University of Arkansas Essays

  • History of Arkansas Tech University

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    History of Arkansas Tech University Est. 1909 Arkansas ranked 42nd out of the 46 states in annual per capita school funds at a mere $4.97 per student. Citizens started to feel the need for secondary education for their children most ardently. The Washington County Farmers’ Union started the concept of agricultural boarding schools. H.S. Mobley was one of the most fluent spokesman for the Union. He believed in vocational education, and he pleaded for schools where students might learn partly by working

  • The Rise And Fall Of Governor Harvey Parnell

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    before, Harvey Parnell, a farmer and the Lieutenant Governor, rose to the highest office in the State of Arkansas after John Martineau left his post to pursue a position as a federal judge. Parnell’s governorship will be tainted by the depression and will, for a short time, be viewed as the worst in the State’s history. Even though Harvey Parnell was viewed by many as the “Herbert Hoover of Arkansas,” he did attempt and accomplish some rather impressive reforms and improvements in the State, some of

  • Essay On Branch Normal College

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    The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) began as Branch Normal College, which sought to accommodate the higher-educational needs of Arkansas’s African-American population. UAPB is the alma mater of such notable figures as attorney Wiley Branton Sr., Dr. Samuel Kountz, and attorney John W. Walker. State senator John Middleton Clayton sponsored a legislative act calling for the establishment of Branch Normal College, but it was not until 1875 that the state’s economic situation was secure

  • Nurse Practitioner: My Personal Experience Of The Neonatal Nurse

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    Nurse Practitioners in Neonatal care are extraordinary individuals, who have studied hard, invested emotionally, worked alongside with doctors, saved many babies, and comforted those families who had to let their babies go. I have had my own personal experience in which I came into close contact with several of these kinds of nurses. With my personal experience, I have discovered this is the kind nurse I want to become. According to NANN, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, states that "Neonatal

  • OB-GYN: A Career Analysis

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    I don’t want to live on campus so, I will have to provide my own housing and food. The acceptance rate of Arkansas State, in 2014, was 72.4%. Any major in science would be good for me to get my bachelor’s degree in. Biology, chemistry, or psychology are the main ones used by other people becoming OB-GYNs. While at ASU, I will apply to UAMS in Little Rock. Before

  • National Collegiate Athletic Association Ethics Case Study

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    how has the NCAA affected high profile colleges and universities ? During today’s research we will examine how , what the fundamental ways in which the NCAA’s ethics program failed to prevent the scandals at schools like that of Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Arkansas. Detail how the principals in which the leadership of the NCAA contributed to the ethical violations of Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Arkansas. While examining two actions that the NCAA leadership could

  • Jim Walton Essay

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    very successful. He was born on June 7, 1948 in Newport, Arkansas. His occupation is Chairman of Arvest Bank and he is mostly known for his Walton family fortune. His Net worth is $26.7 billion since 2013. Walton is married to Lynne McNabb Walton and he has 4 children with his wife. Jim Walton is the youngest son of Sam Walton and Helen Walton. Sam Walton is the founder of Wal-Mart. The first Wal-Mart opened on July 2, 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. It was called WALTON’S Five and Dime. Jim Walton got

  • President Bill Clinton

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    Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in the small town of Hope, Arkansas. He was named after his father, William Jefferson Blythe II, who had been killed in a car accident just three months before his son's birth. Needing a way to support herself and her new child, Bill Clinton's mother, Virginia Cassidy Blythe, moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, to study nursing. Bill Clinton stayed with his mother's parents in Hope. There his grandparents, Eldrigde and Edith Cassidy

  • The Writings of Charles Portis

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    stories. Charles Portis was born in 1933 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was known as Buddy by his friends (Chilton). His parents were Samuel and Alice Portis. The family also included Charles two brothers and one sister. He spent many days outdoors with friends and family. Charles went to the movies and watched western movies a lot which helped grow his interest in the west. Portis and his family moved to many different places in Arkansas including Hamburg. After graduating high school in Hamburg

  • Alcohol Policy Done Wrong

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    Council Treasurer in December of 1997 I knew I was in for a long semester, but I never knew what might evolve. I was elected in the wake of alcohol problems across the country. The only alcohol problem I knew of that had happened at the University of Arkansas involved a fraternity on bid day (the day when new freshman receive their invitation to a fraternity house). It involved two students that drank so much alcohol that they had to be rushed to the hospital. Both students were released from

  • Disaster Mental Health

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    Emergency Management has been mobilized. The obvious supposition would be that the incident commander has already notified the Arkansas State Department of Emergency Management, specifically Anthony Coy, and the Northwest Arkansas Area Coordinator that encompasses Craighead County, at (870) 935-3094, which is located at 511 Union, Room 010, Jonesboro, AR 72401. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) is the state equilivilant of the United States Homeland Security and Preparedness Agency

  • School Lunches: A Qualitative Study

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    problem of a lack of successful interventions to impact weight and health problems in Arkansas

  • Progressive Reform Movement in Arkansas from 1900-1920

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    Progressive Reform Movement in Arkansas from 1900-1920 Arkansas agreed and adopted many of the nation’s progressive reform elements, but they did so still holding on to the racism that existed in the state. There was a great need for change in the state due to the frontier ways of life fading away. People began moving into the cities in large volumes. During this time, Arkansas began to see its first major industries, being that of timber and mining. There were many inventions during the Progressive

  • Sam Walton's Argumentative Essay

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    on the U.S economy. Walmart began with a man that had a dream in Rogers, Arkansas. Walmart has continued to grow since it was first created, and will keep growing with the future generations of economists. Little did Walton know when he opened that small store in 1962, that is would be such a success in today’s world. Samuel Moore Walton was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in economics. Fresh out of college, Walton began

  • Arkansas: A Different State

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    Arkansas: A Different State For many people the very mention of the word “Arkansas” conjures up images that are unflattering and certainly not very complimentary. To suggest that Arkansas is “a different state” is to guarantee almost immediate agreement from any given audience, but such agreement is usually about the negative aspects of the state instead of the ones making for actual difference. Those negative aspects extend back to the early days of the territory. When Cephas Washburn was

  • Melba Patillo Beals The Little Rock Nine

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    All through the mid-1900s, numerous African American subjects were still not secured equal rights inside America. A crisis in 1954, in Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas' Governor Orval Faubus resisted the decision of the Supreme Court's choice to put an end to isolated schools illustrated the profound segregation (Melba Patillo Beals 1). One individual who strived to roll out an improvement, and end isolated schools was Melba Beals. She and eight other of her companions, known as "The Little Rock 9”

  • Melba Patillo and the Arkansas Nine

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    High, which is located in Little Rock, Arkansas. They not only tried to socialize and study, they had to go to press conferences concerning integration and were forced to ride in a car driven by soldiers. They had to be alert every second for the entire year in order to survive. These nine kids, also known as the Arkansas Nine, have showed the world that they can beat segregation. Nineteen hundred fifty seven was a horrible time in Little Rock, Arkansas. Segregationists were opposed to the blacks

  • The Little Rock Nine and Their History

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    public school system of Little Rock, Arkansas agreed to comply with this new desegregated system, and by a year had a plan to integrate the students within all the public schools of Little Rock. By 1957, nine students had been selected by the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), chosen according to their outstanding grades and excellent attendance, and had been enrolled in the now-integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. But, the Little Rock Nine, consisting

  • Honors Classes

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    participating in the Honors College at the University of Arkansas this semester, I am taking two honors classes and can clearly notice the difference in rigor between the two honors classes and the rest of my schedule. I strive to be able to challenge myself by taking even more honors classes at Texas Tech in order to not only learn more but to continue developing my sense of self-discipline and perseverance. Both in high school and at the University of Arkansas my advanced and honors classes included

  • Paul Bear Bryant

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    best known for his time as the longtime head coach at the University of Alabama. Before, Alabama, he coached at the University of Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M. Bryant took an active interest in the players' lives outside of football, but he also was a strict disciplinarian with his players. The legacy of Paul Bear Bryant can still be seen today throughout college football. Paul Bryant was born on September 11, 1913, near Fordyce, Arkansas. Paul Bryant was the son of William Monroe and Dora Ida