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The road to graduation: A student's inspiring journey to success
Blair Wood Jones grew up in an area where getting a basic education was a challenge. But Jones persevered, becoming the salutatorian of her high school, an advocate for educational access and excelling at USF, where she is now graduating with a degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
May 2, 2023Entrepreneurship, Spotlights
Student Spotlight: O’Carson Fils creates buzz for the USF Bellini Center for Talent Development
Directors at the Bellini Center for Talent Development named Fils the inaugural Bellini ambassador, an informal role given to Fils for his dedication and hard work.
May 2, 2023Spotlights
Staff Spotlight: Michelle Jahn is a one-person team helping faculty reach their research aspirations
Behind every team of business school researchers, there is a behind-the-scenes person who helps the team function. At the USF Muma College of Business, that person is Michelle Jahn.
March 31, 2023Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Clare Coffman brings passion for insurance and crime to life at USF
Clare Coffman’s life-changing connection with an associate professor at the USF Muma College of Business has put her on a career path that combines her passions – investigating crime and insurance fraud.
March 16, 2023Business News, Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Vince Hafeli’s journey to curb suicide in the construction industry 'one person at a time'
A student in USF’s Doctor of Business Administration program, Hafeli is expanding the qualitative research related to suicide within the construction industry by sharing his personal story of struggle and thoughts on ending his own life.
March 8, 2023Business News, Spotlights
Boundless Bulls: Freeman Talla
Inspired by the tragic death of his aunt who died while seeking emergency medical care during a power outage in Cameroon, USF Sarasota-Manatee graduate student Freeman Talla is determined to help expand the African nation’s solar power sector.
February 2, 2023Business News, Entrepreneurship, Spotlights
Boundless Bulls: Xiomara Montes Gil
The first in her family to graduate college, Xiomara Montes Gil has worked hard to pave a path for herself. As a freshman, she was awarded USF’s Green and Gold Scholarship. Following commencement this spring, she'll begin a full-time finance job at JP Morgan.
January 10, 2023Business News, Spotlights
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Ukrainian student graduates from USF after difficult path - Tampa Bay Times
Danylo Solomentsev knows that graduating from the University of South Florida is a milestone in his life.
December 10, 2022Business News, Spotlights
USF student from Ukraine set to graduate despite challenges from war, pandemic - Fox 13
Graduation day at the University of South Florida will be extra special for a marketing student who overcame challenges from the pandemic and impacts from the war in Ukraine.
December 9, 2022Business News, Spotlights
Ukrainian student overcomes pandemic and war, graduates from USF - WFLA
He’ll be the first to tell you — Danylo Solomentsev is a hard name to pronounce if you’re not Eastern European.
December 9, 2022Business News, Spotlights
From fishing campus waters as a kid to graduating with a perfect 4.0
Seth Leskanic has had a personal connection with the USF St. Petersburg campus since he was a kid fishing the waters on the edge of campus. Now he is graduating from his hometown university with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
December 8, 2022Business News, Honors and Awards, Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Gabriel Mocelin lands Goldman Sachs summer internship in New York City
University of South Florida finance student Gabriel Mocelin landed his dream internship and is headed to New York this summer to learn from the best at Goldman Sachs. But when he started classes at USF, he knew little about the finance industry or how to best prepare himself for a career in finance.
December 6, 2022Business News, Spotlights