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Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University Student Awarded Prestigious Scholarship for Study Abroad

Institutional Difference: A Neglected Consideration In The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning?, Chrissie Boughey

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: This invited essay considers how thinking about institutional differences can enhance the scholarship of teaching and learning. It does this by drawing on a recent piece of South African research which used data produced as part of a national process of auditing institutions for quality assurance purposes (Boughey, 2009; Boughey 2010; Boughey & McKenna, 2011a; 2011b). Overwhelmingly, the research revealed that, although universities were paying attention to issues related to teaching and learning (and drawing on literature and research produced as part of the scholarship of teaching and learning to do so), little attention had been given to the …

"Mentor Me To Mister" A Case Study Of Mentoring Through The Kappa Leadership And Developmental League, Christopher Eugene Johnson

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the non-academic strategies the Kappa Leadership and Developmental League uses to mentor African American males and the impact it has on their academic and social achievement. The researcher used a collective case study design to identify the best practices of the Kappa League. Purposeful sampling was used to identify and invite Kappa League mentees, parents, advisors/mentors and school administrators as participants in the investigation. Kappa League members, their mentors, school administrators, and parents alike perceived the Kappa Leadership and Development League as highly effective in providing both direction and support for African …

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

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Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "Like most of higher education today, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences continues its teaching, research, and service throughout the summer, and we take great pride in our ongoing student and faculty accomplishments."

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• City Council Moves Closer to Redistricting
• Student Loan Offers Alternative Funding
• University Police Receives Grant
• GSU Names an Eco-Friendly Campus
• Stand Up, Be a Voice for GSU
• Our View of Football Stands
• No Choices Leads to Re-Election
• SGA, Not The George-Anne, Responsible for Undermining Organization
• Football Program Still Inspiring to Fans
• Incoming Students Take Part in SOAR Activities
• GSU Receives $385,000 Grant
• FM Magazine Brings Style Closer to Students
• Those Cats Give a Funky Fresh Feeling to GSU Students
• ‘Green Lantern’ is a Great Green Failure
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• Eagle Entertainment Christens the New Williams Center
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• Georgia Southern Moves …

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• Crime Rates Decline
• Capt. Briley Strives to Serve the Students
• Athletics Fails to Meet NCAA Academic Standards
• College Grads Face More Debt
• Repeat Flu Shots May Not Be Needed
• Bike Sale for The Students or The Staff?
• The Cost Of Reporting Is Too Steep
• Musical Students Make Connections Abroad
• ‘Gaming for Newbies’ Geared Toward Education
• Presidents’ Personal Moments on Display
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• GSU Makes an Incredible Run To The NCAA

Writing The Female Body In Alvarez's In The Time Of The Butterflies, Darren K. Broome

The Coastal Review

Julia Alvarez in In the Time of the Butterflies utilizes the female body and sexuality to combat male dominated rhetoric. The use of the female body retrieves women’s forgotten role as subjects instead of objects as seen in male-oriented novel. Expressing sexuality in a way that is determined by women, she discovers new means of verbal or written expression. The female body emerges as a form of expression in Butterflies which at times is connected to one of the characters’ revolutionary participation.

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

CLASS Notes

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Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "Greetings! CLASS extends a fond farewell and its sincere gratitude to Dr. Michael Braz for 24 years of service and dedication to Georgia Southern University. A legend both at the University and in Statesboro, he received the President's Medal from Georgia Southern and was named a Legend in the Arts by the Averitt Center for the Arts in Statesboro. We wish him the best of luck in retirement as he embarks on his new adventure in the Peace Corps."

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• Pastor Charged
• Westboro Pickets Savannah
• Class Of 2011 Receiving Higher Starting Salaries
• Fire at Southern Villas Displaces Residents
• Survey Shows Students Drinking Less
• Authorities Await Results of Fish Kill
• Summer Buses Leave Students Disenchanted
• The George-Anne Looks Ahead
• Panera Serves Up Something New for Lunch
• Braz Goes Out With a Bang at Farewell Concert
• The World’s Wonder Emerges From Southern
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• GSU Ends Season at NCAA Tourney
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Between Morality And Myth: A Parodic Visual Manifesto, Patricia J. Quilichini

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Acting on the belief that art communicates, that an image speaks all languages, these works were created as a visual manifesto responding satirically to the absurd way in which myths are elevated to the status of moral values. The photographic works created for this thesis challenge long held beliefs and emotions that associate sex with shame and guilt, and that grow out of the moral traditions we have inherited. Judeo-Christian traditions and religious beliefs have created widely unchallenged social/moral constructs, which regard sexuality and sexual awareness as sinful and woman as subservient to the moral authority constructed by men. I …

The Curriculum Of Capitalism: Schooled To Profit Or Schooled To Educate, Douglas O. Carroll

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Utilizing a critical pragmatist framework for analysis of the United States public school education, the research suggests the United States public education system perpetuates a curriculum of Capitalism linking with democracy; yet social Capitalism remains remarkably undemocratic as the experience of race, class, and gender contradict the curriculum of public schools. The consequence of these contradictions is perpetuation of racist or sexist stereotypes, a distinct class system delineated by financial, educational, and techno-wealth, a heightened if not profound sense that the American ideal is no longer within reach or a political sham. In sharp contrast to conservative theories of education …

The Sun Also Sets: British Authors And The Death Of The Empire, Brian Butler

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This thesis traces the decline of the British Empire through the perspectives of prominent British authors, beginning with Rudyard Kipling's Kim, which establishes the height of the British Empire. Thereafter, the Empire's decline is incisively chronicled through the various catalysts that contributed to the overall demise of the Empire: E.M Forster illustrates the impact of the introduction of British women into India in A Passage to India; George Orwell demonstrates the significance of burgeoning native dissent and the empowerment of the compradore class in Burma in Burmese Days; Anthony Burgess offers an exhaustive fictional meditation of the zenith of native …

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "Greetings! I would like to thank all of our friends who joined us for Evening of the Arts on April 16. It was a lovely event that culminated in celebrating and honoring Mrs. Betty Foy Sanders' contributions to the arts. Highlights from the evening can be found below. We look forward to planning next year's event and to seeing each of you again. In other news, we are excited that CLASS Advisory Board member Chris Clark, current Georgia Chamber of Commerce President and a Georgia Southern alumnus, will give the keynote address at the graduate commencement ceremony on May …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University Honors Outstanding Students and Faculty at Honors Day

An Educational "Clip": Arab Students' Experiences Of Curriculum In A U.S. University, Daad Adel Rizk

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This is a multicultural study of culture adaptation, language challenge, identity formation, and power struggle -"CLIP"- depicting three Arab students who have attended or are currently attending a University in the rural South East Region of the United States of America (circa 2009-2010) When Arab students go to college in the United States of America, two cultural extremities (East and West) meet and attempt to form relationships; two different languages, Arabic and English, written in opposite directions search for a middle page to help them communicate. Books in the Arab World are read right to left, while pages in the …

Service Quality Of The Chinese Ymca Of Hong Kong, Joyce Chan, Siu Yin Cheung, Jennifer Y. Mak

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

Service quality is an essential element for managers and marketers to successfully compete in the sport and leisure industry. The present study is a first of its kind research study evaluating the service quality of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong. In this study, extensive customer research was conducted to investigate the members’ usage, expectations, perceptions, and satisfaction levels in the Recreation and Sport Department. Data were collected from 559 members. This study provides a channel to listen to the voice of the customers and assist the managers to improve the service quality by pinpointing areas that need managerial action.

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "Greetings! CLASS is pleased to announce the inaugural Evening of the Arts, which will be held on Saturday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Center for Art and Theatre. This is one of several upcoming events that will raise funds for the arts programs in the College. We invite you to join us for hors d'ouevres and cocktails and to celebrate the arts at Georgia Southern University. For a $75 per person contribution, attendees will enjoy tours of the Georgia Artist Collection, the University Gallery, and the Contemporary Gallery; musical performances by the Perez String Trio, and the …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Nationally Known Author to Serve as Georgia Southern University Visiting Writer in 2011

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "The beautiful spring weather in Statesboro has brought with it many accomplishments to celebrate in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences."

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Business Innovation Group (Big) News, Georgia Southern University

Business Innovation Group: News & Publications

• Lynn Lilly Speaks in Entrepreneurship Classes

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

Excerpt: "Welcome back after a long holiday break. Spring semester is in full swing, and we have many great things to share with you this month! Georgia Southern continues to celebrate national attention for being named one of the nation's most popular universities."

Overcoming The Odds: The Success Story Of An African American Gifted Male Student, Jhondra Anderson Barnes

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to identify how and why some African American students included in gifted programs maintain academic and social success. Data from semi-structured interview responses, behavioral checklists, and personality traits rating scales were coded and themed as a means to tell Elijah's story. Currently a 20 year old African American college student, Elijah was initially overlooked by his elementary school teachers for a potential gifted placement and subsequently referred himself. Participants of this study include Elijah and eleven of his former teachers, administrators, coaches, and mentors. Emerging themes from the research as sources of qualities to …

Preparing Medical Students To Undertake A Cultural Immersion Experience: Introducing Frameworks For Preparatory And Post-Immersion Activities, Donna B. Mak, Rashmi Watson, John Hadden

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Recruiting and retaining practitioners to rural and remote locations is a challenge for many industries including health and education. The medical, nursing and teaching professions have utilized immersion experiences for trainees and students to better prepare them and to address workforce shortages in cross-cultural and underserved areas. This paper describes the steps taken to improve an immersion experience for medical students and evaluates the impact of these improvements.

The University of Notre Dame’s School of Medicine requires all second year medical students to undertake the Kimberley Remote Area Health Placement Program (hereinafter the ‘Program’). The Program provides opportunities to learn …

Making Your Case: Ten Questions For Departments And Individuals Building An Argument For Work In Discipline-Centered Education, Brian Paul Coppola

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: In our chapter, "Is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning New to Chemistry?," Dennis Jacobs and I outlined the different ways in which education-focused faculty members have been represented in departments of chemistry (Coppola & Jacobs, 2002). Briefly, these include (a) a long-standing tradition of chemistry professors publishing in the 86-year-old Journal of Chemical Education, (b) the rise of the "chemical educators, " as a division of the American Chemical Society, (c) the growth of the Chemical Education Research community (similar to the disciplinary...