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FIST100 & FIST325: Introduction

 Hello everyone, my name is Davis Wukovits and I am a Sophomore currently living on campus.  I have been in Appleton for quite some time due to COVID-19 making Appleton the fourth place I lived.  I was born in California then moved to Georgia and my family currently lives in South Carolina.  I came to Lawrence because I have the unpopular opinion of enjoying cold weather and I love being here.  I also have an older brother, a twin brother, and two wonderful dogs.  At Lawrence I am a film major and a potential history minor.  

In my life I have two major hobbies which are film and swimming.  I have always enjoyed movies and film production in general but it really came to be in High School when I was in a broadcast journalism production class.   I spent most my time in the editing lab in this class and with the combo of me and my best friends we were able to lead the class to place second in the entire nation for broadcast journalism shows at the High School level.  Ever since then I have always wanted to do more in film production and analysis.  I have learned so much already and am particularly excited to start FIST 100 because it has been a while since I've messed with editing software and cameras.

Aside from film swimming is my biggest passion.  I have been swimming for years and came to Lawrence to also be apart of the varsity swim team.  My older brother was an extremely talented swimmer and I credit much of my interest of swimming to him, and even though I won't ever be at his level, I can still be the best I can be and hopefully leave my own legacy on the program. 

I hope that this can be one of our last terms under the pandemic as things seems to be looking positive.  But we must do what is necessary to stay safe.  In my last introduction I posted some photos of my dogs and I certainly plan on doing that again because who doesn't love a photo of someone else's pets.  


My 13 year Giant Schnoodle, Charger


My 7 year old Giant Schnoodle, Rowdy (with a haircut)


Comments

  1. Michael ZhangApril 4, 2021 at 8:35 PM

    Hey Davis, it's so great that you and your friend were able to win second place for national broadcast journalism shows at the High School level. It is such a big thing, so congrats on that!! It is so great that you are continuously improving your fill skill by taking film classes. Also, I love your dogs!!! They are so cute and I bet you have a lot of fun time with them.

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  2. GwenApril 4, 2021 at 8:50 PM

    Hi Davis! Your dogs are so cute! I also love to swim but decided not to join the swim team. Second place nation wide is really impressive!

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  3. Tom PowersApril 5, 2021 at 7:15 PM

    Handsome dogs. I have one of my own back home.

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  4. Macy VetoApril 11, 2021 at 2:18 PM

    It's so nice to have another class with you Davis! I greatly appreciate the dog pics!

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