Eurasian Economic Community

follow their college education to completion. The college retention rate has been an issue for community colleges across the United States, including St. Johns River State College. Therefore, Alpha Xi Eta’s college project focused on raising awareness of the importance of completing a college education and providing those students with the tools and information they needed to achieve this goal. The Community College Commit to Complete Project (C4) perfectly meshed with the needs of our…

“Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.” Pat Riley. One decision people are faced with is where to go for their continuing education. There are several things a prospective students need to examine before deciding between a community college and a four year University. In some instances going straight to a University is the best option, however for other situations a junior college is the better option. It boils down to what a person’s overall career goal is. There are…

My interaction with an older adult was taken place at the Sun Terrance Facility in Sunnyside, WA. I wanted to do a nursing home or retirement home, close to where I live because I also do my hours for my practicum every weekday. So, because I have lived in Sunnyside my whole life, I use to live next to Sun Terrance and I took this opportunity to explore the facility a little better while doing my hours there. Me starting there at the facility was not easy. I cannot remember the exact dates, but…

on the school community, specifically by increasing the on-campus distribution of organic fruits and vegetables to those college students suffering from deficient nutrition in their diets. Increasing the number of gardens and total farm acreage over time would significantly reduce the amount of fresh produce needed for all students to become food secure, resulting in better student health and superior academic achievement. The gardens would additionally engage the college community in shared…

“Never in my life would I have expected community colleges to be called potential saviors of the economy,” says George Boggs. There have been misconceptions on the validity of Community Colleges and why it might be an option to some people. Parents, institutions, and the general public see this life option as second best but what most do not realize is that Community Colleges serve as more than a “second tier” institution, but as a metaphorical fallback net. The assumption is that most students…

Turkles Alone Together, she exemplifies her worry for online social networking sites because of their ability to allow humans to edit themselves and manage their relationships (2011). Throughout my interaction with the IMVU community, I found that numerous people using online communities to build relationships were looking for a way out of their past imperfect ones. They loved being able to communicate when they felt like it and return to the real world where the relationship no longer affected…

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think” (Albert Einstein). Most believe a successful future comes from education, specifically a higher education like college. Children grow up with the notion that in order to be successful, you must go to college. When a person hears “college degree”, they connect it with a good job, benefits, and what people think is the most important, a good salary. When it comes to attending college, more…

The deprivation of equality and respect towards the LGBT Community is one of the most controversial, but needed changes in the United States, and respectively over 20,000 gay-rights activist took the streets of New York City on June 13, 2016 for the city’s annual Gay Rights Parade; an iconic photo was taken that highlights three rhetorical appeals that helps convince people of my argument that gays should be completely equal as everyone else. The emotional appeal in Figure 1 is shown through a…

I have been accepted into the London School of Economics for the fall quarter and I will also be applying to the Marshall and Gates Cambridge Scholarships so that I can receive my doctorate degree in political science from Cambridge. I want to know as much about the system as I can so that I can become…

the importance of community colleges and how they have been helpful in providing quality education and experience to people of all backgrounds especially the people who belongs to minority groups and has a low standard of living. She responded to Rick Perlstein’s assumptions about community college coming to an end and being unable to matter anymore, with opposing statement, “My guess, reading between the lines, is that Mr. Perlstein has never set foot in an American Community College” (Addison,…