If you are visually impaired or blind, you can visit the PDF version by Pressing CONTROL + ALT + 4
You need a JavaScript-enabled browser to view this Publication
Please follow these steps to view the Publication:
Enable JavaScript in your browser
Refresh this page
Best regards
Zmags
UT
The Ars Sonora Has Arrived
Two Health Care Heroes,
One Wedding of a Lifetime
A New Place on Campus for
Creative Spirits To Shine
JOURNAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SPRING 2022
The Greek Gateway
The secret reason UT fraternities and sororities
prepare students well for the workplace
REACH FOR THE SKY
Last November, a few brave faculty
and staff members went tandem
skydiving with the U.S. Army’s
Golden Knights jump team at Sky
Dive City in Zephyrhills, FL, as part
of a recruiting event for UT’s ROTC
program. Participants included
Paula Pack, associate director of
retention initiatives (picture
UT
REACH FOR THE SKY Last November, a few brave fac
UT ut.edu/utjournal EDITOR Jane Bianchi jbianc
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Engage, Inspire, Support
CONTENTS | SPRING 2022 VOL. XXXVII, NO.3 18
NEWS OF NOTE
Grand Opening of the New Benson Alex Riseman Fitn
NEWS OF NOTE Two UT programs joined forces
Museum Donation Is a “Home Run” A thrilling piec
NEWS OF NOTE NEWS OF NOTE 5 MINUTES WITH Ja
GREEK WEEK FUN! In February, UT fraternities and
NEWS OF NOTE Lonni
Cleaning Up the Hillsborough River Keep Tampa B
For the Birds CEDAR WAXWING
AMERICAN KESTREL (Year-Round) This is the smalles
NEWS OF NOTE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR UT’S FI
The Traditional Job Fair — Transformed Beyond ho
NEWS OF NOTE ATHLETI
nication degree, Ball was accustomed to regaling
From Alpha to Omega The secret reason UT fraterni
ARTIST CREDIT(S)
W
THE ART OF NETWORKING One of the wonderful, built
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY When Ryan Cleary ’22
BECOMING A LEADER You might be surprised to learn
A Place for Creative
Spirits To S
“The Ferman Center for the Arts facilitates the
At the grand opening of the Ferman Center for the
UT’s dance students enjoy the many
UT’s state-of-the-art recording studio provides s
Shannon (Nigg) Ballantyne ’16 and Shaka Ballantyn
TWO HEALTH CARE HEROES, ONE Wedding OF A LIFE
I t’s been almost a year since she walked down th
STRONGER TOGETHER It was just before the start of
ALUMNI REPORT
WHAT’S NEW? GO TO UT.EDU/ALUMNI TO STAY IN TOUCH.
ALUMNI REPORT was covered byThe Highlands Curr
SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT The Friendly Fraud Buster Joe
ALUMNI REPORT and family medicine. Kukoyi (pic
Negrón (pictured below) lives in Central Florida.
ALUMNI REPORT SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT The C-Suite
about on blogarama.com in December in an article
ALUMNI REPORT employee resource groups, introd
William Living, a magazine that covers her commun
ALUMNI REPORT About the Use of Simulations to
SHOW YOU R UT PRIDE (P) CAPTION_black_align-l
ALUMNI REPORT Marisa Milazzo ’18 joined Berlin
ist organizations and the Catholic Church strateg
SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY the SPARTAN SHARK TAN
UT | S P R I N G 2 0 2 2 | 49
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. C.R.E.
exploded from there, and we wound up implementing
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT.
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. “Once
YOUR GIFT Make your gift today so that UT studen
MATTERS. People. Opportunity. Impact.
MINARET MOMENT Play Action Flip through t
START YOUR LEGACY TODAY Shape th
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA,