Gator 411

Alternatives to Grad school for the unemployed graduate:

Jun 9th, 2009 | By brownboyrocks | Category: Gator 411, Scholarship

So in Seth’s Blog (no clue who he is or why he’s important) he gives a few ideas for the unemployed college graduate to keep busy after college. At UH-D (I may be wrong) our students usually have less troubles finding a job because they are already working, but it’s a helpful list either way. [...]



Twitter People From UH-D

Jun 8th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Gator 411, Twitter

So This is a blog post to that intends to list the various people at UH-D who are fans of the Twitter. So this will be just a list for now, and I’ll start with myself.

Jaime Puente- @brownboyrocks
The Dateline Downtown- @TheDateline
Student Activities and Events- @UHD_SAE
Nataura Brown- @imforit
Liza (SA&E)- @LizAlo
Lorenzo (SA&E)- @lmjr1979

I’ll keep updating this when [...]



Tips for the New Freshman

Jun 8th, 2009 | By brownboyrocks | Category: Gator 411

So it’s your first time on a big college campus, and its not like the pretty Universities you’ve seen in the movies either. At UH-D we have the privilege of being neighbors to a wide mix colorful characters that may or may not be as hygenic as you might like. In this new and generally [...]



Academic Conference Alerts Website

Feb 26th, 2009 | By brownboyrocks | Category: Gator 411, News, Scholarship

I’ve been thinking about different ways to network myself into Grad school, and one of the way’s I’m doing that is to start attending academic conferences. I am presenting a paper at this year’s UHD gender conference, Policing Gender, but I hope to start attending conferences around the country. These are not that easy to [...]



Board of Regents Unanimously Vote to Delay the Name Change

Feb 8th, 2009 | By brownboyrocks | Category: Family Life, Gator 411, News, Politics, Scholarship

Friday the University of Houston- System Board of Regents met to discuss and vote on the proposed name for what is currently the University of Houston-Downtown. The meeting began with an open forum of speakers both in support and opposition to the idea. I spoke against changing the name as did Dr. Michele Moosally. Dean [...]