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The Role Of Leaders In Implementing Effective Leadership Strategies Towards The Educational Barriers Of Us-Based Refugee Students: A Qualitative Case Study Of Congolese Refugee Students, Faustin Busane
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This qualitative research study explored the experiences of three families of refugee school students, two school officials (a Superintendent and a Principal), three teachers, and one humanitarian agent all living in a Southeastern U.S. city. The results of the study revealed that the language barrier is the main academic challenge that refugee students encounter when they enroll in U.S. schools. The study also found that educators conceptualize their responsibilities toward refugee children by emphasizing the importance of high-quality teaching, and establishing through establishing strong relationships between parents, school officials, and exercising patience in the process. This study poses important implications …
Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 677. Chiefly courtship letters written by Edward Daniel Covington while teaching high school industrial arts classes at St. Petersburg High School in Florida to his girlfriend and future wife, Evelyn Reynolds, Cave City, Kentucky. The 1933 letters mention the financial effects of the Great Depression and the difficulty of paying teachers.
Scott Family - Letters To (Sc 3318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott Family - Letters To (Sc 3318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3318. Letters to the Scott family of Ashland, Kentucky, chiefly to Sarah Asenath Scott from Fred Osborne, written from Clinchco, Virginia prior to their marriage. Fred refers to his work and health, their marriage plans, and a pending legal case. Other letters to Sarah are from childhood friends and classmates and friends of her mother. Includes a family letter to Sarah’s mother, and letters to her father from his sister and her children in Knoxville, Tennessee, which refer to farming operations and hopes for an improved economy under the new president, Franklin Roosevelt.
Allen, Donna Jean, B. 1946 (Sc 3193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, Donna Jean, B. 1946 (Sc 3193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3193. Correspondence, diploma, records, photographs and other ephemera related to Allen’s nursing education at the Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing in the 1960s.
Mcguirk, Martha (Stiles), 1937-2023 - Collector (Mss 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcguirk, Martha (Stiles), 1937-2023 - Collector (Mss 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 618. Chiefly correspondence, speeches, and ephemera related to William Thomas Beard of Smiths Grove, Kentucky; prescriptions, remedies, and recipes collected by Mabel Kirby; and a baby book and cheerleading letters that belonged to Martha (Stiles) McGuirk.
Ua68/7/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Le Cercle Francais, Wku Archives
Ua68/7/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Le Cercle Francais, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the French Club, known as Le Cercle Francais.
Ua68/17/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Theatre & Dance Western Players / Summer Players, Wku Archives
Ua68/17/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Theatre & Dance Western Players / Summer Players, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Western Players theater group including the Summer Players.
Ua12/2/38 Congress Debating Club, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/38 Congress Debating Club, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Congress Debating Club including minute books, programs, club constitution, and more.
Ua68/7/2/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Gamma Sigma Alpha, Wku Archives
Ua68/7/2/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Gamma Sigma Alpha, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Eta Eta chapter of Gamma Sigma Alpha (Greek Honor Society).
Ua68/7/2/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Delta Phi Alpha, Wku Archives
Ua68/7/2/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Delta Phi Alpha, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Delta Phi Alpha (German Honor Society).
Ua94/6/16 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Steely Veach, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/16 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Steely Veach, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Scrapbooks and records created by and about Steely Veach, Class of 1949. Veach was a singer and participated in many recitals and concerts during his time at Western Kentucky University.
Ua1c11/49 Wilma Klein Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/49 Wilma Klein Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs of WKU students William Howard and Chloe Miller.
Ua1c11/45 Rex Toothman Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/45 Rex Toothman Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs removed from the scrapbooks of Rex Toothman.
Ua1c11/69 Mary Grise Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/69 Mary Grise Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs removed from Mary Grise's College High scrapbooks.
Ua1c11/71 Edna Bagian Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/71 Edna Bagian Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs removed from Edna Bagian WKU scrapbooks.
Ua1c11/70 Talisman Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/70 Talisman Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Transparencies created by Talisman photographers for publication in the yearbook.
Ua94/6/14 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Herbert Cary, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/14 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Herbert Cary, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by Herbert Cary regarding the history of the Agriculture Department. These research materials resulted in the publication of Cary's book, Road to Excellence: Agriculture at Western Kentucky University, 1998.
Ua94/6/17 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Annie Reis, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/17 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Annie Reis, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Annie Reis during her years as a student at Western Kentucky State Normal School.
Ua1c11/74 Charles Patterson Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/74 Charles Patterson Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs removed from Charles Patterson's scrapbook.
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.
Lanier Collection (Mss 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lanier Collection (Mss 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of post-World War II pen pal letters and selected images from ciphering book of Collins Lanier from Manuscripts Collection 488. Collection consists chiefly of letters written to Deanna June (Linville) Lanier by friends and her family, particularly her mother Lena (Harris) Linville. Includes some interesting pen pal letters with a German child, 1948 to 1950. Includes genealogical material about the Lanier and Linville families. Also includes early Warren County, Kentucky material from brothers, Byrd Lanier and Collins Lanier, including a little correspondence, bills and notes, receipts, and property records.
Ua1c11/67 Randall Capps Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/67 Randall Capps Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs and negatives of WKU Forensics Teams and unidentified theater productions.
Ua1c11/35 Gertrude Bale Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/35 Gertrude Bale Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs donated by Gertrude Bale estate.
Ua1c11/43 Irene Gullette Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/43 Irene Gullette Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs removed from photograph album created by Irene Gullette.
Ua1c11/42 Vaughn Stevens Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/42 Vaughn Stevens Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs donated by Vaughn Stevens
Ua1c11/40 Thomas Tichenor Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/40 Thomas Tichenor Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs and negatives created by and of Thomas Cherry Tichenor.
Ua1c11/34 Julian Harper Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/34 Julian Harper Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs donated by Julian Harper.
Ua1c11/33 Wilson Stemm Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/33 Wilson Stemm Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of WKU athletes donated by the family of Wilson Stemm.
Ua1c11/39 Steely Veach Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/39 Steely Veach Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs created by and of Steely Veach.