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I thought I wouldn’t need college, wrong!

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Robert Wright

By Robert K. Wright December 2022 marks ten years of being a college-educated man in America. On December 8, 2012, I graduated from the University of Louisiana Monroe with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. Dr. Nick Bruno was…

Robert Wright

I was the Teacher of the Year…..Uncertified

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Robert Wright

School districts should certify their own teachers to answer the shortage On May 27, after eight years of work in the classroom at all levels K-12, I decided to exit the teaching profession. I have been proficient and effective for…

Robert Wright

Parents are students’ only hope at getting into college

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Free PressBreaking News, Robert Wright

Extra-curricular programs are nice, but high GPAs and ACT scores must be the target We’re at the halfway point of the 2021-2022 school year. Mid-terms are being taken, scholarship applications are being submitted and preparations have begun for collegiate matriculation.…

Robert Wright

My Master’s Degree pursuit was not an easy journey, but I made it

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Free PressRobert Wright

This week, I will have conferred upon me the Master of Arts Degree in History from the University of Louisiana Monroe. It has been a long journey for me as I began my education at the university in 1996. I…

Robert K. Wright

Conway crowned Miss Louisiana

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Free PressEvents, Robert Wright

African-American woman to represent Louisiana at Miss America Pageant   By: Robert Wright It’s been 18 years since a woman of color has worn the Miss Louisiana crown. That all changed on last Saturday night as Lafayette native Holli’ Conway…

Holli' Conway, Miss Louisiana

Let’s make Miss America great again!

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Free PressEditorial, Events, Robert Wright

The Miss America Organization, which began in Atlantic City in 1921, is the world’s largest competitive scholarship program for young women, and one of the nation’s leading achievement programs. Margaret Gorman, Miss District of Columbia, was declared “The Most Beautiful…

Miss America Organization, Robert Wright

Ideas for change: It will take volunteers and a change of heart to solve our problems

July 20, 2017September 10, 2017 Robert WrightRobert Wright

An Editorial by Robert Kenneth Wright It’s going to take more than locking people up and fighting crime to change the climate of violence in our city. Meetings are being held, people are marching, people are posting concerns on social…

Change, Service, Volunteer

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