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Sarasota/Manatee campus and community leaders unveil expansion sign
New classroom facility will accommodate anticipated enrollment growth
(see photos below)

(Sarasota, FL, June 5, 2002) – A champagne toast and sign unveiling took place the afternoon of Thursday, May 23, as USF Sarasota/Manatee campus and community leaders celebrated $1.425 million in master plan funding by the state legislature (pending the Governor’s signature) to move forward with a new campus classroom and office space facility.  Campus board members, members of the campus’s Community Leadership Council (CLC), faculty and staff gathered outside the Powel Crosley Mansion in Manatee County for the happy event.  State-owned property totaling 33 acres that is adjacent to the Crosley Mansion will be the new facility’s location.  “The master planning money is a down payment on our eventual expansion to the new site,” says Campus Board Chairman Jan E. Smith.  “We really appreciate the efforts of our local legislative delegation in getting these funds.”

CLC Vice Chairman and USF alumnus Bob Turner, Vice President of Operations for the Bradenton Herald, led the toast as glasses clinked and twinkled in the late afternoon sun.  Afterward, Campus Board Member Cliff Walters and CLC Chairperson Liz Lindsay, also a USF graduate and former chairperson of the Florida Board of Regents, gently pulled a USF seal flag away from a 4 by 8-foot sign that will be posted soon near the U.S. 41 entrance to the expansion site.

The University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee Campus offers 25 degree programs for students to complete at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Currently serving 2,300 students annually, the campus is located at the Sarasota/Manatee County line on 140 acres, touching the shoreline of Sarasota Bay and adjacent to the Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.  It is part of the University of South Florida, the second largest university in Florida with more than 37,000 students, a Research I institution, and one of the top 20 largest universities in the United States.


Unveiling the campus EXPANSION sign!                    A toast to the future!                     

Media contact:  Ellen Wile (941) 359-4749; e-mail ewile@sar.usf.edu