Marshall Student Center

The Marshall Student Center (MSC) is the heart and soul of student life on USF’s Tampa campus. Its doors opened August 20, 2008 and quickly became the place to be — offering study resources, activities, meeting space, dining, outdoor venues and retail services.

Students can work on class assignments in the Student Governmentfunded computer lab or find a spot to study in various lounges and quiet areas. Many like to take study breaks in the Sky Pad on the fourth floor and connect their laptops to television screens or challenge friends to video games in the specially equipped gaming room.

Outside, the MSC is always busy with activities like Bull Market, Patio Tuesday, Movies on the Lawn, and plenty of student organization and department programs.

• BULL MARKET has been one of the most recognizable traditions on campus for the past 50 years. Every Wednesday afternoon, the MSC Plaza is filled with people looking to bargain, shop with vendors, speak with nonprofit organizations and student organizations, as well as eat lunch and socialize with the USF community. This is a great weekly event for many USF organizations and programs to promote their cause and increase awareness.

Open since 2012, the University Student Center is the living room of the USF St. Petersburg campus. With a 7,500 sq ft Ballroom, all major campus events and activities happen here. It’s home to many lounge spaces and nooks for students to be able to eat, study, and relax making it a great place for commuters and residents to come together. The International & Gender Identity flags hanging in the main atrium were installed as a student-led initiative and are cycled to display the nationalities represented by the current student body.