Meet the Staff
Academics
Carol Hines-Cobb (Tampa campus)
Title: Assistant Director, Academics
Phone: (813) 974-4239
Email: cdh@usf.edu
As Assistant Director of Academics, Carol works with graduate curriculum and policy,
produces the Graduate Catalog, and serves as a liaison for the Graduate Council and
the Enrollment/Graduate Associate Deans group. In addition, she works on many different
projects related to graduate academics. Carol has a Bachelor of Arts and Master of
Arts in History from USF and has been at USF for over 31 years, serving first in the
Office of Public Affairs, and then for the last 26 years as a member in the Office
of Graduate Studies.
Carol enjoys working at USF, especially in graduate education, because of the ever-changing
nature of higher education. In addition to her position at USF, Carol is very active
in the education community, previously serving on the Terrace Community Middle School
Board of Directors, as well as teaching wellness classes.
Joseph Butts (Tampa campus)
Title: Technology & Systems Manager, Academics
Phone: (813) 974-3586
Email: tron@usf.edu
Joseph is a Technology & Systems Manager in Academics. He works with graduate curriculum, policy, graduate catalog, helps oversee the Office of Graduate Studies website, and works on many different data projects related to graduate academics. He has been a member of the Office of Graduate Studies Team since 1997. Joseph loves working at USF and one of his goals is to make a positive impact on graduate students and the community.
Noelle Schero (Tampa campus)
Title: Academic Services Administrator
Phone: (813) 974-2847
Email: nlsanchez@usf.edu
Originally from Orlando, Florida, Noelle joined the ßÙßÇÂþ» in
November 2020. Before joining us, she pursued an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies and began working with her alma mater, the University of Central Florida in
2016, three weeks after graduation. Noelle continued honing her skills serving the
university population for three years at UCF by contributing to the development of
an innovative app for undergraduate student program tracking, taking part in the creation
of educational media outlets for introductory courses, and her favorite, co-leading
the PhD student procession on commencement day.
Her dedication to public higher education continued with her employment at St. Petersburg
College after moving to Tampa in 2019, working with Institutional Research and Effectiveness,
and ultimately joining the School of Social Work at USF in 2020.
Today she continues to cultivate her enthusiasm for community and higher education
working as the Academic Services Administrator for the Office of Graduate Studies
where she is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and processing graduate student
petitions and appeals and serves as the liaison between the Office of Graduate Studies
and the students and academic departments and colleges in issues related to graduate
student academics, enrollment, policies and procedures, and probation.