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USF Federal Credit Union invests in students’ future after remodel
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New dean works for students
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S PORTS Bulls’ run falls one day short in NCAA Championship. BACK
Dean Danielle McDonald By Grace Hoyte
The USF Federal Credit Union reopened recently in the Marshall Student Center and is scheduled to be run exclusively by students in the future via a partnership with the College of Business. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU By Christopher Collier A S S T .
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Compound interest isn’t the only thing being gained at the newly reopened USF Federal Credit Union (FCU) located in the Marshall Student Center. Last week the renovated credit union was revealed to members and investors for the first time since the project began. The cosmopolitan design of the location was implemented in order to get away from the teller lines of traditional banks. “Our goal in this facility was actually to have that open-office concept and the idea is to encourage a higher level of dialogue between staff and credit union members — to have that experience like an Apple Store,” said FCU Chief Marketing Officer Deborah Clark. The MSC facility is one of five locations in the Tampa Bay Area
that service over 48,000 members and control about $500 million in assets. The renovations were done to physically open the location up to customers and to allow a new partnership between the credit union and the Muma College of Business. The program is unique in that the eventual goal is to have the credit union fully operated by the students. “First of all, it’s far more than an internship,” said Jackie Nelson, senior director of undergraduate programs for the Muma College of Business. “What we’re doing is putting together an academy … between the Muma College of Business and the USF Credit Union whereby four of our students will begin every year.” Nelson said each student accepted into the program will be engaged for three years in a paid position within the credit union. After their first year of working as a teller, the student will have a
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decision to work with a mentor in a section of the union. The sections include: accounting, finance, marketing or management depending on the student’s area of interest. The program is only available to freshmen and accepted candidates will begin working in their sophomore year. Of the 15 applicants, six were hired this summer to begin working in September. Eventually the number of workers will increase to 12 once those students reach their senior year. At that point, the credit union will be fully operated by the employed students. “They will be learning every part of the business over the next three years,” Nelson said. “It’s a three-year commitment basically — that’s what we would like to see the students do.” Nelson said not every student can be hired after graduation but that the focus of the program is to provide training and skills that
Many may recognize USF’s new dean of students, as she has been at the university for four years. Danielle McDonald was associate dean before the appointment, and in her new position, she said she intends to continue the efforts of previous deans. “I see the … dean’s office as being a place that helps to remove barriers,” she said. “Whether that be a student who needs help because they’ve had a personal crisis … (or) a student who is stuck in bureaucracy and is not getting some of the help that they need.” She said much of her office’s success in doing these things is due to partnerships with other offices. For instance, McDonald said her office works with Wellness USF to help develop methods for the university to help students. Wellness, she said, includes
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On-campus museum opens up for behind-the-scenes look
USF Contemporary Art Museum will open Friday to present Museum at Work, where museum employees, like Curator Peter Foe (center), will teach members of the community about what it takes to exhibit and store collections of art. ORACLE PHOTOS/ADAM MATHIEU By Adam Mathieu S T A F F
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The Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) is using this summer to remind students about the museum located on campus. “You’d be surprised by how many people don’t know there is a museum here,” Curator Peter Foe said. “I run into alumni and tell them I work at the museum and they say ‘There’s a museum?’” This summer CAM will host Museum at Work, a project geared toward making students more aware of their access to the museum as well as offer a chance to educate the public on the inner workings of the museum. There are many aspects that fall under the Museum at Work umbrella this summer. One aspect is a series of small exhibitions, which will all feature works from the museum’s permanent collection. Additionally, there will be five workshops throughout June and July that cover topics such as photographing and installing artwork. Foe said the workshops will provide the staff an opportunity
to educate others on museum operations such as documenting, care and storing of works of art that belong in a permanent collection. “The workshops are directed toward the general public and helping them understand how they might photograph things, how they might frame things, physically store things,” Foe said. “One of the workshops is how to take care of a collection. Most people end up collecting something, Cabbage Patch dolls or New York Times headlines, so how do you manage those things in the long term?” During the workshops, the CAM staff and interns will work in the open gallery space as they do activities such as preparing work for storage or photo documentation. The various workshops will offer visitors the chance to see the work that goes into framing and photographing artwork as well as get the chance to tour the museum’s storage and workshop areas. Foe also said Museum at Work will be a launching point to get students familiar with CAM and show the more hands-on side of museum operations. “All of this is kind of outreach is to let the community know
that we’re here and we’re a really great resource,” Foe said. “This is about engaging students, but we also have a lot of people from the broader community that come in to see the museum. As the general public comes in, we’ll be set up to do some of the work we do behind the scenes out in public.” For Foe, the goal of the workshops is to be able to work with students to help them understand what happens in the museum and the experiences that go behind preparing a show. Aside from informing the public, the CAM staff is using Museum at Work to give more experience than usual to student interns, studio art majors seeking college credit and a chance to gain an inside look on museum operations that the classroom cannot offer. While a typical semester will see one or two interns at CAM, Museum at Work gives the staff the opportunity to work with nine students working in a much more intense fashion as they participate in workshops and assist in the rearrangement of the expanding collection to allow a more efficient use of the museum’s limited storage space. One of the summer interns
is Megan Achtzener, a senior majoring in studio art, who is currently helping do inventory on the museum’s collection. “We’ve done a lot of inventory work, we’re really getting to see a lot of work and learn about the system they use to keep everything organized. Later on, there will be some photography work and installations, all kinds of fun and new experiences for us to gain from,” Achtzener said. “I feel like this is a good opportunity to see what could be potential job opportunities.” After 18 years at CAM, Foe said he understands the internships serve as a great training ground for students who want careers in the museum field, particularly now with Museum at Work giving the interns more than the average workload. “It’s more intensive,” Foe said. “The project allows us to spend about two and a half or three months to really focus on working with students directly and getting a lot of the physical labor done in definitely a more intense fashion and a shorter period of time.” So while interns are a typical fixture at CAM, with Museum at Work, there is more to be done and gained from the workshops
and the unframing being done at the museum. “In a regular semester, they might get to see one or two things framed or unframed,” Shannon Annis, exhibitions manager and registrar at CAM, said. By comparison, almost 200 works are going to be unframed this summer as part of Museum at Work. With a busy summer ahead, Foe and his interns will certainly be at work as they prepare hundreds of works to enter the new storage drawers, provide demonstrations at the workshops and install works. Foe is particularly excited about the final show of the summer, which will allow for the public to vote on works from the collection that will be shown, though as of now it is unclear what method the museum will use to gather votes. CAM doors will reopen Friday for an installation workshop which will be the actual installation of the first exhibition, “You Just Have to See It.” The show will pull works from the museum’s collection that tend not to photograph well and give the viewer the most satisfaction when seen in person, within the walls of a museum.
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“I’m focusing on continuing some of the work that Dr. (Michael) Freeman did on helping students be safer off campus,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of incidences over the past few years, off campus, and we need to continue helping our students make good choices in where … and how they live.” Freeman, the former dean, focused heavily on off-campus safety, and McDonald cochairs a group that analyzes the safety of students, faculty and staff, on and off campus. McDonald said wellness also includes having a roof over one’s head, having enough money for food and enough to cover basic needs. According
to McDonald, the dean’s role in students’ lives varies from case to case. “We have quite a few students that are in significant financial challenges, and we have quite a few students that are experiencing significant mental health challenges,” she said. “(I’m) continuing to work with my partners in Wellness to make sure we have the services to provide for our students in terms of … being able to be well while in school.” Additionally, McDonald emphasized that her plan to improve students’ experience and well-being at the university is not the result of any major problems she sees. Rather, she said she is concerned with student participation at the university. One facet of the involvement effort is reaching out to men to get involved. More
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women than men get connected and involved at the university, she said. “I don’t think we have a problem, but obviously not every student on campus is involved,” McDonald said. “But they should be.” Part of her role as dean, she said is getting to be an advocate for the students. In fact, she said she wants the students to think of the dean as a friend. “I have often referred to the dean of students as the friend of the students,” she said. “It’s that friend that gives you the hug and the pat on the back when you need it and celebrates with you.” On the other hand, she pointed out, she is also in charge of conduct complaints and behavioral issues. She is responsible for handling appeals of the conduct pro-
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cess, which is overseen by the University Conduct Board. “(The dean is) that friend that gives you the kick in the butt and the honest conversation when you need it, as well,” she said. “It’s that true friend that’s always looking out for your best interest, even when you don’t want to hear it.” McDonald emphasized the dean is there when students celebrate and when they need help. She said students can expect to see the dean at celebrations but also if they get in trouble, whether they created it themselves or they simply fell into it. “I think what students will find with me is that I am very committed to their success,” she said. The dean also works extensively with Student Government (SG). According to
3 student body president Andy Rodriguez, McDonald has been a liaison between university administration and students. He said he has worked with McDonald for over a year and she is very much “for the students.” “A lot of the time, when you interact with administrators, … there are people that are very much for the students … and people that want to make sure that their boss is happy,” he said. “She’s definitely always been one of the people that cares about the students.” Rodriguez said he was pleasantly surprised when he heard McDonald was chosen for the position. McDonald is a Ph.D. student at USF, but she said she needs students to share their experiences with her so she can better help them succeed.
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would not otherwise be available. The second year of the program includes a paid internship in the field of their choice. “When they do their internship they’ll work closely — very closely at that point in time — with someone from one of those areas within the credit union,” Nelson said. “After they finish their internship, they will be the ones that will mentor that next semester — their last
semester senior year — they will help some of the newbies.” The pool of candidates springs from 105 students within the Bulls Business Community, one of the living learning communities at USF. According to Nelson, the freshmen within that group are the ones who were given the opportunity to apply. “Students expect a return on their b-school investment — largely measured by their ability to find a job,” said USF Muma College of Business Dean Moez Limayem in a press release issued by the college.
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Limayem quoted a study from market research firm Millennial Branding that 52 percent of students surveyed said their university lacks access to paid internships and 43 percent noted a lack of qualified mentors to help them. “They conclude their degree program provides the technical training required to do the job, but they also need internships to help develop real-world skills and mentors to help make the connections needed to get the interview,” Limayem said. “This program will help them do that.”
The remodeled USF Federal Credit Union location is on the first floor of the Marshall Student Center. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU
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tough to overcome it,” head coach Steven Bradley said. “But as we had, we battled and we got a couple matches back square. “We got a couple of them to one-down and we got up in a couple. Our guys kept fighting, we just kind of ran out of time and they played really well.” Fernandes was the only Bull to finish ahead in his match
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“I see a lot better right now to know we have two guys on our campus capable of running our offense and I wouldn’t mind whoever it is.” Taggart later named both Steven Bench and Quinton Flowers as those two capable quarterbacks. He also said rising sophomore running back Marlon Mack gained 20 pounds during the offseason. He also shared with the crowd how his team is buying into the ideology of a fast-tempo football philosophy. “You walk around the hallways, (the team) is walking fast and talking fast,” Taggart
against Georgia’s Greyson Sigg, but by that time, the Bulls had dug too deep a hole to come out of. “I was able to keep my composure, I won (hole) seven and then won the match on eight, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough,” Fernandes said. The Bulls’ lineup will not have much turnover, with only seniors Trey Valentine and Ryan Fricker leaving. The team will keep the core group of AAC Freshman of the Year Claudio
Correa, junior Chase Koepka and Fernandes, who all won tournaments this season. “The goal will be the same next year. I think we’ll be as good next year,” Fernandes said. “We’ve got a couple good kids coming in and Claudio, Chase and I returning. We’ll be really good and ready for this next year.” The Bulls finished with five tournament wins and a championship berth in Bradley’s first season with USF.
said. First-year baseball coach Mark Kingston was on his second tour stop due to his team’s participation in the NCAA Tournament and spoke about the importance of Bulls on Parade coming to Tampa. “There is such a rich tradition of baseball in Tampa,” Kingston said. “It’s great for me to meet all the people who have grown up in this town and this city. They love baseball and want to see USF baseball do great as well.” Fans and donors had the chance to see the coaches outside their typical setting on the playing field where they are tuned into the game and focused on play-calling. Men’s basketball coach Orlando Antigua, typically
seen at the Sun Dome in a suit holding a white board, joined fans at a booth for a conversation with a fork in his hand. Volleyball coach Courtney Draper laughed with other supporters over nacho appetizers. Almost halfway through the event, the coaches had a chance to sit and take turns reflecting on their season. Kingston and men’s golf coach Steven Bradley in particular received positive comments during the Q&A segment for recently wrapping up national postseason appearances. Taggart concluded the panel with his excitement for the upcoming season in the fall. “I’m ready for Tampa to turn up and be what it’s supposed to be,” he said to a cheering crowd.
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Though attending college in state is generally thought of as the more affordable option for students, a new report found many public colleges are foregoing affordability for prestige and recognition. As revealed in a recent study conducted by the New America Foundation that examined 424 public four-year colleges and universities, public schools that offer substantial merit aid enroll more out-of-state students and have seen a bigger fall in enrollment of in-state freshman since 2000 than those that offer less merit aid. Schools have used that merit aid to bring in more out-of-state students rather than in-state students who are more financially needy. While this is great news for outof-state students, especially affluent ones, it’s a huge let-down for in-state students and shows that many colleges don’t have their nearby college-bound population in mind. A recent New York Times article addressed a similar trend in which universities admit more out-ofstate students in favor of those applying in-state as an alternative to hiking tuition, since out-of-state tuition is on par with private school tuition. As the New America study found, one of the main reasons for recruiting more out-of-state students is so colleges can improve their rankings and enhance test scores. As pointed out by Inside Higher Education, it’s tempting for colleges to follow suit because not doing so would mean backing out of competition with other schools. Yet, while there’s nothing wrong with a little competition — after all, that can help attract students in the first place — it’s not a priority. What should be a priority is reining in the students whose best option
is to stay near home and offer them an affordable education. Still, using institutional money to bait out-of-state students doesn’t mean college will be cheaper for them given their extra costs, as mentioned in a USA Today article. However, low-income students attending a school at home, particularly one that provides substantial merit aid, shouldn’t have to pay more out of pocket than those attending schools offering less merit aid, another problem noted by New America. According to the study, major research universities and state regional universities are both at fault. In the state, New College of Florida and Florida International University made the list of the top 50 schools offering merit aid to freshman not considered financially needy. To combat the problem of affordability for in-state students that many schools have put themselves in, colleges should monitor the amount of out-of-state students they accept. For instance, the University of South Carolina’s out-of-state enrollment has risen to 45 percent, over twice the amount it was in 2000, as pointed out in the report. Some schools have caps on out-of-state enrollment, such as the University of North Carolina, which cannot admit more than 18 percent, according to Inside Higher Ed. As reported by the College Board, USF’s out-of-state enrollment is at 6 percent. While a good ranking is much like a prize for colleges, the nearby students whose best option is public colleges shouldn’t be the first to be thrown off board. Isabelle Cavazos is a senior majoring in English and Spanish.
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Bulls’ historic run falls just short By Jacob Hoag C O R R E S P O N D E N T
Outside USF The Tampa Bay Lightning fell to the Chicago Blackhawks, 2-1, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at home on Wednesday night. After the Lightning’s opening goal, the Blackhawks scored two straight to secure the win.
Quick Facts • Seniors Kyle Teaf and Buddy Putnam along with freshman Kevin Merrell were named to the 2015 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team. Teaf and Putnam each had five hits over the weekend, but USF was unable to advance. • No AAC teams moved on to the Super Regionals in the Men’s College World Series, with both Houston and Tulane losing their elimination games.
AAC Update Men’s Golf SMU’s Bryson DeChambeau finished at 8-under to win the individual title in the NCAA Championship. DeChambeau did most of his damage in the second round when he shot 5-under. USF Freshman Claudio Correa was in the hunt, but ended up in sixth place. Track and Field
NCAA Championships When: Wednesday - Saturday Where: Eugene, Oregon USF athletes competing:
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Despite Rigel Fernandes winning his match, USF fell 4-1 to Georgia in match play Tuesday during the NCAA Championship at The Concession Golf Course in Bradenton. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE
As players walked off the Concession Golf Course in Bradenton after Tuesday’s defeat in the NCAA championship quarterfinals, a brief disappointment loomed over the members of the USF men’s golf team. They had exited the tournament one day too soon, but soon the team began to realize the magnitude of what it had accomplished. With a berth in the national championship round of the NCAA tournament, the Bulls had already made program history, as no team before them had reached that point. By making it through the first two cuts, the 2015 Bulls cemented themselves as the best team in program history. “I think over the last five, six weeks we’ve proved that we can play with anybody in the country. We just have to take that to next year,” sopho-
more Rigel Fernandes said. “It was our goal this year to get here and make the eight, and we did it.” The team had to fight its way back to make the first cut and maintain a slim lead to make the second, but was able to persevere to give it a chance to win a title. After Sunday’s round, there was no question they were ready to take charge with the mindset that they could win it all. Unfortunately the Bulls fell just short, but not without a valiant effort. After finishing in sixth place in the third leg of the tournament, the Bulls were pitted against Georgia for match play where they fell 4-1, ending their season. “I think they made 10 or 12 birdies and a couple eagles in the first six or seven holes and made it difficult for us. In match play, once you get that momentum, you’re hitting second every time and it’s just
Bulls on Parade ends at home By Chris Lemus C O R R E S P O N D E N T
The Bulls on Parade tour made its final stop at Lee Roy Selmon’s restaurant in Tampa on Wednesday after three previous stops throughout South Florida. The finale returned home, featuring six coaches on a panel and three mingling with the crowd. Football coach Willie Taggart came prepared to answer the questions going into this year’s season, and used part of his time to preemptively answer a question he’s been previously asked. “I know I’m going to get the question so I’ll answer it now: ‘Who is going to be the quarterback?’ I’m going to tell you right now,” Taggart said.
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USF coaches, including football coach Willie Taggart (center left) and baseball coach Mark Kingston (center right), met with fans and donors in Tampa on Wednesday at Lee Roy Selmon’s Restaurant as part of the final stop of the Bulls on Parade tour around the state. ORACLE PHOTO/CHRIS LEMUS