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![The welcome table at the 2023 2nd Annual Climate Teach-In on USF's Tampa campus](/honors/news/images/2023/climate-teach-in-primer-490x328.png)
Judy Genshaft Honors College Helps Grow Worldwide Climate Teach-In
Since 2022, Honors students and educators have collaborated to share information on climate change, climate action, and climate justice as part of the Annual Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Justice. Plans are now underway to expand the teach-in to a university-wide, weeklong event.
December 15, 2023Community, Events, Teaching and Learning
![The Judy Genshaft Honors College fall class of 2023](/honors/news/images/2023/fall-graduation-listing-image-490x328.png)
Judy Genshaft Honors College Celebrates 100 Graduates Across Fall Graduation Ceremonies
Friends, family, and faculty gathered to celebrate 100 high-achieving Fall 2023 Honors College graduates who were recognized during ceremonies across all three USF campuses.
![131st Commencement Convocation, Fall 2023](/honors/news/images/2023/usf_fall_commencement_listing_image_490x328.png)
USF Conferred More Than 4,400 Degrees During Fall Commencement
Graduates include student veterans, a mother-daughter earning their degrees at the same time, and a future engineer with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder graduating with a near-perfect GPA.
![Sarasota-Manatee Judy Genshaft Honors College Assistant Dean Cayla Lanier and two 2023 Honors graduates.](/honors/news/images/2023/sarasota-2023-symposium-listing-490x328.png)
2023 Honors Symposium Celebrates USF Sarasota-Manatee Honors Community
At this year's Sarasota-Manatee Honors Symposium, the University of South Florida's Honors community gathered to recognize the outstanding achievements of first year and graduating students. The event featured presentations of freshmen theses and included a graduation celebration ceremony.
![The students, judges and faculty that participated in the Grand Challenge competition smile for a group photo.](/honors/news/images/2023/grand-challenge-listing-490x328.png)
2023 Grand Challenge Competition Recap: Access to Meaningful Work
The 2023 Grand Challenge has come to a momentous close as student finalists pitched their proposals to conclude the competition. The winning student team, ARThritis, was selected by the panel of judges to implement their project in the Tampa community in spring 2024.
November 20, 2023Community, Events, Teaching and Learning
![Group gives “Go Bulls” hand signal in the football stands.](/honors/news/images/2023/homecoming-2023-listing-490x328.jpeg)
USF Welcomes the Community to Attend Homecoming Week Events, Oct. 8-14
The Tampa Bay community is invited to join students, alumni, faculty and staff at dozens of events, including a concert, carnival, talent show, parade and the USF football game against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Raymond James Stadium.
October 5, 2023Alumni and Friends, Community, Events
![Dr. Sylvia Thomas, Honors student council president Audra Nikolajski, Dr. Lindy Davidson, and Dean Charles Adams smile at the Tampa Campus’s 2023 Honors Convocation Ceremony.](/honors/news/images/2023/listing-image-convocation-recap-490x328.png)
Photo Gallery: 2023 Honors Convocation
A yearly tradition, The Judy Genshaft Honors College celebrated its growing community at one of the University of South Florida college's most anticipated events, Honors Convocation. Ceremonies took place across USF's Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee campuses.
![Judy Genshaft Honors College students and staff pose for a picture in the AMRoC Fab Lab in Tampa.](/honors/news/images/2023/amroc-fab-lab-2023-490x328.png)
Getting FAB in the AMRoC Lab
Honors students had the opportunity to visit the AMRoC FAB LAB and discover the inspiring array of learning and service experiences the community makerspace has to offer.
September 29, 2023Community, Events, Teaching and Learning
![Dr. Benjamin Scott Young speaks to Honors students about the Semester in Exeter program.](/honors/news/images/2023/tapas-night-listing-490x328.png)
Photo Gallery: 2023 Tapas Night Study Abroad Expo
On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Honors students and faculty gathered to explore study abroad opportunities at the Judy Genshaft Honors College's annual Tapas Night Study Abroad Expo.
![Dr. Cathleen Kaveny (Photo courtesy of Phi Beta Kappa)](/honors/news/images/2023/kaveny-490x328.jpg)
Frontier Forum to Feature Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr. Cathleen Kaveny
The USF College of Arts and Sciences is set to welcome law and ethics professor Dr. Cathleen Kaveny on Nov. 15 at the Judy Genshaft Honors College, as part of the signature lecture series Frontier Forum.
September 27, 2023Events
![Students smile holding food and drinks at the Welcome Home Celebration](/honors/news/images/2023/welcome-home-listing-490x328.png)
Photo Gallery: Welcome Home Celebration
On August 18, the Honors community celebrated the opening of the new Judy Genshaft Honors College building and the upcoming fall semester. Students, faculty, and parents enjoyed food trucks and touring the new building during the Welcome Home celebration event Hosted by USF President Emerita Genshaft and her husband Steven Greenbaum.
![Featured event speaker Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan (Photo courtesy: Siva Vaidhyanathan)](/honors/news/images/2023/dem-event-490x328.png)
CAS Democracy and Citizenship Speakers Series to Feature Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan
The lecture, “Digital Democracy and Digital Sovereignty: How China, Russia, Europe, and the United States are Forging a Fractured, New, Digital Ecosystem,” will explain the idea of ‘digital sovereignty,’ the ways that a nation creates and enforces its own sense of what should be allowed and watched on digital networks.
August 31, 2023Events