Leland Ryken

A liberal arts education prepares us for more than just a vocation but rather all of life. In the book Liberal Arts for the Christian Mind Leland Ryken says that “A liberal education prepares people to do well in all that they may be called to do in life” (L. Ryken 19). Yet as Christians we must factor our calling to a life service into this equation. Ryken also says “Loving and serving God should be the foundation for everything else that you do at college.” The Christian liberal arts is the most

To dive into this idea further, I decided it would be beneficial to get to know myself better and the desires God has placed within my heart through the completion of two personal reflection exercises. One of these two exercises required my response to the question, “If you could convince someone to pay you to do what you love, what would you be doing? What might this mean for your vocation(s)?” In answering this question, I started to wonder about my aspiration to be a chemist (currently, leaning

College is like a marriage. You can marry a Christian, a non-Christian, or no one at all. Who you marry carries influence to shape you through a meaningful relationship. That is why it is so important as a Christian to marry someone who believes in Christ, so that together you can grow in your love for Christ and as a result, for each-other. Once you marry someone, regardless of religion you have two options. To live your days intentionally committed to growing, connecting, and learning with your

Gowing up to spend the past 18 years of my life on the Chicago Westside has been an interesting journey. I currently live in the Austin community, where there is a population of 98,514 in 2010 and 85.1% is Black, 8.58% is Hispanic, and 4.43% is White. Growing up in an area of complete violence and poverty felt like a game. Making sure you stay on your side of the block, making sure you’re home before dark, and even making sure you never walk alone. Never. A lot of people get scared when they hear

Collis Potter Huntington was a man who was known for his nonstop ambition, great railroad builder and an extraordinary financier. Many people know him as part of “The Big Four” or the man who was involved in the transcontinetal railroads. The transcontinental railroads was Huntington’s prodigious project of his lifetime, but he had his hand in a little bit of every business in the United States. Huntington’s ambition did not let him stop after his success with the transcontinental railroad, he kept

The Big Boy, a machine of immense size and power. It is among one of the most well known locomotive classes ever built. The size of 85 feet (132 feet including tender.) the Big Boys (4-8-8-4) were behemoths, capable of pulling a massive amount of freight. So large was the Big Boys that they were almost twice the size of a modern diesel-electric engine. The Big Boys, however, were practically two locomotives, joined together. This was called an articulated engine, meaning it had two separate groupings

Early Childhood Task 2: Instruction Commentary TASK 2: INSTRUCTION COMMENTARY Respond to the prompts below (no more than 6 single-spaced pages, including prompts) by typing your responses within the brackets following each prompt. Do not delete or alter the prompts. Commentary pages exceeding the maximum will not be scored. You may insert no more than 2 additional pages of supporting documentation at the end of this file. These pages may include graphics, texts, or images that are not clearly

the men known in building the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. The four men were Leland Stanford who was the President, Collis P. Huntington who was the Vice President, Mark Hopkins who was the Treasurer, and Charles Crocker who was the Construction Supervisor. Leland Stanford was born in the year of 1824 in Watervliet, New York, and was raised on family farms. Stanford began law school around the year 1848. Stanford got

Stanford University (authoritatively Leland Stanford Junior University) may be an individual investigation college in Stanford, California, and one in everything about world's most prestigious foundations, with the most astounding position in fluctuated rankings and measures inside of the us. Stanford was situated in 1885 by Leland Stanford, previous legislative leader of and U.S. official from American state and driving railroad business pioneer, and his lady, Jane Lathrop Stanford, in memory

The professional football player and soldier, Pat Tillman, was born on November 6, 1976, in Fremont, California. As Tillman was attending Leland High School, he was very talented in football, and led his team to a Central Coast Division I Football Championship. After high school, Tillman moved on to playing at Arizona State University to win many awards, and get an undefeated season. Following his college career, Tillman was drafted to the Arizona Cardinals. Tillman remained selfless, determined