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Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 05/30/12, Janet Shields May 2012

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 05/30/12, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 05/30/12 meeting.


The Observer, Central Washington University May 2012

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 24-30, 2012. Vol. 91, No. 8


The Observer, Central Washington University May 2012

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 10-16, 2012. Vol. 91, No. 6.


May 3-4, 2012 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University May 2012

May 3-4, 2012 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular and Special Sessions of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, May 3-4, 2012.


Internet Reviews: Understanding Evolution, John Creech May 2012

Internet Reviews: Understanding Evolution, John Creech

Library Scholarship

Review of the Understanding Evolution website by the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education.


The Grissom Site (45kt301): A Review And Synthesis Of Investigations And Exploration Of The Site's Research Potential, Holly Ann Cecilia Shea May 2012

The Grissom Site (45kt301): A Review And Synthesis Of Investigations And Exploration Of The Site's Research Potential, Holly Ann Cecilia Shea

All Master's Theses

The Grissom site (45KT301) is a multi-component archaeological site in northeast Kittitas Valley excavated by Central Washington State College from 1967-1971. The site is significant because it is one of few scientifically excavated upland sites in the Columbia Plateau and likely represents part of Che-lo-han, the intergroup gathering of Plateau cultures known to occur annually in the Kittitas Valley. Furthermore, the Grissom site collection is a rehabilitated archaeological collection and, therefore, provides a cost-effective way to explore research questions while still gaining new knowledge about the past. Excavations at the site produced 13,622 catalogued bags of pre-contact and historic artifacts …


The Observer, Central Washington University Apr 2012

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for April 12-18, 2012. Vol. 91, No. 2.


The Observer, Central Washington University Apr 2012

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for April 5-11, 2012. Vol. 91, No. 1.


The Observer, Central Washington University Feb 2012

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for February 23-29, 2012. Vol. 90, No. 7.


The Observer, Central Washington University Feb 2012

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for February 16-22, 2012. Vol. 90, No. 6.


Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 02/08/12, Janet Shields Feb 2012

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 02/08/12, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 02/08/12 meeting.


February 3, 2012 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular Meeting, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University Feb 2012

February 3, 2012 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular Meeting, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, February 3, 2012.


Central Washington University 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog, Central Washington University Jan 2012

Central Washington University 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog, Central Washington University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Holocene House Hunting: An Application Of Satellite Image Analysis Towards Locating Prehistoric Archeological Sites In Alaska's Brooks Range, Joseph Keeney Jan 2012

Holocene House Hunting: An Application Of Satellite Image Analysis Towards Locating Prehistoric Archeological Sites In Alaska's Brooks Range, Joseph Keeney

Undergraduate Honors Theses

In this study, satellite image analysis was applied to archeological sites at Lake Matcharak in the Brooks Range of Alaska. The Goal was to test whether or not satellite remote sensing, which has been successful in locating large-size archeological features, could be applied to small-size prehistoric features found in Arctic Alaska. Using 1-m resolution IKONOS and 30-m resolution ASTER DEM data, vegetation indices (NDVI and tasseled cap) and slope were generated and stacked into one image. Supervised and unsupervised classifications were then applied to the resulting image to look for spectral/slope characteristics that were unique to known site locations at …


Holocene Arroyo Cut And Fills Cycles, South-Central Washington, Matthew Ian Durkee Jan 2012

Holocene Arroyo Cut And Fills Cycles, South-Central Washington, Matthew Ian Durkee

All Master's Theses

Ephemeral streams have cut deeply incised arroyos into alluvial and eolian sediments in many of the watersheds within the Yakima Training Center (YTC) military reservation, south-central Washington. The most recent channel incision episode along Selah Creek is primarily attributed to multiple failures of an irrigation reservoir dam during the winters of 1909 and 1910. The modern arroyo exposed evidence of at least one previous episode of arroyo incision to a depth of ~4 m that occurred just prior to 1530- 1340 cal yr BP. Filling of this paleo-arroyo with fine to coarse grained sand ceased between 650-103 cal yr BP. …


Applying Gis Metrics To Determine Degree Of Glacial Modification In Mountainous Landscapes, Carl Delbert Swanson Ii Jan 2012

Applying Gis Metrics To Determine Degree Of Glacial Modification In Mountainous Landscapes, Carl Delbert Swanson Ii

All Master's Theses

The ability to quantitatively assess the degree of glaciation in mountainous areas can be a powerful tool in unraveling the evolution of landscapes, and provide key insights in regions where field research is difficult. Here we determine, test, and apply metrics that assess the relative degree of past glacial modification in mountainous landscapes. Results show that slope results can be used to quantitatively assess the degree to which an area is modified by glaciation. In particular, analysis of basins using slope frequency distribution curves and slope vs. elevation plots capture steeper slopes, flatter valley bottoms, cirques, and arêtes of glaciated …


Great Northwest Athletic Conference Cross Country Academic All-Stars (Through 2011), Great Northwest Athletic Conference Dec 2011

Great Northwest Athletic Conference Cross Country Academic All-Stars (Through 2011), Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Cross-Country Running

No abstract provided.


Inducing Private Wildfire Risk Mitigation: Experimental Investigation Of Measures On Adjacent Public Lands, Tyler Prante, Joseph M. Little, Michael L. Jones, Michael Mckee, Robert P. Berrens Dec 2011

Inducing Private Wildfire Risk Mitigation: Experimental Investigation Of Measures On Adjacent Public Lands, Tyler Prante, Joseph M. Little, Michael L. Jones, Michael Mckee, Robert P. Berrens

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Increasing private wildfire risk mitigation is an important part of the larger forest restoration policy challenge. Data from an economic experiment are used to evaluate the effectiveness of providing fuel treatments on public land adjacent to private land to induce private wildfire risk mitigation. Results show evidence of “crowding out” where public spending can decrease the level of private risk mitigation. However, a policy prescription that ameliorates this crowding out is identified. Participants undertake more mitigation when fuel treatments on publicly owned lands are conditional on a threshold level of private mitigation effort and information describing each participant’s spending is …


The Observer, Central Washington University Nov 2011

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 17-30, 2011. Vol. 89, No. 8.


Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 11/02/11, Janet Shields Nov 2011

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 11/02/11, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 11/02/11 meeting.


July 20-22, 2011 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Annual Planning Retreat, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University Jul 2011

July 20-22, 2011 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Annual Planning Retreat, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular and Special Sessions of the Annual Planning Retreat of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, July 20-22, 2011.


Central Washington University Commencement 2011, Central Washington University Jun 2011

Central Washington University Commencement 2011, Central Washington University

Commencement Programs

A commencement program from graduation ceremonies at Central Washington University.


June 9-10, 2011 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University Jun 2011

June 9-10, 2011 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular and Special Sessions of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, June 9-10, 2011.


Mapsnap System To Perform Vector-To-Raster Fusion, Boris Kovalerchuk, Peter Doucette, Gamal Seedahmed, Jerry Tagestad, Sergei Kovalerchuk, Brian Graff May 2011

Mapsnap System To Perform Vector-To-Raster Fusion, Boris Kovalerchuk, Peter Doucette, Gamal Seedahmed, Jerry Tagestad, Sergei Kovalerchuk, Brian Graff

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

As the availability of geospatial data increases, there is a growing need to match these datasets together. However, since these datasets often vary in their origins and spatial accuracy, they frequently do not correspond well to each other, which create multiple problems. To accurately align with imagery, analysts currently either: 1) manually move the vectors, 2) perform a labor-intensive spatial registration of vectors to imagery, 3) move imagery to vectors, or 4) redigitize the vectors from scratch and transfer the attributes. All of these are time consuming and labor-intensive operations. Automated matching and fusing vector datasets has been a subject …


Boys And Writing: Strategies To Support Struggling Boy Writers, Dionne Corinne Ellingsen May 2011

Boys And Writing: Strategies To Support Struggling Boy Writers, Dionne Corinne Ellingsen

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop a guide for elementary teachers to improve writing strategies and motivation of boys. Nationally, boys are more likely than girls to struggle with writing in the elementary classroom. Teachers need to understand the differences that boys and girls bring to their classroom and develop strategies and lessons that make writing more inviting to boys. The project discusses current research about why boys are more likely to struggle than girls, because of innate differences in the brain, the classroom arrangement, and issues of motivation. It also provides a guide of activities and strategies …


The Observer, Central Washington University Apr 2011

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for April 14-20, 2011. Vol. 88, No. 2.


Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 03/09/11, Janet Shields Mar 2011

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 03/09/11, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 03/09/11 meeting.


The Observer, Central Washington University Feb 2011

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for February 3-9, 2011. Vol. 87, No. 4.


Central Washington University 2011-2012 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog, Central Washington University Jan 2011

Central Washington University 2011-2012 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog, Central Washington University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Reading Comprehension Strategy Handbook For Third, Fourth, And Fifth Grade Reluctant Readers, Cheryl Jordan Jan 2011

Reading Comprehension Strategy Handbook For Third, Fourth, And Fifth Grade Reluctant Readers, Cheryl Jordan

All Graduate Projects

The focus of this project is to provide a variety ofreading comprehension strategies for reluctant readers at Adams Elementary and also to demonstrate the need for a supplemental handbook that addresses the "gaps" with the Walk to Read program (spiral curriculum). This research will reveal that teacher guidance facilitates student learning, motivates students, and provides opportunities to dialog with classmates in a context of creating connections. The project includes a discussion related to the rationale supporting this project, along with a review of related literature. The repertoire of reading strategies in this project is designed to encourage the student to …