Universities and colleges in Florida

The organization I chose is one in which I hope to someday work for, taking me back to my home state of Florida. University of Florida is one of the biggest and well known colleges in the state of Florida that has great plans in place for cultural diversity, UF is truly one of the biggest melting pots of cultures. I hope to show that in this essay. The reason I have chosen UF to write my essay on is to learn as much as I can about the university, in hopes that this will help when I apply to the university. Identify and discuss the current actions the organization takes to address cultural diversity for students, and for employees at the University of Florida. Within Student Affairs is “Multicultural & Diversity Affairs” (MDA). MDA handles…

The excitement of college football fuels many lives of ardent fans in this country, especially fans populated in the South. Ethan Hughes is no different. Raised roughly 30 miles outside of Gainesville, Florida, Hughes grew up near one of the most prestigious athletic (and academic) institutions in the country. His love for the Florida Gators began at a much younger age than most people, growing up in Bradford, Florida, Hughes had many opportunities to attend the university's athletic events as…

gator and "Florida" plastered across a hat. Needless to say that, as a young Floridian, I was drawn to the Gator spirit. I did not know anyone who attended the college and so my admiration was loosely based on vague opinions, blurred pride. So I started to dig a little deeper, not the traditional ways, nevertheless, I took advantages of every last social medium and articles to learn more about the school. I perused over online catalogs and stacked papers at the local college fairs. Of course, I…

The Florida gator football program was finally returning to relevance and consistency under new head coach Jim McElwain. The team is 6-0 with a huge upset over Ole Miss who at the time was ranked number three the polls a major win to prove they are back. For the good play they are now ranked number eight in the country couldn't get any better right? Well a selfish decision has changed the course of the season for the gators and a player’s reputation and future has changed forever. It was…

The University of Florida College of Medicine’s main campus is located in Gainesville, Florida. UFCM was founded in 1956 with the mission to produce competent physicians to provide exceptional health care to the Florida population and to innovate the field of medicine through research. Over five thousand physicians have graduated from UFCM. With twenty-six clinical and basic science departments and nearly a thousand faculty members, UFCM now stands as the largest college at the University of…

A group of researchers at the University of Florida, led by Dr. J. Robert Cade, had to test the drink on the freshman team because the head coach would not let him test it on the varsity squad. At first, it made the researchers themselves really sick. After a couple of tries, the Florida Gators had loved the drink. The Gators had used the drink in their 1967 Orange Bowl victory. They first mentioned the drink after this victory, which had been known as Cade’s Cola back then. After…

According to official website for Gatorade, Gatorade is the one of the most famous sports drinks, which was formulated in early summer of 1965 at the University of Florida College of Medicine to help football players to facilitate proper hydration. A private company obtained patent to sell the drink publically and started adding chemicals to processed Gatorade in 1969 (Newsmax Health, 2013). Soon after, Gatorade spread out athletic fields and it became the official sports drink of the NFL in…

College of Medicine Policy on Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Biotechnology Industry Conflict of Interest (1) Definitions. The following definitions apply to this regulation: (a) “COM” means the University of Florida, College of Medicine in Gainesville (the “COM-GNV”) and the University of Florida, College of Medicine in Jacksonville (the “COM- JAX”). (b) “COM personnel” means any employee or appointee of the University of Florida (whether full-time, part-time or courtesy), including but…

In 4th grade I drank my first Gatorade at field day. We were doing relay races, Frisbee tosses, and tug of war. It was fun and tiring, so got to drink Gatorade. My mom got it for me to help me stay energize I got to drink Gatorade throughout each challenge. It helped me quench my thirst. I had heard of Gatorade because in my elementary school they sold Gatorade and everyone would get Gatorade. I had the cool blue flavor. The flavor was so sweet it was like I was drinking juice. I never like…

Many times in life we find ourselves trying to please others. “But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts.”(1 Thessalonians 2:4). Tebow was very well known for one pose that he did after every touch down. It was a pose in which he would get down on one knee and say a quick prayer. He receive a lot of hell from critics about that pose. According to the media, that pose was not appropriate to the…