For more than 130 years, Sam Houston State University has been preparing students for meaningful lives of achievement. Its motto, “The Measure of a Life is its Service,” echoes across SHSU’s seven colleges and beyond its Texas campus through student research, creative endeavors, service learning, volunteering and more. SHSU offers over 80 bachelor’s degree programs, more than 50 master’s degree programs, and six doctoral programs, including nationally-recognized programs in Business, Fine Arts, Education, Mathematics and Criminal Justice.
President Barack Obama presents NBA champion and human rights advocate Bill Russell the Medal of Freedom on Feb. 15, 2011.
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America’s complicated history with race can be told through the lives and times of Black Americans, a view that some GOP-controlled state legislatures want to restrict, if not outright ban.
Nepalese girls rest for observation after receiving the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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The impacts of COVID-19 must be incorporated into women, peace and security planning in order to improve the lives of women and girls in postwar countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Selon une étude récente, après un séjour moyen de près d’un an au Québec, moins d’un tiers des immigrants avaient atteint les objectifs terminaux du cours de langue offert par la province.
Ivory seized on a Kenya flight arriving in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2016.
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If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had his way, the state’s past of lynching Blacks would be taught as an exception rather than the rule. History tells a different story.
Huntsville reveres hometown hero Sam Houston. And he did not revere the Confederacy.
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Texas’ most famous statesman, Sam Houston, was a slave owner who opposed the Confederacy. But white Texans tend to omit his dissent in current debates over removing Confederate markers.
Time management and supportive learning environments are keys to avoiding procrastination.
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Racial barriers that existed in the free world were toppled as black and white convicts competed for the Top Hand Prize.
Mormon missionaries pray before the start of a class in Mandarin Chinese language at the Missionary Training Center, in Provo, Utah.
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Mormons today are highly diverse community. Of the 15.6 million members in 2016, only 6.5 million were in America. Church materials are published in 188 languages. What are the challenges?
C’est l’artiste de tous les superlatifs : plus de 50 000 œuvres, des toiles qui affolent les salles d'enchères et une inaltérable popularité qui continue d’alimenter la controverse.
Marina Picasso is planning on selling a number of her grandfather’s works in the upcoming year.
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Over the last nine years, more money has been spent on Picasso than on any other artist. How much does Picasso’s granddaughter stand to earn? And why are some in the art world concerned?