What a wonderful opportunity! And wouldn't it be great if she settled in Gainesville, providing a nice place for you to stay for Gator football games!
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Darlene Goodfellow < goodfell...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Steve, > > I have to give her all the credit, and a little advice to anyone that has a > college aged student right now. She had to have an internship this summer to > graduate on schedule next May, so she did her research before showing up at > the January job fair at UF. She knew this company was a good match for her > and was extremely prepared, showing up early, dressed appropriately and > presenting herself in the best possible light,;including a good knowledge of > the company and what they did. It made all the difference. Much of it is > simple and common sense but you would be surprised how many of her peers > didn't put in that kind of effort. > > BTW, one of the more interesting things as a student PR professional she is > getting involved in is a museum in the works to honor the work of Dr. Cade > creating Gatorade. The city of Gville has donated some land and his children > are using royalties to his estate to help with the funding. Shands has > offered some of his lab equipment, his children are donating a lot of his > memorabilia and the UF athletic department is donating some pictures, etc. > My husband ran cross country track at Buchholz with his two youngest > children, so he thought that was very cool. Her company is getting behind it > and offering the services of their PR team, so it will be something else > pretty impressive she can add to the portfolio she is building. > > :D > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Steve McKibben <augiega...@yahoo.com> > *To:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, June 18, 2010 2:31 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - 78! > > > Darlene - that's great that your daughter is getting real world experience > and looks to have the inside track to actually landing a job, post-college! > I know of a few UF grads that majored in fields that getting employment used > to be a given that are back home bagging groceries while waiting for a > "real" job. > > Steve > > *================================================================= > Shane Ford * wrote: > > > > Darlene, > > Thanks! I meant nothing by my comment, but I was curious what one would do > with a degree like that. My first thought was like Steve's and thought > "play football". I thought there has to be more to it than just that. > Thanks for the explanation/story! > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
