Left: Hal and Cathy Urban with Dr. Sarah Camhi on the Guided URBAN Trail in November 2021; Center Visiting Welch Field and “Nourish”; Right: Dr. Sarah Camhi in the peace garden explaining the theme of “Appreciate”. Pictures taken by Dr. Stephanie Cooper (Kinesiology).
Thank you to everyone who helped create this trail. It was a truly community-engaged project that combined many perspectives, skills and talents!
Special Thanks To:
- Hal Urban (Author of The Power of Good News) – thank you for your generosity in sharing your powerful, timely and needed message with us and the USF community. I am honored to have gotten to collaborate with you and even more honored to call you a friend!
- USF College of Arts and Sciences: Former Dean Eileen Chia-Ching Fung, Osasere M. Evbuomwan, Katie Baum
- USF Development: Louise Lucchesi
- USF Facilities: Mike London, Alex Mauer, JJ Thorp, Jorge Rosales
- USF General Counsel: Erin Bakonyvari and Donna Davis
- USF Health Promotion Services: Natalie Macias, Jenny Lee and Aikaeli Kitilya
- USF Human Resources: Suzy Kisyalia
- USF Kinesiology Department: faculty, staff and students (especially the KIN330 Health Promotion students from fall 2021)
- USF Office of Marketing and Communications: Paul Salumbides
- USF Office of the Provost: Nathan Tregarvan, Former Provost Chinyere Oparah
- USF University Ministry: Angélica Quiñónez, Ed.D. and Father Donal Godfrey, S.J.
- Other volunteers: Ashley Burdick, Kyle Cantave, Nicole Morgan, Tiffany Ngo, Ava Sorenson
- Linda Chiofar – thank you for inspiring me to create a mindful walk together for our campus communities, and for convincing me to create a USF specific version!
- Adam Shervanian – thank you for providing meaningful feedback at every stage, volunteering to test out the trail, rock-painting to help populate our first Rock garden, and most of all, listening and helping me problem solve throughout this process
URBAN Trail Route and Content Created By: Dr. Sarah Camhi (KIN), Tiffany Ngo (KIN ’22), Nicole Morgan (KIN ’21), Ava Sorenson (BIO ’24), Ashley Burdick (KIN ’23), Kyle Cantave (PSY ’21)
URBAN Trail Signs Created By: USF Office of Marketing and Communications
Funding Provided by: Jesuit Foundation, Faculty Development Funds and a generous gift from Hal Urban
Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher! – Oprah Winfrey
No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude – Alfred North Whitehead
