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Acuta Enews December 2006, Vol. 35, No. 12

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From the President.................. Carmine Piscopo, Providence College

Board Report............... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

DC Update.................. Jeanne Jansenius, Sewanee, The University of the South

FYI: Useful Information from the Campus...................... Student Monitor

Pumping Up PoE............................ GaryAudin, Delphi, Inc.

Site to See

Web Tip: Website Recognition Program........... Aaron Fuegrer, ACUTA Information Technology Manager

Info Links................. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern Iowa

Thanks to Exhibitors for 2006

Welcome New Member

Acuta Enews November 2006, Vol. 35, No. 11

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Legislative/Regulatory Scorecard tor 2006.............. Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

ACUTA Presents Open-Source lP Telephony Audio Seminar

Tech Talk: A Communications Method Respected by lts Peers.................. Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update............... Jeonne Jansenius, University of the South

FYI: Useful lnformation from the Campus................... Student Monitor

Board Report...................... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

lT Disaster Recovery: Why Plan?.................. Mike Grunder, Vantage Technology

Web Tip: What's New?..................... Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Technology Manager

lnfo Links................... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

IEEE 10 Gb/s Ethernet Standards Approved. Hugo Draye, Fluke Networks (Reprinted from BICSI …

Acuta Enews October 2006, Vol. 35, No. 10

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VoWl-Fi? VoWiMAX? Why Not? Why Wait?................ Ray Horak, The Context Corporation

From the President: Strategic Planning.................... Carmine Piscopo, Providence College

Tech Talk: Taking the Pulse of Our Network Security................. Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update.............. Jeanne Jansenius, University of the South

lnfo Links...................... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

FYI: Useful lnformation from the Campus Student Monitor

Board Report................ Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

Web Tip: Telecom Listserv Changes Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Technology Manager

ACUTA Conference-Some Thoughts and Highlights 30 Years Out.... Mike Grunder, Vantage Technology

Welcome New Members

Committee Profile: Program Committee

Acuta Enews September 2006, Vol. 35, No. 9

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Prepaid Calling Cards

From ACUTA Headquarters: Looking Ahead................. Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

Tech Talk: As a Framework, lTlL Leads the Way.............. Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update............ Jeanne Jansenius, University of the South

Wiretaps: lnterpreting the Constitution Becomes a Controversy............. Pat Scott, ACUTA Comm. Mgr.

Board Report.............. Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ. ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

ACUTA One-Day Workshop: Making Convergence Work

Be a State/Province Coordinator............ Mary Lou Emmons, lndiana Univ., Bloomington

lnfo Links................ Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

More Winners from ACUTA Annual Conference

Your Site Could Be a Site to See

Welcome …

Acuta Enews September 2006, Vol. 35, No. 9

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Prepaid Calling Cards

From ACUTA Headquarters: Looking Ahead...................... Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

Tech Talk: As a Framework, lTlL Leads the Way................ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

DC Update................ Jeanne Jansenius, University of the South

Wiretaps: lnterpreting the Constitution Becomes a Controversy.............. Pat Scott, ACUTA Comm. Mgr.

Board Report............... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ. ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

ACUTA One-Day Workshop: Making Convergence Work

Be a State/Province Coordinator........... Mary Lou Emmons, lndiana Univ., Bloomington

lnfo Links................... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

More Winners from ACUTA Annual Conference

Your Site Could Be a Site to See

Welcome …

Acuta Enews August 2006, Vol. 35, No. 8

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Report from the 35th Annual ACUTA Conference

From the President: Generations X and Y.............. Carmine Piscopo, Providence College

Tech Talk: TWAMP Will Help Track lP Network Performance............... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

lnfo Links.................... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Web Tip: Conference Audio/Video Available Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

ACUTA One-Day Workshop: Making Convergence Work

FYI: Useful lnformation from Campus............... Student Monitor

Board Report.............. Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ. ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

DC Update............. Jeanne Jansenius, University of the South

Network Redundancy Options..................... Rick Cunningham, PAETEC Communications

Welcome New Members

Committee Profile: Publications Committee

Collegiality And The Academic Library, Michael Lorenzen

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

This paper examines the concept of collegiality and how it can be applied to academic libraries. This includes a definition of what collegiality is, a review of the library literature which describes how other writers have seen this issue, and a discussion of how collegiality can be applied in libraries. This includes an examination of how faculty in a library and faculty on other parts of campus work differently which makes collegiality more important in the library. It also looks at why collegiality is important in academic libraries where librarians work hand-in-hand with support staff and student employees.

Acuta Enews July 2006, Vol. 35, No. 7

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Board of Directors for 2006-2007

From ACUTA Headquarters: Member Service Awards............ Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

ACUTA One-Day Workshop: Making Convergence Work

Tech Talk: Technology Makes PBXs "Open" for Business................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

lnfo Links Randy Hayes, Univ' of Northern lowa

Board Report............... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

DC Update.............. Jeanne Jansenius, University of the south

Web Tip: Telecom and VolP Listserv FAQ.................. Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

Welcome New Members

ACUTA Online Press Room

Acuta Enews June 2006, Vol. 35, No. 6

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Planning for VolP...................... Mike Grunder, Vantage Technology Consulting Group

From the President................... Patricia Todus, Northwestern Univ., ACUTA President

Board Report................ Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

Three Preconference Seminars Offered

Tech Talk: VolP Implementation: The Survey Says...................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

lnfo Links......................... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Web Tip: Members Post Job Openings Free............... Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

Dues Notices Mailed

DC Update.............. Jeanne Jansenius, University of the South

Welcome New Members

ACUTA Online Press Room

Acuta Enews May 2006, Vol. 35, No. 5

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Nominees for ACUTA Board of Directors 2006-2007

From ACUTA Headquarters................. Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

Info Links................. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern Iowa

Tech Talk: R U Protected from the Dangers of IM?.................. Kevin Tanzillo, DUX PR

Audio Seminar: Wireless Network Security

Be a Monitor or Moderator at the Annual Conference

Web Tip: Conference 2006: Register & Details Online....... Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA Information Tech. Mgr.

Dues Notices to Mail May 1

Board Report................. Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

DC Update..................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, NO. Michigan Univ.

Welcome New Members

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Acuta Enews April 2006, Vol. 35, No. 4

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From the President............... Patricia Todus, Northwestern Univ., ACUTA President

Tech Talk: Working Up a Sweat over Power Consumption............ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Nominate for ACUTA Ruth A . Michalecki Award

lnfo Links................... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

How to Negotiate a Cell-Site Leasing Agreement............... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ.

Board Report................. Riny Ledgerwood, Son Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec..Treasurer

Web Tip: Visited the ACUTA Press Room Lately?................... Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

DC Update...................... Whitney Johnson, Retired, No. Michigan Univ.

Welcome New Members

ACUTA Online Press Room

Acuta Enews March 2006, Vol. 35, No. 3

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From ACUTA Headquarters............ Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

Nominate for ACUTA Board of Directors

Tech Talk: Reputation Services Help Wage War on Spam................. Kevin Tanzlllo, Dux PR

Hunt for Unused Lines and Save.................. Mario Garcia, Cal State Dominguez Hills

lnfo Links................ Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

ACUTA Audio Seminar: How to Negotiate a Cell-Site Leasing Agreement

Web Tip: Members Helping Members.............. Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

Member Site to See

Board Report............ Riny Ledgerwood, Son Diego State Univ. ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

LambdaRail Completes Backbone

DC Update............... Whitney Johnson, Retired, No, Michigon Univ.

Welcome New …

Acuta Enews February 2006, Vol.35, No. 2

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Nominate Now for 2006-07 Board of Directors

From the President:Volunteer and Grow......... Patricia Todus, Northwestern Univ., ACUTA President

Share Your Struggles?

Text Message Marketing Encounters the Law.............. William B. Baker, Wiley Rein & fielding

lnfo Links Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Tech Talk: Short Takes: Interconnects and That Pesky Skype ................ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Just for Fun: Predictions from the Past

Web Tip: ACUTA Quick Search................ Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

lnstitutional Excellence Award Deadline

Thanks to Journal Advertisers for 2005

Board Report..................... Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA, Sec./Treasurer

DC Update..................... Whitney …

University Of Nebraska- Lincoln: Fact Book 2005-2006

Papers, Publications, & Presentations for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration

Fact Book 2005-2006 Table of Contents

General Information

Role and Mission Statement.............................

Institutional & Professional Accreditations .....................................................7

UNL Organizational Chart............................................................................9

Student Credit Hours

UNL Student Credit Hours Total Fall & Spring Semester, by College, 5 Year Trend...........................10

UNL Student Credit Hours Total Fall, by College, 5 Year Trend................................11

UNL Student Credit Hours Total Spring, By College, 5 Year Trend................................12

Summer Sessions Student Credit Hours..........................................................13

Retention, Degrees and Majors

UNL Student Retention & Graduation Rate Analysis............................................14

Total Degrees conferred by UNL Fiscal Year, 10 Year Trend.......................................15

Degrees Conferred by College, Type & Number.............................................................16

Types of Degrees Currently Offered at UNL...............................................................17

Academic …

Acuta Enews January 2006, Vol.35, No. 1

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From ACUTA Headquarters Jeri A. Semer, CAE, ACUTA Executive Director

ACUTA Audio Seminar: Creative Cost Savings in Communications Technology

Tech Talk: Skype May be Unwanted, But at Least lt's Not Harmful............ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Institutional Excellence Award Deadline

FYI: Useful lnformation from the Campus................ Student Monitor

Web Tip: Online Directory and Other Useful Resources. Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA lnformation Tech. Mgr.

Thanks to Sponsors for 2005

Board Report................. Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ., ACUTA Sec./Treasurer

DC Update.................. Whitney Johnson, Retired, No. Michigan Univ.

Welcome New Members

ACUTA Online Press Room

An Electronic Advice Column To Foster Teaching Culture Change, Donna M. Qualters, Thomas C. Sheahan, Jacqueline A. Isaacs

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

First-year engineering students receive most of their teaching from instructors outside of engineering. As a result, these instructors are typically not a teaching community with a shared commitment to engineering student learning. Retention of engineering students is strongly tied to the quality of teaching, thus addressing collective teaching quality is important. This chapter describes the development of a carefully crafted, electronically distributed advice column on teaching developed by an interdisciplinary editorial team, written under the pseudonym Jonas Chalk. Surveys of Chalk Talk readers indicate that this is an effective means to promote teaching culture change.

Introduction. Volume 24 (2006), Sandra Chadwick Blossey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Introduction to volume 24 (2006) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by Sandra Chadwick Blossey of Rollins College.

Helping Faculty Learn To Teach Better And “Smarter” Through Sequenced Activities, Barbara J. Millis

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Faculty developers can help faculty learn to intentionally sequence assignments and activities to promote greater learning when they understand the convergent research—with its practical implications for teaching—on how people learn, on deep learning, and on cooperative learning. Such a sequence includes a motivating out-of-class assignment (homework), in-class “processing” that includes active learning and student interactions, and feedback and assessment, often given in multiple ways. This approach is modeled through two examples using graphic organizers.

Learning Communities For First–Year Faculty: Transition, Acculturation, And Transformation, Harriet Fayne, Alice Ortquist-Ahrens

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

To enhance new faculty members’ chances for teaching and career success, Otterbein College piloted a yearlong learning community program and encouraged first-year faculty to participate. Four new faculty members took part in opportunities designed to enhance their teaching, to orient them more fully to a new institution and student body, to foster collegial community, to encourage reflective practice, and to introduce them to the scholarship of teaching and learning. This qualitative case study tracks their developmental trajectory, which led them from an initial concern with self and survival to an eventual focus on student learning.

Practicing What We Preach: Transforming The Ta Orientation, Patricia Armstrong, Peter Felten, Jeffrey Johnston, Allison Pingree

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Brookfield (1995), Schön (1983), and others articulate the necessity and complexity of being critically reflective in our work. Indeed, the value of critical reflection is inherent to educational development as a field in that we frequently encourage such thinking in our consultations with instructors. But practicing what we preach can be difficult. This chapter reflects on an experiment in the transformation of a teaching assistant orientation, a central event of our teaching center. We not only describe and assess the process of revising this orientation, but we also reflect on the implicatiom of this case for broader programming issues in …

Exploring The Application Of Best Practices To Ta Awards: One University's Approach, Laurel Willingham-Mclain, Deborah L. Pollack

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This chapter explores how to adapt best practices from the general literature on teaching awards in higher education to graduate student teaching assistant (TA) awards. Although most criteria apply, they must be fitted to the career stage and aspirations of TAs. The Duquesne University Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching serves as a case study demonstrating how these practices can be modified to both recognize excellent teaching and promote the professional development of graduate student instructors.

Preface, Volume 24 (2006), Sandra Chadwick Blossey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Preface to volume 24 (2006) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by Sandra Chadwick Blossey of Rollins College.

About The Authors, Volume 24 (2006)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

About the editors and authors of volume 24 (2006) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.

A Different Way To Approach The Future: Using Chaos Theory To Improve Planning, Marc Cutright

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Strategic planning is a good idea that gets a bad name from dubious efforts carrying the title. Much of this rap comes from half-hearted exercises, but some of it comes from efforts that founder due to faulty or limited conceptions of how the future “works.” Chaos theory is an alternative approach and metaphor with potential to let us see the future and its dynamics in new ways. Cognizance of chaos’s nature and underlying structure might help us do planning in new, nonintuitive, and more successful ways.

A Theory–Based Integrative Model For Learning And Motivation In Higher Education, Chantal S. Levesque, G. Roger Sell, James A. Zimmerman

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The shared mission of higher education institutions is to develop educated persons who are able to make connections and build on knowledge acquired across disciplines and fields and through various life experiences. This chapter offers a theory-based model that can be used by researchers and practitioners to enhance academic learning and motivation. Educators can create learning environments that move students from external regulation to self-determined forms of motivation. This model is used to describe conditions that enhance/restrict learning. It also has the potential to be used to interpret research on teaching and learning in higher education.

Promoting Intellectual Community And Professional Growth For A Diverse Faculty, Dorothe J. Bach, Marva A. Barnett, José D. Fuentes, Sherwood C. Frey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Minority faculty retention is key to increasing faculty diversity at most colleges and universities. Because retention depends on individual faculty choice and administrative tenure decisions, institutions need to help junior faculty develop a tenurable profile and enhance their desire to remain at their institution. This chapter examines a fellows program that supports beginning faculty in developing successful long-term careers, taking into account research on helping diverse faculty members thrive. It also presents strategies for establishing viable peer support networks and partnerships with senior consultants and for creating programming that ensures new faculty successfully transition into teaching, research, and the university …

Monster At The Foot Of The Bed: Surviving The Challenge Of Marketplace Forces On Higher Education, Raoul A. Arreola

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The impact of technology on society has caused a paradigm shift in the basic support for higher education. Where higher education was traditionally supported as a function of government, the knowledge explosion and global economy resulting from the impact of computer and other technologies is moving the underlying support of higher education to the marketplace. There is evidence that traditional academic strategies and practices that were successful under the old paradigm may no longer be working. Twelve suggestions are offered for revolutionary changes that the academy must make in order to survive, even thrive, in the new paradigm.

The Advantages Of A Reciprocal Relationship Between Faculty Development And Organizational Development In Higher Education, Leora Baron

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No campus organization exists in a vacuum, nor can it afford to be an island unto itself. Thus, the functions of faculty development need to be viewed in the context of the entire institution. The effectiveness of faculty development, and sometimes its very survival, are dependent to a large extent on its ability to influence and participate in organizational development outside of its own confines. This chapter suggests practical ways in which faculty development can contribute to, and indeed benefit from, a reciprocal relationship with institutional organizational development.

The New Demand For Heterogeneity In College Teaching, George Keller

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The past half century has brought an astounding increase in U.S. college and university enrollments. The rapid rise of mass higher education has forced major changes at every institution and is reshaping the U.S. higher education enterprise. Each college needs to ask itself what the huge expansion means for future faculty hires, programs, and modes of teaching.

Not Making Or Shaping: Finding Authenticity In Faculty Development, Patricia Cranton

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Authenticity is defined as a multifaceted concept that includes self-awareness, awareness of others, genuine relationships, awareness of contextual constraints, and living a critical life. Authenticity develops over time and with experience; a developmental continuum for authenticity is discussed. Drawing on a three-year research project on authenticity in teaching in higher education, this chapter suggests ways in which faculty developers can help foster authentic practice.