Clark Atlanta University

I aspire to attend the Clark Atlanta University because it is a symbol for past and future generations of educational and operational excellence. Clark Atlanta University is the hub of African American leadership and educational expansion, and with the constant policing of the community and poaching of black culture in today’s society, it is significant that I achieve an education that represents myself and the world with which I am familiar and intend to change for the better. Martin Luther King

Clark Atlanta University is the institution that will allocate the resources I need to be successful as a leader in the future. Over the years, family members, friends, mentors, teachers, and advisors have implemented tools into my educational career to get me to this point in my life. As I transition into a freshman in college, it is now my job to use the tools CAU will give to me to make a change. Through the Dual Degree Engineering Program, I will be able to study Architectural Engineering. Consistent

Maxwell’s perception of being a professor wasn’t everything he expected when he started teaching at a diminutive University. Stilman wasn’t all that Maxwell dreamt when teaching at the university he felt it was his imposition to teach college students how to become great journalist. Maxwell wanted to become a mentor just like they kind of mentors he had when he was a young teen. At Stilman University Maxwell’s experience wasn’t everything he expected as a college professor and the students welcomed him with

Founders Convocation and hearing Helen Smith Price, Jacque Reid, and Krystal Underwood speak, I was embraced by the presence of the knowledge of three powerful African American females and graduates from Clark Atlanta University. The legacy of “ Find a way or Make one” at Clark Atlanta University continues after leaving CAU and will go with you for the rest of your life, as shown by listening to the guest speakers talk about their accomplishments in life and how that were able to get to where they

up to them. As I started my college career at Tuskegee University, where I double majored in psychology and English. I was passionate about creating social awareness and helping people, but I was unsure what career I was interested in after graduation. I thought about attending graduate school for Counseling Psychology, but I just was not sure about it. I spoke to a professor in the Counselor Education program at Georgia State University and discussed my interests with her. She suggested I look

seconds in the united states? Atlanta was recently ranked October 2012 as the sixth most dangerous city in the United States among cities of more than 200,000 residents. According to Forbes the city has a violent crime rate of 1,433 per 100,000 and has experienced a violent crime rate rise of six percent in 2011 and is currently increasing. Crime in Atlanta, Georgia is above the national median and has been a major problem for the city since the middle 20th century. Atlanta has been known for high crime

Though he showed an early musical talent, Akon did not believe he would succeed as a recording artist, and at a young age he turned to crime to make ends meet such as: gang banging and drug procession. After dropping out of high school, Akon moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he specialized in stealing high end automobiles, selling them, selling drugs, and gun activities. After multiple attempts of auto theft, his criminal

AGYEI PITTMAN, C.E.O. OF GRIND MEDIA, LLC. TALKS SUCCESS AND WHY THE GRIND DOESN’T STOP NATURAL BORN WINNER, Agyei Pittman has a compelling story blended with trials, tribulations, and triumph. Recognized through and beyond the streets of Metro Atlanta as Jay Grind, Grind is a living legacy. The self-sacrificial Marketing Specialist and entrepreneur is passionate in his expertise and is generally observed working tirelessly− often extending service to the less fortunate. On yesterday, Grind was

When you have a good reason, you’ll find a way. My undergraduate college motto was “Find a Way or Make One.” While on the campus of Clark Atlanta University is where I really learned what that meant. I recall complaining to my department chair about another professor, and I knew that I was absolutely right. I knew the department chair knew I was right as well. She asked, “What did you do?” I then proceeded to run down a long list of things I could have done to end up with a favorable result. I wasn’t

The role of the Freedmen Bureau in African-American development during the Reconstruction era has been a polarizing topic since the Bureau’s inception. While most concur that the Bureau was well intended, some scholars, believe that the Freedmen’s Bureau was detrimental to African-American development. One such scholar was W.E.B. Dubois, who in his book The Souls of Black Folk, expressed his discontent with the actions of the Bureau and suggested that the Bureau did more harm than good. Upon further