My First College Tour At Texas State University

Historically, people of color have had little to no success when applying to universities until recently. The first-time minorities became a part of the American social system was after President Kennedy passed the executive order of Affirmative Action, which first barred government employers from discriminating based on “race, creed, color, or national origin” (Kennedy, 1961). Overtime the use of affirmative action moved from jobs to the education system. Affirmative action in schools truly gained

Antonio, Texas my entire life. Most of my family, from my mother’s side, still lives here, too. Only two of my cousins have ventured outside of Texas. Everyone else either lives in San Antonio or surrounding cities. One of my cousins, who still lives in Texas, is attending Texas State University in San Marcos. He and I are the only two males from my mother’s family who have been to college, so we are each proud of the other, and we know that our family is proud of us. Attending college is a serious

never grow tired of it, and over the past four years at Texas State University I have found that to be very true. When I first came in as a freshman, I had no idea I would be ever applying for Graduate School. But as I went through the coursework and fell in love more and more with the topics that each class discussed, I finally decided that I wanted to apply and continue my education in the International Studies Program at Texas State. My love and passion for international studies truly began back

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Paso, Texas, which is bordered with Ciudad Juarez. Unfortunately, I witnessed this violence first hand at the time it was occurring. I come from a Hispanic background, with more than half of my family currently residing in Mexico. Being surrounded by constant border violence was the catalyst for my life long goal of becoming an FBI Special Agent. I entered college with

effectively engage targets to reduce the enemy’s fighting capabilities under their creed “one shot, one kill”. American Sniper is written by Chris Kyle, and is an account of his four tours in the Iraq War as a Navy SEAL while earning his spot in history as the most lethal sniper in the United States military. During Kyle’s tours in Fallujah, Ramadi, and Sadr city he recorded over 160 confirmed kills. Kyle’s autobiography covers not only daily life on the war front, but the personal and family struggles

Renee Rico English 210 14 June 2015 An Internal Proposal to Update the Texas A&M Campus Map System Purpose The purpose of this proposal is to request authorization to explore and create a solution to the problems associated with the current Texas A&M campus map system and the difficulty of attaining directions to various locations across one of the largest college campuses in the world. Summary In my English 210 class this summer, my professor has asked that each student write an internal proposal that

History The Texas State Historical Association affirms that the city of Austin was established in 1839 as the Republic of Texas and was named after its founder Stephen F. Austin (Humphrey, 2010). Head surveyor Edwin Waller was appointed to plan and construct Austin. Their intent was to have the city ready by the time the Texas congress assembled in November 1839 so they built temporary government buildings at temporary locations (Humphrey, 2010). By October government offices opened, the first church

true passion for it. Ive played many instruments like Piano but the one that really stuck with me was percussion, specifically Snare Drum. So, since 6th grade, Percussion has been my instrument of choice and ive had the privelage of learning and performing at many levels in my drumming career! I was Drum Captain at my local high school, Lewisville High School, and even after highschool I continued to persue drumming. Therefore I have had the privalege of being able to perform with many percussion

bred in the Texas cowboy tradition. He came into the world on May 18, 1952 in Poteet, Texas (“Strait Facts”) and was raised in nearby Pearsall, TX on his family's working cattle ranch, a legacy in the family for over 100 years. His childhood was spent working with his father and brother on their farm, and he carried on the ranching tradition by studying agriculture at Texas State University (Dickinson). In 1971, he married his wife, Norma, and shortly after enlisted in the United States Army. While