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Ua100/1/1 Rural Training School Administration, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua100/1/1 Rural Training School Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

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The Folklore Of Flowers, Lisa Karen Miller Jan 2016

The Folklore Of Flowers, Lisa Karen Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

This presentation was prepared for WKU's Society for Lifelong Learning. It relates history and folklore of a variety of flowers, including their use in folk medicine, as food, and other stories and beliefs.


Natural Gardening, Lisa Karen Miller Sep 2015

Natural Gardening, Lisa Karen Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

This presentation features methods of natural and organic gardening that preclude the use of harmful pesticides and herbicides.


The Folklore Of Herbs, Lisa Karen Miller Feb 2015

The Folklore Of Herbs, Lisa Karen Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

Take a walk through the herb gardens of history and find out what our ancestors knew (and thought they knew) about herbs and their uses for medicine, beauty, and even love. The presentation compares ancient beliefs to current scientific evidence and reveals the places where they intersect.


Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs Jan 2015

Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

2015 Talisman yearbook.

  • Osborne Sam. Into the Woods – Big To-Do Music & Arts Festival
  • Spalding, Shelley. The Outliers – Greeks
  • Badjie, Haddy. The Right to Live – Racism
  • Gibson, Helen. Net Worth – Soccer
  • Greer, John. Sustaining Seasons – Sustainability
  • Wegert, Sally. Bloom – Eva Ross
  • Cislo, Everett. Harvest – Hemp
  • Kolb, William. Preserve – John All
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Making Strides – Track & Field
  • Greer, John. The Science Guy – Bill Nye
  • Cole, Tanner. Lip Service – Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Belknap, Abby. Race to the Senate
  • Gibson, Helen. Game of Loans – Student Financial Aid
  • Belknap, Abby. …


Curing Nature-Deficit Disorder: How Environmental Education Helps Kids Learn, Jamie Leigh Langley Jan 2009

Curing Nature-Deficit Disorder: How Environmental Education Helps Kids Learn, Jamie Leigh Langley

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Walk into any public school and talk with the children about their experiences in nature and you will begin to see a pattern. Children have made few connections with the world around them. They do not spend much time outdoors and the time they do spend outdoors is not spent interacting directly with nature. Why does this matter? Look at these same kids and you will see another pattern emerging: Attention-Deficit Disorder, depression, obesity, emotional problems, etc. While not all of these problems are directly caused by a lack of interaction with the natural world, current research shows that there …


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Vol. I, Issue 1, Wku Agriculture Oct 2006

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Vol. I, Issue 1, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 2005

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 2004

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 2003

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 2002

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Department Of Agriculture Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 2001

Ua66/5 Department Of Agriculture Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 2000

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 1999

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture Oct 1997

Ua66/5 Newsletter, Wku Agriculture

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Agriculture Department re: faculty/staff, students/alumni, student organizations and clubs and donors.


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1989

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Coates, Alan. Management's Attitude Toward Collective Bargaining
  • Frew, Becky. The Effects of Personality Type and Social Support on Instances of Job Stress
  • Green, Laura. Earth Sheltered Housing
  • Gregory, Vicky. Fraud and Abuse by Medical Providers in Medicare and Medicaid
  • Hignite, Susan. Japanese Students in Kentucky Classrooms
  • Hodum, Martha. The Mathematically Gifted Child
  • Jones, Rodney. Superman to Censorship: America's Romance with the Comic Book
  • Marrs, Shawn. Romanticism and Unromanticism in Sir Gawain and the …


Uaua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Virginia Garrett, Wku Archives Jan 1988

Uaua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Virginia Garrett, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding Virginia Garrett, wife of WKU's second president Paul Garrett.


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1981

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Condis, Rebecca. Reconstituted Families: Counseling Concepts and Application
  • Miller, Brad. Does Congress Effectively Regulate the Ethics of its Members?
  • Grizzle, Dennis. Electron Microscopy of Polytrichum Moss Spores
  • Collins, Lynell. Transformational Effects on Cytoskeleton and Cell-Surface Antigens
  • Hamilton, Joy. A Summary of Flaws in Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
  • Martin, Lanna. Sadie F. Price: Artist, Botanist, Author and Naturalist
  • Wood, Irene. The Imagery of Smoke, Fire and Ash: A Study of the …


Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 44, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association Jul 1974

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 44, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Archives Records

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

  • Conway, Sheila. Western and the Bicentennial
  • College Heights, Resplendent in Springtime
  • Threlkeld, Claude. ABC's of Landscaping
  • Clifford, John. Reverence for Life
  • Stickles, Arndt. A Confederate Fort and Historical Marker on the Campus of WKU
  • Cook, Paul. Western Governance: Board of Regents
  • Given, Ed. Hilltoppers Capture Eighth All-Sports Championship
  • Harrington, Drew. The Humanities Semester
  • Warren, Linda. Challenge for Truth & Excellence
  • Gray, Harry. Placing the Right Bets
  • Downing, Dero. What a Man Chooses, He Is
  • Dickey, Debbie. X,Y & Z in Search of a Degree - Liberal Arts Degree
  • George Wedding Photographs
  • An Evening …


Ua66/1/2 Scrapbook, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Jan 1974

Ua66/1/2 Scrapbook, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Engineering

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook of clippings, press releases, photographs and other items related to the history of Ogden College of Science & Technology from 1961 to 1974.


Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 42, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association Oct 1973

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 42, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Archives Records

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

  • Wood, Willson. He Did Not Teach Art - He Taught People - Ivan Wilson
  • Dixon, Frances. Russell Miller - Benevolent Despot of Western Theatre
  • The Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts
  • Conway, Sheila. For New Center . . . A Fine Arts Send-Off - Ivan Wilson Hall
  • Hackney, Karen & Richard Hackney. Soaring in '77: Satellite Research
  • Branham, Judy. Homecoming 1973
  • Conway, Sheila. Music, By Gemini! - Gemini 15
  • Given, Ed. For More Than A-Mews-ment - Marvin Mews
  • Dunn, Thomas. WKU Professors Complete International TV Research
  • Remember 1966-67
  • Pomp, …


Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Billy Adams Mar 1966

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Billy Adams

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding use of WKU Farm in instruction with list of recommendations for improving the farm and its operation.


Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Randolph Richards Feb 1966

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Randolph Richards

WKU Archives Records

WKU Farm report emphasizing ongoing research projects, crops and livestock yields and physical facilities.