North Georgia College & State University

wage is the lowest hourly wage that a state is legally required to pay a worker. Over the past fifty years, the minimum wage has risen from $1.00 to $7.25. Minimum wage gives some employees an opportunity to maintain an income and support themselves. There are many minimum wage jobs, some being in the fast food industry or restaurants in general. There are also minimum wage jobs that don’t have anything to do with food, such as working at a front desk on college campus or even being a cashier at…

born in Savannah, Georgia, on March 25, 1925, the only child of Edward Francis O’Connor and Regina Cline O’Connor; that she moved to Milledgeville, Georgia, her mother’s birthplace, when she was twelve years old, after her father had fallen gravely ill. He died when Flannery was fifteen. Thereafter she lived in Milledgeville with her mother, in the fine old home of the Cline family, and attended Peabody High School and Georgia State College for Women (now Georgia College) in the same town.…

The North Carolina Education Lottery was established in August 2005. In order for the NC Education Lottery to be established, “The North Carolina State Lottery Act and 2005 Appropriation Act was signed into the law by Governor Mike Easley (Campbell).” North Carolina is the forty-second state to use the lottery as a way of funding for education. Since 2007, nine million dollars have been raised for education (About US). Every year, North Carolina’s legislature changes the percentage of the…

University of Georgia The University of Georgia is the oldest state-chartered university in the U.S. The university started in 1785 with the mission of enhancing the state’s cultural, intellectual and environmental heritage. The historic north campus is a designated historic district in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The University of Georgia is a flagship university that is located in the town of Athens, which is near the capital of Atlanta. It is one of the highest ranking…

Jacksonville State University, Alabama, and marched with JSU Marching Southerners. In 1993, I transferred to the University of West Georgia where I earned my Bachelor of Music in Music Education Degree in 1997. While at West Georgia, I was President of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference West Georgia Chapter and held the executive offices of Vice President and Secretary in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Nu Beta Chapter. In addition, I was Tuba Section Leader for the West Georgia…

Kyle Espineli English Composition 1 Prof. Murad 9 May 2017 Out of state tuition: A problem unsolved Most students after graduating high school plan to attend a college or university. They work hard in and out of the classroom just so they can get into their dream school. However, college tuition is not affordable, especially if you are out of state. A large problem for many college students are the cost of tuition and yearly tuition increases. Students should be able to graduate…

Healthcare Facilities The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), is the health science campus for the University of Mississippi, located in the heart of Jackson, MS. The Medical Center first opened its doors on July 1, 1955. The University of Mississippi Medical Center is the state of Mississippi only academic medical center. According to the UMMC site, “The Medical Center functions as a separately funded, semi-autonomous unit responsible to the chancellor of the University of…

In the United States there are many different types of races, ethnicities and cultures. We all may live in the same country, but we all have many differences. Some differences you can tell by just looking at the person, but other times we must dig deeper into the person’s background and culture of a person to notice the difference. In this paper I am going to give you the background, and culture about me and how it will have an impact on my classroom, by present a cultural narrative of myself.…

Jacksonville State University. Additionally, I have a Master of Music Education Degree from The University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education Degree from the University of West Georgia. Moreover, I have completed numerous online courses at Jacksonville State University where I have completed three graduate degrees with a GPA of 3.97. Currently, I am an academic advisor and I have previously taught music appreciation courses for the Department of Arts and Sciences at West…

years of college and technical school under my belt; as well as six years working out in the medical field. I wake up each morning and go to an office job where I feel that I have no purpose. I am not fulfilled and my heart is lacking something. Friends and family members could sense this battle I was having with myself and many mentioned that I would be great as a teacher. The role is fitting for my personality. Last summer I registered and began taking classes at University of North Georgia…