Acknowledgements

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 (KIN).

Thank you to everyone who helped create this trail. It was a truly community-engaged project that combined many perspectives, skills and talents!

How was the trail created?

Trail content is based on a book written by USF professor and alumnus Hal Urban,  The Power of Good News: Feeding Your Mind with What’s Good for Your Heart. 2021: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. A community engaged process was utilized to develop content and input was given from our USF faculty, staff, students and local community members.  This 3-year process allowed us to develop content, pilot test, gather feedback, revise, and install the URBAN trail. In Fall 2021, Dr. Sarah Camhi (KIN) and her team of students unveiled the guided URBAN Trail to our campus community.  This version of the trail is intended to be interactive and in small groups. To increase the reach of this resource to our university and local community, we adapted the trail in 2023 to be self-guided for anyone to enjoy on their own or in groups at anytime!

URBAN Trail Route and Content Created By: Dr. Sarah Camhi (KIN), Dr. Hal Urban (EDU), 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

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

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