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Just weeks after she left Afghanistan for graduate school at USF, Faheema Eissar MS ’23 watched the Taliban take over her country. Once she’s finished with graduate school, she hopes to help take it back.

For the first time since 2019, students and employers converged on campus Nov. 17 for an evening of speed networking. This year’s lineup of employers: 2K, Amazon, AT&T, Cruise, Dolby Labs, Google, Pixar, San Francisco Giants, Sephora, Tesla, TikTok, and Visa.

When Naveed Ahmed Unar MS ’23 left Pakistan two years ago to join the Energy Systems Management program at USF, he did so as one of only 4,000 international Fulbright scholars selected to attend master’s or doctoral programs in the United States at a university of their choice.

Ryan Futagaki ’24 had never worn a hard hat or safety goggles. But he got up at 6 a.m. Sept. 22 and took a bus to Diamond Heights to help rebuild a house.

Professor Nicole Nguyen calls it “the Ninja Project.”

In the first week of their capstone class this semester, 19 School of Management honors program students were given $50 in seed money and a task by Nguyen: Break into teams, start a venture, and make a profit — in one week. The team that sees the highest profit wins.

Students, faculty, staff, and the community have the opportunity to hear from a racial justice leader in conversation with USF’s Dr. Clarence B. Jones at St. Ignatius Church on Nov. 19.

Colton Alexander ’24 grew up in the Bay Area and signed up for the Army when he was 17 — something he needed his family’s permission for because he was still a minor. After four years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and several traumatic brain injuries, Alexander retired from service and turned his sights to college.

On First-Generation College Celebration Day, Nov. 8, we recognize three first-gen students, two first-gen staff members, and one professor who helps first-generation students navigate higher education.

In June, the Biden-Harris administration selected, from more than 1,000 applicants, 40 fellows of the United States Digital Corps. Christy Tong MPA ’20 is one of them.

When the Art for Justice Fund told Sergio De La Torre that he had won a $100,000 grant from them, he didn’t believe it.