Here’s a quick video of “Three Reason Why #ItsGreatUF CJC:
Now let’s just see the many opportunities open to the students at the CJC that make this an awesome place to study at.
For Telecommunication student they can work at WUFT.org, in either WUFT-TV Florida’s Five, the PBS affiliate for North Central Florida, or WUFT-FM 89.1, the NPR affiliate for North Central Florida.
Want to go into sports? ESPN850 WRUF, can give you a chance to be on top of Gator sports!
Want to go into weather? WRUF-TV and WRUF Weather will give you a chance to keep the North Central area up to date on the latest storms.
For Journalism students, the popular student run newspaper The Alligator will give them the experience of working for a town newspaper.
For the Public Relations and Advertising students, they will get the chance to work in a real communications setting with the opening of The Agency.
First, let me start off by saying that this isn’t the first time that this book has popped up in my academia.
The concept of ‘The Tipping Point‘ is one that now in our time seems to be the perfect definition for the ebbs and flows of our technology and out culture.
Take for example the idea of a tweet or a youtube video going viral. A single idea — a prank, a funny misfortune or even a cute animal — all can explode on the internet to the point where everyone has seen it and it suddenly becomes part of our culture.
The ‘Rule’ that I felt was the most important — and it made sense that it was divided into two parts, due to how complex and important i is — was that of ‘Context.’
People need to have some understanding of what something is for them to cause something that spawns out of it to ‘tip.’
As hilarious as people may find it, the Jimmy Kimmel park video where a woman twerks on a door only to have the door open, fall and then hit the table where a candle sets her on fire went viral for a number of reasons.
There are many videos of people setting themselves on fire, or even worse, people in tragedies that are sometimes burned, so why did that specific video go viral when there are others similar to it?
The pop-culture reference of ‘twerking’ was gaining popularity at that time and since people already had some understanding of that, the video began picking up views. Maybe it was people’s fear of a copycat, or that this new trend was something that they didn’t understand.
This is an example of people all having the same context and because of that when something like ‘twerking’ — or a mishap while doing it — is done and uploaded to YouTube for the world to see, people begin sharing and criticizing it.
From there, it ‘stuck’ to people’s minds and there were undoubtedly copycats, or people trying to do ‘extreme’ things while twerking — usually in the hopes of gaining the similar internet fame that the woman from the fire twerk video.
At the end of the book, the author, Malcolm Galdwell, acknowledges the modernization of the theory of the ‘tipping point.’
He reconsiders the role of the Internet and Internet-related technologies — like e-mail and how that affects trends and how they spread.
He does warn that too much of it can make us ‘immune’ to their effects.
Overall, I think that this is a book and an idea that should be at the center of things like sociology and journalism because it shows how people react and the floods of culture that affect the events of our daily lives.
The effect of the ‘Tipping Point’ might cause social change and be what gives LGBT their equal treatment or women their equal pay. The ideas are spreading but once they hit the point is when there will be enough support to make a difference.
There’s too much love to be contained on just one post:
Who doesn’t love food? But on a college budget, it’s hard to find good food to make. Well, check out Gabrielle Peterson‘s blog, and see the chef herself and maybe steal a few recipes.
Speaking of food — OK so maybe you just can’t cook! There’s always restaurants. And for the best restaurants in Gainesville, check out Kara Hudgins‘ blog and explore Gainesville cuisine.
And if you want to jam out while you’re at dinner, then check out Zak Dalhimer‘s rock blog for ideas for a new playlist!
Time to share the love by spotlighting some of the other amazing bloggers out there.
First we have Richard Johnson, who’s a native of Gainesville and boy does it show. With his time at the Alligator, as an editor for sports and working with the SB Nation blog for the University of Florida, Alligator Army, he’s definitely who you want to follow for all the latest in Gator sports.
Next, we have a topic everyone loves to talk about movies. And what else do people like … Superheroes. So check out Jonathan Perez‘s blog where you’ll be inundated in all the super hero movies that you could ever want.
Lastly, after all that popcorn and binge watching movie trailers on Perez’s blog, time to get your but off the couch and start get your daily exercise. This is where Raphael Pires‘ blog comes in. Let’s all get swole together!
Jonathan Muñoz is a bilingual multimedia journalist currently attending the University of Florida on track to graduate in Spring 2015 with a Bachelors in Telecommunications.
In Fall of 2014 Jonathan began to produce “News In 90” cut-ins for WUFT News that aired on WRUF-TV Channel 6 and posted on WUFT.org. The cut-ins were 95 second long shows where an anchor delivers 4-5 local, state, national and even international news stories from the day. As producer he would clear 4-5 stories along with video feed and give the scripts to the anchor for them to write their own. Among the responsibilities as producer is recording the anchor’s standup, pulling B-roll video, editing the show and converting it for use on television and web.
In the summer of 2014, Jonathan interned at what was then still a start-up news network, that’d been on air less than a year, FUSION, An ABC and UNIVISION Joint Venture, where he worked with the producers and reporters of FUSION LIVE, the weekday hour long show which airs live.
In Spring of 2014, Jonathan began his broadcast career as a radio reporter for WUFT-FM, North Central Florida’s NPR affiliate, where he produced sound stories and WRAPs for hourly newscasts, Morning Edition and The Front Page of All Things Considered. In a short time, Jonathan was anchoring newscasts and even a few shows of Front Page. Jonathan has also been a producer handling radio reporter and long-form radio pieces. He’s anchored updated during the 2014 Midterm elections live on WUFT-FM — also calling the Florida’s governor race for the radio platform.
After graduating from The Honors College at Miami-Dade College, Jonathan interned for an online publication that focuses on English dominant Hispanics and Latinos called VOXXI.com. There he wrote online stories, both aggregated and original reporting and even interviewed celebrities like Mario Lopez, Melonie Diaz and Matt Hunter. After a summer of interning there he became a freelancer for them writing remotely from Gainseville.
Before working on broadcast and web, Jonathan was a writer and editor at THE REPORTER, MIAMI DADE’S STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER, which covered eight campuses and served over 100,000 students. He wrote news and briefs and was a regular columnist for the newspaper. He became the Forum Section editor working with illustrators and columnists to create a spread for the paper.
Jonathan was born in Hialeah, Florida, a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area. He speaks English and Spanish and hopes to work in the news industry as a reporter/anchor. He will be a first generation college graduate and the son of immigrant Cuban parents.
WUFT News: WUFT-FM 89.1, NPR Affiliate, WUFT-TV, PBS Affiliate, WUFT.org, Public Media Website
Television Reporter; Shot and edited VO/SOTs for WUFT First at Five and WUFT News at Six.
Online Update Producer; Produced 90 second video updates as roundup style reports of the day’s top stories from local to international
Radio Producer; Anchored hourly newscasts of 90 seconds with the latest news and weather for the North Central Florida area. Manage a group of radio reporters while working with TV and Web reporters for maximum multi-platform coverage. (AUG 2014 – Present)
Radio Reporter; Produced feature stories (avg. 3 minutes) for the Front Page Edition of All Things Considered NPR show. Reported WRAPS for Morning Edition, and radio stories for newscasts. (JAN 2014- Present)
Intern; Aided in the production and web aspect of FUSION LIVE, the daily live hour long show on the network. (MAY 2014 – AUG 2014
WUFT-FM 89.1 Radio Reading Service, UF Service
On-Air Talent; I provide the on air talent for the Monday ‘On Topic” show. I read aloud news stories for the visually impaired residents around Alachua County, on a weekly basis. (AUG 2013- DEC 2013)
Writer; Entertainment News Writer; Online news writer. Wrote stories (avg. 400 word) for the website on a number of different topics. Specialty was writing on what was trending on social media the same day. (MAY 2013- Present)
The Reporter, Miami-dade College Student Newspaper
Forum Editor; I work with columnists to brainstorm ideas and assign pitched opinion pieces to them. I also work with illustrators to come up with cartoons that will complement the column. I assign, edit, and finalize about 4-5 columns every issue, on a bimonthly basis. (JAN 2013- MAY 2013)
Webmaster; I managed the website for my school newspaper, and would upload all the content that was published in the current issue. I would work with text, pictures, and graphics and formatted them for the web. (JAN 2013- MAY 2013)
Technical: Final Cut Pro, Social Media, WordPress, SEO Writing, Audactiy, KLZ Newsroom, Edirol Recorder, Audio Editing, Video Editing, Adobe Premiere, AP ENPS
We’ve been talking about the names of University of Florida buildings and where the names originate.
However, we’ve yet to mention the ones who pick the name to put on the buildings.
Of course, all these individuals that we’ve mentioned deserve to have their name above their respective college, but they probably weren’t around to see it happen.
Enter the University of Florida Foundation, the organization that run fundraising and gift fund management on behalf of the University of Florida.
They connect private donors with the university and as a result are able to renovate the building.
On their site, they list the names of all the UF named building, including ones we’ve covered such as Weil, Weimer and Anderson.
The names come from great people but so does the money that funds the buildings.
To all those wishing to engage in a life of serving the public this school is where they can be found.
The political science building where young politicians, public officials and lawyers are being molded so that we can solve the problems of tomorrow.
Just like other buildings, it bears the names of past deans, this time the dean of the University of Florida College of Arts and Sciences and the first dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida,James Nesbitt Anderson.
Anderson Hall is where the future political minds of UF come together to try and solve the issues of our day.
Anderson joined the faculty of the University of Florida in what will be 100 years next year. Originally called Language Hall, the building was renamed to honor Anderson in 1949.
A commemorative plaque sits just in front of the steps of the building.
Along with political science it is also home to the religion studies.
The College of Engineering — where the future innovators congregate to become the best at what they do.
The Joseph Weil Hall is named after the Dean of the College of Engineering at UF who served from 1937 to 1963.
Weil wanted the College of Engineering to be what it’s become today — a major research institution. He also was responsibly for adding six new departments.
This week instead of just taking a picture of a facade of a building, I take you inside.
This time lapse video shows you what it’s like to walk down the halls of the College — complete with a view of the huge facility they have right inside where engineers get hands on training.
Fun Fact: Every year the college’s students host an event called “Pig Fest” were the two department’s students celebrate the school year’s end and compete in various games for dominance and kingdom of Weil Hall.
What's In a UF Name? 