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/PRNewswire/ -- Prospera hosted its annual signature event in Tampa, FL, presented by Duke Energy, at TPepins Hospitality Centre. Stakeholders of the...

“We have to leverage every opportunity,” said Tarnisha Cliatt, president and founder of the Manasota Black Chamber of Commerce.

Floyd Freeman graduated from the USF College of Engineering in 1996, only to return 25 years later as a business owner to help install safety equipment at the new Judy Genshaft Honors College.

Since its groundbreaking in late 2020, nearly 80 businesses have worked on the five story, 85,000-square-foot building – about half are diverse-owned with an estimated spend on contracts exceeding $11 million.

Universities are improving diversity within their IT supply chains, connecting vendors with resources, and better reflecting their local communities and student populations.

Two dozen local businesses have completed the USF Mentor Protégé program, which provides businesses in the construction industry with training, development and partnership opportunities to help them grow their capacity and become more effective with competitive bidding processes.

It’s hard enough starting your own business, so the University of South Florida is hosting a supplier diversity event this week to knock down barrier for minority-owned businesses. 

The mentor-protégé program provides businesses with training, development and partnership opportunities to help them grow their capacity and become more effective with competitive bidding processes.

USF is working to promote minority businesses through a growing mentorship program that offers them a chance to tackle major campus projects.

The inaugural cohort of the Construction Management Building Blocks mentor-protégé program has graduated after completing eight weeks of training with industry professionals from the University of South Florida and Skanska, a multinational construction and development company.