USFSP RTWH2020: USFSP Chancellor Martin Tadlock and USFSP College of Arts & Sciences Dean Magali Michael meet with RTWH2020

As I am sure you would imagine, organizing the Road to the White House is a gargantuan undertaking -- from arranging the logistics of the New Hampshire trip (hotel, vans, drivers, group meals) as well as the itinerary (meetings with the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican Parties, with the Secretary of State, the Governor's Office and Executive Council, State House tour, and many others designed to introduce students to New Hampshire's history and political culture), and arranging all of the internship placements (this year we had students interning on 8 different campaigns in 3 cities), as well as designing the curriculum for the course (updating and re-designing every four years).....

This course requires an extraordinary degree of support - especially from the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences - everything from the individual permits for the students to register for the courses, processing the student course fees, assisting with all manner of paperwork (the insurance for the 15-passenger vans, processing payment to the hotel....the list goes on and on and on)

We wanted to invite the Chancellor, Dr. Martin Tadlock, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Magali Michael, to class so that we could thank them for all of the support for the course (including our RTWH t-shirts and USF hats) -- and also so they could give us some advice before embarking on our adventure in snowy New Hampshire.

The Chancellor's visit coincided with USFSP's announcement of its prestigious re-classification of the Carnegie Community Engagement designation.

See

https://www.usfsp.edu/home/2020/01/31/usf-st-petersburg-selected-by-carnegie-foundation-for-2020-community-engagement-classification/

and

https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/usf-tampa-st-petersburg-lauded-for-community-engagement-efforts.aspx

Of course -- the Road to the White House is the quintessential Citizen Scholar course that USFSP is recognized for -- a class about US Presidential Campaigns and Elections that includes work on a presidential campaign in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.