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    Growing up in a low-income and rural Mexican-field working community in central Washington State, I 
had always been on the receiving end of community outreach endeavors. Whether it was the local community college athletes, high school coaches and athletes from around the state, or teachers, I had grown up always on the receiving end of outreach and engagement. Sure, there were times throughout high school and college where I was asked to go talk to younger students or children at the local YMCA…

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    therefore, she majored in physics with a minor in biology and chemistry. Even though she was focused on science she was greatly impacted by her American economic history Professor Annah May Soule who required her students to visit “the mills along the Connecticut River in neighboring Holyoke to observe working conditions there” and what Frances Perkins saw on…

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    Frederick Law Olmsted

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    Olmsted born April 26, 1822 in Hartford, Connecticut and died August 28, 1903.He worked as American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. His Spouse is Mary Olmsted. The Books he wrote were The Cotton Kingdom, A Journey Through Texas, More. His Sibling was John Hull. He attended Tale University and Philips academy. In August 1857, Olmsted of New York City's new Central Park was looking for a superintendent. The design of Central Park embodies Olmsted's social…

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    including research on diamond wire monitoring and failure mode analysis. He has been working closely with the PV industry. Dr. Brooker received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in 2004. In 2009, he completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Connecticut, under the direction of Dr. Richard Parnas. Dr. Brooker is contributing to work on understanding diamond wire failure and wear rates for silicon wafer slicing. UCF letters of…

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    Midterm Essay 1 Throughout the development and transformation of the United States, numerous thinkers, cultures, and ideologically practices led to an alteration of education in the country. The delivery of education depended upon the time period and what major ideologically practice was dominating the society. Perhaps the first ideology to reach the United States was Calvinism. This was due to the Protestant Reformation, which ultimately led to the early colonization of North America in order…

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    the Salem church was banished out of the state. (Or colony) He was kicked out because of his radical beliefs and when he went up against the Puritans and told them they had separated from the Catholic church. The Puritans just told him that the church was corrupt. One year later the same man Roger Williams founds Providence. (Rhode Island) this was the first settlement in North America to accept freedom of religion. In the same year of 1636 Harvard University was founded in Massachusetts. It was…

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    new future of the delicate republic. Independence had been declared and the recent state and national governments needed to make some very difficult decisions about how to stabilize the suffering economy (Ushistory.org, 2016). Articles of Confederation vs Constitution on 1787 As a result, the Articles of Confederation was drafted in 1777 under the direction of John Dickenson from Pennsylvania (DeVry University, 2016). The Articles differed from the national government under the Constitution…

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    Assistive Technology

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    Nick Parisi, intern at student disability services, spoke in the Marcus White living room about the benefits of assistive technology in the classroom. Assistive technology is defined as any technology that can be used to improve the functionality of students with disabilities. The purpose of these aids is to level the academic playing field and allow each student to have an equal chance. However, the use of these aids comes with many misconceptions. Parents and teachers alike say these…

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    Essay On Banning Book

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    Don Gallos, an English professor at the Central Connecticut State University, argues in his article that banning controversial books for teenagers will deny them knowledge they need for a better future. This will cause serious future issues, because an ignorant society cannot function as well as a knowledgeable…

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    concerned aunt gave me the generic lecture regarding safety, my father was already planning for my next visit home, and my sister, who I never really got along with, abruptly hugged me for the first time in years. The departure of my family back to Connecticut marked the beginning of the next chapter, for I was on my own and ready to begin what most people claim to be the most essential four years of my…

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