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The Role Of Leaders In Implementing Effective Leadership Strategies Towards The Educational Barriers Of Us-Based Refugee Students: A Qualitative Case Study Of Congolese Refugee Students, Faustin Busane

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This qualitative research study explored the experiences of three families of refugee school students, two school officials (a Superintendent and a Principal), three teachers, and one humanitarian agent all living in a Southeastern U.S. city. The results of the study revealed that the language barrier is the main academic challenge that refugee students encounter when they enroll in U.S. schools. The study also found that educators conceptualize their responsibilities toward refugee children by emphasizing the importance of high-quality teaching, and establishing through establishing strong relationships between parents, school officials, and exercising patience in the process. This study poses important implications …

Meeting The Needs Of Graduate International Students In A Mid-South University: A Descriptive Phenomenology Study, Ifeyinwa Onyeke-Onwelumadu

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NAFSA’s economic analysis indicates that international students and their families created or supported 340,000 jobs and contributed $26.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2013-2014 academic year (NAFSA, 2014). The analysis for reveals that for every seven international students enrolled, three U.S. jobs are created or supported by spending. These occur in the following sectors: higher education, accommodation, dining, retail, transportation, telecommunications, and health insurance. By the 2017-2018 academic year, the US witnessed further significant contribution of international students to the US economy, contributing $39 billion from living expenses, tuition, and fees. Also, the contributions of international students created …

Ua3/9/2 President's Office-Ransdell Subject File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Subject files created by the President’s Office during the Gary Ransdell administration.

Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of items donated by or about Ogden alumni.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Against All Odds, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

1994 Talisman yearbook.

• Barnes-Campbell Hall – Portraits
• Keen Hall – Portraits
• Bemis Lawrence Hall – Portraits
• Central Hall – Portraits, Minton Hall
• McCormack Hall – Portraits
• McLean Hall - Portraits
• West Hall – Portraits
• Bates-Runner Hall – Portraits
• Gilbert Hall - Portraits
• New Coed Hall – Portraits, Zacharias Hall
• Poland Hall – Portraits
• Rodes-Harlin Hall – Portraits
• Schneider Hall - Portraits
• South Hall – Portraits
• Off-Campus – Portraits
• Alpha Delta Pi
• Alpha Gamma Delta
• Alpha Kappa Alpha
• Alpha Omicron Pi
• Chi Omega
• Delta Sigma Theta
• Kappa Delta
• Phi Mu
• Sigma Kappa
• Zeta Phi Beta
• Alpha Gamma Rho
• Alpha Phi Omega …

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

WKU Archives Records

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 …

Ua3/6/2 Greg Mckinney File, Wku President's Office - Zacharias

WKU Archives Records

File regarding Greg McKinney, WKU's first African American student regent. The bulk of the file relates to an assistantship McKinney held in Student Affairs after his stint as student regent.

• Correspondence between Donald Zacharias & McKinney
• McKinney, Gregory. Student Affairs: An Analysis
• Correspondence between WKU administrators & Donald Zacharias
• Bibliography of Gregory Lee McKinney

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: An Uphill Battle, Wku Student Affairs

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Talisman: An Uphill Battle, Volume 59.

• An Uphill Battle
• Dias, Monica. Culture Shock
• Kreamer, Carol. Home Away from Home
• Gensheimer, Jim. Big Red
• Mitchell, Jim. Balloon Adventures
• Smith, Carol. A Night of Fame – Miss Western
• Emery, Matt. Accomplished – Miss Black Western
• Reid, Jane. Under New Management – Restaurants
• Peterson, Denise. Redeemed – Coupon Shopping
• Wright, Sharon. In the Shadows – 4-H Program
• Grace, Lee. Running
• Smith, Carol. Change of Tastes – Dining Services
• Wright, Sharon. Everybody on Stage – Theatre & Dance
• Twisted Roles
• Young, Teresa. Practically Directing
• Sheets, Carol & Barry Rose. Child’s Play
• Parker, Freda. Wrap-Off …

Ua12/2/2 1971 Talisman Pt. 2, Western Kentucky University

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1971 Talisman yearbook part 2

• President Dero Downing
• Administration
• College of Applied Arts & Health
• Bowling Green College of Commerce
• Ogden College of Science & Technology
• College of Education
• Potter College of Liberal Arts
• Graduate School
• Scholar of the University – Philip Morgan
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges & Universities
• Honors Program Encourages Thinking
• Outstanding Students Win Oratorical Honors
• Honorary Fraternities & Sororities
• Professional Fraternities & Sororities
• Service Organizations & Clubs
• Associated Student Government Attempts to Change Image with Meaningful Endeavors
• College Heights Herald Marks 47^th Year with Continuing Progress
• Musical Offerings Range from Bach to Rock …

Ua12/2/2 1943 Talisman, Wku Student Affairs

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1943 Talisman yearbook.

• Foreword & Dedication p. 5
• Buildings & Campus pp. 6-8, 68
• Administration & Faculty pp. 9-12
• Candid Photos pp. 13, 25, 30, 35-37
• Senior Class pp. 14-19
• Junior Class pp. 20-22
• Sophomore Class pp. 23-25
• Freshman Class pp. 26-29
• Features / Popular Students pp. 31-34
• Military / World War II pp. 38-47
• Athletics pp. 47-55
• Clubs pp. 55-67
• Training School pp. 68-75

Ua99/6/2 1942 Towers, Bowling Green Business University

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1942 Towers yearbook.

• J.L. Harman, president
• J. Murray Hill, first vice-president
• W.L. Matthews, second vice-president
• Nina Hammer, registrar
• Faculty
• Office Force
• Student Instructors
• Seniors – Class of 1942 – degree, hometown, activities
• Juniors – Class of 1943 – major, hometown
• Sophomores – Class of 1944 – major, hometown
• Freshman – Class of 1945 – major, hometown
• College Secretarial – hometown
• Commercial – major, hometown
• Thurman, William. Ode to Finney I
• The Features – Beauty Queens & Favorites
• Who’s Who at B.U.
• Fraternities – Alpha Sigma, Beta Pi, Pi Tau Nu, Toppers
• Sororities – Delta Theta, Kappa Beta Pi
• Council of …

Ua12/2/2 1942 Talisman, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

1942 Talisman yearbook.

• Foreword & Dedication p. 5
• Department Heads p. 6
• Administrative Staff p. 7
• Buildings & Campus pp. 8-11
• Freshman Class pp. 12-16
• Sophomore Class pp. 16-19
• Junior Class pp. 19-22
• Senior Class pp. 22-29
• Faculty pp. 30-31
• Athletics pp. 32-41
• Clubs pp. 42-55
• Military pp. 56-64
• Features / Popular Students pp. 65-70
• Candid Photos / Events pp. 71-82
• Training School pp. 83-91
• Index pp. 92-end

Ua12/2/2 1936 Talisman, Western Kentucky University

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1936 Talisman yearbook.

• Dedication – Elizabeth Woods
• Foreword – Talisman
• President Henry Cherry
• Dean Finley Grise
• Faculty
• Dr. Earl Moore
• Class of 1936
• Junior Class – Class of 1937
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1938
• Freshman Class – Class of 1939
• W.L. Matthews
• College High
• Athletics
• Student Organizations
• Talisman Staff
• College Heights Herald
• Music
• ROTC
• Beauty Queens / Featured Students
• Jokes / Poetry
• Ads

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Archives Records

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Toast to Potter
• Redmond, Ethel. A Negro Sermon
• McCurdy, B.O. Never Seem to Be What You Are Not
• Eastland, May. A New “Brer Rabbit & Brer Possum” Story
• The Universal Sovereign
• Postlewaite, Delphia. Pat’s Joke
• Description of the Azores
• Sanders, Norah. Ghosts
• Barr, Corrine. Interpretation of Prometheus Unbound
• Mitchell, Katherine. The Misfortunes of Rastus
• Earth’s Pain
• The Passing of Pleasant Potter College
• Wilford, John. The Passing of Pleasant J. Potter College …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Baker, Louise. Dear Old Potter ‘Way Up on the Hill
• Givens, Kathryn. Won’t You? Will You? You Are
• Twashtri – A Tale of India
• Bartered Birthrights
• Mitchell, Katherine. Mumps! Mumps! Mumps!
• Rosser, Elma. Fate’s Sister
• Mitchell, Katherine. Luigi Cornaro
• Rats
• A Day in January
• Editorial
• Sigma Iota Chi
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Eta Upsilon Gamma
• Phi Mu Gamma
• Lewis, Lena. Ossolian Society
• Sleadd, Gertrude. Hypatian Society
• Rosser, Elma. Entertainment
• Keith, Katherine. YWCA …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Archives Records

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• The Girl in Brown
• Keith, Katherine. The Asheville Conference – YWCA
• Falter, Emma. Report of the Delegate to State Convention of YWCA
• YWCA Notes
• The Old Girls Entertain the New
• New Girls Entertain the Old
• Reception for Miss Sinclair
• Givens, Kathryn. Just Like a Girl
• The Girl Who Laughs
• The Mammoth Cave Trip
• Jordan, Katherine. The Boat Trip
• A Petition
• To Potter College
• Thanksgiving Day
• Ossolian Society
• Hypatian Society
• Sigma …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vi, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Camak, Gerster. The State at Present
• Burnside, Blanche. Interpretation of Ancient Mariner
• Falter, Elizabeth. A Nebraska Wooing
• Booth, Blanche. When Greek Meets Greek
• Buchanan, Pauline. Why Uncle Josh Unjined
• What I Would Do If I Were Left Upon My Own Resources – Class of 1911 (PC)
• The Snow Image – Class of 1912 (PC)
• Courage
• YWCA Notes
• Mitchell, Katherine. The Great Stone Face
• Commencement Calendar
• Programmes
• Senior Class Day Program …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vi, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Norse Mythology
• The Origin of the Persian Emblems
• To You
• Amos, Lutie. Character Study in Mother Goose
• Mother Goose
• Keith, Katherine. A Narrow Escape
• A Puzzle Valentine
• Postlewaite, Delphia. The Shattering of an Ideal
• Thanksgiving
• The Bazaar
• Hypatian Society
• YWCA Notes
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Sigma Iota Chi
• Delta Pi Kappa
• General Recital
• In Memoriam – Martha Poynter
• Personals
• Baby Party
• Juniors Entertain – Class of 1909 (PC)
• Bell, Kathleen. All’s …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vi, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Some Phases of Modern Education
• McCurdy, Bess. A Flight of Fancy
• Langley, Ramona. Harry’s Tombstone
• Simms, Edna. Cynewulf’s Elene
• Ikard, Don. The Cave Trip – Mammoth Cave
• Banning, Esther. In School Days
• Gardner, Jessie. Untitled Poem
• Falter, Emma. A Geographical Description of Hell, As Found in Paradise Lost
• Anderson, Gertrude. The World’s Desert
• Gardner, Jessie. The Close of School
• Ossolian Society
• Hypatian Society
• Delta Pi Kappa
• Enochs, Laura. Beta Sigma …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. V. No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Pillsbury, Agatha. Art & Life
• Smith, Mary. Mandy’s Wedding
• Stevens, India. Home Sweet Home
• Buchanan, Pauline. The Mammoth Cave Trip
• YWCA Notes
• Ossolian Society
• Hypatian Society
• Delta Pi Kappa
• Mu Phi Psi
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Serenades
• Irregular Entertainment
• Lost River
• Senior Banquet – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Senior Day
• Flag Rush – From the Junior Point of View
• Jokes
• Mrs. Amy Henschel’s Home-Coming
• Personals
• Exchanges
• Teachers’ Recital
• Thanksgiving Program
• Recital Potter …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. V, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• McKinney, Luna. The Nineteenth Century Modification of the Epic: The Ring & the Book
• Compensation
• Stevens, India. A Pleasant Prescription
• Gay Motes that People the Sunbeams
• Epler, Clara. A Realized Ideal
• Lewis, Lena. January Nineteenth
• Bryan, Helen. A Year in the Philippines
• Patterson, Maggie. Aunt Hannah’s Experience
• Mu Phi Psi
• Sigma Theta Phi
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Delta Pi Kappa
• New Year Reception
• Presbyterian Reception
• YWCA Notes
• In Memoriam – Alice Moore …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. V, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Teddy Bears
• Byrd, Nettie. Old Foes with New Faces
• Galceran, Marie. Physics
• Gardner, Jessie. Unfinished Business
• Gorin, Rebecca. The Song of a Bard
• Edrington, May. A Boarding School Tragedy
• Senior Class – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Junior Class – Class of 1908 (PC)
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1909 (PC)
• Freshman Class – Class of 1910 (PC)
• Hypatian Society
• Ossolian Society
• YWCA Notes
• Methodist Reception
• New Girls’ Reception to the Old …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Archives Records

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Gorin, Rebecca. The Forts of Bowling Green
• Metamorphosis
• Gray, Nell. The Club
• Coombs, Mary. Charity
• Cobb, Pearl. The Garden
• Miller, Lula. The Widow’s Home Coming
• Porter, Jessie. The Widow Shows Her Treasures
• Dorsey, Josey. The Widow’s Grief
• Hinton, Kate. The Love Making of the Widow’s Maid & Sir Roger’s Man
• Washburn, Mary. The Delayed Letter
• Redmond, Ethel. The Effect of Sir Roger’s Death on the Widow
• Voorhees, Pansy. The Widow’s Funeral …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• The Evolution of Personality
• Hurt, Lillian. The Evolution of Personality in Nineteenth Century Poetry
• Alcestis – Dramatic Monologue Based on Euripides’ Play
• Coombs, Belle. Sir Roger Falls in Love
• Hobson, Margaret. The Dinner at the Inn
• Washburn, Mary. Sir David Dundrum & the Widow
• Sanders, Nora. The Poodle
• Crandell, Pearl. After the Dinner at the Inn
• Washburn, Mary. Sir David Dundrum Becomes Infatuated with the Widow
• Drake, Elizabeth. The Dinner at …

Ua98 1906 Potter College Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies

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1906 Talisman yearbook produced by Potter College for Young Ladies.

• A Bit of History Concerning Potter College
• Faculty & Officers
• Senior Class - Class of 1906 (PC)
• Steph, Mamie. Ode to the Seniors
• Senior Prophecy
• Kirby, Clara. History of the Senior Class
• Steph, Mamie. Senior Rest!
• Senior Specials
• Junior Class - Class of 1907 (PC)
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1908 (PC)
• Faucett, Ethel. Class Prophecy 1908
• Freshmen Class – Class of 1909 (PC)
• The Creed of the Freshmen
• Lost Pony
• The Specials
• Kentucky Club
• Tennessee Club
• Mississippi Club
• Arkansas Club
• Louisiana Club
• Texas Club
• North-South-Western Club
• Mu Phi Psi …