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USF Long-Term Care Students Practice Job Interviewing with Health Care Administrators

Posted by Lance Arney
/ December 26, 2011 / Leave a comment

Mock interviews aim to prepare students for future employment Tampa, Fla. – The College of Behavioral & Community Sciences’ School of Aging Studies will host its second Nursing Home Administrator in Training (AIT) mock interviews for its long-term care and gerontology students Tuesday, November 29,...
New Leader for Education Partnership

Posted by Lance Arney
/ November 18, 2011 / Leave a comment

Donna Elam will direct an effort to harness USF’s expertise to benefit Hillsborough County Public Schools. By Kim Tucker Special to USF News TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 18, 2011) – The Tampa Bay Educational Partnership (TBEP) serves as a formal conduit for the engagement of the...
Community Partner Luncheon

Posted by Lance Arney
/ August 8, 2011 / Leave a comment

On August 2nd, the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement and the Office of Community Engagement hosted a meet and greet luncheon for USF community partners. More than 60 people from the community attended and got to meet staff from the CLCE and the OCE,...
Kids Choose Plants for Moses House Garden

Posted by Lance Arney
/ February 2, 2011 / Leave a comment

By Kathy Steele, Tampa Tribune (February 02, 2011) Sulphur Springs – Wilbur Simpson, 12, scanned the brightly colored pictures of flowers and settled on the hybrid tea rose as his plant of choice for a community garden. “I might take them home to my mama,”...
USF Big Sister and a Little Attention Make a Difference in Sulphur Springs

Posted by Lance Arney
/ March 15, 2010 / Leave a comment

By Daylina Miller, USF News (March 15, 2010) – In the small cafeteria at Sulphur Springs Elementary School, a gaggle of noisy students crowd around tables, clutching foam trays and teasing one other. A little boy peeks out from under his hooded jacket, answering questions...