Many visitors to USF begin their trip in the center of campus in one of the university’s community venues or administration offices. Undergraduate Admission Information Sessions, for example, originate in the Welcome Center on the ground floor of the John & Grace Allen Administration Building. New Graduate Student Information Sessions take place in the Marshall Student Center.

This area of campus is also where the majority of student-related services can be found. The Office of the Registrar, Financial Aid, Admissions, Scholarship Programs, State Aid Programs, the Honors College, the Career Center, Student Disability Services and much more are located in the Student Services Building. The Marshall Student Center, the hub of student life, hosts numerous places for students to eat, socialize and study.

A variety of special functions are hosted in the presidential residence, the Lifsey House, which is adjacent to the Sam & Martha Gibbons Alumni Center.