College of Arts and Sciences News

When she graduates Dec. 13, Violet Biggs ’24 will know she took advantage of every opportunity that came her way at USF.

USF’s own Lateefah Simon MNA ’22 has been elected to California’s 12th Congressional District seat, succeeding Rep. Barbara Lee.

Meet 16 new faculty members who joined USF this fall.

Paul S. Flores, adjunct professor of performing arts and social justice, has won the 2024 American Book Award for his debut collection of poetry, We Still Be: Poems and Performances.

In the 2023-24 academic year, USF awarded $79.5 million in need-based scholarships and grants to undergraduate students.

For Atanas Patterson ’25, his favorite part of visiting Fastly, the cloud computing company in the SoMa district of San Francisco, was the one-on-one time he had with a tech industry professional.

In a cross-campus collaboration, the School of Nursing and Health Professions is hiring theater students to act as patients in the Advanced Physical Assessment and Health Promotion graduate course. 

Charlie Mostow ’11 is a sculptor by trade. He worked for over four years on the 60-foot-long bronze memorial titled "A Soldier’s Journey," recently unveiled in Washington, D.C. Total commitment to his craft and the enactment of cura personalis were integral to his success as a member of the team that created the stirring monument.

Oscar Guzmán, MAPC ’22, was feeling stuck. He’d been in his marketing job at a hospital for a few years, and he was eager for more — a higher level position in a new industry. His master’s degree in Professional Communication (MAPC) from USF helped him achieve exactly that.

He talks about his honors thesis, favorite philosopher, and what drew him to the philosophy major.