Petition summary and background:
The Florida House of Representatives has proposed a bill that would result in a consolidation of the current USF System. This appears in statute 1004.335. If the bill is passed containing statute 1004.335 by the state legislature and signed into law by the governor, our institutions in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee would be statutorily required to operate under a single, unified accreditation. Employees working for the university are restricted as to what they can do/say regarding their opinions on this bill because it can jeopardize their jobs. This is why it is even more important that students and alumni express their concerns. Let’s continue USFSP’s legacy as a separately accredited university!
Join the Facebook Group: Students/Alumni Against HB 423
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We, the undersigned, are concerned students who urge our leaders to act now to vote against HB 423.
Updates
February 3, 2018
I am currently compiling our collective concerns to deliver directly to the legislature. The feedback from alumni has been overwhelming.
February 3, 2018
The momentum is undeniable now. Seeing this level of engagement proves exactly how much the identity of our campuses matters to everyone.
Reached 100 supporters
February 3, 2018
32 Comments
As a student in USFSP in the 60's and presently as a Senior auditor I believe USFSP will lose far more than it will gain should HB423 passes in its present form.
I chose USFSM for a reason. I deserve to have the freedom for that choice, I don't deserve to have it wrongfully taken away.
As a former Student Body President at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, I can assure you this will hurt all three campuses. Judy Genshaft and the rest of Tampa admin do not care about our Regional Campuses in the slightest. To have them fully in charge of us would lead to complete academic and financial stagnation for the city of Sarasota, Manatee County, and Saint Petersburg
USFSM and USFSP deserve to stay the way they are. They keep the USF pride but have become distinctly their own with completely different student cultures. As an Alumni and a previous USFSM Student Body President, I am against this bill.
This bill would threaten USFSP's identity and force us to answer to admin offices at a campus that historically is very distant and not super caring of our affairs.
USFSP should continue its independence from USF Tampa.
We did not work this hard to be separately accredited just to have it taken away when we start to grow, we are not naive, we see what you are doing and we are not children, we will not sit by while this happens.
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Petition summary and background:
The Florida House of Representatives has proposed a bill that would result in a consolidation of the current USF System. This appears in statute 1004.335. If the bill is passed containing statute 1004.335 by the state legislature and signed into law by the governor, our institutions in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee would be statutorily required to operate under a single, unified accreditation. Employees working for the university are restricted as to what they can do/say regarding their opinions on this bill because it can jeopardize their jobs. This is why it is even more important that students and alumni express their concerns. Let’s continue USFSP’s legacy as a separately accredited university!
Join the Facebook Group: Students/Alumni Against HB 423
Action petitioned for:
We, the undersigned, are concerned students who urge our leaders to act now to vote against HB 423.
Updates
February 3, 2018
I am currently compiling our collective concerns to deliver directly to the legislature. The feedback from alumni has been overwhelming.
February 3, 2018
The momentum is undeniable now. Seeing this level of engagement proves exactly how much the identity of our campuses matters to everyone.
Reached 100 supporters
February 3, 2018
32 Comments
As a USF'89 and '05 alum, I urge leaders to vote against HB 423. Respect the autonomy of St. Pete USF.
As a student in USFSP in the 60's and presently as a Senior auditor I believe USFSP will lose far more than it will gain should HB423 passes in its present form.
I chose USFSM for a reason. I deserve to have the freedom for that choice, I don't deserve to have it wrongfully taken away.
As a former Student Body President at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, I can assure you this will hurt all three campuses. Judy Genshaft and the rest of Tampa admin do not care about our Regional Campuses in the slightest. To have them fully in charge of us would lead to complete academic and financial stagnation for the city of Sarasota, Manatee County, and Saint Petersburg
USFSM and USFSP deserve to stay the way they are. They keep the USF pride but have become distinctly their own with completely different student cultures. As an Alumni and a previous USFSM Student Body President, I am against this bill.
This bill would threaten USFSP's identity and force us to answer to admin offices at a campus that historically is very distant and not super caring of our affairs.
USFSP should continue its independence from USF Tampa.
We did not work this hard to be separately accredited just to have it taken away when we start to grow, we are not naive, we see what you are doing and we are not children, we will not sit by while this happens.
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As a USF'89 and '05 alum, I urge leaders to vote against HB 423. Respect the autonomy of St. Pete USF.