Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

USF World Task Force

Charge (September 2009)

This Task Force will spearhead an active assessment to position USF as a place that makes a difference, and is relevant to, the larger world around us.  The Task Force will assess current strengths and limitations in USF’s ability to provide students, faculty, and staff with meaningful and exciting paths for global engagement, and to enrich both USF and our world partners. The Task Force goal is to recommend the necessary policies, strategies, and procedures needed to make USF the destination for those committed to global engagement. The USF World Task Force will assess existing data, collect new data, including interviews and documentation from other sources, and will celebrate our identity as an urban metropolitan university with richly diverse partner communities. Global education, faculty exchange, international student recruiting, global collaborative research and innovation, among other topics, will by our focus. These elements compose a significant component of Goal 3 of the USF Strategic Plan 2007-2012 to “Expand Local and global engagement initiatives to strengthen and sustain healthy communities and to improve the quality of life.” This Task Force will be advisory to the President and the Executive Vice President and Provost. Read the full Task Force charge.

Progress

The USF World Taskforce met from September 2008 through April 2009.  Eight committees were formed, each of them charged with assessing the barriers and strengths to making USF a globally engaged university.  They provided midterm and final reports, both of which can be reviewed on www.usf.edu/global

Taskforce Documents

• Final Report

Workgroup Reports

• Final Reports from all Committees:
  • Development Committee Report
  • Graduate Committee Report
  • Infrastructure Committee Report
  • Research Committee Report
  • Undergraduate Committee Report
  • Communication Committee Report
  • Faculty Committee Report
• Appendices
  • Example Institution Organizational Charts
  • Heads of Global and Reporting Structure for Peer and Aspirational AAU Universities

Committee Members

USF World Task Force Committee Members

Portal

The USF World Portal is accessible through the eUSF Portal. When prompted, please enter your username and password.

Co-Chairs

Linda Whiteford, Associate Vice President for Global Strategies
Donna Petersen, Dean of the College of Public Health

Member Roster

• View the Member Roster