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Uni Grad Student News, V17n5 [V.15n5], April 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this Issue:

--Message From the Dean
--Current Faculty Profile
--Current Student Profile
--Alumni Profile
--10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
--UNI Rise: Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment
--Cedar Valley’s Little Free Pantries
--UNI MBA International Hong Kong Alumni
--Student Accolades

Uni Today, V101n1, Spring 2017, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:
--An Education Center for the 21st Century
--Introducing President Mark A. Nook
--Bouncing Back
--Embracing the Spectrum
--For the Love of the Game
--Behind the Lens
--A Panther Among Bears
--Learning to Lead
--Craft Breweries Go Green
--Get to Know… Douglas Mupasiri
--Just in Case You Missed It…
--Discover More Than a Classroom at UNI
--Lifelong Learning. Lifelong Success.
--Jourdan Mentor Scholarship
--Class Notes
--Alumni Travel Program
--Historical Photos
--Alumni Clubs and Calendar of Events

The Return Of The Machinery Question: Is It Different This Time?, Kaleb Luse

Major Themes in Economics

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to seriously affect labor markets. Some believe that artificial intelligence will be the end of work for humans. Others believe that artificial intelligence is like any other technological innovation from the past and will create just as many jobs as it destroys. I conclude that while artificial intelligence can bring about many of the benefits of technological change seen in history, it drastically differs from innovations in the past and will result in massive unemployment. To ensure that everyone benefits from this huge step forward, policies need to be developed to accommodate …

Department Of Economics Newsletter, V22, Spring 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Economics.

Department of Economics Newsletter

Inside this issue:
-- Scholarship News
-- Alumni News
-- Alumni-in-Residence
-- Economics Club
-- Student Writing - Undergraduate Research Program
-- Poland 2016
-- Internships and Co-oops
-- Faculty Recognition
-- From Faculty - U.S. Jobs
-- More from Faculty - Land Valuation
-- Faculty Interview - An interview with Bryce Kanago
-- Thanks!!!
-- Then & Now
-- Economists Through the Years...
-- The Personal Side of Faculty

Ica Newsletter, Spring 2017, Iowa Communication Association.

ICA Newsletter

Contents:

--President's Message
--2016–2017 ICA Executive Committee
--Julie Simanski Named 2017 Citation Award Winner
--University of Dubuque to Host Wendt Character Initiative Conference
--ICA Outstanding New Teacher Award
--ILA Short Course: Best Practices In Teaching Listening
--Call for Nominations: Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award
--Call for Journal Editor: Iowa Journal of Communication
--Call for Panelists: G. Jon Hall Online GIFT Forum
--BVU News Briefs
--Westphal Student Paper Competition Call
--Want to Present at ICA but Can’t Make It to Pella? Zoom In!
--Panel Submissions Needed for 2017 ICA Conference in Pella

Crosssections, Spring 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Physics.

CrossSections

Contents:

--A Message From the Department Head, Dr. Paul Shand
--Student Profile: Lucas Beving
--Faculty Profile: Tim Kidd
--Department Happenings
--Alumni Feature: Noah Podolefsky
--Science Education
--Olson Retirement Letter
--Listing and Solicitation

Earth News, V40, Spring 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Earth And Environmental Sciences.

Earth News

Inside this issue:
-- From the Department Head Siobahn Morgan
-- Department Growth
-- Faculty Updates
-- SGE Newsletter
-- Congratulations 2016
-- Sunday at the Quarry
-- Alumni Spotlight: Aaron Stolley
-- Alumni Spotlight: Allyson Anderson
-- Congratulations to Faculty
-- Carver Grants
-- Hydrology News
-- Student Research
-- Donor Spotlight: Leslie Knapp

Iowa Conference On Communicative Disorders [Program, 2017], Iowa Conference On Communicative Disorders

Iowa Conference on Communicative Disorders Programs

The Iowa Conference on Communicative Disorders provides continuing education activities in speech- language pathology that are acceptable to the State of Iowa and the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Areas of emphasis include adults and pediatrics.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, March 27, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, March 23, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

Meeting minutes from the Graduate Council of the University of Northern Iowa.

Stem Stories, March 2017, #3, Mir Ashfaquzzaman

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Michael Lashbrook

Parades, Pickets, And Prison: Embodied Arguments For Woman Suffrage, 1913-1919 [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Women's And Gender Studies Program.

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Documents

No abstract provided.

Strangers In A Strange Land: Spanish Chant Manuscript Leaves In The Permanent Collection Of The University Of Northern Iowa Gallery Of Art, Alison Altstatt

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This essay introduces three large manuscript leaves held in the Permanent Art Collection of the University of Northern Iowa. These folio-sized leaves originated in large Spanish choir books (or cantorales) from the late sixteenth through the early eighteenth century that held the texts and music of Gregorian Chant used in the Roman Catholic liturgy. These leaves are ‘strangers’ in the sense that their origin is unknown, stripped as they are of their material context in the book and their historical context in the institutions and rituals for which they were made. They are in a ‘strange land’ in that …

The Role Of Working Memory Among Non-Traditional Foreign Language Students, Gabriela Olivares-Cuhat, Michelle H. Ploof

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Over the last 40 years, a growing number of nontraditional students have joined the ranks of higher education. However, due to a number of internal and external factors, these students face multiple social, economic, and academic challenges that may limit their success in postsecondary education. The focus of this article is to examine the implications of these challenges on the learning of a foreign language (FL), and more specifically on the role played by working memory (WM) with nontraditional FL learners. To this end, research studies in the fields of psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and neuroscience are reviewed and their findings …

Eco-House: Creating A Space For Eco-Arts Education, Angela Waseskuk

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The beginnings of Eco-House were formed through conversations I had with undergraduate students enrolled in Elizabeth Sutton’s art history course “Art, Ecology, and Empire” in the fall of 2015. The discussions always began with great enthusiasm for the content, and then turned towards the depressing reality of what that content meant for the future of our planet. Significantly, the students also understood the surprising closeness of issues presented in class—extractavism, water quality and availability, animal exploitation, and Native American displacement and colonialism—on their own lives and the local ecology of the Cedar Valley. I heard passion, anger, and frustration in …

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, February 27, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

African-American Children & Families Conference, February 24, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Education.

African-American Children & Families Conference Programs

The program for the annual Conference on African-American Children and Families held at the University of Northern Iowa.

Women's History Month, March 2017: Calendar: 'She Persisted" [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Women's And Gender Studies Program.

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Documents

No abstract provided.

Festival Symphony Band, February 11, 2017 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, February 2, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Stem Stories, February 2017, #1, Mir Ashfaquzzaman

STEM Stories

Research Spotlight - MVMS: Magic in Math Classroom

Rod Library Newsletter: Notes For The Stalled, V9n6, February 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--Create Change by Volunteering!
--RodCon Art Submissions
--February Art Wall
--1st Floor Changes
--Can’t Find a Computer?
--Upcoming Events

Faculty And Student Perceptions Of Cheating, Anita M. Gordon, Helen C. Harton, Emma Welch

Faculty Work

Students and faculty at a mid-sized masters comprehensive university completed a survey regarding their perceptions of student cheating and other academic misbehavior. A total of 656 student surveys (22%) and 303 faculty surveys (35%) were analyzed to determine the perceived prevalence of cheating across campus, which behaviors are considered cheating, and how wrong they are perceived to be. Results demonstrated less consensus among faculty than expected on which misbehaviors violate the academic ethics policy as well as considerable variation in the perceived frequency that the policy violations occur, for both students and faculty. Increased education about plagiarism and cheating is …

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, January 26, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

Meeting minutes from the Graduate Council of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, January 9, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Community Rain Gardens: Rainscaping Group Project Report, University Of Northern Iowa. Center For Energy & Environmental Education.

UNI Conservation Corps Projects

A rain garden is a depression created in a landscape that allows water runoff from rooftops, driveways, and/or streets to pool or be ponded. The water does not stay, it only captures this runoff and allows it to infiltrate into the ground recharging groundwater instead of running off into our sewer systems and in turn into our rivers and streams. Rain gardens are an infiltration-based storm water treatment management system. The idea here is to add beauty in the landscaping of these rain gardens while also treating home's rooftop and driveway runoff, which allows them to be both aesthetically pleasing …

Good Neighbor Iowa: Natural Lawn Care 2017 Ppt, University Of Northern Iowa. Center For Energy & Environmental Education.

UNI Conservation Corps Projects

No abstract provided.

Graduate Program Survey 2016-2017, Megan Vogt-Kostner

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

The 2016-2017 Graduate Program Survey was administered by the University of Northern Iowa's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness using the online survey tool, Qualtrics. The purpose of the study was for the university to gain feedback about the students' graduate school experiences. The survey results help the university to provide a better graduate experience for future students.

Programs And Courses Catalog 2017-2018, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

This catalog is published for students and other persons who want to know more about the University of Northern Iowa. Its purpose is to communicate as objectively and completely as possible what the university is and what it does. The catalog is presented in sections to give a general view of the university as well as the detailed information required for informed decision making.

Discursive Struggles In Communication With Extended Stepfamily Members, Rebecca Diverniero

Iowa Journal of Communication

Despite the explosion of stepfamily communication research over the past 40 years, we still know little about how members of new stepfamilies manage their evolving relationships with extended kin. In particular, stepchildren face the challenge of getting to know new extended stepfamily members, yet society provides no social prescriptions for how to navigate interactions with people who stepchildren suddenly have familial ties to, yet share little to no history with. To investigate this relationship, I interviewed forty young adult stepchildren and conducted an interpretive analysis of the interviews, using Relational Dialectics Theory to frame the data. Two discursive struggles, stranger-family …