BREAKING GROUND ON OUR NEW HOME
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ECEMBER 1, 2020 WAS A HISTORIC DAY for our College, as USF broke ground on our new home, a five-story, 85,000-square-foot facility on the Tampa campus.
“The Judy Genshaft Honors College building will be a remarkable enhancement to our world-class Honors College and will benefit our university, students, and faculty,” said USF President Steve Currall at the small groundbreaking ceremony. “The new building will advance USF’s strategic goals and long-term aspirations to attract and support Florida’s most accomplished students. We are deeply grateful for the generosity of Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum.” Private gifts totaling $43 million have been pledged and received for the project, including a historic College-naming gift of $20 million from USF President Emerita and Professor Judy Genshaft and her husband Steve Greenbaum.
“President Emerita Genshaft’s and Steve Greenbaum’s philanthropy continues to transform USF,” said USF Board of Trustees Chair Jordan Zimmerman. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we thank them for their steadfast commitment to student success and their vision that help propel the university to new heights.” 4 UNIVERSITY of SOUTH FLORIDA
Having one of the premier honors colleges in the nation is just one way USF will distinguish itself as one of the most elite and forward-thinking institutions in the world.”
– President Emerita Judy Genshaft
Additional generous gifts have been made by friends of the College, including Provost Ralph Wilcox, for whom the building’s Provost’s Scholars Program suite will be named, and Claudia McCorkle, for whom the College will name the Student Leadership Center. The new facility will feature interwoven spaces for classrooms, study areas, faculty and advisor offices, event areas, a computer lab, performance and creative spaces, and numerous areas for student collaboration – expanding the range of academic opportunities for students and giving them a true “home” on campus. Fittingly, it is being built along the renamed USF Genshaft Drive (formerly USF Maple Drive).
