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Graduate Assistants Contribute to Honors Success
Meet the graduate assistants of the Judy Genshaft Honors College! With diverse personal and academic backgrounds, each plays a unique role within the college, all dedicated to supporting the success of our Honors students, faculty, and staff.
November 19, 2024Community, Teaching and Learning
Honors College Advisors Go Beyond Academics to Support Student Success
The Judy Genshaft Honors College emphasizes relationship-building and student success through personal advising. Honors advisors, like Arnaldo Mejias, Ava Gomez, and Krysta Banke, bring unique approaches to supporting students’ journeys, focusing on accessibility, personal investment, and collaborative goal-setting.
November 12, 2024Teaching and Learning
Honors Course Promotes Civic Literacy Among Students
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Ruth teaches Civic Literacy and Current Events at the Judy Genshaft Honors College, a course designed to enhance civic engagement through critical discussions on politics and current events. Students develop essential skills to navigate the political landscape and make informed voting decisions.
November 7, 2024Teaching and Learning
USF Sarasota Cybersecurity Empowers Student Research Opportunities
Dr. Jordan Howell and Honors alum Kaylee Eckelman are driving interdisciplinary collaboration at USF Sarasota-Manatee's Sarasota Cybersecurity lab, unlocking groundbreaking research and valuable professional opportunities for undergraduates across all three USF campuses.
November 4, 2024Community, Teaching and Learning
USF Team Excels at 2024 U.S. Universities Arabic Debate Competition
USF Honors professor Raja Benchekroun led students Amber Johnson, Ghali Omar Boutaib, and Taha Ahmed Feddoul to a successful showing at the 5th U.S. Universities Arabic Debate Competition in New York City, where they placed 12th out of 39 teams.
October 28, 2024Accolades, Teaching and Learning
USF Launches Program to Inspire Next Generation of National Security Leaders
The Global and National Security Institute’s Future Strategist Program will help meet the demand for the next generation of national security leaders, offering students unparalleled opportunities to jumpstart impactful careers in this critical field.
September 30, 2024Teaching and Learning
English Lessons: 2024 Honors Semester in Exeter
Through cultural excursions and unique coursework, Honors students Jamie Powers, Reva Gandhi, and Breno Nery Dantas formed lasting connections while exploring southwest England during an immersive six-month study abroad experience.
September 23, 2024Community, Teaching and Learning
A Great Grandmother Inspired this Student's Research into Dementia
Growing up, Honors student Dana Smith had a close relationship with her great grandmother. But Smith knew her mostly as a family member who suffered from dementia. That experience inspired Smith to get involved with the Preventing Alzheimer's with Cognitive Training study.
September 10, 2024Accolades, Teaching and Learning
Honors College Professor Has a Side Gig: Mayor of Gulfport
Who better to teach classes on local government and responding to natural hazards than the mayor of a small, coastal town in Florida? Gulfport Mayor Sam Henderson is teaching courses focused on environmental issues, building community and public policy this academic year.
August 28, 2024Community, Teaching and Learning
USF Invited to Join Prestigious Churchill Scholarship Program
The Winston Churchill Foundation has selected the University of South Florida as a participant institution in the prestigious Churchill Scholarship Program. This program offers a pathway to graduate study at the University of Cambridge for outstanding STEM students.
August 19, 2024Accolades, Teaching and Learning
Students Travel to Japan for New Insights on Caring for Others
College of Arts and Sciences students also enrolled in the Judy Genshaft Honors College gained new insights about the history and culture of care in Japan this summer as part of the “Beyond the Classroom” study abroad experience offered by the Honors College.
July 29, 2024Teaching and Learning
Honors Students Explore Audio Storytelling in New Course
Led by affiliate faculty member Deepak Singh, students in the immersive Honors course "Writing for the Ear" learn to adapt their writing for sound, using audio techniques and the college's podcast studios to craft powerful stories.
June 25, 2024Teaching and Learning