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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.

The cheering section for USF men’s basketball will get a little bigger this season as at least nine Dons games are scheduled for broadcast onto screens across the globe.

Monica Valencia JD ’17 credits “rebellious lawyering” for her successful representation of a young woman who fled gender-based violence in Guatemala with her two young children.

If you’re a college student in Japan and you want to study public health around the world, where in the world do you go?

Shawn P. Calhoun ’95, EdD ’12 is the new university library dean of the Gleeson Library|Geshke Center. Let’s get to know him.

Eileen Fry-Bowers is the new dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions. Let’s get to know her.