Faculty Awards Handed out at
Academic Convocation
 Academic Convocation was held Tuesday,
Sept. 12. This year, instead of a speaker from
outside of the university, Karen A. White selected
last year's winner to address the crowd.
Mark J. Walters, associate professor in
Journalism and Media Studies, spoke to the
faculty about the relationship between scholarship
and teaching.
List
of award winners and
pictures
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SUCCEED Tampa Bay Tackles
Teacher Shortage
The Colleges of Education at USF
St. Petersburg and USF Tampa joined forces and
created an action plan to build on their
collaboration and expand programs at each school.
The two colleges will share a “SUCCEED, Florida!”
grant of $300,000, entitled SUCCEED, Tampa Bay.
More
about the expanded
program
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Fair Leads Students to Part-time
Jobs
 The Counseling and Career Center held
a part-time job fair “Work, Earn and Learn”
Thursday, Sept. 7 in the Breezeway of Davis and
Coquina Halls.
The director of the center said employers
respond favorably to students' response.
Click
here for more
information.
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New Homepage Geared to
Prospective Students
 A "live test" of the new USFSP
homepage began this week. University
Relations, the Executive Team and 352 Media
collaborated on a new design for the homepage.
More
about the homepage
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New and Improved Contact
Directory Coming
To better serve our faculty,
staff and students, the current campus directory
located on the website will be retired October 15.
It will be replaced a new Contact Directory
developed by Academic Computing located here.
Click
here for more
information.
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Student Government Leaders
Visits DC
 The USFSP Student Government Executive
Board visited Washington D.C. for the annual
American Student Government Association
Conference. They met other student leaders,
networked, shared strategies and found ideas
to bring back to campus.
(L to R) VP:Phil Conner; President: Megan
Willoughby; Secretary: Mindy Smith;Treasurer:
Ernest
McDonald
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What's Happening at USF St.
Petersburg
Here is a listing
of events happening on campus the next two
weeks.
More
info...
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Bureau Gives Students Journalism
Experience
 “Learn journalism where you can
practice journalism." That slogan is becoming a
reality for journalism students at USF St.
Petersburg. Journalism students now work out of a
newsroom, writing stories about the Midtown
community of St. Petersburg for local media
outlets.
The office, in the James B. Sanderlin Center,
gives students real-world experience as they write
features, personality profiles, business stories
and neighborhood announcements.
More
about the upcoming
reception
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Volunteers Needed for the Festival of
Reading
 If you like books, this is your
opportunity to be a part of the area’s premier
literary event.
Volunteers, vendors and sponsors are needed to
help make the 14th anniversary, held at USF St.
Petersburg, the best year ever.
More
info...
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Congratulations to Mark
Durand!
 V. Mark Durand, vice chancellor of
Academic Affairs, was unanimously elected to
the Panel of Professional Advisors by the Board of
Directors of the Autism Society of America.
Full
story...
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Workshop Shows You How to
Teach Like a Pro
Delaney J. Kirk, Visiting
Professor of Management, will teach a three-day
workshop on classroom management Jan. 4-6,
2007. The course is part of the National
Science Foundation’s Chautauqua program which
offers a number of faculty development courses for
professors of all disciplines.
More
info...
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New Book Helps Parents with
Childrens' Behavior
 Meme Hieneman, courtesy assistant
professor of psychology and director of the
Positive Family Intervention project, has written
a new book to help parents support and respond to
their children’s behavior.
Parenting with Positive Behavior
Support is a user-friendly handbook that
offers parents easy-to-follow guidelines for
identifying the reasons for their children’s
behavior and effectively intervening.
More
about the
book
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Interim Student Affair Leader
Arrives
 Regional Chancellor Karen A. White
announced that Steve Neilson will serve as the
Interim Regional Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs.
He comes from Rollins College in Winter Park
where he spent more than 30 years. He began work
Monday, Sept. 11.
Full
story...
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Librarian Retires After More
Than 20 Years on Campus
 Barbara
Reynolds is retiring Sept. 29 after 22 years of
service to USF St. Petersburg in the
administrative offices of the Nelson Poynter
Memorial Library.
Please join her friends and colleagues at a
farewell reception on Thursday, Sept. 28 from
3:30-4:30 p.m. in POY 319.
Full
story...
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Open Enrollment
Now until
Wednesday, Oct. 18 is the 2006 Open Enrollment for
the Division of State Group Insurance (DSGI)
Program. This is time when eligible employees may
enroll in or transfer between available programs
providing health care coverage.
Click
here for more
information.
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| Safety in
Mind
University Police officials said
six new emergency telephones are being added to
the campus for a total of 26 blue
phones.
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Planners for sale
Purchase a planner that
keeps track of USFSP events for the entire year at the
CAC. They're only $5. Events are listed each day of the
week. For more information call Jennifer Quinn-Taylor at
3-4181.
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To
submit news, events and announcements, Click
here.
The deadline is the Friday prior to
Wednesday
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Bulls football
fans, save the date!
Friday, Sept. 29 is USF St. Petersburg
Football Night. Free football tickets will be
distributed from the CAC Activities Desk starting
Monday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. Faculty or Staff
only, with a USF ID card, may claim up to six
tickets. First come, first serve. It's
the Bulls vs. Rutgers.
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