Estate Legacy Gift

Dr. Dick Puglisi, USF alum, and his wife Janet Puglisi, both wanted to give students without the means the ability to pursue a college degree. Dr. Puglisi graduated from USF's charter class with a degree in political science. Their $50,000 legacy gift will help countless students achieve their dreams of attaining an education degree.

We are grateful to College of Education alumni who have estalished endowments and those who are considering a legacy gift to sustain their intereste and passion into the future with little or no expense today. For additional information, contact Dick Dearolf in the COEDU Development Office at (813) 974-033 or dearolf@coedu.usf.edu.

The USF College of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and is fully approved by the Florida Department of Education. The USF College of Education is the 7th largest public college of education in the nation. For more information about the USF College of Education, visit: itunes.usf.edu or: www.coedu.usf.edu.

The University of South Florida is one of the nation's top 63 public research universities and one of 39 community-engaged, four-year public universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. USF was awarded more than $360 million in research contracts and grants in FY 2007/2008. The university offers 219 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialist and doctoral levels, including the doctor of medicine. The university has a $1.8 billion annual budget, an annual economic impact of $3.2 billion, and serves more than 46,000 students on institutions/campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland. USF is a member of the Big East Athletic Conference.

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