University of Tulsa Essays

  • S.E. Hinton

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    greatly influenced by childhood friends living on the streets of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cliff Notes). Hinton was born in 1950 in Tulsa. Her first book, The Outsiders, was written when she was fifteen years old. It was later published when she was only seventeen. This was published while she was still in high school. Although The Outsiders was about gang violence, she was not a member of any gang. In 1970, Susan graduated from the University of Tulsa where she received her degree in education. However, she learned

  • Susan Eloise Hinton's Love Story

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    Susan Eloise Hinton was born on the 22nd of July of 1950 in the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her parents were Grady P. Hinton and Lillian Hinton. The town of Oklahoma did not have a lot of fun activities for a young girl, so reading and writing became Susan’s hobbies and pastimes. Susan was a very shy girl, who had dreams of becoming a cattle rancher, because of her love of cows. Her dreams of becoming a cattle rancher soon vanished because her love of writing grew stronger. Her first stories started

  • Organizational Psychology

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    Organizational Psychology The University of Tulsa prepares Industrial/Organizational psychologists to deal with individual problems in the workplace. This philosophy matches my research area of interest on the effects of individual differences in the work environment. I believe that individual differences influence nearly every aspect of human behavior and interaction, including those in the workplace. By necessity, a successful manager is one who understands the potential influences of individual

  • Analysis Of The Founder Of Quick Trip

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    classmate to invest in the business and rename the store Quick Trip. “When they stated they struggle but did not gave up after 4 years of hardship they complete their fiscal year with $1,090,008 (QuikTrip ). “They opened their first store outside of Tulsa, in Miami, Oklahoma on May 15 1964. In 1967 the company operates 43 stores with an annual sale of $5.5 million and 167 employees. In 1971 they merge with Shopeze, a Wichita- based convenience store chain. The merger increased QuikTrip from 67 to 97

  • Older Adult Interview Paper

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    Concerns Taylor Wolf Oklahoma State University Abstract The focus of this paper is to provide a better understanding of an older adult’s community health concerns. For the purpose of this assignment I will be changing my participants name to Sally in order to protect her privacy. The construction of this interview was intended to be as informal as possible. The interview took place in small coffee shop called “The Coffee House” located Tulsa, Oklahoma. The interview was at

  • Career Statement: A Career As A Dental Hygiene

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    The career I am currently pursuing is Dental Hygiene. I chose this career in senior year of high school. My algebra teacher inspired me to choose this career path. I always visited with her after class, for she was my favorite teacher and I learned a great deal from her. One day while visiting her, she spoke about her husband and her two dogs. Her husband was a dental hygienist, and she recommended me to explore further into that career if I could not think of one myself by the completion of senior

  • Sexual Trafficking In Oklahoma

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    Sexual Trafficking Sexual trafficking is a 32 billion dollar industry and one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. Sex trafficking occurs when someone uses force or coercion to cause a human being to commit a sexual act. Girls, women, boys, and men are all victims to sexual trafficking, although women and children are the most common to be victims of this crime. An estimated 800,000 women and children are found out to be victims of sex trafficking every year (Sex Trafficking 1). This

  • Pharmacy Technician Research Paper

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    Pharmacy Technician I am interested in pursuing to become a pharmacy technician because it seems interesting to help out pharmacists with the medicines and learning about the medications. My mom is a pharmacy technician and I have always wanted to be like my mom, and she has talked about her job to me and it seems like a good, easy job to have. It seems interesting to find out about all the new medicines and helping out people that come into the pharmacy learn about their medicines they take. I

  • Jim Walton Essay

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    She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a B.A in economics and finance. Her estimated net worth was $26.3 billion in 2012 making her the second- richest American woman and the tenth riches American. She created a camp called Camp War Eagle it is a Christian

  • Sherman Alexie Indian Education Summary

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    America’s Existential Crisis America is perceived as a powerful nation based on the fundamental rights and protection of all people, but, for some, it seems less like a reality than an unrealistic fantasy. For those who fall underneath the description of the "minority", it seems to be an ever continuos battle for basic freedoms. The country as a whole seems in constant fear of attack from foreign and domestic sources. With threats of war constantly teetering over our head and violent social conflicts

  • Sleeping Beauties Need Their Beauty Sleep

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    Once there was a man named Ralph, who moved from Austria to Tulsa, Oklahoma. There in Tulsa he found a secret ocean that was as large as the Pacific. He would sail across this ocean on his yacht. One day a giant shark the size of the Titanic bit off a chunk of his ship. He began to drown almost immediately. Ralph began to pray his last prayer when suddenly Iron Man swooped in and saved him. Iron Man explained that the shark just wanted to play with Ralph, but he did not know how strong he really

  • A Long Road to Equality: Women in the Workforce

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    (1992): 67-72. Online MBA. Online Guide to Women in the Workforce: Past and Present. n.d. 15 November 2013 . Paul, Alfie. Women at Work. 31 March 2011. 15 November 2013 . the Labor Site. Women in the Workplace - a history. n.d. 15 November 2013 . Tulsa, Sally. "The Stay at Home Mom." Baby Talk (2000): 42-47.

  • Lack Of Teachers Affect Education Quality

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    schools are facing the common major issue of teacher shortages. The alarmingly low amount of teachers in the U.S. creates the debate of whether or not students are receiving a quality education. “‘It’s a crisis’ says Bill McDiarmed, dean of the University of North Carolina School of Education. ‘I don’t know who will be teaching kids in the future’” (DeNisco 1). Oklahoma has a plethora of teacher shortage areas, which could be part of the reason why Oklahoma is ranked 48th in National Education (Robson

  • Biography of Dr. Cornel West

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    Dr. Cornel West is one of most brilliant intellectuals of our time. He is popularly known as a philosopher, activist, and academic. He was born June 2, 1953 in Tulsa Oklahoma, but was raised in Sacramento, California with his three other siblings. His mother was an elementary school teacher, and father was a civilian administrator for the U.S. Air Force. As a Young man, he found great interest in the social and economic restoration of African Americans; he participated in civil rights marches and

  • Laureate Eating Disorders Case Study

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    Types of inpatient psychiatric facilities may include: drug addition, alcohol addition, sexual addiction, trauma, mental health disorders, eating disorders or other conditions. Laureate Eating Disorders Program is an eating recovery center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Laureate Eating Disorders Program An average client that would attend this facility is someone suffering with an eating disorder. An average client might be someone who is having trouble having a healthy relationship with food and needs

  • Underground Movie Analysis

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    The black experience is one that always needs to be told. There is always a new story because much of Black history has been omitted from American History. More recently, Singer/Producer John Legend inked a deal with WGN to develop a dramatic series on this very story. Underground, a black slavery experience, became WGN’s highest rated series in the station’s history, outpacing WGN America’s 2015-2016 primetime average by 508 percent in total viewers and 1,005 percent among adults 18-49 in live-plus-seven viewing

  • Sam Walton and Wal-Mart

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    class. During this time it would have been easy for Sam to just give up on school and go to work full time. Seeing though how his family was struggling to make ends meet, he decided he was going to stay in school and attend the University of Missouri. At the University of Missouri Sam majored in Economics. He could not really afford to attend school so he worked extra hard to get the money. Sam waited tables in exchange for meals, lifeguarded at the school pool, and also delivered newspapers.

  • Gangs in Oklahoma

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    Federal Attorney General Says During Visit." Daily Oklahoman, The (OK) (2007): Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. Million, David R. "Neighborhoods Are Growing Their Own Gangs: Oklahoma Anti-Gang Model Is Working In North, East And South Tulsa Areas." Tulsa World (OK) (2007): Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 10 Jan. 2014. Nick, O'Malley. "Killing 'was a Gang Initiation'." Canberra Times 23 Aug. 2013: 10. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. Spencer, Gainey. "Federal Officials Laud Oklahoma's

  • Lewis Grizzard: Finding the Humor in Everyday Life

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    divorced and Lewis and his mother moved to Moreland, a small town near Newnan. Grizzard earned his B.A. in journalism in 1968, after which he went to work for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution as a sports writer. During his college years, at The University of Georgia he “shunned the school newspaper in favor of the independent Athens Daily News”, according to the biography written by his wife (D. Girzzard) . Sorrowfully, the literary world suffered a great loss as Grizzard passed away due to a congenital

  • Never Will Be That Redhead Barbie Doll

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    back by the braid.” (pg.58) Works Cited Wyatt, Jean. "On Not Being La Malinche: Border Negotiations of Gender in Sandra Cisneros's "Never Marry a Mexican" and "Woman Hollering Creek"" Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 1 & 2 ed. Vol. 14. [S.l.]: Univ Of Tulsa, 1995. 243-71. Print. Fitts, Alexandra, and University of Alaska. "Sandra Cisneros's Modern Malinche: A Reconsideration of Feminine Archetypes in Woman Hollering Creek." Sandra Cisneros's Modern Malinche: A Reconsideration of Feminine Archetypes