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UT<br />
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Apocalypse in Pop Culture<br />
President Vaughn’s<br />
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JOURNAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WINTER 2020<br />
Corps Values<br />
Seven Alumni Share Their<br />
Peace Corps Experiences<br />
FIRE UP THE GRILL!<br />
One beautiful evening in October, students<br />
and their families enjoyed hamburgers, veggie<br />
burgers and hot dogs in Morsani Courtyard<br />
during the Campus Barbecue — one of many<br />
fun events that took place during Family<br />
Weekend 2019.<br />
PHOTOGRAPH: CHRIS ZUPPA<br />
ARTIST CREDIT(S)<br />
UT<br />
www.ut.edu/utjournal<br />
EDITOR<br />
Jane Bianchi<br />
jbianchi@u<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=1"> UT </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=2"> FIRE UP THE GRILL! One beautiful evening in Octo</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=3"> ARTIST CREDIT(S) UT www.ut.edu/utjournal EDIT</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=4"> PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Celebrating Our Progress </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=5"> 12 18 22 44 ILLUSTRATIONS: MICHAEL CRAMPTON, SAM </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=6"> NEWS OF NOTE HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY Do</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=7"> UT Board Welcomes Five New Members Learn more ab</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=8"> NEWS OF NOTE A </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=9"> Research That Ribbits A $2.5-million grant may he</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=10"> NEWS OF NOTE 5 MINUTES WITH Emma Stange ’21</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=11"> A FOND FAREWELL On Aug. 25, UT lost one of its bi</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=12"> NEWS OF NOTE 5 MINUTES WITH (P) HED_Utopia_</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=13"> seeking to play college golf in the South to furt</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=14"> Find out how seven UT alumni have helped communit</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=15"> Building a Community Center The mid-1960s were b</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=16"> Protecting the Environment Volunteering overseas</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=17"> Teaching English Erik Winkler ’04, who majored i</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=18"> Helping Coastal Communities Even though Chelsea </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=19"> Fighting Diseases In 2015, when Lucian</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=20"> BY MICHELLE BEARDEN | ILLUSTRATION BY SAM HADLEY </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=21"> </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=22"> DON'T FEAR ZOMBIES — PITY THEM Here's a little kn</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=23"> Amanda Firestone Firestone was invited</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=24"> Here’s to Years! Three UT employees reflect</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=25"> On December 20, 1994, two days before Ronald Vaug</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=26"> How has President Vaughn improved UT over his 25 </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=27"> The Coach Denise Rubio, assistant softball coach </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=28"> ALUMNI REPORT </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=29"> WHAT'S NEW? GO TO ALUMNI.UT.EDU TO STAY IN TOUCH.</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=30"> ALUMNI REPORT in Jacksonville, is the largest</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=31"> SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT The Marketing Maven Amber Osb</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=32"> These attendees were four of the more than 40 alu</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=33"> and his wife, Krysta, recently relocated to Moult</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=34"> ALUMNI NEWS SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT The Sweet Spo</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=35"> for adults with four rounds of hilarious, inappro</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=36"> ALUMNI NEWS Jasmine Rustogi MBA ’17 married K</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=37"> PHOTOGRAPHS BY MEGHAN LEBRUN ’19, JESSICA LEIGH A</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=38"> ALUMNI NEWS O ct. 17–19, 2019 </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=39"> ARTIST CREDIT(S) </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=40"> What Does It Mean to Help Students Become Spartan</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=41"> UT | W I N T E R 2 0 2 0 | 39</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=42"> SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY People. Opportunit</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=43"> (P) TEXT_Utopia_9pt_noindent (P) TEXT_Ut</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=44"> SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY Proud Parents Stra</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=45"> The Minaret Dinner: Giving Comes Full Circle </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=46"> DONOR HONOR ROLL 2018 to 2019 LIFETIME GIVING </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=47"> Estate of John F. Germany Hardeman Landscap</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=48"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Design Styles Architecture</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=49"> Sarah Cuccinello Barry ’86 and Melissa ’86 </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=50"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Teresa Perez Pestgo Ext</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=51"> Marye E. Edenfield MBA ’97 Gary and Ellen Ed</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=52"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Marc M. Montalto MBA ’97 </a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=53"> Christine Wisdom ’77 Bradley J. Wise Eva</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=54"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Troy Ferguson ’07 Kelli Ferre</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=55"> Legacy Society Members The Legacy Society reco</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=56"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Julie and Al DuFaux Dawn Duet</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=57"> CHARLES & JULIANA BIGFORD Belinda Bigford MBA ’03</a>
<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=58"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Terry Jones Chris Kazor Denee</a>
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<a title="UTJournal-Winter2020 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3c2f2be3?page=60"> DONOR HONOR ROLL Jeffrey Onore Barbara Kay Pow</a>
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