helped with his civics activities. Months later he would become The Chamber of Commerce’s president of Philadelphia state and became North’s America Bank Director. Thomas working as the Bank Director would help soon build Georgetown College. The picture below is showing Georgetown University. On August 26th 1811, Thomas Fitzsimons passed away. Thomas Fitzsimons was 60 years old. He passed away in Philadelphia and was buried in Catholic Church of St. Mary, which is now the important part of the…
“Brand is not a product, it’s not one item. It’s an idea”. Kevin A. Plank, CEO and founder of Under Armour realized that. Under Armour that started as a shirt that will stay dry during football games, turned into the second largest sport apparel company in the world. It is likely that Under Armour will become the biggest company by 2020. The company has multiple sponsors. Even President Obama wears Under Armour. Kevin Plank was born August 13, 1972 in Kensington, Maryland. He is one of five boys…
community. College graduates are more likely to get job then people that drop out of don’t go to college. Georgetown University…
While it is true that college tuitions can be exorbitant, I still maintain that getting an undergraduate degree will pay off much further in the future than a high school diploma. Sanford J. Ungar, president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, author of “The New Liberal Arts” claim that “the critique… seems to be fueled by the reliance on common misperceptions” (226). It is important for people, especially high-schoolers, to know the truth about going to college and all the little things…
the payment of $1.2 billion dollars to Japanese-American citizens who had been held captive at the prison camps during WW2 (Costly, Andrew). African Americans haven’t been compensated for their enslavement until recently, President John Degioia of Georgetown University took a lead to come to terms with their involvement with the merchandise and enslavement of Africans. President Degioia is offering financial help in education and other reparations administered to the…
Allen Iverson: Greatness Accused of Wrong Was Allen Iverson guilty in fighting incident in the bowling alley? Allen Iverson, one of the greatest basketball players of all time and a legend in the NBA. He came out of Hampton, Virginia, and went to Bethel High School, where he played basketball and football at. Iverson was one of the greatest to come out of Bethel and was being prospected by a lot of college coaches and scouts. Bethel went to the state championship for football and basketball…
In my eleven years at Georgetown Day School, I have observed that there is a theme to the way we are taught, the morals we are expected to follow, and the novels and poems we read. This theme consists of many factors but the one that stands out is equality. As we get older, this theme becomes less apparent in our studies because it is assumed that we, as teenagers, are aware of racial prejudice and women’s rights but this is not always the case. The play Romeo and Juliet does not just…
in Public Relations and Corporate Communications at New York University (NYU) with a concentration in corporate and organizational communication, and the Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communications (PRCC) at Georgetown…
Leaves plunge from their high-treetop abode: red, orange, and brown is illuminated by the steadily declining sun, waiting to hide from winter’s upcoming torment. The aromatic scent of pumpkin and apple cider push their way to the forefront of your nose, and cozy themselves like if they were next to a warm fireplace. The boisterous sound of your father yelling, “go Eagles” at the television fills your eardrums. Ah, fall is upon us. There’s nothing that is quite comparable to fall: winter, summer,…
Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American romance that highlights the struggles of bias, prejudice, stereotypes and influence of cultures across race and ethnicities, that affects relationships and self-concept. Although the movie is a romance, this analysis will focus on multiple socio-psychological concepts. Three of these concepts are: paired distinctiveness, similar attraction, and informational influence are further explained through this film and applied in this paper. This film focuses on a…