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Ua3/10/4 Naming & Symbols Task Force Report & Recommendations, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Report of the Naming & Symbols Task Force concerning four major areas:

• Solicit input and perspectives from a broad range of constituencies and stakeholders that will guide us as we examine the origins of the names and symbols used on campus.
• Audit the names used on buildings and other campus symbols to determine which may be connected to exclusion, segregation, racism or slavery.
• Create a set of guiding principles and a range of options for how we should address any issues raised.
• Provide to University leadership a set of recommendations.

Ua32/4/4 The Coalition Zine!, Issue 1, Wku Coalition For Gender & Racial Equality

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by the WKU Coalition for Gender & Racial Equality a student organization sponsored by WKU Gender & Women Studies. This issue has articles regarding sexual orientation, right to life and racism.

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

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WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Society of 1906 – Martha Lloyd
• WKU Announces Dorris Burchett Legacy Commitment for Business Gift is Third Largest One-Time Commitment to WKU
• Steve Eaton Makes New Commitment for Hilltopper Basketball
• Jessie Ball DuPont Fund Makes $150,000 Commitment to WKU-Housing Authority of Bowling Green Partnership
• WKU Names Clinical Education Complex’s Early Childhood Center in Honor of Long-Time Supporters – Dan Vitale
• WKU Health Services
• Former WKU Baseball Player Makes Lead Gift for New Baseball Clubhouse – Paul Orberson
• Ken McDonald Selected WKU Basketball Head Coach
• Online Masters Degree in Elementary Education Beginning Fall …

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 9, No. 7, Wku University Relations

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On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Parsley, Kimberly. The WKU Global Community: President Ransdell Furthers Exchange with China
• President Ransdell's Visit to Taiyuan University of Technology
• Parsley, Kimberly. Dr. George Vourvopoulos: An Artist of Science
• Reaching for the Stars - Physics & Astronomy
• Parsley, Kimberly. Dr. Charles Smith: It's All About Music
• Groundbreaking Event in Glasgow
• Miller, Mary. Faculty Regent Update
• Jerry Wilder Steps Down as Student Affairs Vice …

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 9, No. 3, Wku University Relations

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On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Kindred, Teresa. WKU Produces Agri-Leaders - WKU Agriculture
• Demonstrating Her Commitment to Her Alma Mater -Mary Nixon
• Gift Forms Partnership with WKU - Firstar Corporation
• April 16, 1998: When All Hail Broke Loose
• Your Oral Health and Over All Health - WKU Dental Hygiene
• Miller, Mary. A Message from Your Faculty Regent
• Honored for Lifetime Achievement - Tom Baldwin
• College Heights Herald Wins …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: A Season Of Hope Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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1983 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-193

• A Season of Hope Wright, Sharon. Multi-faceted Beauty
• Sandman, Ellen. Music of the Highlands – Skip Cleavinger, Bagpipes
• Cornett, Susanna. Fashion Forum
• Cornett, Susanna. Tradition & Trends Are Seen in Faculty Dress
• Grace, Lee. An Attitude of Awareness – Alcohol
• Sawyer, Janet. Double Dilemma – Twins
• Sandman, Ellen. Chance to Charm – Miss Western, Miss Black Western
• Thomas, Laura. Aerobicise
• Campbell, Marsha. Topper Trivia (1)
• Burchett, Lorri. Added Dimension – Concerts, Entertainment
• Lyly, Linda. Fine Arts – Entertainment
• Lyly, Linda. Theater
• Lyly, Linda. Childish Direction – Children’s Theatre
• Sandman, Ellen. Classic Reunion – Homecoming
• Cornett, …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: A Season Of Hope Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1983 Talisman yearbook pages 194 to end.

• Thomas, Laura. Civil Engineering Technology Club, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Kaelin, Theresa. National Speech, Language & Hearing Association, Student Council for Exceptional Children, Association of Student Social Workers
• Gillian, Kenneth. Big Red Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Brass Choir, Pep Band, Chamber Singers, University Choir, Choral Union, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Delta Omicron
• Manley, Lee. Powered by Music – Kent Campbell
• Campbell, Marsha. WKU Sports Club Association – Bowling, Frisbee, Volleyball, Rugby, Water Polo, Softball, Karate
• Jones, Paige. Recreation Majors Club, Physical Education Majors Club, Pom-pon Squad …

The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study documents the lifestyle on a small, prosperous black farmstead in the Richland community of Butler County, Kentucky. It is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted with Percy Beeson, owner of the farm for aver fifty years. The result of the fieldwork and interviews was the documentation of how this farmstead, maintained without mechanical farm equipment, worked as a functional unit on a year-round basis.

As a functional unit, the Beeson farmstead is described in terms of the Beeson family and their ownership of the farm and the breakdown of the property into two dependent units. In the …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 7 – Childhood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology

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Table of Contents:

• Bachelor, David L. & Rosalie S. Donofrio. Poor Children: Images & Interpretations
• Birenbaum, Arnold. The Recognition & Acceptance of Stigma
• Denzin, Norman K. Childhood as Conversation of Gestures
• Miller, James Jr. A Comparison of Racial Preference in Young Black & Mexican American Children
• Rath, Robert A. & Douglas J. McDowell. Coming Up Hip: Child Rearing Perspectives & Life Style Values Among Counter Culture Families
• Thomas, Darwin L. & James M. Calonico. Birth Order & Family Sociology: A Reassessment