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- 561: Margaret Bourke-White
- Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Bourke- White never thought she would be a famous photographer. In 1921, when Margaret was 17, she went to college to study herpetology, or the study of snakes and reptiles. That same year her father died leaving her family with little money. To stay in college Margaret got a job taking and selling pictures of the college campus using her father’s broken camera. That summer she got a job as the photographer and counselor at a summer camp. Even though she liked taking pictures, for Margaret, photography was still a ...
- 562: Situation Analysis: Ford Mustang
- ... clearly shows the lopsided distribution Figure 3 Educational Levels of Mustang Owners The educational levels of Mustang owners are an important variable. This section looks at if the owner graduated from high school, had some college, or graduated college. This information is very useful when determining how to target college campuses. Figure 4 displays these differences. Figure 4 Age of Ford Mustang Owners The ages of Mustang owners are very important. This information can also help determine the target market. Figure 5 displays the ...
- 563: Our Nation's Credit Card Problem
- ... building for years but it is no longer just the baby-boomers problem. My generation just embarked down the same ruinous path. Many students come out of school not knowing how to balance a checkbook. College is where you start learning firsthand about finances and credit because the credit companies are sending out cards by the buckets to students. Citicorp just spent ten-million marketing credit cards to high- school kids. Sixty-one percent of all college students are carrying a card, and thirty-two percent of those got it before college. However a recent survey showed that fewer than thirty percent of the students polled could say what interest rate they were paying on their cards. It's like not knowing anything about guns and ...
- 564: Zoologists
- ... as well as collection and identification of insects. Some zoologists are involved in basic or applied teaching,writing, research, consultation, or administration. The job of a zoologist depends on the area in which they specialize. College Requirements: A college entrance program during high school is needed. The courses needed are: English, math,computer science, one foriegn language, and every possible biological and physical science. In college, a Bachelors degree is the minimum you need. If you want to work in the research, teaching, or administrative area, you need graduate study leading to a Master's or Doctoral degree. This is ...
- 565: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... landscape architecture for entry into the profession (Discover 3). The bachelor's degree usually takes four to five years to complete and the master's usually takes another two years. Courses that are taken in college for the preparation of landscape architecture are anything related to advanced mathematics, botany, and horticulture (ASLA). Special expenses of the education would be things such as books and special tools. College entrance requirements for landscape architects are the same as any other major since the starting courses are basic. Practically all states require landscape architects to be licensed (Discover 3). Licensing is based on the Landscape ... What is Landscape Architecture? Washington, DC: 1997. Costello, Joan M. and Rita Parsont Wolfson, editors. Concise Handbook of Occupations. Chicago, Illinois: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company. 1975. 151 "Landscape Architecture." Discover. Hunt Valley, MD: American College Testing, 1996. "Landscape Architecture." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. 1996 ed. Microsoft Corporation, 1993-1995. "Landscape Architecture." VGM's Careers Encyclopedia. Third Edition. Lincolnwood, Illinois: VGM Career Horizons. 1991. 240-241. Schauman, Sally. "Landscape Architecture." ASLA ...
- 566: The Life of Michael Jordan
- ... of the Year in 1988 and has 9 All-Defensive First Team Selections to his name. He beat Bobby Jones' record of 8 selections to the team. Jordan, a UNC alum, was named the Consensus College player of the year in 1984 and College Player of the Year by TSN in 1983 and 1984. He is a true Tar Heel, always wearing his Carolina Blue shorts during a game for good luck. He also won the NCAA Championship alongside ... Team and Rookie of the Year. Michael is married, and he and his wife, Juanita, have 3 kids, named Jasmine, Jeffrey, and Marcus. He has been on two Olympic Gold Medal teams. Once as a college player in 1984 and the second time on Dream Team I in 1992. He has won the Slam Dunk Contest Twice(1987 and 1988), then basically retired from the competition. Michael dons a brand ...
- 567: Billy Graham
- ... he knew him personally. Graham felt he was now ready to follow Jesus and devote his life to God. Like most high schoolers who lack direction once they graduate, Graham blindly enrolled at Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee for the simple reason that Jones' preaching had once impressed his mother. If Graham did not know who he was prior to entering school, he soon learned that he was not meant ... a preacher, because this group focused on the beloved God rather than a vengeful one, and Graham finally found his purpose for his existence. After graduation from the Florida Bible Institute, Graham enrolled at Wheaton College, which is considered the Harvard of Christian colleges. It was at this college that he received training in the fine art of the pulpit and also where he met his future wife, Ruth Bell. It was now he made a promise to himself that someday he would ...
- 568: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... landscape architecture for entry into the profession (Discover 3). The bachelor’s degree usually takes four to five years to complete and the master’s usually takes another two years. Courses that are taken in college for the preparation of landscape architecture are anything related to advanced mathematics, botany, and horticulture (ASLA). Special expenses of the education would be things such as books and special tools. College entrance requirements for landscape architects are the same as any other major since the starting courses are basic. Practically all states require landscape architects to be licensed (Discover 3). Licensing is based on the Landscape ... What is Landscape Architecture? Washington, DC: 1997. Costello, Joan M. and Rita Parsont Wolfson, editors. Concise Handbook of Occupations. Chicago, Illinois: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company. 1975. 151 “Landscape Architecture.” Discover. Hunt Valley, MD: American College Testing, 1996. “Landscape Architecture.” Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. 1996 ed. Microsoft Corporation, 1993-1995. “Landscape Architecture.” VGM’s Careers Encyclopedia. Third Edition. Lincolnwood, Illinois: VGM Career Horizons. 1991. 240-241. Schauman, Sally. “Landscape Architecture.” ASLA ...
- 569: Biography of John Dalton
- ... the modern periodic table of the elements. Dalton arrived at his atomic theory through a study of the physical properties of air and other gases. English scientist. He taught mathematics and physical sciences at New College, Manchester. Dalton revived the atomic theory of matter (see ATOM), which he applied to a table of atomic weights and used in developing his law of partial pressures (Dalton's law). He was color-blind ... translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874. He spent his early years at Coventry, England, and was educated at Sedgley Park School. He then proceeded to Oscott College, where he was ordained priest in 1837. After serving some time on the mission at Northampton (where he established large schools), he laboured at Norwich for three years, and subsequently built a handsome church at ... In order to acquire a first-hand acquaintance with the Spanish literature pertaining to the life of the foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, he spent nine months during the years 1858-59 at the English College, Valladolid. On his return to England he settled at St. John's, Maddermarket, Norwich, where he ended his days. Canon Dalton is described by contemporary writers as most amiable, zealous, and charitable, and a ...
- 570: The Life of Georgia O'Keefe
- ... to enjoy my success almost without interruption. I began a series of one-year teaching positions which I held in Amarillo, Texas in 1912-1913, as a drawing supervisor in its elementary schools; at Columbia College, South Carolina, in 1915-1916; and at west Texas Normal College in 1916-1917, and I taught summers at the University of Virginia. Despite my studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League of New York, the University of Virginia, and Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, I was never able to remain at one institution long enough to receive an academic degree. My career began on April 3, 1917 with the opening of my first ...
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