Recent University Beat episodes
Bullying Game (January 7, 2013)
Band geeks to computer nerds, dodge ball to detention. They’re all parts of “High School!! The Game of Surviving Public Education," the creation of a USF Honors College professor and his friends. University Beat on WUSF TV has a look at the game...
A USF Honors College professor and his friends have created a board game that’s partly a trip down memory lane, part life lesson. “High School!! The Game of Surviving Public Education” allows players to relive the good and bad of high school as...
Musical Training Research (rebroadcast) (December 31, 2012)
USF faculty are putting the old joke about “practice, practice, practice” being the best way to get to Carnegie Hall to the test. A teacher from the School of Music is teaming with a pair of Department of Communication Sciences researchers to...
It sounds like an infomercial pitch: “learn to play piano in two weeks!”—but it’s actually a project developed by USF’s School of Music and the Department of Communication Sciences. This week’s rebroadcast of University Beat on WUSF 89.7 tells...
HospitaBull (December 17, 2012)
Students in the USF Sarasota-Manatee College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership recently got the kind of ‘on the job’ training that most would-be chefs dream about, as they took over the kitchen of Michael’s on East for the HospitaBull...
It’s one of the University’s newest schools, and the College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership at USF Sarasota-Manatee is quickly becoming a success. That’s thanks to energetic leadership, talented students and generous donors. The three...
HospitaBull / Marianna Graves Update (December 10, 2012)
Students in the USF Sarasota-Manatee College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership recently got the kind of ‘on the job’ training that most would-be chefs dream about, as they took over the kitchen of Michael’s on East for the HospitaBull...
USF researchers' investigation of how many young men are buried on the grounds of the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, may end up raising more questions than it answers. The team has released an interim report detailing their findings...
Education in Action / Student Investors (December 4, 2012)
The Tutor-A-Bull program aims to help both student teachers in the USF College of Education and struggling grade, middle and high school students by pairing them up for one-on-one instruction. It's a program championed by Tampa philanthropist...
Students in one USF Business course have a lot more than a grade on the line—more like over 200 thousand dollars in REAL money! On this week's University Beat on WUSF 89.7, Jean Henry, filling in for Mark Schreiner, tells us how they’re testing...
Education in Action (November 26, 2012)
The Tutor-A-Bull program aims to help both student teachers in the USF College of Education and struggling grade, middle and high school students by pairing them up for one-on-one instruction. It's a program championed by Tampa philanthropist...
Olin Mott has worn many hats in his long life: Pearl Harbor survivor, business magnate and benefactor to dozens of Bay area charities and organizations. You can now add “Champion For Education” to that list, as USF’s College of Education recently...
