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Sun Dome Reopens / USF Pre-College (May 22, 2012)
USF Graduation ceremony in newly renovated USF Sun Dome (courtesy Aimee Blodgett, USF News)

The USF Sun Dome has reopened after a 36 million dollar renovation project, and while the building still holds about 10,000 people, the capacity is just about the only thing not changed! University Beat on WUSF TV takes you on a tour of the new...

 
USF Pre-College 2012 (courtesy USF University College)

USF isn’t just launching one summer program for high school and homeschool students, but THIRTEEN programs! This week’s University Beat on WUSF 89.7 has a preview of the new Pre-College initiative, which is designed to get young people interested...

 
Sun Dome Reopens (May 15, 2012)
USF Graduation ceremony in newly renovated USF Sun Dome (courtesy Aimee Blodgett, USF News)

The USF Sun Dome has reopened after a 36 million dollar renovation project, and while the building still holds about 10,000 people, the capacity is just about the only thing not changed! University Beat on WUSF TV takes you on a tour of the new...

 
Ribbon-cutting of newly renovated USF Sun Dome (courtesy USF Athletics)

Unless you’ve been in the USF Sun Dome in the last week or two, then you haven’t been in the Sun Dome! The arena has reopened after a 36 million dollar renovation, but it’s almost like a completely new building. This week’s University Beat on...

 
Speed Dating Record (May 8, 2012)
The Buried Life's Ben Nemtin (Hawaiian shirt) talks w/USF students at Speed Dating Record breaking event

Take a few hundred USF students, add a group of enterprising reality TV stars, and you’ve got a new Guinness world record! University Beat on WUSF TV shows you how the students recently set the record in a new category: largest speed dating event...

 
Guinness World Record Adjudicator Philip Robertson observes the record-setting effort

Almost 300 USF students recently joined a group of TV reality stars to help set a new Guinness World Record. This week’s University Beat on WUSF 89.7 takes us to the event, which asked the question: what do you want to do before you die?

 
Miles for Moffitt (May 1, 2012)

A record crowd is expected at USF’s Tampa Campus May 12th for the seventh annual Miles for Moffitt. Runners, walkers and wheelchair racers will turn out in force, with all money raised going directly to research efforts at Moffitt Cancer Center....

 

It’s time once again to lace up your running shoes, as Miles for Moffitt is coming up at USF on May 12th. This week’s University Beat on WUSF 89.7 has a preview of the event, which has raised over 800-thousand dollars for research at Moffitt...

 
Miles for Moffitt / ShelterBox (April 24, 2012)

A record crowd is expected at USF’s Tampa Campus May 12th for the seventh annual Miles for Moffitt. Runners, walkers and wheelchair racers will turn out in force, with all money raised going directly to research efforts at Moffitt Cancer Center....

 
USF Sarasota-Manatee students outside ShelterBox tent
ShelterBox

On first look, a “ShelterBox” appears to contain nothing more than a tent and some camping gear. In reality, it’s a collection of tools that will help a displaced family survive after a disaster.
This week’s University Beat on WUSF 89.7...

 
Road to the White House / Cancer Caregiver Symposium (April 17, 2012)
USF St. Petersburg Road to the White House class (courtesy Judithanne Scourield McLauchlan)

Students in a USF St. Petersburg political science class are learning the nuts and bolts of presidential campaigns by volunteering for them. It’s called “Road to the White House,” and University Beat on WUSF TV joins them on the trip.

 
Caring for the Caregiver promo (courtesy Moffitt Cancer Center)

Moffitt Cancer Center is hosting a seminar Saturday, April 28th, not for people with cancer, but for those who are caring for them. This week’s University Beat on WUSF 89.7 FM has a preview of the “Caring for the Caregiver” event.

 
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