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UT is a JED Campus Alumni Member
In 2018, The University of Tampa partnered with The Jed Foundation (JED), a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting emotional health and preventing suicide among young adults. JED Campus is a signature program of The Jed Foundation designed to guide schools through a 5-year collaborative process of comprehensive systems, program and policy development with customized support to build upon existing student mental health, substance use and suicide prevention efforts.
To become a JED campus, UT worked to assess and enhance the policies, programming, services and outreach aimed at supporting students’ emotional well-being and preventing suicide and substance abuse. The multi-year strategic collaboration not only assessed and enhanced the work that was already being done, but helped create positive, lasting, systemic change in the campus community. As an alumni member, JED Campus continues to partner with UT, and provide support for student mental health, as well as assessment tools, feedback reports and ongoing technical assistance from the JED Campus team of clinicians.
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Have Question about JED Campus?
Contact the Wellness Center via email at wellness@ut.edu or phone (813) 257-1877.
The following individuals are members of the UT JED Campus team:
Gina Firth - Associate Dean of Wellness, Chair of JED Campus Team
Rebecca Olsen - Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Human Performance
Drew Kelly - Director, Institutional Research, Operations
Venessa Espinoza - Staff Assistant II(2), Campus Safety
Ryne Burds - Assistant Director Fraternity and Sorority Life
Addie Carothers - Assistant Director Wellness
Cindy Parsons - Associate Professor, Nursing; Mental Health Practitioner
Nadine Mesca - Instructor, Health Sciences and Human Performance
Connie McCullough - Director Counseling Services
Lorie Kittendorf - Director of Intercultural Student Life, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Monnie Wertz - Vice President, Operations
Katie Godwin - Staff Assistant I(1), Operations
Edesa Scarborough - Director of First-Year Experience/Lecturer
Rolando Perez - Assistant Director, Counseling
Chris Gottlick - Director, Campus Recreation
Sharon Charles - Director, Medical Services
Kelsey San Antonio - Deputy Title IX(9) Coordinator
Jamie Pilarczyk - Online and Digital Communications Manager, Communications and Public Affairs
Ronda Sturgill - Director/Exercise and Nutrition Science Program; Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Human Performance
Jennifer Alger - Assistant Athletic Director Academic and Student Services/Senior Woman Administrator, Athletics
Mariana Stavig - Academic Program Specialist for Disability Services
