However, very little about our lives spoke to the call of public service.”

So when duty called, Oliveira answered.

He is one of nearly 400 USF alumni who identify themselves as members of the military, according to USF’s Joint Military Leadership Center. About 800 USF students have earned commissions through the university’s ROTC programs.

Being stationed in the International Zone – with its mix of leaders and politicians of varied ethnicities and ideologies – seems fitting for a young man who has always been fascinated by politics.

“This is a nation with a complex and storied biblical history,” Oliveira says of Iraq. “There are many sectarian fractures here. Iraqis are like Americans in that they all have differing values, priorities and beliefs.”

And though political theory may be fine for the academics, the soldiers patrolling Baghdad’s streets are much more pragmatic.

to do when he returns to the states.

“Of course, I’ll want to spend as much time as possible with my family and friends,” says Oliveira, who was raised in Riverview. “I’d also like to pay Mickey Mouse a visit, drop by Busch Gardens, visit USF, and ultimately, just relax.”

And he’s making plans for his life after the Army. “I recently submitted a request for resignation to return to civilian life when my military service obligation ends next May. Thus far, everything has been approved.

I plan on exploring options in the corporate world, as well as the public sector,” he says.

Until then, Oliveira who is scheduled to be promoted to Captain this month - must concentrate on the task at hand.

“For now, leaving Iraq is only a distant dream,” he says.

✯✯✯ “My generation was raised with MTV and the Internet. Life was great. However, very little about our lives spoke to the call of public service.”

Jeff Oliveira would love to hear from fellow Bulls. You can e-mail him at

jeffrey.d.oliveira@us.army.mil

“Our fight is not political,” he says. “It is not for an ideology. Our fight is for our own survival and for that of the man to the left and right.”

Few in the battalion were happy to hear that their tour of duty had been extended as a result of the recent troop surge.

“We first heard the news on CNN,” Oliveira says.

“I’d be lying if I told you anyone I’ve spoken with was thrilled about the news. My personal belief is that there would be stronger support if the end state were clearly defined and perceived to be attainable. Right now, the only guarantee is 12 months back home and another 15-month tour.”

He tries to focus instead on the things he wants

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alumni profile

peter nehr

Tarpon Springs businessman Peter Nehr was enjoying a pleasant Sunday dinner with his family about a decade ago when his sons – Gulf High school students at the time - dropped a bombshell.

“We’ve decided we’re not going to go to college,” they told their father. “You don’t have a college education and you’re doing pretty well for yourself.”

Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs, was a successful business owner when he decided to attend USF to set a good example for his sons.

Nehr, now a state representative for District 48, was floored. It never occurred to him that his career success might send the wrong message about education to his oldest sons, Christopher and Brian, now 28 and 26, respectively.

The boys were thinking of possibly opening a business, like Nehr did when he bought American Spirit Flag Shop. He and his wife, Anita Nehr, built the tiny, debt-ridden store into a successful business with a quarter-million dollars of inventory. They were two-time winners of the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award.

While it was true that Nehr hadn’t attended college, his circumstances had been very different than that of his boys.

Nehr, 55, was born in Austria and grew up in a family of immigrants. His mother was the oldest of nine children that his grandfather brought to the U.S., one by one, as he could afford it, during the

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early years of World War II. He imposed certain conditions upon their arrival.

“He told them, ‘You’ve got one year. I’ll buy your clothing and food. You get a job, you learn English, and in one year, you’re on your own. I’ve got more kids to bring over,’” Nehr explained.

His parents worked hard and lived up to their end of the bargain, but there wasn’t any money for college.

Nehr put himself through radiology school and worked as an X-ray tech for several years. He then went into sales and eventually became a successful real estate agent. He had a family along the way – three boys, Christopher, Brian and his youngest, Clifford, now 24, who has significant mental disabilities. They bought the flag shop. Getting a degree was a dream deferred.

Nehr didn’t want it to be that way for Christopher and Brian. They were bright boys, much like Nehr was during school. It was important to him that

his sons understand that higher education was invaluable, both professionally and personally.

“I told them, ‘You’re going to college. That is non-negotiable. As matter of fact, when you sign up for college, I’m going to sign up with you and I’m going to go to college, too.’” Nehr said. “They thought I was kidding.”

Yet, when Christopher registered at what was then St. Petersburg Junior College, Nehr, who was in his mid-forties and running a business 60 hours a week, signed up right along with him.

“We actually took a couple of courses together. He wasn’t too happy about having Dad in his classes,” Nehr said, laughing at the memory.

I told them, “You’re going to college. That is non-negotiable. As matter of fact, when you sign up for college, I’m going to sign up with you and I’m going to go to college, too.”

Nehr and Christopher finished their Associate degrees and enrolled at USF. By then, Brian had been accepted at the University of Florida.

in 2000 and is now teaching in the Pasco County School District. Nehr majored in Political Science and graduated Summa Cum Laude the same year.

Nehr took early morning, evening and weekend classes, squeezing in homework among his responsibilities as husband, father and business

“When I first started, I thought Political Science was about how to win an election. I didn’t realize it was about the world and wars and geography and statistics. It was exciting. I truly enjoyed it,” he said.

Nehr, a Republican, has put that degree to good use, first as a two-term member of the Tarpon Springs City Council, and now, as a state representative for the area where he has made his home and built his business over the past 30 years.

“My grandfather made me promise to him that if I ever got the opportunity, I would give back as much as I could to the country that did so much for him and his family,’’ Nehr said.

Rep. Nehr graduated Summa Cum Laude from USF in 2000 with a B.A. in Political Science.

owner. Even with all the stress, he thrived in academia.

Nehr and his wife, Anita, are selling the flag shop so that he can concentrate on politics and she can return to USF. She is just a few credits shy of earning a Master’s degree in Math Education. She also wants to earn an accounting degree.

“I loved the campus. I loved the courses. I loved everything about it,” he said of his years at USF’s Tampa campus.

Brian followed his degree from UF with a MBA from USF’s College of Business in 2005. He’s now working in sales for McKesson Medical, a health care services firm that is a Fortune 500 company.

Christopher earned a degree in Elementary Education

“We’re a proud family of Bulls,” Nehr says.

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lifememberhonor roll Freda A. Abercrombie Amir A. Abou-El-Naga Diane and Brian Acken Emily S. Adams Melanie S. Adams-Miller Robert T. Adams Marisa Adams Jennifer and John Adams Jean Aertker Deborah H. Agoos Rickey D. Akins

James Ayers Raymond F. Ayres II Sara Baden S. Nathaniel Bailey Jay Bailey Brian J. Bain Michelle and Louis Bainbridge Rajappan Balagopal Laura B. Miller Nancy and James Bardin Rosemary Barkett

Judy G. Blanco H. Kirby Blankenship Jacqueline L. Blanton David Bohl Jesse S. Bonds Jr. Timothy D. Bonds Charles H. Booras M.D. David S. Borkan Kay and Francis Borkowski John P. Borreca Elizabeth Manzano-Boulton and Steven Boulton Janis L. Boyd Bruce and Sara Boyd Stephanie Boyle Gregory Bradford Michael J. Bradford Melville D. Bradley Kristen C. Cabot Rick C. Brandt Yoshie and Jamie Branson Edward William Braun M.D. Ann and Robert Bretnall Angela and James Brewer Mark E. Bright Bobby W. Brinkley Gary L. Brosch Norman L. Brown III Isabelle A. Brown Melvin Wayne Brown Elizabeth F. Brown Dr. John Lott Brown Walter I. Brugger Lisa J. Brush Sivilai and Ryan Brusko Victoria M. Bruzese William F. Buckley Laurie Budd Gerald Buhr Scott Burkett Fern and Deborah Burr Dr. Joseph F. Busta Jr. Judiann Cacioppo Lynn V. Calhoun Mark S. Callahan Andrew J. Calliham Jr. Eileen Rodriguez and Steven Camp Brian C. Campbell Margarita R. Cancio M.D. Janet Canfield Sandra J. Capuano J. Mack Carneal Susan and Edward Caron Jennifer Carpenter

volunteer spotlight “I really feel it’s important that I stay connected to USF, as well as give back to the university that helped prepare me for the future.”

Brian Lamb

`98, B.S. Accounting Brandon, FL

Licia Albanese Ronald R. Aldrich Brandon S. Aldridge John Alexander Nancy J. Alfredson Elaine and Falih Aljasir Grace C. Allen Terry G. Allison Dr. George G. Alvarez Jack and Cynthia Amor Dr. Christian G. Anderson William Andree Robert W. Andrew Jr. Lindbergh N. Andrew Laura S. Andrews April L. Andrews Katherine and Robert Andrews Margaret Andronaco and Donald Thompson John W. Appleby Jr. Linda Sluss Arrington Austin B. Asgill Dr. Ronald A. Ash Margaret J. Austin Jeffery Austin Michelle and James Austin Jr. Michael Axon

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Jonathan I. Barlow William D. Barnes Scott F. Barnett Cindy and Phil Barringer Bruce Bates Herbert J. Baumann Michelle L. Beaudet-Smith Heidi and Vincent Bekiempis Elizabeth M. Bell Douglas T. Bell Joseph V. Belluccia Shaye K. Benfield Keyton Benson Benjamin and Jynine Benvenuti Tracy and Aaron Bergacker Blair Bergen Stephanie and Scott Bernard Suzette and Brad Bernstein Kathleen Betancourt Patrick L. Beyer Franklin N. Biggins Theodore T. Bill Mary and Wynne Black Oakley B. Blair III Warren Blanchard Esther Patricia Blanchard Victor D. Blanco

John H. Carpenter Jr. Joseph A. Carr Jr. Dr. Sylvia F. Carra Betty C. Carroll William K. Carter Thomas R. Carter Deanna R. Carter-Blackburn Jose L. Castellanos Betty Castor Philip M. Catalano Lauro F. Cavazos Patricia Chancey Suzanne C. Chandler Danielle E. Chandonnet Colleen Elizabeth Chappell Lee and Diane Chase Janet Chaves Michael J. Cherill Michael E. Christman Patricia C. Weaver Jonathan P. Cistone Pamela I. Clark Ph.D. Elsie and Warren Clary Don V. Clementi Jennifer and Charles Closshey Daniel Colantuono Johnnetta B. Cole Lori Beth Coleman Mauricio Collada M.D Barron Collier III Larry H. Collins Gary A. Cone James C. Congelio Chris A. Conn Jason D. Cook Myra and Mack Cooley John Cooper Pamela and Charles Copeland Catherine M. Cornett David M. Corry Phyllis L. Cosgrave Theodore J. Couch Sr. Harrison W. Covington Wilson L. Craft David A. Craig Thomas F. Creed III Charles and Kristie Crouse Susan Cuadra Linda and William Cullerton Elias and Mirtha Cura Daniel B. Curtis Cheryl and Mark Dafeldecker Cathy and D. D’Alessandro John Dalley

The USF Alumni Association Would Like to Recognize and Thank the Following Fully Paid Life Members* David H. Dalton Brian Davies Toni D. Davila Albert Davis Mark S. Davis Baron D. Davis Mary Jane and Richard De Aguero Heather and Benjamin Debrocke Tamara and John del Charco Thomas J. Delaney John T. Delesline David M. Delo Rajiv Dembla Andy Denka Jeffrey W. Denny Franklin T. Depalma Jr. David and Robin Devlin Derek E. Dewan Anudeep D. Dharkar Dr. Monique Dibbs-Vallee M.D. and Dr. John Vallee M.D. Thair R. Dieffenbach Joshua D. Dillinger Jim Dine Christopher D. Donaldson Teri and Michael Donohue Lisa Jardine and Jorge Dopico Sarah E. Dorfman Michael A. Dorsey Dr. David W. Dorton Bruce C. Downing Karen L. Dozier Stephen G. Dressler Edie and Robert Dressler Robert A. Dressler Tina Dry Christopher F. Dudley Catherine M. Duffy Siobhan M. Dumas Patricia A. Dunn Robert S. Durfee Patricia Dury Donna Jellison and Craig Dye Malissa Eagens-Rolph and Brian Rolph Karen and John Eagle Carol Edelson H. Marie Edmonson Engr. Osato F. Edo-Osagie Pamela and Ronald Egger Susan and William Eickhoff Diana C. Ekonomou Brenda Elarbee David D. Eller

Elizabeth M. Elliott Nathan Ellis Renata S. Engel Mary Erickson Diane E. Erwin Lisa and Charles Evans Walter R Everton Jammie Anne Faircloth Linda and John Fantone Jason C. Faulkner Patrice Fernandez Joann A. Ferra Henry J. Ferrara Mary J. Figg Alejandro Figueroa Michael J. Fimiani Fabio Fiore Nicholas J. Fiorentino Penelope S. Fisher Steven L. Fisher Margaret B. Fisher Darin R. Fleming Jeffrey C. Flemming Arthur Flemming Heidi McNaney M.D. Paul Flynn Susan K. Flynn

Laura A. Fratus Roger T. Frazee Raymond M Frazier Edward L. Fredere II Katharine A. Freeman Rick A. French Peter Frenquelle Jennifer Friend John C. Friend Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Fry Kristin and Arthur Fuente Elizabeth Krystyn-Fueyo and Enrique Fueyo J. W. Fulbright Wayne A. Fuller M.D. Carolyn Fulmer William A. Futch Mary H. Futrell Steven M. Galbraith Cynthia and Peter Galiette Tony R. Gallina Joseph V. Galluzzo Jesse P. Gamble Freddie C. Garcia Jr. Patrick H. Garrett Timothy Garrigan Gary P. Garrison

volunteer spotlight “Once somebody raises their hand and says, “I want to be involved in the Alumni Association,” we have a variety of ways they can be involved, depending on their interests.”

Michele Norris

`79, B.A. Marketing Lutz, FL Jane and John Flynn Myrna and Gregory Flynn Leonara Y. Folsom Susan and Jose Forns Michael Forrett Louise Forsman M. Elizabeth Fowler Harrison W. Fox Liana F. Fox Carol Ann Francis Karen A. Frank

Glenn Garvey Robert A. Garvy Kathleen P. Gaston Melissa and Kendall Gay Gayle and Dennis Geagan Allen J. Genaldi Gary C. Gerard Jay D. Germano Sam M. Gibbons William F. Gibbs ED.D. Carissa A. Giblin

Dale M. Gibson Gerald P. Giglia CPA Audrey A. Gilmore Jeffrey Gilmore Richard A. Gilson Carl T. Gingola Jennifer and Mark Givens Steven E. Goforth Seth Goldberg M.D. Armando Gonzalez Henry Gonzalez III Steven Gonzalez Richard Gonzmart Jason P. Good Larry T. Goodman Sarah Anne Granados Beverley and John Grant Andrew Greeley Edith Green Jeffrey M. Greenberg Bruce Greene M.D. William M. Greenlees Kenneth E. Griffin Ward E. Griffin Michael E. Griffin The Honorable Raymond and Mrs. Paulette Gross Matthew G. Grosz Kathleen L. Gulley M. James Gunberg Cynthia Gurey and Mark Yonchak Mark C. Gurlea Dr. Michael J. Gurucharri David H. Gutcher Israel Guzman Eileen and Andrew Hafer Rosalind J. Hall Kimberly L. Hall Richard Hallstrand Andy B. Hamilton Scott D. Hamilton David T. Hamilton Francis E. Hamilton Mary J. Hand James E. Haney II Myung-Joo Lee Handelman Susan D. Hansche Dr. John N. Harker Elizabeth E. Harmon Tamara K. Harold Cynthia and John Harper Jeffery G. Harris Rodger Craig Harris

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lifememberhonor roll Mary and Charles Harris Karen and James Hartsfield John Harvill Dianne P. Haun Richard B. Havens Joseph B. Hawkins Alberto A. Hernandez Sonia D. Hernandez John Thomas Herndon Danielle and Gregory Herrmann Henry Hershey Laura and Richard Heruska Steven D. Hester David H. Hicks David L Hilfman Janice B. Hill Raymond P. Hill Jack L. Hill II Julie and James Hinck Andrew H. Hines Audrey S. Hirst Richard A. Hjerpe Julius F. Hobbs Thomas J. Hochadel Ruth A. Hochman Jack E. Holland Ernest F. Hollings Robin L. Hollins John Holloway Loretta and Michael Holtkamp Gary A. Hoog Mae Alice Hopkins Frank Horrell Gary T. Houghtalin Wanda F. Howard John T. Howell Michael L. Howsare Barbara and Craig Walker Hubbard James E. Hugh Catherine and Richard Hugues Jonathan E. Hull Jane and John Hussar Marc S. Hutek Lauren L. Hynan Guillermo E. Inchausti Anna and Paul Ippolito Shirley A. Jackson Cynthia Stumetz Jacobs Milton E. Jacob Anila Jain M.D. Dr. Mona and Kailash Jain Janet A. Jameson-Szolosi Thomas Janer Dr. Bonnie Leigh Jefferis

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Mary Ann and Ronald Jenks Barbara Ann Dickinson Jensen Roy E. Jewell James A. Jimenez Stephanie H. Johnson Kerry A. Johnson Thomas Johnson Jr. Susan G. Johnson Martha and Marson Johnson Tina and Dan Johnson Connie A. Johnson-Gearhart Lindsy and Stephen Johnston II Sarah J. Jolly Ethel and John Jones Jeffery E. Jones Mary Jones-Freis James E. Jordan Bradley M. Joseph Marc A. Jump Rodrigo Jurado Jr. John R. Kaddis Hans-Christian Kahlert Robert O. Kalbach M.D. Jennifer and Allan Kalik Kenneth Kalunian Jr. Georgia Laliotis and Charles Kane Sharon Keefer Dana B. Keenan Kevin Keller John B. Kelly Julie and David Key Carlton E. Kilpatrick Jr. Robert J. Kincart Tricia and Scott Kirchner Lashonda N. Kirkland Regina L. Kizer-Birdwell Thomas A. Knaus Christopher R. Koehler Dianne R. Koenig Douglas D. Konselman Glenda and Jason Koshy Melanie Kouroupis Kenneth C. Kralick Stacey and Kevin Krause Marci Krekorian Brian Krenn James B. Krog Ronald J. Kurz Gail Fugate LaCour Archbishop Lakovos Brian D. Lamb Mary E. Landsberger Richard William Lane Melanie J. Langston

Michael R. Langston James P. Lanier Jr. Samuel Lanza Jr. Richard Larsen Trustee Rhea F. Law Victor P. Leavengood James W. Lee Aurelia G. Leinartas Hernan Leon M.D. Robert Leslie Robin Levin Mark Levine Lisa and Michael Lewis Willard F. Libby Gregory S. Linden M.D. Elizabeth Lindsay William Litton II Bette A. LoBue Suzanne and Joseph Lomascolo Denise and George Lorton Steven D. Lowe A. Leon Lowry Victor W. Lucas Kyle K. Lundquist Steven V. Lyons Katrina MacGregor Frederick J. Mack Jr. Cecil Mackey Glenn E. Maclean Frank and Lora Maggio James P. Magill Richard S Magill Rashed Mahmud Joseph A. Malec Jennifer R. Malin Allison and Jason Malouf Julie M. Mancini Henry M. Marcet Cherryl L. Marlan Elizabeth B. Marshall Susan Martin John W. Martin Jr. William B. Martin Mary and Dushan Martinasek Joann S. Martino Aileen O. Martino Donna and William Masi Randall C. Mason Michael P. Massimini Ruben A. Matos Linda V. Mattos Robert B Mautz Thomas Mawhinney David and Debbie May

Russell S. Maynard Roy A. Mazur Steven Mazza Patricia and Richard McConnell Stephen M. McCormack Carol McCoy Catherine McEwen Kathryn and M. McGarry Kathryn P. McGee Christine and John McGee Jack McGriff Robert W. McKee David and Jodi McKeithan William McKown Eric E. McLendon Timothy and Sara McMurry Kerry E. McNab Sr. Larry E. McNabb Lisa C. Mead Peter B. Medawar Christina S. Medbery Harold V. Medero Marlyn and Robert Meeks Wilda Q. Meier Elizabeth M. Menendez Lynne E. Merriam M.D. Ashley M. Merrill Robert E. Messinger Michael J. Metcalf Judith Meyer Rudolph Michaud Diana L. Michel Steve Michelini Bernard H. Middendorf Nancy S. Miller M.D. Cynthia A. Miller Leonard E. Miller Lesley J. Miller Jr. June and George Miller Edward Mills Andrea and Jack Milrad Anthony P. Minerva Carol Minshew-Speyerer and David Speyerer Laura and Andrew Mintzer Nancy H. Mizrahi Huston Moffitt Karen Lynn Monsen Jo Ann Moore Jason Moore Brenda A. Moore Shirley and James Moore Joyce D. Morales-Caramella Lori and Jorge Morejon

Russell G. Morgan Elise Morgan Lynne M. Morneault Lilian M. Morris Paul Morrison Frank L. Morsani Linda and Edward Mortellaro Stephanie D. Morton Roberta and Robert Muir Raymond L. Mulholland Roy I. Mumme David S. Murdock

Dr. Timothy O. Oladokun Steven P. Olsen Martha and Donald Oneal Tommy E. O’Neal William Oram Heidi and Alex Oros China R. Orr Vincent E. Osborne Matthew D. Otto Maria J. Otto Adrian E. Owens Eldean Owens

Wayne and Theresa Peterson Trudy U. Pettibone Sandra L. Pettit Robert B. Pettyjohn Robert M. Phillips Scott A. Pierce Greg I. Pine Carol and Julian Piper Mary E. Pippin Jack F. Plagge Steven J. Plaisted John W. Pletcher Ronald W. Poindexter Lesly Pompy M.D. Edith Potter Joseph L. Powell Mary Lou and Eugene Powell Brian J. Pruett Teresa Puckett John L. Puls Jr. Judy K. Raffone M.D. Naida and John Ramil William E. Rappold William J. Raspberry Robert Rauschenberg Daniel B. Ravicher Chitra Ravindra Richard Raymond Martha and Timothy Rea Ronald P. Reagan Sr. Judith and Charles Reese John Regar Richard Gerhard Reichle Jr. Ronald R. Reinhart Martina and Alexander Reiss Patricia and Jeffrey Reynolds Lynn Richard and Robert Richard Gwendolyn H. Ridley Maureen and Jim Rinaldo Elizabeth and Robert Risch Oscar M. Rivas Pedro J. Rivera Esq. William J. Rizzetta Jonathan J. Roberts Jr. Bonnie A. Robertson Leslie C. Robins Dean S. Robinson Harold A. Robinson Adam Robinson M.D. Yvette and Sonny Robitaille Raymond R. Rocha Edward Eliasberg Jacquelyn E. Rogow Gini and Quinton Rollins

volunteer spotlight “My favorite volunteer activity is choosing the Outstanding Senior. It’s fun to see the best of the best that USF has to offer.”

Shaye Benfield

`97, B.S. Marketing Temple Terrace, FL

Sean Murphy Raymond Murray La Veda L. Myers Michael A. Nash James P. Nault Terry F. Nealy Samuel R. Neel Diane and Timothy Nettles Eric C. Neuman Lyris and Eric Newman Gail A. Nickel Amol A. Nirgudkar John Nixon James Nohelty Mark W. Nonnenberg Jack Norris Michele and Randy Norris Alyson I. Noune Varrick S. Nunez Casanova Z. Nurse Kimberly and Shawn O’Brien Catherine E. O’Connor M.D. Toshiaki Ogasawara Leslie Ogden Mary E. Ojeda Dr. Elizabeth Y. Okogbaa

Angel Jose Pa M.D. Robert C. Pacenta Girija Padmanabh Leon D. Paige Kathleen and Arthur Panov John D. Parker Matthew M. Parker George F. Parker Jr. Amy J. Parry Surendra B. Parvataneni L. J. Patouillet Mary and Leland Patouillet John R. Patrick Doreen A. Patterson Eugene C. Patterson Scott E. Pautler M.D. Dennis A. Payne Lynn P. Payne Carlos and Carol Pazos John Pearce Darryl Pearson Nathan S. Pendleton IV William J. Perna William G. Perret Karen S. Peters James C. Peterson

James M. Roney James P. Rosbolt Michael A. Rosen Judith O. Rosenkranz James A. Rosenquist Dennis M. Ross Kimberly A. Ross Kathryn G. Rowan Carl T. Rowan Nancy F. Rubin Richard G. Rumrell Anne and Anthony Runion Casey and Jason Runkles Solveig and Cory Ruppel Janice and Michael Rush Dr. John H. Russell Jennifer E. Russell Dr. Charles E. Russell Jr. John F. Ruzic Glenn E. Rybacki Carla J. Saavedra Mia Sadler Elizabeth and Michael Saine Wesley F. Sainz Nicole D. Salazar Neetha and Nitin Sallapudi Betty L. Sanchez Dana and Kenneth Sanchez Tonya and Anthony Sanchez Henry R. Santos Louis Sarbeck M.D. Jeannette Sasmor Rebecca and Neal Sayers Michael T. Schaefer Kelley R. Schaeffer Fred Scheigert Trustee Alfred N. Schiff Robert D. Schlechty Philip P. Schlossnagle Kenneth C. Schlugar Nancy F. Schmidt Kimberly and David Schmidt Linda L. Schwartzkopf Samuel E. Scolaro Jean Ashby Seawell Laura and Lance Seberg Robert Sechen Suzanne Marie Seidl Pamela Seigrist Andersen Robert E. Senton J.D. Richard H. Sessums T. Terrell Sessums Charles M. Shanberg Debra J. Shannon

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lifememberhonor roll Patrick O’Farrell Shea Leo Sheridan III Donald Sherwood Joseph M. Shield Patricia J. Shiflett Ph.D. Mandell Shimberg Jr. Stephen Douglas Shipman Dr. Kennedy Simmonds Linda O. Simmons Carol and Earl Simmons Paige F. Simpson Nathan P. Sindel Sharmatie B. Singh Walter C. Skirven Thomas Smerz Barry S. Smith Sam D. Smith Donald A. Smith Celinda L. Smith Edward B. Smith James P. Smith Leslie H. Smith L. Lisa Smithson Stephen Sodheim Julie and James Somers Douglas S. Sonosky Vicky and Peter Sorensen David Soyer Sara and Jeffrey Spalding Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy Stephen A. Spencer M.D. Tonald E. Spinks Lynne and Michael Sprenger Patricia R. Spychala Brett E. Stanaland M.D. Sherri and Charles Stargel Ellen C. Stavros Gus A. Stavros Leslie Reicin Stein Lorinda and Craig Stein George Steinbrenner III Arnold Steinhardt Randy J. Stepp Elliott W. Stern Deborah H. Stevenson Stephanie J. Stiles Darrell E. Stinger George Michael Stone Marybeth and Craig Storts Jane A. Stovall George Strawbridge Jr. Charles J. Styer William R. Sunter Roy Sweatman

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Shannon Sweatman Gennie and Michael Swenson Thayne W. Swenson III Ronald L. Swonger Deborah and Peter Tagliarini Dr. Paul J. Talbot Deborah J. Tamargo Thomas N. Tamburro Scott M. Tappan Merrily E. Taylor David Teague Robert L. Tennant E.A. Sherry T. Terpening Stella F. Thayer John C. Thomas Charles Thomas Robert S. Thompson Gracie L. Thompson Christopher D. Thompson Patricia A. Tobin Cynthia and Andrew Toledo Janet Tolson Charles H. Townes Scott K. Tozian Noreen Travis Michael Tree Dr. Laurier J. Tremblay Jr. Johnnie H. Trevena Jerry E. Trimble M.D. Mary Trimble Justin M. Troller Gary Trombley Bettina Tucker Patricia and Kenneth Tucker Spencer Turner Dexter G. Turnquest M.D. Carolyn L Undorf James A. Valdes Jessica and Dennis Valenti Russell E. Varney Wayne Vasey Timothy and Victoria Vaughan Thomas A. Veit Jr. James E. Vermillion Christopher Vermillion John J. Victoravich Christopher Viscusi Cynthia and Luis Visot Jill Voorhis Jennifer L. Vozne Jeff J. Wagner Heather A. Cormier

Karen and Donald Walker George M. Wall James Kipp Wall Jr. Lawrence and Sharlene Wall Judy and Lew Wallace Clara Wansley Katrina K. Ward Ian and Jeanne Ware Elizabeth A. Wasdin Charles P. Watson Carol D. Weber Jody B. Weber Jim Weber David C. Weeks Sharon and Theodore Weeks Kathryn A. Weese R. James Welz Mark P. Wentley Deborah L. Werner Stephen T. Westerfield Jacqueline G Wexler Shelly J. White Kenneth L. White Elizabeth and Alexander White M.D. Betsy R. White-Stewart Albert Wiesbauer Amber J. Williams Helena and Derek Williams

Stuart Winograd Don E. Winstead Jr. Kenneth B. Wittcoff Richard K. Wittcoff Edgar Wolfram Tonya E. Wood Kimberly and Keven Woodard Eric N. Yates Shelley A. Yingst-Smithgall Marion T. Yongue Richard D. Yost Bill Young Sandra Younts Jason Zimmerman Lee Zimmerman Dina Zumbahlen Stanley Zylinsky Jr.

*Living Life Members as of April 20, 2007

athletics Grothe Groomed for Great Things

Whoever invented the phrase “You can’t keep a good man down” must have been talking about USF quarterback Matt Grothe. No. 8 is like a stubborn cowlick – he just can’t be flattened.

graduated from Lakeland’s Lake Gibson High.

He chose USF because he wanted to stay close to home and be a part of the Bulls evolution into a football powerhouse.

Grothe was the most productive freshman in college football last season, racking up 246 yards of total offense per game, good for 17th in the country, and 24 touchdowns. He finished third in passing yards per game (198.2) and 10th in rushing yards (47.8).

Bulls fans held their collective breath when his right fibula was fractured during the Papajohns.com Bowl win last December, but they can breathe easy now. During the annual Spring Scrimmage, Grothe displayed every bit of the fine form that made him the 2006 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year. With just over one minute left in the game, he capped off a 39-yard drive to score on a three-yard run, giving his squad a 7-6 win.

With a new target in prized receiver Mike Ford, Grothe should have all the tools he needs to lead the Bulls to new heights.

After a stellar season last year in which he lead the Bulls to a 9-4 record and the university’s first bowl win over East Carolina, Grothe is primed for the 2007 season, which opens Sept. 1 against Elon at Raymond James Stadium.

A week later on Sept. 8, his 21st birthday, Grothe will play in a nationally televised game against Auburn. Not a bad way to spend a milestone birthday.

Grothe has been preparing for his time in the spotlight for as long as he can remember. The son of Matt and Brenda Grothe of Lakeland, Grothe grew up only 35 miles from the Tampa campus, idolizing NFL greats Brett Favre, Troy Aikman and Steve Young.

“I’ve been a quarterback since I was in, like, fifth grade,” Grothe told ESPN in March. “They asked what position I wanted to play. I said quarterback.

I have no idea why.”

After being named Florida high school player of the year twice, he had plenty of options when he

2007-08 USF Bulls Football Schedule Sat. 9/1....... Elon Sat. 9/8....... Auburn (on ESPN or ESPN2) Sat. 9/22....... North Carolina Fri. 9/28....... West Virginia * (on ESPN2) Sat. 10/6....... Florida Atlantic Sat. 10/13....... UCF Thurs. 10/18....... Rutgers * (on ESPN) Sat. 10/27....... Connecticut * Sat. 11/3....... Cincinnati * (Homecoming!)

Sat. 11/10....... Syracuse * Sat. 11/17....... Louisville * Sat. 11/24....... Pittsburgh * Bold indicates a Home game * indicates a BIG EAST Conference game For more details, visit www.GoUSFBulls.com.

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Belinda Noah, `76, has authored God’s Food

Is your Best Medicine: Holy Bible: How to Eat for God to Stay Slim and Maintain Ultimate Health. Dr. Noah is an attorney in Tampa.

Eduardo Gonzalez, `66, has written his

fourth book, Cuba and the Tempest: Literature and Cinema in the Time of Diaspora. He teaches literature and cinema at Johns Hopkins University.

His other books are Carpentier, el tiempo del hombre (1978), La persona y el relato (1985) and The Monstered Self (1992).

Mystery writer and publisher Douglas Greene, `66, won the George N. Dove Award from the Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association.

The Dove Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the serious study of mystery and crime fiction.

70’s Steve Bledsoe, `71, was named director of the Nassau County State Attorney’s Office. Bledsoe was previously the deputy director of the Circuit Court in Duval County and has worked in the Florida State Attorney’s Office since 1979. He has served as a division chief since 1981 in each of the felony circuit divisions. He is a 1978 graduate of the law school at Loyola University in New Orleans. Prior to attending school, Bledsoe was a probation officer with the Division of Youth Services in Jacksonville.

Catherine Bacos Clinch, `74 & `76, has

James Bronkhorst, `81, is Polk County’s largest independent restaurateur, with four restaurants, each with a different theme and menu. His restaurants are: Christy’s Sundown and Harborside Restaurant in Winter Haven, and Harry’s Restaurant and Reececliff Restaurant in Lakeland.

Mary Glass, `79, is the new director of the

Nancy High, MED `81, was named principal of

Manatee Education Foundation. Glass spent the past two years in Long Island, N.Y., as a director for NRT, the world’s largest residential real estate company. Her background includes stints as a general manager for Baskerville Advertising in Sarasota, director of advertising for Chris Craft Boats in Manatee County and as a member of the initial marketing team for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc., the developer of Lakewood Ranch.

Catherine Peek McEwen, `79, is a United States bankruptcy judge for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and was appointed chair of the Florida Bar’s Federal Court Practice Committee and judicial chair of the Business Law Section Bankruptcy/UCC Committee.

Steve Sheinbaum, `79, was named Marshal Inc.’s vice president of Americas Sales. He is responsible for driving sales and business development strategy for Marshal’s Americas operations. Marshal Inc. is an integrated email and Internet content security provider. Sheinbaum is based in Atlanta.

James R. Fisher Jr., MA `76, has written

Colleen (Hillman) Robbins, A.A. `79, had

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page editor of The Ledger, Lakeland’s daily newspaper. Marston has had a long career in Florida newspapers. In his new role, Marston will oversee the newspaper’s opinion pages, columnists appearing on those pages and letters to the editor.

Teresa Brandt, `75 & `78, performed a rare arrangement of Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 4” in a concert with the Chamber Orchestra of Florida. The chamber arrangement for piano and string quintet was created in Beethoven’s time but never officially premiered until recently.

Brandt is a dermatologist by trade but plays piano “for the love of it.”

written a song, “Mama Forgive Me,” to benefit her campaign to cure deafness at http://www. helpmehearmusic.com/. A portion of the proceeds from the song are donated to Massachusetts General Hospital earmarked for Dr. Zheng-Yi Chen’s research into a cure for deafness. his ninth book, A Look Back to See Ahead. His other works are: Confident Selling (1970) Work Without Managers (1990) Confident Selling for the 90s (1992) The Worker, Alone! (1995) Taboo Against Being Your Own Best Friend (1996) Six Silent Killers (1998) Corporate Sin (2000) and In the Shadow of the Courthouse (2003).

Glenn Marston, `80, has been named editorial

her story “Sandbox Warrior” included in the anthology Bombshells: War Stories and Poems

by Women on the Homefront, edited by Missy Martin and Jesse Loren.

80s Mary Baykun, `80, was named Librarian of the Year by Library Journal for her successful effort to push the Maryland legislature for more funding for its libraries. She has been director of Maryland’s Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown for more than a dozen years.

Nolan Middle School in Bradenton.

She has many years of experience at Manatee High School as assistant principal, interim principal, and home economics teacher.

Rodrigo Jurado, `80 & `81, was appointed

by Gov. Charlie Crist to the Hillsborough Community College board of trustees. Jurado is a management consultant for the Profitable Group.

He previously worked as the director of outreach and development for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Tampa. The board of trustees administers HCC in accordance with the board of governors of the State University System of Florida. His term runs through May 2010.

Ronald C. Schultz, `74 &`81, published a memoir Looking Upward: Facing and Reaching Beyond Spinal Cord Injury, which chronicles his spinal cord injury at age 22 and his struggles to cope and succeed.

Lisa Wharton Turner, M.A. `81, was chosen as the Buckhannon-Upshur (W.V.) Chamber of Commerce’s Businesswoman of the Year and was honored in the West Virginia Women’s Commission’s Celebrate Women Awards for her business efforts. Turner, director of public relations and marketing at St. Joseph’s Hospital, is a member of many boards, including the Upshur County Child Advocacy Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, and is a member of the Buckhannon Rotary Club, Upshur County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness.

She is also a mentor at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

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Jeannine Mjoseth, `82, was named public affairs officer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency supporting museum and library programs and research.

Mjoseth has nearly 20 years of journalism experience and worked for the past seven years in the communications office of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health.

Jaime Brenkus, `83, published Get Lean in 15, a quick weight loss and fitness plan. Brenkus is known as the “8 Minutes Abs Guy.” In 2006, he was named a partner in the 50th Anniversary of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports. He also designed the Perfect Portions Diet Dish, a patented weight loss program based on portion control, which was approved by the former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop’s Shape Up America organization. Brenkus worked with supermodel Kathy Ireland on her videos “Reach” and “Bodyspecifics,” which was named Health and Fitness video of the year by the Video Sales Distribution Awards.

Tony Grier, `84, has published the story of his life and the birth of USF Bulls basketball in A Raging Bull: Chasing the Big Time.

Myrtice Young, `85, won the Bartow Chamber of Commerce’s highest award, the George W. Harris Jr. Leadership Award. The award recognizes those who have shown commitment to the Bartow community and embody the leadership attributes that Harris possessed.

Young is first vice president and marketing director for C&C Bank. Before joining C&C in 1997, she owned a marketing and consulting firm and served as director of practice development for the Carter, Belcourt & Atkinson accounting firm in Lakeland. She was a member of the Leadership Bartow Class III and chairwoman of its Leadership program. She also serves on the Bartow Chamber’s board of directors, is chairwoman of the Bartow Regional Medical Center’s community advisory board and serves on advisory boards for USF and the Junior League of Greater Lakeland.

Young also volunteers with Junior Achievement.

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Stephen A. Watts, `81 & `86, won the Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction. The University of Alabama – Birmingham presents the Ireland Prize award annually to a faculty member in the schools of Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics or Social and Behavior Sciences for professional and academic achievements and contributions made to the university and local community. It comes with a $5,000 award.

Kenneth Blocker, `87, is the new executive director of business services for Citrus County schools. Blocker will oversee all the monetary operations of the school district. He has worked for seven years as finance director of the Phoenix House, a drug rehabilitation agency in Tampa.

Joanne C. (Mooney) King, ‘88, has written a book for parents called Answers. It details methods for parents to express their love and advice to their children through simple exercises and thought-provoking questions. Answers has been featured on NBC’s “Daytime” show and in the St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune.

Julie Renee Moore, M.A. `89, won the Outstanding Library Publication of 2006 for her article “RDA: New Cataloging Rules, Coming Soon to a Library Near You!” in Library Hi Tech News. The article was submitted and chosen by her peers as CSU Fresno’s Outstanding Library Publication for 2006.

90s Elizabeth (Beth) Dugan, M.A. `91, authored The Driving Dilemma: The Complete Resource Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is now on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the Division of Geriatric Medicine.

Published in November 2006 by HarperCollins, Dr. Dugan has made numerous media appearances including Good Morning America, Fox News and Wired to talk about seniors and driving issues.

Roy Otto, MPA `91, received a commendation from the International City/County Management Association, an international association for city managers. Otto has been city manager of Greeley, Co., since August 2005. He is one of 973 government professionals worldwide to earn accreditation from the International City/County Management Association.

Lynn Roberts, `91, was named principal of Lomax Elementary, where she will lead the math, science and technology magnet school after 3 years as assistant principal.

Lyle Castle, Ph.D., `92, was named Professional of the Year in Heterocyclic Chemistry

by Cambridge Who’s Who. He is editor, CEO and president of Hetero Corporation and a chemistry professor at Idaho State University.

Brian Corley, `92, was named Pasco County’s supervisor of elections by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. He was the chief personnel officer with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. He’s now pursuing his Masters in Public Administration at USF.

Dr. Roy Sucholeiki, `87 & `92, opened a seizure clinic in Aurora, Ill., in partnership with The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago.

Dr. Sucholeiki is the only epilepsy specialist in the western suburbs.

He is also medical director of Central DuPage Hospital’s Comprehensive Seizure and Epilepsy Program.

Patricia DiCarlo, `93, is an associate producer for the Oprah Winfrey show in Chicago. She previously was executive producer for WTTG television in Washington, D.C. At WTTG, she was honored with an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for best television investigation and also won an Edward R. Murrow award for best spot news coverage of the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks.

Jennifer Dewsnap, M.A. `94, was appointed manager of the South Miami Branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Dewsnap has more than 10 years of reference and young adult experience and more than eight years of experience as a manager to her new post. She served as manager of the Sunny Isles Beach Branch Library for the past two years and before that as manager of the social sciences, humanities and young adults department at the main library for more than four years. Dewsnap also served on the young adult committee for the library system, during which time she was involved with system-wide programming, outreach, collection development and staff development.

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classnotes Steven Goforth, `84 & `94, was named vice president of interactive marketing for Adplex, a consumer marketing services company based in Houston. He was executive director of innovation for Catalina Marketing Corp., a retail marketing services company, and has worked in a variety of executive-level positions at companies such as Fujitsu and American Stores (Jewel-Osco).

Kathy Iwanowski, `94, merges her nursing background with her bachelor’s degree in studio arts as an artist-in-residence with VSA arts of Florida, an international nonprofit organization celebrating the power of the arts in the lives of people with special needs. She donates a portion of her proceeds from her SARAH Project - an acronym for Sponsorship Advocacy Research Arts Health - to health-related causes.

Trevor Thomas, `95, is “Mr. Drama,” a Christian performer and evangelist. He makes about 180 appearances a year and conducts drama workshops and seminars at churches and national and state drama festivals, where he teaches acting and directing.

Doreen Gauthier, M.A. `96, had the new library in Lighthouse Point, Florida, named in her honor in recognition for nearly 30 years of service.

The Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library is expected to open in August.

Tonjua Williams, `96, was named provost of St. Petersburg College. She is responsible for the college’s future, budget, planning and supervising services for more than 26,000 students. In almost two decades at SPC, Williams has worked as a recruiter, academic adviser and program coordinator.

Chad Drummond, `97, is vice president of Engineering at HSW Engineering. He is based in the firm’s DeLand office, performing work on environmental, water resources, and civil engineering projects.

Brian D. Lamb, `98, a former captain of the

Bulls basketball team, was named chief financial officer for Fifth Third Bank. Lamb holds Board positions at the Greater Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, USF Foundation and USF Alumni Association. He was selected as the 2006 Minority Business Person of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and served as charter co-chair for Emerge Tampa Bay. Lamb founded the Eugene Lamb, Jr. Foundation in December 2003 to raise capital to enhance his hometown, Midway, Florida, and the recreation facility that is named after his father.

Lea Umberger, `98, was the costume and set designer for the world premiere adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Rape of Lucrece” at the Washington Shakespeare Company in Arlington, Virginia. She also was costume designer for “The Dirty Talk” at Center Stage in New York City.

Jenna Freedman, M.A. `99, coordinator of Reference Services at Barnard College Library in New York, was awarded the Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award by the American Library Association. The Futas award, consisting of $1,000 and a 24 karat gold-framed citation of achievement, recognizes and honors a librarian who invests time and talent to make positive changes in the profession of librarianship.

Robyn Howse Spoto, `99, is a real estate advertising sales specialist for The Tampa Tribune. She previously was director of operations for Garcia Media, an international information design firm. Prior to that, she was an event planner and marketing coordinator for the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce. She earned a MBA from the University of Tampa in 2004.

00s Howard C. Carroll, MPA `00, is Hillsborough County’s first affordable housing officer. He previously ran a state-sponsored affordable housing program for the county and served as Clearwater’s assistant housing director.

Eddie Hamp, `78 & `01, was recently awarded the Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award at Hillsborough Community College. Hamp is senior vice president for Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union and CEO of its subsidiary, First Access Service Team.

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Brian S. Mathews, `01, was named as one of Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” in March.

Mathews, an information services librarian and distance learning services coordinator at Georgia Tech, was noted for his innovative ideas on how to make libraries more relevant to technology savvy users.

Earl Paul, `74 & `01, has published So You Want To Be A Leader? What Every College Student Should Know, a resource guide for college students.

He has spent many years of working with college students and volunteering with organizations such as United Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the American Society. Dr. Paul currently works in student affairs and is an adjunct faculty member at Hillsborough Community College.

Ewa Dworakowski Roman, `01, is a reporter and producer with WHP television, the CBS affiliate in Harrisburg, Pa., which is the nation’s 41st largest market. She previously was a reporter and anchor for WETM in Elmira, N.Y. She founded the Radio-Television News Directors Association chapter at USF. Joey DiMenno, `02, is performing the title role in the opera “Carmen” by Bizet with the Knoxville Opera Company this summer. She has performed with the Opera Studio, an opera outreach program for the Knoxville Opera Company and was featured in the Knoxville Opera Winter News Letter. She has sung for several seasons with the Nashville Opera Company. DiMenno is also pursuing her master’s degree at the University of Tennessee.

Elissa Foster, Ph.D., `02, an assistant professor of communication at San Jose State University, received the Southern States Communication Association’s 2007 Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award, which carries a $2,000 stipend.

Todd Gingerich, `02, was promoted to associate in the Charlotte, N.C. office of LandDesign, an urban planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture company.

Gingerich joined LandDesign in 2006 after working for an engineering firm in Florida.

Evelyn Hale, `02, was named communication

Tony Umholtz, MBA `02, was named as one

Tanya Abilock, `99 & `06, was hired as one of

& program director for the non-profit Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts. Evelyn most recently worked as a legislative assistant for former U.S. Congressman Jim Davis.

She was formerly a student in the USF Alumni Legislative Intern Program.

of “Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2006 30 Under 30.” He is branch manager for SunTrust Mortgage in Tampa. He was a kicker for the Bulls inaugural football season and played for the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants and New England Patriots. He has closed more than $100 million in residential loans and is ranked 13th within the company in new mortgage sales.

two multicultural life coordinators at State University of New YorkCortland. She served for almost a year as graduate assistant in the Office of Multicultural Activities at USF. Before that, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a college organizer for the Alliance for Justice’s First Monday initiative. Abilock was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society in 2004. A National Coalition Building Institute Certified trainer, she is a member of the National Golden Key Honor Society and was honored with an NAACP Leadership Award, an Outstanding Senator Award and a National Collegiate Student Government Award.

Brian Killingsworth, MBA `02, was named as one of “Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2006 30 Under 30.”

He was also selected for the St. Petersburg Chamber’s Leadership St. Pete Class of 2007. Killingsworth is the director of marketing and promotions for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. A former ball player, he also works with youth baseball, giving hitting lessons and is involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Meals on Wheels and Emerge Tampa.

Louis Rowland, MED `02, was honored with the Secondary Section High School Teacher of Excellence award by the National Council of Teachers of English. He is an adjunct English professor and doctoral student and teaches at Hillsborough High.

Dominique Goldstein Shapiro, `02, is a commercial sales representative for General Binding Corporation, an Acco Brands company in New York City. She lives on Long Island.

Carol Subiño Sullivan, `02, recently directed “Arabian Nights,” a concert with the Windfall Dancers, a modern dance collective based in Bloomington, Indiana. She is currently in working toward her Ph.D. in Dance Anthropology and applying for national grants that would enable her to study Afro-Mexican dance in Veracruz, Mexico.

Shanshera Banks-Quinn, M.A. `02, is president of the Florida School Counselor Association, an organization that expands the image and influence of professional school counselors.

Kevin Carlson, `03, is a photojournalist and editor for WTSP television in St. Petersburg.

Previously he held a similar position at WBIR television, an NBC/Gannett-owned affiliate in Knoxville, Tenn., and before that at a station in Augusta, Ga. Alicia Welch, `03, was promoted to senior account executive at NPC Creative Services. She is currently pursuing a MBA at USF.

Mellyn Spencer, `90 & `04, was named social worker of the year by the Heartland chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. She is program manager for intensive clinical services at Peace River Center, a community mental health center in Bartow and Lakeland.

Renee Warmack, `90 & `05, filmed a documentary, “Ten at the Top in Tampa Bay,” about women leaders in government who live in the Tampa Bay area, including USF President Judy Genshaft. The film aired in March on WEDU. Warmack is manager of special projects for the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County.

Maria Saraceno, MFA `05, received a 2006 Individual Artist Grant from the Pinellas County Arts Council in for a community based art project called “Willful Encounters at a Bus Stop.” The project was exhibited at Studio@620 in St. Petersburg and at Edgezones in Miami, where Miami Herald art critic Eliza Turner named it a Critic’s Pick. Saraceno was also accepted for the “Art in the Windows” project in Providence, Rhode Island in May 2007.

Samantha Andre, `06, is a photojournalist and editor for WRDW television in Augusta, Ga.

Lara Miars, M.A. `06, is president-elect of the Hillsborough County Counseling Association.

Jonathan Ohrt, `03 & `06, is president-elect of the Florida Career Development Association, an organization that helps people better understand their career and personal options.

In Memoriam Russel Adlon, `73, January 27 Glenn Baruch , `93, March 10 Stephan Brown, `92, February 19 Denae Boromei, `99, December 13 Sara Corey Gilbert, `72, April 17 June Henry, `83, November 6, Rosemarie Kromrey, `72, April 19 Richard Powell Sr., `71, March 17 Jewel Prater, `74, November 3 Michael Rowlson, `73, `75, `80, February 17 Johnny Sims, `77, March 23 Arlene Spain, `65, February 27 Kenneth Speranza, `86, February 18 Joyce Okamoto Stringer, `95, April 4 Roland Vaillant, `77, December 1 Mary Zummo, `67, February 10

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Got an Itch to See the World?

HELP US SHAPE OUR USF ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAM!

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HE USF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is putting together an itinerary of trips for 2008. Russia, China, India, Patagonia, the Panama Canal – those are just a few destinations we’re considering. Here’s your chance to explore a foreign land accompanied by a USF expert who can give you special insight into the area.

But first, we want you to help us decide where to go. Send your trip suggestions to bullpride@admin.usf.edu.

Please include your name, class year and mailing address so that we can keep you updated on our plans.

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But why pay full price? Don’t forget – summer is a great time to take advantage of your Alumni Association member discounts to:

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The USF Alumni Association’s mission is to connect USF alumni with each other and USF, support students through mentoring and scholarships, and increase the positive public perception of USF and the value of your degree.

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Thank You for Changing My Life “The Association’s Legislative Internship Program gave me an opportunity at a time when I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my future, and changed my life forever.”

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Call (813) 974-2171 or visit http://www.career.usf.edu/ for details.

An Evening with Novelist Norman Mailer, 7 p.m., Marshall Center Ballroom, Tampa Campus, Contact Robin Bajkiewicz at (813) 974-3657 or rbajkiew@cas.usf.edu for details. Free.

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USF vs. Florida Atlantic University, Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL Graphic Studio Benefit Art Sale, noon – 10 p.m., Free, Tampa Campus, Call (813) 974-3503 for details.

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