We Made It!!

[Apis Bull]

Board of Governors‏ @FLBOG

Congratulations to @USouthFlorida for achieving its goal of reaching preeminent status, as designated by the Florida Legislature. Go Bulls!

11:00 AM - 27 Jun 2018

[CousinRicky]

Guess it is official.  Fire Judy!!!  </sarcasm>

[NewEnglandBull]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[charsibb]

Wow, that's awesome!!!!!!!

AAU, here we come, we gonna BANG down that door!
 

[Flowers4Heisman]

 

Edited June 27, 2018 by Flowers4Heisman

[hm101]

Soooo what does it mean? 

[Apis Bull]

5 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Soooo what does it mean? 

An extra $6 million a year from the state.

[Azmodi]

1 minute ago, Apis Bull said:

An extra $6 million a year from the state.

I believe I read it could be as much as 10 mil a year from the state but, we qualified for only 6 mil this go around. Not sure where I read it though.

Edited June 27, 2018 by Azmodi

[Apis Bull]

Preeminent at last: USF presents its official case for joining Florida’s top university ranks

If you've been paying even the smallest amount of attention to the University of South Florida in the last few years, you know USF has been on a quest.

To make it into the official upper echelon of state universities, to be named "preeminent" and rewarded with millions of dollars, USF would have to hit a series of specific and difficult targets.

Incoming freshmen in the fall would need to have at least a 4.0 GPA on average. More than 70 percent of students would have to graduate within six years. USF would have to tally a certain number of national rankings, patents, research spending and post-doctoral appointees. Only the University of Florida and Florida State University, both much older than USF, had the right stuff when the state began keeping track about five years ago. USF got to work.

And today, in a meeting at the University of Central Florida, USF leaders sat down in front of state officials to say that they've done it.

USF System President Judy Genshaft told the board's strategic planning committee that, in the school's push for preeminence, she has constantly asked three questions of her colleagues: "In each of our programs, are we setting the national standard for others? If not, what will it take for us to do so? And what can we stop doing that does not help us reach our goals?"

READ MORE:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/2018/06/27/preeminent-at-last-usf-to-present-its-official-case-for-joining-floridas-top-university-ranks/

[Mike Stuben]

This is way better than a fake national championship.