Utah State University

At the beginning of my senior year, I applied to almost ten different colleges and universities – from the east coast to the west coast and basically everything in between. I remember my reaction for each and every return letter I got. The one that stood out the most was the letter from Utah State University. Out all of the acceptance letters Utah State University was the only letter that made me jump up and down, and squeal like the excited little girl I was in that moment. My reaction was not something I could explain. For as long as I could remember I did not want to even consider Utah State University as a possibility. My parents went there and the last thing I wanted was to be like either of them. I conveniently forgot something; the most…

From the article, High Cost of Youth Sports, ”In the United States, parents spend $671 on average per year to cover the costs of uniforms and the hefty fees charged for registration, lessons and coaching, and at least 1 in 5 ends up spending over $1,000 per child, every year.” (Huffington Post/2013) This text shows how parents spend a lot of money for their kids to play competitive sports and can cause a financial crisis for a family. Also from that article, “The result, according to TurboTax’s…

mindset on what the speaker is seeing. In conclusion, throughout this poem, May Swenson uses imagery and figurative language to express her feeling and emotions Biography May Swenson was not like other poets. Most of her writing was in prose and was deeply thought about. Her 12 poem awards were all won when she was alive, 1913-1989. Swenson's household was not always ideal, her second language was English, she grew up the eldest of 10 siblings and she was not accepted for her love interests.…

Case conceptualization, (the following presents a hypothetical case conceptualization) Jack is a truck driver that has recently gotten out of the hospital. He was in the hospital because he found himself the victim of a mugging while he was parked at a truck stop, somewhere north of the United States border. The assailant did not come out of nowhere, rather he walked up to Jack and seemed friendly enough. The aggressor began by asking for directions. Nothing really seemed out of the ordinary for…

It wasn’t till 1890 when the Manifest happened and the LDS church gave up on living polygamy in order to become a state on January 4, 1896. However polygamy did not stop there. Polygamy was continued by some that lived around the border of Utah and Arizona, these people were part of the FLDS church founded by John Y. Barlow and Joseph White Musser in 1932. The FLDS church was created for those who refused to stop practicing polygamy, John Y. Barlow was the first to lead the FLDS church, Soon…

The person I choose to interview was Taylor Kenneth Hammond from West Jordan, Utah. He has moved a total of 3 times in his lifetime, thus far, to finally end up in Lubbock, Texas. Having just turned 26 on the 5th of October he decided to partake in the interview to assist with his interpretations of diversity in his surroundings and current circumstances. During our discussion, he brought up many course related material such as: stereotypes, diversity consciousness, cultural competence. He also…

Jakie Deily Organizational Assessment Purpose of Agency The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people survive and rebuild their lives in the face of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. They are currently serving people whose lives have been upended by war, natural disasters, and conflict. Their work is multifaceted as they work in countries where people need support to recover from a crisis, respond to help countries stabilize and assist people in rebuilding their lives, and…

In the June 2015 Smithsonian magazine, there is an ad for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The organization is devoted to educating, treating, and researching cancer. One finding that they have found. is that all cancers are genetic base They are striving to prevent cancer before it starts. The ad looks professionally made and an excellent representation of the Huntsman Cancer Organization. It has a great deal logos and ethos, but only a small amount of pathos. The primary audience is…

We had to get a quick breakfast so we ate McDonald's and headed on our way. It was long and tiring, but we made it there around 6:00 pm. We checked out the sites and stayed at the Treasure Island which was 49$ a night. Day 4: We had a great time in Vegas because when we hit the slots and we won 2,000 dollars that night. Next place was off to Salt Lake City Utah which is 420 miles exactly. For lunch we stopped off at Subway which costed us about 10 bucks. We reached there at 4:00pm and visited…

downtown with Salt Lake City International Airport just to the northwest and leaves for the east through Parley's Canyon I-215 forms a 270-stage loop across the town. City Creek Centre is the city's hottest main shopping mall and features several high-end suppliers not found anywhere else in Utah. Few power boats frequent the lake which makes this large sea with gorgeous views and substantial nighttime heavens a fantastic sailing place. Small snowfalls are fundamentally handled using the area…