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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T23:00:17.425Z",
  "site": "https://www.michaelponders.com",
  "textContent": "As you get older, anniversaries and milestones hit you differently. I don't know why. I don't regret anything in my life, but I do feel nostalgic sometimes. The other day, driving to work, I learned that the University of South Florida is...\n\n_Celebrating 70 years of USF's rich history and vibrant campus life, where tradition meets innovation under the open skies._\n\nAs you get older, anniversaries and milestones hit you differently. I don't know why. I don't regret anything in my life, but I do feel nostalgic sometimes. The other day, driving to work, I learned that the University of South Florida is celebrating 70 years this year. That surprised me, because the first founding class attended in 1960, so the 70th anniversary is actually a few years off.\n\nI attended USF from 1987 to 1990. I didn't graduate; I would have had about two years left. 1991 would have been my graduation year, but I was taking it nice and slow. Most people were taking five years, so 1992 would have been my year if I had stayed on track. What would have been my degree? Hold your chair and keep seated, but it would have been Music Education with a minor in Florida History.\n\nMoney ran out, I was loaned out, and I decided to join the workforce. Funny enough, I never moved very far from USF. I now work at a non-profit hospital on the USF campus, so for almost my entire adult life I've been connected to the university in one way or another. Technically I guess I can't call myself an alum, but in every other sense I am one.\n\nHere's to USF, 70 years, and all the good you've brought to the community. Go Bulls! 🤘",
  "title": "USF Turns 70",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-12T23:00:17.425Z"
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