- All dayStudent Government 2024 Mid-Term Election Application- please click meeting link to applyApply to run in the SG Student Body Mid-Term Election. The application period runs from Monday, September 2nd - Friday, September 13th, 2024. SG positions that are open will be for senate and campus council seats only. You must complete all the necessary steps and meet the minimum SG membership requirements to be placed on the ballot. Please read the application carefully before submitting your application. The Application period closes at 11:59PM on Friday, September 13th, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. Please consider running for a seat and representing our USF students. Thank you.. . . . TO APPLY PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEETING LINK TO ACCESS THE APPLICATION VIA DOCUSIGN.. . . . APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED DURING THE OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD.Meeting Link: https://na2.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=de193247-a54b-4b42-8991-5b3d29849d36&env=na2&acct=4cde4ad6-f56b-4a7f-87f4-9e66cefa36d4&v=2 --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1961369
- All dayCareer Shadow Day with the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Board & MembersFreshman, sophomore, junior or seniors, get a head start on career exploration. Career Shadow Day for the fall is Friday, 10/4/2024. Join us for a "day in the life" of a professional working in a career of interest with the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce members. Shadowing gives you a realistic preview of a career and helps you learn about the skills required to succeed in a position. Many students who participated in the past landed jobs and internships by making connections with community leaders. . . . . Deadline to apply: 9/11/24. Copy and paste this link to tell us about your interests. https://forms.office.com/r/nqvRdnPYxE We will do our best to find a great match for you. . . . . On 10/4/24, students shadow with the professional from 9am to 11am. Then, join us for lunch and networking with all participants, Dr. Holbrook and the President of the Chamber of Commerce from 11:30am to 1:00pm. For questions about the program, contact Toni Ripo at aripo@usf.edu. To request accommodations, please contact SAS at sas-sar@usf.edu. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1959932
- All dayCentre Gallery Exhibition: Scrapbook MomentsThis exhibition will showcase themes of nostalgia and belonging. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1958514
- All daySign Up to Read Circe with Virtual Book Club!Join the Virtual Book Club @ the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus in reading Circe by Madeline Miller!. . . . RSVP for your free copy (mailed to you!) and the link to access the first meeting. Book requests will be available until Friday, September 13th at 4:00 p.m. or until we run out. *Please note, Staff & Faculty will not receive a free book. USF Libraries and local public libraries have many copies available to borrow if needed.. . . . Worried about getting your book in time? No need to read prior to this first meeting, where we'll start the conversation about our first read.. . . . About the Book:. . . . In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.. . . . Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.. . . . But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.. . . . With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1958964
- All dayHomecoming Clothing DriveUSFSP Student Government is asking fellow bulls to donate formalwear that may spark joy for another for the upcoming homecoming dance on Tuesday, October 15 | 7:00PM - 10:00PM | USC Ballroom. Become a fairy godparent and help a student dress up for homecoming. Please donate clean, new, or gently worn clothing in good condition. This fabulous wardrobe will be displayed at SG's very own boutique that will open 1-2 weeks before the dance. For questions or accommodations please contact the SG Advisor, Janice Bao at jbao@usf.edu. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1964798
- All dayAudition Call for USF Fall 2024 Theatre Play - The Resistible Rise of Arturo UiHello!. . Did you miss auditions in April?. . Well, here's your chance to perform in the USF Fall Play - The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. . . . Read more about the production through this link: https://www.usf.edu/arts/theatre-and-dance/academics/theatre-programs/audition-info-for-performance-classes-and-productions.aspx . . . . Auditions are through Video Submissions . . . . Submit your video audition(s) by 12pm on Thursday, Sept 12th, 2024!. . View the Audition Call Here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/universityofsouthfloridaschooloftheatredance/fall2024theresistibleriseofarturouiauditioncall . . . . . . The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui . . By Bertolt Brecht, originally translated by George Tabori,. . Directed by David J. Valdez . . . . . . . . Protection for workers, jobs, businesses. As the Great Depression hits the City's fortunes, Arturo strikes a deal and makes a killing until soon his shadow looms from the markets to the docks. But whether you're with him or against him, you can't ignore the resistible rise of Arturo Ui! . . . . --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1965237
- 6:30 AM3hSaturday PracticeThis will be our Saturday morning practice, where we will meet at the same location and carpool to Flatwoods Park. Most runners go for a longer run on these days, but the distance covered is up to the individual. All paces and experience levels are welcome! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1963859
- 8:00 AM2h9/11 Flag Placement Memorial (Sarasota)Join the Sarasota student veterans and Office of Veteran Success to place flags in commemoration of the victims of 9/11. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1962301
- 8:00 AM2hRiver Hills Community Garden VolunteeringCome volunteer with us at the River Hills/USF Rotaract community garden! . . . . For all of those who love everything gardening, the River Hills community garden is trying to restore itself in time for the planting season. Our club, USF Rotaract, also knows a couple of plots in this garden due to the fact that we repaired the garden a year ago, so if you want to try out your green thumb come join. All food grown here by us goes to our food pantry partners. . . . Meet at 8am at 803 W River Dr, Tampa, FL 33617, dress for the weather and wear closed toed shoes . . . . Reach out to our service chair Angela Atta-Armah with any questions. Please contact them on our GroupMe at least 3 days in advance if you need a ride --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1961654
- 8:00 AM2hVOLUNTEER EVENT!!! 9/11 MEMORIAL FLAG PLACEMENTAssist the Office of Veteran Success in placing 2977 memorial flags to honor the lives lost in the tragic events that unfolded on Sep. 11.2001 --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1960310
- 8:30 AM1hBikes and Bagels!We will be doing a group ride to Zio's New York Bagel shop! The ride will start from the USF Publix to the bagel shop, and then back to campus. The ride will be approximately 14 miles at an easy-going pace! We will be riding out from the USF Publix at 8:45am! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1962220
- 8:30 AM3hStampede of Service: Bay Chapel Food PantryThe Bay Chapel Food Pantry is open every Saturday from 9:30 am - 11:30 am. We are located at 19911 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33647 (in front of Tampa Bay Presbyterian Church). Volunteers should arrive at 8:30 am to assist with preparation. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1959127
- 9:00 AM1hSPO Event Planning MeetingHello all! Many of us will be meeting on Saturday, 9/7 from 9-10 am on Teams. A lot of our previous members have graduated 🥳and we have some fresh faces joining up. This will be a time for us to meet each other and also begin brainstorming for events we'd like to host and participate in throughout the semester. Please feel free to drop into the meeting if you have a little time that morning. Excited to see you then!Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmViZjgyNGUtZjIxOS00N2E2LWE2ODMtYzQzNzcwYTZmMWM3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22741bf7de-e2e5-46df-8d67-82607df9deaa%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ddfa4c8b-2097-4dcb-9804-72e503807af5%22%7d --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1963902
- 9:00 AM7hRotary's Camp Florida WorkdayCome join us and other Rotary groups at Camp Florida to help us complete maintenance around the campgrounds! During the workday, we will have a break for FREE LUNCH and to learn about different projects that are going on at the camp.. . Come in closed-toed shoes and dress to get dirty!. . IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE ALSO SIGN UP AT THIS LINK: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FA4A623A6FDC16-50730783-rotarys#/. . If you need anything, contact Bel Oliveira at isabeloliveira@usf.edu or 8138943822 --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1962940
- 10:00 AM6hOrganizing Bootcamp w/ YO4 and PPFFAre you passionate about protecting reproductive rights and ensuring that politicians stay out of private medical decisions? Join us for the Yes on 4 Organizing Bootcamp, an empowering event dedicated to mobilizing USF students to vote Yes on Amendment 4. This bootcamp will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively take action and advocate for this crucial cause. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1960219
- 10:00 AM7hSkyway 2024: 12 Ways of Looking at a LandscapeSkyway 2024: 12 Ways of Looking at a Landscape is USF Contemporary Art Museum’s contribution to Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, a multi-venue exhibition that profiles the best new art in the Tampa Bay region. Other institutions participating in Skyway 2024 include The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, the Sarasota Art Museum, and the Tampa Museum of Art. . . . . Skyway 2024: 12 Ways of Looking at a Landscape features artworks by Elisabeth Condon, Keith Crowley, John Gurbacs, Karen Tucker Kuykendall, Caui Lofgren, Bruce Marsh, Eric Ondina, Sebastian Ore Blas, Andrés Ramirez, Bradford Robotham, Erin Titus, and Susanna Wallin. Their artworks focus on a wide-open notion of landscape, invoking both the particularities of place and the universal ideas they provoke. Their wildly varied representations give sharp-eyed evidence of a common territory—the rich artistic landscape of a cultural region that has very much come into its own.. . --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1959321
- 11:00 AM2hPowerlifting Club at USF PracticeCome meet us on the strength floor at the REC to practice with us! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1963645
- 11:00 AM2h 30mAgrarian Club Planting DaysJoin the USF Agrarian Club for our 3 planting days! This is our first and biggest event of the semester. We will assign plots to our members and plant the season's first crops. Hope to see you all there! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1964559
- 12:00 PM3hDRIVE FOR GOOD: DSP Community Service EventSpend an afternoon with brothers as we highlight one of our key pillars and paint bandanas for sheltered dogs! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1963755
- 12:00 PM6hEDISON PEÑAFIEL: MARE MAGNVM (A Floridian Odyssey/Una Odisea en la Florida)GENERATOR: USF Contemporary Art Museum presents Edison Peñafiel’s MARE MAGNVM (A Floridian Odyssey/Una Odisea en la Florida), an immersive panoramic video installation filling the Harbor Hall Gallery at USF St. Petersburg. MARE MAGNVM features a stylized, monochromatic sea populated by 14 boats, each with its own unique collection of characters caught in a perpetual loop. Every 30 minutes, the film’s characters arrive back where they began. Despite being larger than life, their boats are constructed of various found objects, including wood, oil drums, and tires, pointing to real-life scenes of migration across bodies of water. . . . . The name MARE MAGNVM comes from the Latin for “Great Sea,” the term the Romans used to describe the Mediterranean. The word “mare” has a complicated history, being associated with evil spirits and terrors in various cultures, including in Old English and Old Irish. Today, the waters of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, along with other sites of mass migration, reflect an ongoing horror, as millions of migrants flee war, instability, and climate change. MARE MAGNVM does not refer to a single migration event, but rather expands the viewers’ experience to encompass the phenomenon as a whole. A panoramic artwork, MARE MAGNVM immerses viewers in the struggle of crossing borders, alerting them to a future in which rising waters will push unprecedented numbers of people away from the places they call home.. . . . For questions or more information please email caminfo@usf.edu or call (813) 974-4133. This exhibition is free and open to all.. . --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1961453
- 4:30 PM4hBeach Trip: Fort de SotoThe marine bio club is headed to Fort de Soto for our second annual trip!!! we will be shelling for sand dollars and shells and exploring Florida's coastal ecosystems. learn about identifying shells and collect them to compete in our beach finds competition at our next meeting:) we will provide food with a food voucher,$10, and will have make your own sandwiches and some snacks and drinks! Join the GroupMe for more information on food vouchers. groupme link on instagram @marinebiologyatusf. If your interested in carpool, we can help connect you to a driver as well through groupme. ALL USF STUDENTS WELCOME, just register. If your at another campus and can drive yourself feel free to join:) --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1963531
- 4:30 PM5h 30mBulls Night Out: Dave & Buster'sCraving a night out with your fellow Bulls? Let us take you on a trip to Dave & Buster's for fun games, delicious food, and refreshing drinks!. . . . **IMPORTANT**. . . . This is for registered USF students ONLY!. . . . YOU MUST RIDE THE VAN TO ATTEND.. . Please arrive at least 15 minutes early at the front entrance of the Sarasota campus. The van will leave the Sarasota-Manatee campus at 4:30 PM on 9/7 and leave Dave & Buster's at 9:00 PM. We should return to the Sarasota-Manatee campus around 10:00 PM.. . . . CONFIRMATION PROCESS. . Once you have registered, you will be contacted to confirm your spot. If you do not confirm within the timeline set in the email, you will automatically be REMOVED from the attendee list. Confirming your spot is REQUIRED to participate in the event.. . . . NO-SHOW POLICY. . If you RSVP for a ticket and do not cancel your RSVP at least 24 hours in advance AND/OR do not show up for the event, you may be charged for the entire cost of your ticket (estimated at $55) and blocked from upcoming ticketed events sponsored by USF Sarasota-Manatee campus departments and student organizations until that amount has been paid.. . . . STUDENT CONDUCT. . Students are expected to refrain from alcohol use, and follow all safety policies while attending this off-campus event. Failure to do so may result in a referral to the Office of Student Conduct & Ethical Development. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1961091
- 7:00 PM2hUSF Gold PremierCompeting in contender premier. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1965548
- 11:00 PM13h 45mTravel Team TryoutsTravel team tryouts --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1965531