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Don’t wait until the last minute to cast a ballot because U.S. Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman is coming to campus on Election Day.
Award-winning journalist and author Jodi Kantor spoke to students Wednesday night in the Florida Gym as part of Accent Speaker Bureau's final event of the semester. The New York Times investigative reporter was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her story uncovering Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse in the entertainment industry as well as being named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2018.
UF students have mixed feelings or haven’t seen the change promised by the outing of common-place sexual harassment made just a year ago.
Music artist and motivational speaker Pitbull talks to a crowd of more than 1,000 students during a speaking event hosted by Accent Speakers Bureau at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday night. Also known as Mr. Worldwide, Mr. 305, or by his real name, Armando Christian Pérez, Pitbull spoke about his upbringing in Miami and life experiences as part of the event partnered with Hispanic Heritage Month.
Music artist and motivational speaker Pitbull talks to a crowd of more than 1,000 students during a speaking event hosted by Accent Speakers Bureau at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday night. Also known as Mr. Worldwide, Mr. 305, or by his real name, Armando Christian Pérez, Pitbull spoke about his upbringing in Miami and life experiences as part of the event partnered with Hispanic Heritage Month.
Between answering questions in English, Pitbull would lean in toward the audience and spit out a quick Spanish phrase.
What’s up, Gator Nation! I hope your semester so far has been safe, productive and enjoyable. We are about halfway through the Fall semester, and your Student Government has been busy working to get things done for all Gators. I’m so excited to tell you about some of the projects we have completed.
Last week, I met with UF President Kent Fuchs regarding the commencement ceremony changes, and one notion he communicated to me stood out. He firmly believed, despite almost 12,000 signatures that said otherwise, that he was only adding value to UF students’ graduations, not taking anything away.
Armando Christian Pérez, better known as Pitbull will speak at UF on Oct. 2 for an ACCENT Speakers Bureau for Hispanic Heritage Month. Free student tickets are available for pick up on Sept. 28 and Oct. 2.
Mr. Worldwide is making a pit stop in Gainesville at the beginning of October.
Hey Gators!
Hey Gator Nation,
UF business administration student Julia Cousimeau began binge-watching “Saturday Night Live” after she learned one of its actors would perform on campus. She wanted to familiarize herself with his material before the show, which she got a second-row seat to watch.
The Accent Speakers Bureau chairman said students were so excited about Tuesday’s event, they were asking for details as the posters for it were being hung up.
Hi there! Are you interested in Student Government? I saw you staring at our board and have mentally given you half a second to flee. Yes? Fantastic!
Before he was an award-winning journalist, ABC News anchor Byron Pitts was an illiterate child raised by a single mother in east Baltimore.
Award-winning journalist and author Jodi Kantor spoke to students Wednesday night in the Florida Gym as part of Accent Speaker Bureau's final event of the semester. The New York Times investigative reporter was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her story uncovering Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse in the entertainment industry as well as being named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2018.
Award-winning journalist and author Jodi Kantor spoke to students Wednesday night in the Florida Gym as part of Accent Speaker Bureau's final event of the semester. The New York Times investigative reporter was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her story uncovering Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse in the entertainment industry as well as being named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2018.
Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter for The New York Times and one of the two reporters who broke the story that Harvey Weinstein was paying off sexual harassment accusers, was kicked off her college newspaper in the late ‘90s, she candidly told her student audience at UF.
Graduation is a mere few weeks away, and you find yourself thinking, more often than usual, “How the heck did I get here?” You think back to unloading your parent’s car in the front of Broward Hall in the sweltering August heat, and you remember the nerves you felt as you walked into your first college lecture hall. It feels like just yesterday, right?