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WEEKLY
August 4, 2011
Guess What, WIldcats? It’s Classic Time Again!
B-CU Senior Grateful for Ideal Internship Opportunity
Tickets for the 32nd Annual Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Classic, the traditional showdown between B-CU and Florida A&M University, are now on sale to the general public.
Tickets to America’s preeminent HBCU football game may be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, by phone (407.839.3900) or at any Ticketmaster outlet. This year’s game will be played on Saturday, November 19 at 2:30 p.m. in Orlando’s Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium while being televised nationally on ESPN Classic. Tickets are available for as low as $10.75 (3rd level, corner), while other seats are available at great price levels ($27 end zone, $37 goal line or lower-deck corner). Priority seating for the game is available with season ticket packages purchased through B-CU. For Wildcat ticket information, call 386.481.2202.
Student tickets are available for $27 and may be purchased through the student’s school.
Tickets for 2011 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Classic Now on Sale; Prices start as low as $10.75 for the annual November showdown
Group tickets (20 or more) may be purchased through Florida Citrus Sports at (407) 423-2476 or at the FCSports Box Office, located in the South end of the stadium (open Mon. and Wed., Noon – 4 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. -1 p.m.). Parking is on sale and available by visiting www.ClickandPark.com. Fans should purchase their tickets at one of the approved locations listed above. Buying from any alternative source increases the risk of receiving a counterfeit ticket. Proceeds from the BCBS of Florida Classic and all official ancillary events support the participating institutions’ missions to provide educational opportunities through scholarships for all students.
B-CU senior Jeremy Johnson is working hard and learning fast as a “Wyntern” with the Inventory Management department at the Wyndham Vacation Ownership corporate office in Orlando this summer.
Jeremy’s job is to assist with day-to-day activities during the busy summer travel season and work on projects that need to be completed in a timely manner while backing up staff members. Daily activities include assignments in both the inventory management and rental sales areas. Within
the rental sales operation of Inventory Management, Jeremy researches rental market rates to help determine rates for 2012, prepares rate sheets and calendars, assists with preparation of vendor contracts and loads inventory on vendor extranet sites, such as Expedia.
“This opportunity has allowed me to meet some of the key people within the Wyndham family,” notes Johnson. “These people are the best that
Wyndham has to offer and are allowing me to learn and gain so much experience that most students won’t have the opportunity to get. I express my thanks and gratitude to WVO.”
Johnson, who is a hospitality major in the B-CU School of Business, earned the opportunity through his employment with the Daytona Beach Wyndham Ocean Walk resort as a food and beverage associate and was granted the opportunity to transfer to the corporate office in Orlando for the summer.
“We believe our Wynternship program is an ideal introduction to the workplace, and the consistent positive feedback we receive from our Wynterns about our ‘Count On Me!’ culture supports that belief,” said Megan Rossi, Wyndham’s director of staffing. “Many of Wyndham Vacation Ownership’s associates have originated from this talent pipeline, and we have every expectation that many of this year’s Wynterns will ultimately become a permanent and valued part of our workforce.”
New Program Designed to Enhance Campus Safety
SPOTLIGHTB-CU’s Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing Matt Knox shared with former Major League All-Star Gary Sheffield at the Bobby Bonds Memorial Symposium on Friday, July 29th in Orlando.
Knox and Sheffield took part in a panel discussion addressing issues that face youth in African American communities and discuss how baseball and education can be an integral part of the solution to these issues. Panelists included Dr. Keith Harrison, associate professor at the University of Central Florida and the author and principal investigator for the Black Coaches Association Hiring Report Card Study from 2003 to present, and Dr. Frederick Humphries, regent professor at Florida A&M University.
Sheffield played for eight major ball clubs during a career that saw him become the 25th player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.
The symposium, named in honor of the late Bobby Bonds, was held at the International Palms Resort And Conference Center.
Editor’s Notes Our apologies: • The tickets for Wintley Phipps and the Orlando Philharmonic
Orchestra will go on sale Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. at the B-CU Box Office and Ticketmaster.
• Dr. Paula McKenzie was a guest lecturer at the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press in Washington, D.C.
2011 BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY DISCOUNTED TICKET OFFER
SAVE UP TO 50% OFF THE GAME DAY PRICE!!!
A valid email address will be necessary for purchase.
FREE SHIPPING. Tickets not ordered 4 days prior to the game will be left at will call.
Bethune-Cookman University
TO ORDER FAX ORDER TO: DAN RIOS AT (904) 633-6338 EMAIL ORDER FORM TO:[email protected] CALL IN ORDER TO: DAN RIOS AT (904) 633-4673 MAIL TO: JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ATTN: DAN RIOS ONE EVERBANK FIELD DRIVE, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32202
The B-CU Office of Safety and Security has a new program to enhance safety on campus. Members of the campus community and beyond may now submit an anonymous tip online. If you know of a crime or wish to report suspicious activity, you can submit information anonymously by completing and submitting the following form.
“We are hopeful that this new online anonymous tips link will be an effective investigative tool, that will help us maintain a safe and secure university community. We believe that it will play a vital role in helping our investigations by providing us with detailed information from anonymous sources,” said Chief Melvin Williams, director of the Office of Safety and Security. “Incoming tips will be received, via email, by campus safety administrators allowing for immediate evaluation and response to those tips.”
Cheryl Lawson-Young, B-CU’s crime prevention practitioner believes that by allowing these tips to be submitted anonymously, those who might otherwise withhold information will step forward.
“Perhaps the element of anonymity will motivate individuals to report suspicious or unusual activity, which might otherwise go unreported or be perceived as ‘snitching,’ ” she said. “The website even allows the user to answer questions about the type of crime, time, date and location, descriptions of suspects and individuals, and provide additional sources for information or contacts.”
Anyone who has information can submit online tips at www.cookman.edu/campuslife/studaffrs/security/crimetip.html.
The anonymous tips link is not to be used for reporting crimes in progress or emergencies and should not be used to file formal campus incidents or police reports. Immediate threats, such as a crime in progress or a person that is acting in a manner that is threatening to themselves or to others, should be reported right away to the Office of Safety and Security by calling extension 2900 from any campus telephone or 386-481-2900 from any telephone. Callers will not be required to provide their name.
Williams
Lawson-Young
With the 2011 B-CU discounted ticket offer, you may be eligible to save up to 50% off the game day price at this season’s Jacksonville Jaguars games. The offer includes free shipping if you order more than four days prior to the game. A valid email address will be necessary for purchase. To order, contact Dan Rios at (904) 633-6338 or email [email protected].
Go, Wildcats Sports!
The 2011 B-CU Lady Wildcats Volleyball Team would like to invite you to come out and preview this year’s team at their Annual Maroon and Gold Match. The game will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday August 21 in the Moore Gymnasium, located on campus at 640 Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd. For more information please contact Kisya Killingsworth at (386) 481-2455 or [email protected]
Sheffield & Knox
