Author Archives: Julie Dodd
Why all of us interested in promoting learning should be honking for Saudi women
The slogan today is “Honk if you support Saudi Women.” As arabnews.com, well put it, the women behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia today “drive home a point” about the need for reform for women’s rights — specifically their legal inability to obtain a driver’s license and drive a car. Women in Saudi Arabia have […]
Four ways you can improve your chances of getting an internship
I’m sharing advice from another former student who has a media-related internship this summer. Tyler Benjamin spent the first part of the summer in a UF study program in South Africa and posted on UF’s Global Gators blog. He will be the Academic Programs intern at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. His job […]
Four tips for securing a summer internship
I’m always delighted when I open my email and find a message from a current or former student about success in getting published, finding an internship or being hired for a job. I’ve recently heard from several former students who have been hired for internships for the summer. I asked them to send me advice […]
Four factors college students should consider about for-credit internships, not-for-credit internships and summer jobs
Now is the time that many college students are applying for summer internships or jobs. I had a conversation yesterday with a former student of mine who is eager to be selected as an intern for a locally based website organization and wanted to ask me some questions about the internship process. The discussion and […]
Ralph Lowenstein recognized for receiving Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award
Ralph Lowenstein was honored by a reception at the UF Hillel last week for receiving the Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award. He received that award at a banquet in New York City, emceed by Dan Rather. (See the program for the dinner.) Previous winners of the award include Nobel Peace Prize winners Henry Kissinger […]
Five skills Stefanie Gordon’s Space Shuttle Endeavour experience demonstrate
Stefanie Gordon’s iPhone photos will be a case study that I’ll be discussing with my students in Writing for Mass Communication. This photo is one of the ones that Gordon took while aboard Delta flight 2285, flying to Florida. As you may know, Gordon was napping but woke up to take these photos after the […]
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