Sentences with phrase «in bigger college»

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Times editorial board member Elizabeth Williamson writes that wealthier tech employees seem to support Clinton; meanwhile, those living in «a less glamorous Silicon Valley, inhabited by brainy young people whose long hours power the big companies and whose college debt is so heavy that some of them can't even qualify for a credit card» are «feeling the Bern.»

Quickly, please have a look at this troubling essay by historian Jay M. Smith about a giant business — big - time college sports — that hasn't reinvented itself in years.

After college, Maddock ditched his Wall Street finance job so that he and Weir could pursue another big idea: a frozen - yogurt company in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Folsom, an American who worked for Bain & Co. in Tokyo after college before founding one of the first private equity firms in Japan, hired the biggest Japanese law firm and petitioned the court to change the bankruptcy to a so - called «civil rehabilitation.»

The University of Texas has one of the biggest college athletics programs in the country and its teams sport some of the most recognizable uniforms of any NCAA team.

That deal followed a coup for Under Armour (which is big supporter of CEO Kevin Plank's alma mater, the University of Maryland) when the company last year reached an apparel agreement with the University of Notre Dame — a deal that school said was the largest ever in college sports at the time.

During recent years, Werklund has been focusing on philanthropy — in March he donated $ 16 million to Olds College, the biggest single donation in Alberta colleges» history — after stepping down from executive control of his company Canadian Crude Separators in 2010.

The biggest event in college hoops is here: March Madness reaches its apotheosis this weekend when the Final Four face off in Phoenix.

Rometty is no exception: She came to Big Blue as a systems engineer in 1981 after graduating from Northwestern with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering at Northwestern and doing a two year stint at the General Motors Institute (a condition of her college scholarship).

Unlike in Canada, where the country's biggest universities play in front of sparse crowds and go years without winning a season, U.S. colleges outside of the Ivy League depend upon their sports teams to bring in new students, attract attention, and draw donations and revenue.

The notion of a startup founder with student - loan debt evokes the clichéd image of a Silicon Valley millennial fresh out of college and living in a shared apartment, playing video games and feverishly pitching angel investors to fund his (or her) next «big idea» — from 3D printing to the next Facebook.

Michael Smith and Rahul Telang — two professors at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Public Policy and Management — explore these questions in their new book, Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment, published by MIT Press last month.

«So it definitely wasn't as big of a transition as I thought it might be, because we get to take classes with and study with people and live in the dorm with people who are all your age, but then still get to be on a regular - aged college campus and be involved with all of the regular campus events,» Corinne said.

Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!»

Toronto's Centennial College will also begin offering instruction in Islamic finance this fall, partly due to interest from one of the Big Five banks in helping their staff speak the same language as clients with different financial backgrounds.

Largely because women outnumber men in college these days and are more likely to pursue a graduate degree, they are the ones who end up with the bigger loan balances.

A college education is among the biggest financial investments a person will make in his or her lifetime, said Brandon Busteed, executive director of Gallup's education division.

They have a tendency to play up to their opponents in big games, and also are home to the best new tradition in college football.

The average salary for a college football head coach in the conference was $ 2.27 million and men's basketball coaches made $ 1.9 million on average, compared with $ 365,000 for the head coaches of BIG 10 women's basketball teams.

Because, hopefully, somewhere between engineering classes at a state college in the Midwest, someone is figuring out how to build a bigger company using just 50 characters.

Four years ago, he created JuicyCampus.com, which quickly became the biggest college gossip website in the country, with one million unique visitors per month.

When she realized she could save big by finishing college in three years, she jumped on the opportunity.

In fact, of the biggest sports — NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, college football, college basketball — only two or three of the championship events in the past two years were not dramatic or historiIn fact, of the biggest sports — NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, college football, college basketball — only two or three of the championship events in the past two years were not dramatic or historiin the past two years were not dramatic or historic.

«If you look at most sports strikes, you really do see a big bounce - back right away,» says Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts.

Instead of placing a lot of importance on leaving a big inheritance for future generations, she said many grandparents want to be the person in the family that people can turn to now — whether it's to help out with college tuition or get that must - have holiday gift.

In college, whenever Iraq or Afghanistan came up, I missed out on a lot of opportunities for personal growth because I was in too big of a hurry to toot my own horn to my civilian peers, rather than take the time to hear what they had to say on the topiIn college, whenever Iraq or Afghanistan came up, I missed out on a lot of opportunities for personal growth because I was in too big of a hurry to toot my own horn to my civilian peers, rather than take the time to hear what they had to say on the topiin too big of a hurry to toot my own horn to my civilian peers, rather than take the time to hear what they had to say on the topic.

In the study, college students were asked to write down how they'd answer a question about their biggest weakness in a job intervieIn the study, college students were asked to write down how they'd answer a question about their biggest weakness in a job interviein a job interview.

In fact, promotion practices represented the biggest difference in employee sentiment between the 50 Best Companies for Recent College Graduates and peer companieIn fact, promotion practices represented the biggest difference in employee sentiment between the 50 Best Companies for Recent College Graduates and peer companiein employee sentiment between the 50 Best Companies for Recent College Graduates and peer companies.

In theory, nothing is stopping big companies from taking the same strategy approach as startups do, as I teach in my seminar «Three Ways to Get Back Your Company's Start - upness» at Babson College's Executive Education CenteIn theory, nothing is stopping big companies from taking the same strategy approach as startups do, as I teach in my seminar «Three Ways to Get Back Your Company's Start - upness» at Babson College's Executive Education Centein my seminar «Three Ways to Get Back Your Company's Start - upness» at Babson College's Executive Education Center.

«Right out of college, I was an assistant receptionist for a big - time entertainment executive in New York,» recalled Kirsten Helvey, now the chief operating officer of Cornerstone OnDemand in Santa Monica, Calif. «One day, I got his lunch order wrong.»

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About a year after I started doing this stuff, I broke some big record, a 72 - ounce steak in seven minutes, and after I posted that video I got asked by an eating organization to come down to San Diego in 2008 for something called the Collegiate Nationals, a contest between all the college eaters and university eaters of North America.

«For the ten charged men, the madness of college basketball went well beyond the Big Dance in March,» Kim said in a press conference on Tuesday.

While much of the last week has focused on Les Miles and his future at LSU, other teams have been scrambling to secure some of the biggest coaching names in college and the NFL.

The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history.

So if tuition at Big State College is currently $ 10,000 a year, a $ 5,000 contribution today will buy you 50 % of a year's tuition (or one semester's worth)-- whenever your child is ready to attend school and cash it in.

Recently, Corinthian Colleges — one of the biggest for - profit colleges in the United States — sold some of its locations to Zenith Education (many of which will be closing shortly), filed for bankruptcy.

Obtaining a college education is one of the biggest goals in many young adults» lives.

The big alpha in your income will be the job opportunities after college.

The reason for the big risk is because you are most likely investing in your retirement money, kids» college savings, or money that you use for emergencies or vacation.

The evidence is there for all to see — shuttered factories in big cities and small towns all over America, persistent wage stagnation and high unemployment for workers without college or specialized vocational skills.

In addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes arounIn addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes arounin the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes around.

Right out of college, he landed his dream job at a bank as a trader... only to suffer big losses in his first year.

I like to tell high schoolers I meet that if you're interested in big ideas and becoming a better thinker and communicator, you should skip college and attend as many FEE events as you possibly can.

Second, more students initially interested in science will continue to pursue it through college because they will better see its value and importance to the big issues and will learn science better.

All those things are worthwhile and good goals, but looking around my church at the twentysomethings who are making a lot of big life decisions, rarely do I see an example of a young millennial who has gone the traditional route of a four - year college degree to find themselves in a cubicle on the 11th floor — or at least who are happy being there.

Countless students have gone to school and college believing in God, but then came out disbelieving and believing in some Big Bang theory.

I was a big fan of Dylan Thomas when I was in college.

Joey is the Worship and Creative Director at Resurrection Life Church in Big Rapids, Michigan, where he also leads the church's college ministry.

Religious colleges say that the bill is «a solution in search of a problem, and creates bigger problems than it attempts to solve.»