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Long Beach City College hosted their annual State of the College Address on Feb. 3 to discuss changes in education programs, additions of funding and construction projects with the surrounding communities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Avalon and Hawaiian Gardens. The address was given by Acting Superintendent-President, Ann-Marie Gabel, who thanked the surrounding communities for helping pass the $850 million construction bond measure that would go to upgrading and improving the LBCC…

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…

students with disabilities, good self-advocacy skills will be key to success, and knowing your rights is one essential element of effective self-advocacy,” (Leuchovius, 2016). While self-advocacy is an important part of college and being an adult, often people are overwhelmed by the college experience as a whole. Without open lines of communication regarding resources available to students, there are a large number of students who fall through the…

Puvungna On September 19, 2015 I joined the class on the trip to Puvungna, which is also known as the “Gathering Place” for Native Americans. I have known that Puvungna was located on campus but I have never gone to look around. The site is located right along Earl Warren Drive on campus and behind the Japanese Garden which was populated by the Tongva tribe. In 1974 Puvungna was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This museum is very different to a museum that we all know of.…

over time. As a future worker in this career, I need to know more about the agricultural and extension education profession and how it developed with time. In order to fully understand that, I interviewed the retired extension worker in Mississippi State. He is known as one of the top soybean specialists in the US. This interview took place on Monday, March 21, 2016 at Starbucks on Highway 12 in Starkville, Mississippi. My interviewee was Dr. Alan Blaine, who co-founded the Southern Ag…

R/r/rader-dennis-bio-1.htm “One friend described him as utterly lacking a sense of humor, but tending to be studious and focused” After high school Dennis Rader got a job at a local supermarket until he had left Witchita and started college. In 1965 Rader began school at Kansas Wesleyan College in Salina, though he only attended for two semesters before joining the airforce, stationed in Texas, Alabama, and Okinawa until 1968. In 1968 Rader was moved to Japan. Dennis Rader was in the air force…

California State University Northridge is a conglomerate of different cultures, ethnicities, and religions. The students and faculty are a good sample size of the American religious landscape: numerous ethnicities from different locations around the world come together and bring their religious practices with them. This nation holds great pride in its diversity and acceptance of others. This concept of pluralism is something the nation would prefer to have as a common belief, however there are…

about various subjects. Interviewee who is in Adolescence or Emerging/Young Adulthood Demographic Information 1. I interviewed my friend Abbie Schaefer. 2. She is 18 years old and was born 12/11/1997. 3. Abbie is currently a freshman at Iowa State University. 4. She grew up in a two-parent household with an older and a younger sister. Questions 1. Describe and explain your most significant relationships. “Right…

Not Just A Legion But also An Inspiration Imagine being the only African American on a college track and field team and also being the best of the best. Jesse Owens was this star athlete. Owens was not only a star athlete, but he was an inspiration to many people in this time. Being an African American star athlete in the early 1930’s came with difficulties; however, Jesse Owens was always eager to learn, was determined to accomplish, and confident in what he did best. Jesse Owens was the…

There are many serial killers in the world, but one serial killer who is worth talking about is Dennis Rader. Dennis Rader is also known as the BTK killer or some refer to him as the BTK strangler. Rader gave himself these nicknames in a letter he sent to the police and local news outlets. BTK stands for “blind, torture, and kill” and this is what he typically did to his victims. Dennis Rader murdered 10 people between the 1970’s and the 1990’s. He committed these awful crimes around the Wichita…