AmeriCorps, an organization devoted to the betterment of impoverished and troubled communities across the nation, newly assigned representative Karen Lederer to a coordinator post at UT. A recent university graduate herself, Lederer recognizes the importance of educating people on the role ...

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The upcoming colloquium series to be held in the John Sykes College of Business will be comprised of three diverse lectures intended to broaden interdisciplinary appreciation among University of Tampa students. The first installment of this free event will be ...

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Next week, 408 University of Tampa students will graduate. The 2009 winter commencement will take place Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. in the Martinez Sports Center. Dr. Gary S. Luter, recipient of the Louise Loy Hunter Award, director of the UT Honors ...

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Keith Bellows, editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine, visited The University of Tampa last Thursday. The event was titled, All the World’s a Classroom, the third in a series of related presentations put on by the Office of International Programs. The event was ...

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The annual Helping Hands Across America food drive visited The University of Tampa last Thursday to gather food supplies for the poor communities within the U.S. UT Sodexo contact and Director of Marketing Wade Burghardt, said Sodexo clients across America joined ...

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What started as a group project to design an advertising campaign will become an important campus event next month. On Dec. 1 at 7 p.m., all the University of Tampa’s fraternities will be required to attend the Dating Violence Awareness Seminar, ...

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One man responsible for having facilitated Mattel Inc.’s plunge into the digital age made an appearance on campus last Thursday. Chuck Scothon, General Manager of Mattel Digital Network and Senior Vice President of Digital Play, spoke on the ninth floor of ...

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Sudanese lost boy Valentino Achak Deng commenced his visit to campus Tuesday with an appearance at Reeve’s theater in Vaughn Center. Wasting no time with unnecessary introductions, he immediately opened the floor to comments from UT students. Most students in attendance at ...

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A decision made last Wednesday to ban Sigma Delta Tau sorority from the Greek Variety Show caused an uproar in the Greek community. The punishment was so contested that it was partially overturned just two days later to allow the sorority ...

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A protest against Bank of America funding for mountain-top removal mining is currently in the works for one of The University of Tampa organizations. “We wanted to do something proactive this year,” said UT Sociology Club President Ashlea Whitney. “Even though ...

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Last week’s strategic planning weekend was deemed a huge success for all Greek Life organizations at The University of Tampa. Participants affirmed traditional core values like academic excellence, inclusion, integrity, leadership, lifelong friendship and social responsibility, formulating new plans to better ...

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Almost each week, it appears the Police Beat section of The Minaret is spotted with instances of bike theft that occur on campus. In response to growing concern over these instances, Kevin Howell, assistant director of Campus Safety and Security, spoke ...

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