College of Arts and Sciences News

When they collected their diplomas on Dec. 16, these members of the Class of 2022 already had jobs lined up. Here’s how they did it.

In advance of commencement on Dec. 16, professors take a moment to recognize graduates for their hard work.

Just weeks after she left Afghanistan for graduate school at USF, Faheema Eissar MS ’23 watched the Taliban take over her country. Once she’s finished with graduate school, she hopes to help take it back.

When the Art for Justice Fund told Sergio De La Torre that he had won a $100,000 grant from them, he didn’t believe it.

Lexis Withers hadn’t considered baseball as a sport she’d like to work in. A summer internship at Major League Baseball’s headquarters in New York City changed her mind.

This summer, in the Equity Scholars Internship program co-sponsored by the McCarthy Center at USF, the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, and the YMCA of San Francisco, Chavez, four other USF students, and eight students from the University of Delaware worked as teaching assistants in San Francisco public elementary schools.

The associate professor of sociology talks about working on an Apple TV+ series, the benefits of the sociology major, and stress baking.