Universities and colleges in Michigan

They did not attend school past the 8th grade, which caused them to value education to an even greater degree than most. Therefore, they were extremely proud and supportive of my father who was the oldest child and first family member to attend college and received his degree from a prestigious…

Patrick Ehren attended Ripon College for all 4 years from 1982 to 1986, while he was also playing on the college football team. While Susan Lapp attended Ripon for a year and a half from 1985 to December of 1986, then Purdue for half a year from January of 1987 to May of 1987, and Marquette for 3 years from 1987 to 1990, and she played soccer at Ripon and Marquette and basketball only at Ripon. Senior year in College, Patrick and his friends created an intramural basketball team to compete and…

We all know it 's important to exercise, yet since most of us are full-time college students and some of us even work on top of it, we rarely get enough sleep and finding the time or energy to work out seems impossible. I agree, the demands of being a college student are high. We lead stressful lives but exercising is one of the best ways to deal with it. I get it, at times I even feel like good grades outweigh the motivation to go to the gym. What if I told you getting good grades and working…

that I need to ask you to become a better man for myself, but also for those around me. The first cave I want to express is the cave of my background, and how it was a hard experience for a child to live through. I was born and raised in Detroit Michigan, and I honestly love my city. I love to walk around into all the different buildings within the city, in my favorite place to go to was the Detroit Riverwalk. Even though the places are like…

elementary schools on up to college and professional teams, have names with roots in Native American culture, the Redskins have recently come under fire. Native American groups have targeted the team, claiming the name is “offensive” and “racist,” and have peppered them with letters, lawsuits, commercials, and even social media campaigns to coerce them into changing their name and mascot. In 2005, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) told 19 universities their mascots were…

as compared to the past and should be given additional leisure time. She contends that down-time is a way for a child’s creative spirit to be let loose. She cites that there is ample psychological research, although she cites one from the University of Michigan. From the research she gathers that in the last 20 years American kids have lost about four hours of unstructured time a week. Doing nothing is when human beings in fact do their best thinking and when creativity comes to call, and those…

Nurse Practitioner Competencies Seynor Massalee Kennedy South University An Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is a direct/indirect care individual who cares for patients and manages individuals and the community, nursing and health care organizations, administration, and the growth and application of health policy by using various forms of nursing interventions to change the outcome of health care (AACN, 2006). APN has a patient-focused range of competencies that improve health…

In the 1980s, universities and colleges across the nation instituted speech codes to protect “hate speech aimed at… a historically oppressed group” (Paxton, p. 123). The codes were deemed unconstitutional, like in the case of Doe vs. University of Michigan in which the consensus was that their multifaceted speech code was too broad. To give some context with another country: after the…

closer in real life. When I started college, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to study or achieve with my life. I just knew it was time to go back to school so that I could help my family…

In the past six years, I have run a stand selling golf balls next to the course in my subdivision, taken over a lawn mowing business, and sold paracord bracelets at the annual art fair in Plymouth, Michigan. Consequently, I have learned the importance of tracking income and expenses for tax purposes, among other reasons. Over the course of my ventures, I decided I had enough excess money to start a Roth IRA; however, this meant I needed to report my income. The first year I contributed to the…