Centers, Institutes and Labs

Centers, Institutes and Labs

BELLINI CENTER FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT

The Bellini Center for Talent Development at the Muma College of Business is a career-development program for students and the Tampa Bay business community creating a real world corporate environment in a classroom level setting.

Behavioral AI Research Lab

The Behavioral AI Research Lab represents a collaborative initiative between the Schools of Information Systems, and Marketing and Innovation. Our lab is dedicated to advancing the understanding of artificial intelligence's role in influencing and interpreting human behavior within business contexts.

Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership

The Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership is an experiential based center that empowers future business leaders with innovative strategies to navigate ethical decision making. The center offers programs that support the leadership development of USF Muma College of Business undergraduate and graduate students, Tampa Bay employers, and prospective USF students. 

COLLIER STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER

Working in tandem with USF's Career Services, the Collier Student Success Center assists business students with career planning, hosts corporate networking events, and coordinates workshops to help students with professional development. Businesses, large and small, partner with the center to host information sessions, offer internship opportunities, and recruit future employees.

Customer Experience Labs

Located on the Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses
The Customer Experience Labs at the Muma College of Business are  state-of-the-art facilities located on the Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses. The labs support student skills development and research across multiple marketing domains leveraging a diverse set of methodologies and neuromarketing tools including eye tracking, facial expression analysis, galvanic skin response, and EEG.

INSTITUTE FOR Digital Business

David Kotok and Cumberland Advisors Bloomberg Lab

Located on the Sarasota-Manatee campus
The David Kotok and Cumberland Advisors Bloomberg Lab hosts 10 Bloomberg Terminals that allow students access to Bloomberg Professional Services, a powerful resource providing real-time data from markets around the world, in addition to news, research, and powerful analytics used by top decision-makers in finance, business, and government.

Center for Executive and Leadership Education

The Center for Executive and Leadership Education delivers practical, high-impact learning experiences for current and emerging leaders. These are non-degree offerings that meet professionals where they are—focused, relevant, and immediately applicable to real-world challenges. USF Executive Education programs can help your organization retain talent, navigate disruption and accelerate growth.

Grow Financial Literacy and Planning Clinic

Housed in the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance, the clinic is a partnership between USF and Grow Financial Federal Credit Union, combining academic expertise with real-world financial education. The clinic supports student experiential learning, strengthens financial education for high school and college students, and trains educators to prepare the next generation to navigate personal finance with confidence.

School of information syStems PRACTICE CENTER

Located on the Tampa campus
The School of Information Systems Practice Center gives students with new skills and experiences in doing “real world” projects sponsored by industry partners. Students work in groups of two performing collaborative team-based projects. Every project is supervised by at least one faculty mentor and at least one representative of the project-sponsoring industry partner. Typically, projects are scoped to last a semester.

CENTER FOR MARKETING & SALES INNOVATION

Located on the Tampa campus
The Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation seeks to be an engine for economic growth in the region by connecting students interested in a sales or marketing careers with businesses, supports sales skills development for students and businesses through competitions, workshops, and training, and conducts research in sales, marketing, and neuro-marketing. The center is home to the Customer Experience Labs located on the Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses.

Marketing and Innovation Practice Center

The Marketing and Innovation Practice Center project is available across all three campuses and supervised by faculty members from all three campuses. The center gives students with new skills and experiences with "real world" projects sponsored by industry partners. Students work in groups of two performing collaborative team-based projects. Every project is supervised by at least one faculty mentor and at least one representative of the project-sponsoring industry partner. Projects typically last one semester.

MERRILL LYNCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT CENTER

Located on the St. Petersburg campus
The Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Center is within the Muma College of Business.  The venue allows students to analyze stocks, assess investment opportunities and apply skills learned in class to manage wealth. It hosts a number of financial literacy initiatives benefitting current students, future students and the greater community.

MONICA WOODEN CENTER FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

Located on the Tampa campus
Supply chain management, reverse logistics, and sustainability greatly interest both domestic and international businesses because these issues impact their profitability — especially in today's competitive marketplace. The Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management & Sustainability is the first center of its kind in Florida. It spearheads efforts related to the supply chain major, minor, graduate program and a number of community/industry initiatives.

NAULT CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

USF's Nault Center for Entrepreneurship provides academic and practical learning programs for graduate students. The center is part of three colleges at USF: Muma College of Business, College of Engineering, and the Morsani College of Medicine.

Center for Real Estate Excellence

The University of South Florida places students at the center of one of the nation’s most dynamic real estate markets. Tampa Bay’s rapid growth has transformed the region into a hub for development, investment, and innovation, offering USF students unmatched access to real-world experience and professional opportunities.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Located on the Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses
As Florida's principal provider of small business assistance, the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida provides free, one-on-one consulting and low-cost seminars to start-up and existing businesses. It assists with a variety aspects of small business development and issues that are important to today's small business owners.