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Ua9/4 Brag Sheet, Wku Institutional Advancement

WKU Archives Records

Promotional document describing points of achievement and excellence of WKU its faculty, staff and students.

Ua66/6/2 Bionews From The Hill, Wku Biology

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Newsletter created by and about WKU Biology highlighting the activities of faculty, students and alumni.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Effects Of Positive Specific Feedback & Positive General Feedback On The Bowling Scores Of College Age Men & Women, James Rauschenbach

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was conducted to examine the effects of positive specific feedback and positive general feedback on the bowling scores of subjects enrolled in two beginning bowling classes. Experimental groups were formed from two intact bowling classes, and a group of fifteen volunteers who made up the control group. The PSF group which contained twenty-eight subjects, was provided with positive specific feedback throughout the course of the study. The PGF group which contained thirty-five subjects, was provided with positive general feedback throughout the course of the study. Subjects were administered a pretest at the start of the study which consisted …

Ua77/1 Western, Wku Alumni Association

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WKU alumni newsletter.

• Thomas C. Meredith Inaugurated as Eighth President of Western
• Governor Wallace Wilkinson Announces WKU Institute for Economic Development
• President Thomas C. Meredith Awarded Honorary Degree – Kentucky Wesleyan College
• Western to Host State Marching Band Championships
• Spring Enrollment is 13,333
• Regents Approve 1989-90 Operating Budget
• Alliance Corporation Establishes Scholarship
• Drackett Company of Franklin Gives $10,000 Scholarship
• Greenwood Optimists Contribute to College Heights Foundation
• Potter College Honors Published Faculty
• WKU Announces 1989 Faculty Award Winners
• Journalism School Wins Top Honors
• Western Grad Awarded $6,000 Fellowship for Graduate Study
• Graduate Chasing Bachelor’s at Elizabethtown Community College – Mary Todd …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding enrollment, SACS accreditation, student information system, faculty handbook and transfer credits.

Ua12/2/35 Wku Annual Fraternity System Report, Brooks Walthall

Student Organizations

Report of the WKU Interfraternity Council for the 1988-1989 school year.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding extended campus instruction.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Image In The Making, Wku Student Affairs

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1989 Talisman yearbook.

• Image in the Making
• Student Life
• Black, Samuel. Do the Party a Favor – Ronald Reagan
• Carmack, Jody. One In a Million – Kentucky Lottery
• Adams, Jeanie. It’s An Uphill Battle – Cary White, Handicapped Persons
• Devaney, Mike & Jody Carmack. Coming to America – Mike Devaney, International Students, Soccer
• Hadley, Kim. Higher Education – Churches, Religion
• Black, Samuel. Better Late Than Never – Greg Frasier, Cycling
• Burton, Marsha. Geared for Speed – Lynn Ellison, Drag Racing
• Hadley, Kim. The Church Service – Concerts
• Black, Sam. Making Moo-La – Spring Female Sale, Cattle, Kentucky Charolais Association
• Image …

Peer Coaching & Change Implementation, Jolene Black

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The process of change implementation and the measurement of concerns of those involved in change using the C.B.A.M. model have been the topics of many studies conducted during the past two decades. Peer coaching is a relative newcomer, yet has been the focus of several studies. To date, however, comparative information about the change process and its affect on the concerns of teachers involved in peer coaching has not been analyzed.

This study examines and compares the Stages of Concern regarding an innovation of teachers with and without peer coaching partners. After a review of significant research, the paper analyzes …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding summer school enrollment, budget, extended campus, honors seminar, sabbaticals, faculty handbook and meetings.

Ua25/2 Retirement Banquet, Wku Human Resources

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Program for WKU retirement banquet with list of retirees.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding extended campus, budget and community college enrollment.

Ua3/8/1 Letter To Thomas Meredith, Wku President's Office - Meredith, John Hager

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Letter to Thomas Meredith from Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer editor John Hager regarding the presidential search. Includes editorial "Martha Layne Collins Not Best Choice for Western."

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

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Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding campus master plan, extended campus, governors scholars, commencement and academic plan.

English As A Second Language: Evaluation Of A Language Program Designed For & Implemented In The Colombian Oil Company's Research Institute, Patience Nave

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

An incredible proliferation of knowledge has generated a critical need for professionals in all fields to have access to current information and research results. Costs for study and research are extremely high, particularly in science fields, and most professionals seek to minimize loss in time and funds by avoiding duplication of efforts. Language is often a handicap, preventing the voluntary sharing of valuable information between individuals and countries, and many recognize the establishment of a universal language as a means of eliminating this unnecessary barrier. English is rapidly becoming accepted as a universal means of communication, but those who seek …

Indicators Of Academic Success In A Medical Record Technology Program & Their Relationship To Attainment Of A Passing Score On The Accreditation Examination, Karen Sansom

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

During the selection and retention process in a medical record technology program, it is advantageous to identify those students who will fulfill the program's course requirements, as well as subsequently pass the accreditation examination. Graduates of such a program at Wbstern Kentucky University were studied to identify these demoaraphic and academic indicators. Using a stepwise multiple regression analysis, the variables of high school grade point average (GPA), college GPA, and composite ACT score were found to be significantly related to medical record GPA. Using the maximum Rsquare improvement technique, the variables of high school GPA, college GPA, age entering the …

Ua66/4/2 Ceremony Of Capping & Pinning, Wku Dental Hygiene

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Program from capping & pinning ceremony.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 55, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Thomas Meredith Forecasts Busy Days Are Ahead
• Howard, Laura. Chinese Visitors Gather Impressions, Ideas
• Underwood, Jennifer. Child Care Drains Parents’ Minds, Pocketbooks
• Carter, Darla. Student Parents Face Special Problems
• Carter, Darla. Response Low to Tripling Plan – Housing & Residence Life
• Budget Leads Regents’ Agenda Today
• Faculty Senate Prepares for New Year
• Hernes, Tom & Gina Kinslow. Cherry Hall Bomb Threat a Hoax
• Marsupial Awards 1989
• Dillard, John. Swimming Pool is an Issue – President’s Home
• Porter, Angela. University Biased – President’s Day …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding commencement, faculty recruitment, strategic planning and budget.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Kinslow, Gina & Diane Tsimekles. Roe vs. Wade’s Days Numbered, Some Say
• Bricking, Tanya & Diane Tsimekles. Women Seeking Abortion Here Must Look Elsewhere
• Howard, Laura. Top Business Teacher of 1988 William Murphy Finds Job In Jeopardy
• Dose of Dust Closes Faculty Haven – Cedar House
• Hernes, Tom. Arrest Made for Theft of Sorority Funds – Delta Sigma Theta
• Howard, Laura. Edward Bernays Helped Make Public Relations History
• Teaching Should Be Only Basis for Tenure
• Plan Will Please Students, Ease Fall Housing Crutch
• Chattin, John. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Carter, Darla. Roomies Adopting a Third Will Save
• Howard, Laura. Jobless: Resumes, Blind Hope Not Enough
• Eline, Sidney. Walkway Linking Diddle Arena, Parking Structure Discussed
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Retiring Vice President Harry Largen Praised
• Delta Sigma Theta Finds $1,063 Gone
• Hernes, Tom. Two Lose Property in Poland Hall Fire
• Take Suggestions to Master Planner – WKU Master Plan
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon – WKU Master Plan Suggestions
• Wilder, Mary. Proud to Protest – Women’s Equality/Women’s Lives March
• Norene, Rebecca. Unborn Have Rights – Antiabortion
• Cardwell, Ronald, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hernes, Tom. Banshee Results in Several Stories, One Injury – Rugby
• Carter, Darla. Pool Proposal on Hold After Rumors Over Money Spread – President’s Home
• Turner, Karla. Peace, Brother – Cumberland Regional Rainbow Gathering
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Thomas Meredith Hopes to Buck Trend
• Wall, Dresden. Measles Scare Still Haunts Poland Hall
• Green, Travis. New Sorority May Get Bid Week – Alpha Gamma Delta
• Pool Idea Doesn’t Hold Water
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon Swimming Pool at President’s Home
• Rugby Revelry Too Far Out of Bounds – Banshee …

Ua1b1 Student Awards Presentation, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.

Ua3/8/10 Inauguration Of Thomas Carter Meredith, Western Kentucky University

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Program for WKU President Thomas Meredith's inauguration, includes biographical sketch of Dr. Meredith, list of delegates and events.

Ua3/8/10/1 Thomas Meredith Installation Banquet, Wku President's Office

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Audio recording of banquet immediately prior to the installation of Thomas Meredith as president of WKU. Larnelle Harris is featured performing three songs.

Ua3/8/10 Inaugural Address, Thomas Meredith

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Speech delivered by President Thomas Meredith upon his installation as WKU president.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Tsimekles, Diane. Amos Gott Edges Lynn Groemling in Associated Student Government Race
• Hernes, Tom. Fatman Leads Boxing’s Return to the Region – David Berry
• Carter, Darla. Headquarters for Nontraditionals Planned for Fall
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Preston Health & Activities Center Locale Still to be Decided
• Wild Greek Week Begins Monday
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Planner Wants Student Input – Ken Brooks, WKU Master Plan
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Nontraditional Students
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon – Thomas Meredith Installation
• Phillips, Noelle. Run in Peace
• Mounts, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Enrollment May Be Capped, Thomas Meredith Says
• Woehler, Eric. Big Day Here for President Candidates, Their Roomies – Student Government Association
• Summers, Kaye. Big Red Roots – WKU Glasgow
• Bricking, Tanya. New System to Help Map City – Geographic Information Systems
• Wall, Dresden. Poland Hall May Have Measles Case No. 2
• Carter, Darla. Reception Kicks Off Inauguration Week – Thomas Meredith
• Hall, David. Photo Auction Raises About $3,000 – Photojournalism
• Hold Campaigning Until Candidates Qualify
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Campaigning
• Wilson, …

Ua3/8/10 The Inauguration Of Thomas C. Meredith, Wku President's Office - Meredith

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Special insert to the Park City Daily News regarding the installation of Thomas Meredith as WKU's eighth president. Gives an overview of the history of WKU.