College of Arts and Sciences News

If you asked anyone when I was growing up what career I would end up pursuing, you would probably have never heard of anything to do with healthcare. Those around me would have predicted that I would likely pursue being a lawyer or go into business. So, how did I end up as a psychiatric nurse practitioner?

Karim Iliya ’12, a media studies major and astronomy minor who works as a photographer, filmmaker, and whale-swimming guide, has been chosen from a million applicants to journey to the moon as part of the SpaceX dearMoon project.

Sheillah Tumusiime ’23 has been chosen by the National Institutes of Health to address health care disparities among people of color.

Isaiah Hawthorne ‘24, is one of many students who attends USF on a donor-funded scholarship. His athletic scholarship has opened doors to the court and the classroom.

She talks about her communication studies major, her internship, and how it feels to pitch her ideas to executives.

The communication studies student tells how USF prepared her to work with Wish and 2k Games, and where she is setting her sights next.

The psychology student describes how USF has prepared her to succeed in her volunteer work at the National Alliance on Mental Illness

The marketing major talks about how USF prepared him for his work in social media at Converse.