Tips on how to make your application essay shine
You've narrowed down your list of colleges and have all the admissions packets. They all seem fairly ordinary until somewhere toward the back you find it: the dreaded essay question.
But don't think of it as a torture tactic - the essay is the college's opportunity to get a feel for your individual talents and personality. This is the one place in the packet where you can show off who you really are and what makes you special. It's your chance to set yourself apart from all those other applicants.
And, believe it or not, you already have a head start on writing a college admissions essay. Many English teachers emphasize this type of essay writing during your last years of high school, and Kentucky public school students have had all those years of portfolio writing.
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Testing Tips
How to make college entrance exams pay off for you
The SAT and ACT tests are a required rite of passage in terms of getting into college. But what's the difference between the two? And which one do you need to take - or do you need both?
If you're like most people, the word "test" doesn't exactly conjure up warm fuzzy feelings, but a little planning and preparation can make it all worthwhile when you get your scores back.
Like most other things in school, if you give it enough effort, the pay-off can be great. In fact, pay-off is the operative word here: Score well enough and it's possible to earn some big-time money to put toward your college education.
Read the whole story.
The SAT and ACT tests are a required rite of passage in terms of getting into college. But what's the difference between the two? And which one do you need to take - or do you need both?
If you're like most people, the word "test" doesn't exactly conjure up warm fuzzy feelings, but a little planning and preparation can make it all worthwhile when you get your scores back.
Like most other things in school, if you give it enough effort, the pay-off can be great. In fact, pay-off is the operative word here: Score well enough and it's possible to earn some big-time money to put toward your college education.
Read the whole story.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Technology Underground
One Louisville company looks to a cave for data security
If Louisville becomes the next Silicon Valley, it will be due to some very humble beginnings. “We wrote out a business concept on a napkin over lunch at a local Frisch’s Big Boy in about 30 minutes,” said Mark Roy, president, founder and chairman of e-Cavern, an underground technology park in Louisville. “And four months later I incorporated e-Cavern.”
Roy believes he can make Louisville a destination for secure data storage by tapping one of its natural distinctives: caves. Actually, one cave in particular – a huge one, nearly three million square feet.
The cave is intended to provide security for critical computer infrastructure and data, particularly servers where sensitive information must kept safe from terrorist attacks and natural disasters. The cave can be built-out to suit a variety of needs, including traditional office space, computer storage and vehicle warehousing.
Read the whole story.
If Louisville becomes the next Silicon Valley, it will be due to some very humble beginnings. “We wrote out a business concept on a napkin over lunch at a local Frisch’s Big Boy in about 30 minutes,” said Mark Roy, president, founder and chairman of e-Cavern, an underground technology park in Louisville. “And four months later I incorporated e-Cavern.”
Roy believes he can make Louisville a destination for secure data storage by tapping one of its natural distinctives: caves. Actually, one cave in particular – a huge one, nearly three million square feet.
The cave is intended to provide security for critical computer infrastructure and data, particularly servers where sensitive information must kept safe from terrorist attacks and natural disasters. The cave can be built-out to suit a variety of needs, including traditional office space, computer storage and vehicle warehousing.
Read the whole story.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Good for Downtown, and Who Else?
Will a new arena in Louisville help or hurt existing venues?
Last September, the Louisville Arena Task Force submitted its final report recommending an arena be built – after much debate – in downtown Louisville.
But there are many people who don’t really care where the new arena goes – just as long as it’s built. All arguments aside, plenty of folks stand to profit from the increased tourism the arena will bring, particularly Louisville’s downtown convention-centered businesses.
Louisville boasts two main convention centers, the Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) located downtown, and the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center (KFEC) located near the Louisville International Airport. Both facilities are managed by the Kentucky State Fair Board, an agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet. The arena task force recommends the fair board also manage the new arena.
Read the whole story.
Last September, the Louisville Arena Task Force submitted its final report recommending an arena be built – after much debate – in downtown Louisville.
But there are many people who don’t really care where the new arena goes – just as long as it’s built. All arguments aside, plenty of folks stand to profit from the increased tourism the arena will bring, particularly Louisville’s downtown convention-centered businesses.
Louisville boasts two main convention centers, the Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) located downtown, and the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center (KFEC) located near the Louisville International Airport. Both facilities are managed by the Kentucky State Fair Board, an agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet. The arena task force recommends the fair board also manage the new arena.
Read the whole story.
Event celebrates two new Yew Dell buildings
Yew Dell Gardens will celebrate another step in its development Friday with a gala opening of two new components of the Oldham County property.
The third annual Twilight in the Garden Gala features a cocktail reception, dinner on the lawn and the grand opening of the Gheens Barn and Peyton Samuel Head Trust Pavilion. The refurbished Gheens Barn is one of the nation’s few remaining bank barns and, along with the glass-and-timber pavilion, forms a new meeting facility for Oldham and eastern Jefferson counties.
Yew Dell is the 33-acre former home, gardens and arboretum of plantsman Theodore Klein. When he died in 1998, development threatened his estate, but a group of volunteers formed the non-profit organization committed to preserving the gardens. Work began to restore Klein’s treasure to its former glory, and countless hours and dollars have been poured into the task.
Read the whole release, published by The Oldham Era.
The third annual Twilight in the Garden Gala features a cocktail reception, dinner on the lawn and the grand opening of the Gheens Barn and Peyton Samuel Head Trust Pavilion. The refurbished Gheens Barn is one of the nation’s few remaining bank barns and, along with the glass-and-timber pavilion, forms a new meeting facility for Oldham and eastern Jefferson counties.
Yew Dell is the 33-acre former home, gardens and arboretum of plantsman Theodore Klein. When he died in 1998, development threatened his estate, but a group of volunteers formed the non-profit organization committed to preserving the gardens. Work began to restore Klein’s treasure to its former glory, and countless hours and dollars have been poured into the task.
Read the whole release, published by The Oldham Era.
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