University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

this project, I would like to submit by request to observe the October 19, 2015 board meeting. This observation would be for my Nonprofit Management course at MPA@UNC, the online Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. This board meeting would provide me with greater insight about the role board members play in their respective nonprofits. Before going into more detail about this assignment, here is some additional information about myself.…

established private colleges soon after Europeans first immigrated to the area. In 1789, the General Assembly of North Carolina, seeing a need for higher education in the state, chartered the University of North Carolina, the nation’s first public institution of higher learning. Timothy J. Williams’ book Intellectual Manhood: University, Self, and Society in the Antebellum South describes the university and its students from the years 1795 to 1861. Using this book, it is possible to gain a…

accent. I do not live on a farm. I do not struggle in school. I take honors classes. I have never wanted to be the type of person who barely graduates from high school. When I was little I always told myself “One day I will go to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.” My confidence, as well as AVID, has helped me to get to my junior year of high school and maintain A’s and B’s. Optimism is when you have a positive attitude during hard times. Optimism is needed to get through everything.…

Over the summer, people would ask me if I am going to miss high school. There were times when I thought I would. I spent four years of my life going to the same place everyday. I thought I was going to be lost without it. By the time summer was over, college was just around the corner. This is my first semester of college; and it’s already ten times better than high school. My point is that high school is a good experience and we all have go through it, but college teaches us how to manage our…

Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina is a non-fiction book by Marjoleine Kars. Written in 2002, Breaking Loose Together is 287 pages of North Carolina history. The University of North Carolina Press published it in Chapel Hill. The version used for this paper is an e-book. Breaking Loose Together shows an interesting side of America before the American Revolution. I chose this book because it highlights a part of history that some history books…

in the Research Triangle area in North Carolina, I was exposed to some of the greatest high schools and colleges not only in the country, but in the world. I went to a nationally competitive high school and applied to 3 Ivy League colleges as well as my local school and parent’s alma maters, Duke University. My high school was fortunate enough to have graduated a plethora of students attending Harvard University, Yale University, Duke University, an UNC Chapel Hill. The rigor of my high school…

Lineberry has a M.A. degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina. She was the editor for National Geographic and a web editor for Smithsonian Magazine. She has also written for a number of publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, and Fox News. Most of…

Wilmington, North Carolina, because his parents didn't want him and his siblings to be raised in a bad neighborhood . Jordan has two older brothers, one older sister, and one younger sister. In 1978 Michael tried out for the high school varsity team, there was only 15 spots left and Michael didn’t make it because he was only 5’10. Michael was sad and devoted to make the team. That summer he grew 4 inches and could dunk and the team wanted him. He later enrolled at the University of North…

to Wilmington, North Carolina. In Jordan’s younger years he played little league baseball. Jordan was to tiny for his basketball team, therefore he was shortly cut at the start of sophomore year; but, he played baseball, football, and ran track. Growing from five’ eleven” to six’ three” he was given the chance to play through his sophomore and junior year (Smith). At the start of his senior year he accepted a scholarship to play for the University of North Carolina at Church Hill (Smith).…

I am a boot-camp baby—a child conceived right before boot-camp. I was born in Greenville, South Carolina on a Monday afternoon. I was born as a military brat, and moved to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina about a year after I was born. Swansboro, North Carolina has been my home as long as I can remember. Here is where I grew into the woman I am today who values honesty, hard work, and kindness. The place where I live is very idyllic—crystal coasts, quaint little downtowns, the best beaches, and the…