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Nonpareil, V72n3, Summer 1988, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

Nonpareil

Table of Contents:

The long view: general education for life ••• 2
Good sports about studying ••• 10
Campus News ••• 15
Bruce bucks non-believers ••• 20
Alumni Profile/Noel Bacon ••• 22
Alumni News ••• 25
Class notes ••• 26
Perspective ••• 31

University Catalog 1988-1990, 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.

A Comparison Study Of Teaching Basic Drafting Concepts Using Computer-Assisted Equipment And Traditional Methods To Beginning Drafting Students At The Secondary Level, Thomas K. Farmer

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this research was to determine if basic drafting concepts and skills can be learned by students using computer-assisted drafting equipment as well as those students who were taught using traditional drafting equipment. The two methods used in this study were a traditional style, using drafting boards with drafting machines, and the second was using computer-assisted drafting equipment (CAD).

Spring Commencement [Program], May 14, 1988, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 21-23, 1988 [Program, 100th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program Contents:

Program Summary --- 5
General Session Speakers --- 9
Awards --- 13
Distinguished Fellows --- 13, 14
Distinguished Iowa Scientist --- 15
Distinguished Service --- 16
Symposia Programs --- 17
Video Film Preview --- 19
Special Meetings --- 20
Field Trip --- 20
Poster Papers --- 21
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 25
Agricultural Sciences --- 26
Anthropology --- 28
Biotechnology --- 30
Botany --- 32
Chemistry, Inorganic --- 37
Chemistry, Organic --- 42
Conservation --- 44
Earth Science Teaching --- 46
Elementary Science Teaching --- 47
Engineering --- 48
Geology --- 53
Linguistics --- 58 …

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, April 11, 1988, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

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

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1988, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Graduating Student Survey, Spring Semester 1988, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

List of Tables --- iv

Introduction --- 1

Demographic Information --- 3-5

Profile Data by Colleges --- 6-62

Miscellaneous Information --- 62-66

Appendix --- 67

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, March 28, 1988, 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 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, March 14, 1988, 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 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, January 25, 1988, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

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

Grief Counseling With Children, Lisa Paterno Martin

Graduate Research Papers

While much has been written and is understood about adult grief (Rosen, 1984 1985), comparatively little information is available to counselors regarding childhood grief and appropriate counseling interventions. The intent of this paper was to consolidate some of the more current literature dealing with various aspects of counseling with grieving children into a brief overview of children's grief responses and the counselor's role in ¼Drking with children who are grieving.

The Use Of Motivation In Academic Excellence, Donald James Blau

Graduate Research Papers

Each student in a classroom is different from his peers and what apparently motivates one child may not work with another. Their personalities are different and this plays a large role in the way each student responds to you. More and more educators are becoming aware that learning is affected by motivation and interest. Think about what motivated you as a student. If any attempt was to be made in inspiring students on their journey through the educational process, it lay with teachers in their methods and manners of encouragement and motivation.

Black Alcoholism: Etiology, Counseling And Treatment, Charissa L. Gainous

Graduate Research Papers

Alcoholism or alcohol abuse is a multi-dimensional social phenomenon that cannot be easily understood, nor can it be defined in a simplistic or straight forward manner (Roebuck & Kessler, 1972). Any attempt to comprehensively understand the nature of alcoholism among blacks must acknowledge the fact that it has multiple causes, many of which are external to the individual (Watts & Wright, 1983). Any discussion of black alcoholism must acknowledge that certain socioeconomic and environmental factors are key determinants of alcohol problems among blacks (Kane, 1981), from etiology (Helmer, 1975), to prevention (Crisp, 1980), to policy (Yabura, 1975), to treatment and …

Licensure Of Professional Mental Health Counselors In Iowa, Jeffrey Don Hasselmann

Graduate Research Papers

The issue of licensure has divided the profession of mental health counseling (Arbuckle, 1977; Cottingham, 1978; Sweeney and Witmer, 1977). Some professional mental health counselors adhere to the philosophy that licensure advances the profession (Carroll, Griggs & Halligan, 1977; Sweeney & Witmer, 1977). Opponents to licensure purport that licensing in itself will not advance the field nor will it necessarily ensure the delivery of quality psychological services (Davis, 1981; Gross, 1977, 1978; Tiedeman, 1979).

Adolescents And Stress, Bret Darnell Adams

Graduate Research Papers

Adolescents today live in a very busy, hectic world that is constantly changing. Problems such as divorce, death, abuse, violence, and accidents can have a negative effect of stress on adolescents (Omizo, Omizo, & Suzuki, 1988). Children who are under stress may become emotionally depressed, impulsive, aggressive, anti-social, self-destructive, or irritable. Herbert (1983) stated that stress may produce a variety of physical symptoms such as: increased heart rate, tenseness in the stomach, sweaty palms, headaches, loss of appetite, or insomnia.

Merit Pay: The Pros And Cons, Stephen Forest Beecher

Graduate Research Papers

The majority of public school districts in the U.S. employ a uniform salary schedule. Under this type of schedule, the years of teaching and the educational credentials are usually the determining elements of a teacher's salary. Teachers with the same credentials and experience receive the same salary regardless of subject area or performance. Each school district sets its own salary schedule or goes through the collective bargaining process with the local teacher's union.

Education Experiences For The Elderly: The Investigation Of Obstacles And Opportunities, Maggie Grosvenor Bice

Graduate Research Papers

Education at any age is considered to be a means for enhancing the quality of one's life. The researcher contends that improving the quality of life is a continuous and eternal theme, filtering through the entire life span of any hum an being. Thomas Jefferson was quoted in Ronald Gross' book The New Old as saying "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government'' (p. 259). If we can assume that education is a means for improving the quality of life, then we can sense the need …

Smoking Cessation Through Conscious Choice, Lorene R. Sims

Graduate Research Papers

Smoking is known to cause disease and shorten life. Scientific findings on health dangers, government regulations for labels and advertising, lower insurance rates to non-smokers, and cash incentives to employees who stop smoking all serve as strong encouragers to kick the habit (Davies, 1986). Recent Iowa legislation and the nationwide trend for a smoke free societal environment are motivating forces to quit smoking permanently. Addiction to tobacco is a learned habit which is possible to relearn as the habit of nonsmoking (Hyder, 1979). Once the smoker begins asking. "Why do I smoke?", and begins to approach the problem from a …

Student Evaluation Of Teachers, Rick A. Ironside

Graduate Research Papers

Who was the best judge of the effectiveness of a teacher? Was it the administrator who visited the classroom two or three times during the year? Was it the researcher who has yet to identify what constitutes an effective teacher? Was it the college instructor who hypothesizes in his teaching about what constitutes teacher effectiveness? According to William Rupley (1974) it was the pupil who spent more time each class day with the teacher than did anyone else.

Paraprofessional Programs In Higher Education: Advantages And Disadvantages, Brian K. Fegley

Graduate Research Papers

Faced with increasing enrollments and tight fiscal policies, many directors of college student services departments have found it necessary to revise and enlarge their programs. For many, this revision includes employing upper class undergraduate students and graduate students to work as paraprofessionals. Employed as an aide to professional staff members, paraprofessionals have been used to complete basic clerical duties such as typing, copying and filing, do research, or process routine departmental paperwork. Others have been employed as "peer counselors", interacting with the student population in residence halls and counseling centers. Some student workers have administered "mini programs" within a department. …

Death Curricula In The Public Schools, David Eugene Crotts

Graduate Research Papers

The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the benefits of implementation of death and dying curricula into our public schools. The role of the school counselor in grief counseling and implementation of death curricula will be addressed. A review of relevant literature will be used to accomplish these purposes.

1988 Reach For The Stars, Northern University High School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Northern University High School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa.

Childhood Obesity, Rhoda Campbell

Graduate Research Papers

Childhood obesity is a problem that is increasing (Blessing, 1986). According to Dietz, (cited in Blessing, 1986), the number of obese children between the ages of twelve and seventeen increased by 39 percent between 1963 and 1980. Obesity increased for children in the six to eleven year old range by 54 percent during this same time frame. Plimpton (1987) cited a number of studies which indicated that 25 percent of American children are obese and that 80 percent of those obese children will become obese adults. The criteria used to define obesity in various studies range from 15 percent or …

Successful Stepfamily Development: Issues And Implications For Counselors, Cheryl A. Rammelsberg

Graduate Research Papers

The traditional meaning of "family" as the biological unit of father, mother and child(ren) can no longer be assumed in today's society. There are many other types of structures functioning in our society fulfilling all of the traditional family roles and responsibilities, and an increasingly prevalent one of these is the "stepfamily". One definition of stepfamily in the literature was the complex description offered by Sager, Walker, Brown and Rodstein (1981) of "one that is created by the marriage (or living together in one domicile) of two partners, one or both of whom have been married previously and was divorced …

An Analysis Of The Changing Characterizations In The Nancy Drew Series, 1930-1987, Nancy A. Gray

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to discern from an examination of the original Nancy Drew series and the "Nancy Drew Fi !es" how the characters have changed from the beginning of the series in 1930 to 1987. This study concentrated on three groups of characters; Nancy Drew and her three friends

Faculty Morale, Larry Eugene Witt

Graduate Research Papers

Faculty morale is a phenomenon that has lately been receiving more discussion and research time. Recognized as a powerful force, faculty morale remains difficult to define in precise terms. One point that has been agreed upon by educators is that faculty morale is not unidimensional. Instead faculty morale is multidimensional. A second point of agreement is that faculty morale is vital to all human organizations.

Eco-Systems Management: Review And Implications, Sammie L. Dell

Graduate Research Papers

Educational professionals upon registering for the 1986 Student Affairs Institute, being hosted by Iowa State University, in Am.es, Iowa, were presented a button with the following equation B = f(P x E) stamped upon it. Upon inquiry it was found the equation was one developed in part by James Banning, Vice President for Student Affairs, Colorado State University and part of an emerging new approach to providing post secondary student services. The equation translation is that behavior is a function of the interaction of persons and the environment. In regards to post secondary education this relationship is often times referred …

Co-Dependence: A Disease Inherent To Dysfunctional Family Systems, Janet Gehrls

Graduate Research Papers

Co-dependence is an idea that has emerged recently in the chemical dependency field especially relating to alcoholism. The term co-dependence was originally used to describe those persons whose lives were affected by involvement with a chemically dependent person (Subby and Friel, 1984). Most research prior to 1982 was centered on individual personality traits and characteristics of the :alcoholic or the alcoholic's spouse rather than looking at the relationship process or family system (Jacob and Seilhamer, 1982; Steinglass, 1982). Attention was focused on understanding and helping the alcoholic while the non-drinkers in the family, if considered at all, were thought to …

An Ret/Systems Dialectic Metatheory, Michael Tallman

Graduate Research Papers

The proponents of individual therapy and family systems therapies advocate their respective approaches as the preferred modality. The case is frequently presented as dichotomous: either therapy works with individuals (whose interpersonal relationships are viewed as relevent) or it deals with systems (Massey, 1986). The purpose of this research paper is to integrate an individual therapy, specifically Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) within a systemic framework. A theoretical approach, Dialectical Metatheory in Family Therapy (Weeks, 1986), accomodates [sic] this individual/systems perspective by transcending this dichotomy and eliminating the polarization of an either/or thinking.