Emory university offers opportunities for career advancement through quality education and community networking. Emory is home to renowned professors who are dedicated to the students’ success and growth. Emory provides its students with cutting-edge research opportunities in their perspective field. While researching, the students have access to the most advanced technology. At Emory, the opportunity to learn and grow as a student are not confined to the walls of a classroom nor lab. Emory's internships are a perfect example of interactive learning. Emory grants accessibility to places such as The Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Yerkes Primate Center, and the Carter Center. Emory creates well-rounded students by combining the in-class
Why Georgetown and how will it prepare me for a future as a physician – 1-2 pages, separate document
Slippery Rock University is located in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1889 and was known as the Slippery Rock Normal school with an enrollment of 168 students. The school started out as a teacher education institution. The school then became a four-year teacher’s college after it was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1926. The main focus of education during that time was health and physical education as well as elementary and secondary education. In 1960, the institution then became known as Slippery Rock State College that offered liberal arts and other professions allowing prospective students to earn their undergrad and graduate degrees. Between 1960 and 1970, the enrollment rose significantly by 24.1% eventually becoming
An individual’s intellectual curiosity to gain knowledge of the unanswered questions becomes a catalyst for the advancement of a society. Mercer University’s undergraduate student research program challenges a student to discover the unknown and sets a foundation for growth in critical thinking. Unlike any other colleges, Mercer University provides opportunities to turn an imagination into a reality that benefits the lives of the people. Through the research program, I would like to contribute my passion in serving others in need by discovering ways to find a cure for childhood cancer and creating innovative ideas to help the lives affected by cancer.
If you believe women suffer systemic wage discrimination, read the new American Association of University Women (AAUW) study Graduating to a Pay Gap. Bypass the verbal sleights of hand and take a hard look at the numbers. Women are close to achieving the goal of equal pay for equal work. They may be there already.
The medical school at University of California Davis had a special affirmative action program where minority groups members or economically and/or educationally disadvantaged applicants were given a special admission process where 16 places of the class’s 100 were reserved for them. Bakke was examined under the general admissions process and denied both times he applied despite his scores being significantly higher than the special program’s admitted students in both tests and interviews. Bakke then took to court claiming that the medical school had denied him admission solely on the basis of race, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which states that no person shall
The Academy provides many opportunities for students who want a challenging education, ranging from performing research under university faculty supervision, to a healthy atmosphere of competition, to an extensive curriculum that incorporates student interests. These opportunities leave it impossible for me to find one reason that I would not want to be a part of the academy. So when I am asked, “why do you want to attend the Gatton Academy,” my immediate response is “why wouldn’t I?” The Gatton Academy offers a program with the rigor I have been preparing myself for since I was just a little girl checking out anatomy books at the library.
Penn as an institution is powerfully driven by a nonpareil dedication to medical research. As a firm believer of a well rounded education, I feel pragmatism, community service, and research should accompany an education, and Penn I perceive follows the initiative through wholly.
...rt of my undergraduate preparation. I hope to make some substantial progress on my project with Dr. Pellegrini and have presentable data by the end of the program and contribute to the scientific community. I also look forward to networking with fellow SPUR-LABS students and faculty. In my time at UCLA, I have realized that research is all but a solo act. It is a cooperative endeavor, and being in the program will provide a collaborative and supportive environment for me to succeed. Ideally, I would like to have at least one paper published during my undergraduate career. C.S. Lewis once said, “Experience: the most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God, do you learn.” Such experiences, especially SPUR-LABS will hopefully aid my journey to graduate school and my pursuit of a Ph.D. and work in academia and work alongside of the professors and mentors I have today.
I approached Pennstate this past August with a great deal of anxiety, interest, and excitement. I had no clue what school would be like, and I knew that I would have to learn how to adjust to my new student life. The rapid adaptation I would need is one that would be comparable a scientist in a lab, trying to discover a cure for the new strain of flu virus that would thrust the world into an unnecessary panic.
My first impression of Union college was not so great as I remember first arriving to this college around mid-march and still seeing half-melted snow around the campus and also after driving through Schenectady, looking at the run down buildings and I imagined if I would ever be able to live in such a place. These questions are probably what a lot of incoming students have wondered when visiting the college for the first time, without even looking at the actual college itself and I myself felt prey to this incorrect judging. However, after arriving inside the campus and taking the tour my perspective changed and I actually felt as if I could belong to this college and my tour guide took us inside the Wold hall and after looking at how some
Internships are becoming the norm in today’s ever changing society. Both paid and unpaid internships allow the intern to learn about a particular field or industry, gain experience in that particular field or industry, and build a network that can be leverage for future good. These benefits combined prove to be very useful and significant to the intern because it’s a differentiator from those individuals who did not have an internship. Given the very competitive job market for recent college graduates, the many benefits of internships have caused many interns to pass up pay in return for the aforementioned benefits. Internships have become so standard in the workplace that the National Association of Colleges and Employers recently reported that 75 percent of employers prefer job candidates with relevant work experience, while more than 90 percent prefer to hire interns who have worked for their organization (Bacon, 2011). When it comes to hiring full-time employees, 42% of graduates with internships who applied for a job received an job offer compared to...
Over the years, I have developed an innovative approach to teaching and conducting research with undergraduates through creating and presenting course materials in both laboratory and classroom settings. In my experience, the best teaching involves concrete, hands-on examples, so I engage students in my courses by encouraging the maximum laboratory participation possible.
Listening often allows me to help others sort through their problems. Combining this trait with my love for working with children, I began mentoring children who had HIV/AIDs on a weekly basis beginning my freshman year. Whether I helped them with their homework or just listened to see how their day went, I tried my best to connect with my pupils. Thus, as a student in SPRINGH, I would be very happy to conduct HIV/AIDS research or anything related to pediatrics since I already interact with many of them on a long term basis. It would be interesting to be able to gain a social and an academic perspective so that I can have a more holistic view. Experiences such as these will shape the kind of educational and personal experiences I want out of the two and a half years I have left. I am certain that the Summer Program for Research in Global Health program is the next step in my journey here at Washington University in St.
As a transfer junior attending the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, I am more than excited to seek for and to be a part of the research team. All the classes I had in my previous college, which is Green River College, a two-year college located in Washington, are non-research based classes, and there were no research opportunities available for students; therefore, I cannot stand to let myself blend into research coursework at the University of Illinois. I found the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, and I believe this would be an excellent opportunity for me to start building my research experiences at the University. By looking through the graduate mentors’ descriptions, I am amazed by all the works they have made. All of them are fascinating and intriguing to me. Nevertheless, I am drawn to these three topics the most; they consecutively are Rekha Balachandran’s, Kim Drager’s and Aseel Addawood’s.
Colleges and universities provide both residential and online facilities for groups of selected students while community colleges provide inventive approaches to provide an education to the underprepared or underprivileged populations. Institutions of higher education both domestically and abroad have three universal key missions including research, teaching and service. Institutions that emphasize research have yielded unparalleled advancements in every field including science, medicine, engineering, etc. which have both served the greater good and brought global acclaim and praise to individual institutions. These monumental breakthroughs have been the mortar laying the foundation for research-centered institutions around the world with research being one of the fundamental values and purposes of higher education. While many distinguished four-year institutions have centered their focus on research, others have emphasize...