Category higher education
UF budget cuts — impact on individuals, colleges and UF
The Gainesville Sun headline reads: A worst-case budget for UF cuts 140 jobs. The story in its 20 inches of space tries to capture some of the magnitude, personal loss and often arbitrary nature of the budget cuts. Faculty and staff cut. Some programs closed. Learning diminished. Lives changed.
222,000 reasons to make changes to Florida’s Bright Futures program
222,000 reasons to make changes to the Bright Futures program The Florida legislature is talking about an issue that UF professors have been concerned about for years — the impact of students dropping classes. For this semester at the University of Florida, the drop date is April 10. That’s the date that students can use […]
The selected wait
The selected wait Hundreds of students were in the O’Connell Center yesterday to meet recruiters for jobs and internships. Today, only a few students are at the O Dome — those selected for interviews.
Career Showcase
Instead of students in orange and blue in the O’Connell Center, hundreds of students in dark suits were lined up to talk with perspective employers about internships and jobs. More than 250 businesses participated in UF’s Career Showcase.
Suddenly, a potential class disruption
I was just about to introduce our guest speaker and start a simulated interview in lecture. A student on the back row of the auditorium had raised his hand a few times as I was explaining the day’s interviewing assignment. I hadn’t called on him, as I often find that if I finish giving directions […]
Thinking about the job market
A panel of media professionals discussed the job market and offered advice. Yes, jobs are available but very competitive. Factors for success in obtaining a media job: Internships – Even if volunteer Passion about the work Multimedia experience – Tomorrow is the College’s Job & Internship Fair. The recruiter from The Sun-Sentinel discarded any resume […]
Flooding impacts homeowners & University of Iowa
I’m at the University of Iowa for the annual board meeting of Quill and Scroll, the International Honor Society for High School Journalists. Before the meeting started, I had time to run on Edgewater Drive (in Coralville just outside of Iowa City), which is downhill from the hotel where the board members are staying. As […]
Runway Run
A challenge of business meetings can be just getting to the meeting. That was true today as I made my was to Iowa City and the Quill & Scroll board meeting. I literally ran on the runway to the next gate where my flight was getting ready to take off because the flight I arrived […]
I’m interested in your comments
I’m interested in your comments When I started this Tumblr blog in January 2007, I had several motivations: Blogging was going to be an assignment in a course I teach, and I had never blogged before. My technology advisor and colleague Judy Robinson told me that I could blog from my iPhone with Tumblr. That […]
Useful blogs & websites for college teachers
The assignment — find a useful blog Week Two of the grad class team blog. I asked each of them to share a blog that would be useful to college teachers — either a blog about teaching or a media-related blog. One student recommended naa.org — the Web site for the Newspaper Association of America. […]
Julie Dodd 