The CERT program is critical to engage everyone in the United States in making their communities safer, more prepared, and more resilient when incidents occur. Community-based preparedness planning allows us to prepare for and respond to anticipated disruptions and potential hazards following a disaster. Studies of behavior following disasters have shown that groups working together in the disaster period perform more effectively if there has been prior planning and training for disaster response.The CERT Basic Training provides individuals who complete this course with the basic skills required to help themselves and help others in the event of a catastrophic disaster since emergency services personnel cannot help everyone immediately. By working together, the CERT Basic training will prepare lay responders to be able to help save lives and protect property using the basic techniques in this course. With training and practice, and by working as a team, you will be able to protect yourself and maximize your capability to help the greatest number of people after a disaster. The target audience for this course is individuals who desire the skills and knowledge required to prepare for and respond to a disaster.CERT Basic Training Program ModulesUnit 1: Disaster Preparedness Unit 2: CERT Organization Unit 3: Disaster Medical Operations Part 1 Unit 4: Disaster Medical Operations Part 2 Unit 5: Disaster Psychology Unit 6: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Unit 7: Light Search and Rescue Operations Unit 8: Terrorism, Hazmat & CBRNE Unit 9: Disaster Simulation & EvaluationOverall Course ObjectivesUpon completing this course, the participants should be able to: 1. Take steps to prepare themselves, their families, and their communities for a disaster; 2. Describe the function and organization of a CERT program and the role CERTs serve in immediate disaster response; 3. Recognize life-threatening conditions and apply appropriate life-saving techniques, conduct patient head-to-toe assessments, employ basic treatment for injuries, and understand disaster medical operations; 4. Describe the post-disaster emotional environment and the steps that volunteers can take to relieve their own stressors and those of disaster survivors; 5. Identify and reduce potential fire hazards in their homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods and perform basic fire suppression strategies, resources, and safety measures; 6. Describe the most common techniques associated with light search and rescue operations including identifying planning and size-up requirements, searching a structure, debris removal, survivor extrication, and rescuer safety; and 7. Explain current terrorism trends and measures CERT volunteers can take to increase preparedness before and safety during a terrorism incident.In addition to the overall course objectives listed above, each unit has specific objectives.--- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1979343

Join WiCSE's first tech workshop to enhance your coding skills! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984175

Música, Sound, Espacios: A Latin American and Spanish Film Series is a PRAGDA Spanish Film Club-sponsored event featuring Spanish and Portuguese-language films from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico that coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, 2025. The film series includes introductions from faculty and guest scholars, a Q&A with a filmmaker, and space for USF students and Tampa Bay community members to discuss music and sound in film. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1983606

Open to anyone who would like to join our club! Please bring your equipment and if you do not have any, we have some for you! Hope to see you there. Go bulls!!! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984427

Sam Hamilton/Sam Tam Ham (b. 1984, Auckland, New Zealand/Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa) created Te Moana Meridian as a vessel for proposing a radical new United Nations General Assembly Draft Resolution to formally relocate the prime meridian from Greenwich, London, to Te Moana-Nui-ā-Kiwa/the South Pacific Ocean. Since its inception at an 1884 conference in Washington D.C., the prime meridian has functioned to implicitly serve the ambitions of the British colonial empire. Rather than serving as a "beacon of humanity," the prime meridian today more resembles a bygone imperial relic. As an original operatic performance and five-channel video installation, Te Moana Meridian proposes to elect a new "center of the world" while acknowledging that doing so has the potential to reframe the dynamics of global power. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984366

HCCS focuses on keeping youth and families protected and empowered to live safe, healthy lives. Join us for a hands-on volunteer project to revitalize outdoor spaces for the youth in our community!Volunteers will help with: -Painting a concrete area to create a vibrant new pickleball court -Refreshing an existing concrete area for youth activities with fresh paint -Repainting lines on the outdoor basketball court to enhance play and safetyIMPORTANT - Must RSVP through United Way Suncoast (BullsConnect will redirect you when you sign up) by 9/15.If you need a ride, please message in the USF Rotaract GroupMe 3+ days before the event. Carpooling is recommended for this event. Contact projects chair Brooke Petersen (bepetersen@usf.edu) with questions. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984125