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Student Spotlight: USF's Unique Alston carves a path in entrepreneurship with Fintech X|Accelerator connections
In high school, Alston sold gently worn sneakers to her friends in Virginia, and she knew entrepreneurship would play a huge role in her college career. Her decision to enroll at USF is paying off.
March 13, 2024Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Senior finance major Sho Ishizuka prepares for career at Raymond James, grateful for growth at USF
Sho Ishizuka always envisioned a career in finance, an interest cultivated at a young age from watching his father, an accountant. He knew he wanted to follow the same career path as his father. He had no idea it would bring him from Tokyo, Japan to Tampa, Florida.
January 22, 2024Business News, Spotlights
Boundless Bull: Julio Figueroa
Julio Figueroa's story encourages others to embrace change, pursue purpose, and remember that it's never too late to jump into a new journey.
January 10, 2024Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Samhitha Prabhakar's unconventional approach to networking lands her a job at Merrill Lynch
Muma College of Business student Samhitha Prabhakar took an unconventional approach to networking at the Bulls Business Showcase. For the finance major, showing up to the networking event without a resume ended up landing her a job at Merrill Lynch.
December 19, 2023Spotlights
Sophomore Cherish Alston builds connections, lands scholarship through internships and student organizations
Alston received her first internship during her freshman year in the summer of 2022 as a business analytics intern. A few internships later, she hopes to make a career in the cybersecurity industry.
November 14, 2023Business News, Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Kelsey Stansbury lands finance job after summer internship at Raymond James
As a first-generation college student at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business, Kelsey Stansbury wasn't sure how to navigate college life, much less making sure she'd graduate with a job.
September 14, 2023Business News, Spotlights
Despite war and concern for loved ones back home, graduating student excels academically to achieve goal
While striving for his bachelor’s degree, war broke out in Andrii Kostyrko's home country of Ukraine. For nearly a year and a half, Kostyrko lived with the uncertainty and fear created by the war. Despite these circumstances, he has excelled and will be graduating summa cum laude.
August 3, 2023Spotlights
Madison Siefert is building a community, homes and a bright future — all from within the Baldwin Risk Partners School of Risk Management and Insurance
For Siefert, entering the field of risk management and insurance is all about being part of the larger community. “Every time a disaster hits, you kind of want to be out there and you want to be helping,” she said.
June 6, 2023Business News, Spotlights
Brooke Hansen is paving the way for a more sustainable tourism industry — at home and abroad
For Hansen, establishing a sustainable tourism practice means harnessing tourism as a force for good to support “the triple bottom line” — people, planet, and prosperity.
May 19, 2023Spotlights
Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance announces 2023 Dean's Advisory Board Leadership Award recipients
Mateo Racini Serje and Brandon Meade have been announced as the recipients of the 2023 Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance Dean's Advisory Board Leadership Award.
May 8, 2023Honors and Awards, Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Juliana Camargo Torres excels on the links and in the classroom as a scholar-athlete
Golf changed Juliana Camargo Torres’ life for the best, both on the links and in the business classroom. A rising star at USF, Camargo Torres is a student-athlete on the varsity women's golf team and a sophomore double majoring in philosophy and finance with a concentration in investment analysis.
May 3, 2023Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Lorena Froze uses data analytics to help others understand financial literacy
The USF Muma College of Business business analytics and information systems major moved from Brazil to the U.S. with her family not knowing anyone. Now she will be interning at JP Morgan this summer and sees data literacy as a path toward financial literacy.
May 3, 2023Spotlights