Welcome Ms. Pryor

On behalf on the Bulldog Family and the Communications department we would like to welcome our newest professor Ms. Tywanna Pryor.  Ms. Pryor attended Edward Water College in Jacksonville, FL on a softball scholarship where she would graduate with her Bachelors in Mass Communications. The Jacksonville native got here first internship while in college at new station, WJXT. After graduating Ms. Pryor didn’t go straight until the field until nine months later when she received a call from Midlands, Texas. The job was 22 hours away for a recent college grad who had never lived outside the state of Florida. After her 2^nd phone interview, Pryor made the decision to leave Florida and began a career as a reporter that would later on intel being a great decision.  Overnight Pryor went from bartending to a one year contract. Now, Midlands Texas being a startup market they were 178 on the list so Pryor was one making 19,000, to make ends meet she saved every penny and started back bartending on the weekends. After that one year contract was up Pryor’s career continued to grow over the years she reported at another station and produced at two more as well. Her last station was WJAX/WFOX a CBS affiliate in Gainesville, FL number 47 on the market. Her duration with the CBS affiliate was about 5 years where she had access to multiple things such as drone video/footage. The drone footage came in handy when her station covered the late story of Hurricane Irma. Out of one of four stations in Jacksonville, her station was the only one to get live coverage of the Jacksonville native, Tim Tebow. After assisting with her own alma mater with resume building and mentoring, Pryor got the calling to be in the classroom again but on the other side of the desk. After completing her Masters at Full Cell University in August. She got her offer to be a part of Bulldog Country. Welcome to the Family, Ms. Pryor. 

Student Sound Off!

“Student Sound Off” Many sparks are flying across the NFL with many players deciding to either take a knee during the National Anthem or locking arms with one another to stand against police brutality and the oppression of the African American community in our country. President Trump has spoken on social media telling NFL fans that they should boycott the NFL for not supporting the American Flag and National Anthem. A protest that started with one man has now reached the Oval Office, Colin Kapernick your career was worth it. “Student Sound Off.”

Photoshop Take One!

(Using my IPhone 7) This photo was taken at Ft Knox, Kentucky Cadet Summer Training before the cadets of 6^th Regiment Basic Camp conducted their 6-mile road march. The road march would test their overall physical and mental fortitude as their graduation requirement upon completing Basic Camp. This sunrise I feel captured the moment of almost completion of camp, they could see the end of camp slowly rising in the horizon.

After utilizing Adobe Photoshop CC 2017, I was able to bring out more of the details in the picture. I edited the Brightness dropping it down to -80 and increasing the contrast all the way up to 100. Then I adjusted the levels of the image to 1.03 and increased the exposure to 1.51 dropping the offset to -0.063. I didn't tamper with the Gamma Correction so that was left at a default setting of 1, thus the completed image. It overall made the bottom of the image darker making the background of the cadets faded out but it brought the sun rise to life. Photoshop gave me the ability to enhance the color scheme of the sun rise making the colors more dynamic in the photo. 

On Photoshop, you have the ability to do many things to images. One of those things is the ability to add a text box. In the picture to the left, I added a text box with the statement, "Rise & Shine." In the utility bar on the left side of Photoshop, there is a T, this allows you to add text boxes. In my image, I used the Appl Chancery, font size 36, with a white font color to just make it more visible on the colorful scheme.

Solar Eclipse

South Carolina State University had the honor of opening the doors to the not only to the community of Orangeburg County but to all individuals across the nation who wanted to witness the Solar Eclipse. According to many news outlets, Orangeburg, S.C. was a prime location for viewing the Eclipse many people from all over the country filled Oliver C. Dawson Stadium for a memory that would last a life time. SC State had organized performances by the Universities Marching Band, the Marching 101, a DJ for musical entertainment, a Balloon Launch from the Stem program, and the cheerleaders kept the crowd motivated.

During this moment it was like the earth stop spinning for what seemed like forever but was only for a total of two minutes and 40 seconds, the moon completely blocked out the sun. The last time the United States saw a total eclipse was about 38 years ago. The picture is a shot of complete totality. Oliver C. Dawson Stadium was filled with silence the moment the moon blocked out the sun that led into cheering across the stand; it was a moment to remember. Photo Credit: Allen, Howard

It's not every day you get to witness something as fascinating as the eclipse. The event at SC State brought members from all over the community with one common goal which was to enjoy the moment. Here in this picture, you see one a student glimpsing up towards the sun waiting for complete totality.