Welcome to the first issue of Inside USF: The Newsletter! In my first months in the role of interim president of USF, I've been amazed at the exciting things happening across our campuses. There is so much to be proud of in the work we're doing to advance USF's trajectory. Because we're all busy supporting USF's mission, it can be hard to keep up on news and events at One USF. 

This bi-weekly newsletter joins Inside USF: The Podcast and the MyUSF web portal as part of USF's suite of internal communications tools that we have refreshed to better serve you – our university stakeholders. Enjoy this first issue! 

Updates:

• The Strategic Plan Steering Committee charged with reviewing USF’s strategic plan is seeking input from USF faculty, staff, students and stakeholders to ensure your voices — and perspectives — are heard. I encourage you to complete this important survey using this link. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful contributions to USF’s future!

• I invite you to visit the newly launched Faculty Success website. As part of the Provost’s Faculty Success Initiative, the site is a great resource to support professional development and research productivity, with an emphasis on equity and excellence across all three campuses.

• I was so thrilled to celebrate the success of our students at the recent 30th annual Latino Scholarship Awards Ceremony. I encourage you to read this wonderful feature story in the Tampa Bay Times about how the program is changing the lives for many families.

Pictured above: President Law at the groundbreaking of the $22 million, 88,000-square-foot Indoor Performance Facility slated for completion before fall of 2022 on the USF Tampa campus.

USF launches initiative to enhance Latino student success, impact in the Hispanic community

The 15-member Advancing Latino Access and Success (ALAS) Task Force includes leaders from across USF and Tampa Bay and will focus on developing strategies to increase enrollment and degree completion rates while identifying challenges and opportunities unique to Latino students. 

USF center director lands historic $8.5 million arts learning grant

Denise Davis-Cotton, director of the USF Center for Partnerships in Arts Integrated Teaching (PAInT), has been named principal investigator of an $8.5 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen arts educational programming in the nation’s educational system.

Introducing Boundless Bulls: A new collection of stories about what truly makes USF great, the people

Boundless Bulls is a collection of stories focused on our community footprint, our impact and the trajectory of where we can go together. Dive in and learn more about the everyday impact our students, faculty, staff and alumni are making within our community and beyond.