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Building Strength Through Collaboration: What Faith Community Nurses Need To Know, Marcia A. Potter

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

This article is a practical guide and viewpoint narrative that offers definitions, justifications for, process steps, and a how-to checklist for Faith Community Nurses considering collaboration between multiple agencies outside of their own. The author offers simple guidelines and how-to advice on securing success, avoiding risks, and preventing costly misunderstandings between cooperating agencies when combining resources.

Let My People Stay: A Nonprofit's Role In Immigrant Lives, Karla Villa

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This project draws on research that I conducted May to August 2019 with a nonprofit organization, La Casita Center, that provides services to the Hispanic immigrant community in Louisville KY. Despite what appears to be a bleak time in our country for immigrants and immigration reform, there is hope found in the organizations that are working to support and fill the gap that the national government has left. I draw on interviews and participant observation research conducted with staff at La Casita Center to

1. Analyze how La Casita staff decide which resources and projects to implement.

2. Consider how the current …

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Nice Food: A Nonprofit Food Truck, Nathan Brooks

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This document is a snapshot of Nice Food, a nonprofit food truck. The truck uses a pay-what-you-can model so that anyone may eat there, regardless of their ability to pay. The chief goal of Nice Food is to lower food insecurity in its community, which will initially be Louisville, KY. The company will be an addition to the strong effort against hunger in Louisville, bringing the additional strength of mobility to the fight.

This document exists to map out the path of a startup for a student, as well as to provide a clear picture of what Nice Food is …

Making ‘The Ask’ To Internal Stakeholders: The Influence Of Organizational Identification On University Faculty And Staff Giving, Lora Haley Ashley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to explore faculty/staff identification with their employing university and how that, in turn, may influence their decision to financially support the institution, or not. This study employed a case study approach and a mixed methods research design utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data. An online survey using Cheney’s (1982) Organizational Identification Questionnaire measured faculty/staff members’ identification with the organization and with their specific departments. The survey also collected data on faculty/staff past charitable giving. Following the survey, qualitative focus groups and interviews were conducted with faculty/staff members to explore what factors contributed to their …

Kentuckiana Girl Scouts Council - Louisville, Kentucky (Mss 591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 591. Girl Scouts’ project and event material, leadership development matter, illustrations, as well as material about songs, cookies, and badges. Day camp material relating to Camp Houchens in Warren County, Kentucky, and financial papers of the Kentuckiana Girl Scouts Council.

More Than Cookies: A Study Of Trends And Promising Practices In Programming For Older Girl Scouts, Jennifer Ottersbach

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This study examine rates of 'older girl' (ages 15-17) retention in Girl Scouts of the USA. Enrollment numbers and troop activity/participation are examined from the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Council to assess the reflection of this regional council to the nationwide organization. Benefits such as character building, developing leadership skills, international and domestic travel opportunities, democratic opportunities, and public work or service projects for older girls are described as promising practices for older girl retention. This qualitative study lead to the development of “The Five Keys of Effective Older Girl Programming” as follows: designing specialized experiences, building relationships with adults …

Ua3/9/2 1997-2002 The Beginning Of A Transformation, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

A review of the first five years of the Gary Ransdell administration of Western Kentucky University. The booklet contains information regarding academic reputation, enrollment, private support, Sponsored Programs, budget, physical infrastructure, extended campus, distance education, economic development, athletics and a strategic plan for 2002-2007.

Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of special meeting:

• Call to Order – page 1
• Invocation – page 1
• Roll Call – page 1
• Report on Salary Study – pages 1-12
• Recommendation for Approval of an Administrative Reorganization – page 13
• WKU Foundation Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws – pages 13-21
• Personnel Actions – pages 21-32
• Center for Industry & Technology Name Change – page 32
• President’s Report – pages 32-33
• Adjournment – page 33

Exhibit 3 - Wku Foundation Documentation, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

No abstract provided.

Exhibit 1 - 1992-98 Capital Planning System, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

1992-98 Capital Planning System project report for WKU.

Correspondence - Quarterly Financial Reports, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Correspondence from Thomas Meredith to Regents regarding second quarter financial reports.

Exhibit 1 - Salary Study Documentation, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Salary study documentation for the Feb. 4, 1993 meeting

• Salary Study 1/29/1993
• Recommendations Regarding Compensation Increases 2/4/1993
• WKU 1993-94 Budget Information
• Report of the Salary Study Committee
• Lawrence Howard Personal Action Form

Exhibit 2 - Wku Reorganization Documentation, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Documentation regarding the reorganization of WKU to include an Institutional Advancement division:

• Proposed WKU Organizational Chart
• Memorandum from Ray Mendel to Thomas Meredith re: Institutional Advancement Division
• Summary of Private Giving vs. Cost to Generate FY1983 – FY1992
• Correspondence from Gary Ransdell to Thomas Meredith re: Institutional Advancement Division
• Ransdell, Gary. Fundamental Campaign Preparation List for WKU
• Individual Prospect Analysis
• Corporate Prospect Analysis
• Foundation Prospect Analysis
• Clemson University Development Services & Subscriptions

Exhibit 5 - Financial Audit, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Intercollegiate Athletics Department Statement of Revenues & Expenditures, 6/30/1992 audit.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - F Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 259 topics beginning with F ranging from Faculty - Hunt to Future of Education.

Ua6 Lost River Cave: Old Developments, New Developments, Kenneth W. Smith

WKU Archives Records

Paper written by Kenneth Smith for Management 410 class in 1976 regarding the potential business development of Lost River Cave.