In 2007 Mike Forehand, a Theta Chi brother at UCF, died in a car accident. Exactly two years later on November 2, the fraternity commemorated him at their house, led by Nick Constain, one of Forehand’s close friends. The brothers lit candles and shared memories of their lost brother.
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The New York Times developed this multimedia interactive tool to describe how you feel – republican, democrat, or “neither” – after Barack Obama having been elected president one year ago. It’s kind of a mixture of a Tag Cloud and a poll. Love it.
Click here to view an audioslides project on Lambda Chi Alpha’s annual philanthropy, Watermelon Bust.
Read what the government is doing to “protect” Internet users:
Me in Philadelphia, enjoying my Constitutional rights on a bright, sunny day
A display in Seoul, South Korea for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Click here for an interview with four Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) students who work for the school newspaper.
Click here for an abbreviated version of Chief Brunelle’s acceptance speech.
A UCF Recreation and Wellness Center Dietitian shares advice and tips on how to eat and prepare food healthfully while in college without spending your entire monthly allowance.
Eating healthy in college need not be an oxymoron.
Licensed dietitian and nutritionist Meghan Van Camp dispelled rumors that eating healthy is expensive and an overall pain in the college person’s neck Wednesday at the UCF Recreation and Wellness Center.
The event was not heavily attended, in fact there were six people there including me, but those who were present were extremely interested in what Van Camp had to say. Her main points were:
Take-out is marked up about 50 percent for the convenience factor, so learn to make make things yourself to save money and be healthier.
The majority of students’ budgets go to snacks, eating out, and nonessential drinks like coffee and soda, which are all low nutritional in value. Keep a journal for a week of what you’re spending your money on, then ask yourself, Is it worth it?
“What did Britney Spears do to lose weight? She stopped drinking her venti frappucinos every day,” Van Camp said.
Students’ main concerns were just how bad is it to skip breakfast, and how to eat healthfully with a UCF meal plan as a freshman. Van Camp’s advice was to eat breakfast every day no matter what, even if it’s something small like yogurt or a granola bar on the go. As for eating at the Marketplace or Knightro’s, portion size is key, she said.
“It’s all-you-can-eat, so you have to use correct portion sizes,” Van Camp said.
The best strategy for the college student to eat healthy without spending a lot of money, Van Camp said, is to form a routine and stick to it: grocery shop on a certain day of the week every week, bring your own snacks with you, and limit your eating out as much as possible.
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UCF students graduating soon are hopeful and confident in the beginning stages of their job search, while recent graduates are quickly becoming discouraged. Both groups try their luck at the fall Career Expo on campus today.
UCF's biannual Career Expo setting up in the arena this morning
Recruiters have deeper pool to choose from
UCF Career Services held their biannual job fair today, hosting hundreds of students and 123 companies at the UCF Arena. While this may sound like a good turnout, it’s actually a significant decrease from last year.
The amount of students in attendance has risen, but the number of employers has severely declined due to the economy, according to Amy Kleeman, director of employer relations for Career Services. The Career Expo in fall of 2008 drew 223 employers, nearly double the amount of today’s event. Kleeman said most universities are experiencing a similar decline, and that although companies aren’t spending as much money on recruiting, they’re still hiring fresh-out-of-college students.
Todd LaPierre, commercial rental manager for Ryder, said all that has changed in their hiring process over the past couple years is how selective they are due to a rise in applicants. Ryder is a transportation, logistics and supply chain management company and has hired two UCF graduates in the last three years, LaPierre said.
The Orlando VA Medical Center has seen a rise in applicants too, particularly in administrative positions, recruiter Paula McClard said.
Using the Internet as a search tool
There was a balanced mixture of students graduating in December, next May, and recent graduates as of August. All came dressed in their best suits for the same reason: to hand out resumes to the companies that interested them.
One drawback, however, was the lack of diversity among companies, according to recent graduate Erica Livengood, an interpersonal organizational communication major. She said the fair seemed to highlight mostly business and engineering companies. She also said the fair was her first attempt at finding a full-time job aside from perusing the Internet.
“I’ve hit the Internet up, which isn’t very legit I guess,” Livengood said.
Caitlin Lincer, a civil engineering major graduating in May 2010, doesn’t have much time to look for her first full-time job while still in school, so she has applied to a couple companies she is interested in through their Web sites, she said.
“I’ll be more nervous when April comes around,” Lincer said.
Kleeman recommends students explore different “avenues” for employment, including the UCF student and alumni online program Knightlink, she said.
UCF Career Services’ Knightlink job database
One Day, One Job is a blog created by Cornell University graduate Willy Franzen and profiles one company each day that is hiring entry-level applicants. With over 3,200 subscribers and 1,203 Facebook fans, it provides background information on well-known and up-and-coming companies.
Franzen recommends graduating students begin their job search as early as two semesters before they walk across the stage, particularly if they’re applying for jobs in the most competitive fields of finance and consulting.
“The most competitive jobs are recruiting between now and December, and they’re competing for the best talent,” Franzen said.
But, he said, there are lots of companies that don’t come to UCF to recruit, so students need to reach out to them and find out when they’re hiring.
“The most [job searching] traffic is in January, so you can never start too early,” Franzen said.
Reaching out in person
Most important for job seekers, Kleeman said, is to maintain contact with those in your professional network, as it is the best way to get a job in any economy.
According to a recent survey by the U.S. Department of Labor, networking accounts for at least 69% of all annual hires.
“At least start networking and talking to people and asking questions,” Franzen said. “You need to prove that you’re going to add value to a company and you’re going to solve a problem.”
Online Resources for graduates or soon-to-bes
Brand-Yourself.com: How to Market Yourself in a Recession
Experience.com: Entry-level job database
How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People
Idea for multimedia: I’d include a video of a recruiter talking with a student at the fair, plus a chart in which a student could look up his or her major and find a corresponding Web site that’s appropriate to start his or her job search from. For example, a student graduating with a journalism degree should incorporate www.ed2010.com/jobs into her search process.
I’m interning at Fox 35 this semester, and on my first night, the video department gave me a warm welcome and showed me some of the difficulties in on-site reporting. How hospitable of them.
