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Dr. Pete Sinelli gives a lecture wearing one of his signature tropical shirts.<\/p><\/div>\n

Peter Sinelli\u2019s wardrobe choices can bring students running to his classroom.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s particularly the case when he\u2019s spotted crossing campus wearing one of the many loud, vibrant tropical shirts that fill his closet. Savvy students know the blinding colors signal it\u2019s pop quiz day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve caught on,\u201d Sinelli said with a laugh. \u201cThe tradition is firmly established.\u201d<\/p>\n

That tradition dates back to Sinelli\u2019s own days as a student. Before he caught the anthropology bug, Sinelli was an undergraduate studying finance at Indiana University. He and his roommate were particularly stressed about an upcoming accounting exam, so they decided to lighten the mood by wearing bright Hawaiian shirts to the test. The contrast of two young men in loud shirts and shorts against the dreary gray of a Midwest winter lifted the spirits of their classmates, too.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Pete Sinelli’s shirt collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe did it just for the hell of it at first, but we kept it up with big, high stakes tests,\u201d Sinelli said.<\/p>\n

Life took Sinelli in a different direction after completing his undergraduate studies. He switched his focus to archaeology, earning his master\u2019s in anthropology in 2001, then a Ph.D. in 2010. His specialty is Caribbean civilizations, leading some people to assume that\u2019s what inspired his fascination with tropical shirts. But Sinelli\u2019s collection, which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 shirts, transcends tropical patterns.<\/p>\n

He has two Christmas shirts, including a surfing Santa; battleships of Pearl Harbor; a pirate one to go with his pirate class; and a Statue of Liberty shirt he wears around 9\/11. And, of course, just about everything in between.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on my mood. This being Orlando I can pretty much wear them year round,\u201d Sinelli explained.<\/p>\n

The response is always positive, even if it\u2019s a lighthearted, \u201cOh my God, that\u2019s the ugliest shirt I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d And that\u2019s really what Sinelli aims for.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take teaching and learning seriously, but that doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t have fun,\u201d Sinelli said. \u201cThis helps students relax.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Sinelli\u2019s wardrobe choices can bring students running to his classroom. That\u2019s particularly the case when he\u2019s spotted crossing campus wearing one of the many loud, vibrant tropical shirts that fill his closet. Savvy students know the blinding colors signal it\u2019s pop quiz day. \u201cThey\u2019ve caught on,\u201d Sinelli said with a laugh. \u201cThe tradition is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":25953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32,38,39,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anthropology","category-breaking-news","category-faculty-news","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTropical Shirt Tradition Brightens Mood For Stressed Students - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/tropical-shirt-tradition-brightens-mood-for-stressed-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tropical Shirt Tradition Brightens Mood For Stressed Students - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peter Sinelli\u2019s wardrobe choices can bring students running to his classroom. 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