Dr. Jessica Grosholz has received the 2019/20 Outstanding Community-Engaged Teaching Award from USF. The award is made as part of USF's continuing effort to enhance education by recognizing and rewarding excellence in teaching. Her valuable contribution as an excellent community-engaged teacher has been identified by her peers.

Dr. Sondra Fogel has been awarded the University of Illinois School of Social Work Alumni Association 2020-2021 Distinguished Alumni Award. This award is presented to a School of Social Work Alumnus who, throughout their career, has consistently demonstrated exceptional contributions to the profession, the community and/or social work education. Wynne Korr nominated Dr. Fogel for this award and had this to share about her work: "Sondra Fogel has made outstanding contributions to social work practice, research/knowledge dissemination, and education throughout her career. She exemplifies the leadership we expect from doctoral graduates of our School.... In her community (Tampa, FL, and its county) and beyond, she brings the benefit of her research and practice to serve others..... She has encouraged engagement of students from her university in addressing pressing social problems, e.g. how to improve services to the homeless in their community.... She is an innovative, dedicated, social work leader."

Jacob Glover(BSW, Spring 2020), Intake & Pre-Release Specialist at Ready4Work-Hillsborough shares his comeback story for #GivingTuesday. School of Social Work Instructor Chris Groeber adds, "Jacob is not just an outstanding example of what our BSW students are like as professionals. He is an example of what living life with a strengths-based approach looks like. His ability to be optimistic when times were tough, his ability to look past so many barriers and his vision of what could be are an example to all of us. As a professor, you hope to teach content and see your students master it, but to have a student teach you about the power of hope by embodying it has been a highlight of my career. Thanks Jacob Glover for being a great student and even better teacher."

Congratulations to Melanie A. Rosler, a Master of Social Work student, who was awarded the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Masters Minority Fellowship for the 2020-2021 cycle, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is designed to enhance the training of full-time, masters-level, direct practice-focused social work students interested in continuing their mental health and/or substance use disorder service delivery to racial/ethnic minorities. The purpose of the MFP is to reduce health disparities and improve behavioral healthcare outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations through an array of culturally competent trainings.

Melanie currently works in a psychology research laboratory where she is developing a culturally competent youth suicide prevention guide for Latinx families as part of a USF internal award. Her MSW placement is at Tampa General Hospital, Healthpark, an outpatient clinic serving low-income, predominately minority individuals. Melanie is also a facilitator for a healthy relationship program for people living with HIV. After graduation, she plans to continue her work with minorities by pursuing either a Master of Public Health or a Ph.D. with a focus on culturally competent program development to reduce health disparities.

We are pleased to announce that PhD student Dylan Jester's 2020 GSA poster presentation ("Deficiency Citations in Nursing Homes that Predominantly Serve Residents with Serious Mental Illness") has been selected for the 2020 SRPP (Social Research, Policy and Practice) Outstanding Student Poster Award.

This year there were 12 highly competitive finalists. Panel members independently reviewed and rated the poster presentations, using a score sheet compromising six factors: importance of topic, sound methodology, appropriate presentation of findings, discussion of practice/policy implications, poster clarity/style, and oral presentation. Dylan's poster received the highest average total score.

The USF Health 3rd Annual IPE Day focused on the value and importance of working interprofessionally, to address and learn from the COVID-19 global health crisis to be better prepared for future global pandemics. Congratulations to the winning student team (see below) for earning this year's USF Health Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day 2020 trophy for their contact tracing presentation on a simulated new emerging virus.

The winning student team was selected out of 12 teams competing for the win during the invitation-only virtual afternoon session to encourage collaboration among student learners. The event was held virtually on Nov. 18th. The morning session includes international and national speakers and congratulations to Dr. Amber Gum, a professor in the Department of Mental Health Law & Policy for her presentation. We also want to congratulate and thank our students (list below) for their participation and faculty facilitators, Dr. Kimberly Johnson and Dr. Linda Callejas for facilitating the afternoon events and judging the students' presentations.

1. Ashton Pennington - BSW Social Work
2. Molly Buck - MSW Social Work
3. Catherine Cadotte - MSW Social Work
4. Cole Foust - MSW Social Work
5. Mary Goldsworthy - doctoral student Behavioral and Community Sciences
6. Dr. Robb Holley - MSW Social Work
7. Carolina Ledford - MSW Social Work
8. Rolando Trejos Saucedo - MPH with a concentration in behavioral health
9. Sarah Stefanick - Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling
10. Shannon Heller - Marriage and Family Therapist program
11. T. Freeman Gerhardt - doctoral student Behavioral and Community Sciences [Winning Team]
12. Gaileanne [Alianna] Timmins - MSW student Social Work

Students in the University of South Florida's Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) program are raising awareness about speech and hearing differences and disorders through a new video series tied to the holiday season. The students - all from the university's Sarasota-Manatee campus and members of the campus's National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association (NSSLHA) online chapter - say the project is a play on the annual 25 days of Christmas programming on some cable TV networks.

"We just thought this would be a great way to bring awareness to the many types of hearing and speech differences and disorders that affect millions of people," NSSLHA chapter President Tiffany Marsh said.

The minute-long videos will appear on the group's Facebook and Instagram pages starting December 1st and run each day after that through Christmas Day. The campaign falls under a larger outreach effort by the students called "Communication for All." In addition to raising awareness, they hope to advocate for those living with communication differences and disorders, which can affect people across their lifespan, often starting at an early age. Full article...

1st-year students in the ABA Master's Program presented their case study projects druing a virtual poster presentation on Dec. 2. The posters profiled their case study projects completed for the course MHS6601 Functional Assessment. Microsoft Teams and Sway platforms allowed online faculty and students to visit each student's individual session and chat about the posters.

"During this challenging time, the students have put much time and effort to complete the project, and they were thrilled to have the faculty and doc students in their presentation rooms," said Associate Professor Kwang-Sun Cho Blair. All the students completed Phase 1 (Functional Behavior Assessment) with their clients, and a few of them completed Phase 2 (Hypothesis Testing/Functional Analysis) with their supervisors or classmates in mock trials or sessions, because they were unable to access their clients due to COVID-19.

The Center for Autism & Related Disabilities at the University of South Florida (CARD-USF) was established by state statute in 1993 to serve individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities at no charge. For 28 years, CARD has delivered on the promise to provide resources and direct support to individuals and their families, offered in person, virtually, and within the community. CARD delivers trainings and outreach for teachers, professionals, and businesses across 14 counties in southwest Florida. Now, we need YOUR help to continue the mission. To continue to deliver programs that educate and empower. To innovate and reflect community needs. To ensure that ALL voices are included and valued.

Why does CARD need your help NOW? As a state funded program, CARD was directed to significantly cut our operating budget. After reducing our expenses, we will still have to rely heavily on our USF Foundation Funds and donors like you.

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1. Callejas, L. M., Abella, A., & Ismajli, F. (2020). Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of Pandemic Restrictions in Child Welfare: Lessons from Parent and Provider Experiences. Human Organization, 79(4), 304-312. doi:10.17730/1938-3525-79.4.304

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