This collection includes programs, scripts, and other materials related to commencement ceremonies held at USF St. Petersburg campus. Please note that the candidates listed in these materials represent individuals who had submitted applications for graduation. However, the presence of a name in a program programs does not necessarily mean that a student met all requirements for graduation during the stated semester.
Graduation celebrations have occurred for USF St. Petersburg campus students since the early 1970s. The first celebration included a dinner and program during which candidates for graduation received certificates at the Port-O-Call, a popular hotel and restaurant (now demolished) on Tierra Verde, in 1971. Although similar celebrations occurred during the 1970s and 1980s, no official commencement was offered except at USF Tampa during this time.
The first "official" commencement at USF St. Petersburg campus took place in May 1982 along the harborside area of the campus near Davis and Bayboro halls. For the next decade, the only commencements offered at USFSP took place at the end of the Spring terms. The first USF St. Petersburg campus December commencement for Fall graduates occurred in December 1993 at the Tradewinds Resort in St. Pete Beach. Since that time, USF St. Petersburg campus has regularly offered May and December commencements, usually at the Mahaffey Theater. The May 2002 commencement marked the first time that a freshman class from USFSP earned diplomas when two students from the USFSP College of Education completed their degree requirements.
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Submissions from 2018
Commencement : 2018 : Summer : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2018 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2017
Commencement : 2017 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2015
Commencement : 2015 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement Award Recipients, J. M. (Sudsy) Tschiderer
Commencement Speakers, J. M. (Sudsy) Tschiderer
Commencement : 2015 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2015 : Spring : Video, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2014
Commencement : 2014 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2014 : Fall : Video, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2014 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2013
Commencement : 2013 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2013 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2012
Commencement : 2012 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2012 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2011
Commencement : 2011 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2011 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2010
Commencement : 2010 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2010 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2009
Commencement : 2009 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2009 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2008
Commencement : 2008 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2008 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2007
Commencement : 2007 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2007 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2006
Commencement : 2006 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2006 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
USF Honorary Degree Recipients at Commencements through May 2006, University of South Florida. System. and University of South Florida. Office of the President.
Submissions from 2005
Commencement : 2005 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2005 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2004
Commencement : 2004 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2004 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2003
Commencement : 2003 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2003 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2002
Commencement : 2002 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2002 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2001
Commencement : 2001 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2001 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
USFSP Commencement Milestones, J. M. (Sudsy) Tschiderer
USF President Awards Delivered at USF Commencement Ceremonies through 2001, University of South Florida. System. and University of South Florida. Office of the President.
Submissions from 2000
Commencement : 2000 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 2000 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1999
Commencement : 1999 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 1999 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1998
Commencement : 1998 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 1998 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1997
Commencement : 1997 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Deans Citation Awards Memorandum : 1997 : 06 : 23, University of South Florida St. Petersburg. and Deborah Kurelik
Commencement : 1997 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1996
Commencement : 1996 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 1996 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1995
Commencement : 1995 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 1995 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1994
Commencement : 1994 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 1994 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1993
Commencement : 1993 : Fall : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Commencement : 1993 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1992
Commencement : 1992 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1991
Commencement : 1991 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1990
Commencement : 1990 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1988
Commencement : 1988 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1987
Commencement : 1987 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1986
Commencement : 1986 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1984
Commencement : 1984 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1983
Commencement : 1983 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1982
Commencement : 1982 : Spring : Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 1980
About This Collection : Graduations and Commencements, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
