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Where Are They Now: Men’S Golfer Logan Blondell, Georgia Southern University

Athletics News

• Where are they Now: Men’s Golfer Logan Blondell

Eagle Re-Flight: Relive Women's Basketball Rivalry Series Win Over Georgia State This Saturday, Georgia Southern University

Athletics News

• EAGLE RE-FLIGHT: Relive Women's Basketball Rivalry Series Win Over Georgia State This Saturday

“Because Like – And So I Don’T – So I Think It’S Maybe, I Don’T Know”: Performing Traumatic Effects While Reading Lynda Barry’S The Freddie Stories, David Lewkowich, Michelle Miller Stafford

SANE journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education

As a picture of childhood composed from the point of view of a young boy named Freddie, who suffers the effects of repeated and ongoing trauma, the experience of reading The Freddie Stories presents a number of interpretive challenges: its main character is often split and in various states of disassociation, the difference between dreaming and waking life is not always obvious, multiple monsters appear in different and changeable forms, and as Freddie experiences repeated difficulties with language and cognitive function, his traumatic past enfolds upon the time in which the story is set. In this paper, we analyze how …

Indigenous Cultural Influenced Change Management, Mary Fuke

The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University

Organization X is one of nine Indigenous post-secondary institutions in Ontario. For over 25 years the organization has been operating on funding from partnership and grant proposals that is renewed on a yearly basis. In 2017, Ontario recognized Indigenous Institutes as the “third pillar” of Ontario’s post-secondary landscape which is to be implemented through the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council (IAESC) who provides the quality assurance framework for Indigenous institutions. This Organization Improvement Plan (OIP) explores the problem of linking Indigenous and western ideologies and epistemologies within a change management plan to successfully implement this change. The plan considers …

A Critical Approach To Academic Language Proficiency For Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Nursing Students In Northwestern Canada, Candi Muise

The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University

The nursing profession population demographic is homogeneous in comparison to the cultural and linguistic diversity of the larger Canadian population. This creates health disparities for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) clients entering the health care system where registered nurses are often first point of contact. The Canadian Nurses Association (2009) advocates for nursing programs to enroll and graduate CALD nursing students This will increase the heterogeneity of the nursing profession, minimize health disparities, and increase excellence in nursing care. However, CALD nursing students experience poorer outcomes in nursing education with academic language proficiency cited as a significant contributor. This organizational …

Sister Helen Prejean And The Death Penalty: Decades Of Fighting Capital Punishment, University Marketing And Communications, Helen Prejean

DePaul Download

Sister Helen Prejean has dedicated her life to opposing the death penalty after she witnessed an execution in her home state of Louisiana. Her efforts have sparked a national dialogue on capital punishment and she has helped shape the Catholic Church’s position on the topic. In 2011, she donated her personal archives to the university to help the DePaul community continue to learn from her work. On this episode of DePaul Download, Sister Helen talks about life’s work and what keeps her going.

Q&A With Murphy Mccullough, Georgia Southern University

Athletics News

• Q&A With Murphy McCullough

Caring Well, Staying Well; Campus Visits; And Fitness Center Opening, Cedarville University

COVID-19 Updates

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Twelve Questions With Football's Ryan Langan, Georgia Southern University

Athletics News

• Twelve Questions With Football's Ryan Langan

Mini-Plans And Freedom Pass Options Announced For Football, Georgia Southern University

Athletics News

• Mini-Plans and Freedom Pass Options Announced for Football

A Chance For Success: Understanding How Latinx Students Make Meaning Of Federal Work-Study Employment, Raylea Danelle Rideau

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Many students engage in Federal Work-Study as a means of additional income and part-time employment. However, few studies detail the program’s overall effectiveness and impact, especially from the perspectives of students of color. This qualitative study described, by way of multiple case study design, how Latinx students employed in at least one semester of an on-campus Federal Work-Study position make meaning of their employment experience. The researcher explored the varied experiences of six undergraduate Latina women employed through work-study through the theoretical lenses of happenstance, self-authorship, and career construction. Sources of evidence used for this study included interviews, documentation, written …

Implementing A Literary Text Extensive Reading Program Through Learning Logs, Elih Sutisna Yanto, Hilmansyah Saefullah, Deny Arnos Kwary

The Qualitative Report

This article reports the findings of action research on the implementation of extensive reading to literary text (henceforth ER) with learning logs (henceforth LL). The research question was: In what ways do the students engage in comprehending literary texts through ER with learning logs? And what are students’ reactions to these activities? The research was conducted in the English Language Education Study Program English Education Department of a state university in Indonesia in which twenty six students voluntarily participated in this study. The data of the research were collected from students’ reflective journals and semi-structured interviews. The empirical findings show …

Institutionalizing Blended And Distance Learning In Language Teaching At A Research University, Martine Rheaume

The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly exploring innovative strategies to adapt to the 21^st century changing institutional context and to respond to the students’ needs and expectations. Given that technology in all its forms is ubiquitous in Education, one of HEIs’ strategical responses is the implementation of blended learning (BL) and distance learning (DL) as new pedagogies in all faculties. This organizational improvement plan (OIP) examines how a language department, part of the Faculty of Arts in a large research-focused University, can integrate BL and DL in language teaching. As this change is a significant departure from the current …

One More Time: Matt Anderson, Georgia Southern University

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• One More Time: Matt Anderson

Ums_Hr_Increase In Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Email, University Of Maine System

Office of Human Resources

Email from the University of Maine System Office of Human Resources warning faculty and staff regarding the increased number of fraudulent unemployment claims and what to do about them.

The Last Pirate, Boixader Returns As The Last Original Armstrong Athlete, Georgia Southern University

Athletics News

• The Last Pirate, Boixader Returns as the Last Original Armstrong Athlete

School Of Learning And Teaching_Maine State Cec Virtual Teacher’S Lounge Slides, Tara Frazier, Debrajean Scheibel

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Presentation slides from the Maine Department of Education's Maine State Council of Exceptional Children Virtual Teacher’s Lounge held on May 22, 2020 that was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Echo: May 22, 2020; A Letter To My Freshman Self, Taylor University

2019-2020 (Volume 107)

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The Echo: May 22, 2020; Katie James: A Report From The Frontlines, Taylor University

2019-2020 (Volume 107)

No abstract provided.

Coronavirus Update 5-22-2020, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Last weekend, we gave you a broad overview of the SHU-Flex model and the University’s plans and protocols for on-campus, face-to-face learning in the fall. Our plans must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by the State of CT and the CDC, which continue to evolve. Since last week’s message, we have received several questions from you that we will address below. We thank you for your continued patience. In an ideal world, we would not be making any changes at all, but we must adapt our usual way of functioning to maximize the health and safety of the …