Practice schedule for the USF Coed Sailing Team alongside the USF Varsity Women's Team. . . . -Practices are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays ranging from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM on Wednesdays. . -If you have any sailing experience, please email either dajasir@usf.edu (requirement chair) or hporrata@usf.edu (president) to learn about opportunities to join the USF Sailing Team. . . . *Practices are limited to members who have some form of previous sailing experience due to safety concerns and the risks involved in the sport* --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1962893

Come to the JGHCSC Tampa Professional Development Committee's first Speaker Series of the Spring 2025 semester, featuring our very own Dean Adams! As JGHC Dean, Dean Adams will discuss his career in English from his collegiate journey, past experiences, and how they led him to his career today! Come to hear his story and ask him any questions you'd like. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1972478

Join the Office of National Scholars as you hear about the Department of State Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fully-funded cultural exchange programs in over 140 countries – including: . . Graduate Programs. . English Teaching Assistantships. . Research Projects (designed by applicants). . Join us to find out if Fulbright could fit with your academic and professional goals. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1972810

Join the American Red Cross Club at our first event of the spring semester!! We will be going over the details and volunteer opportunities associated with our club and will be playing games to get to know the officers and members. Free food will be avaliable! --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1972948

Practice for Men's Soccer Club --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1964271

We will be meeting weekly for 5 weeks on Tuesdays from 7:00pm-8:00pm to discuss The Joy Luck Club.. . There is no reading required for the first meeting.. . . . Reading schedule:. . Week 1: 1/28/2025 - Orientation meeting. . . . Week 2: 2/4/2025 - Discussion of Feathers from a Thousand Li Away (pg. 1-84 ). . . . Week 3: 2/11/2025 - Discussion of The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates (pg. 85-156). . . . Week 4: 2/18/2025 - Discussion of American Translation (pg. 157-235 ). . . . Week 5: 2/25/2025 - Discussion of Queen Mother of the Western Skies (pg. 236-329). . . . . . About the Book:. . Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue.. . . . With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.. . . . “The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1958970