Welcome!

We are thrilled to welcome you back for the beginning of a new academic year, and to our new faculty, to welcome you to our community. The success of our faculty is foundational to our mission at USF. The Faculty Success website and this newsletter are just some of the resources to support you in teaching, research, scholarship, and in your daily professional lives.

Office of Graduate Studies Awards

The Office of Graduate Studies is now accepting nominations for the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award and Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award. 

The Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award represents our most prestigious faculty award and is awarded to the best among the talented mentors that promote graduate education at USF. Submit nominations here: https://forms.microsoft.com/r/cE1bjkXqaV.

The Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award recognizes the excellent scholarship of our graduate students. Each year we select 3-4 outstanding theses/dissertations as excellent examples of the research conducted at the University of South Florida. Submit nominations here: https://forms.microsoft.com/r/Xg6kSnnsq1.  

Applications are due on Friday, September 1.

Digital Learning Resources

If you ever had a quick question related to Canvas, Teams, or any USF digital learning solution, look no further. USF Digital Learning offers Live Support via Teams every weekday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with extended hours during peak times of the semester. Click the Monday Minute video to learn more.

For more tips and tutorials like these, see all of our Monday Minute videos. Also, for more in-depth tutorials, visit our Digital Learning Resources.

Build your skills with our upcoming workshop sessions:

• Honorlock: Setup, Exam Review and Best Practices | August 8, 2023 - 11:00am - 12:15pm
• MS Teams Essentials | August 16, 2023 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Canvas Fundamentals | August 17, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:30am
• Building Your (Online) Academic Integrity Plan | August 25, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
• Canvas New Quizzes | September 1, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
• Engagement Tools to Enhance Student Interaction| September 19, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am

Provost's Office Faculty Awards

The following awards are intended to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of USF faculty.

• Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards
• Undergraduate Academic Advising Recognition Program
• Outstanding Community Engaged Teaching Award
• Outstanding Library Faculty Award

The application guidelines are posted here; the deadline is Monday, October 2, 2023.

USF World 2023 J-1 Scholar and Fulbright Welcome Reception

You are cordially invited to attend our USF World 2023 J-1 Scholar and Fulbright Welcome Reception on Friday, August 25th, 4:30-7:30 pm, in the Patel Center for Global Solutions, USF Tampa campus. This year’s reception theme is “Here, There, Everywhere, All at Once” and will include guest speakers from the Tampa Bay Community who will be sharing the history of the area and favorite places to visit. Event attendees will include our USF international scholars, faculty, and students who have received a Fulbright grant. The event is sponsored by USF World, the Judy Genshaft Honors College, and the Mid-Florida Fulbright Association. Register HERE by August 18th.

Explore Teaching and Learning with the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL)

Join us in Exploring Teaching and Learning (ETL), a unique opportunity to connect and build strategies that increase learning and success with your students. This year, CITL is working with two key cohorts with unique needs and interests – Early Career Faculty and Adjunct Faculty.

We recognize that instructors are short on time and need practical approaches they can take into their teaching immediately. So, CITL has partnered with OneHE, a platform connecting faculty across higher education with tools and ideas to support learning.

Space is limited, so please share your interest in joining one of the two cohorts by completing the application form by August 21.

USF’s Many Successes: A Presidential Perspective

From the invitation to join the prestigious Association of American Universities to a new state budget that represents the largest operational funding increase in our university’s history, this has been a historic summer for USF. In this episode, President Rhea Law shares her perspective on USF’s many successes and how they will impact faculty, staff and students.

USF Faculty & Staff Appreciation Game

Join us on 9/23 for the Faculty/Staff appreciation game when USF football faces off against Rice University.

You can claim two free tickets to the game and have the ability to purchase up to 8 more tickets at a discounted rate.

Choose your seat today!

View events on the Faculty Success Calendar.