When the Howard Johnson Hotel was filled and there were still students that needed housing, the University of Tampa turned to the Sheraton Suites as a temporary fix. Four weeks into the semester students ...

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Jeffrey Parker, the new face of the University of Tampa’s MFA program in Creative Writing, is striving to create a unique graduate experience both intimate and international, convenient and comprehensive. “Our goal is to combine ...

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Students returning to the University of Tampa this semester may have noticed a number of new building projects being undertaken across campus.  To further investigate these exciting and wide-spread expansions to school facilities, The Minaret ...

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Student Government President Chris McCarthy and Vice President Elbin Keeppanasseril are passing the torch of leadership to juniors Nick Chmura and Luke Filloramo this upcoming semester. Chmura, a finance major from Ohio, and Filloramo, a ...

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University of Tampa’s own Stephanie Russell Holz, soon to be Dean of Students, started her UT career in the capacity of Assistant Director of Student Activities twelve years ago. At the time the university was ...

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Robert Ruday, Dean of Students at the University of Tampa since 1994, is planning to pass the torch to a successor at the end of the semester. He described the role of the office he ...

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After more than a decade of service at the University of Tampa, Robert Ruday, current dean of students, is retiring from his 16-year tenure. When Ruday first came to UT, he managed a federal grant ...

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All during this week, professors garbed in the gowns of full academic regalia will be invading unsuspecting classrooms across campus. They will be inducting or “tapping” worthy students into the newly formed University of Tampa ...

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Renowned for its beaches and year-round moderate weather, the sunshine state location of the University of Tampa makes it an ideal exhibition stage for the tanned, toned bodies of college students hailing from all across ...

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As the much anticipated Gasparilla weekend approaches, student excitement is mounting to a an almost-tangible level of anticipation. Campus is buzzing with talk of parties, parades, drinking schedules and plans for all manner of debauchery. ...

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On Jan. 8, just a week past the turn of the new year, the entire nation recoiled in horror at the tragic shooting outside of Tucson, Arizona grocery store that left six dead and another ...

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The University of Tampa will be welcoming Ofer Bavly, Israeli Consul General to Florida and Puerto Rico, to campus on Monday night. Bavly will address UT students at 7:00 p.m. in Plant Hall’s Fletcher Lounge ...

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The newest popular beverage to sweep campus, the energy-alcohol hybrid beverage known as Four Lokos, can be purchased at nearby as Metro Food Mart or Walmart. The controversial concoction that UT senior Michael Hannon referred ...

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As the grand edifice of the new Sykes Chapel nears completion, University of Tampa students have grown increasingly curious as to the role the Center for Faith and Values will play in the campus community. ...

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