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in my favor. However, regardless of societal and personal obstacles, I graduated high school and got accepted into California State University, Fullerton. In addition, while attending CSUF, I have displayed excellence through consistent exertion and determination. I should receive this award because I exemplify the highest standards of academic achievement, service to my university and community, and commitment to professional development. To illustrate my dedication for

they may turn out like their parents, they will never make it, they are dysfunctional. The social stigma made it out to define who they are and what they are. When they were asked how was having a foster background affected their lives here at Chico state, they said that it made them feel uncomfortable, feel embarrassed, judged and looked down upon. Also they felt confided because they were not able to tell anyone about who they are because of the fear of the stigma and judgement they will receive from

2.(224) The one thing embedded deeper inside of me than my love of reading is my love of volunteering. Ever since I was a small child, my parents have placed a strong emphasis on helping people who are less fortunate, regardless of how they came to be in that circumstance. Using that fostered love of service, I have spent the past three years of my high school career volunteering at every possible moment. My school climate happens to be one that promotes community service opportunities including

A Better Nigeria: Why I am in college – what I aim to achieve from this Leaving my home country to come to college in the United States was a big decision; joining the corps of cadets was an even bigger decision, but sacrifices have to be made for goals to be met. I am currently a freshman in the Virginia Tech, majoring in general engineering with the intension of majoring in electrical science in my sophomore year. The path I have chosen is without doubt the more difficult path but I believe

Crisis Management - CA Virginia Tech Tragedy (2007) Background April 16th, 2007 is remembered as a day that saw one of the single deadliest gunman shootings in recent history which a seemingly normal college student, Cho Seung-Hui, murder 32 people on campus grounds within a two and a half hour time-frame. Nine years have passed since the fatal tragedy occurred and the repercussions have laid the grounds ever since for the method colleges and educational facilities, the world over, approach crisis

DATELINE: MAY 10, 2007, BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA (US) - The tragic shootings at Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16 were over by mid-day; for Tech’s Office of Transportation and its subsidiary Parking Services group, the challenges were just beginning. Even as the department reeled from the loss of one of its own, Tech senior Jarrett Lane, mourning took a back seat to dealing with an onrushing media horde. Media: This is Bigger Than Columbine “One of the media folks told us that, at the peak, this

Holocaust period. Once he survived through the Holocaust, he began his interest in learning at school. Once he got a little older, he began to study aerospace engineering at Bucharest Polytechnic University, and he graduated from there in 1952 (“Liviu Librescu Biography”). After his time in college and universities, Liviu tried to immigrate his family to the country of Israel, but the communist government of Romania would not let him (“We Remember: Liviu Librescu”). After years of denial for

the beginning. Cho 's aunt in South Korea shared that his resolute silences were a source of worrying for his mother at a young age (NYTIMES, 2007). Cho and his family migrated to the United States when he was eight years old. “We thought that it would help the boy gain confidence if he moved to the United States’ open society,” said an Uncle of Cho’s (NYTIMES, 2007). But they soon realized it didn 't help at all. Living in Centreville, Virginia his family ran a dry-cleaning business. As a child Cho

The autobiographical and regional novel Sky of Stone by Homer “Sonny” Hickam Jr. is an astonishing journey through the life of Sonny, during his summer of 1961, after his first year of college at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VIT), and his time spent in Coalwood, West Virginia, where his father, who is also named Homer, is accused of negligence in the death of mine foreman Tuck Dillion (Hickam, Sky of Stone 2001). The author, Sonny Hickam, grew up in Coalwood, West Virginia, and his written

Have you ever wondered what would happen if we had Halloween at school ? If we had it , what would you wear to school . Also , if we had it , it wouldn’t be as fun later on. Some kids will be having fun , but other kids wouldn’t . First , it would be bad to have Halloween at school for some kids . Kids who can’t celebrate it , will be left out . It would be unfair to other kids who can’t afford costumes . Also , some kids would have to stay home for religious reasons . It wouldn’t be nice