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Ua3/10/2 Winter Break, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff.

Theatre As An Intervention For Empathy Development Among Undergraduate Students, Jonathan Stewart

Dissertations, 2014-2019

Empathy is the ability feel into, or put oneself in the place of another. It is the ability to walk in someone else’s shoes. Studies have shown that this ability is decreasing among today’s college students and on the rise as a desired trait for today’s leaders. This dilemma provides an interesting opportunity to explore how institutions of higher education can help develop the leaders of tomorrow by increasing empathy among students. Specifically, this research explores theatre as an intervention for empathy development among college students.

Theatre, as a program of study, is unique within the college experience in that …

Leadership Theories And United States Demographic Shifts: Responsiveness In The Workplace, Sherry H. Latten, Jonathan Perez

Journal of Research Initiatives

As the United States becomes increasingly more diverse, it is imperative that organizations consider the implications of their leadership pipeline. Given the differences that can exist by social identity groups in experiences, values, interests, and communications, it raises a question about the responsiveness of current leadership theories to the changing demographics. This article explores the responsiveness of transformational leadership, authentic leadership, and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory to the demographic changes as a means of helping organizations consider how existing leadership norms and theories need to be expanded to encompass the future population of leaders across race, sex, and age.

Ua3/10/2 A Note Of Gratitude, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding Thanksgiving.

Ua3/10/2 Shaping Student Success, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff.

Strengthening Cross-Identity Collaborations And Relationships: A Critical Conversation, Sharon Radd, Gretchen G. Generett, Mark A. Gooden

Organizational Leadership Faculty Scholarship

Cross-identity collaborations operate within the larger societal context of whiteness and other forms of domination. Thus, individual actors within cross-identity collaborations must navigate this context and their collaborations with consideration for the interpersonal/social, functional, material, and emotional risks and precautions. Given historical patterns of domination, exploitation, and oppression, caution is understandable and advised, yet can undermine forward progress. In order to productively examine this challenge, this session focuses on cross-identity collaboration among those who engage in the preparation of school leaders, and more specifically, those who prepare school leaders with a central focus on social justice.

Ua3/10/2 Progress On Strategic Plan Metrics, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding strategic planning.

Ua3/10/2 Gathering On The Hill, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni regarding homecoming.

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

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WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Trabue, Amanda. VP Notes
• Hearst Awards
• Alumni & Students Offered Fulbright Grants, Participate in Summer Institute
• WKU Students Finish Fifth in National Concrete Canoe Competition
• WKU Forensics Team Named 2019 American Forensic Association National Champions
• Kentucky Archaeological Survey Now Housed at WKU
• C-USA Board – Timothy Caboni
• New Faces in Leadership Roles on the Hill
• Convocation – Timothy Caboni
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science
• Coming Soon to the Hill: The WKU Commons at Helm Library
• Rementer, Rose. Regional Medical School Partnership
• WKU President Timothy Caboni & First Lady Kacy Caboni Establish Scholarship
• Thank You! – …

Ua35 Updates From Provost, Wku Academic Affairs

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Email from WKU Provost Cheryl Stevens to faculty & staff.

Ua3/10/2 New Scholarship Program, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding changes in scholarship program.

Ua3/10/2 The People Of Wku, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff.

Community Builders And Campus Bureaucrats: Student Leadership On College Campuses, J. Douglas Stump

Journal of Research on the College President

Most universities provide many opportunities for students to be leaders. By placing students in these positions there exists the potential to create a unique set of challenges. This research focused on the challenges associated with leading peers on a university campus. The primary research question was, “In what ways are student leaders able to identify and describe their experiences leading their peers?” This was a case study, collecting data through focus groups and interviews, where participants discussed the experiences of leading peers. Four types of student leaders participated: Sports Team Captains, Resident Assistants, Academic Mentors and SGA Officers. The data …

Women And The University Presidency: Increasing Equity In Leadership, Tania Carlson Reis, Marilyn L. Grady

Journal of Research on the College President

Women remain underrepresented in university presidential positions (American Council on Education, 2017). In this narrative study, eight women presidents of Carnegie Classified public doctoral granting universities were interviewed to understand how they navigated a routeto the position. Findings indicate that perceptions of gender,and opportunities for professional development, complicated the presidential path for women. Also, building leadership capacity was noted as important to sustaining and increasing women leaders in higher education.

Ua3/10/2 A New Year Begins, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to WKU alumni.

Ua3/10/2 A New Year Begins, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff.

Ua3/10/2 Preparations For A New Academic Year, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding 2019-2020 academic year.

Ua3/10/2 Summer Scholars, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding summer scholars.

Asian American Community College Presidents: An Asiancrit Analysis Of Their Approaches To Leadership, Johnny Hu

Ed.D. Dissertations in Practice

This study explores the experiences of five current and former Asian American community college presidents including their career transitions into executive leadership using an AsianCrit analysis for framing their narrative experiences. The literature review situates the experiences of Asian American community college presidents in various contexts by providing a brief summary of several historical moments and political movements that have shaped the realities they currently confront as higher education leaders. This study employed a Critical Race Theory (CRT) approach to counter storytelling to analyze the participants’ narratives both individually and thematically based on their social identities as Asian Americans and …

Creating Sustainable Support Systems For The Cultural Integration Of International Students At A Medium Size Ontario University, Muzi Li

The Dissertation in Practice at Western University

This OIP investigates the lack of cultural integration and support for international students at Medium-Size Ontario University (MSOU). The support for cultural integration of the international students at MSOU is inadequate and international students are facing social, emotional and academic challenges as they are not provided with the needed assistance to acclimatize to Western culture. Three potential solutions to address the PoP are demonstrated and evaluated. The chosen solution of implementing extended orientation and workshops is inspected in detail. Transformational Leadership and Confucianism are examined to ensure their relevancy and appropriateness to address this PoP and OIP and connected to …

Ua3/10/2 Wku Receives National Fundraising Award, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding fundraising award.

Reframing Internationalization: Faculty Beliefs And Teaching Practices, Marco Tulluck

Ed.D. Dissertations in Practice

This study applies Critical Race Theory as a critical lens to gain a clearer understanding of highly racialized policies and teaching practices around international student engagement in US higher education. The findings help to inform higher education leaders of how to support faculty to foster more inclusive and affirming learning environments for international students of color and other diverse student populations.

This mixed methods study employed a modified version of the Colorblind and Multicultural Ideology of STEM Faculty Measure as well as focus group interviews to gain a more complex understanding of how university faculty members’ beliefs align with colorblind …

How Navy And Marine Corps Veterans Make Meaning Of The College Choice Process In The Post-9/11 Gi Bill Era, Derek Abbey

Dissertations

The Post-9/11 GI Bill was implemented in 2009. Since then more than 1,900,000 people have used the benefit and more than $90 billion have been paid to institutions of higher learning and to Post-9/11 GI Bill users. During this period there has been a shift in the types of college and universities veterans attend, as well as the educational models they select. These shifts are different than the general population of students. This period also included a spike in questionable recruiting practices by some colleges. In response to many institutions taking advantage of veterans, the President of the United States …

Ua3/10/2 End Of Year, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding the 2018-2019 school year.

A Qualitative Case Study Of Student Persistence In A Bachelor Of Science In Forestry Program, Maxwell Holmes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Educational leaders in forestry have been challenged to increase and diversify the pipeline of ‘society ready’ foresters. To meet these challenges, leaders must shift their focus to student retention. By understanding the factors that influence student engagement and persistence, these leaders will be better positioned to support students in forestry programs, thus positively impacting retention. This qualitative case study investigated student persistence of second-year forestry students in an undergraduate forestry program. The study was guided by Social Cognitive Theory and Social Capital Theory and explored the malleable psychosocial mechanisms of self-efficacy, sense of belonging, emotion, and well-being proposed by Kahu …

Remaking Identities, Reworking Graduate Study : Stories From First-Generation-To-College Rhetoric And Composition Phd Students On Navigating The Doctorate., Ashanka Kumari

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation responds to the decreasing number of first-generation-to-college doctorates in the humanities and the limited scholarship on graduate students in Rhetoric and Composition. Scholars in Rhetoric and Composition have long been invested in discussions of academic and/or disciplinary enculturation, yet these discussions primarily focus on undergraduate students, with few studies on graduate students and far fewer on the doctoral students training to become the next wave of a profession. In this dissertation, I argue that if we engage intersectional identities as assets in the design of doctoral programs, access to higher education and academic enculturation can become more manageable …

Ua35 Updates From Provost, Wku Academic Affairs

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Email from WKU Provost Cheryl Stevens to faculty & staff regarding awards and Academic Affairs.

Ua3/10/2 Confucius Institute At Wku, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding the Confucius Institute.

Ua3/10/2 Announcing Wku's New Vice President For Philanthropy, Wku President's Office - Caboni

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Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding Amanda Trabue.

Ua35 Announcement From The Provost, Wku Academic Affairs

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Email from WKU Provost Terry Ballman to faculty & staff regarding her resignation.