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Career Planning

Career Choice: Medical Appliance Technician

This professional is sometimes known as a prosthetics technician, an ocularist or an orthopaedic technician. Duties Missing a limb, an eye or having a disability requiring the use of a

NCAA Football

Clemson Tigers on a Quest for National Greatness

Will the Tigers continue to shine this season? Three decades have passed since Clemson’s national title aspirations were last met and it has been two decades since the Tigers won

Career Planning

Career Choice: Accountant

These professionals, who sometimes work as auditors, will encounter a wide variety of job duties depending on which of the four major fields of accounting and auditing selected: public accounting,

Career Planning

Career Choice: Meteorologist

Most meteorologists work for the federal government, but citizens are likely to encounter these professionals when watching television news stations. Every meteorologist has at least a bachelor’s degree, with some

Career Planning

Career Choice: Urban Planner

Years of carefully planning has enabled some towns to become major cities, the joint handiwork of city administrators and urban planners who put their ideas on a blueprint, formalizing final

NCAA Football

LSU, Alabama 1-2 in BCS Poll

As expected, LSU and Alabama are the two top teams in the very first BCS poll released this week. The two SEC schools are followed by a pair of Big

Book Reviews

Book Review: Panicked Student’s Guide

Choosing a College Major. Get it right and you can lay the foundation for career success and happiness. College Majors Choosing a college major isn’t that easy for some students,

Career Planning

Career Choice: Training and Development Specialist

These professionals design and conduct training sessions based on training requirements, in a bid to help people improve their performance. Specialists use a variety of printed and visual aids, and

Academics

Your GPA and College Admissions Requirements

Most schools use a 4.0 grad scale with a 4 representing an “A,” a 3 a “B” and so on. The higher the GPA, the better the student’s chances of

Collegiate Sports NCAA Football

College Football Continues to be Overshadowed by Change

The 2011 college football season will go down as one that has been overshadowed by change. And, not change that has taken place on the gridiron. Just this past week,

Career Planning

Career Choice: Special Education Teacher

If you enjoy working with special needs people, particularly children, you may find a career as a special education teacher to be rewarding. Most classes are very small with some

Career Planning

Career Choice: Actuary

Actuaries analyze statistical data including information desired by insurance companies: mortality, accident, disability and retirement rates that are calculated, assigned a risk and a forecast made for future liability. Some