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Teva is searching for a Senior Manager, Utilities & Facilities Engineering to join our team in Irvine!
The Senior Manager, Utilities & Facilities Engineering oversees employees involved in the 24/7 plant operation and maintenance of the various central utilities and facilities systems at TEVA Parenteral, Irvine.
You will:
- Drive Safety and Compliance Culture.
- Oversee the monitoring and control building automation systems to ensure the production areas are within specification to support the operations of aseptic filling of parenteral products.
- Oversee maintenance of lyophilization, refrigeration systems including improvements, preventative and emergency maintenance activities.
- Oversee and review contracted maintenance work to ensure work is done correctly and in a quality manner and oversee the fire alarms and protection systems.
- Assign, review and closeout routine and non-routine work orders using CMMS. Review CMMS job plans, make changes/improvements where needed following establish SOPs.
- Oversee Kronos timekeeping, approve end of pay period timecards, enter and maintain record of Personal Time Off (PTO).
- Participate in performance management process for all direct reports. Assign tasks to off-shifts personnel, track progress and verify completion of maintenance and critical system operations.
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Simulation of Time-Dependent Wellbore Stability in Shales Using A Coupled Mechanical-Thermal-Physico-Chemical Model
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- R. Freij-Ayoub (CSIRO Petroleum, Australia) | C.P. Tan (CSIRO Petroleum, Australia) | S.K. Choi (CSIRO Petroleum, Australia)
- https://doi.org/10.2118/85344-MS
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- Society of Petroleum Engineers
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- SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, 20-22 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- 2003
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- Conference Paper
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- English
- 978-1-55563-972-3
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- 2003. SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference & Exhibition
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- 4.3.1 Hydrates, 1.11.2 Drilling Fluid Selection and Formulation (Chemistry, Properties), 3.2.3 Hydraulic Fracturing Design, Implementation and Optimisation, 1.2.3 Rock properties, 1.11 Drilling Fluids and Materials, 5.1 Reservoir Characterisation, 1.2.2 Geomechanics, 1.6 Drilling Operations
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The interaction of the drilling fluid with the formation rock is a key factor that determines the time-dependent stability of wellbores in shale formations. The analysis of wellbore stability in shales requires modelling of various coupled processes that are dependent on the relative properties of the drilling fluid and formation pore fluid. These processes include mud pressure penetration, thermal diffusion, chemical potential mechanism and poroelasticity. These processes affect the formation pore pressure, stresses and deformation. The critical drilling fluid properties include mud type, weight, temperature, and type and concentration of free ions.
Numerical simulations are conducted to model the effect of coupling the various processes on wellbore stability in shales. The simulations used a finite element code SHALESTAB that solves the specific coupled differential equations which describe these processes. It is found that the use of a cooler drilling fluid with a higher salt concentration and the appropriate mud density, viscosity and surface tension reduces the formation pore pressure and helps to enhance the stability while the use of a hotter drilling fluid with a lower salt concentration and less favourable mud physical characteristics has the reverse effect. The coupled simulations show that incorporating the chemical potential and mud pressure penetration mechanisms, depending on the mud properties, can reduce the formation pore pressure. For an effective assessment of wellbore stability in shales, the analyses need to take into account these complex coupled time-dependent processes.
Wellbore instability in shale formations is a major cause of drilling delays and suspension of wells prior to reaching the target. This instability can be a result of too high in-situ stresses compared to the formation strength (Aoki et al., 1994 and Aoki, 1996) or due to the time-dependent interaction between the drilling fluid and the formation (Tan et al., 1996a, 1996b, Tan et al., 1997, Choi and Tan, 1998, and Tan et al., 1998). A better understanding and more accurate modelling of these time-dependent interaction processes are necessary for effective management of wellbore instability in shales.
In this paper we briefly describe the fundamental concepts of the main physico-chemical interactive processes between the drilling fluid and the formation that affect wellbore stability in shales. Then we present results of numerical simulations that model one or more of the processes affecting the time-dependent wellbore stability. The simulations are conducted using a finite element code that is based on solving the differential equations describing these coupled physico-chemical processes. The governing equations that describe the fundamental mechanisms are presented in other publications and therefore, are not presented in this paper.
A range of examples are presented to demonstrate the effect of the various mechanisms on formation pore pressure and the consequent wellbore stability. The effect of coupling these mechanisms in the design of drilling fluids for efficient management of wellbore instability is discussed in light of the simulation results.
Fundamental Concepts of Drilling Fluid-Shale Interaction Mechanisms
Wellbore instability in shales can be an immediate result of stress redistribution and formation pore pressure increase following the removal of the rock mass. Poroelasticity is used to model the mechanical stability in such cases (Naylor et al., 1981, Detournay and Cheng, 1988 and Aoki et al., 1994). In addition, due to the fine-grained nature and low permeability combined with high porosity and saturation with pore fluid, shales are susceptible to time-dependent wellbore instability. Time-dependent processes related to transport of fluid, solutes and heat between the drilling fluid and the formation fluid need to be examined. These processes can increase the formation pore pressure rendering the wellbore unstable.
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Using Client Surveys to Improve Accounting Client Service
Using Client Surveys to Improve Accounting Client Service
Have you recently completed a client survey? Received feedback from a client in a more informal manner? Asking clients about the services you provide them is an important marketing tactic. I won't go into all the pros and cons of why you should do a survey; instead, I'll look at what you should do with the knowledge gained from the process.
Whether you invested significant time and dollars into a formal survey or simply asked your clients for feedback at the end of a meeting, every response you receive is a valuable tidbit of data you can use to improve the services you provide. The key is taking action. Knowledge is power. It's up to you to use it to your advantage.
Here are a few ways you can use the feedback you receive from your clients to improve your service to them.
Develop a Plan of Action
Ideally, you would have a follow-up plan in place before you do a survey. However, it's never too late to develop one. This doesn't need to be a formal document either. It can be as simple as a few bullet points or scheduling meetings to get the ball rolling. What you should do is ask yourself:
- Who are you going to share the results with?
- When will you share it?
- What will you share?
- What do you want to achieve as a result?
When considering your plan, also think about a timeline. Often, people need deadlines to force them to take action. It's even more important in this situation to act while the information in fresh in everyone's your mind so you can remedy problems before they result in a lost client.
Involve Your Team
Unless you're the only employee in your company, there are other people who interact with clients and are responsible for the client experience. Client service is most often a team sport. Be sure to share the results with everyone on your team. Use this opportunity to brainstorm how to improve on what you do.
Consider addressing various issues, such as timeliness, proactivity and value provided, independently. Encourage people to develop ideas on how to improve each of the issues. Compile these ideas in one place. Then decide which ones can be implemented right away and which ones require further discussion or time.
Your team members have great ideas that can truly help you – just ask.
Share Results With Your Clients
Your clients took your survey. They invested their time to help you. Why don't you share what you found? Draft a letter to your clients providing a summary of your findings. Resist the urge to tell them how wonderful you are. You can acknowledge that you scored well in certain areas, but be truthful and admit there are areas for improvement. Share some of the actions you will take to improve, too. This is a great way to show clients that you value their thoughts.
Don't just stop at a letter to all clients; consider one-on-one client meetings. If a client puts his or her name on a survey, you can discuss specific responses with them. They have given you the green light to have this conversation with them. For example, if a client references a deadline you missed, talk about it. Apologize and discuss what can be done differently next time so this doesn't happen again. This is a great opportunity for you to set expectations as to when you need information from the client to be able to uphold your part of the bargain.
Create Client Service Plans
Have you sat back and detailed your client relationships? A client service plan is a great way to not only improve client service and satisfaction, but also to improve cross selling and profitability. A few of the areas you might want to include in your plan are:
- Client details – business and industry information, pain points and client goals
- Client work – engagement overview, fees/realization and agreed-upon due dates
- Relationship overview – roles of everyone on the team and who on your team maintains the primary relationship with members of the client's team
- Relationship building – your touch points with the client (newsletters, scheduled meetings, golf outings, for example)
- Growth opportunities – potential services needed immediately and longer term
If this sort of in-depth plan isn't for you, just keep it simple and spell out two things – what actions do you want to take with the client in various quarters of the year and what potential work do you need to discuss with the client. Add reminders of these activities on your calendar. Or consider adding it to your workflow software so you are forced to address these items as they appear. If you plan to take steps to improve the relationship, chances are … you will.
Act Now
Think about the knowledge you gained through your survey process. Besides identifying all the areas where you can improve, make the critical areas that require immediate response a priority. It's often not too late to rebuild and repair relationships with clients. And if they openly shared areas for improvement with you, they want you to act upon them so they don't have to leave. If you taking any of these actions, you'll be a step ahead and your valued clients won't go anywhere.


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Prashant Dayal, Ahmedabad: After the failure in forming a government in Karnataka despite being the single largest party in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party will have to now face another upcoming storm in its way in Gujarat. It is believed that ever since the party high command has decided to drop the current deputy chief minister of Gujarat Nitin Patel from the Vijay Rupani government's cabinet, the senior leader has decided to sever ties with the party and rather form one of his own. The state unit and the central command of the BJP had already sensed this move and has begun its damage control exercise before things go out of hand in the state.
An upset Nitin Patel had put the usually disciplined BJP into a fix during the allocation of portfolios in the Vijay Rupani government in Gujarat. The faction rallying behind Patel claimed that the BJP leaders drown the voices raised in the party using discipline as a whip. They believe that party's national president and master poll-strategist Amit Shah hates Nitin Patel, and as a result, he is being dropped from the cabinet. Sources claim that apart from Nitin Patel, three other senior party leaders Babu Bokhiriya, Purshottam Solanki and CK Raulji too are going to face the axe. It is believed that the four ministers have together hatched a plan to form a new party after quitting BJP and topple the current government by bringing down its majority in the assembly and moving a no-confidence motion against it.
According to a BJP leader in the state, the top ranks of the party have already got the whiff of the brewing rebellion have swung into action to ensure that this faction doesn't succeed in its objectives at any cost. The responsibility of this task has been given to none other than the chief minister of the state Vijay Rupani. He held a secret meeting with Babu Bokhiria a couple of days ago, where the miffed leader was convinced that his issues would be sorted out by the party soon and he will be provided with a good portfolio. Purshottam Solanki and CR Raulji too are holding ruse over similar issues, but Rupani is yet to meet them.
Raulji is believed to be one of the Shankersinh Vaghela faction, who acts according to the opportunities in front of him. Raulji is yet to completely place his trust on Nitin Patel. According to sources, there are about 25 MLAs who are willing to jump ship with Nitin Patel.
But why is Nitin Patel ready to quit BJP after remaining loyal to it for so many years? Sources inform that this ruse began from the time he was not made the chief minister of the state after BJP won the assembly elections. He now wishes to conquer the CM's chair by forming his own party and Congress has already assured him of remaining numbers to force the government into minority and topple the regime. While the Congress might do a Karnataka here in Gujarat too by joining hands with Nitin Patel and letting him become the CM, the BJP has already begun to check the extent of rot in the party that have given birth to this simmering rebellion and plans to launch a probable 'Operation Nitin' to salvage its government.


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What is a Static IP Address
A Static IP address is the one which is constant i.e. the one which remains the same for a longer period of time and hence no changes are observed in it. Static IP addressing is for one customer on one IP address. Static IP address is assigned to a computer by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to be its permanent IP address on the internet. IP addresses are used to locate and talk to each other on the internet which each and every computer use.
Static IP addresses provide more security and protect the users against network security problems. Static IP Address can also be used with Voice over internet protocols (VOIP). As static IP address supports name resolution, the computers can be reliably reached over the network by its host name or domain name. Static IP Addresses provides more security for the home users against network problems or attacks. Static IP addresses are also used with certain computer and servers as well which results in the enhancement of productivity capacity of the task to be performed on the internet.
If a user wants to turn his or her computer system into a server then also the Static IP address will be needed. Static IP Addresses can also inform the user whenever he or she connects to the ISP. So when the user's server system is connected to the ISP, others can also connect to the server using the Static IP address which the user has provided Static IP Address to others. These are also used in playing multi user games with others on the network (i.e. the internet).
The Static IP Address has to be purchased i.e. it will only be working when the user connects to his or her account for which the user has purchased the Static IP Address.
Thus Static IP Addresses are only needed when the user has hosted some sort of service (e.g. FTP server, Web server etc…) on the internet which needs a constant IP Address. In case, if a user just wants to browse the internet or just want to upload or download something on or from the internet or is not having any kind of hosting service on the internet then there is no compulsion on using a Static IP Address. Static IP addresses are meant for some kind of premium accounts (may be for ecommerce websites etc…).


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Your hair is glossy and lies perfectly, you dress in stylish clothes and your complexion is glowing. That's great, but if you have ugly, yellow teeth, your confidence will not be as high as it otherwise would be. Fortunately, this article is filled with tips and tricks for all aspects of whitening your teeth.
Cleaning your teeth regularly and properly through dentist appointments is the first step toward whiter teeth. Get your teeth professionally cleaned every six months and always schedule your next appointment while in the office for your cleaning. Twice-a-year cleaning is covered by the majority of dental insurance carriers, so it only makes good sense to take advantage of the service.
Do not use any product that increases tooth sensitivity. It is painful even though it is only temporary. If your teeth do become sensitive, discontinue use of the product and see your dentist. He will probably be able to suggest something that is suitable for sensitive teeth.
You can help protect your teeth from staining by rinsing your mouth with water after eating. If you rinse your mouth after you eat, you can keep your teeth whiter. This will help you avoid stains that are difficult to get off your teeth.
Baking Soda
For an easy, cost-effective tooth whitener, mix some baking soda in water. Baking soda works at gently polishing your teeth to remove stains. First, run your toothbrush under some running water. Then dip it into the baking soda to get a kind of paste to brush with.
Whiten your teeth by brushing them with baking soda. Baking soda is a natural remedy that is great for whitening your teeth. Avoid gum irritation that can be caused by the baking soda by brushing gently.
Don't drink beverages that can stain so that you can have white teeth. Coffee, black tea and colas can all have this effect. If it is not possible for you to eliminate these beverages from your routine, try to drink water in between gulps.
You should eat an apple if you want to make your teeth look whiter in a very short amount of time. Apples are abrasive, and they will provide your teeth with a deep cleaning without damaging enamel.
Red Wine
Red wine is a drink that can negatively impact the way that your teeth look. Wine can discolor and yellow your teeth if you consume this drink frequently. Slowing down your red wine intake or stopping entirely is really the only solution.
Make sure that you are whitening only natural teeth if you desire optimal results from your program. Any dental work like crowns, fillings or veneers will stay their original shade. Keep this in mind or you end up with a not-so-white smile, as any teeth that have artificial elements can stand out from your natural teeth that the whitening worked on.
If you are in a hurry to get a whiter smile, a quick visit to your dentist can help you. Getting the whitening teeth results you really want can require professional help. Go to your dentists regularly to make sure your teeth are healthy. Do the smart thing, and talk to your dentist about your plan to whiten your teeth.
You can use hydrogen peroxide to whiten your teeth. Simply soak a washcloth in the mixture. After the washcloth is damp, begin by rubbing it up against the surface of your teeth. The peroxide will work to minimize any stains and the washcloth will work to scrub the discoloration away.
You can change the look of your smile by simply changing your lipstick color. You should wear lipstick that has a blue base or just simply use a gloss. Your teeth can appear whiter with colors like berries and blue-tinted reds. Do not wear matte lipsticks because they can make your teeth appear to be dingy.
As the tips above indicate, you do not have to make your way through life with discolored teeth. You will feel more confident, and you will smile all of the time when you use these tips.
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Swift appears on the cover of the November 2014 issue of Fashion magazine. She talks about what's different about her album, important people in her life, and feeling uncool.
I've never had more friends who I trust and can rely on, but there's always a bit of your self-perception that's frozen in junior high, when you trained yourself to not feel cool. You'll never really feel like you're part of the 'in' crowd, but growing up means that matters to you less and less every day.


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IN reply to the editorial in the November 17 edition about recycling errors, regional editor Rick Lee stated that plastic such as bread wrappers should not be put in the recycle bin.
However, not all councils appear to be the same in this regard.
Melville council says in its resource recovery calendar that the following items can go into the recycling bin: all glass, even broken glass; all plastic containers [empty], including salad dressing, tomato sauce, condiment bottles and empty plastic bags; all cans and tins including aerosol cans and tin foil and all paper products including wax cartons and pizza boxes.
Why is it that you say selected supermarkets can recycle plastic bags, but councils cannot?
In addition, wouldn't it be better if all councils did take all plastic since there are many people who won't go to the trouble of saving bags and take them to a supermarket?
Let us make recycling easy for people to do.
JACKIE CURTIS, Bicton.


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Lucifer and Gotham fans freaked out over the fate of their shows because Fox Studios is being bought by Disney, but they can rest easy now, mostly.
Both Lucifer and Gotham air on Fox and are DC properties while Disney owns the DC rival Marvel. The idea of Marvel's parent company owning Fox's production studio has some fans worried about comic book television co-existence.
Fox boss Dana Walden informed critics at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that the merger between Disney and Fox won't affect Lucifer or Gotham's short term future. The merger will take at least 12-18 months to be official, which leaves renewing or canceling either series still firmly in the hands of the Fox network. So Disney won't be canceling either show, but Fox isn't showing their hand for next season yet either.
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"It's a little bit early to be talking about that, we're very happy with the creative right now." Walden said. "But we don't have anything to announce."
Translation: The network will make a firm decision about renewals closer to May when it has a better idea of how many new shows it is going to pick up for the fall and it begins planning its 2018-19 TV schedule.
If the DC based shows survive the annual renewal/cancellation season, fans still shouldn't be worried about Disney taking over. The Mickey Mouse company is only buying Fox Studios — the production side of the network. That won't affect shows being made by Warner Bros. (which Gotham and Lucifer are). Plus, the series are already sharing air time with The Gifted — which is co-owned by Marvel. So there's definitely room for both comic book families on one network. Can't we all get along?
Lucifer airs Mondays at 9/8c and Gotham airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Fox.


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"This organism shares some properties with one encountered in the Gamma 7A system in 2268."
- Faction: United Federation of Planets
- Quality: Very Rare
- Species: Trill
- Gender: Female
- Rank: Senior Chief Specialist
- Department: Science
- Specialization: Research Lab Scientist
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- This duty officer is one of the 5 possible rewards Federation Captains can pick upon reaching Commendation: Science tier 4 'Chief Science Officer'.
- Once this commendation level is unlocked you can buy the remaining purple quality tier 4 duty officers for 12,000 dilithium each.


text: You are here: Home > Course > Desserts > Cheesecake > Lemon Cheese Cake By jaingupta Lemon Cheese Cake By jainguptaby jaingupta 08 Jul 2001 add to my cookbook add to shopping list You are not signed in. Please sign in to access your cookbooksExisting members click here to sign inNew visitors click here to sign up Please sign in to create shopping lists! Added to 11 cookbooks This recipe has been viewed 6963 times Flavoured with freshly extracted lie juice, the Lemon cheese cake is a lip smacking and cool dessert item. The cheesecake mixture is baked and then chilled. Relish with lemon wedges as garnish. Add your private note Lemon Cheese Cake By jaingupta recipe - How to make Lemon Cheese Cake By jaingupta Tags CheesecakeHigh Tea Party Preparation Time: 10min   Cooking Time: 4 -5 hours   Total Time: 3105 hours 10 minutes    Show me for servings Ingredients 1 packet of lemon jelly2 tbsp lemon juice1 cup sugar1 1/2 cups graham wafer crumbs1 tsp sugar1 cup boiling water1/4 lb philadelphia cream cheese1 tsp vanilla essence1/3 cup melted butter1 can carnation evaporated milk Method Place carnation milk in freezer for 1 hour.Mix lemon jello, boiling water and lemon juice and cool it (don''t let it gel)Mix graham crumbs and melted butter and 1 tsp. sugar.Line with crumbs in 9.12" pan. bake crust in moderate oven (300f) for 15 minutes.Cream together cream cheese ,1 cup sugar and vanilla.Whip carnation milk until foamy and add 1tbsp.Lemon juice and whip until stands in peaks (needs a big bowl).Mix jello and cream cheese etc. with whipped carnation milk.Blend well and pour over crumb lining.refrigerate 3to4 hours. serve cold. Other Related Recipes This recipe was contributed by jaingupta on 08 Jul 2001Know more about this member, Click Here


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Aureole Technologies is a product engineering and services company which believes in transforming business and making them future ready with innovation, technology and domain expertise. We collaborate with our clients to analyse the business problems and provide the best course of action to make the business better. We offer end to end product engineering services from consulting, product designing, embedded software development, application development, product verification & validation.
We offer solution engineering services to ODM's (Original Design Manufacturers), Enterprises (B2B & B2C), start-up & manufacturing Industries to create, build & maintain products, systems comprising of – hardware/electrical/mechanical component designing & assembling/packaging, full software stack design and implementation
Understanding your requirements with expert analysis and providing expert opinion for a feasible solution
- Define Problem statement·
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Transforming an idea into reality requires knowledge, expertise, and commitment. We share your vision to give you a comprehensive product right from product ideation to design and deployment.
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We manage post deployment support as well as maintenance solution allowing continuous operations
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Howard is not perfect, by ANY stretch of the imagination, but it is THE H.U. (NOT the "lesser" H.U. *cough* Hampton *cough*). The self confidence I developed there has led me to go on to get my Masters of Science in Public Health from Meharry Medical College, and most recently, my R.N. People take notice when they see that I graduated from Howard. Especially Black hiring managers. It says that not only did you withstand the rigors and aggravations of attending an HBCU, with its typical lack of funding, and poor organization, but you SURVIVED. And after meandering through the maze of challenges, I came out on the other side with some really AWESOME friends, that I STILL have, 23 years later! When you are going through it, it seems like it will NEVER end, and that it is not worth the hassle. WRONG. It is a great lesson in character-building, and a test of strength and endurance. I LOVE my Alma Mater. I would not trade my experience there for ANYTHING in the world.
1970 graduate with accounting major and minor in economics; a Howard education prepared me to complete an MBA (University of Chicago Graduate School of Business), PhD (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) and certifications in public accounting, management accounting, and internal auditing. The business program was great in the 66's and better now. A degree from Howard's Business School and confidence will take you anywhere you want to go. Go Bisons!!!
my alma mater. couldn't have asked for a better undergraduate experience.
The Black Mecca of Higher education. Please review the impressive list of Alumni, for which I am one. I loved my Howard experience. It changed my life forever.
I wish that i will be the part of howard unversity
One of the best HBCU's next to Morehouse and Spelman
Nice place ,
No School is perfect for that matter ,
I went To Maryland university,,, YUK!
Though I didn't receive the true "Howard experience" because I was a transfer student, I wouldn't trade it for the world. My father received his PhD at HU and I too went on to pursue my doctorate here as well. There are ups and downs with any school, but to attend Howard is to attend a school with rich history and awesome comradery. To gain a network of black professionals is an asset very few schools can give and for that I am forever grateful.
Best HBCU, hands down. No other experience like it. I have been able to learn about the history of my people,learned how to thrive in ANY environment and was actually prepared for the real world. Howard forever has a place in my heart.
Marvelous institution. Rich in history.
The best HBCU all across the board! I enjoyed my 4 year undergraduate experience here. Howard teaches you about life!
Howard isn't without it's problems. No university is. My experience here shaped my thinking in more ways than I could have ever imagined. It is safe to say Howard University played a great role in raising me. HU!!!! YOU KNOW!!!
Howard University is a once in a life time experience like none other, that keeps you connected for life. Law, Med,, Grad school or undergrad all propel you towards life with a robust zeal to succeed!
I did not attend HU, but this university shaped and molded some of the greatest minds of America's history. It is and always will be America's University.
Great school! I have been visiting friends here for years and like the atmosphere at this university.
Attended HU for two years undergrad. Could not have asked for a more prestigious experience. Two of my best years!
The best years of my life. #DrFranceCressWelsing #01/23/2016
HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Orientation. I heard one of the most profound statements i had ever heard. The PROFESSOR , stated, " You were chosen to attend this HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. Not because all of you will practice Law as a Lawyer. But we feel that you will use your Howard Law School education, to help your community and fellow citizens with the knowledge you learn, from this Law School "
Howard the REAL Harvard. ( the black version) lol. People told me not to go to Howard. (Ignorance) Going to HU undergrad on campus was one of the BEST decisions I made in my life. The good, the bad, great and ugly were all valuable life learning lessons. I literally cried tears of joy the first day I attended all in the auditorium, singing, dancing with campus pals.....those were the days. I met friends for LIFE. Most people miss out on experiencing a true college experience, " I'm so glad, that I went to Howard U !"
Deciding to attend Howard University was the best decision I could have made as a 17 year old high school senior. My undergraduate experience was exceptional! It made me the woman I am today. Thank You Howard University!
Culturally rich, academically strong, supportive environment, and leadership training grounds are some of the terms are used to describe this place. No place is perfect, but Howard was perfect for me!
Howard is the place to go for the arts experience. we bring our youth group, Doves & Eagles of Faith (the Doves) to the culminating dance event every spring. It is a first class experience! The dances are unique, mind b9ggling, inspiring, and just plain entertaining. Our youth request to come every year! WE LOVE HOWARD UNIVERSITY! Top of the line in every way!
I graduated from one of the greatest Universities in the world - Howard University. This is one of my greatest accomplishments to this day. I am beyond proud of myself and greatful to my grandmother for pushing 😘 and nagging 😠 me to be somebody or do something with my life.
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All bias aside, my tenure at Howard University (1987-1991) was a major highlight of my life experience. The intellectual and cultural exchange were priceless! Professors like Dr. Richard Wright, Dr. Joni Jones, Dr. Lyndrey Niles, and Dr. Melbourne Cummings were so inspirational. They impacted my life on multiple fronts. That's what good professors do. No matter who has less than favorable views about HowardU, HU held (holds) its own valiantly. I'm a proud graduate of this institution...
Karim R
School of "C" 1991
HU alumni here, the experience was awesome as well as the education. I'm able to hold my own out here in the corporate world. Although I sometimes thought some of my professors were a little tough, I appreciate the lessons taught now and realize that I was being prepared to be the best by the best.
I will mention downsides:
- In an unsafe neighborhood
- Not as empathetic with non-Black, international students as with Blacks especially when it comes to financing the school
- The Communication Department does not use technology to spot plagiarism in either undergraduate or graduate students' homeworks.
- It's ok to use bias in research in the name of "critical theories" or "critical methodology."
- The whole university suffers from mismanagement. In late August 2016, the university still did not know if they could have funding for graduate TAs in all departments for Fall 2016 or not.
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The experience of Howard University is priceless.
My heart remains here.
Its very great intergetic and i would know i live 10 minutes from it
Accepted applicants to Howard University School of Medicine have some of the lowest mean GPA & MCAT scores of any Med School in North America, with only San Juan Batista Escueala de Medicina in PR admitting less qualified students. Additionally, despite receiving Federal dollars, Howard makes no attempt to hide their bias against Caucasian students. Of Caucasian applicants scoring in the 95th to 98th percentile on their MCATs(Howard avg for accepted applicants is 51st percentile) and having GPAs between 3.6 and 3.8 (3.4 avg for accepted applicants) only 8% were admitted, while at other Medical Schools this student subgroup was admitted between 83% and 97%, demonstrating clear discrimination at Howard University School of Medicine. If it were Harvard instead of Howard, and superiorly qualified African American students were discriminated against instead of Caucasians, DOJ, DOE, NAACP, UNCF, BLM, and every other pro black group would be demonstrating infront of the Dean's office. Everyone is against institutional racism, provided the color satisfies the narrative. The only unprotected class is the straight, white, conservative male.
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Best experience of my life. I love Howard University. #Bison4Life #HU #YouKnow
Howard uni is a temple of education and knowledge, I would love to be a part of this great institute. Bt I dnt think I have capability to do so , so I am very sad , and I m Happy to know that you doing excellent in your field.
God bless you .
Heartly I m wd you.
Gurpreet Singh,
Punjab, India.
Master of English lit and language.
One of the best decisions I've ever made.
My daughter-in-law applied to Howard to pursue her Masters in Howard's Occupational Therapy Master of Science Program. She received her Bachelors from MD University with almost a 4.0 GPA. She has worked in this field for the past 6 years and included 3 very high ranking referrals with her application on her outstanding knowledge and support she has brought to their facility. Howard students in this program have interned at the facility she works for. She received her generic 3 line letter from Howard last week denying her application. No interview, no explanation, no phone call back after calling and leaving several messages. Their website is misleading as the first part of their mission statement is "they are culturally diverse". Their website should also include that Caucasians get a 1% chance to be accepted, my daughter-in-law could have saved on her fee to apply.
Howard University is an awesome mix of academic rigor, social life, big city experience and exposure to highly qualified professors. I wish I could award the university and my experience more stars!
5 Stars for the learning experience and atmosphere. The administrative process leave many things to be desired, though.
Great school better relations, family type setting.
If you like organization, then Howard is not the school for you. I am an incoming freshman for Fall 2017. The campus is nice and I visited. They have my program and gave me a good scholarship. I thought that the school name "Howard" was awesome and the experience would be like no other. That may be true. There are, however, MAJOR cons to attending. Move-In information was released one week before move in was scheduled to take place. No information about roommates were given to most students; others were lucky to be given the names of their roommates. This year Howard admitted far too many students; double rooms are turning into triples and some freshmen are being moved into upperclassmen dorms. I've had an extremely difficult time navigating the administration regarding class scheduling (I didn't know what classes they scheduled for me until a week before move-in), financial aid, and residence halls. I've sent many emails to their departments and receive no answer (after weeks and even months of waiting). Howard takes the crown for leaving students high-and-dry when it comes to help. Good luck getting Howard to pick that phone up, and if you think you can just leave a message, I forgot to mention, all the voicemail boxes for each and every department are filled and there's no room for you to leave a message. And in case you want to send an email, it's good for you to know that they probably won't respond. Even if it's a major issue you need fixed, Howard says "oh well." So if you don't live in the DC or DMV area, great luck getting what you need to be done -- done. I'm extremely frustrated and haven't even reached campus yet. Howard is unorganized, uninformative and unhelpful in the transition from high school to college. From the outside looking in, Howard is not a place I want to be. (Unfortunately I'm finding out the hard way-- after accepting admission) I only hope that I think differently from the inside looking out. I'm starting to think they forgot their motto: "In Truth and Service." Isn't part of their service to help students? What I think is really in truth though, from the outside looking in, is that Howard is overrated. If you're thinking about attending Howard, I strongly advise you to reconsider those thoughts. Strongly. When I get on campus, if I think any different, I promise I will come back and edit.
EDIT: I've completed 7 days on campus; "Freshmen Week." You will meet nice people, will never "fit out," there are events, church services, and services for religions other than Christianity, and good experiences for those who are not used to the predominantly black, big-city-like environment. However, let me start by saying that Howard University, once again, has proved to be EXTREMELY unorganized. Move-in day is an occasion that I assumed would be chaotic, as probably with every school. Howard's move-in, however, was UNNECESSARILY A MESS. I first waited in a very unorganized line in the car (where we weren't given clear directions on where to line up). After waiting two hours, we were told that we had another 4 hours to wait to move in. On move-in day and throughout the week, students did not have beds (only mattresses to sleep on the floor). MANY students were missing desks, dressers, beds, and wardrobe closets in their rooms. Almost every person I knew had SOMETHING missing. I had a very low bed; Howard told me that I was going to get a higher bed, then came back to tell me that they were NOT going to give me a higher bed and that I had to BUY risers for my bed. It took 6 days for Howard to bring my desk and chair. The academic advising appointment I made to finally get credits transferred and my schedule updated has been cancelled 1 hour before my appointment. And they want US to cancel 24 hours in advance if we can't attend appointments. Should've seen that coming, right? I could ramble on much more.
Howard University, you are terrible to your students. Your students create almost every positive aspect of the experience, not the institution itself.
My son attended HU and recently graduated in May 2017. His four year tenure afforded my son so many opportunities. He was exposed to many places and people &traveled overseas for internships. He also interned at UC Berkeley. He loves HU and I enjoyed his time at Howard as well.
I'm glad we made the choice for him to attend HU
Higher learning? I'm a person of color. I did not vote for Trump. But I read the tweets and FB posts made by students and alum re the white girls with the MAGA hats on. I swear Howard must be teaching how to insult, swear and threaten because that is all they did. No debates? No civility? No class. I don't agree with those girls but free speech? In conclusion Howard University does not equal higher learning.
Shame on you Howard University for supporting hatred towards others race, creed, or beliefs. You are yourself racist and are the ones creating racism. So very sad.
Apparently light on freedom of speech if it doesn't fall in line with their beliefs. This makes freedom null and void progressing only to a socialist communist agenda.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
― Aristotle
Yikes on these horrible reviews, I've had my share of dissatisfaction with HBCU's @Clarkatlanta smh, anyway...the campus at Howard is BEAUTIFUL And well kept..well it was nicely groomed the last time I was there. It's campus has such a rich history. Sorry that there have been so many bad experiences smh, we've got to do better if not for anyone else FOR US!!!
Administration is absolutely pathetic. Workers, many professors, and staff need to drop the ghetto attitude and actually help and advise students, not get a laugh out of seeing them needlessly struggle. The excellent professors are here but you just have to find them and will be glad you did. Update the facilities and housing and the school will be on par with other campuses. Advising center is hypocritical; trying to be savvy now when, in my freshman year, it felt like an impossible task to even schedule an appt, much less hear something helpful. As far as the students...I'm sorry to have had the misfortune of being in the same graduating class as such close-minded idiots and the most mentally lazy/inept/hateful "scholars" I have ever met. No class, uncultured swine, annoying as h***, incomprehensibly hateful, and overall juvenile losers with no lives who will attack anything and everything with whom they mentally disagree. Will protest anything in a heartbeat but lack the mental capacity to even try and TRULY understand another person or group's perspective (especially if something you do happens to "trigger" them/your existence hurts their fragile PC feelings/they think you need to be taught a lesson "brutality-style"/ a hilarious combination of the above). Be prepared to meet delusional Nigerians and other mentally ill/deranged Africans who are under the amusing delusion that they're actually going to be true "engineers," "lawyers," and "doctors" yet cheat (they like to call it "finessing") their way through classes or study all night for exams that mirror 60-70% of previous ones, lol. As far as the "social justice" aspect of the school goes, much of the BLM movement is a joke, as we have seen with the recent discovery of a BLM leader caught trafficking a 17 year old girl. You actually have total JOKES (like some HU Med School student, Oranika) creating wannabe blogs about their "black identity" and quoting that "BLM" bull yet their very well-hidden personal lives -and the lives of those around them - reflect the exact OPPOSITE. Newsflash: You're not to going resemble anything close to a real doctor/attorney/judge/urban engineer if you're some hateful, unskilled cretin that gets sadistic delight out of potentially seeing others suffer (but maybe that explains the entire US pharmaceutical industry). If you were to sit on campus and observe the treatment that many black students receive from other "blacks," you would swear on your life that the whole movement is an ABSOLUTE LIE and see how much many African Americans/Africans/Caribbean Africans make the "crabs-in-a-barrel" theory a reality (ask Charles Barkley). Blacks will literally BEG other ethnicities to join hand-in-hand with their movements but take delight in just the THOUGHT of seeing one another fall. Well-trained in intra-relational micro-aggressions and specializing in petty BS - and other forms of stupidity - but lack the drive, intelligence, and focus to EFFECTIVELY combat the corrupt system about which they chronically whine and complain. Only when other races are among us do many blacks perk up and somewhat resemble sane human beings (although the desperate need for white/Asian/Latino validation still exists, lol). The liberal fanatics on this campus have NO tolerance whatsoever for those with a lifestyle that doesn't fit their POLITICALLY CORRECT agenda. The whole fiasco with the MAGA hats this summer proves that the only higher learning going on at this university involves weed, edibles, and other drugs. Oh the school might produce a Rhodes Scholar or two every few decades or so (recent scholar Cameron Clarke) but that doesn't hide the incompetency of the administration and the psychotic tendencies of many HU students (Summer 2017, need I say more?). Milk the school for all it's worth then get out; or do yourself a favor and transfer early. So over it and on to better things. As they like to say, "ISSA trap!"
Racist system and it's a shame. Honorable higher learning institutions should not teach students to hate this country or the people in it!
What can I say HU!, and No I don't mean Hampton. I went to DC to visit my family and I talked to them about my ambitions which involved attending the Mecca of all HBCU's Howard University, this institution seemed so amazing when I visited and it's a perfect area especially for I'm majoring in I love the big city and the liveliness of not only the harboring neighborhoods but the students as well. Not to mention the rich history both on and off campus. Howard is one of my first choices to go to college and pursue my goals I just can't wait to attend the illustrious HBCU know as HOWARD UNIVERSITY! GO Bisons!
A lot of these white people mad asf and I'm btfuuuu. Go Bisons!!
Being a former bison I found enough education in the Howard Hilltop to direct me to a rewarding and instructive future. What questions my parents didn t answer the Hilltop did.
My daughter is a Freshman at Howard University. She loves the school. Her academic and social experiences have been awesome. The school offers tremendous opportunities in undergraduate travel abroad and research . She is a Chemistry major/ Math minor with pre-med focus. Her professors expect her to excel in her studies. She's not coddled , but " pushed" to be her best. The preparation for graduate medical school is definitely a focus of her curriculum at Howard University. We love the fact that she's surrounded by like-minded individuals. The campus is beautiful. We love the culture, the fact that she can just be herself, not a conformist for sake of political correctness. I'm "sure" the hateful comments were from folks who don't understand the reason HBCU's we're created in this country. I know that my daughter will be far prepared for her graduate medical education, while receiving a world renowned education in a Utopia of "Brown and Beautiful excellence !"
I visited Howard when I was younger. It's wonderful for me to attend in the future. It's also wonderful for other future students to experience if they have not do so.
i all ways wanted to go there but i dont't know if brown people can go if they do is there any brown there
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I had my son on Valentine's Day and my experience at HU's labor and delivery ward was amazing. The dr's, pediatrician and staff were VERY attentive when it came to me and my sons needs. I especially want to thank nurse C. Walters and nurse King. Nurse Walters helped so much with my son I wish I could of taken her home with me. 🙂 She was very reassuring, patient, comforting and she answered AAAALL of my questions ( and lord knows I had a ton of them.) I also want to thank nurse King as well. I don't know what I would of did without her. I definitely recommend HU. If we decide to give my son a sibling he/she will definitely be born at HU.🌹🌹🌹
I really want to achieve a full 4 year scholarship to Howard University, howard is my #1 college
We all had a great time at Howard University while enrolling our Beloved Tyree I. Austin, 8/2017. It's an historical site where the grounds are kept nicely and many students have attended, graduated and still enrolling to get the best education ever. ♥
21st century...new beginning. Fraud is colorless. Activism is necessary. Do the right thing, regardless of ethnicities. Shaking the cob-webs out of shame.
I had to stop working in September of 2016 and our daughter chose to attend Howard University all 2017, following her high school graduation. I was given rights by our daughter to speak to anyone on her behalf. She signed and submitted the FERPA form
We were informed that the school offers a program "Special Circumstances" that can help beyond scholarships. We have been trying to get some assistance from this program but since July 19, 2017. We have submitted every possible document they have requested, and I mean "every" including my surgery report and prognosis. But every time my daughter takes the requested documents into the financial aid office, she is asked to go back and bring another document. They don't even have a printout of the specific documents required, just what ever comes to the person answering the call that day. WHY SUCH A DELAY IN GIVING THE STUDENTS AN ANSWER TO THE "SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES " REQUEST.
So far we have over 90 pages of documents to give them but now they want my 2018 taxes or a statement from the IRS stating that I did not file that this year. I am at a lost for words here how do they expect the IRS to give me a statement when the tax season is still in effect and 2018 hasn't ended yet???
My daughter applied for a loan about two weeks ago but Howard did not process the loan documents, instead we received a bill for 6700.00+ which is due to be paid by March 17th. No one to answer our questions but they cowardly wrote us requesting payments from the students prior to her returning to classes.
Now I don't know how we are going to get any information on the loan she applied for when everyone at the school is on vacation again. It appears that the university is runned by students that lack the proper professional training.
Students are reporting that their names have been sent to credit bureau and their scholarships revoked because they have a balance on their account and the amounts keep changing. This I know for sure, the amounts owe does change from one week to another. We dealt with that last fall.
The inadequate administrative staff is bringing this historic university to ruins. Now I have to get a attorney in the Washington DC area, on a plane and go to Howard university myself to clear up their mess.
iam so proud that im hopeing that i might get into howard university because after seeing alot of famous people like diddy,thurgood marshall,etc.i just really really hope that i do get in cause regardless of what the outcome might be ima just think positive and pray that i do get in.ima go for my ged and take the s-a-t-s and pass so i can get in and even if i have to do an essay i will as long as i can get into howard university.i also congratulates the famous people that had gratuated from the number one best college howard university.
My time here was amazing and the further you get from it the more you realize just how awesome it was. Of course I loved it when I attended and I was excited when I graduated but in the years I have spent since navigating the world I've come to understand just how prepared I was. Of course there are going to be issue as with any school and each crop of students has to find their place. They prepare you to deal with the rude clerks of the world and the confusion of bureaucracy but more than that they teach you to be true to you, be comfortable in your skin, stand up for who you are, think for yourself and make the world take notice. More important than the wonderful career skills are the life skills. I'll always be grateful.
Administration is absolutely pathetic, ESPECIALLY the PROVOST staff. Pres. Frederick is capable/intelligent but he needs better staff who are on the same page. Many professors & employees need to drop the ghetto attitude and actually help students, not get a laugh out of seeing them needlessly struggle. Advising center is hypocritical; trying to be savvy now when, in my freshman year, it felt like an impossible task to even schedule an appt, much less hear something helpful. As far as the students...I'm sorry to have had the misfortune of being in the same graduating class (2017) as such close-minded idiots and the most mentally lazy/inept/hateful "scholars" I have ever met. No class, annoying as h***, incomprehensibly hateful, and overall juvenile losers with no lives who will attack anything and everything with whom they mentally disagree. Admin fails to truly address student problems while allowing known bullies (Gabrielle Hall, Tiffany Savage) to operate unabated. Many HU students are ADEPT at appearing professional but lack any true moral conviction. Most of them also closely fit the profile of creeps & stalkers who will ACTUALLY pass by you and mumble insulting remarks in a desperate attempt to irritate you (lol, childish).They speak about "justice" but double as PT bullies and hoodrat psychopaths (names forthcoming!). Will protest anything in a heartbeat but LACK the mental capacity to comprehend kindness or other HUMAN attributes. At a school where black students are trained as future leaders, I didn't know being conservative and/or intelligent still equates to the crime of "acting white." Be prepared to meet delusional Nigerians and other mentally deranged Africans who are under the amusing delusion that they're actually going to be true engineers, lawyers, and doctors yet cheat (they call it "finessing") their way through classes or study all night for exams that mirror 60-70% of previous ones, lol. As far as the "social justice" aspect of the school goes, much of the BLM movement is a joke, as we have seen with the recent discovery of a BLM leader caught sex trafficking a 17 y.o. You actually have total low-IQ fools (like HU Med School student, Judy Oranika) creating blogs about their "black identity" and quoting that "BLM" bull yet their very well-hidden personal lives -and the lives of those around them - reflect the exact OPPOSITE (Termara Parker). Newsflash: You're not to going resemble anything close to a real doctor/attorney/judge/urban engineer if you're some hateful, unskilled cretin that gets sadistic delight out of potentially seeing others suffer. If you were to sit on campus and observe the treatment that many black students receive from other "blacks," you would swear on your life that the whole movement is an ABSOLUTE LIE and see how much many African Americans/Africans/Caribbean Africans make the "crabs-in-a-barrel" theory a reality (ask Charles Barkley). Blacks will literally BEG other ethnicities to join hand-in-hand with their movements but take delight in just the THOUGHT of seeing one another fall. Blacks have ZERO-SUM thinking, thus they "win" when another black person "falls" yet demand the world's respect. Well-trained in intra-relational micro-aggressions and specializing in petty BS - and other forms of stupidity - but lack the drive, intelligence, and focus to EFFECTIVELY combat the corrupt system about which they chronically whine and complain. Only when others are among us do many blacks perk up and somewhat resemble sane humans (although the desperate need for white/Asian/Latino validation still exists, lol). The liberal fanatics on campus have NO tolerance whatsoever for those with a lifestyle that doesn't fit their PC agenda. Oh the school might produce a Rhodes Scholar every few years but it doesn't hide the psychotic tendencies of many HU students. If you want a college experience of personal growth, you can't be surrounded by crabs-in-a-barrel and expect that to happen.
Howard University financial aid office needs help. The department proves to be very incompetent. Loosing important documents and paper work seems to be common. My daughters transcripts were withheld, preventing here from transferring to another school. The reason for the hold on the account, according to Howard, was because they did not receive the master promissory note, (Which I sent in a total of 3 times. I was told that they would look in to it and they would get back to me. This was in October of 17. Now, as of May 21st 2018, I am being told the exact same thing, "we will look into it and get back to you." Howard, please do better. You are doing a disservice to the wonderful reputation of HBCU's across this country. DISAPPOINTED!!!!
This is best universities for school-ship and these infrastructure is real cool and awesome.
I will mention downsides:
- In an unsafe neighborhood
- Not as empathetic with non-Black, international students as with Blacks especially when it comes to financing students.
- The Communication Department does not use technology to spot plagiarism in either undergraduate or graduate students' homeworks.
- It's ok to use bias in research in the name of "critical theories" or "critical methodology."
- The whole university suffers from mismanagement. In late August 2016, the university had a crisis regarding funding graduate TAs in all departments for Fall 2016 or not.
My cousinnsaid her hair came out from studying. She had roaches in her room coming from the outside window
A woman who said her name was Brooke works in the financial aid office has disabled my bisonweb access. On the phone she seemed short tempered and stressed. She insisted that she couldn't help me with any of my financial aid questions and told me to come into the financial aid office or call back later. I wanted my bisonweb pin reset but instead I truly believe that she intentionally disabled my access to my account. She was very rude and is not doing her job. Her name is "Brooke" and she is a terrible choice of representation for the financial aid department. I will continue to write truthful reviews about my experiences at Howard Offices until changes are made. This woman Brooke needs to be fired immediately!
It's beautiful I saw it in July 27th 1996 during my visit to Washington DC.
Veri nice place ...awesome view .. beautiful clean place ..one of the biggest and most important University in World ..
....Six years later, in 2013, university insiders again alleged that the university was in crisis. In April, the vice chairwoman of the university's board of trustees wrote a letter to her colleagues harshly criticizing the university's president and calling for a vote of no confidence; her letter was subsequently obtained by the media where it drew national headline.[31][32] Two months later, the university's Council of Deans alleged that "fiscal mismanagement is doing irreparable harm," blaming the university's senior vice president for administration, chief financial officer and treasurer and asking for his dismissal.[33] In October, the faculty voted no confidence in the university's board of trustees executive committee, two weeks after university president Sidney A. Ribeau announced that he would retire at the end of the year.[34] On October 1, the Board of Trustees named Wayne A.I. Frederick Interim President.[35] In July 2014 Howard's Board of Trustees named Frederick as the school's 17th president.[36]
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university(HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with higher research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
From its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. Howard offers more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees.
Howard is classified as a Tier 1 national university (No. 89) and ranks second among HBCUs by U.S. News & World Report.[4]Howard is the only HBCU ranked in the top 75 on the Bloomberg Businessweek college rankings.[5] The Princeton Review ranked the school of business first in opportunities for minority students and in the top five for most competitive students.[5] The National Law Journal ranked the law school among the top 25 in the nation for placing graduates at the most successful law firms.[6] Howard has produced four Rhodes Scholars between 1986 and 2017.[7] Between 1998 and 2009, Howard University produced a Marshall Scholar, two Truman Scholars, twenty-two Fulbright Scholars and ten Pickering Fellows.[8][9] In 2011, the Huffington Postnamed Howard the second best-dressedcollege in the nation.[10] Howard is the most comprehensive HBCU in the nation and
My alma mater...'nuf said. Lol.
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a comprehensive private university that is a famous black university in the United States.
Howard University has 86% of black students. Specialized in finance, law, textile and clothing, engineering technology, management, environment, architecture, education, science, tourism, agriculture and forestry, humanities and arts, social sciences, biology, sports, news communication, information science, medicine, Language, natural science. The university is best in psychology, politics and chemistry. Other preferred disciplines include accounting, business management, engineering, social work, zoology, and mass communication.
my score was 321 my highest in a long time dinosaur game unblocked Rapperkey is a great game but for the random jumping lol but overall great
I'd like to come and be educated here.
Wow! World top university. I want to take admission here please send further instructions.
If possible go at least one hour earlier then you're appointment
Wonderful place ... excellent view and a neat and clean university ..one of the highest and most prestigious University in World...
Excellent education faculties..
Life changing. I went in a boy and left as a very enlightened man.
met a lot of great minds that came out of that University!
This campus was really nice. The college presentation was concise and thorough. The presenter seemed knowledgeable and engaging.It seems to be a great place offering a lot of opportunities for young adults of color. Our tour guide was a young lady who is a senior at the school and she was so articulate and presented the information in a way that conveyed her knowledge of the school and also how much you really enjoyed going there. The students on the campus all seemed very happy and friendly. After the the tour I felt as if I would be comfortable allowing my son to go there if he so chooses.
Great institution for higher learning. Homecoming 2019 was fun, except for the score of the game.
Homecoming this weekend and career fair yesterday. So glad to be back!
This was during, Howard Homecoming, on the 12th of October! Had a really good time! Great music, great atmosphere , along with cool people! Props to the Harlem cat, that sold nutcrackers, out of his bag!! HAAAAAA!!
It's a certain pride you feel or maybe it's honor to gotto HU!!
Not only is Howard University a great university producing good citizens, but to know Washington, D.C., you must know Howard University. The university started in 1867 and its campus is in Shaw NW historic.
If you go and explore the university, be respectful of its legacy and the current student population. After all, it's their university. The campus is on a hill overlooking the city offering great views. Many of the buildings are historic and beautifully designed on the outside and inside. The Ira Aldridge Theater hosts student performances open to the public.
Again, you cannot know this city without studying and visiting the campus of Howard University.
i have a lot of it paid off here and i still contemplate leaving this depressing hole. This place makes me so depressed and honestly gives me thoughts of ending my, well you know. Just avoid this school please. Not worth the money and not worth the stress
The dialysis center is the best far as nurses & other trained professionals serving in a timely manner.
Great place! Good support staff.
Very special, I had an opportunity to tour Howard University for the first time and I absolutely loved it. The campus is beautiful and so inspiring. Also, to pay homage to the university that fostered the talent of the late Chadwick Boseman and so many other deserving black students. Seeing my annual donation put to work, brilliant.
The illustrious Howard University, also known as the Mecca, is the home of the most eloquent, passionate, and educated men and women! An HBCU with such strong history woven in its fabric. The greatest school on Earth!
What else can you say! HU is the best! My son attends the middle school and he can't wait to go to Howard University when he graduates High school! And I can't wait to support and cheer him on!
Overall the doctors were good and some of the nurses were good as well but the hospital Forest patients rooms towels washcloths soap they didn't have on stop but overall I like the hospital far as the doctors
Ray S.
Loved the atmosphere. I saw so many of our young and beautiful next generation Afro-American leaders of tomorrow.
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The trade war that Donald Trump has unleashed does not show any signs of slowing down. With China and the US introducing tariffs on the goods they traded with each other, the tremors are being felt in the neighbouring countries and elsewhere. The US started it all in April with imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from China, as also Canada and the European Union, which made China respond with similar tariffs on US products. The US went ahead to publish a list of 200 billion dollars in Chinese products that would be subject to levies. China called it irrational but Trump said this was necessary to protect US national security.
This dispute certainly had its impact on the stock market and the dueling tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods caused panic due to two weeks of consecutive losses. The US put a 25 per cent tax on 34 billion dollar worth of Chinese imports, including soya beans, pork and electric cars, calling it the 'biggest trade war in economic history', with Trump confident of an easy victory in this war.
This was not an easy victory and it was certainly not a war on consumer products alone. There is also a technology angle to it, a battle for technology dominance with the US having a slight edge because of its innovation potential and the Chinese companies hamstrung, having thrived under sheltered conditions. Ever suspicious, China has always kept foreign competitors at bay and prioritised data sharing over privacy concerns.
It is in this context that the steps the Reserve Bank of India had taken, in the directive it had given to Paytm to stop signing new customers because of concerns around Alibaba's ownership of Paytm, has to be viewed. While Europe's strict privacy laws require that customers' consent is mandatory for data collection, China, though slow, has been quick to learn the lessons, but it still has to demonstrate that agility to match the US and have a crack at matching their technology edge.
While the RBI has responded appropriately, other Southeast Asians nations, and many of them dependent on China, are mulling over many options and one of them is the devaluation as a form of retaliation. Will the bearish 'animal spirits' take over these nations to meet this cascading mutual tariff hikes is the question that is being asked across bourses of the Asian Tigers with the US threatening a further 200 billion dollar hike on Chinese products in September. The Singapore Foreign Minister, Mr. Wang Yi, has quickly called a meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers and at the same time advised US officials to relax and 'calm down' even a Washington spokesman said the hike was an effort 'to encourage China to change its harmful policies and behaviour.'
India has responded quickly to this tariff war by drawing list of goods it can export to China, replacing US exports that have become costlier in the light of the trade spat. It has identified more than 40 products, including fresh grapes, cotton linters, flue-cured tobacco and alloy steel seamless boiler, where it's in a position of advantage to replace or capture the US trade market share with China, according to authoritative sources. These spurts in exports will also help India reduce the $63 billion trade deficit it runs with China, which is also New Delhi's largest commercial partner.
According to a study India is strong in its capability to export about 20 products such as frozen bovine meat and almonds, but it faces market-access issues in China. Soon after the NDA government took over in 2014, it signed one of the biggest contracts with China for the export of, ironically, beef. Even the main Beijing Olympic Games stadium was built on the iron ore that was exported from Bellary in Karnataka. Apart from these legitimate activities, there have also been large-scale smuggling and illegal trade in items like red sanders from the Andhra forests and tiger body parts from the Northeast. Even through the 'disputed' borders there are regular caravans that carry yak and sheep products and the traditional silk weaving centres in India, like Kancheepuram and Varanasi, use synthetic yarn brought from China completely destroying the indigenous Indian craftspeople and their trade. Already the decline of the traditional fireworks industry in Sivakasi has helped in the import of Chinese firecrackers.
It is in the midst of these, Trump announced a trade pact with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and attention immediately turned to Canada. Ironically Mexico was the country that Trump wanted to build a wall against to prevent immigrants from that country flooding the US. But it is in China – which wasn't mentioned – that the greatest impact could be felt.
In abandoning NAFTA, the US appears to be moving toward a single trade bloc that might also embrace Canada. The Mexico accord tightens rules of origin on automobiles, so that 40 percent to 45 percent of their content must be made by domestic companies whose workers earn at least $16 an hour. This limits the scope for assembly in Mexico with Chinese components, favouring higher-value parts from manufacturers covered by the agreement.
The origin requirement is clearly aimed at countries that either trans-ship or use Mexico as an assembly centre. The announcement says the 'new rules will help ensure that only producers using sufficient and significant United States and Mexican parts and materials receive preferential tariff benefits.' Taken with certification for local producers and particular rules for textiles, it does look as if the draft had China partly in mind.
Interestingly, if one considers the environment section, Mexico and the U.S. agreed to prohibit 'shark-finning,' the practice of cutting the fins from sharks and leaving them to die. China is a major consumer of shark fins and the two sides also agreed to prohibit illegal or unregulated fishing. The labour section, for instance, of the accord requires 'worker representation in collective bargaining.' While independent unions in Mexico and the U.S. have varied challenges, they don't face the level of official intimidation of labour activists in China.
The Indian study shows at least 80 more items have potential for exports to China and the government has instructed its departments and industry bodies to work out strategies to ramp up production in sectors where India has a clear advantage. The Commerce Ministry has asked the embassy in China to be an enabler, while offering business-to-business meetings for Indian exporters interested in that market, a spokesman said.
'One of the major impact of the trade war would be that there will be a lot of re-organisation and reconfiguration of supply chains,' Dr. Amitendu Palit of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, said. 'There is a possibility that India may become part of some production chains.'
Meanwhile the geeks at Silicon Valley have not been quiet. In July Facebook won approval to open a subsidiary in China and a day later its licence was revoked. Earlier this month, there were news that Google was working on censored versions of their products that comply with China's Great Firewall, the system used to control internet access. The backlash from Google's own employees has forced the company's leadership to clarify that the project was exploratory.
The desperation of these behemoths to enter China is not driven by a hankering for growth alone. At stake is also the opportunity to control the global economy at a scale not previously possible. The US has always been at the centre of the technology universe and while there are examples of successful tech companies founded in other countries, American companies defined the technology direction and now the rise of China's tech has challenged that position.
In 2018, among the leading internet-based companies globally, 9 were Chinese while the remaining 11 were American, highlighting the dominance of the two nations in technology leadership. Chinese giants even have their own acronyms, BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) to rival the American FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google).
Within these start-ups, China's share of venture funding has grown from 6% of total funds in 2011 to ~22% today and it is today among the top three in the world for fundraising in high-growth sectors like virtual reality, AI, drones and autonomous vehicles. Last year, investors ploughed almost half of all AI-related funding into China and the country is also fast overtaking the US in AI and machine-learning (ML) R&D, as measured by patent filings.
This shift in China's technology sector from low-cost manufacturer to innovation-leader is fuelled in part by the changing nature of the Chinese economy. Domestic consumption now accounts for almost 62% of its GDP growth and in e-commerce it outstrips the US, both in absolute numbers and in growth rates.
Never a passive spectator China has also limited competition by restricting entry to foreign firms. In the absence of any real competition from the Silicon Valley big boys, China spawned domestic alternatives. The government has set very aggressive targets to become an innovation driven economy by 2020 and its 13th five year plan seeks to double the number of patents issued, increase the share of high-tech in GDP and establish the country in the 'top 15' in innovative nations, among other targets. A large local market, high internet penetration, limited foreign competition and supportive government policies have all helped their tech companies flourish.
For almost a decade, the US and Chinese companies avoided any direct conflict. Chinese companies were focused on winning the local market while US tech companies, barred from China, expanded into other markets. But with China's technology firms expanding globally, US tech faces its fiercest challenge as yet.
Finally, predictions of technology dominance rest on a country's ability to attract the best talent. Despite the recent moves by the Trump administration, the US remains the preferred destination for talented developers. Getting developers to move to China is a lot harder due to cultural and language barriers. It is here that India, the laggard, might spring a surprise, because of its diversity, its resilience, and its myriad innovative possibilities, all of which have helped the country to survive and stay on course.