Cuts could doom USF pharmacy school - Lindsay Peterson, Tampa Tribune

The consequences of a 60 percent state funding cut for the University of South Florida might not be clear to most students, but the threat is staring one group straight in the face. More than 50 students make up USF's first College of Pharmacy class, and under the Senate budget-cutting plan, the $6 million for the college would be wiped out. That's unimaginable to pharmacy college Dean Kevin Sneed. "We have faculty who've come here from around the country. We're recruiting students for next year," Sneed said. "With everything that's at stake, if would be a huge national embarrassment for the state of Florida if they did any damage to our pharmacy program." Nevertheless, the cut is part of the Senate's budget plan, USF's Chief Operating Officer John Long told a crowd that gathered Monday night at USF.