Architecture, Manufacturing , Natural Resources and Agriculture

The resources and tools found within this community have been designed and curated to support students who are interested in fields related to Architecture, Manufacturing, Natural Resources, and Agriculture. This community covers three main industry areas:

  1. Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources – this includes occupations where professionals work to produce, manage, sell, and protect agricultural goods, as well as other environmental and green careers.
  2. Architecture and Construction – Professionals within these industries leverage design, planning and management skills to build and maintain structures such as buildings, homes, bridges, or machinery.
  3. Manufacturing – Occupations involve planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and the related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing, and process engineering.

You are welcome to engage with as many pathways as you would like! Take time to review the community – check out the articles and blog posts and explore the resources to learn more about these industries. You will also find things you can do now, like joining a related student organization or getting involved with a professional association, to explore and develop relevant skills and knowledge.

Explore careers in plant science, diplomacy, pharmacy, education and more with our fall Gator Career Chats series

You’re invited to attend the fall 2024 Gator Career Chat series. Gator Career Chats help you explore careers across various Career Pathways and are led by UF alumni and friends of the Gator Nation who will share their career journeys, highlights …

By David Adams
David Adams Senior Assistant Director for Career Pathways – Business, Public Service, and Tourism
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AI in Agriculture: Improving Disease Detection in Strawberries

University of Florida scientists are tapping into artificial intelligence to enhance Strawberry Advisory Systems (SAS) to better detect leaf wetness, which improves disease forecasting and fungicide application for Florida’s $500 million strawberry industry. Check out this article from UF IFAS

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Gabby Diaz-Portalatin Career Pathways Coach
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Crafting An Architecture Portfolio – Workshop Summary and Recording

On Monday, September 9, 2024 the Career Connections Center hosted a workshop covering the fundamentals for creating an effective architecture portfolio that could be used in a job or internship search process. The portfolio is a critical piece of the …

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Gabby Diaz-Portalatin Career Pathways Coach
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AI Impacts on Manufacturing: Innovations for Inventory Management

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for manufacturing, which began in the 1960s to help with basic inventory management, are on the brink of transformative changes due to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the next decade, AI is expected …

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Gabby Diaz-Portalatin Career Pathways Coach
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What it’s like to be a Chief Sustainability Officer Today

Chief Sustainability Officer, a role once seen as marginal to organizations, has become an integral piece of corporate strategy. The evolution of the CSO role, driven by regulatory pressures, consumer demand, and shareholder activism requires those assuming (and aspiring) to …

By Gabby Diaz-Portalatin
Gabby Diaz-Portalatin Career Pathways Coach
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SOLIDWORKS Rendering with PhotoView 360

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In this installment of The Power of PreViz, Dane Howard meets with the leaders of One & Co, an industrial…

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After Effects Compositing: 1 Intro to VFX

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Visual effects have gone from a secret craft to a well-known career path, and with today’s software, and the right…

After Effects Compositing: 4 Color Keying

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Color keying, also known as chroma keying, lets you shoot a foreground scene and insert it into virtually any background;…

After Effects Compositing: 2 Matching Foreground to Background

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UT Austin provides a thorough guide to developing an architecture portfolio from scratch using Adobe InDesign.

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The Eight Semester Career Readiness Guide is a resource to keep you on track. Use
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Career Paths for Civil Engineers

This brochure outlines possible career paths for civil engineers working in public agencies, academia, consulting, industry, and construction.

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