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SARASOTA, FL, (June 21, 2005) – A group of middle-school age boys and girls from the Lee Wetherington Boys and Girls Club toured the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee June 14 to learn what it’s like to be a college student. The consensus at the question and answer session that followed was: you need to be prepared to do a lot of walking. Guided by campus admissions coordinators Julia Steele and Dale Johnson, the group learned about getting involved in clubs and community groups as well as getting good grades to prepare for applying to college.

USF Sarasota-Manatee is an upper-level campus for those with an associate’s or bachelor’s degree interested in pursuing a baccalaureate or master’s degree, professional certification, or continuing education credit. The campus offers the convenience of a hometown campus, including classes in south Sarasota County at Manatee Community College Venice. The Crosley Campus Center, scheduled to open in fall 2006, will be a 100,000-square-foot facility with 24 classrooms; a 190-seat lecture/exhibition hall; seminar and video-conferencing rooms; computer labs; a daycare center; student gathering places; faculty and staff offices; a technology and learning center; dining facilities; and training facilities for the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Once completed, the Center will offer some 800 courses annually in 39 academic programs.

PHOTO16: (LtoR) Jordan Brantly, Jill Schroeder, Derkia Thomas and Catherine Kasper enjoy the snack break in the Westside Student Center following the tour.