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Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award: Sylvia Earle

The USF Patel College of Global Sustainability celebrated its 10th Year Anniversary Celebration and All-Class Reunion and Alumni Conference with honored guests that included Tampa Mayor Jane Castor; PCGS founders Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel, who received the Global Sustainability Award for Decades of Service to Humanity; oceanographer and explorer Dr. Sylvia Earle, shown here, who received the Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability award; and Maryann and Sonny Bishop of Rosebud Continuum, who received the Esteemed Sustainability Partner Award. The anniversary sustainability conference included alumni and current student keynotes, as well as panels featuring PCGS alumni working in various sustainability fields. For more photos from the conference, awards dinner and picnic.

Dr. Sylvia Earle

10th Year Anniversary Memorable Moments

Dr. Patel and the Provost

Dr. Kiran C. Patel (left) and USF Provost Dr. Prasant Mohapatra (right)

Dr. Kiran C. Patel, PCGS founder, and USF Provost Dr. Prasant Mohapatra joined our PCGS family at our 10th-Year Anniversary awards dinner.

Entrepreneurship Panel

Entrepreneurship Panel at the 10th Year Anniversary sustainability conference. (Ericka Leigh McThenia, Sarah Long , J.C. Milam, and Angela El Fayez)

The Entrepreneurship Panel at the 10th Year Anniversary sustainability conference: Ericka Leigh McThenia, Sarah Long, J.C. Milam and Angela El Fayez.

PCGS Picnic

Alumni, students, faculty and staff were invited to the Rosebud Continuum in Land O'Lakes, Fla., on Nov. 4 for a picnic, music, and tours as part of tPCGS' 10th anniversary.

Alumni, students, faculty and staff were invited to the Rosebud Continuum in Land O'Lakes, Fla., on Nov. 4 for a picnic, music, and tours.

Awards Ceremony

Distinguished alumni were honored at our 10th Anniversary Awards Dinner on Friday night. Our distinguished alumni include Ericka Leigh of Sewn Apart, Winnie Mulamba of the For Good Movement, Aja Estro of Compassion Kind (pictured), and Brandon Johnson of Stantec. Our college founders, Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel, right photo, also joined our PCGS family celebration at our 10th Anniversary awards dinner, where they received the Global Sustainability Award for Decades of Service to Humanity. Dr. Kiran Patel addressed the group about the importance of sustainable practices throughout the world.

Memorable Moments - Awards Ceremony

PCGS Spotlight

Fields of Green

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Sustainable Tailgating initiative encouraged students to give back through recycling at our Salute to Service football game vs. Temple.

VIDEO: ABOUT MY COLLEGE

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We asked current USF Patel College of Global Sustainability students: "What does the Patel College mean to you?" Hear their answers in this video.

Scholarship opportunity

Drake Scholarship

Current students in good academic standing with one semester at PCGS can apply for up to $5,000 in funding through the Amy and Michael Drake annual scholarship. Submit your resume and essay by Dec. 15, 2023.

What's Happening at PCGS

The Latest

  1. Dr. Kiran Patel's Vision for a Sustainable Future

    November 21, 2023

  2. Pathways to Peace

    November 21, 2023

  3. Sustainability Speaker Series - Cassie Cordova

    November 13, 2023

  4. Fields of Green

    November 11, 2023

  5. 10th Year Anniversary Celebration Media Gallery

    November 9, 2023

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Pitch Competition Winner

Dylan Wilbar

Dylan Wilbar, a PCGS student, won first prize in the USF Muma College of Business Nault Center’s Sustainability Pitch Competition for Entrepreneurship. His winning Spiral Farms project derived from his classwork on a potential Agro and eco-tourism destination near Orlando.

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