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Bradley investigation closing, hiring process revised By Abby Rinaldi
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After almost two months, the investigation into the hiring process for Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications Director Samuel Bradley is reaching a conclusion. Thomas Gonzalez of the Tampa law firm Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing, P.A. was hired by USF’s General Counsel Gerard Solis to investigate Bradley’s employment. Bradley has been on paid administrative leave since March. He came into the spotlight after a report from his former employer, Texas Tech University, revealed several inappropriate— and
often sexual — relationships with at least four students during his employment there. Gonzalez is currently compiling the final report on the investigation, according to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Eric Eisenberg. USF has yet to receive the report, but Eisenberg expects it in a few days. “I expect to get it any day now, and I’m very, very anxious to see what’s in it,” he said. The conclusion of the investigation comes alongside the release of a memo by Provost Ralph Wilcox to USF staff members indicating changes to the background check portion of the hiring process for employees at the university. Effective May 11, all new
Andros complex prepares for demolition
faculty hires will require a signed statement from the dean of the respective college “attesting to the completion of satisfactory, current reference checks … prior to final review and approval to extend a letter of offer,” Wilcox stated in the memo. Eisenberg feels the change is related to the incident with Bradley, as a measure of insurance that something similar doesn’t happen again. “Basically, what the Provost’s memo does is it makes sure that before we hire somebody here, we’re in direct conversation with their current or immediate past supervisor so we can be certain to ask questions about their employment status and
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Studies aim to help the hungry in Bay Area By Miki Shine C O - N E W S
Preparations for demolition of the Andros complex have begun, with demolition set to begin within a week. The construction of new housing in Andros will take place in two phases, the first of which is set to be complete in fall of 2017. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ
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One in four children and one in six people in Tampa Bay struggle with hunger, according to Feeding America Tampa Bay. This is a fact the organization and USF researchers are working to combat. Thomas Mantz, executive director of Feeding America Tampa Bay, is leading the organization’s collaboration with USF through anthropology professor David Himmelgreen and the College of Public Health to study how hunger affects the 700,000 food insecure people in Tampa Bay. “The ongoing challenges presented by hunger in the community are persistent, pervasive and growing,” Mantz
said. “The long term issue of people not having enough food in their lives will, we think, have a significant downstream effect on the future. “A child who doesn’t have enough food to eat obviously can’t develop physically, emotionally, mentally. A senior who doesn’t have access to food will have greater health care issues. That problem is growing.” According to Feeding America, people who are food insecure have limited access to enough food and at times experience changes in diet or reduced food intake as a result of that insecurity. As part of the collaboration, the university conducts research and provides the data to Mantz and his team to apply it in their relief programs.
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