Our Mission
Student Affairs works to provide the necessary co-curricular instruction and experience to ensure that each student receives a three dimensional education and is grounded in healthy and viable leadership principles and practices.
Student Affairs
USFSM is a community of learners where students can develop skills and acquire the knowledge necessary to be responsible, engaged leaders and global citizens. The mission of Student Affairs is to enhance academics by offering services, programs, activities which foster an inclusive, collaborative and student-engaged learning environment. The office advises SGA and Clubs & Organizations, oversees the co-curricular transcript, promotes diversity & wellness, provides leadership development opportunities and oversees commencement and Campus Spiritual Life. The office is located in A110. Students and/or staff are here from 8am – 9pm, Monday through Thursday and 8am – 5pm on Friday.
Spiritual Life
Spiritual growth and development occurs naturally in college life, and that’s why the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee offers students, staff and faculty the services of a campus chaplain and a program in support of spiritual development.
The Campus Chaplain listens, gives counsel, provides spiritual direction and helps network students with local resources for their specific religion or denominational body. Working together with campus ministry, students may find themselves called to social justice projects, candlelight vigils or special services such as pastoral prayer or Soulful Sundowns, a form of young adult worship. The chaplain, with the assistance of other approved, ordained clergy, leads Transitions, a weekly interfaith support group for anyone going through change and challenges. This drop-in gathering occurs Wednesdays at 5pm and is open to everyone regardless of religious perspective.
Internships are available for campus leadership or for volunteer community service. Summer interns are required to live on campus in an intentional spiritual community. On occasion, students may have the opportunity to participate in service learning or mission trips with area faith-based organizations. The chaplain also offers support to on-campus student organizations such as Hillel, which serves Jewish students, and the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.
The Sarasota Association of Campus Ministry, a 501-c3 organization, works in conjunction with this and other area institutions of higher learning to provide a comprehensive program of spiritual life for students, staff, faculty and the campus community. No state or government funding goes into this program, which is funded primarily by participating congregations in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.
To contact the Campus Chaplain directly, call 941-309-0200, e-mail chaplain@ringling.edu or on Facebook contact: Campus Chaplain. The Chaplain also has a mailbox in the USFSM SGA Office.
Co-Curricular Transcript
The co-curricular transcript program is an important part of your
involvement at USF.
You may choose from a variety of activities,
awards, research and programs to populate you own co-curricular transcripts
that you can use when applying to graduate schools and in your job search.
The process is SIMPLE and as EASY as 1, 2, 3.
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