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

Kick off the semester by meeting your mentor and fellow mentees! This event is all about building connections, sharing goals, and setting expectations for a successful mentorship journey. We’ll also introduce upcoming GDG opportunities and resources to help you thrive. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984694

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

Selling by the Bay is a low-stakes sales roleplay event where students gain valuable practice conducting discovery meetings!Where: Lynn Pippenger Hall at USF St. Pete Transportation provided to and from St. Pete When: September 19, 2025 at 8 a.m. Guidance from KnowBe4 professionals Peer-to-peer roleplays Raffle off prizes Lunch and Dinner provided--- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984053

GARDENING (On-going) Join us in increasing access to healthy food by filling new seed trays, pruning the plants, weeding beds, harvesting ready food, tending to seedlings, and transferring mature seedlings into available bed spaces, as well as working the compost pile. Location: Harvest Hope Community Garden (13704 North 20th Street · Tampa, FL 33613) Estimated Duration: 2 hours Availability: Every Friday | 9:30am-11:30am --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1982357

La Grande Illusion is a major exhibition of works by internationally acclaimed artist, Brian Maguire. The exhibition spans two decades of work that spotlights the artist’s lifelong quest to draw attention to global injustices, war, and human rights. One of Ireland's leading cultural figures, Maguire has turned the practice and tradition of painting into acts of visual testimony. Maguire’s paintings are global in scope and are derived from projects undertaken between 2007 and 2024 in Mexico, the Mediterranean, Syria, Sudan, the United States, and the Amazon. Maguire's artworks are painted from direct experience and involve the artist spending extensive time on the ground with the communities that welcome him. The results are, plainly put, paintings that visualize the commonality of human suffering and dramatize the plight of people in need. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984217

*IMPORTANT: TRANSPORTATION CANNOT BE GUARANTEED*Have a interest for gardening or want to try something new? Join us at the community garden in Ybor.Rotaract, with WellBuilt City, helped create this community garden from scratch in 2022 in one of the most needed zip codes.Tasks: -Maintaining the garden -Help with planting and fertilizing the plantsBe prepared to get dirty!Pleasure be sure to have: -Closed toed shoes -Dress for the weather -WaterIf you have any questions contact Service Chair Christian at cgrippaldi@usf.edu. For questions the day of, contact Jessica Brenner at jeccabrerr@gmail.com or 702-809-7505If you are in need of a ride, please reach out to the GroupMe at least 3 days in advance. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1982633

Hey Bulls! Join us at WellFed community food pantry in conjunction with UACDC! We will be distributing free, nutritious food to those in need in the community.IMPORTANT: Please sign up through: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4eadaa2ba2fec70-harvest#/ (signing up for this event will automatically redirect you here) This event will be at Harvest Hope Park (13704 N 20th St Tampa, FL, 33613), about a 5 minute drive away from campus every Friday from 9am-11am. The Red Line at Bullrunner goes close to this park, just across the street.If you have any questions beforehand contact service chair Christian at cgrippaldi@usf.edu --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1982515

Join us as we gather for fellowship! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984660

Participants will view a short presentation on Point-of-Care Ultrasound Interest Group and overview of ultrasound for the musculoskeletal system. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984505

Volunteer at The Spring of Tampa Bay Donation Center Support survivors of domestic violence by helping sort donations, organize clothing, and restock items for our thrift store. Your time directly helps families in need and supports our mission to create a safe and empowering space. Join us and make a meaningful impact in your community! Sign up: https://thespring.volunteerhub.com/vv2/event/8dcc3274-9bad-4733-976d-d64fd5039811 --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1983620

Use this link for Simspace access for CTF. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWTbJfdhTAxkVfCpzo0uaRy0T5-FxM0_Sbn74NTFRJbQTm_g/viewform. Celebrating 20 years of the Whitehatters Computer Security Club at USF with food, WCSC legends, and fun.There are only 50 spots so get your seat early. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984044

Join us at MDD (2nd floor atrium) to learn how to dance! We will start with a line dance lesson, then move to learning a social dance (salsa). No experience or partner necessary! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1983967

Join Recreation and Wellness every Friday at 2pm in the Student Center Ballroom C for a relaxing Yoga Flow class!This class is open to staff and faculty who are members of the Sarasota-Manatee Fitness Center.Class updates will be posted in the Fitness Center. Please email audriannagoss@usf.edu for any class questions.--- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984400

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=1979344

Join the Judy Genshaft Honors College Student Council for an opportunity to get to know your St. Pete Honors community over board games, and set positive intentions for the semester!THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO JUDY GENSHAFT HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1984709