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members of the same school, college, etc.
Internship: Serving a period of residence and practice in a hospital, business office, law
firm, newspaper office, etc.
Involuntary Withdrawal: An unwilling withdrawal from enrollment and student status at any
university.
Information Desk: Located in the Marshall Center.
Key Mate: Registered key chains are issued by SG‘s Student Resource Agency to ensure
your keys will be returned if they are lost in the United States.
Leadership Zoo: Area in the second floor of the MC where student organizations offices are
located; directly in front of SG.
Loans: A small or large sum of money that is borrowed.
Local/Permanent Address: Local address is your address while at USF. Permanent
address is the address where you can always receive mail (like your parents‘ house.)
Lower-Level Courses: Freshman and sophomore classes that are usually recognized by
1000 or 2000 course numbers.
Magnolia Apartments: On Campus apartments designed to accommodate upper class,
family, non-traditional and graduate students.
Maple Hall: An on campus, suite style residence hall.
Master’s Degree: Degree earned after Bachelors degree.
MC: The Phyllis P. Marshall Center Student Union.
Minor: An agreement of courses that enables students to develop expertise in an additional
approved area of study.
MLK Plaza: The Martin Luther King Plaza us surrounded by the MC, SVC, Administration,
Sciences, and Fine Arts buildings.
MOTL: Movies on the Lawn; shown every Wednesday night at 9 p.m. on MLK Plaza
presented by the Campus Activities Board. Rain site is in the MC Ballroom.
―M‖ Grade Policy: This grade is automatically assigned as a default grade when the
instructor does not submit any grades.
Newsstand: Allows student organizations to distribute printed materials across campus.
Non-Degree-Seeking Student: Students who wish to be enrolled in university level courses
but have no desire to earn a degree.
Oracle: The USF student-run newspaper
OASIS: An Online Access Student Information System which provides updated
announcements, general and secured access information with a student identification and
password.
Overload Approval: Students who wish to register for more than 18 hours (Fall/Spring) or 14
hours during the summer must secure a computerized approval from the appropriate dean or
authorized college representative.
Override: Written approval obtained from a professor/instructor to register for a closed course or
course conflict.
Permit Course: Courses that require students to meet specific eligibility criteria before
registering for the courses.
Phyllis P. Marshall Center: Located at the apex of Cedar Drive, it is the community center
of USF, providing a multitude of services and programs. The new building will open in August
of 2008, and the old building will be torn down to extend the plaza in the Fall of 2008.
Plagiarism: Literary theft, to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as
your own.