The University has enjoyed great success getting our story into the media this summer and we wanted to share some of it with you.

The USF Dons 1951 Football Team | Some believe it is the greatest college football team in history, and now Senator Barbara Boxer is now trying to get the team invited to the White House. Bill Henneberry, director of athletic development, has arranged interviews with the San Francisco Chronicle, KRON and KTVU-TV. John Madden talked at length about the great team on KCBS Radio. The University is now fielding calls from media nationwide, including the Associated Press and Reader’s Digest.

Cupcake Brown | An amazing woman with a compelling and inspiring story. Cupcake was a teenage runaway, a former gang member, a teenage prostitute and both a heroin and a crack addict. She is now a third year law student at USF and in the top of her class. She was featured on Court TV in a live, nationwide broadcast, on KPIX-TV, in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Recorder. Her story is also receiving national attention.

USF Study on Giving and Volunteering | The Institute for Non-Profit Organization Management found that California residents are more generous than the national average. The story was featured in the Los Angeles Times and across the state, including:

USF’s new faculty/staff housing project | This story was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, and on both KRON and KPIX-TV.

For more University news, be sure and visit the USFnews Online.

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