A USF Polytechnic investigation report recommends firing two top administrators campus regional vice chancellor for planning and facilities Alice Murray, and budget director Josh Bresler.
The report says they knowingly violated university policies.
It also says the former chancellor Marshall Goodman should be further investigated.
The investigation, brought on by employees' complaints, found the misuse of funds including purchases of Star Wars statues, an adult-size slide, soda fountains, and a video/audio wall that cost more than $400,000.
Employees said Goodman told them to "get it done" or were threatened to be fired when they asked questions about such actions.