Fort Wayne, Indiana

Roanoke island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. The lost colonists were the third group of English arrivals on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island, settling near the modern-day town of Manteo. Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World. It was…

my entire life in Indiana, as have my parents. My mom and dad were raised close to Monroe and went to Adams Central, where they met and fell in love. They ended up moving north to Fort Wayne where they had my sister and I. We began our schooling in FWCS, but we moved farther north to the tiny town of Huntertown later, which led to my sister and I switching to NACS for my high schooling and her middle and high schooling. Due to all of the events that have happened here in Indiana throughout my…

Fort Wayne (Allen County) was ranked third with 168. Two other counties within the state of Indiana reported higher ratings per 100,000 populations which topped Allen County: Vanderburg County with 170 and Marion County with 344, in 2013 (Indiana State Department of Health, 2015). According to the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health Gonorrhea was up 23% in Allen County, from last year (McMahan…

Discovering Careers After doing intensive research over what careers and colleges suit me, I have finally narrowed down which could be possible for my future. I have always liked art and have practiced my art skills for many years. I also enjoy interior design, which has been a more recent enjoyment after watching various shows on t.v. over interior design. Having a career in art would open a lot of doors for me. Artists draw, paint, display and sell their artwork. According to BLS the median…

To see residents in a nursing home enjoying life was quite eye opening. I have to admit I believed the stereotypes that a nursing home was institutional, almost hospital like. However, observing the quality of life the residents were displaying squashed my perceptions of nursing homes. The residents were full of life and very willing to speak with me and reflect on their life changes. Before this experience, I felt a nursing home was a place where the elderly did not have a voice, could not…

glad things are the way they are. Everything would’ve been so different. Maybe even myself. I wonder what life would’ve been like if I stayed...and when I say stayed I mean stayed at my hometown Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 2013, I went through a big experience. My family and I have moved to Columbia City, Indiana. This decision was based around my mother because she has met the love of her life. When I found out that we were moving I was devastated. I was young and the thought of leaving all my…

Overeaters Anonymous Kayla Barnes Indiana University-Purdue University of Fort Wayne Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a support group which helps its members to recover from compulsive binge eating, a disorder which causes people to habitually ingest unusually large quantities of food. The majority of people overeat on occasions, like Thanksgiving, for example, but overeating can transition into binge-eating disorder and then it becomes a frequent occurrence. When…

Tecumseh traveled north to Canada and south to Alabama in a trial to recruit men to his cause. Meanwhile, Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory was negotiating treaties and utilizing yankee forces to place pressure on those tribes still in Indiana and particularly those allied with Prophetstown. In 1809 Harrison, signed the accord of Fort Wayne that assigned him an enormous quantity of yank Indian territory therefore increasing Tecumseh’s efforts and amplifying his message. Tecumseh…

“There are over 9,800 CPT codes – one for every type of health care service provided by health care practitioners or facilities.” (Explore Health Careers). Medical coding is a fast growing field and not a lot of people know how well it is going to strive here in the next couple years. The overview of this report is to elaborate what medical coding is. What the education requirements are for a medical coder along with the cost of tuition. Where medical coders can be employed. What the pay is for…

thing you should know about Indiana is Abraham Lincoln lived here when he was only seven years old. In the city of Fort Wayne it was the first baseball game that was played. ("Indiana Facts & Trivia.") James Dean, a really good actor, was born in Marion, Indiana. In the city of Crawfordsville, it had one of the first functioning jails. The state was centered around the Great Lakes that's how it got the name, "The Great Lake State." ("Indiana Facts & Trivia.") Indiana was home to the swimmer at…