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Topscholar® Brochure, Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson Aug 2015

Topscholar® Brochure, Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson

TopSCHOLAR® Presentations and Reports

An updated brochure that gives basic points, contacts, and guidelines for TopSCHOLAR, the research and creative activity database of Western Kentucky University, launched May 1, 2007


Introduction To Oucampus Content Management System, Haiwang Yuan May 2012

Introduction To Oucampus Content Management System, Haiwang Yuan

DLPS Faculty Publications

This is a step-by-step tutorial the author has created for training his fellow librarians and staff during the migration of WKU's Web service to the new OUCampus content management system. It can be used universally for all those who are or will be using the same CMS platform.


A Virtual Tour Of Wku’S Main Campus, Zachary Ryle May 2012

A Virtual Tour Of Wku’S Main Campus, Zachary Ryle

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

In my WKU Honors College Capstone Experience entitled “A Virtual Tour of WKU’s Main Campus,” my task was to create a virtual tour students across the state, country and even around the world could use to view WKU’s campus without ever setting foot in Bowling Green. Throughout this experience, I filmed myself giving individual tour of over 60 different locations on WKU’s campus, with a total of 72 buildings and locations earning markers on the campus map. This virtual tour was created during the summer of 2011 and was completed by November of that same year. Once completed, Admissions Counselors …


Arête May 2011, Honors College May 2011

Arête May 2011, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Ua12/2/6 Student Affairs - Wku Class Of 1920, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua12/2/6 Student Affairs - Wku Class Of 1920, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Class of 1920.


Ua12/2/1 Student Affairs - Student Publications, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua12/2/1 Student Affairs - Student Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Student newspapers and yearbooks created by Western Kentucky University students. Some of these publications are available to researchers in the open reference section of the Harrison-Baird Reading Room. Many are also available online at:

Subseries:

  1. The Elevator
  2. College Heights Herald
  3. Western Normal Letter
  4. Normal Heights
  5. Vista
  6. Talisman
  7. Xposure
  8. Video Yearbooks


Arête April 2010, Honors College Apr 2010

Arête April 2010, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Ua11/1 Public Affairs Publications, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua11/1 Public Affairs Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about WKU by the Public Affairs Department.


Ua3/3/2 President's Office-Thompson Speech File, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua3/3/2 President's Office-Thompson Speech File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Speeches written and delivered by WKU President Kelly Thompson at various events.


Ua35/2/1 Provost's Office Committees Academic Council, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua35/2/1 Provost's Office Committees Academic Council, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Meeting minutes of the Academic Council. Meeting agendas are typically arranged as follows:

I. Disposition of minutes
II . Report from the Chair
III. New Business
A. Committee Reports
B. Graduate Council
C. Course proposals
IV. Other Business


Ua94/6/5 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Edgar Stansbury, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua94/6/5 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Edgar Stansbury, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Edgar Stansbury.


Ua3/3/1 President's Office-Thompson Subject/Correspondence File, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua3/3/1 President's Office-Thompson Subject/Correspondence File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence to and from WKU President Kelly Thompson regarding university administration and other issues, arranged alphabetically by subject and correspondent.


Arête November 2008, Honors College Nov 2008

Arête November 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Arête September 2008, Honors College Sep 2008

Arête September 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Arête May 2008, Honors College Apr 2008

Arête May 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Arête April 2008, Honors College Apr 2008

Arête April 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Arête November 2007, Honors College Nov 2007

Arête November 2007, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The Higher Road: The Life Of Nelle Gooch Travelstead, Nancy Richey Mar 2003

The Higher Road: The Life Of Nelle Gooch Travelstead, Nancy Richey

WKU History

Article originally published in Landmark Report, March & August 2003. Posted with author's permission.


Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Book Of Perceptions, Vol. 57, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs Jan 1980

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

WKU Archives Records

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 …


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 10, Western Kentucky University Jul 1915

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 10, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Class Unity
  • The End
  • Our Advertisers
  • Subscribers
  • The Training School
  • Mr. Crabb
  • News
  • Senior Play
  • The Oratorical Contest
  • Ideal Democracy
  • Athletics
  • The Class of 1915
  • The Class of 1916
  • Jokes


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 9, Western Kentucky University Jun 1915

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 9, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Shorty's Treachery
  • Meritorious
  • Deviation
  • Our Coach
  • Athletics Pro and Con
  • The Teacher's Relation to Athletics
  • Our Girls in Basketball
  • Our Varsity Basketball Teams
  • Football
  • Baseball
  • The Field and Track Meet
  • Victory for Western by Lucy Booth
  • Good-Bye Murfreesboro! by Lucy Booth
  • The Tennis Club
  • Future of Athletics in the Normal
  • Past and Future by J.L. Arthur
  • The Funny Column


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 8, Western Kentucky University May 1915

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 8, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Triangular Finance by A.L. Crabb
  • Fact and Fancy
  • Who Got the Game?
  • Green and White
  • General Characteristics of the Class
  • Character of the Work
  • The Kit-Kat Club in History
  • The Kit-Kat's Prayer
  • A Reliable Recipe
  • Locals
  • Of Them it is Said
  • The Kit-Kat Basketball Team
  • Foolishness


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 7, Western Kentucky University Apr 1915

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 7, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Concerning
  • Class Spirit
  • Our Purpose
  • An Easter Story
  • A Football Game
  • Margaret St. Claire
  • Reflections by W.R. Meers
  • Dis-Hibernated
  • The Junior Banquet
  • A Council of War
  • The Sunbeam by Mary Guilfoile
  • Athletics
  • Good Night by Mary Guilfoile
  • Junior Classics
  • Exchanges
  • Comical Department


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 6, Western Kentucky University Mar 1915

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Who's Who in the Normal
  • The Spirit of the Northland
  • Our Ideal
  • The K.E.A.
  • Our Pledge
  • Senior Legends
  • The King and Premier
  • March Violets
  • Declaration of Independence
  • The Spooners' Club
  • The Sleepy Senior's Song
  • Genealogy of the Seniors 1915
  • The Class of 1915
  • Seniors' Class Songs
  • In the Vine Shadow
  • News
  • Athletics
  • The Which Was Said by Whom


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 5, Western Kentucky University Feb 1915

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Vi, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Who's Who in the Normal
  • He Just Couldn't
  • The Land of Valentine
  • Desire
  • The Sons and the Suns
  • Our President
  • The Western Normal Goes Marching On
  • Reflections of a Student
  • A Private Opinion of Public Heroes
  • Unity, Spirit and Strength
  • Echoes from the Field
  • Extracts from a Chapel Speech by T.J. Coates
  • Athletics
  • Exchanges
  • Grins


Ua12/1/1 Elevator Vol. V, No. 9, Western Kentucky University Jul 1914

Ua12/1/1 Elevator Vol. V, No. 9, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Alumni Address Before Class of 1914 by A.L. Crabb
  • Editorials
  • Announcement by J.S. Brown
  • Commencement
  • Class of 1914
  • The Elevator Directory
  • News
  • The Oratorical Contest
  • The Newer Patriotism by A.L. Cole
  • Nifty's Shopping
  • Louise
  • Parody by Eva Powell
  • Vacation
  • The Dream
  • Everywoman
  • Passing the Cayenne


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V, No. 8, Western Kentucky University Jun 1914

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V, No. 8, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Concerning
  • The Editor's Thoughts
  • News
  • Looking Back
  • Athletics
  • It "Shore" is Fun
  • The Boat Excursion
  • The Vision
  • Night Scene on an Ocean
  • A Short Story Without an End
  • Hamlet
  • Passing the Cayenne


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V, No. 7, Western Kentucky University May 1914

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V, No. 7, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Concerning
  • Editorials
  • Athletics
  • Moot Politics
  • Overheard
  • The Garden of Dreams
  • The Month of May
  • Spring Day by W.C. Wilson
  • The Daffodil
  • News
  • Kentucky Education Association
  • Annual Music Festival
  • The Oratorical Contest
  • A Brief History of Music
  • An Acre of Ground
  • Exchanges
  • Passing the Cayenne


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V. No. 6, Western Kentucky University Apr 1914

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V. No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Concerning
  • Editorials
  • The Egg Man
  • Saint Patrick's Day Party
  • If I Had Ten Dollars
  • Senior Prayer
  • Behind the Curtain
  • Professional Cards
  • Senior Art Exhibit
  • The Spirit of Room J
  • The Lilies
  • Will of Senior Class of 1914
  • News
  • Senior Good Times
  • Book Reviews
  • Nods and Becks and Wreathed Smiles


Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V. No. 5, Western Kentucky University Mar 1914

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. V. No. 5, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

  • Concerning
  • Editorials
  • Junior Songs
  • But for Jean
  • Gleanings
  • The Junior Reception
  • The Junior Pledge
  • Builders
  • The Two Buglers
  • Little Things
  • The Jewel of Life
  • Our Leader
  • Gossip, A Rat - Results
  • To-Day and Yesterday
  • When the Juniors Fly
  • Who's Who and Why
  • Washington's Birthday on Normal Heights
  • From the Smile Factory