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I have attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for the last two years. I will be entering my junior year pursuing a Bachelor Degree of Science with a major in Environmental Studies. My career interests entail green energy and natural resource management. I was a young child when I started attending a summer camp program that emphasized nature and environmental conservation—ever since I have made outdoor activities into hobbies and continued interest in environmental sustainability. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh focuses on sustainability through green building, alternative and solar energy, and curbing pollution.

I would like to get a teaching degree from a university. The two universities that I really love are UNC Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University. When comparing UNC Chapel Hill to Wake Forest I find they are both similar, yet different. Looking at cost of tuition, the number of students, graduation rate, location, admission rate, room and board, financial aid, and flexibility for both universities it will help me decide which college I would most likely attend.

The pursuit of knowledge helped me love books and which brought me to Creighton University. Since my childhood I was eager to learn as much as possible, specifically the environment. I was fascinated about wildlife and how beautiful it looked. Being a native from Nairobi, Kenya; I was able to go to the safaris and learn about the different animals. These are the memories which I vividly remember and keep close to me. When I went back many years later, I was disappointed to see how my city has changed. This was disheartening because the city didn’t change for the best. This caused me to go for a minor in Sustainable Energy. The Energy department at Creighton is being cut back on and is limiting our class options to learn. Northeastern University

Elizabeth City State University and Saint Augustine’s University both have good Sociology Programs. Elizabeth City’s mission is to promote economic, social, and environmental progress for the people of northeastern North Carolina, the state, and the nation. Saint Augustine’s mission is to sustain a learning community in which students can prepare academically, socially and spiritually for leadership in a complex, diverse and rapidly changing world. Elizabeth City State University and Saint Augustine’s University are two colleges that share similarities and have differences when it comes to tuition, graduation rates and organizations that are offered on campus.

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is one of the largest universities in Tennessee; however, they do not offer enough housing to provide for all of their students. As a result, students are expected to find their own housing off-campus. Hence, students must live in off-campus apartment complexes that are expensive, too far away, and difficult for young students to rent. While there are some benefits to off-campus housing, students face many problems in securing these types of housing situations. The prices of off-campus housing are high and the locations are often too far away from campus to walk. In addition, many apartment complexes do not want young, college-aged people living there.

Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small, co-educational private school founded in 1955 by the Roman Catholic Society of Mary. Originally known as St. Louis Junior College, it became Chaminade College in 1957 when it transitioned to a four-year college, and Chaminade University in 1977 when it began offering graduate degrees. The school is named after Father William Joseph Chaminade, who survived the French Revolution and went on to establish the Society of Mary.

Savannah State University is a public historically black university the oldest public HBCU in Georgia. It is located in Savannah Georgia, and formerly known as, Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth, Georgia State College and Savannah State College. Savannah State University has been running 120 years it was established in November 26,1890 and contains a 173- acres campus ground. Their motto is, “Lux Et Veritas” which means Tradition Pride Progress. Their mission statement is, "to graduate students who are prepared to perform at higher levels of economic productivity, social responsibility, and excellence in their chosen career fields of endeavor in a changing global community."

Winston-Salem State University is a public institution that became a State Normal School in 1892. Nevertheless, WSSU carries about 1,340 men and 3,453 women. It is a historically black public research University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) has a certified Educational School board offering baccalaureate and graduate programs to a diverse population of students. When applying to Winston Salem State University one should consider the admissions criteria, tuition, and academic majors. Also, it is important to have academic support, to understand the college’s demographic, and familiarize oneself with campus life. Winston-Salem State University students can choose from more than 40 undergraduate

The day before Thanksgiving, I went to go visit Medical University of South Carolina Emergency Room. A place that I know all too well. The Medical University of South Carolina Adult emergency Room is located on 96 Jonathan Lucas Street located in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.

Henderson State University was known as “Henderson-Brown College” in the 1920’s. Originally founded as the Arkadelphia Methodist College in 1890, Henderson’s official name was then for the second time in its history changed to Henderson-Brown to honor Walter William Brown in 1911. Brown was Henderson’s friend and business partner. Looking through the yearbooks of this time period one could see a college filled with arts and ambitions. At the beginning of the decade Henderson-Brown had only eighteen students in its senior class, reaching a peak of only forty five seniors throughout the decade. Many buildings were featured at the beginning pages of the yearbooks, though a girl’s dormitory was never pictured. This subtle sexist attitude towards

The University of North Carolina (UNC) School Of Medicine was established in 1879, and is located at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Its mission is to improve the health of the people it serves, by achieving excellence and providing leadership in patient care, education and research. The faculty-student ratio at UNC Medical School is 1.8:1, where it has a total enrolment of 813 medical students, 52% male. In 2014, 180 students were matriculated (152 North Carolina residents), which was 3.17% of the number of applicants. The students had a mean MCAT score of 31.94, mean GPA of 3.78 and mean science GPA of 3.56.

Oberlin college is ranked as the 4th greenest college in America by popularmechanics.com, and it makes sense. It incorporates sustainability into its curriculum, but it also uses brand new technologies, such as solar panels and electric cars. Campuses that are more sustainable seem to have two main characteristics. The first is they are often in more rural settings, and usually use this setting to their advantage, by having big farms and creating nature reserves. The second is that they invest in more environmentally friendly technology before other colleges. Most colleges in the United States are attempting to become more sustainable, but many are taking the wrong approach to doing so. For example, USC is making efforts towards becoming more sustainable, and while some of these efforts are valid, many merely appear to be so that USC market itself as more sustainable. Colleges that put an emphasis on using new, more sustainable technologies tend to be more sustainable than those that simply try to spread the ideas of sustainability. While creating an environmentally conscious student body is important, it may not be achievable everywhere.

With a longstanding tradition of offering quality education for over 175 years, the University of West Alabama branched out in the fall of 2002 and began offering online educational programs. Since then, online education has taken off at UWA.

While part of these school’s successes in the realm of sustainability can be attributed to their location, they also take advantage of new technologies they have invested in.

Campus sustainability is a task largely in the hands of the students. The effects of climate change will directly impact our lives in the future, so to prepare, it is our job to make a change. A college’s job is to serve its students as best as possible, and that is certainly a major tenant at Temple University, though to get what we want, we need to make our voices heard. While it takes a lot of guts to go talk to President Theobald, that is the best way to make known the problems and worries we are facing. In respect to sustainability, Temple students also have the Office of Sustainability to help perpetuate their causes and getting involved in organizations such as Living Learning Communities, Community Council, and Green Council makes initiating change much easier.