As mid-term exams approach, it is natural to feel a bit stressed. 😟. . . . To help ease the tension, you are invited to join our semesterly "De-Stress & Scam Prevention" week at the Global Student Center in the Faculty Administration Office (FAO 100) building, level 1. Join us for a week full of relaxing activities designed to help you keep calm and move along. This year, we are featuring bracelet and slime making, puzzles, coloring, board and video games, painting, and many more fun surprises with guests from USF Departments and Best Student Groups!. . . . Stay updated and check out our detailed weekly schedule by following us on Instagram: @usfworld_iss.. . --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1972832

Presented by the Student Success unit, the Golden Bull Award is one of USF's highest honors given annually in the spring semester to deserving undergraduate and graduate students who encompass the spirit of USF and have demonstrated its values. Recipients must exemplify exceptional leadership and service to the University and the community. . . . . The award is bestowed to up to 30 individuals across USF’s campuses in the following way:. . . . Tampa campus – up to 15 undergraduate students, up to 5 graduate students. . St. Petersburg campus – up to 5 students total. . Sarasota-Manatee campus – up to 5 students total. . Winners are selected by an anonymous panel of judges who will review applications provided. Judges represent academic and student success areas across the institution.. . . . Winners receive their award at each campus’ student leadership award ceremonies in the spring semester. . . . . To learn more, visit: https://www.usf.edu/student-affairs/be-involved/golden-bull-awards/ --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1977068

You're invited to attend the Humanities Institute's Graduate Humanities Symposium taking place on Feb. 21 in MSC 3705. 50 USF grad students will be presenting humanities research papers in a panel format. Sit in on a panel to listen, learn, ask questions, network, and see what our graduate students are up to! There is no cost to participate. This event is open to all. Join us for breakfast and lunch in 3705. . . . . Learn more: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/institutes/humanities/student-resources/graduate-humanities-symposium/index.aspx --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1963421

The USF Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies invites the USF community to attend the Care and Joy in Precarious Times Conference on February 21, 2025, at the USF Tampa campus. This conference is sponsored by USF ResearchOne, USF College of Arts and Sciences, and the USF Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Registration is required: https://forms.gle/m659yBLidBZVYuo66.. . . . As Audre Lorde once wrote, “Caring for myself is not a self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Lorde was writing about living with breast and liver cancers and about her life and work as a queer Black woman. Honoring Lorde’s legacy in the contemporary moment asks us to rethink the possibilities of care and joy that emerge from authenticity, community, accountability, resistance, and resilience.. . . . Care & Joy in Precarious Times asks us to rethink questions such as: What does it mean to care for the self? How can we care for ourselves and one another responsibly? In what ways does joy show up in times of precarity? What kinds of self-reflection and responsibility do these uncertain times call for? In what ways are care and joy acts of resistance or preservation? In what ways are acts of care and joy mutually constituted? In what ways can acts/outcomes of care and joy transcend embodied labor? In what ways might care and joy be politicized? . . . . Full schedule of panels and events is available at: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/womens-gender-sexuality-studies/news-and-events/careconference.aspx. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1978429

Join the Department of Molecular Biosciences and the MBS Graduate Student Association this Friday for a seminar talk given by Dr. Jian Jin. Students are encouraged to arrive early, as coffee will be served prior to the event from 9am to 9:30am. The seminar will begin promptly at 9:30am and finish at or around 10:30am. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1974229

Join us in the Student Technology Center, located in Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, for a crash-course workshop on crocheting!. . Weekly, Friday's all day --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1977332