TODAY: Provost to meet with CBCS faculty, staff, and graduate students
Today Provost Prasant Mohapatra, PhD, will meet with CBCS faculty, staff, and graduate students for open dialogues about our growth opportunities and challenges. The CBCS Faculty Town Hall session will begin at 1:30 p.m., staff and admin will have a conversation with the provost at 2:30 p.m., and graduate students are invited for a discussion at 3 p.m. Click here for more details.
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Congratulations, Fall 2023 CBCS grads!
A total of 357 students will earn degrees from CBCS during USF's Fall 2023 Commencement. The commencement ceremonies will include 266 students receiving undergraduate degrees, 88 students receiving master's degrees, and three students receiving doctoral degrees from CBCS. Meet a few of our outstanding graduates.
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Criminology faculty, students, and alumni attend 2023 ASC Annual Meeting
Department of Criminology faculty, students, and alumni attended the 2023 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. They participated in multiple events, sharing their expertise and research findings over the four-day period. Some were also honored for their outstanding achievements and continued success in the field of criminology, including Professor Michael J. Lynch, PhD, and alum Averi Fegadel, who received the Outstanding Article of the Year Award from the ASC Division on White Collar and Corporate Crime for 2022. Read more.
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Social work PhD student shares preliminary research findings
Britani Holland, MSW, LCSW, a PhD student in the School of Social Work, shared preliminary findings of a national survey exploring the support for and willingness to pay for programming and reentry services aimed at reducing recidivism among criminal offenders with adverse childhood experience at the ASC Annual Meeting. The project is funded by the USF Interdisciplinary Research Grant, and Holland is working with School of Social Work Associate Professor Sondra Fogel, PhD, and Department of Criminology faculty John Cochran, PhD, and Jessica Grosholz, PhD. Read more.
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CFS celebrates contributors to the department's success
Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS) program directors recognized community partners, university partners, individuals, and teams they feel contributed significantly to their programs and the CFS vision. Award recipients were recognized at the department's fall luncheon. Read more.
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Aging studies emeritus professor dies
Sue Saxon, PhD, an emeritus professor who retired from USF in 2002, died last week. Saxon joined the faculty in 1963 and taught a variety of courses, including the popular graduate and undergraduate courses in physical change and aging. The School of Aging Studies honors her legacy with the annual selection of the Sue Saxon Outstanding Teaching awardee. Saxon is pictured with Mary Jean Etten, former professor in the School of Aging Studies, at the 2014 School of Aging Studies Preceptors Award Reception.
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Criminology visiting assistant instructor participates in Great American Teach-In
Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, CAP, a visiting assistant instructor in the Department of Criminology, visited Walker Middle Magnet School and spoke to seven different classes about criminology and USF. Eyles met with students in grades six through eight in classes ranging from career decisions to physical education. She handed out USF-branded items from the Department of Criminology and the Office of Youth Experiences at USF.
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Rosalynn Carter honored at USF's Mental Health Institute
Spectrum Bay News 9
"The former dean of the mental health institute says he remembers how warm and friendly Rosalynn was. 'I was just struck by the humility and grace that this woman just exuded...'"
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Transformation Through Immersion: Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Your Therapy
The Advocate Magazine
by Aaron Norton, PhD
“It didn't take long for me to think about how I could use this technology in my therapy practice to accomplish things that would otherwise be difficult or even impossible to do in a therapy room."
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Meet the Provost
Dec. 4 | 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. | MHC Atrium
(Detailed schedule with specific meeting times available here.)
Provost Prasant Mohapatra, PhD, will visit CBCS to give faculty, staff, and students an opportunity to have an open dialogue about our growth opportunities and challenges.
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Communication Sciences and Disorders CEU Conference
Dec. 8 | 8 - 4 p.m.
3711 USF Citrus Dr. (3rd-floor Breezeway), Tampa, FL 33620-8200
RSVP required
Earn the CEUs necessary for licensure and learn more about topics such as medical errors in audiology and speech-language pathology and the importance of collaborating with an interpreter, shifting your ethical framework, and navigating the mentor/mentee relationship and addressing challenges with interpersonal skills in clinical education. Breakout sessions will also be offered.
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The Science of Shame and Why It Matters: Awareness for Supervisors and Practitioners
Dec. 13 | 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Interactive Webinar
This interactive webinar led by Department of Criminology Visiting Assistant Instructor Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, will discuss what shame is, the neurobiology of shame, and what we can do about it. Understanding biological components of shame can increase the ability of those with substance use disorders to progress in treatment and recovery.
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Auditions: This Is My Brave - College Edition at USF
Jan. 18 & 20
USF Theatre Center, Room TAR 249
USF students are invited to audition for the 2024 production of This Is My Brave - College Edition at USF. The team is seeking storytellers with a 5-minute story to share about their lived experience with mental health and/or substance use conditions via poetry, original music, comedy, essay, dance or other artistic expression. The show will be live on stage this spring on April 5, 2024.
Please direct your students to sign up for auditions at this link: tinyurl.com/2024TIMBAuditions
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Adding News, Events, and Publications to the CBCS Website and Newsletter
If you have news/events or recent/upcoming publications you would like posted on the CBCS website and/or in the Communique newsletter, send the details and any attachments to CBCS Marketing (CBCSMarketing@usf.edu). Please send all newsletter submissions no later than Thursday for inclusion in the following week's newsletter.
Be sure to include all pertinent information (title, date, times, location, event description, and contact information) in editable digital text format. Articles included in the CBCS Communiqué may be disseminated to USF Media outlets and/or beyond.
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