University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee

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University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee


Motto:	"Truth and Wisdom"
Established:	1975
Location:	Sarasota, Florida, USA
Colors:	Green and Gold
Nickname:	Bulls
Mascot:	Rocky the Bull
Website:	http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/

The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, also known as USF Sarasota-Manatee, is a regional campus of the University of South Florida that was established in 1975. Along with the main campus in Tampa, Florida, USF Sarasota-Manatee has two sister campuses in Lakeland and St. Petersburg, the latter being autonomous.

USF Sarasota-Manatee offers over 40 bachelor's degree, master's degree, and certificate programs in Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Nursing, Hotel & Restaurant Management, and Information Technology. Day, evening, & weekend classes are offered at its new campus just north of University Parkway. The campus also boasts a location in south Sarasota County at Manatee Community College in Venice.

1 History
2 Ties with New College
3 Departments
4 Footnotes
5 External links

[edit] History

The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee opened in 1975 as a satellite campus of the University of South Florida.

[edit] Ties with New College

Since its creation in 1975, the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee shared a campus with the New College of Florida.^[1] New College and USF Sarasota-Manatee would continue to share campuses until a new campus was built for USF Sarasota Manatee. The new campus opened on August 28, 2006. ^[2] The campus is a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m²) facility with 24 classrooms, a 190-seat lecture/exhibition hall, seminar and video-conferencing rooms, computer labs, a child-care 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.^[3]

[edit] Departments

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

Official Website

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Campus Locations	University of South Florida • University of South Florida Lakeland • University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee • University of South Florida St. Petersburg
History	USF History • USFL History • USFSM History • USFSP History
People	List of University of South Florida alumni • John S. Allen • Betty Castor • Judy Genshaft • W. Reece Smith Jr. • Karen A. White
Athletics	Herd of Thunder • Rocky the Bull • South Florida Bulls • The War on I-4 • USF Sailing Team
Media	The Crow’s Nest • The Oracle • WBUL • WUSF (FM) • WUSF-TV
Facilities	USF Athletic Facility • University of South Florida Botanical Gardens • USF Soccer Stadium • USF Sun Dome
Related	New College of Florida • Phi Alpha Theta • The Historian