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USF set to consolidate the Student Green Energy Fund across campuses this summer

3 days ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

The solar carport on top of USF St. Petersburg’s parking garage is among the campus’s SGEF intiatives. Photo courtesy of USFBy Alisha DurosierTaking another step in its ongoing consolidation effort, the University of South Florida is merging its three campuses’ Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF).
Florida Studies Program celebrates state’s diverse, unique and strange history

2 weeks ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

Photo by Alisha Durosier | The Crow’s NestBy Alisha DurosierWTF really means “Welcome to Florida,” according to journalist and author Craig Pittman. The bestselling Tampa Bay author kicked off the inaugural Florida Studies Book Festival on April 5, with a crowd of Florida literature enthusiasts, local authors and University of South Florida faculty and students at the St. Petersburg campus’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Tampa Bay approaches the 2025 hurricane season with climate anxiety

3 weeks ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene. Photo by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration By Alisha DurosierLindsay Bixler does not envision her future children settling in Florida when they reach her age; she’s unsure if the state will even be an option for them to call home.
How Tampa Bay journalists are contending with the Trump administration’s ‘firehose’

1 month ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

International news network Voice of America was also a target of the Trump Administration. It was dismantled in March before being reinstated in April.
USF graphic arts program examines AI

2 months ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

An image search on Adobe Stock is shown flooded with AI-generated photosPhoto courtesy of Lauren GaubertBy Jasmin ParradoThe University of South Florida’s graphic arts program is an example of the city’s penchant for creativity. Students with a graphic design concentration put it to the test through marketing and communication, embedding their work in products ranging from abstract fonts and website visuals to shoe boxes and restaurant menus.
St. Pete faces new future after Rays back out of stadium deal

2 months ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

Photo by Sofía García Vargas | The Crow’s NestBy Alisha DurosierAs the Tampa Bay Rays begin a new season at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, the City of St. Petersburg is also entering a new phase after the Rays announced that they will not be moving forward with the 86-acre, Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment project and stadium deal.
USF under federal investigation for ‘impermissible race-based scholarships’

2 months ago | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

Photo by Aubrey Carr | The Crow’s Nest By Alisha Durosier Shortly after the University of South Florida was listed among 60 universities under federal investigation for “antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” the university is facing another investigation for offering alleged “impermissible race-based scholarships.” In a letter sent to USF on March 13, the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office (OCR) cited a complaint alleging that the university’s partnership with the McKnight...
St. Pete-based Afro Opera turns the spotlight to Black classical artists

Mar 10, 2025 | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

(Left to right) Austin Gaskin, Teia Watson and Brittany Graham at the Feb. 2 Afro Opera Black History Month showcase, “A Message from the Roots.” Photo courtesy of Maiya Stevenson By Alisha DurosierA captivated audience listened as Matthew 6:9-13 angelically echoed through the pews of First Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg. “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Office of Student Success undergoes reorganization

Mar 10, 2025 | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

Photo by Alisha Durosier | The Crow’s NestBy Alisha DurosierAs a part of the University of South Florida’s ongoing consolidation efforts, the university’s Office of Student Success, a multi-department office that focuses on student life beyond academics, is being restructured across all three campuses.
Students petition for the return of USC identity flags

Mar 10, 2025 | crowsneststpete.com | Alisha Durosier

Photo by Mahika Kukday | The Crow’s NestBy Alisha Durosier Nearly eight months after the international and gender identity flags once housed in USF St. Petersburg’s University Student Center (USC) were removed, students have started a petition calling on the university to put the flags back on display. Circulating online and physically across campus, the petition was published on Feb.