Founded in 1956, USF is the fourth largest university in Florida by enrollment, with 49,766 students from over 145 countries, all 50 states, all five U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia as of the 2022–2023 academic year.[4][11]
In 2022, the university reported an annual budget of $2.31 billion and an annual economic impact of over $6 billion.[12] According to the National Science Foundation, USF spent $568 million on research and development in 2019, ranking it 43rd in the nation and 25th among public universities.[13][14] USF's $889 million endowment is the third-largest among Florida public universities and the largest of any American public university founded post-World War II.
USF's sports teams are known as the South Florida Bulls and primarily compete in the American Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I. USF's 19 varsity teams have won a combined 6 national championships and 160 conference championships. Athletes representing the Bulls have won an additional 23 individual and relay national championships and 215 individual and relay conference championships.[17]
Hillsborough Army Airfield, also known as Henderson Airfield, on the site of what is now the University of South Florida.
1950sedit
USF was the first state university in Florida built during the 20th century.[18] Former U.S. representative Samuel Gibbons was instrumental in the school's creation when he was a state representative and is considered by many to be the "Father of USF".[19] Although founded in 1956, the university was not officially named until the following year, and classes did not begin until 1960.[18] The university was built off Fowler Avenue on the former site of Henderson Air Field, a World War II airstrip.[18] Before Henderson Field, the area was part of a 5,000-acre temple orange grove, the largest citrus grove in the world at the time, which gave the nearby city of Temple Terrace its name.
In 1957, the Florida Cabinet approved the name "University of South Florida".[18] At the time, USF was the southernmost university in the state university system.[18]
1960sedit
The first five buildings on campus when the student opened were the old library (now the student services building), the science building (now the chemistry building), the teaching auditorium (no longer standing, on the site of what is now the music building), the university center (no longer standing, on the site of what is now the Marshall Student Center), and the administration building (now called the John and Grace Allen Administration building).
The university was founded as a school for whites only. It integrated and admitted its first African-American student, Ernest Boger, in 1961, the school's second year after opening. Boger graduated in 1964 with a B.A. in psychology.[20]
In 1962, students voted to make the "Golden Brahman" the university's mascot, named after the state's cattle raising industry.[18] In the early 1980s, the mascot evolved into the "Bulls".[21]
In 1963, USF held its first graduation ceremony. 325 degrees were conferred.[22]
The university grew rapidly under the leadership of John S. Allen, who served as its first president from 1956 until his retirement in 1971.[18] During this time, the university expanded rapidly, due in part to the first master's degree programs commencing in 1964.[18] Allen was infamously known for his opposition to college sports in favor of placing an "Accent on Learning", USF's original motto.[23] He received national attention after declaring in 1959 that the school would have no sports teams, though he later had a change of heart and USF's first varsity teams would begin in 1965.[24] Allen's ultimate legacy was to be the first person to build a modern state university from scratch, famously stating: "As a completely new and separate institution, the University of South Florida became the first new institution of its kind to be conceived, planned and built in the United States in the 20th century".[25] Today the John and Grace Allen Administration Building, named after the university's founding president and his wife, houses vital Tampa campus departments including Student Affairs, the Admissions Welcome Center, and the Controller's Office.[26]
USF's St. Petersburg campus opened in 1965 as a satellite campus. The site was known as the "Bay Campus" at the time and sat on the former site of the U.S. Navy Maritime Training Center.[27]
USF's campus was damaged by an F4 tornado during the tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 1966, with the cooling towers at the university's power plant partially collapsing and the roof being ripped off of one of the dormitories.[28]
1970sedit
In 1970, M. Cecil Mackey became the university's second president.[18] During his time at USF, Mackey opened the university's medical school, School of Nursing, and first-ever Ph.D. program.[18][29] Additionally, Mackey worked to strengthen the St. Petersburg campus, while opening new satellite campuses in Sarasota and Fort Myers.[18] While serving as university president, Mackey continued to teach economics courses in a conference room across from his office.[29] Mackey first coined a new descriptor for USF: a "metropolitan university".[29] The term is still used to describe USF and other colleges in large cities today.
USF Sarasota–Manatee was founded in 1975 and shared a campus with New College of Florida, which later became part of the USF system as well before becoming an independent university again.[30]
USF emerged as a major research institution during the 1980s under the leadership of the university's third president John Lott Brown.[31] During his tenure, the USF Graduate School was established in 1980.[18] In 1986, Brown oversaw the opening of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute on the USF Tampa campus.[18] USF became the first university in the nation to offer a Ph.D. in applied anthropology and the first in the State University System of Florida to offer a degree program in women's studies.[18] In January 1988, USF Lakeland opened.[18]
On February 15, 1988, Francis T. Borkowski was inaugurated as the university's fourth president.[18] He served as president for five years, laying the groundwork for the university's football program, establishing on-campus housing for the USF president at the Lifsey House, and merging several colleges into the College of Arts and Sciences.[32]
1990sedit
Betty Castor became the university's fifth president and first female president when she was inaugurated in January 1994.[18] She served as USF president for six years until 1999. During this time, USF grew to be one of the largest universities in the nation in terms of enrollment.[18] In 1997, the university began its inaugural season of NCAA football.[18] The Florida Board of Regents named USF a "Research 1" University in 1998.[18]
2000sedit
Judy Genshaft was selected as the new president in 2000. Under Genshaft's leadership, the university emerged as a top research university (achieving "preeminence" per the Florida Board of Governors in June 2018) and major economic engine with an annual economic impact of $3.7 billion in the 2018–2019 fiscal year, her last year as president.[9][33] In 2006, Castor returned to USF to lead the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions;[34] she stepped down in 2009.[35] The university expanded its global reach, opening the first Confucius Institute in Florida in 2008 and creating the Genshaft/Greenbaum Passport Scholarship Fund in 2011, which provides financial support to USF students who want to study abroad.[18] Under Genshaft, USF has continuously been ranked among the top veteran-friendly universities in the country.[8] In 2009, USF became the first university in the nation to partner with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to offer specialized services for veterans taking advantage of the new G.I. Bill.[18] USF continues to improve academically, being ranked among the best colleges in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.[8]
2010sedit
In 2012, USF was recognized as one of the nation's largest producers of Fulbright Program scholars.[8] The university closed its Confucius Institute in 2018, citing falling enrollment, misalignment with the university's research focus, and possible consequences on US-government funding to USF.[36] In 2018, Genshaft announced her retirement from position as president of USF.[37]
The university's seventh president, Dr. Steven C. Currall, took office on July 1, 2019.[18] Under his leadership, the university broke into the top 50 best public colleges in the nation according to rankings by U.S. News & World Report, achieving a 44th-place ranking in 2019[38]
2020sedit
Currall led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic, which included budgetary hardships brought by a loss in state funding (including a controversial proposal to phase out the College of Education - later dropped due to fierce opposition).[39] On July 19, 2021, Currall announced his retirement as president, citing "health and family reasons." He remained on the faculty of the Muma College of Business.[40]
After Currall's resignation, Rhea Law, a USF alumna and former USF Board of Trustees chair, was appointed as interim president.[41] The Board of Trustees selected Law for the permanent job as president on March 22, 2022, and she is the first USF graduate to serve in the role.[42] Law stated her top priorities were for USF to reach a top-25 public university ranking, to gain admission into the Association of American Universities, and to build an on-campus football stadium.[43] USF was accepted into the AAU in 2023.[44]
Seal and colorsedit
In 1958, President John Allen commissioned a seal for the new university, wanting a symbol that would represent education on a global scale. Each element of the seal has a special meaning:
The Sun represents life to all living things
The lamp symbolizes learning
The globe signifies the broadened perspective and opportunities provided by higher education.
Truth and Wisdom, USF's motto and President Allen's cornerstone for the university
USF's original colors were green, gold, and purple. These are also the colors of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, of which President Allen was a member. Purple was later dropped and the official colors became just green and gold, but purple accents are visible on some of the older buildings on campus including the administration building which now bears the name of John Allen and his wife, Grace. Purple has since returned as a tertiary color for the university, though it has very limited use aside from some of the women's sports teams having purple accents featured on their alternate jerseys.[45][46]
As mentioned, the current primary colors of the university are green and gold, though the shades of these colors changed from the original kelly green and yellow to a darker green and vegas gold in the late 1990s. Green represents all life on Earth and gold symbolizes the life giving heat and light of the Sun.[47]
Preeminenceedit
In 2018, USF was classified as the third Preeminent university in Florida by the state university system.[48] For a public institution to achieve a status of preeminence, they must meet or surpass benchmarks in at least 11 of 12 metrics set forth by Florida lawmakers.[49]
Leadershipedit
USF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida (SUSF), which is overseen by the Florida Board of Governors.[50] Like all SUSF institutions, USF has a 13-member decision-making body called the Board of Trustees (BOT), consisting of the Faculty Senate President, Student Body President, six members appointed by the Governor of Florida, and five members appointed by the Florida Board of Governors.[51][52] The members appointed by the Governor and Board of Governors must be confirmed by the Florida Senate and each serve five-year terms.[52]
The BOT has many responsibilities, including setting the school's budget, strategic goals and objectives, and establishing policies related to academic programs. The USF BOT also appoints the USF president, who also serves as the chancellor of the Tampa campus and in turn appoints the chancellors of the St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee campuses.[53]
USF is currently led by Rhea Law, who was appointed as interim president following the retirement of Steven C. Currall in August 2021, then selected for the permanent role in March 2022.[41][42] The chancellor of the St. Petersburg campus is Christian Hardigree and the chancellor of the Sarasota-Manatee campus is Karen Holbrook.
University of South Florida System (1965–2020)edit
USF was previously identified as a university system from 1965 until 2020, but is now chartered as one university geographically distributed across three campus locations: Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee. Before being consolidated into one university geographically distributed, the University of South Florida System included three member institutions: USF Tampa (which was the flagship campus), USF St. Petersburg, and USF Sarasota-Manatee.[53] Each institution was separately accredited, had a distinct mission, and its own strategic plans.[53] The USF System once included three other member institutions: one in Fort Myers, one in Lakeland, and a second Sarasota campus.
The Sarasota institution was originally a private college called New College which sold itself to USF in 1975 to pay off debt, and became New College of the University of South Florida.[58] As part of the deal, New College was allowed to keep its unique grading system.[58] It shared a campus with USF Sarasota-Manatee, which opened in 1975, but was accredited differently as USFSM was considered a branch campus rather than a member institution at the time. New College became the independent New College of Florida in 2001, but continued to share a campus with USFSM until a new one was built for USFSM in 2006.
In summer 2020, the system was consolidated into "one university geographically distributed"[60]
The 212-foot tall water tower is one of the tallest structures on USF's Tampa campus
Tampa campusedit
Established in 1956, the USF Tampa campus serves more than 41,000 students.[61] The institution houses 14 colleges and is the doctoral granting campus of USF. The University of South Florida Office of Graduate Studies is based on the Tampa campus and serves as the center of leadership for graduate education at the University of South Florida.[62]
The Tampa campus is located in North Tampa east of the University neighborhood, about seven miles north of downtown. It is by far the largest of the three campuses, spanning 1,562 acres.[4] The campus is divided into different districts, with most housing located in the northeast, athletics and recreation in the east and southeast, research in the south and southwest, USF Health in the west, northwest and north, and undergraduate classes and student services in central campus.[63] Each college is divided into its own section within the district, for example with fine and performing arts in the north and northwest parts of the district, social sciences in the east, natural sciences and engineering in the south, and education and business in the southeast.
The campus is known for having over 19,000 trees, and has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation every year since 2011.[64] In honor of this, nearly all streets on campus are named after trees, as are six of the 14 dorms. The tree motif is also seen on USF's ceremonial mace, which has a gold pinecone on the top to symbolize both growth and the fact that the first trees to be planted on the campus were pine.[65] These pine trees are still around today, in the field next to the main south entrance to the campus on LeRoy Collins Boulevard between Fowler Avenue and Alumni Drive.
USF first occupied the site of the USF St. Petersburg campus in 1965, taking over the former U.S. Maritime Training Center along Bayboro Harbor in downtown St. Petersburg.[18][27] It is located next to Albert Whitted Airport and less than a mile from the Salvador Dalí Museum and Al Lang Stadium. USFSP was a satellite campus from 1965 until 2006, when it was accredited as a separate entity from the USF Tampa campus within the University of South Florida System by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[66] USFSP serves approximately 4,500 students per year and offers 33 undergraduate and graduate programs in arts and sciences, business, and education.[61]
When USF Sarasota-Manatee was established as a branch campus in 1975, it originally shared a campus with what is now the independent New College of Florida, but was at the time a USF system member called New College of the University of South Florida.[67] New College became independent of the USF system in 2001 and USFSM took its place as a member institution in the USF system, but USFSM and New College continued to share a campus until a new campus was completed for USFSM across the street in 2006.[68] Nearly 2,000 students take classes at USFSM each year. The campus offers 43 academic programs and certificates in arts and sciences, business, education, and hospitality and technology leadership.[69]
* middle 50% range, years before 2020 only include info from the Tampa campus † percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
Muma College of Business building.
USF offers 91 bachelor's degree programs, 103 master's degree programs, 48 doctoral degree programs, two specialist degree programs, and several certificate programs under 14 colleges.[3] Based on a semester system, the USF academic calendar is composed of three academic semesters each year.[79] The academic year begins in the fall, running from August to December.[79] The spring semester generally begins in January and ends in late April or early May.[79] The summer semester is broken down into three overlapping sessions – A, B, and C – that generally span either six or ten weeks.[79]
Tuitionedit
As of the 2022–23 academic year, tuition costs are:[3]
Undergraduate
$213.65 per credit hour for in-state students, and $577.47 per credit hour for out-of-state students. Total (assuming 30 credit hours): $6,409.50 for in-state students and $17,324.10 for out-of-state students.
Graduate
$434.51 per credit hour for in-state students, and $880.25 per credit hour for out-of-state students. Total (assuming 24 credit hours): $10,428.24 for in-state students and $21,126.00 for out-of-state students.
Nearly 50,000 students are enrolled at USF as of the 2022–23 academic year, including over 36,900 undergraduate students, 9,500 graduate students, 1,500 doctor of medicine students, and 1,700 non-degree seeking students.[3] USF is one of the 40 most diverse universities in the nation, with students representing every state, U.S. territory, and more than 140 countries.[8][81] International students represent approximately 12% of the total USF student population.[3] As of the Fall 2022 semester, the student diversity profile of the university was approximately: 50% White, 9% African American, 23% Hispanic of any race, 9% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 4% two or more races, and 5% students who did not report their race.[4] Roughly 60% of USF students are female and 40% are male.[4]
The Fall 2022 Freshman class of approximately 4,000 students earned admission to the university with an average SAT score of 1309 out of 1600, ACT score of 29 out of 36, and high school GPA of 4.21. 41% of the members of the incoming class graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. Among the incoming class were 79 National Merit Scholars.[3]
For 2023–2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked USF as tied for #89[99] overall on its list of Tier I National Universities and #45 among public universities. This made USF the fastest rising university in America, jumping 84 spots on the overall list and 58 spots on the public university list in 10 years.[100] This ranking also put USF as #4 in Florida overall and #3 in Florida among public universities. In other rankings released by U.S. News, USF was the only Florida university in the Top 10 Best Value Colleges, at #8 among public universities. USF also ranked #17 in the nation overall, #12 in the nation among public institutions, and #1 in Florida on the U.S. News ranking of top National Universities for Social Mobility. Niche ranked USF #19 for top public universities in America and #67 for best colleges in America 2023. According to Niche, USF was home to the #6 Education Program, #10 Criminal Justice Program, #12 Information Technology Program, #18 Accounting and Finance Program, and #25 Nursing Program in the United States.[101]
As of Fall 2022, there were more than 15,000 instructional faculty and the student to faculty ratio for the campus was 22:1.[3] Approximately 86 percent of full-time faculty members held the highest degree in their field of expertise. Additionally, the university had more than 1,500 adjunct professors, 300 post-doctoral scholars, 2,000 graduate assistants, and 3,000 student assistants.[3]
The first USF Commencement ceremony was held in 1963 where 325 degrees were conferred.[22] Now, the school awards over 13,000 degrees each year. Commencement ceremonies are held three times a year at the end of the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.[104] Spring ceremonies are generally the largest, with five separate ceremonies held each semester.[22] Commencement ceremonies are held in the USF Sun Dome.[104] Since 2013, graduate's names have been announced by Associate Athletic Director Jim Louk, who is known for being the "Voice of the Bulls" as the radio announcer for USF football and basketball games.[105]
Librariesedit
USF Tampa main library
The USF Tampa Library is the largest and most comprehensive library in the USF System.[106] In addition to providing students access to more than 2 million academic journals, databases, and books, the seven-story USF Tampa library offers tutoring and writing services, laptops, a career resource center, Course Reserves, and reservable group study rooms.[106] The USF Tampa Library also houses several Special and Digital Collections, including literature, oral histories, photographs, artifacts, and the university archives.[107] In 2012, the USF Tampa Library opened the Science, Math, and Research Technology (SMART) Lab: a hands-on learning space which includes more than 300 computer work stations.[108] In 2013, USF students successfully protested to keep the library open 24 hours a day/5 days a week during the Fall and Spring semesters for current students, faculty and staff who possess a valid USF ID card.[109] In 2017, renovations were completed on the 5th floor to bring 400 individual study spaces with personal lamps, electrical outlets, and USB ports for device charging, and provided new group study rooms with white boards.
In addition to the Tampa library, the USF Libraries system includes two regional library spaces[110] and the USF Health Libraries. The regional library spaces are the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, located on the USF St. Petersburg campus, and the Information Commons Hub located on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus.[110]
USF Health Libraries serve the USF Health community, with two locations, the Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Health Sciences Library located on the USF Tampa campus, and the Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange, located at the USF Health campus in downtown Tampa.[111][112] Beyond providing support to USF students, staff, and faculty, the libraries welcome members of the public who are doing health and medical-related research of their own.[111]
Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Downtown Tampa.
USF Healthedit
USF Health consists of the Morsani College of Medicine, College of Nursing, Taneja College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, the School of Biomedical Sciences (within the College of Arts and Sciences), the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, and the USF Physician's Group.[116] USF Health researchers work in the fields of cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, prosthetics, heart health, genomics, and more.[117] The College of Nursing ranks first in Florida for universities receiving research funding from the National Institutes of Health.[8]
More than 400 healthcare professionals at USF Health treat patients throughout the state of Florida.[118] In 2012, the university opened the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa.[119] The 90,000 square foot facility serves as an education and training center for health professionals around the world.[119] In 2020, the Morsani College of Medicine and USF Health Heart Institute moved to a new 395,000 square foot, 13-story highrise tower in the Water Street district of downtown Tampa.[120] The Taneja College of Pharmacy moved to the facility the following year.[120]
USF signed the American College and University President's Climate Commitment in 2008 and submitted its Climate Action Plan in 2010 with a goal of a 10 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2015.[122][123] Since then, the university has introduced several sustainability initiatives, including electric vehicle charging stations, water bottle filling stations, reusable plastic food containers in dining halls, recycling programs in residence halls, new, more efficient busses for the fare-free campus bus service, solar-powered golf carts, and more.[124] In 2011, the university introduced the Student Green Energy Fund, which allows students to propose and vote on projects that aim to reduce campus energy consumption, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and promote sustainable technologies.[125]
The nearly 20,000 trees on the Tampa campus provide an estimated $1.8 million yearly benefit to the university through energy conserved, stormwater management, and carbon dioxide removal. The campus is renowned for its number of trees and has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation every year since 2011.[64]
Currently, the university has six LEED certified buildings, all of which are on the main Tampa campus or the downtown medical campus. They are the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center For Global Solutions (Gold), Interdisciplinary Science Building (Gold), Yuengling Center (Silver), Center For Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (Silver), Chowdhari Golf Practice Facility (Certified), and Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care (Certified).[126]
Engineering buildings II and III at USF, with the library in the background.
Center for Urban Transportation Researchedit
Founded in 1988, The Center for Urban Transportation Research conducts over $13 million in research annually for a variety of public and private sector sponsors in Florida and the United States, including the Florida Legislature, the Florida Transportation Commission, and state and local governments, agencies, and organizations. CUTR houses the National Center for Transit Research, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1991, and reaffirmed in 1998, 2002, 2012 and 2013. Areas of research include public transportation, transportation planning, intelligent transportation systems, transportation demand management, transportation economics and finance, geographic information systems, access management, alternative fuels, and transportation safety, among others.[127]
Materials Simulation Laboratoryedit
The Materials Simulation Laboratory of the Department of Physics was established in 2002. The MSL researches condensed matter and materials physics using supercomputers as tools, focusing on quantum simulations under extreme temperatures and pressures, such as those conditions that occur in planetary interiors and during inertial confinement fusion.[128]
The USF Tampa campus provides multiple services and resources necessary for students to succeed both in the classroom and in their personal lives. Under the Division of Student Affairs, USF students have access to involvement opportunities, on-campus housing, dining facilities, recreational outlets, health and wellness services, and more.[130]
Marshall Student Center
Marshall Student Centeredit
In 2011 the university opened a new student union called the Marshall Student Center. The name pays homage to Phyllis P. Marshall, the longtime director of the former student union, which was also named after her.[131] The four-story building features a 1,200 seat ballroom, 800-seat auditorium, 100 workstation computer lab, study and meeting spaces, several student lounge areas, and outdoor courtyards.[132] The facility offers several retail outlets including a pharmacy, computer store, credit union, commuter lounge, and identification card center.[133] The MSC features ten dining options including Panera, Chick-fil-A, and Subway.[134]
As the home of the USF Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, Student Government, the Center for Student Involvement, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the center is considered to be the gathering place for all things student life at USF.[135]
Centre Galleryedit
The Centre Gallery is a student-run exhibition space within the Marshall Student Center for the University of South Florida's students, faculty, staff and alumni offering the university community and the Tampa Bay area stimulating visual art experiences by consistently exhibiting innovative, contemporary art work.
Centre Gallery, established in 1984, is the only fully student run, non-profit, exhibition space in the state of Florida. Exhibitions run in two-week durations during the Fall and Spring and three-week durations during the summer. These exhibitions are attended by over 4,000 visitors each semester.[136]
Former student unionedit
The original USF student union was built in 1959 and opened in 1960.[131] Originally called the University Center, it was one of the first five buildings that made up the USF Tampa campus when it opened.[131] In its early years, the University Center held the first on-campus women's residence hall, a cafeteria, post office, bookstore, game room, television room, and information desk.[131] Classes were held in the basement and first floor of the building until other academic buildings were completed.[131] The center underwent major renovations from 1988 to 1990.[131] It was renamed the Phyllis P. Marshall Center in 1993, in honor of the woman who served as director of the building from 1976 to 1994.[131] In order to better serve the growing student population on the Tampa campus, the building was torn down and replaced with a new 230,000 square foot union in 2008.[131]
Bull statuesedit
The bull statues in front of the Marshall Student Center.
The university has a total of 9 life size bronze bull statues across the three campuses, with one on the St. Petersburg campus, one on the Sarasota-Manatee campus, and seven on the Tampa campus (three in front of the south entrance of the Marshall Student Center, three in The Village housing complex, and one in front of the student entrance at the Yuengling Center, plus a 15-foot tall topiary bull at the north entrance of the Marshall Student Center). Each statue has its own distinct design with every bull standing in a different position.
These statues are a rich part of USF tradition. The original three statues (the ones outside the MSC, dubbed the "Running of the Bulls") plus the topiary bull represent the four years a student spends in college, with the topiary bull representing a student's senior year as it symbolizes the student's growth over the past four years and faces one of the main entrances to campus (Palm Drive) as it will soon run off into the world.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Plazaedit
One of the most popular gathering spots on the Tampa campus is Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza, which is located between the John and Grace Allen Building and the Marshall Student Center, marked by a small bust of the civil rights activist. Beneath the bust of Dr. King are five granite lines pointing in the directions of five cities significant to his legacy: Atlanta, Boston, Memphis, Montgomery, and Washington D.C. The bust faces a reflecting pool with fountains which marks the geographical center of campus. On the other side of the pool are stone tablets engraved with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.[47]
The 15 acre botanical garden on USF's Tampa campus was established in 1969 for use by the Biology Department.[137] The garden contains over 3,000 taxa of plants including fruit trees, bonsai trees, grasses, begonias, orchids, bromeliads, palms, aroids, bamboo, gingers, carnivorous plants, cycads, cactus and succulent plants, an herb and scent garden, wetland forest, temperate forest, subtropical shade garden, and Florida upland scrub and sandhill habitats. The gardens also has a medicinal herb garden, which is used by the USF College of Pharmacy for research purposes.[137] The garden is open to the public six days a week and admission is free for students.
Castor Beach
Castor Beachedit
Castor Beach is an artificial beach on campus by the lake outside of Betty Castor Hall, one of the largest dorms on the Tampa campus.[138] The beach is complete with white sand taken from the nearby Clearwater Beach, which is regularly voted as one of America's best beaches.[139] The area has a beach volleyball net, hammocks, and chairs with umbrellas and is a popular spot for relaxing on campus. Swimming in the lake is not allowed due to alligators.
Housingedit
Juniper Hall (front) and Poplar Hall (back), the two largest dorms on campus.
There are 39 residence halls on the USF Tampa campus in 14 complexes, offering traditional, suite, and apartment-style housing.[140] In total, these residential halls provide housing to more than 5,600 students.[140] The university also offers specialized housing options such as family housing, female-only housing, graduate student housing, and 14 houses for fraternity and sorority members in the Greek Village.[140] Each bedroom on the Tampa campus is furnished with a twin extra-long bed, dresser, desk, chair, trash can, and closet space for every resident.[140] Each residence hall has at least one resident assistant.
In 2009, the university implemented a new policy requiring all first-year, full-time undergraduate students at the Tampa campus to live on campus.[141] Students exempt from this new rule include those who remain living with their parents and/or legal guardians within Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties, are above the age of 21 by the first day of fall classes, have a dependent child or family member, or are married.[141]
The university offers 12 Living Learning Communities (LLCs) in residence halls throughout the Tampa campus.[142] The residential communities place special interest on academic majors or areas of interest, such as business, education, engineering, and sustainability.[142] Residents are required to submit an application and meet certain eligibility criteria to be admitted into an LLC.[142]
The St. Petersburg campus opened its first residence hall in 2006, and has since opened two more.[27][143] The campus has space for over 600 students.
Campus recreationedit
Gymsedit
The Campus Recreation Center on the USF Tampa campus is a 21,000 square foot, WiFi-enabled fitness facility featuring a two-basketball court gymnasium, six group fitness rooms, a 200-meter indoor three-lane running track, 120 pieces of cardio equipment, six racquetball courts, and a 25-meter indoor swimming pool.[144] Inside the facility, members can work out, take group fitness classes, play intramural sports, rent equipment, receive personal training, undergo fitness assessments, and more.[145] The Campus Recreation Center, known as the USF Gymnasium at the time, was also the first on campus home to USF's men's basketball team, who played three home games there in 1978–79 before the completion of the Sun Dome. It also hosted all of the women's basketball team's home games from their founding in 1972 until they moved to the Sun Dome in 1980, as well as in the 2011–12 season while the Sun Dome underwent renovations (the men's team primarily played at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa during that season).[146] This area has space for roughly 1,500 spectators.
In addition to the Campus Recreation Center, there are other, smaller fitness facilities on the USF Tampa campus: The Fit in the Village housing complex, the WELL in the USF Health area, and the Magnolia Fitness Center within the Magnolia Apartments complex; plus a 1.25-mile long fitness trail through the woods near the varsity tennis courts complete with exercise stations.[147][148] The Fit and the Magnolia Fitness Center also feature swimming pools, though they are designed more for recreation than for swimming laps like the one in the Campus Recreation Center.
Other recreationedit
Through the Campus Recreation Department, USF offers more than 30 intramural sports throughout the academic year.[149] USF Campus Recreation also maintains USF Riverfront Park, located 1.5 miles away from the Tampa campus.[150] The recreational park is only open for use to USF students, faculty, and staff.[150] Located on the Hillsborough River, the park boathouse offers canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding for a small fee.[150] Groups can sign up to climb the 55-foot high ropes course located at the park, which features three levels of challenges.[150] A less challenging version of the ropes course, called the low ropes workshop, allows teams to participate in trust-building exercises and group problem solving.[150] The park also has an 18-hole disk golf course.[151]
The Outdoor Recreation department of USF Campus Recreation hosts several recreational trips throughout the year.[152] USF students, faculty, and staff can sign up to participate in guided backpacking, tubing, white water rafting, kayaking, and hiking trips both in Florida and throughout the Southeast United States.[152] Outdoor Rec regularly hosts "beach days" during which the department provides transportation to and from nearby beaches including Fort De Soto Park, Clearwater Beach, and Honeymoon Island State Park.[152] Additionally, the department hosts moonlight canoeing trips at USF Riverfront Park four times a semester.[152]
The Campus Recreation Department also offers over 40 club sports teams to students, including rugby, lacrosse, and even ice hockey. These teams mainly compete against club teams from other nearby schools such as Florida, Tampa, and Central Florida as well as nationally in leagues like the American Collegiate Hockey Association. Club teams have won 11 national championships for USF; two in flag football,[153] two in karate,[154] two in cricket,[155] two in paintball,[156] four in cheer,[157] and one in wakeboarding,[158]
Harborwalkedit
Harborwalk is an area on the St. Petersburg campus that connects the campus with other nearby attractions in the downtown area, including Poynter Park, the Salvador Dalí Museum, and Al Lang Stadium.[159] It runs along Bayboro Harbor on the east border of campus and is home to things like the University Student Center and Sembler Fountain.[27]
Student involvementedit
There are more than 600 registered student organizations at USF, including academic, professional, special interest, Greek, and multicultural groups.[160] USF students are welcome to join existing organizations or apply to create their own.[160] The USF Center for Student Involvement, located in the Marshall Student Center, provides multiple programs throughout the academic year, including the University Lecture Series, Homecoming Week, USF Week, and more.[160] In addition to the Center for Student Involvement, the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement offers numerous opportunities for organization involvement, personal and organizational leadership development, and community service.[161]
Fraternity and sorority lifeedit
There are 27 fraternities and 24 sororities recognized by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, all of which are located on the Tampa campus.[162] Four councils govern these chapters: the Interfraternity Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Panhellenic Association, and the Unified Greek Council.[162] Greek Village, a residential area on the USF Tampa campus offers housing for members of 12 fraternities and sororities.[163]
The USF Tampa campus offers three Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs: Air Force, Army, and Navy.[164] USF is one of only 38 universities in the nation to offer all three service ROTC programs.[165] The university was the first in the nation to create a Joint Military Leadership Center (JMLC) to house all three programs.[165] Located in the C.W. Bill Young Hall, the JMLC is a 53,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility featuring a weapons simulation room, an outdoor rappelling wall, a joint cadet and midshipmen lounge, three lecture halls, and five classrooms.[165] The building is equipped to handle web-casting, video conferencing, and distance learning.[165]
The university offers three military-related minors at the Tampa campus.[164] The sixteen-credit hour Aerospace Studies Minor provides an understanding of military officer management and leadership concepts, as well as an analysis of the evolution of American defense policy and strategy.[164] The eighteen-credit hour Military Science Minor provides students with an in-depth understanding of Army leadership doctrine and a framework for applying such concepts outside of the classroom.[164] The eighteen-credit hour Naval Science and Leadership Minor places special emphasis on character development and effective communication skills, while providing an understanding of the Naval leadership doctrine and the fundamental principles used by leaders in the Navy and Marine Corps.[164]
Students enrolled in a USF ROTC program have the opportunity to live in the on-campus ROTC Living Learning Community (LLC).[166] Located in the suite-style Maple Hall, the ROTC LLC allows students to be exposed to the customs of each military branch, while developing camaraderie with their fellow cadets and midshipmen.[166]
Student Governmentedit
The USF Student Government, like all Florida student governments, is an agency of the state created under Florida Statute 1004.26.[167] Student Government, made up of 250 student volunteers and employees, is responsible for advocating for students at the university, local, state and national levels.[167] The Student Senate allocates and expends over $17 million in activity and service fees a year by Florida law.[167] The Student Government is set up much like the federal government and is bound by the Student Body Constitution, student government statutes, university regulations, and applicable law.
The executive administration oversees several departments and service agencies including SAFE Team, Student Government Computer Services, and Bulls Radio.[167] The Student Body President can also be voted in to sit on the University Board of Trustees and is a member of the Florida Student Association (FSA).[167]
The Student Senate, headed by the Senate President and Senate President Pro-Tempore, creates legislation and allocates and expends activity and service fee funds per Florida Statute 1009.24.[167] The senate has 60 seats that are filled by the 14 colleges. Each college is allotted a certain number of seats depending on the size of the college.[167] The Senate carries out its duties mostly through committees.[167]
The Student Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice, hears cases involving students and Student Government and also hear all final parking appeals for students at the USF Tampa campus.[167]
Career Servicesedit
Housed in the Student Services building near the center of campus, the University of South Florida Career Services[168] offers support to students and alumni in the process of dreaming, planning, and achieving their career goals. The on-site staff of Career Counselors teaches students how to use a strategic approach in planning for a career path and job search. Career Services helps undergraduates self-assess, learn how to conduct career research, seek out experiences that will give you transferable skills, and search for full-time employment or prepare for graduate school. The office also provides similar assistance to graduate students and alumni to break onto the scene in their field of study and assist them in creating a brand for themselves and gain the tools necessary to be a real competitor in the workforce.
Career Services is responsible for a host of networking and professional development opportunities[169] on campus, including career fairs, resume workshops, mock interviews with recruiters from local businesses, professional etiquette dinners, and virtual job searching through Employ-A-Bull. USF Career Services also collaborates with several student organizations such as Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity, Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society,[170] the American Marketing Association as well as the College of Business to hold on-campus events for the student body throughout the academic year.[171][172]
University and student mediaedit
Beginning in 1961, a local afternoon newspaper, The Tampa Times, covered university news in the one-page weekly "Campus Edition".[173] Now defunct, the newspaper was succeeded by The Oracle.[173] First published in 1966, the weekly broadsheet was distributed every Wednesday.[173] Housed today in the Student Services Building of the Tampa campus, the student-run newspaper is published four times a week during the Fall and Spring semesters and twice a week during the Summer semesters.[173] The 12,000 circulation newspaper has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Collegiate Press for excellence in journalism.[173]
Owned by USF, WUSF (FM) first began airing in 1963.[18] A member station of National Public Radio, the broadcast studio is located on the USF Tampa campus.[174] Currently, the FM station broadcasts NPR and local news during the day and jazz music in the overnight hours.[175] The station is funded by local corporate and private contributors, as well as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and is affiliated with the Public Broadcasting Service.[175] In 2003, WUSF 89.7 became the first public radio station in the nation to broadcast a digital signal.[174] Today, WUSF Public Media offers local and national news coverage, educational programming, and jazz and classical music through WUSF 89.7, WSMR 89.1, WEDQ, IntellisMedia, and WUSF New Media.[174]
The student-run radio station at USF, now known as Bulls Radio, first went on the air in 1988.[176] Formerly known as "WBUL" until 2009, the station broadcasts from the Marshall Student Center, where student reporters and DJs broadcast from a studio featuring a window that overlooks the Bullpen restaurant.[176] Now one of the largest student-run radio stations in the state of Florida, Bulls Radio can be heard on 1620 AM, 88.5 HD2 or online.[176]
Traditionsedit
USF's water tower lit up green after a Bulls win
USF's hand sign is "Horns Up", similar to Texas's "Hook 'em Horns". The sign is used by fans at games for good luck during field goals, extra points, free throws, etc.; and as a general greeting or show of school spirit.
Since 1995, the university has shined green lights (as opposed to the usual white lights) on its iconic water tower the night following a victory by any of the Bulls sports teams to let the campus and surrounding area know of the win.[177] The school also lights the water tower green for special events like homecoming and commencement ceremonies.[178]
The Bull Market is an open air weekly market that hosts a combination of vendors, student organizations, and not-for-profit organizations showcasing their products and services. The Bull Market takes place every Wednesday outside the Marshall Student Center and is one of the oldest traditions at USF.[179]
The university has a motif of trees, with nearly 20,000 on the Tampa campus alone.[64] The love of trees started with USF's first president John Allen, who wanted to cover the university with them since there were zero trees on the campus when it was founded. Still today, students plant dozens of trees every year on Arbor Day. In honor of this, much of the campus is or once was named after trees. Nearly every road at the Tampa campus is, besides Alumni Drive, LeRoy Collins Boulevard (named after the governor of Florida who signed the bill that created USF), and Genshaft Drive (known as Maple Drive until 2019 and named after former USF President Judy Genshaft, who filled the position for nearly 20 years). Many dorms are also named after trees, and the football team's original meeting facilities were called "the Ponderosa".[180] In addition, the university mace is crowned with a gold pinecone which signifies both growth and that the first tree planted on campus by President Allen was a pine tree.[65]
On the floor near the south entrance to the Marshall Student Center sits a large USF seal. Students are told at orientation that if they ever step on the seal from the time between their first ever class until their last final exam they will not graduate. However, they can reverse this "curse" if they run outside the building and rub the nose of the large bronze bull statue that sits at the bottom of the hill leading up to the south entrance within 30 seconds. There is a similar superstition with the smaller USF seal in the courtyard of the John and Grace Allen Building, but if a student steps on that seal they must jump into the reflecting pool in the nearby Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza.
For men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball games, rubbing the back hoof of the bull statue outside the student entrance to the Yuengling Center is said to bring the team good luck.
At the St. Petersburg campus and Sarasota-Manatee campuses, rubbing on the horns of their respective bull statues is said to bring good luck on exams.
Homecomingedit
Beginning in 1964, homecoming festivities are one of the longest standing traditions at USF. Events include a comedy show, a homecoming ball, a concert, a parade, and a carnival (called Carni-BULL), all leading up to the football game that weekend. Before USF's football team was founded, homecoming took place in the spring semester and led up to a basketball game.[47]
USF Weekedit
In 2009, Tampa mayor and USF alum Pam Iorio declared April 9 as USF Day. The celebration has evolved to include the entire week of April 9, and features events including a pep rally, talent show, battle of the bands, a birthday celebration for Rocky the Bull, and Bullstock, a music festival which features multiple artists and is opened by the winner of the battle of the bands competition the day prior.[47]
St. Pete Grand Prixedit
Residence Hall One on the St. Petersburg campus gives a great view of IndyCar's annual Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, held in March or April. Students on the St. Petersburg campus traditionally attend watch parties with their friends in the hall to watch the race, which runs through the streets of downtown St. Petersburg. Most of the course is visible from north and east-facing rooms, but the finish line can only be seen from east-facing rooms.
The university alma mater was composed by USF professor of music Wayne Hugoboom in 1960.[181] The song was the result of a campus competition, for which Hugoboom won the first-place $250 prize.[181] The alma mater was first used in 1961 and can be heard at the opening of every USF Commencement Ceremony.[181] It is also played by the USF Herd of Thunder marching band and Rumble pep band after every football and basketball game, respectively.[181] A recording of the song is also played over the loudspeakers at sports which do not feature either the Herd of Thunder or Rumble.
USF's fight song, the Golden Brahman March, is named after the original USF mascot.[21] In 1962, students voted to make USF's mascot the Golden Brahman, a breed of cattle, because of the state's history in cattle raising.[21] Although the university mascot has since evolved into the Bulls, the fight song name preserves the history of this USF icon.[21] In 2011, the university athletics department launched a campaign to encourage students, faculty, staff, and fans to memorize the song.[182] Today, incoming students are taught the song, along with other USF cheers, during new student and transfer orientation sessions.
"The Bull" (also known as Number 8) is a rallying cry played by the USF Herd of Thunder marching band that encourages fans to stand up and circle the "Go Bulls" hand symbol above their heads.[181]
USF is somewhat unique among colleges in that it has both a fight song and a victory song, March Victorious. March Victorious is played by the Herd of Thunder after every USF win in football and basketball, but unlike the Golden Brahman March or alma mater, is not played at games of sports that do not feature the band and is not played after losses, whereas the fight song and alma mater are played regardless.
During the Golden Brahman March and other USF songs, fans will circle the "Horns up" hand symbol above their heads.
USF competed in its first intercollegiate athletic event on September 25, 1965, when it defeated the Florida Southern College men's soccer team.[183] The university was admitted into the NCAA in 1968, and currently competes at the NCAA Division I level.[18] USF was a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference, joined Conference USA in 1995, was admitted into the Big East Conference in 2003, and is currently a member of the American Athletic Conference.[9] There are nearly 500 student-athletes across 19 varsity sports competing for the university each academic year.[184]Michael Kelly is the current athletic director.
USF teams have won 160 conference championships and one NCAA national championship (women's swimming in 1985) as of February 2023. They also have four NCAA national runner up finishes (men's swimming in 1971, men's golf in 1971 and 1972, and rifle in 1989). Athletes have won 19 individual NCAA national championships (seven in women's swimming, six in men's swimming, two in rifle, three in men's outdoor track and field, and one in men's indoor track and field) and four relay NCAA national championships (three in women's swimming and one in men's swimming).[185][186][187][188] Despite the numerous individual, relay, and team national championships in rifle, men's swimming, and women's swimming, the university no longer sponsors any of these sports.[189][190][191] In non-NCAA sanctioned varsity sports, the USF softball team won the American Softball Association National Championships in 1983 and 1984. This was the highest level of college softball at the time as the NCAA didn't start sponsoring the sport until 1985. The Bulls sailing team won the 2009 Inter-Collegiate Sailing AssociationSloop National Championship and the 2016 and 2017 ICSA Offshore Large Boats National Championships.[192][193]
USF also offers many club teams, including men's and women's rugby, cricket, and men's ice hockey.[197] USF's club teams have won 11 national championships in their various divisions.[153][154][158][155][156][198][199]
Opened in 2004, the Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center is the main headquarters for USF Athletics.[201] In 2012, the facility was dedicated to the late Lee Roy Selmon, a Pro Football Hall of Fame member and former Director of USF Athletics.[202] Selmon is considered by many to be the "Father of USF Football".[202] The 104,000 square foot facility houses all of USF's sports teams except for men's and women's basketball, sailing, and volleyball.[201] The building features a large strength and conditioning center, a sports medicine clinic, the USF Athletic Hall of Fame and trophy room, and an Academic Enrichment Center complete with a computer study lab, a library, study lounges, and academic counseling.[201]
The Yuengling Center on the Tampa campus is the home facility of the men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volleyball team. The first event held in the facility was a basketball game in 1980.[203] Since the opening of the arena, it has been the site for USF Commencement Ceremonies, orientation sessions, and other major university events.[204] The facility has also played host to a number of outside events including sports and entertainment events such as WWE ThunderDome, consumer shows, religious services, conventions, rodeos, youth sports camps, gymnastics and cheerleading competitions, lectures, and political rallies.[205] The venue is also one of the top concert spots in the Tampa Bay region, having hosted musicians like Elton John, Florence and the Machine, Frank Sinatra, Heart, Sting, and more.[206] The building became LEED Silver certified in 2014.[126]
The USF football team plays at Raymond James Stadium, home to the NFL'sTampa Bay Buccaneers. USF is one of only five FBS teams to play in an NFL stadium (the others being Miami, Temple, Pitt, and UNLV).[207] The stadium is located 13 miles away from the Tampa campus and has a capacity of more than 75,000 people, making it the largest in the American Athletic Conference, but seating for most games is limited to the lower bowl, cutting capacity to around 45,000. The student section at Raymond James is the largest in the conference with over 12,000 seats.[207]
Corbett Stadiumedit
The USF men's and women's soccer teams play at Corbett Stadium on the main campus in Tampa. The stadium has over 1,000 seats, plus standing room only space for over 2,000 more on the grassy berms that surround the field. Corbett Stadium opened in 2011 and replaced USF Track and Field Stadium as the home of the Bullsmen's and women's soccer teams.[208] Corbett Stadium also hosts the USF football team's annual spring game.[209] It will be home to the women's lacrosse team when they begin play in 2024.[195]
USF Herd of Thunder Marching Band at the Sun Bowl.
The USF Spirit Squads — consisting of the USF Sun Dolls dance team, USF Cheerleading Squad, Rocky the Bull, and the Herd of Thunder marching band — play an integral role in USF Athletics.[210] In addition to supporting USF varsity athletic teams during sporting events, the spirit squads themselves compete at the national level.[210] Both the all-girl and co-ed teams regularly rank among the best in the country, with the co-ed team winning the UCA Division I-A national championship in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and the all-girl team winning the title in 2024.[211][212]
Rocky the Bull first began as a toy idea for the USF Bookstore in 1965.[21] Today's version Rocky was unveiled in 2003.[21] As the official mascot for USF, Rocky the Bull can be seen at USF Athletic events, as well as other major university and community events.[210]
The USF Herd of Thunder consists of several bands, including a 370-member marching band, pep band, show band, and winter guard.[213] The marching band performs at all home and some away USF football games.[213] The pep band, called the Herd of Thunder Rumble Pep Band, performs at all home men's and women's basketball games, plus conference and NCAA tournament games when applicable.[213] The show band is a 30-piece group that performs at select events that are unable to accommodate the full marching band.[213]
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Not to be confused with Florida Southern College The University of South Florida USF is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa Florida and other campuses in St Petersburg and Sarasota It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida USF is home to 14 colleges offering more than 240 undergraduate graduate specialist and doctoral level degree programs 3 6 USF is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities Very high research activity and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 7 8 9 USF is a member of the Association of American Universities AAU and is designated by the Florida Board of Governors as one of three Preeminent State Research Universities 7 10 University of South FloridaMotto Truth and Wisdom TypePublic research universityEstablishedDecember 18 1956 67 years ago December 18 1956 Parent institutionState University System of FloridaAccreditationSACSAcademic affiliationsAAUORAUSea grantSpace grantEndowment 889 million 2022 1 Budget 2 34 billion 2022 2023 2 PresidentRhea LawProvostPrasant MohapatraAcademic staff14 980 3 Students49 766 2022 2023 3 Undergraduates36 948 2022 2023 3 Postgraduates11 114 2022 2023 3 Other students1 704 2022 2023 3 LocationTampa Florida United StatesCampusLarge city Total 1 646 acres 6 7 km2 4 Tampa 1 562 acres 6 3 km2 St Petersburg 52 acres 0 2 km2 Sarasota Manatee 32 acres 0 1 km2 Other campusesSt PetersburgSarasota ManateeNewspaperThe OracleColorsGreen and gold 5 NicknameBullsSporting affiliationsNCAA Division I FBS The AmericanSAISAMascotRocky the BullWebsitewww wbr usf wbr eduFounded in 1956 USF is the fourth largest university in Florida by enrollment with 49 766 students from over 145 countries all 50 states all five U S Territories and the District of Columbia as of the 2022 2023 academic year 4 11 In 2022 the university reported an annual budget of 2 31 billion and an annual economic impact of over 6 billion 12 According to the National Science Foundation USF spent 568 million on research and development in 2019 ranking it 43rd in the nation and 25th among public universities 13 14 USF s 889 million endowment is the third largest among Florida public universities and the largest of any American public university founded post World War II In its 2018 ranking the Intellectual Property Owners Association placed USF 1st in Florida 7th in the United States and 16th worldwide in the number of US patents granted 15 USF faculty staff students and alumni collectively hold over 2 400 patents USF is home to the National Academy of Inventors and the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame both located in the USF Research Park in the southwest side of campus 16 USF s sports teams are known as the South Florida Bulls and primarily compete in the American Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I USF s 19 varsity teams have won a combined 6 national championships and 160 conference championships Athletes representing the Bulls have won an additional 23 individual and relay national championships and 215 individual and relay conference championships 17 Contents 1 History 1 1 1950s 1 2 1960s 1 3 1970s 1 4 1980s 1 5 1990s 1 6 2000s 1 7 2010s 1 8 2020s 1 9 Seal and colors 1 10 Preeminence 2 Leadership 3 Campuses 3 1 University of South Florida System 1965 2020 3 2 Tampa campus 3 3 St Petersburg campus 3 4 Sarasota Manatee campus 4 Academics 4 1 Tuition 4 2 Demographics 4 3 Rankings 4 4 Colleges 4 5 Faculty 4 6 Graduation 5 Libraries 6 Research 6 1 USF Health 6 2 Sustainability 6 3 Center for Urban Transportation Research 6 4 Materials Simulation Laboratory 7 Student life 7 1 Marshall Student Center 7 1 1 Centre Gallery 7 1 2 Former student union 7 2 Bull statues 7 3 Martin Luther King Jr Plaza 7 4 Botanical Gardens 7 5 Castor Beach 7 6 Housing 7 7 Campus recreation 7 7 1 Gyms 7 7 2 Other recreation 7 7 3 Club sports 7 8 Harborwalk 7 9 Student involvement 7 9 1 Fraternity and sorority life 7 9 2 ROTC 7 9 3 Student Government 7 9 4 Career Services 7 10 University and student media 7 11 Traditions 7 11 1 Homecoming 7 11 2 USF Week 7 11 3 St Pete Grand Prix 7 11 4 Alma Mater 7 11 5 Golden Brahman March 7 11 6 Other songs 8 Athletics 8 1 Teams 8 2 Athletic facilities 8 2 1 Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center 8 2 2 Yuengling Center 8 2 3 Raymond James Stadium 8 2 4 Corbett Stadium 8 3 Spirit squads 9 Notable alumni 9 1 Academics 9 2 Athletes 9 3 Business and Commerce 9 4 Entertainers and writers 9 5 Military 9 6 Politicians 9 7 Scientists 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksHistory edit nbsp Hillsborough Army Airfield also known as Henderson Airfield on the site of what is now the University of South Florida 1950s edit USF was the first state university in Florida built during the 20th century 18 Former U S representative Samuel Gibbons was instrumental in the school s creation when he was a state representative and is considered by many to be the Father of USF 19 Although founded in 1956 the university was not officially named until the following year and classes did not begin until 1960 18 The university was built off Fowler Avenue on the former site of Henderson Air Field a World War II airstrip 18 Before Henderson Field the area was part of a 5 000 acre temple orange grove the largest citrus grove in the world at the time which gave the nearby city of Temple Terrace its name In 1957 the Florida Cabinet approved the name University of South Florida 18 At the time USF was the southernmost university in the state university system 18 1960s edit The first five buildings on campus when the student opened were the old library now the student services building the science building now the chemistry building the teaching auditorium no longer standing on the site of what is now the music building the university center no longer standing on the site of what is now the Marshall Student Center and the administration building now called the John and Grace Allen Administration building The university was founded as a school for whites only It integrated and admitted its first African American student Ernest Boger in 1961 the school s second year after opening Boger graduated in 1964 with a B A in psychology 20 In 1962 students voted to make the Golden Brahman the university s mascot named after the state s cattle raising industry 18 In the early 1980s the mascot evolved into the Bulls 21 In 1963 USF held its first graduation ceremony 325 degrees were conferred 22 The university grew rapidly under the leadership of John S Allen who served as its first president from 1956 until his retirement in 1971 18 During this time the university expanded rapidly due in part to the first master s degree programs commencing in 1964 18 Allen was infamously known for his opposition to college sports in favor of placing an Accent on Learning USF s original motto 23 He received national attention after declaring in 1959 that the school would have no sports teams though he later had a change of heart and USF s first varsity teams would begin in 1965 24 Allen s ultimate legacy was to be the first person to build a modern state university from scratch famously stating As a completely new and separate institution the University of South Florida became the first new institution of its kind to be conceived planned and built in the United States in the 20th century 25 Today the John and Grace Allen Administration Building named after the university s founding president and his wife houses vital Tampa campus departments including Student Affairs the Admissions Welcome Center and the Controller s Office 26 USF s St Petersburg campus opened in 1965 as a satellite campus The site was known as the Bay Campus at the time and sat on the former site of the U S Navy Maritime Training Center 27 USF s campus was damaged by an F4 tornado during the tornado outbreak of April 4 5 1966 with the cooling towers at the university s power plant partially collapsing and the roof being ripped off of one of the dormitories 28 1970s edit In 1970 M Cecil Mackey became the university s second president 18 During his time at USF Mackey opened the university s medical school School of Nursing and first ever Ph D program 18 29 Additionally Mackey worked to strengthen the St Petersburg campus while opening new satellite campuses in Sarasota and Fort Myers 18 While serving as university president Mackey continued to teach economics courses in a conference room across from his office 29 Mackey first coined a new descriptor for USF a metropolitan university 29 The term is still used to describe USF and other colleges in large cities today USF Sarasota Manatee was founded in 1975 and shared a campus with New College of Florida which later became part of the USF system as well before becoming an independent university again 30 nbsp Moffitt Cancer Center on the USF campus 1980s edit USF emerged as a major research institution during the 1980s under the leadership of the university s third president John Lott Brown 31 During his tenure the USF Graduate School was established in 1980 18 In 1986 Brown oversaw the opening of the H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute on the USF Tampa campus 18 USF became the first university in the nation to offer a Ph D in applied anthropology and the first in the State University System of Florida to offer a degree program in women s studies 18 In January 1988 USF Lakeland opened 18 On February 15 1988 Francis T Borkowski was inaugurated as the university s fourth president 18 He served as president for five years laying the groundwork for the university s football program establishing on campus housing for the USF president at the Lifsey House and merging several colleges into the College of Arts and Sciences 32 1990s edit Betty Castor became the university s fifth president and first female president when she was inaugurated in January 1994 18 She served as USF president for six years until 1999 During this time USF grew to be one of the largest universities in the nation in terms of enrollment 18 In 1997 the university began its inaugural season of NCAA football 18 The Florida Board of Regents named USF a Research 1 University in 1998 18 2000s edit Judy Genshaft was selected as the new president in 2000 Under Genshaft s leadership the university emerged as a top research university achieving preeminence per the Florida Board of Governors in June 2018 and major economic engine with an annual economic impact of 3 7 billion in the 2018 2019 fiscal year her last year as president 9 33 In 2006 Castor returned to USF to lead the Dr Kiran C Patel Center for Global Solutions 34 she stepped down in 2009 35 The university expanded its global reach opening the first Confucius Institute in Florida in 2008 and creating the Genshaft Greenbaum Passport Scholarship Fund in 2011 which provides financial support to USF students who want to study abroad 18 Under Genshaft USF has continuously been ranked among the top veteran friendly universities in the country 8 In 2009 USF became the first university in the nation to partner with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to offer specialized services for veterans taking advantage of the new G I Bill 18 USF continues to improve academically being ranked among the best colleges in the nation by U S News amp World Report 8 2010s edit In 2012 USF was recognized as one of the nation s largest producers of Fulbright Program scholars 8 The university closed its Confucius Institute in 2018 citing falling enrollment misalignment with the university s research focus and possible consequences on US government funding to USF 36 In 2018 Genshaft announced her retirement from position as president of USF 37 The university s seventh president Dr Steven C Currall took office on July 1 2019 18 Under his leadership the university broke into the top 50 best public colleges in the nation according to rankings by U S News amp World Report achieving a 44th place ranking in 2019 38 2020s edit Currall led the university through the COVID 19 pandemic which included budgetary hardships brought by a loss in state funding including a controversial proposal to phase out the College of Education later dropped due to fierce opposition 39 On July 19 2021 Currall announced his retirement as president citing health and family reasons He remained on the faculty of the Muma College of Business 40 After Currall s resignation Rhea Law a USF alumna and former USF Board of Trustees chair was appointed as interim president 41 The Board of Trustees selected Law for the permanent job as president on March 22 2022 and she is the first USF graduate to serve in the role 42 Law stated her top priorities were for USF to reach a top 25 public university ranking to gain admission into the Association of American Universities and to build an on campus football stadium 43 USF was accepted into the AAU in 2023 44 Seal and colors edit In 1958 President John Allen commissioned a seal for the new university wanting a symbol that would represent education on a global scale Each element of the seal has a special meaning The Sun represents life to all living things The lamp symbolizes learning The globe signifies the broadened perspective and opportunities provided by higher education Truth and Wisdom USF s motto and President Allen s cornerstone for the universityUSF s original colors were green gold and purple These are also the colors of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity of which President Allen was a member Purple was later dropped and the official colors became just green and gold but purple accents are visible on some of the older buildings on campus including the administration building which now bears the name of John Allen and his wife Grace Purple has since returned as a tertiary color for the university though it has very limited use aside from some of the women s sports teams having purple accents featured on their alternate jerseys 45 46 As mentioned the current primary colors of the university are green and gold though the shades of these colors changed from the original kelly green and yellow to a darker green and vegas gold in the late 1990s Green represents all life on Earth and gold symbolizes the life giving heat and light of the Sun 47 Preeminence edit In 2018 USF was classified as the third Preeminent university in Florida by the state university system 48 For a public institution to achieve a status of preeminence they must meet or surpass benchmarks in at least 11 of 12 metrics set forth by Florida lawmakers 49 Leadership editUSF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida SUSF which is overseen by the Florida Board of Governors 50 Like all SUSF institutions USF has a 13 member decision making body called the Board of Trustees BOT consisting of the Faculty Senate President Student Body President six members appointed by the Governor of Florida and five members appointed by the Florida Board of Governors 51 52 The members appointed by the Governor and Board of Governors must be confirmed by the Florida Senate and each serve five year terms 52 The BOT has many responsibilities including setting the school s budget strategic goals and objectives and establishing policies related to academic programs The USF BOT also appoints the USF president who also serves as the chancellor of the Tampa campus and in turn appoints the chancellors of the St Petersburg and Sarasota Manatee campuses 53 USF is currently led by Rhea Law who was appointed as interim president following the retirement of Steven C Currall in August 2021 then selected for the permanent role in March 2022 41 42 The chancellor of the St Petersburg campus is Christian Hardigree and the chancellor of the Sarasota Manatee campus is Karen Holbrook PresidentsPerson Position TenureJohn S Allen President 1957 1970Harris Dean Interim President 1970 1971M Cecil Mackey President 1971 1976W Reece Smith Jr Interim President 1976 1977Carl Riggs Interim President 1977 1978John Lott Brown President 1978 1988Francis T Borkowski President 1988 1993Robert A Bryan Interim President 1993 1994Betty Castor President 1994 1999Thomas Tighe Acting President Fall 1999Richard Peck Interim President 1999 2000Judy Genshaft President 2000 2019Steven C Currall President 2019 2021Rhea Law Interim President 2021 2022President 2022 present 54 55 41 Campuses editUniversity of South Florida System 1965 2020 edit USF was previously identified as a university system from 1965 until 2020 but is now chartered as one university geographically distributed across three campus locations Tampa St Petersburg and Sarasota Manatee Before being consolidated into one university geographically distributed the University of South Florida System included three member institutions USF Tampa which was the flagship campus USF St Petersburg and USF Sarasota Manatee 53 Each institution was separately accredited had a distinct mission and its own strategic plans 53 The USF System once included three other member institutions one in Fort Myers one in Lakeland and a second Sarasota campus USF Fort Myers opened in 1982 and closed in 1997 with the opening of Florida Gulf Coast University 56 57 The Sarasota institution was originally a private college called New College which sold itself to USF in 1975 to pay off debt and became New College of the University of South Florida 58 As part of the deal New College was allowed to keep its unique grading system 58 It shared a campus with USF Sarasota Manatee which opened in 1975 but was accredited differently as USFSM was considered a branch campus rather than a member institution at the time New College became the independent New College of Florida in 2001 but continued to share a campus with USFSM until a new one was built for USFSM in 2006 USF Lakeland opened in 1988 and split off from the USF System in 2012 to become the independent Florida Polytechnic University 59 In summer 2020 the system was consolidated into one university geographically distributed 60 nbsp The 212 foot tall water tower is one of the tallest structures on USF s Tampa campusTampa campus edit Established in 1956 the USF Tampa campus serves more than 41 000 students 61 The institution houses 14 colleges and is the doctoral granting campus of USF The University of South Florida Office of Graduate Studies is based on the Tampa campus and serves as the center of leadership for graduate education at the University of South Florida 62 The Tampa campus is located in North Tampa east of the University neighborhood about seven miles north of downtown It is by far the largest of the three campuses spanning 1 562 acres 4 The campus is divided into different districts with most housing located in the northeast athletics and recreation in the east and southeast research in the south and southwest USF Health in the west northwest and north and undergraduate classes and student services in central campus 63 Each college is divided into its own section within the district for example with fine and performing arts in the north and northwest parts of the district social sciences in the east natural sciences and engineering in the south and education and business in the southeast The campus is known for having over 19 000 trees and has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation every year since 2011 64 In honor of this nearly all streets on campus are named after trees as are six of the 14 dorms The tree motif is also seen on USF s ceremonial mace which has a gold pinecone on the top to symbolize both growth and the fact that the first trees to be planted on the campus were pine 65 These pine trees are still around today in the field next to the main south entrance to the campus on LeRoy Collins Boulevard between Fowler Avenue and Alumni Drive St Petersburg campus edit Main article University of South Florida St Petersburg USF first occupied the site of the USF St Petersburg campus in 1965 taking over the former U S Maritime Training Center along Bayboro Harbor in downtown St Petersburg 18 27 It is located next to Albert Whitted Airport and less than a mile from the Salvador Dali Museum and Al Lang Stadium USFSP was a satellite campus from 1965 until 2006 when it was accredited as a separate entity from the USF Tampa campus within the University of South Florida System by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 66 USFSP serves approximately 4 500 students per year and offers 33 undergraduate and graduate programs in arts and sciences business and education 61 Sarasota Manatee campus edit Main article University of South Florida Sarasota Manatee When USF Sarasota Manatee was established as a branch campus in 1975 it originally shared a campus with what is now the independent New College of Florida but was at the time a USF system member called New College of the University of South Florida 67 New College became independent of the USF system in 2001 and USFSM took its place as a member institution in the USF system but USFSM and New College continued to share a campus until a new campus was completed for USFSM across the street in 2006 68 Nearly 2 000 students take classes at USFSM each year The campus offers 43 academic programs and certificates in arts and sciences business education and hospitality and technology leadership 69 Academics editFall first time freshman admission statistics 2022 70 2021 71 2020 72 2019 73 74 2018 75 76 2017 77 78 Applicants 65 567 50 368 57 758 36 986 35 826 37 492Admits 28 811 24 881 19 058 17 627 15 207 13 573Enrolls 6 773 6 251 5 705 5 113 4 536 4 280Admit rate 43 9 49 4 33 0 47 7 42 4 36 2 Yield rate 23 5 25 1 29 9 29 0 29 8 31 5 SAT composite 1240 1370 76 1150 1330 70 1170 1310 74 1180 1310 74 1170 1330 69 1150 1310 59 ACT composite 27 30 24 24 29 30 25 30 26 25 29 26 25 29 26 24 29 41 middle 50 range years before 2020 only include info from the Tampa campus percentage of first time freshmen who chose to submit nbsp Muma College of Business building USF offers 91 bachelor s degree programs 103 master s degree programs 48 doctoral degree programs two specialist degree programs and several certificate programs under 14 colleges 3 Based on a semester system the USF academic calendar is composed of three academic semesters each year 79 The academic year begins in the fall running from August to December 79 The spring semester generally begins in January and ends in late April or early May 79 The summer semester is broken down into three overlapping sessions A B and C that generally span either six or ten weeks 79 Tuition edit As of the 2022 23 academic year tuition costs are 3 Undergraduate 213 65 per credit hour for in state students and 577 47 per credit hour for out of state students Total assuming 30 credit hours 6 409 50 for in state students and 17 324 10 for out of state students Graduate 434 51 per credit hour for in state students and 880 25 per credit hour for out of state students Total assuming 24 credit hours 10 428 24 for in state students and 21 126 00 for out of state students Tuition has been frozen at all Florida public universities since 2014 80 Demographics edit Enrollment in USF 2017 2023 Academic Year Undergraduates Graduate Total Enrollment2017 2018 77 78 33 707 11 950 45 6572018 2019 75 76 34 155 11 752 45 9072019 2020 75 76 34 743 11 695 46 4382020 2021 72 38 579 12 034 50 6132021 2022 71 33 077 11 245 44 3222022 2023 70 38 046 11 547 49 593Nearly 50 000 students are enrolled at USF as of the 2022 23 academic year including over 36 900 undergraduate students 9 500 graduate students 1 500 doctor of medicine students and 1 700 non degree seeking students 3 USF is one of the 40 most diverse universities in the nation with students representing every state U S territory and more than 140 countries 8 81 International students represent approximately 12 of the total USF student population 3 As of the Fall 2022 semester the student diversity profile of the university was approximately 50 White 9 African American 23 Hispanic of any race 9 Asian 0 2 American Indian 0 1 Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander 4 two or more races and 5 students who did not report their race 4 Roughly 60 of USF students are female and 40 are male 4 The Fall 2022 Freshman class of approximately 4 000 students earned admission to the university with an average SAT score of 1309 out of 1600 ACT score of 29 out of 36 and high school GPA of 4 21 41 of the members of the incoming class graduated in the top 10 of their high school class Among the incoming class were 79 National Merit Scholars 3 Rankings edit Academic rankingsNationalForbes 86 118 82 THE WSJ 87 271 83 U S News amp World Report 88 89 84 Washington Monthly 89 51 85 GlobalARWU 94 201 300 90 QS 95 581 590 91 THE 96 201 250 92 U S News amp World Report 97 312 93 For 2023 2024 U S News amp World Report ranked USF as tied for 89 99 overall on its list of Tier I National Universities and 45 among public universities This made USF the fastest rising university in America jumping 84 spots on the overall list and 58 spots on the public university list in 10 years 100 This ranking also put USF as 4 in Florida overall and 3 in Florida among public universities In other rankings released by U S News USF was the only Florida university in the Top 10 Best Value Colleges at 8 among public universities USF also ranked 17 in the nation overall 12 in the nation among public institutions and 1 in Florida on the U S News ranking of top National Universities for Social Mobility Niche ranked USF 19 for top public universities in America and 67 for best colleges in America 2023 According to Niche USF was home to the 6 Education Program 10 Criminal Justice Program 12 Information Technology Program 18 Accounting and Finance Program and 25 Nursing Program in the United States 101 Colleges edit The 14 colleges of the university are 102 nbsp The Natural and Environmental Sciences building College of Arts and Sciences College of Behavioral and Community Sciences Muma College of Business College of Education College of Engineering Patel College of Global Sustainability College of Graduate Studies Judy Genshaft Honors College College of Marine Science Morsani College of Medicine College of Nursing Taneja College of Pharmacy College of Public Health College of The ArtsFaculty edit As of Fall 2022 there were more than 15 000 instructional faculty and the student to faculty ratio for the campus was 22 1 3 Approximately 86 percent of full time faculty members held the highest degree in their field of expertise Additionally the university had more than 1 500 adjunct professors 300 post doctoral scholars 2 000 graduate assistants and 3 000 student assistants 3 USF faculty include over 200 scholars receiving prominent scholarly awards including Fulbright National Science Foundation AAAS Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships 3 8 In 2012 USF mechanical engineering professor Autar Kaw was one of four in the nation to receive the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2012 U S Professor of the Year award 103 Graduation edit The first USF Commencement ceremony was held in 1963 where 325 degrees were conferred 22 Now the school awards over 13 000 degrees each year Commencement ceremonies are held three times a year at the end of the Fall Spring and Summer semesters 104 Spring ceremonies are generally the largest with five separate ceremonies held each semester 22 Commencement ceremonies are held in the USF Sun Dome 104 Since 2013 graduate s names have been announced by Associate Athletic Director Jim Louk who is known for being the Voice of the Bulls as the radio announcer for USF football and basketball games 105 Libraries edit nbsp USF Tampa main libraryThe USF Tampa Library is the largest and most comprehensive library in the USF System 106 In addition to providing students access to more than 2 million academic journals databases and books the seven story USF Tampa library offers tutoring and writing services laptops a career resource center Course Reserves and reservable group study rooms 106 The USF Tampa Library also houses several Special and Digital Collections including literature oral histories photographs artifacts and the university archives 107 In 2012 the USF Tampa Library opened the Science Math and Research Technology SMART Lab a hands on learning space which includes more than 300 computer work stations 108 In 2013 USF students successfully protested to keep the library open 24 hours a day 5 days a week during the Fall and Spring semesters for current students faculty and staff who possess a valid USF ID card 109 In 2017 renovations were completed on the 5th floor to bring 400 individual study spaces with personal lamps electrical outlets and USB ports for device charging and provided new group study rooms with white boards In addition to the Tampa library the USF Libraries system includes two regional library spaces 110 and the USF Health Libraries The regional library spaces are the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library located on the USF St Petersburg campus and the Information Commons Hub located on the USF Sarasota Manatee campus 110 USF Health Libraries serve the USF Health community with two locations the Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Health Sciences Library located on the USF Tampa campus and the Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange located at the USF Health campus in downtown Tampa 111 112 Beyond providing support to USF students staff and faculty the libraries welcome members of the public who are doing health and medical related research of their own 111 Research editUSF is one of the fastest growing research universities in the nation according to The Chronicle of Higher Education 8 In the 2021 fiscal year the university was awarded more than 590 million in research awards 3 113 The Intellectual Property Owners Association ranked USF among the top ten universities in the world granted U S utility patents in 2011 8 USF is also a member of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program and the National Sea Grant College Program 114 115 nbsp Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Downtown Tampa USF Health edit USF Health consists of the Morsani College of Medicine College of Nursing Taneja College of Pharmacy College of Public Health the School of Biomedical Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences and the USF Physician s Group 116 USF Health researchers work in the fields of cancer diabetes Alzheimer s disease prosthetics heart health genomics and more 117 The College of Nursing ranks first in Florida for universities receiving research funding from the National Institutes of Health 8 More than 400 healthcare professionals at USF Health treat patients throughout the state of Florida 118 In 2012 the university opened the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa 119 The 90 000 square foot facility serves as an education and training center for health professionals around the world 119 In 2020 the Morsani College of Medicine and USF Health Heart Institute moved to a new 395 000 square foot 13 story highrise tower in the Water Street district of downtown Tampa 120 The Taneja College of Pharmacy moved to the facility the following year 120 Sustainability edit USF was given a gold rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for building an environmentally conscious campus 8 In 2010 the USF School of Global Sustainability was created as part of the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences 121 In 2012 the new Patel College of Global Sustainability consisting of the Dr Kiran C Patel Center for Global Solutions the Master of the Arts in Global Sustainability Program and the Office of Sustainability was introduced 121 The college is housed in the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design GOLD certified building on the USF Tampa campus 121 USF signed the American College and University President s Climate Commitment in 2008 and submitted its Climate Action Plan in 2010 with a goal of a 10 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2015 122 123 Since then the university has introduced several sustainability initiatives including electric vehicle charging stations water bottle filling stations reusable plastic food containers in dining halls recycling programs in residence halls new more efficient busses for the fare free campus bus service solar powered golf carts and more 124 In 2011 the university introduced the Student Green Energy Fund which allows students to propose and vote on projects that aim to reduce campus energy consumption lower greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable technologies 125 The nearly 20 000 trees on the Tampa campus provide an estimated 1 8 million yearly benefit to the university through energy conserved stormwater management and carbon dioxide removal The campus is renowned for its number of trees and has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation every year since 2011 64 Currently the university has six LEED certified buildings all of which are on the main Tampa campus or the downtown medical campus They are the Dr Kiran C Patel Center For Global Solutions Gold Interdisciplinary Science Building Gold Yuengling Center Silver Center For Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation Silver Chowdhari Golf Practice Facility Certified and Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care Certified 126 nbsp Engineering buildings II and III at USF with the library in the background Center for Urban Transportation Research edit Founded in 1988 The Center for Urban Transportation Research conducts over 13 million in research annually for a variety of public and private sector sponsors in Florida and the United States including the Florida Legislature the Florida Transportation Commission and state and local governments agencies and organizations CUTR houses the National Center for Transit Research designated by the U S Congress in 1991 and reaffirmed in 1998 2002 2012 and 2013 Areas of research include public transportation transportation planning intelligent transportation systems transportation demand management transportation economics and finance geographic information systems access management alternative fuels and transportation safety among others 127 Materials Simulation Laboratory edit The Materials Simulation Laboratory of the Department of Physics was established in 2002 The MSL researches condensed matter and materials physics using supercomputers as tools focusing on quantum simulations under extreme temperatures and pressures such as those conditions that occur in planetary interiors and during inertial confinement fusion 128 Student life editStudent body composition as of December 9 2022 Race and ethnicity 3 129 TotalWhite 50 4 50 4 Hispanic 22 9 22 9 Black 9 1 9 1 Other a 8 7 8 7 Asian 8 6 8 6 Foreign national 11 8 11 8 Economic diversityLow income b 31 31 Affluent c 69 69 The USF Tampa campus provides multiple services and resources necessary for students to succeed both in the classroom and in their personal lives Under the Division of Student Affairs USF students have access to involvement opportunities on campus housing dining facilities recreational outlets health and wellness services and more 130 nbsp Marshall Student CenterMarshall Student Center edit In 2011 the university opened a new student union called the Marshall Student Center The name pays homage to Phyllis P Marshall the longtime director of the former student union which was also named after her 131 The four story building features a 1 200 seat ballroom 800 seat auditorium 100 workstation computer lab study and meeting spaces several student lounge areas and outdoor courtyards 132 The facility offers several retail outlets including a pharmacy computer store credit union commuter lounge and identification card center 133 The MSC features ten dining options including Panera Chick fil A and Subway 134 As the home of the USF Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement Student Government the Center for Student Involvement the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and the Office of Multicultural Affairs the center is considered to be the gathering place for all things student life at USF 135 Centre Gallery edit The Centre Gallery is a student run exhibition space within the Marshall Student Center for the University of South Florida s students faculty staff and alumni offering the university community and the Tampa Bay area stimulating visual art experiences by consistently exhibiting innovative contemporary art work Centre Gallery established in 1984 is the only fully student run non profit exhibition space in the state of Florida Exhibitions run in two week durations during the Fall and Spring and three week durations during the summer These exhibitions are attended by over 4 000 visitors each semester 136 Former student union edit The original USF student union was built in 1959 and opened in 1960 131 Originally called the University Center it was one of the first five buildings that made up the USF Tampa campus when it opened 131 In its early years the University Center held the first on campus women s residence hall a cafeteria post office bookstore game room television room and information desk 131 Classes were held in the basement and first floor of the building until other academic buildings were completed 131 The center underwent major renovations from 1988 to 1990 131 It was renamed the Phyllis P Marshall Center in 1993 in honor of the woman who served as director of the building from 1976 to 1994 131 In order to better serve the growing student population on the Tampa campus the building was torn down and replaced with a new 230 000 square foot union in 2008 131 Bull statues edit nbsp The bull statues in front of the Marshall Student Center The university has a total of 9 life size bronze bull statues across the three campuses with one on the St Petersburg campus one on the Sarasota Manatee campus and seven on the Tampa campus three in front of the south entrance of the Marshall Student Center three in The Village housing complex and one in front of the student entrance at the Yuengling Center plus a 15 foot tall topiary bull at the north entrance of the Marshall Student Center Each statue has its own distinct design with every bull standing in a different position These statues are a rich part of USF tradition The original three statues the ones outside the MSC dubbed the Running of the Bulls plus the topiary bull represent the four years a student spends in college with the topiary bull representing a student s senior year as it symbolizes the student s growth over the past four years and faces one of the main entrances to campus Palm Drive as it will soon run off into the world Martin Luther King Jr Plaza edit One of the most popular gathering spots on the Tampa campus is Martin Luther King Jr Plaza which is located between the John and Grace Allen Building and the Marshall Student Center marked by a small bust of the civil rights activist Beneath the bust of Dr King are five granite lines pointing in the directions of five cities significant to his legacy Atlanta Boston Memphis Montgomery and Washington D C The bust faces a reflecting pool with fountains which marks the geographical center of campus On the other side of the pool are stone tablets engraved with Dr King s I Have a Dream speech 47 Botanical Gardens edit Main article University of South Florida Botanical GardensThe 15 acre botanical garden on USF s Tampa campus was established in 1969 for use by the Biology Department 137 The garden contains over 3 000 taxa of plants including fruit trees bonsai trees grasses begonias orchids bromeliads palms aroids bamboo gingers carnivorous plants cycads cactus and succulent plants an herb and scent garden wetland forest temperate forest subtropical shade garden and Florida upland scrub and sandhill habitats The gardens also has a medicinal herb garden which is used by the USF College of Pharmacy for research purposes 137 The garden is open to the public six days a week and admission is free for students nbsp Castor BeachCastor Beach edit Castor Beach is an artificial beach on campus by the lake outside of Betty Castor Hall one of the largest dorms on the Tampa campus 138 The beach is complete with white sand taken from the nearby Clearwater Beach which is regularly voted as one of America s best beaches 139 The area has a beach volleyball net hammocks and chairs with umbrellas and is a popular spot for relaxing on campus Swimming in the lake is not allowed due to alligators Housing edit nbsp Juniper Hall front and Poplar Hall back the two largest dorms on campus There are 39 residence halls on the USF Tampa campus in 14 complexes offering traditional suite and apartment style housing 140 In total these residential halls provide housing to more than 5 600 students 140 The university also offers specialized housing options such as family housing female only housing graduate student housing and 14 houses for fraternity and sorority members in the Greek Village 140 Each bedroom on the Tampa campus is furnished with a twin extra long bed dresser desk chair trash can and closet space for every resident 140 Each residence hall has at least one resident assistant In 2009 the university implemented a new policy requiring all first year full time undergraduate students at the Tampa campus to live on campus 141 Students exempt from this new rule include those who remain living with their parents and or legal guardians within Hillsborough Pasco and Pinellas counties are above the age of 21 by the first day of fall classes have a dependent child or family member or are married 141 The university offers 12 Living Learning Communities LLCs in residence halls throughout the Tampa campus 142 The residential communities place special interest on academic majors or areas of interest such as business education engineering and sustainability 142 Residents are required to submit an application and meet certain eligibility criteria to be admitted into an LLC 142 The St Petersburg campus opened its first residence hall in 2006 and has since opened two more 27 143 The campus has space for over 600 students Campus recreation edit Gyms edit The Campus Recreation Center on the USF Tampa campus is a 21 000 square foot WiFi enabled fitness facility featuring a two basketball court gymnasium six group fitness rooms a 200 meter indoor three lane running track 120 pieces of cardio equipment six racquetball courts and a 25 meter indoor swimming pool 144 Inside the facility members can work out take group fitness classes play intramural sports rent equipment receive personal training undergo fitness assessments and more 145 The Campus Recreation Center known as the USF Gymnasium at the time was also the first on campus home to USF s men s basketball team who played three home games there in 1978 79 before the completion of the Sun Dome It also hosted all of the women s basketball team s home games from their founding in 1972 until they moved to the Sun Dome in 1980 as well as in the 2011 12 season while the Sun Dome underwent renovations the men s team primarily played at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa during that season 146 This area has space for roughly 1 500 spectators In addition to the Campus Recreation Center there are other smaller fitness facilities on the USF Tampa campus The Fit in the Village housing complex the WELL in the USF Health area and the Magnolia Fitness Center within the Magnolia Apartments complex plus a 1 25 mile long fitness trail through the woods near the varsity tennis courts complete with exercise stations 147 148 The Fit and the Magnolia Fitness Center also feature swimming pools though they are designed more for recreation than for swimming laps like the one in the Campus Recreation Center Other recreation edit Through the Campus Recreation Department USF offers more than 30 intramural sports throughout the academic year 149 USF Campus Recreation also maintains USF Riverfront Park located 1 5 miles away from the Tampa campus 150 The recreational park is only open for use to USF students faculty and staff 150 Located on the Hillsborough River the park boathouse offers canoeing kayaking and paddleboarding for a small fee 150 Groups can sign up to climb the 55 foot high ropes course located at the park which features three levels of challenges 150 A less challenging version of the ropes course called the low ropes workshop allows teams to participate in trust building exercises and group problem solving 150 The park also has an 18 hole disk golf course 151 The Outdoor Recreation department of USF Campus Recreation hosts several recreational trips throughout the year 152 USF students faculty and staff can sign up to participate in guided backpacking tubing white water rafting kayaking and hiking trips both in Florida and throughout the Southeast United States 152 Outdoor Rec regularly hosts beach days during which the department provides transportation to and from nearby beaches including Fort De Soto Park Clearwater Beach and Honeymoon Island State Park 152 Additionally the department hosts moonlight canoeing trips at USF Riverfront Park four times a semester 152 Club sports edit Further information South Florida Bulls Notable non varsity sports The Campus Recreation Department also offers over 40 club sports teams to students including rugby lacrosse and even ice hockey These teams mainly compete against club teams from other nearby schools such as Florida Tampa and Central Florida as well as nationally in leagues like the American Collegiate Hockey Association Club teams have won 11 national championships for USF two in flag football 153 two in karate 154 two in cricket 155 two in paintball 156 four in cheer 157 and one in wakeboarding 158 Harborwalk edit Harborwalk is an area on the St Petersburg campus that connects the campus with other nearby attractions in the downtown area including Poynter Park the Salvador Dali Museum and Al Lang Stadium 159 It runs along Bayboro Harbor on the east border of campus and is home to things like the University Student Center and Sembler Fountain 27 Student involvement edit There are more than 600 registered student organizations at USF including academic professional special interest Greek and multicultural groups 160 USF students are welcome to join existing organizations or apply to create their own 160 The USF Center for Student Involvement located in the Marshall Student Center provides multiple programs throughout the academic year including the University Lecture Series Homecoming Week USF Week and more 160 In addition to the Center for Student Involvement the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement offers numerous opportunities for organization involvement personal and organizational leadership development and community service 161 Fraternity and sorority life edit There are 27 fraternities and 24 sororities recognized by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life all of which are located on the Tampa campus 162 Four councils govern these chapters the Interfraternity Council the National Pan Hellenic Council the Panhellenic Association and the Unified Greek Council 162 Greek Village a residential area on the USF Tampa campus offers housing for members of 12 fraternities and sororities 163 Fraternities SororitiesAlpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Sigma Phi Beta Theta Pi Delta Epsilon Psi Delta Tau Delta Iota Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Sigma Lambda Theta Phi Lambda Upsilon Lambda Omega Psi Phi Phi Beta Sigma Phi Gamma Delta Phi Delta Theta Pi Delta Psi Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Beta Rho Sigma Chi Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Pi Theta Tau Zeta Beta Tau Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Kappa Alpha alpha Kappa Delta Phi Alpha Sigma Kappa Alpha Omicron Pi Chi Omega Chi Upsilon Sigma Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Delta Phi Omega Delta Sigma Theta Delta Tau Lambda Gamma Phi Beta Kappa Delta Kappa Phi Lambda Lambda Theta Alpha Mu Sigma Upsilon Omega Phi Beta Sigma Delta Tau Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Kappa Sigma Lambda Gamma Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Tau AlphaROTC edit The USF Tampa campus offers three Reserve Officers Training Corps ROTC programs Air Force Army and Navy 164 USF is one of only 38 universities in the nation to offer all three service ROTC programs 165 The university was the first in the nation to create a Joint Military Leadership Center JMLC to house all three programs 165 Located in the C W Bill Young Hall the JMLC is a 53 000 square foot state of the art facility featuring a weapons simulation room an outdoor rappelling wall a joint cadet and midshipmen lounge three lecture halls and five classrooms 165 The building is equipped to handle web casting video conferencing and distance learning 165 The university offers three military related minors at the Tampa campus 164 The sixteen credit hour Aerospace Studies Minor provides an understanding of military officer management and leadership concepts as well as an analysis of the evolution of American defense policy and strategy 164 The eighteen credit hour Military Science Minor provides students with an in depth understanding of Army leadership doctrine and a framework for applying such concepts outside of the classroom 164 The eighteen credit hour Naval Science and Leadership Minor places special emphasis on character development and effective communication skills while providing an understanding of the Naval leadership doctrine and the fundamental principles used by leaders in the Navy and Marine Corps 164 Students enrolled in a USF ROTC program have the opportunity to live in the on campus ROTC Living Learning Community LLC 166 Located in the suite style Maple Hall the ROTC LLC allows students to be exposed to the customs of each military branch while developing camaraderie with their fellow cadets and midshipmen 166 Student Government edit The USF Student Government like all Florida student governments is an agency of the state created under Florida Statute 1004 26 167 Student Government made up of 250 student volunteers and employees is responsible for advocating for students at the university local state and national levels 167 The Student Senate allocates and expends over 17 million in activity and service fees a year by Florida law 167 The Student Government is set up much like the federal government and is bound by the Student Body Constitution student government statutes university regulations and applicable law The executive administration oversees several departments and service agencies including SAFE Team Student Government Computer Services and Bulls Radio 167 The Student Body President can also be voted in to sit on the University Board of Trustees and is a member of the Florida Student Association FSA 167 The Student Senate headed by the Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore creates legislation and allocates and expends activity and service fee funds per Florida Statute 1009 24 167 The senate has 60 seats that are filled by the 14 colleges Each college is allotted a certain number of seats depending on the size of the college 167 The Senate carries out its duties mostly through committees 167 The Student Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice hears cases involving students and Student Government and also hear all final parking appeals for students at the USF Tampa campus 167 Career Services edit Housed in the Student Services building near the center of campus the University of South Florida Career Services 168 offers support to students and alumni in the process of dreaming planning and achieving their career goals The on site staff of Career Counselors teaches students how to use a strategic approach in planning for a career path and job search Career Services helps undergraduates self assess learn how to conduct career research seek out experiences that will give you transferable skills and search for full time employment or prepare for graduate school The office also provides similar assistance to graduate students and alumni to break onto the scene in their field of study and assist them in creating a brand for themselves and gain the tools necessary to be a real competitor in the workforce Career Services is responsible for a host of networking and professional development opportunities 169 on campus including career fairs resume workshops mock interviews with recruiters from local businesses professional etiquette dinners and virtual job searching through Employ A Bull USF Career Services also collaborates with several student organizations such as Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society 170 the American Marketing Association as well as the College of Business to hold on campus events for the student body throughout the academic year 171 172 University and student media edit Beginning in 1961 a local afternoon newspaper The Tampa Times covered university news in the one page weekly Campus Edition 173 Now defunct the newspaper was succeeded by The Oracle 173 First published in 1966 the weekly broadsheet was distributed every Wednesday 173 Housed today in the Student Services Building of the Tampa campus the student run newspaper is published four times a week during the Fall and Spring semesters and twice a week during the Summer semesters 173 The 12 000 circulation newspaper has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Collegiate Press for excellence in journalism 173 Owned by USF WUSF FM first began airing in 1963 18 A member station of National Public Radio the broadcast studio is located on the USF Tampa campus 174 Currently the FM station broadcasts NPR and local news during the day and jazz music in the overnight hours 175 The station is funded by local corporate and private contributors as well as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and is affiliated with the Public Broadcasting Service 175 In 2003 WUSF 89 7 became the first public radio station in the nation to broadcast a digital signal 174 Today WUSF Public Media offers local and national news coverage educational programming and jazz and classical music through WUSF 89 7 WSMR 89 1 WEDQ IntellisMedia and WUSF New Media 174 The student run radio station at USF now known as Bulls Radio first went on the air in 1988 176 Formerly known as WBUL until 2009 the station broadcasts from the Marshall Student Center where student reporters and DJs broadcast from a studio featuring a window that overlooks the Bullpen restaurant 176 Now one of the largest student run radio stations in the state of Florida Bulls Radio can be heard on 1620 AM 88 5 HD2 or online 176 Traditions edit nbsp USF s water tower lit up green after a Bulls winUSF s hand sign is Horns Up similar to Texas s Hook em Horns The sign is used by fans at games for good luck during field goals extra points free throws etc and as a general greeting or show of school spirit Since 1995 the university has shined green lights as opposed to the usual white lights on its iconic water tower the night following a victory by any of the Bulls sports teams to let the campus and surrounding area know of the win 177 The school also lights the water tower green for special events like homecoming and commencement ceremonies 178 The Bull Market is an open air weekly market that hosts a combination of vendors student organizations and not for profit organizations showcasing their products and services The Bull Market takes place every Wednesday outside the Marshall Student Center and is one of the oldest traditions at USF 179 The university has a motif of trees with nearly 20 000 on the Tampa campus alone 64 The love of trees started with USF s first president John Allen who wanted to cover the university with them since there were zero trees on the campus when it was founded Still today students plant dozens of trees every year on Arbor Day In honor of this much of the campus is or once was named after trees Nearly every road at the Tampa campus is besides Alumni Drive LeRoy Collins Boulevard named after the governor of Florida who signed the bill that created USF and Genshaft Drive known as Maple Drive until 2019 and named after former USF President Judy Genshaft who filled the position for nearly 20 years Many dorms are also named after trees and the football team s original meeting facilities were called the Ponderosa 180 In addition the university mace is crowned with a gold pinecone which signifies both growth and that the first tree planted on campus by President Allen was a pine tree 65 On the floor near the south entrance to the Marshall Student Center sits a large USF seal Students are told at orientation that if they ever step on the seal from the time between their first ever class until their last final exam they will not graduate However they can reverse this curse if they run outside the building and rub the nose of the large bronze bull statue that sits at the bottom of the hill leading up to the south entrance within 30 seconds There is a similar superstition with the smaller USF seal in the courtyard of the John and Grace Allen Building but if a student steps on that seal they must jump into the reflecting pool in the nearby Martin Luther King Jr Plaza For men s and women s basketball and women s volleyball games rubbing the back hoof of the bull statue outside the student entrance to the Yuengling Center is said to bring the team good luck At the St Petersburg campus and Sarasota Manatee campuses rubbing on the horns of their respective bull statues is said to bring good luck on exams Homecoming edit Beginning in 1964 homecoming festivities are one of the longest standing traditions at USF Events include a comedy show a homecoming ball a concert a parade and a carnival called Carni BULL all leading up to the football game that weekend Before USF s football team was founded homecoming took place in the spring semester and led up to a basketball game 47 USF Week edit In 2009 Tampa mayor and USF alum Pam Iorio declared April 9 as USF Day The celebration has evolved to include the entire week of April 9 and features events including a pep rally talent show battle of the bands a birthday celebration for Rocky the Bull and Bullstock a music festival which features multiple artists and is opened by the winner of the battle of the bands competition the day prior 47 St Pete Grand Prix edit Residence Hall One on the St Petersburg campus gives a great view of IndyCar s annual Grand Prix of St Petersburg held in March or April Students on the St Petersburg campus traditionally attend watch parties with their friends in the hall to watch the race which runs through the streets of downtown St Petersburg Most of the course is visible from north and east facing rooms but the finish line can only be seen from east facing rooms Alma Mater edit nbsp USF Alma Mater source source Problems playing this file See media help The university alma mater was composed by USF professor of music Wayne Hugoboom in 1960 181 The song was the result of a campus competition for which Hugoboom won the first place 250 prize 181 The alma mater was first used in 1961 and can be heard at the opening of every USF Commencement Ceremony 181 It is also played by the USF Herd of Thunder marching band and Rumble pep band after every football and basketball game respectively 181 A recording of the song is also played over the loudspeakers at sports which do not feature either the Herd of Thunder or Rumble Golden Brahman March edit nbsp Golden Brahman March source source USF s fight song Problems playing this file See media help USF s fight song the Golden Brahman March is named after the original USF mascot 21 In 1962 students voted to make USF s mascot the Golden Brahman a breed of cattle because of the state s history in cattle raising 21 Although the university mascot has since evolved into the Bulls the fight song name preserves the history of this USF icon 21 In 2011 the university athletics department launched a campaign to encourage students faculty staff and fans to memorize the song 182 Today incoming students are taught the song along with other USF cheers during new student and transfer orientation sessions Other songs edit nbsp The Bull source source USF rally cry Problems playing this file See media help nbsp March Victorious source source Problems playing this file See media help The Bull also known as Number 8 is a rallying cry played by the USF Herd of Thunder marching band that encourages fans to stand up and circle the Go Bulls hand symbol above their heads 181 USF is somewhat unique among colleges in that it has both a fight song and a victory song March Victorious March Victorious is played by the Herd of Thunder after every USF win in football and basketball but unlike the Golden Brahman March or alma mater is not played at games of sports that do not feature the band and is not played after losses whereas the fight song and alma mater are played regardless During the Golden Brahman March and other USF songs fans will circle the Horns up hand symbol above their heads Athletics editMain article South Florida Bulls USF competed in its first intercollegiate athletic event on September 25 1965 when it defeated the Florida Southern College men s soccer team 183 The university was admitted into the NCAA in 1968 and currently competes at the NCAA Division I level 18 USF was a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference joined Conference USA in 1995 was admitted into the Big East Conference in 2003 and is currently a member of the American Athletic Conference 9 There are nearly 500 student athletes across 19 varsity sports competing for the university each academic year 184 Michael Kelly is the current athletic director USF teams have won 160 conference championships and one NCAA national championship women s swimming in 1985 as of February 2023 They also have four NCAA national runner up finishes men s swimming in 1971 men s golf in 1971 and 1972 and rifle in 1989 Athletes have won 19 individual NCAA national championships seven in women s swimming six in men s swimming two in rifle three in men s outdoor track and field and one in men s indoor track and field and four relay NCAA national championships three in women s swimming and one in men s swimming 185 186 187 188 Despite the numerous individual relay and team national championships in rifle men s swimming and women s swimming the university no longer sponsors any of these sports 189 190 191 In non NCAA sanctioned varsity sports the USF softball team won the American Softball Association National Championships in 1983 and 1984 This was the highest level of college softball at the time as the NCAA didn t start sponsoring the sport until 1985 The Bulls sailing team won the 2009 Inter Collegiate Sailing Association Sloop National Championship and the 2016 and 2017 ICSA Offshore Large Boats National Championships 192 193 As of the 2020 Summer Olympics 17 USF alumni representing 11 countries have competed as athletes in the Olympic Games Evelyne Viens of Canada s women s soccer team became the first USF alum to win an Olympic medal as an athlete when Team Canada won gold in 2020 though other USF alumni such as Ken Eriksen won medals as coaches before this All home athletic events are free for students Teams edit nbsp Bulls Athletic wordmarkThe university currently sponsors 19 varsity men s and women s sports 194 Men s sports Women s sportsBaseball BasketballBasketball Cross countryCross country GolfFootball SailingGolf SoccerSoccer SoftballTennis TennisTrack amp field Track amp field Volleyball Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor Additionally USF will add a women s lacrosse team and a women s beach volleyball team in the 2024 25 and 2025 26 school years respectively 195 196 USF also offers many club teams including men s and women s rugby cricket and men s ice hockey 197 USF s club teams have won 11 national championships in their various divisions 153 154 158 155 156 198 199 Athletic facilities edit Main article University of South Florida athletic facilities nbsp Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center Located along the eastern edge of the Tampa campus the USF Athletic District is the home for 18 of the Bulls 19 varsity sports with sailing being the only one not located there 200 The district includes the Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center Corbett Stadium the Frank Morsani Football Practice Complex the Pam amp Les Muma Basketball Practice Center the Yuengling Center The Claw the USF Baseball Stadium the USF Softball Stadium the USF Track and Field Stadium the Corral and the USF Varsity Tennis Courts 200 Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center edit Opened in 2004 the Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center is the main headquarters for USF Athletics 201 In 2012 the facility was dedicated to the late Lee Roy Selmon a Pro Football Hall of Fame member and former Director of USF Athletics 202 Selmon is considered by many to be the Father of USF Football 202 The 104 000 square foot facility houses all of USF s sports teams except for men s and women s basketball sailing and volleyball 201 The building features a large strength and conditioning center a sports medicine clinic the USF Athletic Hall of Fame and trophy room and an Academic Enrichment Center complete with a computer study lab a library study lounges and academic counseling 201 Yuengling Center edit Main article Yuengling Center The Yuengling Center on the Tampa campus is the home facility of the men s and women s basketball teams and the women s volleyball team The first event held in the facility was a basketball game in 1980 203 Since the opening of the arena it has been the site for USF Commencement Ceremonies orientation sessions and other major university events 204 The facility has also played host to a number of outside events including sports and entertainment events such as WWE ThunderDome consumer shows religious services conventions rodeos youth sports camps gymnastics and cheerleading competitions lectures and political rallies 205 The venue is also one of the top concert spots in the Tampa Bay region having hosted musicians like Elton John Florence and the Machine Frank Sinatra Heart Sting and more 206 The building became LEED Silver certified in 2014 126 Raymond James Stadium edit Main article Raymond James Stadium The USF football team plays at Raymond James Stadium home to the NFL s Tampa Bay Buccaneers USF is one of only five FBS teams to play in an NFL stadium the others being Miami Temple Pitt and UNLV 207 The stadium is located 13 miles away from the Tampa campus and has a capacity of more than 75 000 people making it the largest in the American Athletic Conference but seating for most games is limited to the lower bowl cutting capacity to around 45 000 The student section at Raymond James is the largest in the conference with over 12 000 seats 207 Corbett Stadium edit The USF men s and women s soccer teams play at Corbett Stadium on the main campus in Tampa The stadium has over 1 000 seats plus standing room only space for over 2 000 more on the grassy berms that surround the field Corbett Stadium opened in 2011 and replaced USF Track and Field Stadium as the home of the Bulls men s and women s soccer teams 208 Corbett Stadium also hosts the USF football team s annual spring game 209 It will be home to the women s lacrosse team when they begin play in 2024 195 Spirit squads edit See also University of South Florida Herd of Thunder nbsp USF Herd of Thunder Marching Band at the Sun Bowl The USF Spirit Squads consisting of the USF Sun Dolls dance team USF Cheerleading Squad Rocky the Bull and the Herd of Thunder marching band play an integral role in USF Athletics 210 In addition to supporting USF varsity athletic teams during sporting events the spirit squads themselves compete at the national level 210 Both the all girl and co ed teams regularly rank among the best in the country with the co ed team winning the UCA Division I A national championship in 2021 2022 and 2023 and the all girl team winning the title in 2024 211 212 Rocky the Bull first began as a toy idea for the USF Bookstore in 1965 21 Today s version Rocky was unveiled in 2003 21 As the official mascot for USF Rocky the Bull can be seen at USF Athletic events as well as other major university and community events 210 The USF Herd of Thunder consists of several bands including a 370 member marching band pep band show band and winter guard 213 The marching band performs at all home and some away USF football games 213 The pep band called the Herd of Thunder Rumble Pep Band performs at all home men s and women s basketball games plus conference and NCAA tournament games when applicable 213 The show band is a 30 piece group that performs at select events that are unable to accommodate the full marching band 213 Notable alumni editMain article List of University of South Florida alumni Some notable USF graduates include 214 Academics edit Jamal Nassar MA 1974 Dean of California State University San Bernardino Seth Kalichman 1983 Professor of Social psychology known for research into HIV AIDS treatment and HIV AIDS denialism Lee Kump 1986 Dean of Penn State University Michael Rao 1987 President of Virginia Commonwealth University Amine Bensaid 1990 MS 1992 PhD 1994 President of Al Akhawayn University expert in machine learning neural networks and genetic algorithms Tonjua Williams MA 1996 president of St Petersburg College Aysegul Timur PhD 2006 president of Florida Gulf Coast University Heather Judkins Ph D 2009 associate professor and cephalopod researcher at USF St Petersburg 215 Athletes edit See also List of South Florida Bulls in the NFL Draft nbsp Tony La RussaTony La Russa 1969 MLB infielder and manager three time World Series champion as a manager member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Ed Baird 1982 two time America s Cup champion 1995 2007 seven time world champion member of the National Sailing Hall of Fame Roy Wegerle 1983 member of the U S Men s National Soccer Team third most goals by an American in Premier League history 1997 MLS Champion Ken Eriksen 1984 USF softball head coach 1997 present winningest head coach in USF history Team USA softball manager 2011 present Tomer Steinhauer 1989 Israeli basketball player and coach Radenko Dobras 1992 Serbian basketball player Mark Chung 1992 member of the U S Men s National Soccer Team Derrick Sharp 1993 EuroLeague basketball player and coach 29 club titles including three EuroLeague championships as a player 2001 2004 2005 9 club titles as a coach Chucky Atkins 1996 NBA point guard 14 year NBA career 2004 NBA Champion Kemel Thompson 1996 two time Olympic track amp field athlete Jeff Cunningham 1997 member of the U S Men s National Soccer Team third most goals in Major League Soccer history Damu Cherry 2000 Olympic track amp field athlete Jason Pierre Paul 2009 NFL defensive end two time Super Bowl Champion XLVI with the New York Giants and Super Bowl LV with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Paige Railey 2010 three time Olympic sailor for the U S nbsp Evelyne ViensSam Barrington 2012 NFL linebacker Christiane Endler 2014 member of the Chile Women s National Football Team and Olympique Lyon 2021 FIFA Best Women s Goalkeeper of the Year 2012 Copa Libertadores champion 2022 UEFA Women s Champions League champion and eight time champion in various club leagues Chase Koepka 2016 professional golfer Shane McClanahan 2018 first pitcher in Major League Baseball history to make his debut in the postseason David Villar 2018 baseball player for the San Francisco Giants Evelyne Viens 2020 member of the Canada Women s National Soccer Team and AS Roma 2020 Olympic gold medalistBusiness and Commerce edit John R Patrick MS 1971 former vice president of IBM George Reyes 1976 former CFO of Google former director of BEA Systems Symantec and LifeLock Jordan Zimmerman 1978 MBA 1980 founder of Zimmerman Advertising one of the largest advertising agencies in the world Jim Atchison 1988 President CEO of SeaWorld Parks amp Entertainment Robert B Carter 1990 co chief executive officer and chief information officer of FedExEntertainers and writers edit Richard Oppel 1964 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist director of American Society of Newspaper Editors Lobo 1965 singer songwriter three Billboard top 10 songs Robert Stackhouse 1965 artist and sculptor James Carlos Blake 1969 MA 1971 author winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction Jack E Davis 1983 MA 1989 author Pulitzer Prize winning author Gallagher 1970 comedian Heather Graham Pozzessere 1975 best selling author Richard King 1976 sound engineer four Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing Guy Babylon 1979 musician keyboardist composer noted for his work with Elton John Ann Liguori 1982 sports journalist Kerry Sanders 1982 journalist Aasif Mandvi 1988 actor and comedian Lucia M Gonzalez MA 1991 children s author winner of the Pura Belpre Award library director Alice G Smith Lecture nbsp Grace ByersGreg Pitts 1992 actor Mark Consuelos 1994 actor Nicole Johnson 1996 DPH 2013 Miss America 1999 now an activist for diabetes research Kissy Simmons 1998 actress Matthew Lopez 2000 playwright Tony Award for Best Play nominee Quentin Earl Darrington 2004 Broadway actor and singer Grace Byers 2006 actress Marcus DeSieno MA 2015 artistMilitary edit Matthew L Nathan 1984 Vice Admiral and former Surgeon General of the United States Navy John Kirby 1985 Rear Admiral Press Secretary for the United States Department of Defense and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Adam M Robinson Jr 1994 Vice Admiral and former Surgeon General of the United States Navy Michael S Devany 1996 Vice Admiral in the United States NavyPoliticians edit nbsp Pam IorioH Lee Moffitt 1964 founder H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center former Florida Speaker of the House Michele Elliott 1967 psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape 216 Dale Fischer 1977 Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Mark Meadows A A 1980 former U S Congressman and White House Chief of Staff Kurt S Browning 1982 M A 1994 former Florida Secretary of State J Michelle Childs 1988 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit M Rony Francois M D 1994 MSPH 1998 PhD 2003 former U S Delegate to Haiti Pam Iorio M A 2001 Mayor of Tampa from 2003 to 2011Scientists edit Joanna Fowler 1964 director of Brookhaven National Laboratory s Radiotracer Chemistry Instrumentation and Biological Imaging Program National Medal of Science award winner Alan Boss 1973 astrophysicist and chair of multiple International Astronomical Union and NASA grounds Mark Hulsbeck 1978 Oceanographic Operations Field Manager and research diver for the Aquarius Reef Base the world s only undersea research laboratory Adelaida K Semesi 1982 postdoctoral research Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences of the University of Dar es Salaam David Mearns 1986 Director of Blue Water Recoveries Guinness World Record holder for deepest shipwreck ever found Donna K Arnett PhD 1992 epidemiologist one of the world s leading experts in hypertension Katherine Seley Radtke 1992 cancer researcher Professor in the Department of Chemistry amp Biochemistry at the University of Maryland Baltimore County Michael S Devany MPH 1996 former Chief Operating Officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Carlos Del Castillo PhD 1998 Program Scientist 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