Blackwell earned his doctorate in math in 1941, at the age of 22. Although, he did not experience much discrimination he did believe that a white college would ever hire him. Therefore, he applied to 104 black colleges. From 1942 to 1944 Blackwell taught at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, and at Howard University, District of Columbia later becoming a department head. Blackwell joined the University of California Berkeley faculty in 1954 and was the first black professor in campus history. Even more, he later chaired the Department of Statistics, one of the world’s top centers for mathematical statistics. He served as president in 1955 by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He also became the first African-American elected to the National Academy of…
There is always a moment in a person 's life that is the most memorable whether it is winning the world series, or the last moments spent with a loved one, these moments define our lives and what we aspire to become. My most memorable moment was when I accepted Christ into my life, I was around the age of four and everything seemed to be simple. Then I grew up, my life changed, which then caused questions that made me looking for answers. These changes included public high school, work, and…
Ch.1 Finally, it’s Friday. That means two days of freedom from the demons of Dieruff high school. I honestly can’t wait to get into bed which is scary because i’m always dying to get out that hell hole I call home. Normally on Friday’s nights, I could count on mom and dad being out having their precious date night, but that hasn 't happened for a couple years since we’ve moved to Asheville. Tonight the house will either be dead silent or so loud with their screaming that you’d think we were…
Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiography written by Anne Moody that tells her story from childhood to adulthood. He tells off the struggles and people she was faced with. However, the struggles that she was faced with growing up and the people that she didn't necessarily get along with didn't not hinder her development. If anything they shaped her to be the inspirational freedom fighter of a woman she grew up to be. One important event from Anne Moody's childhood was when her…
to his opinion whether the majority likes it or not and I can relate to that and this is the main reason why I chose him for my assignment. In my upcoming paragraphs I will go over several points in the artists form for example, I will be discussing what type of lines he uses, what type of color was used in it, what is the focus on this masterwork and what type of design was used to make that masterwork? Robert Mapplethorpe was born in November 4, 1946. He was known as “American photographer…
In 2015, a group of New Testament scholars, Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston compiled a published book that presents the historical context of Romans through the literature that was present at the time of the composition of the Roman epistle, namely, the Second Temple Judaism era. Plenty of Bible scholars, such as John Piper, study the Bible by only using canonical Bible. Dr. Blackwell, Dr. Goodrich, and Dr. Maston, on the other hand, provided non-canonical literature to…
A highly debated topic is what the minimum wage should be for workers in America. This is the bare minimum that a person needs to live or that is its intent. Some people feel that it is too low, and that we should raise it. The United States Department of Labor says the raising the minimum wage will be good for the economy and also good for business (Minimum Wage Mythbusters). However some people think raising the minimum wage will be bad. The CATO Institute, in their Four Reasons Not to Raise…
groups to thrive. One of the most famous interest group is the Cato Institute. Throughout this paper the ideas of the Cato Institute will be explored. First the history of the CATO Institute and why it was formed and by whom will be explained. Then understand what the main issues and the policy believes of the Cato Institute will be discovered.…
In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…
One of the biggest reasons for revisions of the GDO was to increase the validity and reliability of the test. Original versions based their sampling off of a small group of Caucasian, middle class children (Dalton, 2005; Guddemi et al, 20142; Gesell, 1925) resulting in high criticism. The Gesell Institute made an effort to make the findings of the GDO-R more generalizable. The following information concerning sampling, reliability and validity are based primarily on the findings by the Gesell…