Universities and colleges in Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia and a not Grady baby, Priscilla Davenport was born at Hugh Spalding Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and she is a proud product of Atlanta Public School system. She graduated from Joseph Charles Murphy High School in Atlanta. As she tried to follow her educational dreams, she attended DeKalb College and West Georgia College, which led her in pursuing a career in banking. As time moved on, she found her passion in real estate and became certified in Real Estate sales from Georgia…

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 a grocery store. I viewed two different locations, both of which being Chick-fil-A restaurants. The first location that was observed is located in the student center here at Georgia State University. The second is located in Cumming,…

Scholarship Essay I am applying for this scholarship because it will greatly assist me in purchasing needed resources for college. I am a first generation college student, as well as non-traditional. I attempted going to college a few times when I was younger but truth be told I wasn’t ready so I dropped out. I guess I had to learn the hard way that getting an education was both beneficial and necessary in order to get ahead in life. I am at wits end with entry-level jobs. At this point in my…

What do you imagine a college student to be? Do you imagine a student who parties on the weekends and stay up all night cramming for exams? Or Do you imagine a student who is raising a child while trying to juggle school and work? Most of us would more likely agree with the first image of a college student. However, based on a 2014 research done by Institute for Women’s Policy Research stated that 4.8 million undergraduate students are raising children and 71 percent of that is women (Gualt,…

After touring Georgia College, I became excited for the future ahead of me. I can visualize myself draped in a dark robe, standing on a stage to receive my diploma, thinking nostalgically of the memories I hold with GCSU. I think of the clubs I involved myself in such as environmental initiatives and community service clubs. I notice my peers who helped me to succeed, regardless of how overwhelmed I sometimes felt, who encouraged me and reminded me of my strengths. I reflect on the semester I…

Some of the content of this speech touches on the sensitive topics of sexual and gun related violence. If you were given the chance to defend yourself against an attacker would you? Amanda Collins, a student of the University of Nevada, was not given the chance when “her attacker, James Biela… put a gun to her head, pulled her to the asphalt and raped her” (Summers n.pag). Amanda’s “right to say ‘no’ was taken away from [her]”; she never had the opportunity to defend herself. Although she could…

The pursuit of higher education has been an important part of shaping me as a person and has always held great value to me. When I started college at New York Institute of Technology in the fall of 2007 I was a mix of excited and nervous because I had left my country (Jamaica) to move to the United States to attend college, but I knew that I had so much to learn and was excited for the opportunities that would await me. My freshman year was a great experience and I thrived in my new environment…

Certification. Getting an Associate’s of Science in Nursing degree is a degree that almost any 2-year, community or technical college has to offer. On the other hand, a Bachelor’s of science in nursing degree takes up to three or four years to complete. If a student is already an RN or RN-BSN, it can take only three years. This degree is one of the most common degrees awarded at colleges in the south.…

Engineers’ open marketing and proposal coordination position and was instantly interested. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Journalism from Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. Between my degree, my current area of employment and the experience I gained through internships and extracurricular activities in college I could fill the void in MMK Consulting Engineers’ marketing and proposal coordination team. Currently I work as a graphic designer and copy editor for…

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…