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Club Mentor
| USF Sarasota-Manatee
Education majors at USF Sarasota-Manatee have partnered with Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Suncoast to mentor students in a local elementary school. The USF Sarasota-Manatee students are members of the PRIDE (Promoting, Recruiting, Increasing Diverse Educators) Club and have been working with BBBS students at Rogers Garden Elementary School where some of the USFSM students are also completing their internships.
Gazelle Lab
| USF St. Petersburg
With the work of USF St. Petersburg entrepreneurship students assisting them along the way, the 14 entrepreneurs selected for the inaugural Gazelle Lab capped their mentor-driven program on Nov. 17 with funding pitches to investors from around the country.
The entrepreneurs had three months to fulfill their charge — absorb all the training, guidance and support provided by USFSP students and more than 60 community mentors to then successfully pitch an expansion plan for their recently launched businesses.
New Lab
USF Polytechnic's new Applied Neuroscience and Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab in Winter Haven focuses on examining neural processes in healthy individuals and those with cognitive impairment. Aryn Bush, assistant professor of psychology and Richard Marshall, associate professor of education, are the lab's co-directors.