Students go diving at aquarium
TAMPA – Three middle and high school students from historically underserved Tampa neighborhoods swapped backpacks for dive helmets March 19 at The Florida Aquarium.
As part of the Teen Achievers AQUA Experience, they explored the aquarium’s 500,000-gallon Heart of the Sea habitat during the SeaTREK underwater walking adventure, coming face-to-face with rays, a rescued sea turtle, and hundreds of Indo-Pacific fish.
The Teen Achievers AQUA Experience is a partnership between Bank of America, the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, and The Florida Aquarium that prepares teens to become future leaders through college readiness resources, leadership development, and opportunities to make a meaningful impact in their communities.
Following the dive, 17 additional Teen Achievers participated in a panel on careers in conservation, enjoyed lunch, toured exhibits, and set out on a Wild Dolphin Cruise in Tampa Bay.
Saint Leo hosts policy leader
- LEO – Saint Leo University invites the community to attend Breakfast with Tom Sullivan for a conversation on the policy environment shaping small businesses and entrepreneurship across the United States.
Sullivan is senior vice president for small business policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he works with chambers nationwide to ensure small businesses’ voices are heard in Washington.
The breakfast starts at 8 a.m. April 10 at the Wellness Center on Saint Leo’s University Campus, 12338 Priory Circle, St. Leo.
The event will give regional business leaders and members of the Saint Leo community a chance to engage with one of the nation’s leading voices on small business policy.
Registration for the event is free but required. Register at calendar.saintleo.edu/event/16741-breakfast-with-tom-sullivan.
PHSC trustees to review fee adjustment
WESLEY CHAPEL – Pasco-Hernando State College’s District Board of Trustees is considering a proposed course-related fee adjustment.
A decision may come at 11:30 a.m. April 21 at the Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, 2727 Mansfield Blvd., Wesley Chapel.
Fee adjustment proposals are reviewed and approved for DBOT consideration by PHSC’s Council of Academic Affairs.
Visit policies.phsc.edu/policies-and-procedures/public-disclosure for details regarding proposed adjustments, justification for the fees and implementation details.
Many adjustments relate to vendor increases for workforce courses, laboratories and program testing. Some fees may be covered by financial aid, scholarships and grants. All fees charged by vendors are negotiated by the college, with additional fee increases and decreases expected in the coming academic year.
PHSC has not raised tuition since the 2012-13 academic year.
Hillsborough schools get new trees
TAMPA – Trees play a vital role in local communities by protecting people from extreme environmental elements.
Through a hands-on educational opportunity, Hillsborough County’s Environmental Services Division and Hillsborough County Public Schools will teach students about the resilience of trees and how they help mitigate storm surge, absorb stormwater, decrease urban heat island effects and provide shade to lessen chances of heat stroke and dehydration.
In celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Month, two local schools are receiving donated trees from TECO as part of the county’s third annual Classroom to Canopy Tree-Planting. The private events will take place at Thompson Elementary School and Giunta Middle School.
Students will have a chance to assist in the tree-plantings by carefully refilling the trees’ new homes with soil to help them grow strong, resilient roots.
Student veterans support Liberty Manor
TAMPA – Students representing the Hillsborough College Student Veterans of America Chapter at HCC Tampa participated in a day of community service at Liberty Manor for Veterans.
Members at the event were Jazmin Collins, John Smith, Maria Pena, Issac Ruiz, Christopher Reed, Jacques Noel, Rozel Matthews, China Booker, Francesca Ruiz, Michael Wisneski and Charlye Torres.
The HCC Veterans Club enhances the relationship between the students who have served in our Armed Forces and those who haven’t.
Liberty Manor for Veterans promotes the developmental and social needs of disabled and honorably discharged veterans who have fallen victim to homelessness.
Quick Hits
- Landon Raab, of Odessa, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at University of Florida.
- Kiran Gopala Iyer, of Odessa, and Carter Mogridge, of Lutz, graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa organized the Sisterhood Summit for high school girls across Tampa Bay. The event was scheduled for March 27 at Tampa Bay History Center.
