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Design Thinking As A Common Language Between Higher Education And Employers, Johnna Denning-Smith

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This qualitative study explores student skill preparedness for the work force through semi-structured interviews and focus groups with current college students, faculty members, and employers. Responses from study participants were transcribed, coded, and thematically organized into the following four categories of skills that employers seek in recent college graduates: critical thinking skills, resiliency, workplace skills, and discipline specific skills. The findings include participant perceptions of the importance of these skills and whether higher education effectively prepares recent graduates for the workforce. As part of this discussion, design thinking is presented as a bridge between these groups and as a solution …

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 21 [23], Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Richardson, Kelly. Doctorate Optional for Many Advising Heads – Ingrid Woods
• Coulter, Amber, Fontana, Alex. Senate Wants Oversight on Reserve Fund
• Wimnatt, Alex. Centennial Celebration Begins with Dedications - Guthrie Overlook, Centennial Plaza, E.A.Diddle Statue
• Maines, Ashley. Magical Movie Shown on Three Screens – Harry Potter
• Hupman, Samantha. ABC News Segment Focuses on Campus Safety
• McNamara, Andrew. Student Robbed at Gunpoint – Marcus Walker
• Hupman, Samantha. Bomb Not Found in Grise Hall
• McNamara, Andrew. Western Mourns Employee – Ronald Slavic
• HIPAA Hold Up – Health …

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, No. 14, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, No. 13, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 9, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 8, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 7, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Book Of Perceptions, Vol. 57, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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Pages 223-end of the 1980 Talisman yearbook.

• Passing the Towel – Gene Keady, Clem Haskins
• Younkin, Linda. A Dark Horse to the End – Basketball
• George, Tommy & Linda Younken. Across Country – Track & Field
• Up Shot: Riflers Finish 7^th in Nation
• A New Experience – Gymnastics
• Heath, Mark. Pooling Together – Swimming
• Stewart, Kevin. Off Track – Track & Field
• Younkin, Linda. Breaking Away – Track & Field
• Stewart, Kevin. Backhanded – Tennis
• Stewart, Kevin. Losing the Upper Hand – Betty Langley, Tennis
• Webb, Kevin & Linda Younkin. Even Strokes – Golf
• Heath, Mark. Champs – Baseball …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Book Of Perceptions, Vol. 57, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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Pages 1 - 222 of the 1980 Talisman yearbook, sections student life, academics and a portion of sports.

• Perceptions
• Campus Perceptions Shift
• Iran, Registration Protested
• Big Red, Basketball, Boycott
• Salaries, 54-Hour Rule, Donald Zacharias
• Constants Also Shape Perceptions
• Kid Exposed: College
• Kid Exposed: An Unnatural High – Marijuana
• Kid Exposed: It’s Not Courting – Dating
• Beshear, Tom. Kid Exposed: Pray or Prey?
• McCord, Tom. Goodbye 70s Goodbye – Current Events
• Double Talk – Current Events
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Dorm Beautiful
• Moore, Gary. Media Musings – Television, Music, Radio, Movies, Books
• Malone, Roger. Food Trails & Stomach Ails – Poem
• Weekends: Time …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 6, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 1979 Talisman, Vol. 56, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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1979 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-195, includes student life, academics and athletics.

• Student Life
• Whitaker, David. Don’t Worry – Registration, Moving In, Parking
• Phillips, Laura. Living Space
• Shirley, Margaret. Mass Exodus
• Holmes, Connie. A Fountain of Faiths
• Frank, David. And a Young Man Shall Lead Them – Jimmy Gentry
• Howerton, Jeff. Town Talk
• Holman, Connie. Hardly Handicapped . . . Sam Early
• Shirley, Margaret. A Lack of Awareness – Black Awareness Symposium
• Vincent, Robin. Life in the Fast Lane – Gayle Watkins
• Watson, Judy. The Longest Mile – Karen Martin, ROTC
• Splashdown – Sigma Nu
• Homecoming: Whether You Win or Lose …

Ua12/2/2 1979 Talisman, Vol. 56 Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1979 Talisman yearbook pp. 196-end, includes athletics, organizations, classes and index.

• Potter College
• College of Business & Public Affairs
• Graduate College
• Sports
• Judd, Alan & Margaret Shirley. Brawn vs. Brains
• White, Don. A Runner Took Flight – Track & Field
• White, Don. The Winningest Losing Season Ever – Football
• White, Don. Robbed! – Basketball
• White, Don. The Three Ds – Basketball
• Taylor, Beth. Nothing to Brag About – Basketball
• Taylor, Beth. Nine Days’ Notice – Eileen Canty
• Salato, Nancy & Margaret Shirley. New Faces & a New Home – Cheerleaders
• Taylor, Beth. A Season So Bad It Hurt – Gymnastics …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 5, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: There's Just One Hill, No Matter How Far It Stretches, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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1978 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-255.

• Student Life Pictorial
• Student Life on the Hill
• Holman, Connie. A Summer Habit – Sister Anne, Nuns
• Stinnett, Roger. It Took All Summer to Prep the Hill for the Masses’ First Week Back
• Gibson, Debbie. A Notch in the Past – Lynwood Montell, Log Cabins
• Stinnett, Roger. A Legendary Hill Why?
• Holman, Connie. Blackout
• Mami, Alfina. Homecoming: A Great Western Pastime
• Eblen, Tom. Dorm Reformers Lose Spirit, But Close Doors
• Judd, Alan. Little Action After Much Controversy – Student Government Association
• Holman, Connie. A Computer Campus
• Rutherford, Tim. A Constructed Reunion – Schneider Hall, Industrial …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: There's Just One Hill, No Matter How Far It Stretches, Vol. 55, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1978 Talisman yearbook pp. 256- end.

• Whitaker, David. A Credible Performance – Track & Field
• White, Don. In the Winner’s Circle – Baseball
• White, Don. A Week in the Sun – Baseball
• Armstrong, Bryan. Whatever Could Go Wrong, Did! – Ron Tipton
• Tharp, Kerry. They Gave It Their Best Shot – Golf
• Vincent, Robin. Working Their Way Up – Women’s Track & Field
• Whitaker, David. Giants at Their Game – Tennis
• White, Don. A Split Season, But Continued Improvement – Golf
• Sharp, Cheryl. Organizations & Greeks on the Hill
• Sharp, Cheryl. How to Survive Dorm Life – Housing & Residential …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman 77: Flashback & Update, Vol. 54, Wku Student Affairs

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1977 Talisman yearbook.

• Student Life Pictorial
• Buckles, Donna. Why Did You Come to WKU?
• Eblen, Tom. Back to the Grind
• Gibson, Debbie. What’s All the Rush About?
• Holman, Connie. Back Home Again – Sherry Musgrave
• Buckles, Donna. The Rising Cost of College
• E.S.T.B. – Environmental Science & Technology Building
• Blair, Becky. A week Effort
• Pace, Mary. The Ghost Town That Wasn’t – Special Olympics
• Holman, Connie, Janice Howard & Jeff Howerton. Time to Blow Out 200 Candles – Bicentennial
• Bruce, Don. The Slowest Race in the World – Parking
• Eblen, Tom & Mark Godbey. Spaceage Ideas Amidst Traditional Mums & …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 4, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 1976 Talisman: Behind The Scenes, Vol. 53, Wku Student Affairs

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1976 Talisman yearbook.

• Talisman Staff
• A Birthday But No Party – Bicentennial
• Day by Day
• Free ‘n Easy
• Twilight Zone
• Stuffed – Housing & Residence Life
• Long Distance Moving – A One Shot Deal
• A Not-So-Short Story – Registration
• Inch-high Feelings & Second Thoughts – Freshmen
• Those Lazy Days of Summer
• The Housing Game
• Caught in the Middle – Resident Assistants
• Krull, Carl. Getting Into the Swing of Things - Dormitories
• Saturday Night Special – Entertainment
• Night Life
• The Return of the Red (White & Blue) – Homecoming
• Back to the Scene of the Crime – Mickey Carrico
• In Concert …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 3, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: A Year Worth Looking Into - Check It Out, Vol. 52, Wku Student Affairs

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1975 Talisman yearbook.

• Student Life Pictorial
• Hassle No. 1 Movin’ In
• Hassle No. 2 Registration
• A Place to Call Your Own – Housing & Residence Life
• Rip-Off: It Could Never Happen to Me
• Bologna A La King
• Person to Person – International Students – Toi Chadtarasupt, Becky Killebrew, Saemundur Gudmundsson, Karen Smith, Patrick Ndoma, Zaibunnisa Begum, David Bond, Richard Hopkins
• Probation – NCAA Basketball
• Suitcase-Itis – 72-Hour Bug
• Hot Weekend In October: Heritage Ablaze – Homecoming
• A Dim View – Sunsets
• In Concert
• Secular Sermons & Political Parables
• It’s a Shaky World We Live In
• One Day in the Life …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 1, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: The Unity Of Diversity, Vol. 51, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1974 Talisman yearbook pp. 234-end.

• Potter College continued
• Around the World – International Education
• Graduate College
• Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Work for Improvement Through Change
• All-Sports trophy is Awarded to Alpha Delta Pi
• Alpha Gamma Rho’s Dominate the Tug-of-War; Win Greek Week
• Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Contribute to the Job Corps
• Alpha Omicron Pi’s Triumph at Homecoming
• Alpha Delta Pi Triumphs for Eighth Straight Year During Sigma Chi Derby
• Alpha Phi Alpha’s Celebrate Founder’s Day
• Julian Goodman Is Honored by the Western Alpha Tau Omega Chapter
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Omicron Pi Waltz to Storybook Land Honors
• Alpha Xi Delta Form Scout …