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Visit the link above to view the final ranking order, find top schools by state, and see additional schools outside the top 50. In rankings on other sites, students typically see only the largest community colleges. We believe we take a smarter and more comprehensive approach, says Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and professor of physics at Wake Forest University. We look at how influential the school s faculty is and then factor in the student body size. We call this metric Concentrated Influence. Those community colleges with a strong faculty but comparatively fewer students, schools that might otherwise get lost in the shadows of their larger competitors, now have an opportunity to shine, says Macosko. Because students often choose to attend a school nearby, this kind of illumination provides a truer view of how influential their neighborhood community college may actually be, regardle
For 65 years, the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show has attracted attendees and competitors from around the world, including the United Kingdom and Italy to Australia and the Middle East.
âIt truly is an international event,â said Taryl OâShea, executive director of the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona.
But this year, for AHAAâs 66th annual show â starting Thursday, Feb. 11, and running through Feb. 21 â will be closed to the public due to the pandemic and instead will be available for viewing via livestream.
â[Live-streaming] is a great option for the hundreds of thousands of people that will not be able to come and watch in person this year,â OâShea said.
How to celebrate Black History Month 2021 across Phoenix: 8 virtual and in-person events KiMi Robinson, Arizona Republic
In honor of Black History Month, organizations, activists and businesses in metro Phoenix are hosting virtual and in-person events throughout the month that recognize works in arts and music, historical figures and contemporary issues.
This year’s theme, chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.” ASALH will offer virtual programming throughout the month “in observance and celebration of the strengths, struggles, resistance and the sheer perseverance of the Black family.”
Chanel Godwin-McMaken didn t always envision becoming one of Phoenix s top bartenders. Starting at age 4, she dreamed of being a professional dancer. Throughout high school, she danced for four hours a day, from the second she finished school until 9 at night. I was the kid that was always getting pulled out of school to go to performances, Godwin-McMaken says. Dance was literally my everything,
She performed different styles, but ballet was always her favorite. Once she earned her first pair of pointe shoes,
she never looked back. Ultimately, she
danced on pointe for close to 10 years.
These days, Godwin-McMaken has swapped pointe shoes for Nike sneakers and traded dancing onstage for a different type of performance.
In the hour after No. 8 Oregon State beat No. 5 Oregon 23-13 on November 18, Beaver football players, coaches, staff members and fans drifted away from Reser Stadium to watch the Apple Cup being played in Pullman.
That week s Sports Illustrated magazine – whose cover featured Oregon State wide receiver Chad Johnson making his diving catch in the game – included a lengthy story on the Civil War, and reporter Austin Murphy described the postgame events:
Once the 10-1 Beavers had stopped dancing in the locker room – even coach Dennis Erickson let his hair down and boogied briefly – they tuned in to the Apple Cup, Washington s season-ending Armageddon against Washington State, Murphy wrote. An upset by the Cougars would have propelled Oregon State to the Rose Bowl. The Beavers didn t watch for long; the Huskies were in the process of routing Washington State 51-3. Though Oregon State, Oregon and Washington have identical 7-1 conference records and share the Pac-1