Posts From Matthew C. Keegan
Flunking Out: How to Stay in College
Because of your dismally low grade point average, you have received notification from your college advisor that you must pull up your grades or risk getting booted out of college.
College Seniors: Life Beyond Academia
College students approaching their final year of undergraduate studies have much to consider. A year from now and you may be looking for work, gainfully employed or turning your attention to graduate school.
College Juniors: Consider Studying Abroad
What might be the best advice that anyone can give to a college junior? Some may say, “Opt for a double major,” while others may emphasize, “plan for your master’s program now.”
College Sophomores: What to Consider
You did it! You made it through your first year of college and are returning this fall to advance your education.
College Freshmen: Off to College Prep
About one month from now, hundreds of thousands of college freshman will begin to descend on college campuses, particularly across the south. By the end of August those numbers will mushroom with the final group of freshmen on campus sometime around Labor Day.
UConn: Huskies Will Stay Put
Tweet The Big East Conference is no more, at least the Big East Conference that once housed the likes of Miami, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. Each of those
Making Friends and Your College Experience
Chances are you do an excellent job of “friending” people on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. And that is easy to do: you simply “like” someone or send a friend request, and you may gain a new contact almost instantaneously.
Career Choice: Optometrists
They represent the professionals you will see when matters of the eye come into focus. They’re known informally as eye doctors, but are formally known as optometrists, individuals that are qualified to diagnose, manage, and treat eye conditions and diseases.
Career Choice: Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Tweet There are many people that provide these services, but finding quality help often means turning to your neighbors, to third-party services or hoping that your online search turns up
Career Choice: Interpreters and Translators
Interpreters and translators are separate career paths, but there is some overlap in what these professionals do. Interpreters use oral or sign language to communicate; translators take the words of one language and translate it into the words of another language.
Career Choice: Police Patrol Officers
Tweet They are police patrol officers or “police officers” and are tasked with enforcing laws, maintaining ordinances, preventing crime, arresting violators and, yes, directing traffic. Most police officers work for
Title Town: UCLA Wins First College World Series
Tweet The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has won more than 100 national titles in a variety of sports, but never in college baseball. That all changed on
