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Christian Hardigree most recently served as the founding dean of the School of Hospitality at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

The appointment still needs the approval of the state's Board of Governors, which is slated to meet June 29-30 in Orlando.

An online petition says that action by USF and "other colleges and universities in Florida to move towards a clean, renewable future will set an example for the rest of the nation."

The four will participate in town halls on the USF St. Petersburg campus on Monday and Tuesday.

About 48% of the respondents said higher prices have impacted their ability to pay essential bills, and nearly three-fourths said it’s affecting their grocery spending.

Said one professor: “A lot of the foodways in the early republic reflected how Americans were thinking about themselves and how they wanted to shape their identity.”

The former deputy mayor for the city of St. Petersburg is currently the chief operating officer and vice president of strategy at Eckerd College.

While cases and hospitalizations have been rising, they are still at relatively low levels when compared to previous periods of the pandemic.

Participants were asked how they felt about vaccines, the government’s response to COVID-19, the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and more.

The law boosts payments for family and friends who take in kids and expands tuition waivers for higher education to include more young people who spent time in the system.

WUSF News is looking for two paid interns to report on the station’s radio and social media platforms.

Proponents of the law argue that it will be used to “promote intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” in the classroom.