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Catching Up With Honors Alum Zita Fletcher

Honors alum Zita Fletcher shares how she built a career as a writer and military historian and how her Honors experience at the É«É«Ñо¿Ëù helped shape her journey. Her willingness to follow her interests — even without a set path — shows current students how interdisciplinary learning can support big goals.

December 4, 2025Alumni and Friends

Criminology Honors Student to Address Classmates at USF Commencement Ceremony

Sandra Ilona Napolitano, an Honors College grad earning a bachelor's in criminology, will address her graduating class as the ceremony’s student speaker.

December 4, 2025Accolades

USF Climate Teach-In Earns Regional CASE Honor for Multi-Day Event

Led by É«É«Ñо¿Ëù students and supported by the Judy Genshaft Honors College, the USF Climate Teach-In has earned the 2025 District III CASE Award for Special Events: In-Person (Multi-Day). The annual initiative brings together hundreds of students across all three campuses to advance sustainability, expand climate education, and strengthen community engagement.

December 1, 2025Accolades

More Than 100 Students Attend Honors Future MD Career Fair

É«É«Ñо¿Ëù Honors students connected with Tampa Bay region physicians, health-focused student organizations and alumni at a networking and panel event designed to offer real-world medical career guidance.

November 25, 2025Events

USF Students Compete to Launch Experiments Aboard the International Space Station

More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments bound for the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). This year, USF students joined the competition for the first time, rising to the challenge and uniting to bring their innovation into orbit.

November 24, 2025Accolades

USF’s Student-Led Florida MedConnect Expands Research Access for Aspiring Health Care Professionals

USF Honors students Shivanshu Kumar and Elaine Pan founded Florida MedConnect to help students interested in undergraduate research gain the skills necessary to access research opportunities, lab positions, and mentorship in faculty-led labs.

November 24, 2025CommunityVideo Story

An Honors Healing Arts class at USF St. Petersburg is helping students understand the therapeutic methods of interacting with art for people with memory loss.

November 21, 2025Teaching and Learning

USF Students Aim High as Fall National Scholarship Applications Hit Record Levels

The USF Office of National Scholars saw record attendance at its workshops and seminars this fall. In addition to nominating its first full cohort for the Churchill Scholarship, the ONS team mentored the largest number of Gilman Scholarship applicants ever for a fall cycle, and the students aren’t slowing down anytime soon.

November 18, 2025Community

Social Work Interdisciplinary Research Lab Spreads Awareness About Intimate Partner Violence at the 2025 India Festival Tampa Bay

SWIRL student scholars and volunteers connected festival-goers with resources and strategies to recognize and prevent intimate partner violence.

November 17, 2025Community

USF Honors Course Teaches Leadership Skills Through Emotional Intelligence

Led by licensed mental health counselor and Honors affiliate faculty member Melanie Ryerson, the Judy Genshaft Honors College course Life, Love, and Leadership gives students the opportunity to learn about emotional intelligence and leadership from experienced professionals and community leaders.

November 14, 2025Teaching and Learning

USF Honors Alum Jordan McGillis Awarded Novak Journalism Fellowship

Judy Genshaft Honors College alum Jordan McGillis has been awarded the 2025–26 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship to support in-depth research, reporting, and long-form journalism on issues facing the United States.

November 5, 2025Alumni and Friends

Honors IT Team Builds Research Portal Connecting USF Students and Faculty

A small team of Judy Genshaft Honors College students has transformed how undergraduate research happens at USF with the launch of the USF Research Portal. What began as an Honors College project is now a university-wide platform connecting thousands of students and faculty to new opportunities.

November 4, 2025CommunityVideo Story