Sentences with phrase «spoke with students attending»

And after I visited and spoke with students attending schools of various sizes, I knew that a large university was not for me.

However, I would encourage you to speak with students attending schools in various areas (rural, city) in order for you to make the best decision for your needs.

Not exact matches

It was the first time a state education commissioner has attended the advocacy day event at the state Capitol, which is designed to raise awareness for charter school issues and give parents and students an opportunity to speak directly with legislators in Albany.

I recently attended a regional meeting of the Association for Women In Science (AWIS) and had an enjoyable day speaking with a mix of industry scientists, professors, grad students, and postdocs.

The scholar was visiting his department to give a talk in an area with seemingly very little connection to Reddi's expertise, but he cornered him nonetheless, because «as a doctoral student I had made it an issue to attend talks in areas other than mine and to cultivate learning from people who didn't speak the same language as I do,» he recalls.

Paul E. Peterson speaks with Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas about his study finding that students in Milwaukee who received vouchers to attend private schools were 2 - 5 percentage points less likely to be accused or convicted of crimes than comparable students who attended public schools.

Arpino spoke with the nasal, drawn - out vowels of a working - class New Yorker; she was the first in her family to attend college, and she is determined that her students will be the first in their families, too, she said.

For example, in 2012, 50 percent of children with parents who did not speak English had a parent who attended a school event, compared with 62 percent of students with one parent who did not speak English, and 78 percent of students whose parents both spoke English.

As a high schol student she spoke with EdNext about attending Florida Virtual School.

Students in the class of 2013 at Fowler High School attended a Career Day in early November that featured a discussion on dressing for success, a presentation on making college and career count and an opportunity to speak with a variety of people from the community about their chosen career.

Having spoken with parents who have had students attending an Achievement First school, the «Reorientation Room» is a place that students go to work on improving unacceptable behaviors.

Our doctors attend Career Day at local schools and speak with middle and high school students about a career in the veterinary field.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

College Recruiters travel to high schools, college fairs and other recruitment events to speak with prospective students, deliver impactful marketing presentations and explain a school's benefits and offerings to persuade students to attend and increase college awareness and enrollment.

Dee Clarke, head of Amazon's campus recruiting team, explains that attending graduate recruitment events while at university is «a great way for students to speak one - to - one with Amazonians and learn first - hand about pursuing a career at Amazon».

Students often miss opportunities to join career - related organizations and clubs, speak with visiting professionals, attend off - campus professional meetings and presentations, take internships or volunteer for related business and civic groups.