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Salisbury Dual Degree Engineering Transfer Program offered through the Physics Department in the Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology will aid me in accomplishing my goal to become an engineer and a female leader in the STEM fields. Salisbury University (SU) will help me accomplish my goals in a creative way and give me a broader depth by being able to experience two different schools and obtain two degrees in only five years. I am not yet decided on which field of engineering I wish to pursue

Helen Thomas was a pioneer for women in journalism she became the first female member of the White House Press Corps and the first female bureau chief of the United Press International. Thomas was regarded as “the dean of Washington D.C.” and “the First Lady of the Press” (Dinoella pg1). Thomas served as the White House Bureau chief from 1974 to 2000. Thomas started covering the presidential press conferences during John F Kennedy’s presidency and went on to cover ten presidents in total. Helen

Washington organized an effective approach of gradualism among blacks but was disrupted by militant leaders like W.E.B. Dubois. After reconstruction, the hopes for full citizenship rights were broken when the government renewed white supremacist control to the South. The government adopted a laissez faire policy, and the Jim Crow laws brought social, occupation, and educational discrimination to the American Negro. In 1896, the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson strengthened the segregation

As a child of Eritrean immigrant parents, I felt I was forced to choose from the four career choices that most non-American parents want their kids to fulfill; doctor, nurse, lawyer, or international businessman. At the age of five I was playing with stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs, not dolls and building blocks. When I started the third grade at Campbell Hill Elementary, I fell in love with volunteering in the special needs classes during my recess. Instead of playing with my friends outside

requirement for knowledge and we are a deeply curious in nature. This is how we have evolved and throughout time with new inventions and new ideals our primitive instincts changed some say for better and others say for the worst. Booker Taliaferro Washington helped African Americans gain the knowledge of literacy that was so long forbidden. Born to a cook for plantation and an ambiguous white man on April 5, 1856, he was just another face among a sea of discriminated,miserable, and oppressed people

government opened new schools for the blind-deaf community (“Dash”). Once she became older, she opened a foundation called the Helen Keller International, which benefited the blind and malnourished children (“Wikipedia”). The foundation now has 180 programs in 21 African and Asian countries (“Helen Keller International”). Her foundation helps prevent blindness and vision problems with a cataract surgery, vision correction, vitamin A supplements, and much more (“Helen Keller International”). In the final

hampered by the same question stated in an infinite amount of ways, “What makes you right for our school?” This is not how the college process should be, but we are all too busy writing 250-500 word meaningless essays, essays that simply answer cliche questions that could be asked in an interview and answered in two to three sentences, to see what the college process could be. My Personal Goals My dream school is Georgetown University, but it

attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where I intend to graduate with a double major in History and International Relations with the goal of working for a humanitarian aid organization. Growing up, my family attended countless historical sites and museums, which taught me to appreciate history at a young age. This appreciation and passion for history was enhanced by one of my high school history teachers, Stephanie Hornstein. She is an exuberant, intelligent and dedicated teacher whose excitement

stepped down as president of the American Red Cross. Donations declined drastically after this investigation but soon increased. In 1905, Clara Barton started the National First Aid Society. This organization made first aid kits that were used in schools and people’s houses. The national first aid society supervised first aid classes and gave out educational materials. In the same year Clara wrote books. She wrote The Story of the Red Cross and The Story of My Childhood. After suffering two episodes

Washington University has one of the most highly regarded physical therapy programs in the nation. The program of study required to enter the physical therapy program is The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. Students apply to the division while applying to the school, and then,if accepted, are admitted to a specific program within the division (“The Division Biology and Biomedical Sciences”). Biochemistry would be the best program from the division for those looking to go to graduate