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Deborah Morton Award Ceremony Fiftieth Anniversary Keepsake, Une Library Services Westbrook College History Collection

Deborah Morton Award 50th Anniversary (2011)

From Pamphlet:

The first Deborah Morton Awards were presented on April 20th, 1961, at a public Convocation entitled "The Modern World and the Education of Woman," celebrating the 130th anniversary of the founding of Westbrook Seminary and Junior College. Mr. William S. Linnell, President of the Board of Trustees, assisted by college President Edward Y. Blewett, presented the first Awards to twelve women of the Greater Portland area who had made significant and valuable contributions to the civic, cultural, and social life of the community, in the manner of Deborah Morton who had rendered more than fifty years of distinguished …

Ufa Aac Library Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes, April 2011, Barbara Swartzlander

UFA AAC Library Sub-committee Meeting Minutes

Meeting report from the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee's Library Sub-committee meeting at the University of New England.

Lessons Learned From Experiences In Academic Leadership, Kenneth Lee Mccall, Gayle A. Brazeau

Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

We believe there is nothing better than life and its experiences to mold one’s individual leadership abilities, skills, and talents. We have, like many before us, realized some of these lessons can and will only be achieved with service and leadership activities and responsibilities to our college and to numerous professional educational, practice, and scientific organizations. Three specific lessons learned through personal experiences are offered below which we believe may benefit those who have an interest in academic leadership positions.

University Of New England Library Services Annual Report 2010-2011, Une Library Services

Annual Reports

Highlights and accomplishments of 2010/2011 from the University of New England's Library Services department.

Rising Tide 2011/2012, Une Office Of Research And Scholarship, Timothy E. Ford, Jenna Blake Davis

Rising Tide

Research and scholarship highlights from University of New England community members. This issue highlights in particular: scholarship, marine and environmental research, biomedical and chemistry research, undergraduate research, and public health research.

Changes In Evidence-Based Practice Skills Of First-Year Dpt Students, Michael Fillyaw, Elizabeth Dyer, Sally Mccormack Tutt

Physical Therapy Faculty Posters

Poster presentation describing the outcomes for 30 first-year DPT students instructed in the elements of Evidence-Based Practice in a 2 credit course - Scientific Inquiry 1 (SI1). Faculty evaluated changes in: (1) DPT students’ knowledge and skills of EBP, as measured by the Adapted Fresno Test of Competence in Evidence-Based Practice (AFT) and (2) students’ self-confidence in EBP skills. This is the first study to use the AFT to evaluate changes in DPT students’ knowledge and skills related to EBP after formal instruction. The observed 24 point increase in the mean total score is educationally important and comparable to the …

No Complaining..., James R. Krebs, Gayle A. Brazeau

Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

It is said that hunger is a great motivator. If only the hunger for knowledge were as great as the hunger for physical sustenance. This statement could be lodged as a complaint, but that would defeat the purpose of this essay. How is it possible to turn the toil of our learning into the enlightenment for self-improvement?