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The Publication for The University of Tampa FALL 2013
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The Good Life
Learning what it means to live well
president’s message UTjournal
www.ut.edu/utjournal
EDITOR
Kiley Mallard
kmallard@ut.edu
ART DIRECTOR
Anne Rowland
arowland@ut.edu
DESIGN CONSULTANT
2COMMUNIQUÉ
contact@2communique.com
STUDENT GRAPHICS ASSISTANT
Emma C. Lettera ’15
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
AND PUBLICATIONS
Eric Cárdenas
ecardenas@ut.edu
CONTRIBUTORS
Jessica Burns ’04, M.S. ’08, MBA ’11, Eric
Cárdenas, Jay Hardwick, Ryan Jones,
Tom Kolbe ’01, D. Todd Marrs MBA ’04,
M
UTjournal
president’s message UTjournal www.ut.edu/utjo
contents
news of note
“Students and parents ... have been so impressed.
news of note Kyetra Bryant ’16 examin
Taking a Moment Lizzy Gallagher ’15 kicked off
news of note Geisz
spartan sports The baseball team celebrates its v
news of note Nationa
The Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Comple
BY KILEY MALLARD ILLUSTRATIONS BY AARON MESHON
LIVING
T hey gather in t
From planning to advertising to running the
“TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY, YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY
The Dickey Health and Wellness Center partnered w
BY KILEY MALLAR
PARKING GATE
“WE’RE NOT JUST TELLING YOU TO GO TO A ZONE. WE’R
“THIS IS NOT SMOKER VS. NONSMOKER. IT’S ABOUT
— as finding the reasons they smoke will help iden
Shames recognized a hidden gem in the cities and
BY RYAN JONES PHOTOGRAPH BY GORDON WENZEL
“I don’t thInk It’ll ever be easy, but I don’t wa
they already had a local customer base. She wante
26 UTJOURNAL FALL 2013
alumni report
alumni report class acts WHAT’S NEW? Stay in
years. He owns his own practice in Plant City, FL
alumni report Watching So
Susan Miles-Hughes works for the state of
alumni report spartan spotlight Gabby McGee '08
west Florida Television Advisory Board. She also
alumni report alumni report
Deanna (Pollina) Silva ’05 Allison Macsa
alumni report Passing
Queen 2013. She will serve as the ambassador of t
alumni report Mara Stierman is the
Homecoming and Reunions 2013 Oct. 24-26 THROUGHO
brick by brick HOW SUPPORTERS IMPROVE THE UT EXP
“After the service, Tampa U gave me direction ...
brick by brick
THEN Watch the video at www.ut.edu/annualfund/vid
UT bucked national trends and enjoyed another rec
MEETING THE CHALLENGE A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT RO
president’s annual report strategic balance T
The Academic Success Center, located in a renovat
president’s annual report student affairs In
Intramural Complex; ■ The Schoomaker ROTC
president’s annual report athletics While we
DONOR HONOR ROLL LIFETIME GIVING SOCIETIES Member
donor honor roll BRONZE ME
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donor honor roll ▲ Mark ’82 and Beth ’82 Pu
Tropical Surveillance & ▲
donor honor roll ▲
Janice Drace Lt. Col. Thomas J. Duncan
donor honor roll ▲ ▲
LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS The Legacy Society reco
donor honor roll (Continued from page 58)
Robert C. and Aida Calafell Crowne Plaza Tampa We
donor honor roll Mrs. Conn
Dr. and Mrs. Jay O’Sullivan Karen E. Otto, Ph. D.
donor honor roll JUDITH MANDT ’94 Jolyon a
William H. Minahan Rose Cueto Morales Gloria Nasr
donor honor roll ’67 Owen James
Lydia Perez Friscia Jerrold W. Gregory Charles C.
donor honor roll Seth C. Dennis William J.
Betsy G. Johnson Merrith J. Jones Mary E. Landsbe
donor honor roll Suzanne Hiebert Craig H. H
Lisa A. Vodola Meagan C. Wheeling Benjamin S. Whi
donor honor roll Armin J. Watson Amanda M.
Jason K. Williams Briana J. Zupko ’13 George B.
donor honor roll Eugene H.
Carrozza Law Office P.C. Betty and Phillip Casey F
donor honor roll Tampa Bay
Damato Family Robert and Paula Dance Sheila Davie
donor honor roll FPO Kenneth and Debbie Lindenb
Barry and Gloria Shepard Bill and C.J. Sherman Iv
minaret moment SWINGIN
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