Get INVOLVED!

USF is busting with opportunities for students to GET INVOLVED in campus life. There truly is something for everyone. We want students to be ENERGIZED, HIGHLY MOTIVATED, and SUCCESSFUL. Here are some great reasons to why it's important to Get INVOLVED!

	Interests, what are yours? You get to choose what you want to be involved in. USF has over 450 student organizations ranging from social to academic, political to religious. You are the one who decides what you want to be involved in!

	New ideas. Organizations are always looking for new and creative ideas. Your thoughts and ideas are very valuable. College is a learning laboratory. This is the place for you to experiment with new things and ideas. You can make mistakes and have huge successes.

	Values. Learn the kind of person you are. Find the boundaries to your moral and ethical being, become the person you want to become.

	Opportunities. Once you get involved with one activity, it will lead to other opportunities. You will find that once you are recognized as someone who is hard working and willing to do new things, you will have many more opportunities available to you.

	Leadership skills. Develop those skills that will help you all through life. Employers say the #1 thing they are looking for in a new employee is leadership skills.

	Volunteering. By being involved you are providing a very valuable service to the USF community. You can be a better BULL by volunteering your time to serve!

	Everlasting Friendship. You will meet people who will be friends for life. Getting involved also is a may to find mentors who will be able to assist you in your career goals and aspirations.

	Difference. There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn. In the distance he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea. The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again threw the small starfish from the sand to the water. He asked him, "Why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time?" The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun. "But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish," exclaimed the young man, "How can your effort make any difference?" The old man looked down a the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it to safety in the sea said. "It makes a difference to this one." You can make a difference.