Fort Hays State University

My faith has always been the driving force of my life. I live by the notion that everything happens for a reason. Ecclesiates 3:1 declares, "For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." When I first began my college career, I struggled trying to find the best career path for myself. For years, I went through the motionsof taking classes and preparing my schedule in a way in which I believed my college experience should be, until one day I realized that I was not…

agencies for the shooting at Virginia Tech were the Virginia Tech Police and the Virginia State Police” (FBI, 2007).There was no true plan set in place. Overall, the responders did a great job in protecting and aiding students on campus on campus that day. The span of control refers to the number of individuals that are under one supervisor. There were a lot of people that responded to the incident that day. The University received help from everyone around. There were a large number of workers…

On April 17, 2007 Virginia Tech envelops a massive panic. A gunman bursts into the room, methodically points a gun at each student and shoots. This event requires a great deal of courage to survive something like this, but presents itself in Trey Perkins specifically. Mr. Perkins exhibits physical courage-bravery at risk of bodily harm or death. According to the article “Students Panicked and Then Held off Gunman” by Raymond Hernandez, after harming many people in room 207, Mr. Cho, the gunman…

Guns laws have become the forefront of conversation on all Texas Universities as of June 2015. There have been several school shootings that have taken place all around the United States. The two that stand out the most according to the news are Virginia Tech and Lonestar College. The headlines in 2013 were 3 wounded and 2 detained. This was regarding the shooting that took place at Lonestar College in Houston, Texas on January 22, 2103. “The Houston shooting comes roughly a month after the…

in Blacksburg, VA at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Seung-Hui Cho a senior at the university shot a total of 49 people, killing 32 of them, then proceeded to turn the gun on himself in one of the most disastrous school murder-suicides of all time. One of the most casualty producing school shootings of all time. The damage was the lives of the taken students and the psychological health of those at the university. Within this shooting there were two incidents. The first he had killed two people…

Collin Edgington Professor Hollis English 1510 29 March 2015 Rana Plaza: Was it Safe? Have you ever asked yourself the question: Am I assured safety going into work today? Most people would answer the question with “yes”, even without knowing the true answer. This was the case in Bangladesh for many workers who worked at the Rana Plaza factory. This was one of many factories in Bangladesh that has been constructed without legal permission. The workers had no idea about the status of the…

Ever since I was young, my father would always take my brother and me to the movie theatre every sunday, and it was at that point that I knew the world of filmmaking was for me. I had many questions about the music and the special effects, and I believed that there was no better way to answer my own questions than by stepping into film. Therefore, I told myself that I would become one of the world’s most impactful filmmakers in the entertainment industry. As a filmmaker, I also dreamed of…

Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit institution that promotes caring for others, caring for one’s self, and caring for the community. It is one of Loyola’s foundational aspect of caring for the community that has made the requirement of engaged learning a part of the curriculum. Since the Fall of 2012, Loyola has required its students to go out into the world and obtain hands-on experience in different sorts of fields. One may accomplish this through an internship course, or a class combined…

1. I would strive to bring fun and excitement to the staff team to help everyone enjoy their experience as I have here at Fort Hays State University. By showing leadership and being there for whatever needs attention, I would be a great asset to all communities. Stepping up and showing that I care for the people in our community with making sure there is a positive atmosphere would be my goal as a Resident Assistant. 2. The characters that make a community successful are positivity,…

Based upon my basic knowledge, personal experience, what I have learned from Collaborative Leadership, the weekly lectures and our textbook Introduction to Leadership Behaviors Fort Hays State University. McGraw Hill teams and collaborative leadership are similar to each other in servile ways and our different from each other in servile way. Teams and collaborative leadership both have share goals that cannot be accomplished by an individual, and they require mutual trust, respect, and strong…