text: Master of Science in Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia Program Admissions Curriculum Accreditation Outcomes State restrictions may apply to some programs Program The Drexel MSN in Nurse Anesthesia is an on campus 28-month, 89-quarter credit, full-time integrated program that begins each January. Upon successful completion of the program's outcomes the student is awarded an MSN and is eligible to take the national certification examination offered by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). All anesthesia core and science coursework is offered at Drexel University's Center City campus in Philadelphia. The MSN core and research courses are provided in an online format with some blended virtual class requirements. Graduates of this program are able to provide safe, compassionate, culturally competent anesthesia care in rapidly changing practice environments. The MSN educational experience will facilitate your professional growth and development into a competent, knowledgeable and vigilant nurse anesthesia practitioner. What you'll learn The Nurse Anesthesia program is an advanced-practice nursing specialty track providing challenging learning experiences. You'll be engaged to think critically and make evidence-based decisions to expand your nursing knowledge and enhance patient outcomes. Students take part in nurse anesthesia clinical practicum under direct supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists and/or anesthesiologists to learn how to administer a variety of anesthetics including sedation during monitored anesthesia care, general anesthesia, and regional anesthesia. Additional clinical subspecialty rotations provide anesthesia management experience for the obstetrical, pediatric, cardiac, and neurosurgical patients. The program curriculum currently offers: 19 theoretical nursing and research quarter credits. 15 quarter credit science component. 30 quarter credit didactic anesthesia component integrated with a 25-credit clinical practicum. Those applicants who already have an MS in nursing follow the same curriculum as MSN students but only complete 71-quarter credits in the post master's certificate (PMC) program. What makes the Drexel Nurse Anesthesia program unique? Premiere clinical sites in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware providing comprehensive anesthesia case experience. Smart classroom technology with archived lectures online to use for examination preparation. Personalized plan of part-time study to complete MSN core courses online prior to full-time enrollment. You are part of the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions with access to clinical practice environments and interprofessional simulated health care scenarios. The Nurse Anesthesia Program's attrition rate for the Class that graduated in May 2019 is 0%. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware RN licensure is required prior to the start of your clinical components. While this is not a requirement for admission, we recommend starting the process immediately after admission. COMPLIANCE The College of Nursing and Health Professions has a compliance process that may be required for every student. Some of these steps may take significant time to complete. Please plan accordingly. Visit the Compliance pages for more information. Application Deadline Rolling admission until December 15, 2019 Admission Requirements Technical Standards - Anesthesia Note: We are accepting applications for the MSN cohort that will start in September 2021. The Nurse Anesthesia Program receives approximately 140 applications per year and accepts 20 students per class. An on-campus interview is required for admission. Selection of qualified candidates for interview is based upon meeting the admissions criteria as well as the quality of the application materials. Therefore every applicant who meets the admission criteria is not offered an interview. Selected candidates who complete the personal interview with the program's admissions committee will be notified of the committee's decision approximately four weeks after the interview. Candidates who accept the offer of admission will receive a part-time plan of study outlining the M.S.N. core courses to complete online prior to beginning the program full-time. Accepted candidates can request a deferral of admission for one year prior to their full-time start date. A request of deferral is granted only once and must be made in writing to the Chair of the Nurse Anesthesia Program. Degree: A bachelor's degree with a major in nursing (BSN) from a CCNE or NLN accredited program. A minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in both BSN and general science coursework. Standardized Tests: Acceptable GRE/MAT scores required and taken within five years of application. Waived for BSN GPA 3.25 or higher AND a general science GPA 3.25 or higher. Transcripts: Official transcripts must be sent directly to Drexel from all the colleges/universities that you have attended. Transcripts must be submitted in a sealed envelope with the college/university seal over the flap. Please note that transcripts are required regardless of number of credits taken or if the credits were transferred to another school. An admission decision may be delayed if you do not send transcripts from all colleges/universities attended. Transcripts must show course-by-course grades and degree conferrals. If your school does not notate degree conferrals on the official transcripts, you must provide copies of any graduate or degree certificates. If your school issues only one transcript for life, you are required to have a course-by-course evaluation completed by an approved transcript evaluation agency Use our Transcript Lookup Tool to assist you in contacting your previous institutions Prerequisites: N/A References: Three references required from the following who can attest to applicant's clinical knowledge, skill, and potential aptitude for graduate study: Nurse manager, Physician, or clinical supervisor, Clinical Educator, or professor. References will not be accepted from colleagues or family members. You may use our electronic letter of recommendation service If a recommender prefers to submit an original, hard copy letter, please remind them that it must include an ink signature and be submitted in a sealed envelope. Personal Statement/ Essay: Describe past professional and educational accomplishments and future goals for graduate nurse anesthesia education. Interview/Portfolio: An on-campus interview is required for admission and will be held after the application deadlines. Selection of qualified candidates for interview is based upon meeting the admissions criteria as well as the quality of the application materials. Therefore every applicant who meets the admission criteria is not offered an interview. Selected candidates who complete the personal interview with the program's admissions committee will be notified of the committee's decision approximately four weeks after the interview. Candidates who accept the offer of admission will receive a part-time plan of study outlining the M.S.N. core courses to complete online prior to beginning the program full-time. CV/Resume: Required. Licenses: Unencumbered licensed or eligibility for licensure as a registered nurse in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware Clinical/Work/Volunteer Experience: A minimum of two years current full-time critical care experience where the registered professional nurse has direct patient care and manages invasive hemodynamic monitors (such as pulmonary artery catheter; CVP; arterial), cardiac assist devices, mechanical ventilation, and vasoactive drips (such as norepinephrine, epinephrine; dobutamine; nicardipine; nitroglycerine). Preferred areas include: SICU (Surgical Intensive Care), MICU (Medical Intensive Care), CVICU (Cardiovascular Intensive Care), Coronary Intensive Care, PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) and a Level I Emergency/Trauma Unit are also acceptable. Other areas may be considered provided competence can be demonstrated with invasive monitoring, ventilators, and critical care pharmacology. While applicants must have a minimum of two years recent full-time experience prior to starting this program, they can apply after having one year of experience in a critical care setting. International Students: International applicants, as well as immigrants to the United States and U.S. permanent residents whose native language is not English and who have not received a bachelor's degree or higher in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom, must show proficiency in English speaking as well as listening, writing and reading. American citizens born on U.S. military bases abroad may be waived from the TOEFL requirement after providing documentation of this status. Otherwise, applicants must meet one of the following requirements: If you take the TOEFLiBT exam, you must have: a minimum combined score for listening, writing, and reading sections of 79 plus a speaking section score of 26 or higher. a minimum score of 550 or higher and a Test of Spoken English score (TSE) of 55 or higher. Tuition and Fee Rates: Please visit the Tuition and Fee Rates page on Drexel Central Application Link (if outside organization): N/A Candidates who meet the admission criteria are invited for a personal interview with the program's admission committee. The above criteria and personal interview will serve as the basis to accept/reject each candidate. Candidates will be notified of the committee's decision approximately two to four weeks after the interview. Candidates who are accepted into the program are eligible to take MSN core courses prior to beginning the program full time. Curriculum Degree Requirements Course Descriptions Online Course Schedule Plans of Study Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Nurse Anesthesia Didactic Curriculum The anesthesia core curriculum exceeds the requirements of the AANA Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. The basic principles of nurse anesthesia practice and perioperative patient management introduce the student to the scope of the profession. The overview of nurse anesthesia course offered in the first quarter is complemented by a 9 week simulated clinical experience in which small student groups practice basic anesthesia skills, including: Pre-operative anesthesia preparation utilizing pharmacological agents and anesthesia equipment. Interaction with standardized patient actors to practice a pre-operative anesthesia interview and health assessment Hands-on experience with airway management and regional anesthesia techniques. Participation in the anesthesia process of induction, maintenance and emergence An overview of professional aspects of nurse anesthesia practice is integrated throughout the curriculum. A separate chemistry and physics course related to nurse anesthesia practice is offered in the spring quarter of the first year. Pharmacology I and II for nurse anesthetists provide a comprehensive study of anesthetic agents and pharmacologic adjuncts related to anesthesia. Advanced principles of nurse anesthesia practice I, II and III, which provide theoretical and evidence based concepts, facilitate the student's ability to modify the anesthetic management based upon the patient's physiological and pathophysiological state. The anesthesia seminar course enhances research and writing skills, offers experience with Peer Review and promotes student scholarship on campus and at the state and national level. In the final quarter, the clinical correlative seminar course encompasses an extensive curricular review to prepare for the program's comprehensive exam and national certification exam. Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum The nurse anesthesia clinical practicum is offered at one of several sites located in the tri-state area. The clinical practicum is an essential component of the program and includes eight courses that span 24 of the 28 months. Students are assigned to a variety of clinical sites to administer anesthesia to a diverse patient population and receive a comprehensive clinical experience which exceeds the Council on Accreditation minimum requirement of 600 cases and 2000 hours. Clinical experience is also obtained in the following subspecialty areas: cardiac, thoracic, neurosurgical, obstetrical, pediatric and regional anesthesia. The program also offers an advanced pediatric clinical rotation at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia which affords a select number of students the opportunity to administer anesthesia to a high acuity patient population undergoing general or cardiac surgical procedures. Students administer anesthesia under the supervision of nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists which facilitates the development of knowledge, skills, and critical thinking needed to provide safe and competent patient care. Accreditation The Nurse Anesthesia program is fully accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA). In 2010, the program received the maximum accreditation status of ten years from the COA. http://coacrna.org/ The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) requires that all students matriculating into a nurse anesthesia educational program on January 1, 2022 or thereafter be enrolled in a program approved by the COA to award a practice doctoral degree. The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) degree in September 2020. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in Spring 2022. Further information regarding the transition may be obtained by contacting Kirsten Connolly at email@example.com. Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) 222 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge, IL 60068-4001 Phone: 847.655.1160 CCNE: The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Drexel University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington DC 20001, 202.887-6791. Outcomes Upon successful completion of the program's outcomes, as specified by the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA), the student is awarded an MSN and is eligible to take the National Certification Exam (NCE) offered by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). Drexel University's Nurse Anesthesia Department's class of 2019 had an 85% pass rate on the NBCRNA's NCE. The employment rate within six months of graduation for all of Drexel's 2019 graduates was 100%.


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A prickly pear margarita is just the drink you need to punch up your party menu!
Grocery stores are typically overflowing with prickly pears—known as tunas rojas in Spanish—in August and September. You can eat them plain, use them to make agua fresca de tuna roja, watermelon and prickly pear paletas, prickly pear sorbet or even margaritas! There are so many possibilities.
Prickly pears are full of pectin, which makes them ideal for jelly and jam-making. The pectin produces a syrupy consistency that's also perfect for blending with ice to make a frozen margarita. I'm serving this margarita for our Mexican Independence Day celebration. It's a sophisticated representation of the Mexican flag: red from the prickly pears, white from the tequila blanco and green from the lime.

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"Hazard's thesis, according to present-day historians of ideas, has largely withstood the test of time. His enthusiasm, his wonderful erudition, his gift for synthesis, the focus on all of Europe rather than on France alone, the powerful yet elegant style of the book—all contribute to the air of general persuasiveness it exudes." —H. Floris Cohen
"Hazard presented arguments with clarity and passion." —Justin Champion, The Times (London)
"[Hazard] displays a profound, and contagious, sympathy for the intellectual movement he describes." —History Workshop Journal


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The newest member to join the Reusable Packaging Association, Federal Supply Services International, brings with it unique capabilities and experience within the reusable supply chain. The veteran-owned and -operated business supplies reusables that support the US government and its Department of Defense integrated supply chain management system.
"The Association grows broader and stronger each time a new member joins us," said Jerry Welcome, President of the RPA. "Federal Supply Services Int. is further proof that reusable packaging solutions can impact sustainability for even the most complex supply chains, no matter where the product is being sent."
The company's flagship product is its reusable G-PAK EZup pallet packing, shipping and storage system that is in use by the military in the United States and overseas for a variety of missions ranging from transport of medical equipment to warehouse logistics to long-term storage.
"We joined the RPA to become associated with other companies that are working toward a similar goal of improving the supply chain and protecting the environment with reusable packaging while positively impacting the bottom line for our customers," said Glen Baldridge, CEO, Federal Supply Services International. "Through the RPA, we can develop new relationships and networking opportunities to support our efforts to grow and move into the commercial sector. We know RPA is the right path and partner to help us unite all the pieces necessary for success."
Federal Supply Services International is headquartered in New Boston, Ohio. Baldridge will serve as the company's representative to the RPA.


text: The Japanese are not only great utilizing the most recent gadgets and technology, also they are infamously known for some kick-ass road style fashion. Everyone walking outside of Harajuku, Tokyo alongside places features their own style. The road form of Japan inside huge places are the quirky into really awesome […] Japanese Street Design18 Sep, 2015 in Asian Art tagged Capcom / Demonstration (people) / Design / Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster / Google Street View / Japan / Japanese / Koichi Nakano / Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) / Nobusuke Kishi / Reuters / Shinzō Abe / street by Manuel Marino


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Was it the Muppets that caused users to join Google+? Reports say the fledgling social network has 62 million users and is projected to reach 293 million by the end of 2012.
Paul Allen, the Ancestry.com founder now turned unofficial Google+ statistician, crunched the numbers on his Google+ account with help from a temp staff and said about one-quarter (24 percent) of all Google+ users signed up in December alone. If those numbers keep up then 293 million users by the end of 2012 for the social network seems possible.
Google can continue to integrate Google+ into its other products and word of mouth will continue to build. Most importantly, 700,000 Android devices are activated daily and this will become a very significant source of new users for Google+. That number will also grow next year.
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A jump of 12 million users is significant in any month, especially for the much-maligned Google+ which is typically dismissed as a second-rate Facebook. (We have previously questioned Allen's data-gathering, which relies on the use of 150 common last names, and it is only one kind of statistical projection.) The truth is that Google+ has only been in existence about six months. Facebook has about six years on the social network, so comparisons between the two wouldn't be very flattering for Google.
By next year, we will see if Allen's forecast comes close to reality.


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If you are pushing and pushing the IT department and nothing is happening, then Hewlett-Packard's Enterprise Business - the IT services and hardware half of the company that's not PCs and printers - has just the prescription for you. Spend money with HP on lots of amorphous services and very solid and shiny new hardware.
To find out just how badly constipated IT shops are, HP commissioned a survey, which was performed by Coleman Parkes Research Ltd, in February and March of this year, talking to business and IT representatives in the United States, Canada, EMEA, Latin America, and Asia/Pacific regions. Coleman Parkes did interviews with 410 CIOs and IT decision makers and then another 150 with CEOs and other business leaders, asking each about how the rigidity of IT systems and software affects how the business performs - or doesn't. The survey, of course, spawned a study report, which you can see here (pdf).
As we have all been hearing for what seems like decades now, the majority of IT budgets get spent on maintaining current application software and the systems that support them. The ration is usually 70 per cent of the budget, and the HP-commissioned study bears this out and gives it a name: innovation gridlock.
According to Lynn Anderson, vice president of marketing at the Enterprise Business group at HP, across all survey respondents (three-quarters of whom had 1,000 or more employees and a quarter of whom had between 500 and 1,000 employees), about 40 per cent of the IT budget goes to supporting reasonably current, mission critical systems, and another 30 per cent goes into support legacy systems. And by legacy, HP means applications that have been around forever and that people are afraid to touch for fear of breaking them. Generally speaking, this means old mainframe or proprietary mid-range gear - some of which bears a label from HP or one of the companies it acquired.
One of the funnier stats to come out of the survey is that 99 per cent of the CEOs surveyed said that IT was an enabler for the business, while only seven out of ten IT execs claim this. You'd think the IT guys would lie a little better, but clearly Freud slipped. Half of the business and IT execs surveyed agreed, however, that they were suffering from IT constipation... or, er, gridlock. Once they had it defined for them. IT execs and business execs have other gridlock issues, such as clamping down on budgets because of the uncertainty in the economy.
"Almost 60 percent of those polled feel they are not keeping up with the competition," says Anderson. "And they know there is a cost to doing nothing as well as a cost to doing something."
And thus, the top brass want simpler IT projects with faster payback times, which runs counter to the big bang system upgrades that made IBM so much dough a decade ago. Across all the executives surveyed, the ideal payback time averaged out to six months. Three quarters of the respondents want a payback in a year or less, and 44 per cent want payback in under six months.
Given those constraints, which have been affecting the entire spectrum of sales for services, servers, and storage in the IT racket since the recession in the US started in December 2007, HP has to pitch a slew of things to gin up some services business, which in turn drags along hardware and software sales. HP doesn't have a legacy mainframe base that is akin to a printing press for money, like Big Blue does.
But still, HP thinks there is a huge opportunity out there, in part because of those mainframes but also because of other mission-critical systems that have not been upgraded in two, three or four years and the age and the relative age of the applications, some of which were plunked in during the ERP-Y2K boom of the late 1990s.
"This is going to be the largest application refresh in history," says Anderson.
Of the myriad services that HP has cooked to take on IT constipation, perhaps the most useful one is called the Applications Modernization Transformation Experience - but it doesn't involve Jimi Hendrix or drugs. (Mark Hurd doesn't go in for that sort of thing, as you have probably surmised by now.) This is a free service (if you hurry up before HP starts charging for it), and it uses tools cooked up by HP to catalog the applications and the systems they run on. You may think large companies already know this, but they don't. They have thousands and thousands of applications, and it is not odd to find a system in a corner somewhere, burning up lots of money, handling a few users.
Once you figure out what needs to be modernized, HP Financial Services can do a cost assessment of indirect and direct costs as well as savings, deciding what to change first, and is eager to loan customers dough for all the new wares through a lease if they don't want to shell out the cash.
HP's tech support organization is even delivering multilevel tech support for virtualized server, storage, and networking stacks that include non-HP x64 servers. And HP would also be thrilled to build you a brand-spanking new compute and storage cloud if that's the way you want to go, or tweak what you have to make it more cloudy through a service called Cloud Service Automation. By automating and virtualizing existing systems, HP can help free up operational cash that can be ploughed back into capital expenses to modernize more stuff. ®
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NHL Game Night 3/31: Lightning at Bruins
The Lightning's forecheck officially belongs on a milk carton.
Mike McKenna allowed 3 goals on 39 shots in the loss. He rebounded from a couple of puck handling errors and was otherwise very solid. The Lightning have a tough decision to make with McKenna. Ordinarily, you would want a veteran #3 goaltender like McKenna in your organization. But, it will be very tough for the Lightning to send Riku Helenius or Dustin Tokarski down to the Coast if they do re-sign McKenna.
First Period
14:03 BOS Wheeler (20), (Savard)
Second Period
06:56 BOS Chara (17), (Bergeron, Krejci)(PP)
13:35 BOS Kobasew (20), (Chara, Krejci)(PP)
Third Period
12:07 TB Stamkos (20), (Malone, Lashoff)
Other than Stammer's 20th of the season tonight, there's not a whole lot to be excited about from the past couple of games.
Noah Welch had 2 penalty minutes and 1 blocked shot in 11:34.
Matt Smaby was -1 with 2 hits in 20:30. Good to have the big guy back. I thought he moved pretty well tonight after sitting out the game against Ottawa.
Martins Karsums was -1 with 1 shot and 2 hits in 10:55.
Richard Petiot was +1 with 7 penalty minutes, 1 shot, and 5 hits in 19:42.
Matt Lashoff had 1 assist and was +1 with 3 shots and 2 hits in 21:41. There were one or two plays tonight where Lashoff made plays that are hopefully indicative of the way his game is going to evolve next season: playing the proper angle defensively and then cancelling out the opposing forward physically. I'm just guessing he had a little extra juice playing against his old organization, but if he can do that consistently, he's going to be a stud defenseman in this league. The offense is there (6 assists in 8 games so far with the Lightning). If his defensive game rounds out, he's going to be every bit as good as Paul Ranger and Andrej Meszaros.
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No introduction required for this artiste is there? Here are 19 of his best known songs, all performed by himself of course.
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Union Pacific Reports Best-Ever Quarterly Results
Diluted Earnings per Share up 13 Percent
Omaha, Neb., July 18, 2013
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported 2013 second quarter net income of $1.1 billion, or $2.37 per diluted share, compared to $1 billion, or $2.10 per diluted share, in the second quarter 2012.
"Union Pacific achieved record financial milestones this quarter," said Jack Koraleski, Union Pacific chief executive officer. "We managed our network efficiently and continued to show the agility of our strong franchise. When combined with solid core pricing gains, we more than offset the slight shortfall in volumes to generate best-ever quarterly earnings and operating ratio performance."
Second Quarter Summary
Despite lower carloadings, operating revenue increased 5 percent in the second quarter 2013 to $5.5 billion versus $5.2 billion in the second quarter 2012. Second quarter business volumes, as measured by total revenue carloads, decreased 1 percent compared to 2012. Volume declines in agricultural products and intermodal shipments more than offset growth in chemicals and automotive shipments.Volumes for industrial products and coal shipments were flat versus 2012.In addition:
- Quarterly freight revenue increased 5 percent compared to the second quarter 2012, driven by core pricing gains.
- Union Pacific's operating ratio of 65.7 percent was a best-ever quarterly record, 1.3 points better than the second quarter 2012 and 0.9 points better than the previous best-ever quarterly record set in the third quarter 2012.
- The average quarterly diesel fuel price of $3.10 per gallon in the second quarter 2013 was down 3 percent compared to the second quarter 2012.
- The Customer Satisfaction Index of 93 tied the second quarter 2012 record.
- Quarterly train speed, as reported to the Association of American Railroads, was 25.7 mph, down 3 percent versus the second quarter 2012.
- The Company repurchased nearly 3.1 million shares in the second quarter 2013 at an average share price of $151.42 and an aggregate cost of $463 million.
Summary of Second Quarter Freight Revenues
- Automotive up 12 percent
- Chemicals up 12 percent
- Coal up 12 percent
- Industrial Products up 7 percent
- Intermodal down 1 percent
- Agricultural down 8 percent
2013 Outlook
"As we move into the second half of the year, the economic outlook remains uncertain, but we're hopeful that we'll see some economic improvement in the months ahead," Koraleski said. "Union Pacific is well positioned with our diverse franchise and strong value proposition. We'll continue focusing on reinvestible pricing; attracting new, profitable growth opportunities; and running a safe, efficient, and reliable network that generates greater value for both our customers and shareholders going forward."
About Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad links 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain. From 2007-2012, Union Pacific invested $18 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure, including a record $3.7 billion in 2012.The railroad's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
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Bluegrass legend Doc Watson dies at 89
8-time Grammy winner dies at Baptist Hospital
Legendary bluegrass performer Doc Watson died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was 89.
Watson, recipient of the National Medal of Arts, a National Heritage Fellowship, and eight Grammy Awards (including one for Lifetime Achievement) had abdominal surgery last week.
Doc Watson was born in Deep Gap on March 3, 1923, into a family already rich in musical tradition. His mother, Annie Watson, sang traditional secular and religious songs, and his father, General Watson, played the banjo, which was Doc's first instrument.
At age 13, he taught himself the chords to "When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland" on a borrowed guitar, and his delighted father bought him a $12 Stella. He later picked up some chords from a fellow student at the Raleigh School for the Blind, and began to incorporate material that he heard on records and the radio with the music of his heritage.
Back home, he played mostly with neighbors and family, among them fiddler Gaither Carlton, who became his father-in-law when Doc married Rosa Lee Carlton in 1947.
They had two children, Eddy Merle (named for two of Doc's idols, country stars Eddy Arnold and Merle Travis) and Nancy Ellen.
He toured with his son Merle before his death after a farming accident in 1985, and has continually played at an annual festival called MerleFest in his son's honor. The event is held each year in Wilkesboro.
Watson was a legendary performer who blended his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire. He was a powerful singer and a tremendously influential picker who virtually invented the art of playing mountain fiddle tunes on the flattop guitar.
In 2011 a life-size statue was unveiled in Boone, on the same spot where decades earlier the young Doc Watson had played for tips to support his family. At his own request the inscription reads, "Just One of the People."
When his son died in 1985 at the age of 36 in the tractor accident, Watson was devastated and vowed to quit playing music -- an experience that would turn his life upside down.
His son, a music partner, was "the best friend I ever had in this world," Watson said, according to a magazine article.
Watson told Acoustic Musician magazine in 1997: "The night before the funeral I had decided to quit, just give up playing. Well that night I had this dream.
"Now, usually I do have some light perception, but in this dream it was so dark I could hardly stand it. It was like I was in quicksand up to my waist and I felt I wasn't gonna make it out alive.
"Then suddenly this big old strong hand reached back and grabbed me by the hand and I heard this voice saying, 'Come on Dad, you can make it. Keep going.' Then I woke up. I think the good Lord was telling me it was all right to continue with my music. It's been a struggle, but I still have the love for the music," Watson told Acoustic Musician.
That same year, 1997, Watson received the National Media of the Arts from President Clinton.
Information from CNN was used in this report.


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What is my pin number?
How do I change my pin number?
What do I do if my pin number is disabled?
How do I web/early register?
How can I be reinstated/readmitted follow a withdrawal or leave?
How are my repeated course hours counted in my GPA?
How do I apply for summer school?
How do I request a transcript?
Verification/Enrollment letters
How do I request a verification letter?
How do I withdraw from a class?
How do I withdraw from Morehouse?
Why should I complete a withdrawal form?
Dropping and Adding Courses During Registration
Students may drop/add courses (during the period specified in the academic calendar) by going online to Banner Web and making schedule changes. You will drop the course you do not want and add the course you to want. You must have CRNs prior to changing courses.
Auditing Courses
Students may audit courses after receiving permission from the Academic Dean and the Department Chair. Full-time and Part-time students may audit a course all students are required to pay the established fee per credit hour. Contact Student Financial Services at 470-639-0505.
Changing your Address
A student can update their address online through BannerWeb.
Please Note: If there are no changes, the Office of Records and Registration will continue to use the current address (es) on file.
Changing your Address on the Web
From the Student Menu:
- Click on PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Click on UPDATE ADDRESS(ES) AND PHONE(S) – please view, if OK exit
- Click on CURRENT to make changes to the address type you chose
- Select TYPE ADDRESS to insert
Note : (1) The pound sign [#] is NOT to be used in any data field, (2) punctuation is not used in any data field except prefix and suffix fields, (3) all data entered into a data field should be typed using title case using standard capitalization rule, (4) never use all upper or all lowercase letters.
Cross Registration
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) has operated a program of cross-registration for over half a century. This has provided expanded academic opportunities comparable to the offerings of a major university. Please click on Academic Policies to access the following guidelines govern the AUC Cross- Registration Program.
Good Standing
In order to maintain good standing students must:
- Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 "C"
- Earn the minimum number of credit hours required for his academic classification;
- Earn a minimum cumulative GPA with an average of 2.0 or "C" in major and cognate courses;
- Abide by the student code of conduct;
- Honor all financial obligations to the College.
- missing from your transcript
- recorded incorrectly on your transcript or
- recorded as an Incomplete "I"
You must contact your instructor first. The instructor will submit the grade to the Office of Records and Registration.
Please Note:
1) Unsatisfactory attendance, outstanding assignments, tests; exams and other discrepancies will affect your grade.
2) Please be sure to honor all arrangements made with your instructors to ensure that your correct grade will be submitted.
3) The Office of Records and Registration will not be held accountable for grades that have not been received by our office.
4) If you have already contacted your instructor and your grade has not been changed, please follow-up with your instructor until the grade is updated.
Graduation Requirements
To be awarded a degree from Morehouse College , students must:
- Be in good standing at the College;
- Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours;
- Complete requirements of the General Education Program, including the First Year's of Freshman Orientation Program and Sophomore Assembly; etc.
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in major courses;
- Earn a grade of "C" or higher in English Composition;
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in cognate classes;
- Fulfill all College and departmental assessment requirements;
- Complete the senior year at the College (Courses may be taken within the Atlanta University Center and the University of Georgia, or other programs and schools approved by the Academic Dean);
- Fulfill all financial obligations to the College
Graduation and minor completion
If I do not complete my minor can I graduate?
Yes. If you are unable to complete all the requirements for your minor you can still graduate providing you have satisfactory completed all your general education and major requirements and have a minimum of 120 hours.
Leave of Absences
A continuing student in good standing without outstanding financial obligations to Morehouse may apply for a leave of absence. He may file a petition for a leave of absence by securing the appropriate form from the Records Office and by obtaining the required signatures.
A leave of absence is granted for a period not to exceed two consecutive semesters.
A student who is on a leave of absence will be eligible to resume his studies at the end of his leave. He must notify the Office of Records and Registration in writing by April 1 for fall registration and by October 1 for spring registration. If he fails to do so or does not apply for an extension of the leave he will be considered withdrawn from the College and must reapply through the regular admission procedure.
Note: A student who voluntarily elects to leave the College in good standing is eligible for reinstatement within a maximum of 10 years.
Major/Minor Changes or Declaration
A student wishing to change or declare his major or minor may do so only during the early registration period each semester by securing and completing a Major/Minor Declaration form online under Registrar Form.
If you have not changed your Personal Identification Number (PIN) it would still be the default number. To change your PIN, simply log on to Banner Web and follow the instructions there. There is a security feature that disables your PIN if you log on unsuccessfully more than three times. To enable your PIN you must contact the Morehouse Technology Group by emailing them at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 404-507-8633.
Pre/Early Registration
Instructions for online preregistration are as follows:
- Go to www.morehouse.edu
- Click on My Portal
- In the box labeled User ID, type in your MCID number
- In the box labeled Password, type in your Password
- Go to Banner Web
- Select Login to Secure Area
- Go to Student Services and Financial Aid
- Select Registration
- Select Term/Semester
- Go to Add/Drop Classes
- Enter the five-digit CRN numbers for all of your courses
- Select Submit Changes
- If you are successfully registered, a message of Web Registered will appear to far right of each course
- If the class you are selecting is closed, please make another selection
- Once you have successfully registered in all of your courses, print 2 (two) copies of your schedule, one for your academic advisor, one for your own records.
Readmission to College – Following a Withdrawal/Leave of Absence
Students who are in good standing and who have withdrawn from the College are eligible to apply for readmission to Morehouse by picking up and completing the appropriate form from the Admissions Office.
Please Note: Readmission to the College is not guaranteed.
Students with an approved leave of absence will be entitled to re-enroll at the end of the period of leave. When ready to return to the College, he must notify the Records Office in writing by April 1 (for Fall semester), or October 1 (for spring semester). If he fails to do so or does not apply for an extension of the leave, he will be considered to withdrawn and must reapply through the regular admission procedure.
Repeating a Course
When students repeat a course, the credit hours earned the first time will be deducted from the total number of graduation hours earned (Earned Hours). The hours attempted and the quality points earned the first time the student completed the course will remain and be calculated as part of the cumulative GPA.
Summer School Guidelines
Morehouse does conduct a summer school session. Students wishing to earn credit toward graduation requirements through summer study may take summer school courses at an accredited institution if they satisfy the following requirements:
- Submit an off-campus approval form to the Records Office before taking the specified classes.
- Be in good standing
- Attend an accredited college or university for summer school
- Receive advance written approval for all summer courses from the chair of his major department and the chairs of corresponding departments for courses outside the major
- Earn no more than sixteen (9) semester hours toward graduation requirements through summer study during his enrollment at Morehouse.
Please Note:
- Summer study approval and/or attendance will not preclude academic probation or academic dismissal
- Summer study will not affect a student's grade point average or academic standing for the academic year in which summer courses are completed
- All grades received for summer school coursework will be credited toward your Morehouse degree without exception
Transcripts (Requesting)
All transcript requests are submitted through National Student Clearinghouse for current and former students. Transcript processing can take approximately 2-3 business days or 3-5 business days during peak periods.
Verification Letters
Students may obtain verification letters for insurance, scholarships, loans, education, good standing, or graduation through the National Student Clearinghouse.
Withdrawal from a Class
To withdraw from class, students must:
- Withdraw via My Portal or download and complete a Course Withdrawal form from Registrar Forms.
- Consult his academic advisor
- Submit your request before the appropriate deadlines
Students may withdraw from a course with a grade of "W" by the published November (fall semester) and March (spring semester) deadlines. After the these deadlines, a student who withdraws from a course will receive a grade of "F" (See Academic Calendar for Deadlines) Students who cross register at another institution must abide by the course withdrawal policy of that institution.
Withdrawal from College
Students wishing to withdraw from the College must secure and complete a withdrawal from College form, get the necessary signatures, and return the form to the Records and Registration Office. Students are entitled to withdraw from Morehouse providing they are in good standing and have arranged with the business office to discharge outstanding financial obligations in a manner satisfactory to the College.


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