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University of South Florida is an institution of higher learning located at 4202 E. Fowler Avenue in Tampa, Florida, with branch campuses at St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Lakeland.
The school's sports teams are called the Bulls. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in Conference USA; in 2005, USF will move to the Big East.
The USF connection to the Al-Arian Controversy is often how people first hear about the university.
USF was founded in 1956, though it wasn't even named until the next year and classes didn't commence until 1960. Former US Representative Sam Gibbons was instrumental in the school's creation when he was a state representative and is considered by many to essentially be the school's founder. It was built on the site of Henderson Air Field, a WWII airstrip.
Famous students
Graduates
Leo Gallagher, comedian
Tony LaRussa, manager St. Louis Cardinals
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, U.S. Congress
Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999
Robert Stackhouse, artist
Mark Consuelos, actor
Drake Hogestyn, actor
Chucky Atkins, basketball player
Anthony D. Henry, football player
Roy Wegerle, soccer player
Melissa Howard, former MTV The Real World cast member
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