May 29, 2020
Check out episode #58 of Fraternity Foodie! Today we interview Harry Stone, Global Talent Acquisition for TikTok. Harry has worked for JP Morgan Chase, Google, WeWork, and now TikTok. He tells us what was special about being a founding father of Sigma Pi Fraternity at Florida State, how he made the jump from the...
May 28, 2020
Welcome to our town hall on Racism in Context.
Our objectives are to:
1. Educate professional staff on the challenges facing African-American students in the wake of the Ahmaud Arbery incident.
2. Place the Ahmaud Arbery incident in its proper context given the long history of vigilantism, over-policing, unfair...
May 26, 2020
Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion died of injuries suffered in a hazing incident. Hank Nuwer and Mike Ayalon discuss the case, including reasons why it drew so much national attention, Florida's tough state hazing laws, the perpetrator's appeal, the effect on Robert's family, other band deaths,...
May 25, 2020
Welcome to episode # 55 of Fraternity Foodie! Today we’re talking about career choices with Ellen Howell and Debbie Radish-Respess. These choices are something today’s undergraduate students might be struggling with, but also mid-career employees who might be feeling stressed or experiencing burnout. How do we know...
May 24, 2020
Hank Nuwer has written two different versions of a play about a young man who dies in an alcohol-fueled initiation. In one version the youth is a fraternity pledge.
In this play, “Death of a Rookie,” it is a freshman ballplayer who perishes. Many of the lines in the play come from Hank’s interviews with families...