In the September 2022 edition of SRQ Magazine, we interviewed Karen A. Holbrook, PhD Regional Chancellor University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campuses part of our In Conversation feature with educational leaaders about current trends in education. Below is an excerpt published in the magazine in which Holbrook shares her insights with SRQ readers.

What are the things that you are most excited about and that are most positive for kids in your institution or as a cultural phenomena?

There's nothing greater than the thought that we are going to have a new residence hall in the student center and have students that come from everywhere all over the world. We have an office of international affairs called USF world and we have a virtual international experience that our students can have. And we depend on the students that are coming up. Some of these kids are coming out of schools that are so impressive and they know so much already. And they've been exposed to so much learning, so much personal experience or individual experience that we really have to be sharp to keep ahead of them so that we give them the best possible experiences when they get here. It's just amazing. But I think the whole future is really, really exciting for us.

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