The Multipurpose Campus Center will serve as the hub for the variety of essential student services including career and counseling services, academic tutoring, student government, multicultural affairs, civic engagement and leadership, and student organizations.

The Multipurpose Campus Center will provide, for the first time, full food and dining operations which are essential for the growing residential population.

The Multipurpose Campus Center will include a student housing component.  USFSP’s only residence hall has achieved full capacity after only three years and there is now a significant waiting list.

The Multipurpose Campus Center project will also fund the renovation of existing campus space to provide much needed student health services.  Currently, USFSP students can only access university health services at USF Tampa and only by paying an additional fee.

USFSP is the ONLY University in the Florida State University System without a student center.

Current Support

Senate Bill:  SB894:  Senator Dennis Jones, Sponsor

House Bill:  HB547:  Representative Darryl Rouson, Sponsor

The students of USFSP through their Student Government Association (SGA) developed and initiated this fee increase proposal.  SGA has approved the fee unanimously on three separate occasions since 2005.

The USFSP Campus Board and the USF System Board of Trustees have endorsed moving forward with the project.

 Every Pinellas County legislative delegation member has heard from USFSP student representatives, and the delegation has had the request presented formally to them at meetings of the delegation.

Students are asking to fund this project solely from student fees. No state money will be used

Students have wanted the fulfillment of the project since 2003 when student surveys first showed that student center and health clinics are their top two priorities.

The project would be self sustaining in that it would provide its own revenue from services such as food services, housing, and meeting space for community events.

Only SUS institution in the state of Florida that does not have a student center

Provides additional housing to meet growing student needs (this past semester we were 156 contracts over capacity - 26 students living in triple occupancy + 130 denied contracts)

Provides student club and organization meeting and programming space (student organizations have increased from 27 to 70 over the last three years)

Provides a central meeting place for important campus meetings and ceremonies including Freshman Convocation, Martin Luther King Day celebrations, Lecture Series, Student Government Meetings, New Student and Parent Orientations, etc.

After fee increase is put in place, USFSP Activity and Service Fees will be at 26.93 still less than USF Tampa, FAU, UCF, UWF, UNF, and FGCU

A student center represents the hub of student life and activities. Without this project, building a vibrant campus life will continue to be difficult.

With an increase in the campus residential population the downtown community would benefit from an expanded customer base.