Visiting Wesleyan University Our takeaways from Wesleyan University tour: Open curriculum Test optional (SAT/ACT) 5 year Masters’s program in STEM with 5th-year TUITION FREE! 2 cross-curriculum majors with different requirements Some students have 3 majors Optional to fulfill general education requirements other than 32 credits in 4 years though major course requirements are specific Housing…
Segregation in California Schools: What They Don’t Teach in History Books
What amazes me the most is that I grew up in Seal Beach, California, one town over from Westminster, where Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu both lived. When Aki and her family were forced to leave their farm during WWII and live incarcerated at internment camps, a banker helped her family lease their land so…
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): Introduction to the Approach in Healthcare Education and Practice
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a really important idea in nursing that is a key component of exceptional patient care. EBP in nursing is an integration of research evidence, clinical expertise, and a patient’s preferences. This problem-solving approach to clinical practice encourages nurses to provide individualized patient care. Evidence-based practice describes a wider, more encompassing discipline, as…
Why Nursing is Still a Fantastic Career Choice in 2021
Nursing has always been a popular career choice and even in 2021, it still is. Despite COVID-19 taking over the nation, nurses worked tirelessly day and night to help those in dire need of medical attention. Nurses require compassion, resilience, and integrity. If you believe you have what it takes, take a look at why…
Visiting Hamilton College
Our Hamilton College Visit. My impressions: Their focus is on “Know Thyself” Hamilton has an open curriculum with a few writing class requirements and 2 quantitative classes Students must take 3 seminars at career services before they can contact Hamilton alumni There are great travel internship programs with classes and experience in 3 or 4…
Celebrate the Tokyo Olympics with a Round Up of Activities
Are you watching the Tokyo Olympics? It’s a different viewing experience for me from past Olympics. Except when the Olympics are being played at a restaurant, I’m not glued to the television anymore; I’m now trained to view everything off my phone which means that I’m watching the Tokyo Olympics through short video clips on…
11 Transportation Books for Fans of Richard Scarry & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Abi Cushman. We both are huge fans of Richard Scarry’s world, especially his book about Cars and Trucks and Things That Go! Her new picture book, Animals Go Vroom!, is also about transportation and we are giving away a copy! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the…







