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IN THIS ISSUE... Connect Through Conversation.................................2 Pirate Fest Prep............................3 C-SPAN Bus to Stop at UT...........4 Q & A with Susan Garbutt...........5 Win a NOOK...................................6 White House Summit...................6
Save the Date This I Believe, a freedom of expression showcase hosted by the Resource Team for Faith, Values and Spirituality, will be held April 16 at 6 p.m. in the Reeves Theater. Details will follow in the March issue.
Celebrate Women’s History The annual Women’s History Luncheon will be held March 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Vaughn Center Crescent Club. The theme of this year’s luncheon is “Women’s Education — Women’s Empowerment,” which will be discussed by a panel of speakers. Admission is free for those who bring a student with them, and both women and men are welcome.
2012 FEBRUARY
UT ANNOUNCES “RESIDENCE HALL VII” New residence hall will be largest on campus; To be completed in August 2013 UT announced this week that it break ground immediately on its largest residence hall that will rise 11 stories and will include 523 beds for undergraduates. It is set to be completed in August 2013. The as-yet-unnamed residence hall — temporarily designated as Residence Hall VII — will be located on the parcel of land that borders Kennedy Blvd. and once was the site of the Valencia Garden restaurant. The new, 193,000 square-foot hall will reflect the latest in university campus amenities. Each room will be suite-style with a common living room, four single bedrooms and two full bathrooms. All rooms will be cable and network ready. The residence hall also has several lounges and student gathering spaces, as well as a laundry room and common kitchen. The proposed design indicates the building will blend with the architecture of the campus, with red brick, stucco and glass. An adjacent park and courtyard will complement the facility. In addition to two residential suites, the 11th floor will include two large community rooms with sweeping views of Tampa Bay, primarily for student use. “More and more students want to attend UT and live on our dynamic downtown campus,” said Pres. Vaughn. “This new construction represents our continued effort to provide an exemplary academic and co-curricular experience for them.” Construction of the residence hall, including furnishings, is estimated at $38 million. Residence Hall VII will represent the 25th new or substantially redesigned facility on UT’s campus in the past 15 years, and the seventh new residence hall in the same period. The building roof includes a solar array that will supply hot water to the building. In alignment with UT’s commitment to environmental stewardship, the building will be designed and constructed to be a candidate for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Preparations for RNC Continue
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he City of Tampa will host the Republican National Convention (RNC) in August, and UT is already preparing for the opportunities and challenges that will come with it.
The convention will be held Aug. 27-30 at The Tampa Convention Center and the Tampa Bay Times Forum, the same week as the start of fall classes. The University will continue with its Fall 2012 academic schedule and August student leader training and athletic activities. Continued on page 2
New Year, New Name The Kennedy Building, located on the south side of campus at 110 N. Brevard Avenue, has been renamed the Ian and Jean MacKechnie Building. The MacKechnies are longtime friends and supporters of UT, and the building has been renamed in their honor. Renovated in 2010, the building contains general academic classrooms, offices and provides space for the ELS Language Center, where international students can improve their language skills before enrolling at UT. The new abbreviation for the building is “MKE.”
UT Gives Back • The Department of Health Sciences and Human Performance (HSHP) gathered and donated 1,416 pounds of food and 9 boxes of toys to the Metropolitan Ministries holiday drive. • DRIVE UT, a car enthusiast club, held a Toys for Tots Car Show on Dec. 10. The show attracted more than 200 cars and motorcycles, and more than 400 toys were collected for the charity. • The PEACE Volunteer Center sponsored Goodwill bins on campus in early December, collecting five carts of donations for a total weight of 1,040 pounds. Combined with a drive earlier in the year in May, which collected 83 carts of donations or 17,264 pounds, the PEACE Volunteer Center collected 18,304 pounds of donations for Goodwill in 2011.
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Join the Conversation
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ver wish you could meet faculty, staff and students from other departments? Do you enjoy sharing your sentiments, observations, opinions and ideas and hearing those of others? Then consider signing up for Community Conversations. Sponsored by the Resource Team for Faith, Values and Spirituality, Community Conversations provides faculty, staff and students the opportunity to connect with each other through discussion groups that meet four times during the semester. Groups are comprised of eight people (two faculty, two staff and four students). Each group sets the direction for their conversations, though conversation starters are provided to help initiate dialogue. Conversations and questions focus on the areas of character, values and spirituality. You must be able to attend all meetings to participate and the first meeting includes free lunch at Panache. Registration forms are available at www.ut.edu/spiritual and are due by 5 p.m. on Feb. 15 to the Dickey Health and Wellness Center second floor reception area. For more information, contact Melody Swindle at mswindle@ut.edu or (813) 257-1877. The Resource Team for Faith Values and Spirituality has organized several other events for the Spring 2012 semester, including book clubs, a “Spirituality and Film” series and guest speaker lectures. For a full listing, go to www.ut.edu/spiritual and click Spiritual Life Programming Calendar.
Preparations for RNC Continued The University has developed a website for information sharing about the RNC: www.ut.edu/rnc . It will be regularly updated and should be considered the primary source for information about the RNC for UT community members. Any questions or concerns about the upcoming event can be emailed to RNC2012@ut.edu . Vice President for Operations and Planning Linda Devine is chair of a campus committee that is preparing for the convention, including aspects such as safety, orientation, academics, facilities and communications. “The RNC will no doubt cause inconveniences, but we feel strongly that the event presents unique opportunities for students to experience democracy in action, and it is my hope that curricular and cocurricular areas take every advantage of what this engagement has to offer,” Devine said. There is a separate faculty sub-committee of UT’s RNC committee, chaired by Interim Associate Provost Joe Sclafani, that is specifically focusing on course delivery and policy issues to ensure the week goes as smoothly as possible. A few key points: • Campus Safety staffing will be enhanced to limit access to campus entrances and borders. Safety education will be ongoing, and the UT community’s vigilance will be critical. • It is likely UT will host some RNC events, which will mean increased bus traffic on campus. • There have been some slight modifications made to fall orientation programs and student move-in schedules. Check www.ut.edu/rnc and www.ut.edu/orientation for details. • Faculty, staff and students will need to be ready to present their Spartan ID cards at any time during RNC. UT will provide each UT community member with a lanyard and ID holder to make identification easier.
PREPPING FOR A PIRATE INVASION — On Jan. 23, Stephanie Russell Holz (right) was part of a press conference with Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor ‘81, Bill Gieseking ‘82 and others involved in Gasparilla Pirate Fest safety education efforts. In preparation for the festival this weekend, be sure to secure all building access points, offices and other work areas, and any valuables. While vehicle access will be monitored throughout the weekend, there will likely be many visitors walking through campus. Be sure to carry your Spartan Card if you plan to be on campus over the weekend.
In Case You Missed It
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elly Hollibaugh is the new AmeriCorps VISTA member working in UT’s Office of Student Leadership and Engagement. As the VISTA volunteer at UT, she is working on several projects including designing a service learning database where community agencies can connect with faculty to provide students with more individualized service opportunities. She also helps manage UT’s College Access Program, which pairs eight UT students with sixth to eighth graders for mentoring and college preparation. CLICK HERE to read more about Hollibaugh.
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WHO’S NEWS
COLLEEN BEAUDOIN, instructor of mathematics, and PATTIE JOHNSTON, chair/assistant professor of education, had their article “The Impact of Purposeful Movement in Algebra Instruction” published in the journal Education.
REBECCA BELLONE, associate professor of biology, co-authored “Genotypes of predomestic horses match phenotypes painted in Paleolithic works of cave art,” which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Bellone also co-authored “Congenital stationary night blindness is associated with the leopard complex in the miniature horse,” which was published in Veterinary Opthalmology. KEVIN FRIDY, assistant professor of government and world affairs, coauthored “Sierra Leone’s 2007 Elections: Monumental and More of the Same,” which was published in African Studies Quarterly. SUSAN GARBUTT, nursing simulation lab coordinator, will present “Linking Nursing Research and Clinical Simulation” at the Medical Education Technologies Inc. Human Patient Simulation Network 2012 conference in Tampa Feb. 28-March 1. TIM HARDING, associate dean of career development and engagement, received the President’s Award at the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (SoACE) Annual Conference. President’s Awards are given annually at the discretion of the sitting SoACE president to recognize individuals or organizations that have distinguished themselves by their service to the association in way of particular significance to the president during their tenure in office.
Washburn, associate professor of marketing, spent last spring Judith in India on a sabbatical interviewing small business owners, con-
tinuing the research last summer with a trip to Brazil. The seed for her sabbatical research was planted during a trip to China in 2009 offered by the Centers for International Business Education and Research. During a tour of a piano factory, Washburn wondered how the downturned economy was impacting small businesses in emerging economies. CLICK HERE to read more about Washburn’s research. RYAN HEBERT, assistant professor of music, had his article “The Acting Principles of Konstantin Stanislavski and Their Relevance to Choral Conducting” published in the Choral Journal. CATHY KESSENICH, professor and associate director of nursing, had her article “Reasoning in Radiology: Do ankle injuries always require an X-ray?” published in Nurse Practitioner. JACK KING, professor of art, served as a judge for the Gainesville Fine Arts Association 2012 Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, choosing 42 pieces of artwork from a pool of 212 entries. DEAN KOUTROUMANIS, assistant professor of management and associate director of the Entrepreneurship Center, and MARY ANNE WATSON, professor of management and associate director of the TECO Center for Leadership, co-authored “Developing Organizational Culture In Independently Owned Restaurants: Links To Service Quality And Customers’ Intentions To Return,” which was published in the Journal of Applied Business Research. DONALD MORRILL, associate dean of Graduate and Continuing Studies and Dana professor of English, has published a poem, “The Untoward,” in the online journal Ascent and his essay “Character in Nonfiction” appears in the online journal TriQuarterly. ALBERT TILLSON, professor of history, reviewed the book Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff, which was published in the Journal of American History. REBECCA WHITE, professor of management and the James W. Walter Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship, has been selected for the founding board of Startup Florida. This program, initiated by the Obama administration, was developed to boost innovation and entrepreneurship by encouraging private investment in startups.
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Be a Part of UT History The UT men’s lacrosse team will play its historic first game on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. at Pepin Stadium against longtime University rival Florida Southern College. Admission is free to home games with a valid UT identification.
UT a Stop on the “Road to the White House”
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n Jan. 31, C-SPAN’s Campaign 2012 Bus will make a stop at UT — just in time for the Republican primary — as part of its “Road to the White House” tour. The bus will be parked on North B Street on campus, between the Vaughn Center and the Sykes College of Business, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Campaign 2012 Bus travels the country to promote and enhance C-SPAN’s extensive resources and political coverage by stopping at major political events, meeting with voters on the campaign trail, touring state capitals, visiting community events, and hosting students and teachers around the nation, giving them an inside look at C-SPAN’S comprehensive educational and political resources. The bus’ visit provides a great opportunity for students, faculty and staff to learn more about the political process and the programming and resources available to them through C-SPAN.
Next Faculty Colloquium Feb. 10 On Friday, Feb. 10, Daniel Huber, assistant professor of biology, will speak on “Conservation Biomechanics: Etiology of Spinal Deformities in Captive Sandtiger Sharks” as part of the 2011-2012 Faculty Colloquium Series. The presentation will be held in the Sykes College of Business, Room 131 at 3 p.m. and a reception in the Sykes lobby will follow the presentation.
Pardon Our Dust: Campus Construction Updates • The Health Science and Human Performance facility in the Martinez Athletics Center is occupied and classes began in the space on Jan. 17. • Phase two of the Martinez Athletics Center project, which will add space for athletics, athletic training and ROTC, is now under construction and is expected to be complete in early July. • Work on the University’s primary electrical distribution network continues, though no service interruptions are scheduled at this time. • A new segment of North Boulevard will be closed to two lanes for development within the Martinez Athletics Center and to continue the face-lift of the North Boulevard façade of the Bailey Art Studios and Scarfone/Hartley Gallery. Pedestrian traffic to and from the Martinez Athletics Center will be Goodbye! directed via the crosswalk to the east side of North Boulevard. UT community members are urged to be cautious at all times as they cross North Boulevard. • Infrastructure work for storm water management is underway in the lot west of the MacKechnie Building.
Access to Track and Intramural Field Over the winter break a gate was installed at the south end of Pepin Stadium for access to the track and intramural field. Faculty, staff and students may use their Spartan Card at the card scanner to the left of the gate to enter the facility. Please remember to bring your Spartan Card to the track/intramural fields and do not open the gate for others who don’t have a Spartan Card.
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Hello! HEIDI BORGEAS.................. Office of Provost, Anatomy and Physiology Lab.............Lab Coordinator/Instructor Anatomy and Physiology BONNI CARNEY.................. Admissions.......................................................................Counselor DAVID DAVISSON............... Library...............................................................................Information Literacy Librarian TIMOTHY HUSTED.............. Admissions.......................................................................Counselor MELISSA BROWN .............. Library...............................................................................Part-time Library Technical Assistant ELLEN GOLDMAN............... Career Services................................................................Associate Director, Graduate Career Services SARAH HAM........................ Admissions for Graduate and Continuing Studies.........Counselor MARTHA HARRISON.......... Education..........................................................................Associate Professor CANDICE PIETRI.................. Financial Aid.....................................................................Financial Aid Specialist RYAN ROBIDOUX................ Admissions.......................................................................Counselor
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Meet Susan Garbutt, Nursing Simulation Lab Coordinator
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usan Garbutt joined the Department of Nursing in August 2011 as the nursing simulation lab coordinator. Garbutt is a reservist in the United States Air Force Reserves Nurse Corps and serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing. She has served as a graduate student advisor in the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida, and taught at the Galen College of Nursing in St. Petersburg and at the St. Petersburg College nursing program. Garbutt has 35 years of experience as a registered nurse, working in acute care, longterm care, staff development and infection control.
Q: What is the purpose of the nursing simulation lab? A: The lab enables nursing students to learn and practice nursing clinical skills, such as health assessment, wound care and medication administration. Students practice clinical skills on computerized high fidelity manikins with pulses, blood pressure, breath sounds, heart sounds and bowel sounds, as well as the ability to respond physiologically to the nursing interventions and medications administered by the nursing students.
Q: Tell us about the expansion and renovation of the lab and what new equipment is now available. The lab (located in Walker Hall) doubled in size from the original nursing lab and contains a new health assessment lab with six fully equipped exam rooms. The newest additions to the family of computerized high fidelity manikins in the lab are Sim New B and Sim Man 3 G. Both of these enable nursing students to experience patient care scenarios. Sim New B is a newborn infant manikin, whereas Sim Man 3G can be configured to be a teenager, an adult, or an older adult depending on the scenario. The nursing lab also has two high fidelity Noelle manikins that give birth, as well as a premature infant manikin, with realistic size, tone and features of a premature infant.
Q: What is your role as simulation lab coordinator? I collaborate with the nursing faculty from all specialties to facilitate clinical simulation scenarios in the nursing lab. This ranges from
selecting and running preprogrammed scenarios, to developing and implementing scenarios that are designed by UT nursing faculty. Among other things, I set up and maintain the manikins, schedule and run the clinical simulation scenarios, teach nursing students using clinical simulation, research and locate additional resources, equipment and curriculum, and provide tours of the facility to prospective students, the UT community and other groups. My day to day is varied. For example, one day last fall I facilitated clinical simulation for the mental health nursing course in the morning and ran adult nursing clinical simulation scenarios that afternoon. Other days, I am meeting with nursing faculty to select or develop clinical simulation scenarios, and then writing clinical simulation templates and scripts.
Q: What previous work experiences will help you in your new position? I consider myself to be an early adopter of clinical simulation in nursing education. Since 2003, I have used high fidelity manikins to teach nursing students in a variety of settings, from health assessment and vital signs to mock codes.
Q: What is your favorite part of your position? Three things: UT nursing students, UT faculty and staff colleagues and the opportunity to focus on clinical simulation full time here at UT. Garbutt earned her doctor of nursing practice in educational leadership from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She can be reached at x3295 or sgarbutt@ut.edu.
THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM — Robert Rahway Zakanitch will return to UT for a third time as the STUDIO-f visiting artist Feb. 13-24. You can meet Zakanitch and view the monoprints he creates during his time on campus at a reception Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. Additionally, Zakanitch will share one of five paintings from his famous Big Bungalow Suite along with 20 other paintings from his collection at the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery beginning Jan. 30. The exhibition and completed STUDIO-f monoprints will be on view through March 8.
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Make A Move News DRAWING FOR NOOK PART OF BENEFITS DAY
Time to Renew?
With a new year comes a new cycle of car registration renewals. This year when your registration comes up for renewal, consider upgrading to a UT specialty license plate. The plates are $27 (in addition to the regular registration fees) and help fund scholarships and campus improvements. For each plate purchased, $25 goes to UT. To learn more, call the Office of Alumni Relations at x6209, or email alumni@ut.edu .
White House Hispanic Community Action Summit Feb. 3 On Friday, Feb. 3, UT will host the White House Hispanic Community Action Summit in the Vaughn Center. The summit will connect senior Obama administration officials from diverse policy areas with community leaders, business owners and other stakeholders to discuss issues critical to the Hispanic community, Tampa and the nation. The summit, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 9th floor of the Vaughn Center. To register for the event, go to www.whitehouse.gov/webform/ white-house-hispaniccommunity-action-summittampa-florida .
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Benefits Day for UT faculty and staff is Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Fletcher Lounge. Participate in a wellness screening and you will be entered into a drawing for a NOOK eReader and receive $25 into your health reimbursement account. You can make an appointment for the free screening at https://pickatime.com/client?ven=11603323 . Two NOOKs will be given away on Benefits Day.
MOVERS OF THE MONTH JOY HARRIS Coordinator of Educational Technology Academic Services Accomplishment(s): Completed first full marathon Training for: Sunset to Sunrise Relay in March 2012 SCOTT MCATASNEY Web Programmer Information Technology Accomplishment(s): Finished first triathlon, the Suncoast Triathlon, in September 2011 Training for: Several triathlons in the coming months, with the goal of one day finishing an Ironman race ROSA MERCADO International Student Services Advisor International Programs Accomplishment(s): Completed first half marathon, the Women’s Half Marathon in St. Petersburg, in November 2011 Training for: Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in February 2012 Have an accomplishment you’d like to share? Submit your story and photo to Jamie Blessinger at jblessinger@ ut.edu or Joy Harris at jharris@ut.edu .
“ROADS SCHOLARS” LOOKING FOR MEMBERS UT faculty and staff are running across the state of Florida! UT’s relay team — The Roads Scholars — will be participating in the Sunset to Sunrise Relay, a 180 mile relay race from Fort Myers to Jensen Beach on March 30-31. Current team members are Joy Harris, Stephen Blessing, Melanie Hicks and Amanda Bueler. The team is looking for two additional runners to participate in the race. Contact Joy Harris at jharris@ut.edu if you would like to sign up.
TWO WEEKS@UT Wednesday, Feb. 1 Collaboration between Cultures. Vaughn Center, Trustees Board Room, 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 First Fridays at Noon Chapel Recitals. Sykes Chapel, noon. Saturday, Feb. 4 Women’s Basketball vs. Barry. Martinez Athletics Center, 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Barry. Martinez Athletics Center, 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 Cyber Crime, Identity Theft and Online Security. MacDonald-Kelce Library, AV2, 4 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 10 Faculty Colloquium. Conservation Biomechanics: Etiology of Spinal Deformities in Captive Sandtiger Sharks. Sykes College of Business, Room 131, 3 p.m. Lacrosse vs. Florida Southern. Pepin Stadium, 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 The Countertop Ensemble. Sykes Chapel, 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 Writers at the University presents Tim Seibles. Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, 7 p.m. Documentary Film: “Veins in the Gulf.” Vaughn Center, Reeves Theater, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day Dessert Potluck. Plant Hall East Verandah, 3-4 p.m.
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