Join us for the final exhibition presentations by our Special Collections & University Archives Spring 2025 interns!

Start at the Gleeson Library Lower Level for, Hile on the Hilltop: A Closer Look at USF Basketball's All-Time Leading Scorer by Alana Loya

Both as a player and a coach, Mary Hile-Nepfel brought the Dons to the largest stages of women's college basketball, including the 1980 AIAW National Tournament and the 1996 NCAA Sweet Sixteen. As the first woman to have her jersey number retired and to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Hile's story is a reminder of the rich history of women's basketball on campus and in the Bav Area at large. "Hile on the Hilltop" utilizes materials from the University Archives and a conversation with Mary Hile-Nepfel herself.

Then, follow us up to the Donohue Rare Book Room Foyer on the 3rd floor of Gleeson for, A History of Hazing: Frosh Initiation at USF and Lone Mountain Women's College by Bella Glastra van Loon

Recent discussions surrounding hazing focus primarily on Greek life or student organizations but these humiliation tactics used to be enfolded into school sanctioned welcome weeks. This exhibit displays a collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and USF ephemera centered around freshman orientation and hazing prominent in USF's history. These objects simultaneously reflect on a period of college optimism while critically examining the violent and traumatic aspects of freshman initial once considered essential to student life.

Finally, join us in the Donohue Rare Book Room for, A Spring with John DePol: A Collection of Wood Engravings by American Printmaker John DePol by Egan Walker

The Donohue Rare Book Room has a collection of one hundred and fourteen [DePol] matted prints and a selection of loose prints, posters, and broadsides ranging from 1982 to 1997. DePol’s work is intricately detailed; the height of his engravings typically ranges from five to twenty centimeters... His work primarily depicts solemn landscapes, objects, or interiors with few or no figures (although we have a few of his portraits, which are also rather serious). The scenes are still and calm, yet embellish the modest objects of the everyday with pattern and personality.