If youd like to improve your reading comprehension, try the SQ3R method. This is an acronym that means: Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review.
Heres how it works:
Survey Your Text
Prior to reading, take a few moments to scan through your text. Get an overall feeling for how much youre g ...
Posted Monday, June 12th 2017 at 3:22PM
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Do you want people to think you are intelligent? Has someone ever told you “You’re much smarter than you look.”?
No doubt it can sting to be perceived as less intelligent, particularly when you never had a chance to showcase your intellect in the first place! And while this might be a socia ...
Posted Monday, June 12th 2017 at 2:56PM
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On this day we honor our Military men and women who make our country civil.
But least we not forget the family that stands with each Soldier!
It takes a support system to get through the battle our Soldiers faced and will face during service.
Families take on the discipline the Soldiers are tau ...
Posted Monday, May 29th 2017 at 11:25AM
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On May 25th, a few of the HBCUConnect.com team members land in Baltimore to host a special recruitment event sponsored by Amazon's fulfillment team! ...
Posted Saturday, May 27th 2017 at 11:51AM
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Shian Williams, a communication disorders graduate student from Stone Mountain, Ga., was selected to receive the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Williams is among 23 North Carolina recipients who will work in the health field next year learning to effectively address the social factors that impact ...
Posted Monday, May 22nd 2017 at 1:50PM
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To be acknowledged is a gift.
I look down in humility.
I shed tears out of desire to
feel loved by thee.
A chat is a gift. To learn about life through your eyes
I will absorb you.
How joyful it feels when my Elder gives me gifts 🎁 .
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Posted Sunday, April 30th 2017 at 9:03AM
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Free event!
We know we can’t trust everything we read online, but how can we determine what to believe?
Join NPR's Joshua Johnson along with a panel of experts to discuss how we can all be more critical news consumers.
DATE
Tuesday, May 9
6 p.m.
LOCATION
WHYY, Inc
150 6th Stre ...
Posted Thursday, April 27th 2017 at 12:22PM
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We are marching to the beat of life's drum.
Wednesday always seems to be the longest
day of the week.
Love is here to pull you along.
Love will help create a clear path
for you to follow.
Love is Mother Earth. Let her infiltrate into
your ...
Posted Wednesday, April 26th 2017 at 10:06AM
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Could this be a cure for cancer?
by Robin White Goode
(Image: iStock/Cecilie_Arcurs)
Last month, Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically black college that sends more black students to medical school than any other college, announced exciting news: A study conducted in Xavier’s Ire ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2017 at 11:24AM
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Oh my gosh...exhale.
Treat the love of your life to a pamper party!
Detox the stress life throws our way and get
in shape to sway!
From your toes to your fros...
Relax, relate, release-let it go!
Fancy is as fancy does! ...
Posted Saturday, April 22nd 2017 at 11:07AM
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Katie Reilly
Apr 19, 2017
Bill Gates said he hopes President Donald Trump will be "pragmatic" and will rethink his proposed cuts to health spending and foreign aid.
"I’ve talked to him about HIV and how the U.S. sh ...
Posted Thursday, April 20th 2017 at 2:47PM
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Calling all HBCU Students and Alumni!!!
Each week HBCUConnect.com will select up to 5 member profiles that have been updated with the correct mailing and email address. How will we know that you’ve updated your profile? Our system will notify us when updates have been made.
To win your free T-Sh ...
Posted Monday, March 20th 2017 at 3:22AM
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Grab tight to your life's mission. Believe in the manifestation of dreams that are giving to you on purpose. ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2017 at 11:18AM
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Can you feel energy?
How does it interpret?
What is your impression?
What are you inspired to do?
Open your pores to positive
Energy.
Let it move you. Grow you.
Uplift you.
We thirst.
We drink.
We produce. ...
Posted Sunday, March 12th 2017 at 11:44AM
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Close your eyes.
What do you see.
I see a little G.
Nurture the girl in she.
Teach her knew things.
Show her how to love
without losing her virginity
her purrity.
Keep a pretty hairstyle.
Add a Ribbon or two.
Don't be common only
class ...
Posted Sunday, March 12th 2017 at 9:05AM
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You can't run from it.
You must look love in
the eyes.
Make it your prize
D possession.
Only that which is blessed
will enter these pearly
gates.
Bless we with your good fruit.
From your tree we will pick.
Surrender to your Queen.
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Posted Saturday, March 11th 2017 at 9:38PM
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What if Beyoncé gave you a present?!
Sheer Girl Power.
The honor to be on the same page.
To represent a Woman's Strength.
Never mind what harm people throw
our way.
A team of SuperWomen can block the
shade.
What if ...
Take y ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2017 at 8:24PM
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Everybody gets jealous sometimes, and that's a normal part of life. But when someone takes their jealous feelings too far, you can end up the target of insults, accusations, and even ridiculous rumors and lies. It can be daunting,
especially when more than one person is attacking you. Jus ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2017 at 9:22AM
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Tips to encourage gratitude and banish grouchiness
By Sunny Sea Gold
Credit: ALISON SEIFER
About a year ago I got a new laptop for work and gave my old Macintosh iBook to my mom. She'd been itching for a way to check Facebook and e-mail fr ...
Posted Saturday, March 11th 2017 at 8:06AM
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Jay Z’s new venture capital firm Arrive, has arrived — the rap and business mogul has been planning the launch for a while, according to reports that surfaced in February, but a press release from parent company Roc Nation made it official on Monday. The investment platform will work with early-stag ...
Posted Friday, March 10th 2017 at 1:54PM
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For me Elynor, my life is influenced by women who were and are whole.
The women who raised me: My Grandmothers, My Mother, My Sisters, My Cousins and My Aunties are very Loving, Positive Thinkers, Nurturing, Virtuous, Beautiful, Strong, Artisitic, ...
Posted Wednesday, March 8th 2017 at 11:27AM
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Okay, first I would like to say I’m sorry for bombarding you with a ton of photos today. The thing is that this cake looks so pretty I couldn’t decide which photos to use so I decided to just use all of them.
I haven’t posted any fall recipes just yet. This is actually my first. I know I’m a litt ...
Posted Wednesday, March 8th 2017 at 10:22AM
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