Building Access Procedures

Per Jennifer Fleischman, Director of Emergency Management, until the university moves into a formal reopening, people needing access to campus facilities will be required to request an essential personnel letter and have the approved letter on their person while on campus. The procedure for requesting a letter is as follows:

1. Employees requiring access to the building should request approval from their respective department chair. Employee should inform the chair of room numbers that need accessed.
2. Upon chair approval, the chair will send the employee names to Steven Johnson, Dean Serovich and copy Stefan Phekoo.
3. Steven Johnson will submit an essential personnel letter request to USF Emergency Management.
4. USF Emergency Management generates the approved essential personnel letter and notifies Steven Johnson once letter is available.
5. Steven Johnson forwards approved essential personnel letter to department leadership for distribution to employees.

We invite you to share your COVID-19 stories in Communique. Let us know how you are coping with working remotely. Submit your photos and captions to cbcsmarketing@usf.edu

As always, you should refer to the official USF coronavirus webpage for the most up to date information. 

Stay safe

On Wednesday, May 27, Kathryn Hyer, PhD, participated in a live Facebook roundtable discussion hosted by Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-21). The focus of the roundtable was on legislation that Frankel and several other Florida Representatives introduced to Congress on the same day. The Bill entitled Protecting the Health of America's Older Adults During COVID-19 and Beyond Act, would establish a National COVID-19 Resource Center for Older Adults under the leadership of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and create the Healthy Aging grant program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• USF graduate students in a field related to counseling (e.g., mental health counseling, social work, psychology)
• USF faculty who are licensed in a field related to counseling (e.g., LMHC, MSW, psychology)

• Commit to volunteering 5 hours/week for at least 3 months (including training, documentation, and supervision)
• Call patients to check-in and offer brief support and resources
• Some volunteers will engage in brief counseling with a small number of patients
• Participate in weekly group supervision
• ALL activities will be remote

• Faculty members may volunteer to supervise students (1-2 hours/week, including group supervision along with Dr. Gum, a licensed psychologist)
• Faculty members may volunteer to engage in direct services with patients (e.g., brief counseling)
• ALL activities will be remote

As faculty, staff, and students in CBCS, we all share a mission to help those in need. Unfortunately, in light of the circumstances, many of the resources that have previously served people who are homeless and hungry have been forced to shut down. These past few weeks, we have met with two organizations that are still up and running and doing their best to help: The Coffee Shop (an outreach and engagement center provided by Gracepoint) and Hillsborough Hope (the new tent city in Tampa supported by Catholic Charities and the county government).

We are currently working to put together supply kits for these organizations, where they can safely and securely be put into the hands of those who need them. We are accepting financial donations here through GoFundMe.

Alternatively, if you are stuck at home and find yourself in a cleaning frenzy, we are also accepting donations of the following:

• Bath towels
• Reusable bags (like grocery bags, canvas bags, backpacks, etc.)
• Blankets
• Shoes (mostly men's)
• Clothing (we really need men's clothes, especially pants!)
• Socks
• Nonperishable food
• Depends (mostly for men)
• Nonperishable drinks (juice, tea, ensure, etc.)
• Hygiene items (especially sunscreen, razors, and nail clippers)

If you gather your donations in a bag and place them outside of your house, one of our team members will happily come pick them up or we can meet you at a convenient spot! Just email us your address when it is ready, and we will coordinate the rest. Please rest assured, we are taking safety precautions to sanitize and maintain social distancing. For questions, donation pick-up, or more information about our partners, please reach out to Amanda Sharp at amandasharp@usf.edu, Melissa Carlson at mbarongi@usf.edu, or Kathleen Moore at kamoore@usf.edu. Thank you for your kindness!

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2. Semenza D.C., Grosholz J.M. (2020) Teen Dating Violence and Stalking. In: Geffner R., Vieth V., Vaughan-Eden V., Rosenbaum A., Hamberger L., White J. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_21-1

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