From left: Ellen Cotton and Kate Tiedemann with students from the Kate Tidemann College of Business

USF St. Petersburg has many reasons to celebrate this year. Last week, the Kate Tiedemann College of Business celebrated its "Topping Out" ceremony as well as a $1 million donation from philanthropist Ellen Cotton. 

Fulbright recipients, from left: Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou, Indhira Suero Acosta, and Phillip Kasaija

USF St. Petersburg is excited to host three Fulbright award recipients from around the world during the Spring 2016 term:

Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou, assistant professor of Folklore and Society at the University of Athens in Greece, is at USF St. Petersburg on a Fulbright research grant. She is spending three months focusing on Greek diaspora in the Tampa Bay area, particularly Tarpon Springs. She is sponsored by USFSP Associate Professor of Anthropology Ella Schmidt and the USFSP Program of Anthropology.

Phillip Kasaija, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, is an expert on armed conflict, conflict resolution, and transitional justice. Kasaija is spending the Spring 2016 semester teaching two courses at USFSP as part of his Fulbright faculty grant. He is sponsored by the Honors Program in collaboration with Stetson University College of Law and the Florida Holocaust Museum.

Indhira Suero Acosta, who is from the Dominican Republic, is enrolled for her second semester as a graduate student in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. She will continue her studies at USFSP thanks to a two-year Fulbright scholarship. Acosta said she aims to graduate in Spring 2017. 

Chryssanthopoulou and Kasaija will participate in a research discussion in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library area called Poynter Corner on Wednesday, March 9 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.