A Look Around The SSC: University Of Tampa

The University of Tampa is a private co- educational university in downtown Tampa, Florida.  The school has over 150 undergrad degree options.  along with 12 master's degree programs in business administration, accounting, finance, education, marketing, instructional design and technology, nursing, and creative writing.
  UT has approximately 7200 students from 50 U.S States.  Students from Florida make up over half of the student body. 65 percent of the students live in campus housing.
  The University of Tampa competes at the NCAA Division II level in the Sunshine State Conference.  UT is among the top schools in the number of student- athletes named to the Commissioner's honor roll. The school's mascot is the Spartan.
  The Spartans have won a total of 13 DII national titles. Six times they have been baseball national champions (1992,1993, 1998, 2006, 2007 and 2013.) Three times in Men's soccer (1981, 1994 and 2001.) Two in golf (1987 and 1988.) One in Volleyball (2006) and one in Woman's Soccer (2007.)
 UT competes in Baseball, Volleyball, Softball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Soccer. They also compete in Men's and Women's Golf, Swimming and Cross Country and Track. Women's Rowing, Women's Tennis, Men's Lacrosse and starting in Spring 2014, Women's Lacrosse.
  The UT Hall of Fame in Sports includes former New York Yankees Manager Lou Piniella, former Yankee and Seattle Mariners first baseman Tino Martinez, as well as former NFL players Freddie Solomon (San Fransisco 49ers) and John Matuszak (Oakland Raiders.)
  UT was established in 1931 as a junior college. IN 1933 the school moved to it's current location which was then the defunct Tampa Bay hotel.  The school received it's full accreditation in 1951.
  Financial troubles hit the school in the early 1990's.  The school had budget deficits for consecutive years as a result of declining student enrollment.  The University President resigned, faculty left for other opportunities and the school faced an uncertain future.
  In 1995 the school got a new President, elected by the Board of Trustees to lead the school out of it's troubles and prevent bankruptcy.  Dr. Ronald Vaughn, who was the Dean of the School of Business became the new President.  Vaughn was able to raise over 83 Million Dollars in a 10 year span to get the school passed the 70 million dollar goal it had set.  Two gifts of 10 million and 28 million dollars were given by the John H.Sykes Family. One in 1997 for 10 mill and then a 28 million dollar gift in 2000 which were thought to be the largest gifts to a Florida University at the time of the donations.  The Sykes were just residents of Tampa, and had no one who had attended UT in the family.  Vaughn is now one of the 10 highest paid employers of a private, mid level institution after resurrecting UT.