University of Southern California

Becoming Who I am Supposed to Be As a student at Sonoma State University, I decided to declare my major in human development because it covers a broad range of subjects like psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Then, at the end of my junior year in college, I decided to declare a minor in early childhood studies. To complete the early childhood studies minor, I have taken classes that teach concepts such as child development and how to assess the different behavioral patterns and the stages…

First year in college can be overwhelming for majority of student, and some would focus on studying that they would forget to have fun and communicate outside the class. That why Sacramento State University offer a program to aid student with their first semester by assign a peer mentor to every seminar class, A peer mentor is a collaborative program with the First year experience (FYE), to provide support for the first year student. In order to assist first year student overcome the challenging…

going to fly by. Next thing you know I began to receive acceptance letters as well as rejection letters from colleges I had applied to. Out of nine colleges I applied to I was debating between four: UC Riverside, Fresno State, San Francisco State University and West Hills Community College. Thinking about where I wanted to go was very overwhelming and stressful. I was only seventeen going on eighteen and I had to start thinking about what I wanted to do with my life, it felts as if I was running…

moments. As a matter of fact, after high school my plan is to go to CSU Monterey Bay or UC Sacramento and major in psychology so that I could come back to Salinas and help out the community. They say that Salinas is the second worst school in California, they say that because of all the violence there is and all the deaths that have occurred in the past seven months. The time for a better generation is here, the students who live here in Salinas have come to realize that we need to work hard…

Since my freshman year of high school, my passion for agriculture has flourished. I did not come from an agricultural background as my parents worked for the State and Amtrak, but I was intrigued about California’s leading industry. Up until my freshman year in high school, the closest I had gotten to agriculture was when I would grow a garden of vegetables during the spring for fresh produce. I became involved in my school’s FFA chapter and was infatuated with the FFA from the start. I saw it…

Long Beach City College hosted their annual State of the College Address on Feb. 3 to discuss changes in education programs, additions of funding and construction projects with the surrounding communities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Avalon and Hawaiian Gardens. The address was given by Acting Superintendent-President, Ann-Marie Gabel, who thanked the surrounding communities for helping pass the $850 million construction bond measure that would go to upgrading and improving the LBCC…

Southern Methodist University has been my dream university for many years. Achieving admission to this spectacular university was a miracle in itself; however, the cost of attendance is a struggle of itself. Receiving this scholarship would help enable myself to educate my mind at one of the nation’s and state’s best universities. I have lived in Lindale all my life, went to the same church and school, and even lived in the same house, but attending this university would forever shape my life…

increases, factors such socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic diversity continue to grow as well. Multiculturalism can be seen in all aspects of life, including university education. With increasing minority populations at colleges across the nation, an education in diversity becomes more important. Promoting an education in diversity in university life and cultural courses not only discourages students from developing disrespectful preconceptions but also prepares them for the diverse environment…

about all the colleges in the United States and what how reaching a higher level of education could positively affect my future when I was in middle school. Out of all the schools in the United States, why did I, Jessyka Spivey, choose to attend the University of Memphis? The answer to this question is not simple at all. The stressful decision to decide which college I should attend and which one would benefit me the most in the long run was an intense process I began my junior year. By the…

the age of twenty-six, while Bryan was only nineteen at the time of his brother’s death. Bryan went to college and was married soon after. He went to college near his town so he could be close to his family. The college was named Georgia Southern University. He graduated in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He met his current wife in college at a bar called Dingus Magee’s. Bryan was a senior at the time and his wife Caroline was a freshman. They were college…