Southern Methodist University

college students, student athletes work hard and devote their time to their classes. However, not only do student athletes have to keep their grades up to stay eligible to play, they also spend additional training and practicing to win games for the university. Form 08-3a defines student-athletes as the amateur, which cannot make money from playing their respective sport. While the schools and coaches make millions in endorsements deals and are the highest-paid state employee in most…

xecutive Report: University of Southern California (USC) Summer Bridge Program Overview The Academic Counseling Services (ACS) is a unit of the Undergraduate Programs in the Office of the Provost. The purpose of the ACS is to identify and assist specific populations in an effort to increase retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students at the University of Southern California (USC). In collaboration with academic partners, ACS offers general academic advising, tutoring services,…

at it as a small part of the professional plan. They should be honored to be playing college sports, as thousands of people everywhere desire that they get an opportunity to compete in the NCAA. College athletes receive more than they notice. Universities everywhere invest thousands of dollars into a college athletes annual. Colleges treat athletes like a gardener treats their flowers. They nurture them, give them nothing but the best, and hop that they blossom, and allow the gardener (or…

USC’s motto, PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT, means “let whoever earns the palm bear it.” This motto asserts virtues of dedication, honor, and achievement which reverberate in the work ethic of every student. As a Human Biology (B.S.) major aspiring to pursue the Applied Physiology tract, USC offers a thorough curriculum for me to develop a comprehensive knowledge on the subject material with ethical principles intertwined. USC’s major and minor combinations promotes a holistic education to help me…

physical training and initiation (“Definition of Hazing in English”). Unfortunately, fraternities and sororities tend to take hazing to a whole other level. There are countless different types of hazing rituals. For example, Braylon Curry, a Southern Methodist University junior, was forced by his fellow fraternity members to keep drinking from a gallon jug, threatening to beat him if he stopped. A few hours later, he was rushed to the nearest hospital as a result of having a seizure. Curry was…

Word of Life A.M.E. Community Church was founded held its initial service at the Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington, Maryland. The Word of Life A.M.E. Community Church was admitted to the Washington Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church the following year on April 18, 1997 In 1997 the Word of life Academy was created via partnership with another entity in Accokeek Maryland. Classes started in September of 1997, with grades from pre-kindergarten, kindergarten,…

give people two new ways to cool off during the heat of summer. Community pool In the fall of 2015, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville reached out to Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton about the city’s interest in taking over Cougar Lake Pool. The outdoor pool, located at 88 Recreation Drive at SIU Edwardsville, had seen a decrease in student use. Budget cuts also made it illogical for the university to continue operating the pool. “We’ve always had a desire for a public pool,” Katie Grable,…

‘First Purchase African M.E. Church was in the Quarters outside the southern town limits.’ The first description we see regarding the church immediately tells us about the segregation in Maycomb and how blacks are only allowed to inhibit certain areas as the church is ‘outside southern town limits.’ Harper Lee states this during the first chapter of part two showing that she has already plummeted into the world of prejudice and racism in Maycomb. The appearance of the First Purchase Church…

United Methodist Church, I was educated about the economic struggles in my surrounding area. My eyes were opened to the alarming fact that many children in my local area do not have adequate nutrition during the summer months.. Following this positive experience through my church, I now volunteer my time on Sunday mornings to teach Sunday school. When I first started, I worried if the young students would listen and understand the lesson, or be more interested in snack time.…

“The Bible, Africa, and the Church in the Postmodern Era” Another key point, as leaders, pastors, etc. there must be an understanding of the word “postmodern” in order to see the impact it has in African American churches today. If understanding correctly, postmodern thinking implies pleasing people rather than God is okay. In other words, forbidden things are acceptable now; having no biblical insight, denial of absolute and objective truth is the current fade, also to some God really don’t…