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P-16 Initiative, Uno Service Learning Academy

Newsletters 2015-2016

This newsletter features: Gaining Perspective: Race & Our Juvenile Justice System; Mapping Histories: Learning Across the Ages; College & Career Readiness Characteristics Found in Service Learning; Service Learning Around the World; Student's Collaboration Leads to Environmental Sustainability; Multiple Collaborative Projects Created Diverse Experiences for Students; Students Learn to Speak Mandarin; Infusing Rigor into Service Learning: A K-12 Teacher & UNO Professor's Perspective; A Lesson in Ethics: What Would a Boys Town Middle School Student Do? and Letter from the Program Coordinator.

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. Letter from the President
• From College to University: WKU Pylon
• WKU Honored for Programs Helping Veterans, Students in the Military
• Larry Snyder Named Dean of Potter College of Arts & Letters
• Brian Kuster to Lead Student Affairs for Next 2 Years
• Confucius Institute at WKU Honored at Global Conference
• 2 Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Students Named Emperor Science Award Winners
• WKU Student Awarded U.S. Foreign Service Internship – Alexandria Knipp
• WKU Continues to Climb in Open Doors Study Abroad Rankings
• U.S. News Ranks WKU Online Programs Among Best in Nation
• Family & …

Obu Professor Margarita Pintado Wins International Poetry Award, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Dr. Margarita Pintado, assistant professor of Spanish at Ouachita Baptist University, recently won first prize in the poetry category of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture’s (ICP) 2015 Literature Awards for her manuscript “A Girl Who Looks Like Me.”

Melanie Herring And Devin Jones To Present Senior Art Exhibits At Ouachita April 4-15, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host Melanie Herring and Devin Jones’ senior art exhibits April 4-15 in Moses-Provine Hall’s Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery. Jones’ exhibit will be held on the first floor, and Herring’s exhibit will be on the second floor. Both exhibits are free and open to the public. A reception for both seniors also will be held in the gallery on April 4 at 7 p.m.

Ouachita To Host Poet George Drew For Reading April 4, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Language and Literature will host poet George Drew on Monday, April 4, for a reading beginning at 6 p.m. in Hickingbotham Hall’s Young Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Drew is an author and poet originally from Mississippi whose work has been published in journals across the country. His poetry has recently been anthologized in “The Southern Poetry Anthology, II: Mississippi,” and his collection “American Cool” won the Adirondack Literary Award for the best poetry book of 2009.

Ouachita Trustees Hear Updates On Presidential Search And New Degrees, Name Two Emeriti Faculty Members, Trennis Henderson

Press Releases

Sharing an update on Ouachita Baptist University’s presidential search process, search committee chairman Gene Whisenhunt told members of Ouachita’s Board of Trustees that the committee “is diligently seeking the right leader for this university at this time.”

In other board business, trustees heard a report about four new degree programs being introduced this fall and approved several personnel-related actions, including naming two emeriti faculty.

Ouachita’S 38th Tiger Serve Day Set For April 2, Ali Robinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Retired U.S. Ambassador David Greenlee To Present Birkett Williams Lecture At Ouachita April 5, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Special Collections Opening Honors Hickey, Holley And Knight, Trennis Henderson, Rachel Gaddis

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Elrod Family Foundation Board Meeting Examines Community Impact In Arkadelphia, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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393 Ouachita Students Named To Dean’S List, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita’S Counseling Conference To Tackle “Depression” Feb. 26, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Faculty Member Becky Morrison Presents At Hawaii International Conference For Arts And Humanities, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Nine Ouachita Students Selected For Arkansas Intercollegiate Band, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita To Host 18th Annual Mary Shambarger Competition For Singers Feb. 23, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau

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296 Ouachita Students Named To President’S List, Ouachita News Bureau

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394 Ouachita Students Named To Dean's List, Ouachita News Bureau

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A total of 394 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester. The students will receive a certificate of recognition from Ouachita and will be included in the “National Dean’s List” for 2015-16.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must compile at least a 3.5 grade point average and be classified as a full-time student, with a minimum of 12 academic hours.

Ouachita Baptist University, a private Christian liberal arts university in Arkadelphia, is ranked among “Best National Liberal Arts Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report and among …

Ouachita’S Annual International Food Festival To Highlight “East Meets West” Feb. 16, Ali Robinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Arkansas Master’Singers To Present Concert Of Worship At Ouachita Feb. 4, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita To Host “Boys To Black Men” Exhibit By Chrystal Seawood Jan. 25-Feb. 26, Brooke Zimny, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts will host Chrystal Seawood in a guest exhibit, “Boys to Black Men,” Jan. 25-Feb. 26. The exhibit will be held in the university’s Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery in Moses-Provine Hall and is free and open to the public. A closing reception and artist lecture will be held Feb. 26.

“Boys to Black Men” responds to the highly publicized shooting deaths among unarmed, black males at the hands of police. Seawood surveyed a group of black teen boys from her hometown of Forrest City, Ark., to understand how these national incidents influence the boys’ …

Lei Cai And Hee-Kyung Juhn To Present Faculty Piano Recital Jan. 25 At Ouachita, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Dr. Lei Cai and Dr. Hee-Kyung Juhn in a faculty piano recital Monday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The recital will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita’s campus and is free and open to the public.

Cai, associate professor of music at Ouachita, and his wife, Juhn, director of keyboard studies at Henderson State University, will showcase works for four hands on one piano, works for two pianos and solo pieces.

World-Renowned Pianist Andrew Cooperstock To Perform Feb. 1 At Ouachita, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University will host guest musician Dr. Andrew Cooperstock for a piano recital Monday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. Cooperstock will also offer a master class prior to the recital at 3 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

A solo pianist and chamber musician, Cooperstock has appeared on six continents and in most of the 50 states. He has performed at the United Nations, New York’s Alice Tully, Merkin and Carnegie halls, Broadway’s 54 Below, Greenwich Village’s Le Poisson Rouge and Brooklyn’s BargeMusic.

Ouachita To Host Student Juried Art Exhibit Feb. 1-29, Brooke Zimny, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Art Club will host its annual Juried Student Art Exhibit Feb. 1-29 in Ouachita’s Hammons Art Gallery, located in Mabee Fine Arts Center. This year’s juror was John Deering, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Winners will be announced at a reception Feb. 12, 6-7 p.m., in Hammons Gallery. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

Ouachita To Host Student Juried Art Exhibit Feb. 1-March 2, Brooke Zimny, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Art Club will host its annual Juried Student Art Exhibit from Feb. 1-March 2 in Ouachita’s Hammons Art Gallery, located in Mabee Fine Arts Center. This year’s juror was John Deering, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Winners will be announced at a reception on Feb. 12, 6-7 to p.m., in Hammons Gallery. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

A variety of student work will be featured in the exhibit, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and other media.

Ua35/1 Faculty Handbook, 22nd Edition, Wku Provost

WKU Archives Records

WKU faculty handbook designed to provide members of the faculty with general information about WKU, its history, philosophy, organization, policies and procedures, faculty responsibilities and benefits, and various services and facilities.

Ua12/2/2 2016 Talisman - Life More Life, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

2016 Talisman yearbook.

• Paris, Rachel. Dawn of Delta Zeta
• Ziege, Nicole. Kick It to the Limit – Soccer
• Paris, Rachel. Immersion: Band
• Houston, Emily. Immersion: Dance
• Paris, Rahcel. Immersion: ROTC
• Ziege, Nicole. Immersion: Theatre
• Holt, Delaney. Major Pride – WKU Majorette Style Dance Team
• Houston, Emily. Hollow Spike – Volleyball
• Moscoe, Carrie. The Intergallactic Tightrope – Elliott Talkington, Theatre & Dance
• Gilliam, Ashely. Tops on Top – Cheerleaders
• Young, Kreable. A Grand Adventure – Grand Canyon, Outdoor Recreation Activity Center
• Voorhees, Jessica. Home Team Advantage – Track & Field
• Homecoming
• Sproles, Katherine. Saddle School – Dylan Davis, Rodeo
• Sims, Bryna. …