by Marilyn Gardner Milton | Feb 11, 2021 | Marilyn Gardner Milton, Uncategorized
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs in the U.S., leading many students to rethink their educational paths. As of last December, thirty-six percent of would-be students dropped their plans to attend college or university. While most...
by Marilyn Gardner Milton | Dec 17, 2018 | Marilyn Gardner Milton
Africa is geographically the second most populous continent in the world with a population of 1.2 billion people. For a long period now, Africa has been a center of global humanitarian efforts, with aid being channeled into the elevation of human suffering from...
by Marilyn Gardner Milton | Apr 20, 2018 | Marilyn Gardner Milton
Former President Obama spoke at the Barnard College 2012 commencement ceremony. He began his speech by comparing the class that sat in front of him to his graduating class of 1983 from Barnard’s sister school, Columbia University. Much like those of 1983, these young...
by Marilyn Gardner Milton | Jan 23, 2018 | Marilyn Gardner Milton
I stumbled upon a list of the greatest graduation speeches of all time the other day. I spent the next few hours listening to all of these inspiring speakings and reflecting on the inspiration it provided to me. I couldn’t keep all of this inspiration to myself, so...
by Marilyn Gardner Milton | Apr 7, 2015 | Marilyn Gardner Milton
As Greece gets closer and closer to dropping out of the Eurozone due to an inability to restructure its bailout agreement with the European Union and the various European governments, the left-wing Syriza government has demanded 279 million euros from Germany as...
