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One Book, One Community
| USFSM
Five USF Sarasota-Manatee College of Arts and Sciences students recently offered their original historical research on topics inspired by Laura Hillenbrand’s “Unbroken,” the story of Olympic runner Louis Zamperini’s experiences as a Japanese prisoner during World War II.
The student presentations, part of Sarasota County’s One Book, One Community program, included examinations of World War II propaganda, the B-24 airplane, Tojo Hideki and Japanese POWs.
Emerging Leader
| USFSP
USF St. Petersburg’s Entrepreneurship Program has been named the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program in the United States. The USFSP program took top honors at the annual United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference in San Francisco, edging out finalists University of Maryland and the University of Rochester.
The award comes less than three years after the program was founded and just a year-and-a-half since classes began. In 2012, students in the Entrepreneurship Club won the prestigious CEO Startup Simulation Challenge.