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![Student plays the guitar in front of an LED wall donated to USF](/images/news/2021/gift-of-more-than-500000-will-benefit-usf-mass-communications-students-faculty/new-studio.jpg)
Gift of more than $500,000 in cutting-edge technology equipment will benefit USF mass communications students, faculty
The University of South Florida today announced a gift from Diamond View Studios and Vū Technologies to the College of Arts and Sciences to support virtual production education and training in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications.
September 15, 2021University News
![Rendering of USF Football Indoor Practice Facility](/images/news/2021/university-of-south-florida-raises-more-than-100-million-in-private-gifts-for-the-third-straight-year/donation-listing.jpg)
University of South Florida raises more than $100 million in private gifts for the third straight year
Even in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of South Florida community rallied together during fiscal year 2021 to support students, faculty and staff by raising in excess of $110 million.
August 3, 2021University News
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USF receives $1.4 million gift to support student access to higher education
The University of South Florida today announced a $1.4 million gift from Helios Education Foundation to benefit the Florida College Access Network, a statewide organization hosted at USF with a mission that supports student success.
March 24, 2021University News
![The College of Marine Science at sunset](/images/news/2021/3million-gift-to-benefit-college-of-marine-science/usf-cms-sunset-490x327.jpg)
USF receives $3 million gift to benefit the College of Marine Science
The University of South Florida today announced a $3 million gift to the USF Foundation that will benefit students in the College of Marine Science. The estate gift from Anne Von Rosenstiel, who passed away in December 2019, will be divided between two existing endowments established by Von Rosenstiel and her late husband, Werner.
January 25, 2021University News
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Celebrating the life and work of Skip Gandy
The USF Libraries celebrate the life and work of George “Skip” Gandy IV, 1942-2020. A Florida native, Gandy’s childhood on Davis Islands shaped him into becoming an avid outdoorsman, environmental activist, and an honored donor to USF.
December 23, 2020University News
![David Miga](/images/news/2020/usf-receives-2-million-gift-from-local-entrepreneur-to-benefit-the-college-of-engineering/miga-490-327.jpg)
USF receives $2 million gift from local entrepreneur to benefit the College of Engineering
The University of South Florida today announced a $2 million gift to the USF Foundation that will benefit students and faculty in the College of Engineering. The estate gift from David Miga, owner and president of Electronic Design Specialists, will establish the David Miga Endowed Scholarship for Electrical Engineering and create the David T. Miga Innovation Facility Fund.
December 9, 2020University News
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Helios Education Foundation awards grant to USF to help grow Black student enrollment
The University of South Florida announced today that it has received a grant from Helios Education Foundation to further the university’s long-standing commitment to student success for underrepresented populations.
December 2, 2020University News
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USF breaks ground on innovative Judy Genshaft Honors College
The University of South Florida broke ground today on the new home of the Judy Genshaft Honors College, a five-story, 85,000-square-foot facility that will strengthen USF’s position to attract the best students in Florida, nationally and internationally.
December 1, 2020University News
![A diver from the USF College of Marine Science going into the Gulf Mexico to conduct research](/images/news/2020/city-of-st-petersburg-supports-usf-efforts-to-further-enhance-diversity-with-new-pledge-to-college-of-marine-science/cms-490-327.jpg)
City of St. Petersburg supports USF efforts to further enhance diversity with new pledge to College of Marine Science
The City of St. Petersburg has contributed $125,000 to the University of South Florida Foundation to help enhance diversity in the ocean sciences. The gift to the USF College of Marine Science’s “Bridge to the Doctorate” fellowship endowment supports underrepresented students of color who are African American or Black, Hispanic or Latinx, Pacific Islanders, Native American or Alaska Native.
October 30, 2020University News
![USF alumna and longtime donor, Lynn Pippenger](/images/news/2020/muma-college-of-business-receives-5-million-gift-from-longtime-donor-lynn-pippenger/pippenger-490-327.jpg)
USF Muma College of Business receives $5 million gift from longtime donor Lynn Pippenger
The USF Foundation has received a $5 million gift from alumna and longtime donor, Lynn Pippenger. This generous gift will create an endowed deanship in the Muma College of Business, which will support the dean’s strategic direction for the college.
July 7, 2020University News
![USF student working at their computer](/images/news/2020/one-student-one-story-oneusf/elysa-story-490-327.jpg)
One Student. One Story. #ONEUSF
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught me anything, it has been how much I love the University of South Florida community. Its unique camaraderie, intimacy and diversity attracts many students, like myself, to USF. Now, three months absent of these defining interpersonal aspects, I reflect on my experience as a USF student during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 22, 2020COVID-19, Campus Life
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USF Health receives $4 million estate gift to assist medical students
The University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine recently received more than $4 million, the largest single gift to scholarships in the history of the medical college. The gift from the late Dr. Jack F. Ross will benefit the medical scholarship that bears his name.
June 17, 2020USF Health, University News