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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hoang, Mai. Circuit Court Dismisses Katie Autry Suit Against Western
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Four Dorms Converted to Single-Sex for Fall 2004 – Housing & Residence Life
• Hoang, Mai. Sponsors Help Give Diddle Arena New Look
• Coffman, Josh. Open House Discusses Proposals – Fraternities & Sororities, SKyPAC
• Clark, Ashlee. Activities Planned for Christmas Break – International Students
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Big Red Way
• The College Heights Herald’s Christmas Wish List
• Clauson, J.M. Tune Played too Early – Fight Song
• Hoang, Mai. Downing University Center Will Help Students Reach Goals …

Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, And Colombians: A Scan Of Needs Of Recent Latin American Immigrants To The Boston Area, Miren Uriarte, Phillip Granberry, Megan Halloran, Susan Kelly, Rob Kramer, Sandra Winkler, Jennifer Murillo, Udaya Wagle, Randall Wilson

Gastón Institute Publications

The 2000 U.S. Census brought confirmation of the increase of the Latino population and of the growing diversity of Latino national groups that now make this region their home. Latinos now number 428,729, a 55% increase over their numbers in 1990. In 30 years, the Latino population has increased six-fold, and from its initial concentrations in Springfield, Holyoke, and Boston its presence is now a fact across the Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Latinos are also showing increasing diversity, matching that of the Northeast region and exceeding that of the nation. At the national level, Mexicans have a dominance that dwarfs all other …

Discours Préfaciels Et Réception En Littérature Africaine De Langue Française, Sélom Komlan Gbanou

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Decisive instance between the text and its reader, the preface plays an important role in the reception of the literary work, as Gerard Genette emphasizes in his essay Seuils (1987). The present analysis proposes a reading of the stategies used in the prefaces of francophone African Literature from colonial times to the present. Who introduces whom? Why and how? These are a few of the questions this article deals with.

Ua12/2/1 Ballin': Hilltopper Basketball 2003, Wku Student Affairs

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Special edition of the College Heights Herald regarding basketball.

• Buckman, Josh. Road to NCAA Filled with Challenges
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. Paul Sanderford Returning to Bench
• Casagrande, Michael. Camryn Whitaker, Todor Pandov Return After ACL Rehab Sessions
• Casagrande, Michael. Post Players Don’t Stand Tall
• Wilberding, Beth. After Three Years of Change, Seniors Ready to Lead by Example
• Buckman, Josh. Women’s Schedule Dotted with Southeastern Conference Foes
• North, Amber. Towering True Centers Give Foes Reason for Concern
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. The Chosen One – Darrin Horn

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hoang, Mai. Tuition Assistance Approved
• Reed, Lindsey. Plus/Minus Proposal Tabled
• Reed, Lindsey. Student Rally Protests Grading Change
• Hoang, Mai. Hilltop Wiring Replaced
• Coffman, Josh. Shuttle Bus System May Get Boost from Congress
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Dorms to Get Themed Living Options in Fall Semester – Housing & Residence Life
• Hightower, Kyle. Leave Worries Out of Holiday Season
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Class Cancellations
• Student Government Association Right on the Money – Class Cancellations
• Fisher, Lee. Turkey Day Not Complete Without This Special List of Ingredients – Thanksgiving
• Clark, Ashlee. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Reed, Lindsey. University Senate Expected to Vote on Plus/Minus Today
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Staff Seeks Sick Pay
• Clark, Ashlee. Native Song – Larry Yazzie, Native Americans
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Dorms Get New Prefix – Telephones
• Hoang, Mai. Log Cabin to House Cultural Program – Folk Studies & Anthropology
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Online Advising
• Fisher, Lee. Loss of Familiar Friends Makes Area Bare, Drab – Landscaping
• New Online System Will Aid Students – Online Advising
• Reed, Lindsey. Resolution Asks for Notification – Student Government Association, Class Cancellations
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Event …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Full Power Expected to Be Restored Sunday
• Reed, Lindsey. Advising Tool Being Created
• Hoang, Mai. Western, Bowling Green Technical College Create Partnership
• Toone, Stephanie. Student Takes Hard Road Back – Christopher Cherry
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Students Win Science Awards – Kentucky Academy of Science
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Power Outage
• Blackout Brought to Light Glitches in the System
• Balze, John. The Other Side of This Debate – Plus/Minus Grading
• Hoang, Mai. State Farm Makes $76,000 Donation – Gordon Ford College of Business
• Brueggemann, Marlene. Jean Kilbourne Warns …

Affirmative Approaches To Ensuring Diversity

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

Conference Agenda November 17-18, 2003 Lincoln, Nebraska

Minority Enrichment Program: A Cross Curriculum Model For Student Success And Achievement , Loretta Wyckoff-Bailey, Cynthia Fleck

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The WrightMath Enrichment Program, which enrolled its first participants in the fall 1994 quarter, is designed for high achieving at risk students from under-represented minority groups who attend Wright State University. Our program incorporates ideas from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Supplemental Instruction Program and Uri Treisman's research at the University of California at Berkeley. The program encourages commitment to success, cooperative learning and ethnic awareness.

Sdsu-Fis Success Academy: Preparing Native American Students For College And Preparing A College For Native American Students, Mary Jo Benton Lee, Doris Giago, Valerian Three Irons, Allen Branum

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

South Dakota State University-Flandreau Indian School Success Academy is an early and intensive college preparatory program for Native American high school students. The panel members---students, faculty, staff, and administrators---will explain how this unique K-16 partnership is working to help more Native Americans prepare for and succeed in college.

Reaffirm To Affirm: Enhancing Minority Faculty Development At The Pwi , Johnny D. Jones Ii, Willie J. Heggins Iii, Michelle Williams

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The objective of this roundtable discussion is to examine the preparation of minority faculty as it relates to succeeding in an academic career. Although substantial research has been conducted on faculty preparation (Gaff, 1997; Garcia, 2000, Tice, Gaff, and Pruitt-Logan, 1998), conversations fall short when it comes to ongoing success development of faculty. This discussion will focus primarily on initiatives/plans to encourage the expansion and success of minority faculty at PWI's. For the purposes of this discussion, minority faculty is defined in terms of race/ethnic and gender.

Kennesaw State University's Diversity Plan: A State And National Model , Lendley C. Black, Rosa Bobia, Harold Wingfield, Valerie Whittlesey, Al Panu, Jerome Ratchford

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

This panel presentation is designed to provide conference participants with an opportunity to examine successful innovative and proactive strategies used by Black Faculty on a predominantly white campus in Georgia to address such relevant topics as recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, establishing a foundation for diversity in the university and community

Diversifying The Professions: Using Collaboration And Distance Education To Grow Our Own In Northeast Nebraska , Vicky Jones, William Lopez, Donna Niemeyer, Karen Rieger, Esperanza Villalobos

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

Faced with a dramatic shift in population demographics and a 1000% increase in the number of English Language Learner elementary school children, four colleges and universities and seven public school districts have joined forces to increase the number minority, bilingual, and ESL endorsed teachers in northeast Nebraska. This panel- workshop session will discuss the project from multiple perspectives. Public school representatives reveal their challenges in serving a largely non-English speaking student body and their difficulties recruiting minority teachers to rural Nebraska. Higher education representatives explore the barriers and opportunities of articulating course over a five year period and delivering the …

Teaching The History Of Civil Rights At A Predominantly White Institution , David L. Jamison, Rex Crawley

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

Building on a 2003 pilgrimage to a dozen sites important in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's, and conversations with movement leaders of then and now, the authors created an initiative at their 93% white campus to educate today's students about the heritage the civil rights struggle

Action Research Dialogue And Praxis: How A Participatory Evaluation Design As A Case Study Unfolded To Restructure An American Indian Program (Alp) And Reconstruct A Thirty Year Relationship With An Ivy League, Land-Grant University, Rebecca Maldonado Moore

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The AlP at Cornell University underwent a major internal restructuring process that engaged multiple stakeholders between 1998 and 2000. The methodological, philosophical, political, and pragmatic value of this process will be detailed along with implications for other ethnic programs needing to reassess their relationship with a given institution. Key Terms: Action research, participatory evaluation, search conference

Affirmative Action In Higher Education After The Michigan Cases, Linda R. Crump

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

No abstract provided.

Exploring Ethnic Studies As A Model In Advancing A Multi¬Faceted, Multi-Cultural Academic Curriculum, Without Losing Specific Ethnic Identity Significance, Ravi Kumar Perry

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

Using the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor as a case study this project highlights the 'usefulness' of race and ethnic courses in terms of factual evidence presentation from faculty-student relationships in the classroom and the broader influence in the corresponding ethnic communities. Therefore, while many predominantly white institutions of higher learning may offer a variety of courses that pertain to race and ethnic issues, like the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) Race and Ethnicity requirement, many institutions do not necessarily require a discussion concerning the relations among such ethnic groups in a historical, political, current, …

Pimps, Thugs And College Students; A Glimpse Into Hip Hop And Higher Education, Ricardo Hall, Bryant K. Smith

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The globalization of hip-hop culture has created opportunities and challenges for students of color attending predominately White institutions. Overexposure to urban culture through music, fashion, movies, etc. combined with limited interaction with urban youth has created volatile and in some cases hostile environments on predominately White campuses. This workshop examines what happens when myth and reality meet in the halls of academia.

The Experiences Of African American Ph.D. Students At A Predominantly White Carnegie I - Research Institution, Chance W. Lewis, Rick Ginsberg, Tim Davies

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The purpose of this session will be to explore the dynamics and experiences that African American doctoral students in this study faced at a predominately White Doctoral-Extensive University in the Rocky Mountain Region. Research was conducted in the qualitative research paradigm using retrospective interviews

The Price We Pay: The Value Of Complexion, Bryant K. Smith

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

No abstract provided.

Affirmative Approaches To Ensuring Diversity, Dorothy Hayden-Watkins

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

No abstract provided.

Diversity As A Way Of Life: Achieving Success In Predominantly White Institutions, Janet C. Lu

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

No abstract provided.

Thurgood Marshall: Little Man's Lion, Carl Holmes

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

No abstract provided.

Establishing A Latino Intellectual Presence In The Academy: Opportunities And Challenges, Gilberto Cardenas

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

No abstract provided.

Obstacles To Inter-Racial Understanding: Some Psychological Aspects , Jenina Lepard

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

This presentation will examine the issue of racial prejudice both within and beyond the workplace from a psychological perspective. It will explore insights and illustrations from the field of psychology and related disciplines. Suggestions will be made for how we can monitor and improve our interactions with people of different ethnic origins, so that we may be more confident in our ability to ensure successful building of diversity in predominantly white institutions.

"Slaying The Dragon": A Case Study , Shoba S. Rajgopal

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

Courses regarding Race, Gender and Representation are not easy to teach under any circumstances, but even more so in predominantly white classrooms. Instructors need to handle the subject matter carefully. But these courses can be effective too if the students are sufficiently engaged by the readings given to them or the films shown in class.

Opening Doors To Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics For Students Of Color , Janis E. Murphy, Brenda Vincent Cross

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

This presentation will focus on special pre-collegiate outreach programs designed to provide gateway experiences for females and students of color into careers requiring advanced mathematics and science preparation. These target populations have historically been under presented in careers required advance coursework in these areas.

Building An Interdisciplinary Academic Center: Opportunities And Illusions, Pamela J. Smith

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

This presentation will discuss the personal opportunities available to people of color to build university-wide interdisciplinary centers and the obstacles inherent in doing so. I Professor Smith will discuss the opportunities and obstacles involved in working with faculty members, department chairs, and deans to accomplish an interdisciplinary mission.

Minority Enrichment Program: A Cross Curriculum Model For Student Success And Achievement , Loretta Wyckoff-Bailey, Cynthia Fleck

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The WrightMath Enrichment Program, which enrolled its first participants in the fall 1994 quarter, is designed for high achieving at risk students from under-represented minority groups who attend Wright State University. Our program incorporates ideas from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Supplemental Instruction Program and Uri Treisman's research at the University of California at Berkeley. The program encourages commitment to success, cooperative learning and ethnic awareness.

From Token, To Pioneer, To Crusader: Survival Strategies For Faculty Of Color In Pwi's , Mildred L. Rice Jordan

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

As the only person of color in your workplace you may experience feelings of isolation and hopelessness. However, it is possible to survive this situation. To do so, you must go .through an empowering developmental process. You no longer have to be a Token. Learn how you can become a Pioneer and a Crusader for social justice.