For nearly three decades, Joan Bailey has helped students understand how to finance their education. As director of the USF Health Financial Aid Office since 2015, she and her team serve nearly 9,000 students. Bailey’s experience dates back to her graduate assistantship in USF’s Office of Financial Aid. By adapting to continually changing financial regulations, Bailey ensures students can focus on graduating rather than worrying about complex financial aid requirements.
Joan Bailey holding her USF Health Culture Coin.
Recently, Bailey spearheaded a project to create an innovative series of financial aid videos. By forming and working with an MD student advisory committee, Bailey’s team gained valuable perspective that helped them translate complex financial policies into clear, relatable conversations about scholarships, grants and repayment options. They created a Canvas course that includes opportunities for MD students to receive additional scholarship funding by engaging with the material. The project is a prime example of Bailey's approach to the work: first, service to others.
To date, MD students have received $173,000 in scholarship funding by engaging on Canvas.
Exclusive webinar: Improve collaboration with Microsoft Loop
Discover how Microsoft Loop helps teams stay connected by bringing conversations, content and tasks into a shared workspace for collaboration. This introductory webinar will provide a foundational overview of Loop, including its core features and its integration with Microsoft 365. Learn how Copilot in Loop can help generate ideas, summarize content and simplify collaboration. Click here to register.
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Learn more about important plan changes and the many benefits available to USF employees. Vendors will also be on hand with information about their products and services. This year, the Tampa campus will host a single benefits fair for all campuses. Mark your calendar!
Open enrollment begins: Monday, Oct. 12 at 8 a.m. Open enrollment ends: Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m.
This month is a time to raise awareness of increasingly complex threats and promote safe online practices. Click here to learn key digital safety information, including how to recognize and report cyber threats such as phishing, and to explore safe computing tips and resources from USF IT to help protect your personal data and keep your devices secure.
Stay alert. Look out for each other.
Bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters are a popular way to travel across campus. While convenient, they also can create safety risks when riders travel too fast, ignore traffic controls or fail to yield to pedestrians. USF Police encourages everyone to remain alert, follow traffic laws and make safe choices when traveling on campus. Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Learn more.
Get Engaged
Town halls: Mapping USF’s Future
Oct. 6 | 3-4:30 p.m. USF Tampa campus Marshall Student Center Oval Theater
Oct. 7 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. USF St. Petersburg campus University Student Center Ballroom
Faculty and staff are invited to join a town hall to discuss the university's strategic plan. Attendees will learn how the plan’s vision is brought into focus by the ideas and insights of students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners. Attend. Participate. Help shape USF’s future. The discussion will be led by David Simmons, co-chair of the strategic planning committee and president of the USF Faculty Senate.
Team USF will be at Bull Market on Wednesday, Oct. 14 and Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. in front of the Marshall Student Center. Stop by to learn how you can participate in the Tampa Bay Heart Walk by registering, fundraising or volunteering. All registered walkers can also become a LIFESAVER by accessing resources to learn Hands-Only CPR, an important skill that can help save a life during cardiac arrest. Learn more.
A faculty and staff open training session brought to you by the USF Collaborative Suicide Prevention Project with the USF Counseling Center. Learn more and register to attend.
Homecomingis next week!
From the action-packed Homecoming Kickoff in the Marshall Student Center to the rousing Friday night Running of the Bulls Parade, homecoming is an exciting time for the entire USF community.
Homecoming Kickoff
Monday, Oct. 12 |5 p.m. Marshall Student Center Atrium and Amphitheater
Running of the Bulls Parade
Friday, Oct. 16 | 6:30 p.m. Watch along Holly Drive, Genshaft Drive and Alumni Drive
Each faculty and staff member will receive one complimentary ticket, with the option to purchase up to five additional tickets at a discounted rate. Employees can also claim and purchase tickets for the Thursday, Nov. 12 game vs. Memphis.
Help restock the Feed-A-Bull Food Pantries and support USF students facing food insecurity. Your participation helps ensure students have access to non-perishable food and hygiene items so they can keep focusing on their academic and personal success.
Do you have professional clothing taking up closet space? Help students prepare for career fairs, interviews and professional opportunities by sharing and donating to the Suit-a-Bull Campus Clothing Drive, running until Oct. 23.
Donate gently used professional attire such as button-down shirts, dresses, ties and blazers. Donations help stock Suit-a-Bull and provide students with access to professional clothing when they need it. Click here to learn more.
Donation locations:
Student Services (SVC) 2088
College of Public Health (COPH) lobby
Behavioral and Community Sciences (BCS) lobby
Patel Center for Global Solutions (CGS) lobby
Muma College of Business, third floor
Questions? Contact Carmen Goldsmith, PhD, at cgoldsmith@usf.edu or 813-974-1104.
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For reasonable disability accommodations requests pertaining to this announcement, pleasecontact one of our offices.
