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In Search Of Effective Second Language Arabic Vocabulary Teaching Strategies: Theory And Implementation, Asmaa Yazidi Alaoui

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This portfolio is the outcome of the author’s studies in the Masters of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program at Utah State University (USU) as well as her experience as a graduate instructor of Arabic at the same university.

This work has two main parts. The first comprises the three major components that present the author’s perspectives as a teacher, such as professional environment, teaching philosophy statement and the teaching observation.

The second part demonstrated the author’s research interest that aligned with her teaching perspective as an Arabic teacher. It was a position paper that called for Arabic vocabulary teaching strategies …

Connections For Success: Social Networking In Virtual University, Clara K. Cook

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Online learning has experienced an unexpected increase in the last two years in response to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying mitigation efforts. As universities engage in discussions regarding whether to keep offering a wide selection of online courses or transition fully back to traditional course modes, it is important to understand the extent to which students are able to network with their instructors and classmates in their online courses and the ways in which it differs from in-person courses. This paper explores the differences in networking between in-person, synchronous online, and asynchronous online courses. Additionally, it …

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 5, 2020, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Call to Order

• Approval of Minutes

University Business

Information

• EPC Monthly Report

Reports

• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report
• Honors Program Annual Report

Old Business

• Code 403 - Academic Freedom

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, September 3, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 2 April 2020 Minutes

Program Proposals

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

• Add new specialization within the existing Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
• Add new specialization within the existing Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Restructure the department

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other Business

• Learning objectives for new course approvals

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, September 3, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 2 April 2020 Minutes

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 3, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Changing the department name from Nursing and Health Professions to Nursing
• Offering a Disability Studies Minor

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 3, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Curriculum Subcommittee report
• Academic Standards Subcommittee report
• General Education Subcommittee report

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 3, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Changing the department name from Nursing and Health Professions to Nursing
• Offering a Disability Studies Minor

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 3, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 23, 2019, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Human Resource Policy Changes
• EPC Monthly Report - September 5, 2019
• 321 Respectful Workplace-Employee Rights
• USUSA-Student Rep on Faculty Search Committees
• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report
• Honors Program Annual Report
• Faculty forum updates
• 403.3.1 Standards of Conduct-Faculty Responsibilities to Students (2nd reading)
• 403.3.2 Standards of Conduct-Professional Obligations (2nd reading)

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, September 23, 2019, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Human Resource Policy Changes - Doug Bullock
• EPC Monthly Report – September 5, 2019 - Frank Galey
• 321 Respectful Workplace-Employee Rights - Patrick Belmont
• USUSA-Student Rep on Faculty Search Committees - Dexton Lake
• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report - Frank Galey
• Honors Program Annual Report - Kristine Miller
• Faculty Forum update - Patrick Belmont
• 403.3.1 Standards of Conduct-Faculty Responsibilities to Students (2nd reading) - Patrick Belmont
• 403.3.2 Standards of Conduct-Professional Obligations (2nd reading) - Patrick Belmont
• College Level Faculty Forums - Patrick Belmont
• Empowering Teaching Excellence - Neal Legler | Travis Thurston

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, September 5, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Research/Scholarship/Creative Inquiry Intensive Designation for Courses at USU (Harrison Kleiner/Alexa Sand)

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, September 5, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Discontinuing the Engineering Education Certificate
• Offering a Graduate Certificate in Anticipatory Intelligence
• Offering a Minor in Arabic Studies

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other

• Research/Scholarship/Creative Inquiry Intensive Designation for Courses at USU

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, September 5, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Discontinuing the Engineering Education Certificate
• Offering a Graduate Certificate in Anticipatory Intelligence
• Offering a Minor in Arabic Studies

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other

• Research/Scholarship/Creative Inquiry Intensive Designation for Courses at USU
• General Education Designations

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, September 5, 2019, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Curriculum Subcommittee report
• Academic Standards Subcommittee report
• General Education Subcommittee report
• Research/Scholarship/Creative Inquiry Intensive Designation for Courses at USU

Mormons And Muslims—An Ongoing Encounter, Hadyn B. Call

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Imw Journal Of Religious Studies Volume 6 Number 1

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Counseling And Psychotherapy With Clients Of Middle Eastern Descent: A Qualitative Inquiry, Sara Boghosian

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It is becoming increasingly important for clinical and counseling psychologists to have multicultural competence skills for treating an increasingly diverse client population. The psychology literature related to culturally competent treatment with persons of Middle Eastern descent is currently limited. In this study, qualitative methodology was utilized to explore the mental health attitudes and psychotherapy experiences of clients of Middle Eastern descent. Participants described culturally influenced mental health attitudes. Major themes included the severity of stigma associated with mental illness, the importance of family in responding to mental illness, and the process of grieving in Middle Eastern cultures. Study findings suggest …

The Utah Statesman, September 30, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.