St. Petersburg College partners with Visit St. Pete-Clearwater to redesign hospitality education

St. Petersburg College is updating its hospitality curriculum through a new partnership with Visit St. Pete-Clearwater, aiming to better prepare students for careers in Florida’s growing tourism industry, according to a statement. The redesigned Introduction to Hospitality course eliminates traditional textbooks and instead features interactive, locally focused content including videos, images and insights from industry … Read more

The Speer YMCA exhibits an educational and economic impact for the community

Come August, an important partnership between Pinellas County and the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg expands a healthy world of possibilities for Tampa Bay area middle school students. With the opening last December, of the sprawling, 19-acre Speer YMCA, everything is in place to welcome the first class of the new Mangrove Bay Middle School, … Read more

USF receives a $1.5 million grant to develop an app that identifies climate risks in coastal communities

The University of South Florida has received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant which will allow researchers at the university to develop an application to identify flood risks. The app will combine volunteered geographic information and community crowdsourced data such as photos, and videos, with near real-time data on flooding. Using dynamic modeling and … Read more

USF and Florida Institute of Oceanography unveil high-tech vessel

The University of South Florida and the Florida Institute of Oceanography unveiled a 117-foot, twin-hulled research vessel during a homeporting event Wednesday at the USF St. Petersburg campus, outside the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub. FIO, which is hosted at USF and supports all institutions in the State University System, operates the state-of-the-art vessel which … Read more

The workforce problem and what Tampa Bay area educational institutions are doing about it

For the last decade, the only constant in the workforce has been change. Across various industries, transformation spins, creating new jobs or dramatically altering others, from the rapid advances in technology to the innovative industries springing up from new services and consumer needs, not to mention the mass pivot to remote settings as we rethink … Read more

Collaboration is key for Leap Tampa Bay’s success

For some, college is the natural progression out of high school. The preparations begin before senior year. Campus visits are scheduled, tests are taken, caps and gowns are ordered and before you know it, you’re searching for extra-long sheets for those oddly long twin-sized beds. For others, it’s not even an option. Not even a … Read more

Art, business worlds collide at Dalí Museum’s Innovation Labs

The Salvador Dalí Museum, an architectural triumph perched on the water in downtown St. Petersburg, truly is a global jewel in Tampa Bay’s own backyard. Home to the largest collection of Dalí’s works outside of Europe, the hurricane-proof museum is a treasure trove of culture. The museum draws flocks of locals and tourists alike, seeking … Read more