AOL Takes Reality TV to the Next Level with the Premiere of Project: Freshman Season Two.Online College Reality Show Brings Real Life Drama Of Three Freshmen To Computer Screens Across America NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- AOL's youth lifestyle service RED (http://www.beRED.com) has teamed with the University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. at Manoa (http://www.hawaii.edu) to bring to life season two of its popular reality series Project: Freshman. The show, which will stream a new episode every Wednesday, features new students Elliott Winter, Sarah Riordan and Brianna "Bri" Lagat-Ramos, as they embark on college life. Each student was given a video camera to document their personal experience - the good, the bad and the ugly - of heading to a new school. For thirteen weeks, RED[TM] will showcase the lives of these three teens from different parts of the country, as they begin their first semester away from home. Each student will also post commentary on their own RED blog. "Project: Freshman is a must-see for any college freshman," said Jacquie Moen, Vice President, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Kids and Teens. "We've teamed with real students whose reports are honest and refreshing and show kids what college is really like." About the Cast: Elliott Winter: Even though he's from Louisville, KY, Elliott is not your average country boy. This preppy prep·py or prep·pie n. pl. prep·pies Informal 1. A student or former student of a preparatory school. 2. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools. surfer type is all about living life to the fullest. Back in Louisville, Elliott (or E-Weezy), worked at a zoo where he quickly became fond of exotic cats. Inspired by the animal trainers in the tiger exhibit, Elliott found his passion and began his search for schools offering zoology zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. as a major. When he found UH Manoa, he knew it was a perfect fit. Elliott loves to surf, so his decision was made. Now he's left behind his parents and nine siblings and wants to show people what it's really like to be a freshman on a campus so far from home. Elliott was the most popular guy in his high school, but now he finds himself just one of the masses. Sarah Riordan: With an impressive academic track record including National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS), established in 1921, is a recognition program for American high school students who show achievement in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. all four years in high school, an AP Environmental Science Award and a U.S. History Award, Sarah Riordan may look like your quintessential quin·tes·sen·tial adj. Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical: "Liszt was the quintessential romantic" Musical Heritage Review. student, but she's the first to tell you that college girls College Girls is a Channel 4 documentary series, first transmitted in the UK from 8 September 2002. The documentary followed the lives of six students who studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, the last remaining single-sex college at the University of Oxford, between 1998 who work hard O play harder. Sarah grew up in New York and moved to Hawaii when she was six. Her parents divorced when she was 10 but when her dad got a job in Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. the entire gang moved to the Ocean State. Upon graduating from high school, her mom moved back to Hawaii while her dad stayed on the East Coast. Although not her dad's first choice, Sarah decided to attend UH Manoa, where she's receiving a partial scholarship. Bri Lagat-Ramos: Named her high school's Most Outstanding Female High School Athlete in 2007, Bri, a Hawaii native, has always loved playing sports. So friends and family weren't surprised when she decided to join the UH Manoa's Athletic Training athletic training Sports medicine The practice of physical conditioning and reconditioning of athletes and prevention of injuries incurred by athletes. See Athlete, Athletic trainer. program. Brianna graduated from her high school with honors and is the first in her ohana to go to college. She participated in UH Manoa's College Opportunities Program, which prepares Hawaii residents for a summer and first-year residential college experience on the Manoa campus. Bri describes her high school career as "safe" and "sheltered," but now that she's in college, she's ready to break free and discover herself at UH Manoa. Bri is excited about living on her own and being able to do whatever she wants to do. On the other hand, she is also nervous that she might party a BIT too hard, since this is her first taste of adult living. Beyond the debut of Project: Freshman Season Two, RED has joined forces with College Prowler (http://www.collegeprowler.com), a leading Web site that reviews thousands of schools across the county. Every Thursday, RED's College area, RED U (http://www.beRED.com/college) will feature the review of a new school, as told to our reporter by real students who attend the school. The College area also features study guides and tips on how-to adjust to life away from home, meeting new friends and getting the most out of the college experience. Project: Freshman Season Two is produced by Timothy J. Hamilton for 2C Media, a full-service production company whose major clients include AOL and Twentieth Century Fox Television. About UH Manoa The University of Hawaii at Manoa is the flagship campus of the 10-campus UH system, the state's sole public university. A land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, Manoa offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees through the doctoral level, carries out advanced reAsearch and extends services to the community. The University of Hawaii at Manoa is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. . In addition, 28 programs are professionally accredited by the appropriate agencies. For more information visit: http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu. About RED[TM] AOL's RED[TM] (http://www.beRED.com/), is an all-encompassing online hot spot for teens offering a wealth of content including viral videos A video that spreads quickly via the Internet. It is often a short clip on a video sharing site such as YouTube that people reference in blogs, e-mails and instant messages. See viral marketing. , comics and anime, news, entertainment, games and music, as well as easy-to-use tools for blogging and socializing with friends. |
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