Calling All Bulls Fans -

Come Meet the Coaches!                   

The Pinellas County Alumni Chapter will host a Community Luncheon on Sept. 17 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel, 12600 Roosevelt Blvd. (next to the Gateway Business Park in Central Pinellas). Individual seats are $20. Come meet Coach Leavitt, Lee Roy Selmon, Coach McCullom (new basketball coach) and USF President Judy Genshaft.

To reserve a seat, please bring your check, made payable to the USF Foundation, to the second floor of the Williams House. GO BULLS!

Mayor Baker to Speak to American Government Class

As a part of Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan's ongoing efforts to introduce her students of American Government to local, state and federal elected officials, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker will be speaking to her American Government class regarding the relationship between the Mayor's office and the federal government. Baker is slated to be on campus to address the students on Thursday, Oct. 9.

Notice of USFSP Benefits Fair

Provided by Michele Holton, Benefits Coordinator

Open Enrollment is the only period during which changes to pre-tax employee benefits can be made during the plan year unless you have a qualifying event.  

Open Enrollment for the Plan Year Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2004 is Monday, Sept. 29, 2003 through Friday, Oct. 24, 2003.

You will receive a letter and instructions from the Florida Department of Management Services later this month outlining the Open Enrollment period, the new State of Florida online service and an automated telephone service for you to access your current information, research benefits plan offerings, and make your benefit plan changes.

Agency representatives from various companies including TIAA-CREF, VALIC, Aetna, DentiCare, Cigna, American Dental Plan, AVMed will be available for you to speak with at our annual Benefits Fair.

           Date:   Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003

           Time:   9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

           Place:   Campus Activities Center Core

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call HR at 3-4105 or 3-4115.

Parking Rules Enacted for College

of Business at Bayboro Station?

· USF parking is located at the east side of the parking lot only. Signs are displayed for location within the lot. No USF parking is allowed in the Progress Energy Corporation's area or the visitor parking spaces. USF Parking Services will be patrolling daily.

· Presently the south gate is out of order and a new gate is being ordered. Therefore, you may enter the parking lot by the east gate. Please use the appropriate enter and exit lanes.

· Entrance to the building is by way of the front door only. Other entrances are for the Progress Energy employees working in the building.

· Security is stationed at the front desk daily, Monday - Friday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., and on Saturdays, 6 a.m. to Noon. The building is locked after these hours. Provisions are being made to provide after hours access to faculty members as needed.

· Smoking is permitted only at designated areas. For the faculty, staff and students this is on the north side of the building in the dock area. We have ordered receptacles for butts and trash for your convenience. They should be arriving in two weeks. There is no smoking by the front door or close to the windows of the building on the north side.

· If there are any facility requests for maintenance and repairs, please give the information to the site contact, Gert Anderson, 553-4992.

· We welcome you to this historical building and hope your experience is enjoyable.

· EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER 1-888-840-8591

Public Notice:

Board of Trustees and Campus Board

The University of South Florida Board of Trustees and the St. Petersburg Campus Board have been invited to attend a community reception to welcome USFSP Vice President and CEO Karen A. White and the 61 new faculty and administrators of USF St. Petersburg on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Writing Center Opens

The Writing Center is now open and asks that faculty members encourage their students to get help with their writing skills by sharing the following information. The Writing Center offers two tutors, both with extensive training and experience, located in the Poynter Library, Room 246. The fall hours are:

Tuesdays:       8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Wednesdays:   4 - 8 p.m.

Thursdays:      8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

   HATS OFF

Mark Pezzo - Faculty

Assistant Professor of Psychological Science Mark Pezzo recently had a scientific article examining the causes of "hindsight bias" published in the British Journal Memory.  He was also interviewed about his research for an article printed in the Boston Globe, August 5, 2003. 

Yanira Angulo-Cano - Faculty

Professor Yanira Angulo-Cano, a member of the program in World Languages, recently was invited to present at a Yale University sponsored conference "Colonial Latin American Literature: A State of the Art." This invitation is the result of her significant contributions to the field of colonial Latin American literary studies and she will chair one of the sessions.

Mark Walters - Faculty

Journalism and Media Studies professor Mark J. Walkers has been invited to teach at a national seminar for professional journalists at University of California Berkley's prestigious Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism in October. Also teaching at the intensive week-long seminar on medical and public health reporting will be Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's lead anthrax investigator Brad Perkins; PBS television correspondent Dr. Bruce Dan; and New York Times medical correspondent Larry Altman.

Ron Hill - Faculty

Dean Hill was interviewed by the St. Petersburg Times on the ethics of television programming that showcases individuals who pay to receive their "15-minutes of fame" without disclosing that fact to the viewing audience.

James A. Fellows - Faculty

College of Business Professor James Fellows has published an article titled “The Formation and Liquidation of the S Corporation” in the Journal of Taxation of Corporate Transactions. Fellows analyzes the intricate, labyrinthine, and arcane tax law that surrounds the formation and subsequent liquidation of corporations that have chosen to be taxed under Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.

Grover Kearns - Faculty

Information Systems & Decision Sciences Professor has coauthored an article in the recent issue of the Decision Sciences journal (Winter 2003)and has a forthcoming article in the Information Resources Management Journal (January 2004). In August, he presented a paper at the Americas Conference on Information Systems in Tampa and, in November, is scheduled to present a paper at the Decision Sciences Institute Conference in Washington, DC. Both of these papers are to be published in the conference proceedings.