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University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, September 8, 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

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

Prism Showcase, September 7, 2016 [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, September 1, 2016, 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.

Uni Grad Student News, V15n1, September 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this Issue:

--Message From the Dean
--Alumni Profile: Stacia Eggers
--Current Faculty Profile: Dr. Wendy Hoofnagle
--Stem Chats
--MBA Capstone Conference
--Commencement Speaker Emily Francis
--Graduate Assistants in the Graduate College: Jamie Farley, Angela Ross
--Psychology Students Presenting at National and International Conferences
--Social Work Awards Events
--New Graduate Student Orientation (NGSO), Fall 2016
--New Certificate in Ethics in Research and Scholarship
--Save These Dates: Fall 2016 Ethics Events
--CSBS Research Conference
--Library Studies Alumnae
--Fall & Spring 2016 Important Dates for Thesis & Dissertation Writers
--UNI Grad Student News
--Graduate College Staff and Contact Information

Stem Stories, September 2016, #1, Mir Ashfaquzzaman

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Eric Scheidecker

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Agenda, September 1, 2016, 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.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, September 2016, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Academic Affairs Update, September 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs.

Academic Affairs Update

Inside this issue:

-- Welcome to the 2016-17 academic year!
-- A Breath of Fresh AIR: Alums Return for Alumni in Residence Program

The Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Occurs On A Minichromosome With Extensive Heteroplasmy In Two Species Of Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus Aurei And Thomomydoecus Minor, Lucas L. Pietan, Theresa A. Spradling, James W. Demastes

Faculty Work

In animals, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) typically occurs as a single circular chromosome with 13 protein-coding genes and 22 tRNA genes. The various species of lice examined previously, however, have shown mitochondrial genome rearrangements with a range of chromosome sizes and numbers. Our research demonstrates that the mitochondrial genomes of two species of chewing lice found on pocket gophers, Geomydoecus aurei and Thomomydoecus minor, are fragmented with the 1,536 base-pair (bp) cytochrome-oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene occurring as the only protein-coding gene on a 1,916–1,964 bp minicircular chromosome in the two species, respectively. The cox1 gene of T. …

Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V9n2, September 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--It Takes an Iowan
--Need Help? Ask Us!
--Are You Career Ready?
--Vinyl Fridays
--A-Team
--Upcoming Events

Enhancing The Effects Of Theatre Of The Oppressed Through Systems Thinking: Reflections On An Applied Workshop, Jennifer Luong, Ross Arnold

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

In this essay, we explore the idea that the use of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) techniques in the quest for social justice, transformation, and liberation can be enhanced through application of a skill set called systems thinking. We facilitated a workshop at the 2015 Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed conference in which we presented a brief introductory course in systems thinking, led guided practice using the method, and invited sharing and reflection about the fusion of systems thinking and TO. We explain the workshop in detail, discuss its impact on participants, and offer future directions for considering the …

Beyond The Wall In Dheisheh Camp: From Local To Transnational Image-Making, Philip Hopper

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

Murals and graffiti on the Israeli separation barrier near Bethlehem have been well documented by journalists and discussed in academic journals. Though the image and texts on the barrier may be “transnational” they are of little consequence to the local population. Murals and graffiti within the nearby Dheisheh Palestinian Refugee Camp consolidate local public opinion, generally about the occupation and dismemberment of the West Bank and specifically about individual martyrs or shaheed. The performative nature of these images goes beyond the act of painting them. Children from the Camp pose with these images, identifying with the abstraction of justice and …

Students Staging Resistance: Pedagogy/Performance/Praxis, Patrick Santoro, Uriah Berryhill, Lois Nemeth, Rebecca Townsend, Deirdre Webb

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

This essay archives and reimagines a collaborative student performance—inJUSTICE—developed as part of a performance and social change course. Working within the framework of critical pedagogy, the intents of this piece are several: to offer strategies for teaching a course on performing resistance and mentoring students in the development of original work; to provide insight into how students, primarily at the undergraduate level, process performance in the context of social change, as well as apply course concepts and practices in their own performance work; and to affirm a body-centered, performative pedagogy in the classroom. Also included is a video of the …

Imaginative Acts Of Resistance: Dramatic Storytelling In An Elementary School Classroom, Shannon K. Mcmanimon

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

This critical ethnographic project draws upon literature on imagination, critical literacy, and theatre to explore a sixth-grade class’s participation in a critical literacy and creative drama program. Through examples from the storytelling practices of the Neighborhood Bridges program, I outline how students and teachers (including a teaching artist) imagined, co-created, and revised storylines in their classroom; this collaboration provides an alternative to the common narrative of the constrained urban public school classroom. The resulting imaginative acts of resistance: 1) encourage and empower urban elementary students to enact relevant, collaborative community in their classrooms; 2) engage meaningful—not just functional—literacies; 3) ask …

Underrepresented: In The Margins Of Education, Jennifer L. Erdely

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

This poem documents and serves as a call to action to confront our perceptions in spaces of learning. The format of the poem serves as a way to “give perspective” (Faulkner 2009, 92) to those who are marginalized while contemplating voice, ownership, and responsibility. This poem’s importance lies in its margins—in those blank spaces where we as teachers, scholars, and students can write how we decide to engage our own identities, pedagogies, and performances with what is on the page. Poems allow space for other voices to be expressed—the blank space on the page is the place of freedom for …

Online Only Classes And Critical Dialogue: Toward A Faustian Bargain Ideal For Virtual Education, C. Kyle Rudick

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

As distance learning and Online Only Classes (OOCs) become more prevalent in higher education, it becomes increasingly urgent that critical-democratic educators continue to work toward a better understanding of liberatory praxis through technology. The goals of this essay are to explain why critical dialogue cannot be realized in OOCs, describe how blended brick-and-mortar/virtual classes may be advantageous for a critical agenda, and help orient future scholarship concerning critical pedagogy and technology toward a “Faustian bargain” ideal argued by Neil Postman. In order to reach these goals, I outline two types of educators that I believe have the most at stake …

Shaking The Hands Of Our Mentors: Boal And Freire And Us, Katherine Burke, Mariana K. Leal Ferreira, Mark Weinberg

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

This collection of three personal narratives documents the ways in which a radical mathematics educator, a socially conscious but disillusioned theatre-maker, and a social activist seeking tools for change discovered the techniques of Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed and met the wonderful men who developed them.

Editor’S Introduction To The Inaugural Issue Of Pto Journal, Jennifer L. Freitag

Spect-actor: A Journal of Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

This brief note from the editor provides an introduction to the journal, the philosophy that has driven its development, what makes it similar to and different from other professional journals, and the individuals and organizations responsible for its inception.

Minutes Of Graduate College Committee On Curricula, August 30, 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College Curriculum Committee.

Minutes - Graduate Curriculum Committee

Minutes of the committee that oversees the development of the curriculum of the University of Northern Iowa Graduate College.

Randy Grabowski, Trumpet, August 30, 2016 [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.

Report On 2015-2016 Compliance With Continuous Quality Improvement Legislation, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

A report provided to the Iowa Board of Regents regarding continuous improvement processes in courses at the University of Northern Iowa.

Stem Stories, August 2016, Mir Ashfaquzzaman

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Courtney Massey

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, August 2016, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

The Update, August-October 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside This Issue:
--CHAS Briefs
--Spotlight-Student: Tsering Kyi
--Spotlight-Faculty: Nikki Harken
--Science in the Media
--Cornerstone Theatre Performance
--Senior Seminar Service
--NSF at UNL
--Calendar of Events

Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V9n1, August 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--New OneSearch!
--Learning Commons Tech Desk
--Rock the Stacks!
--Ch-ch-Changes
--Upcoming Events

2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, University Of Northern Iowa. Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium Programs

The program for the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium of the College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences.

Zijad Mahmutovic - Grout Museum District, Zijad Mahmutovic

Robert and Yvonne Koob Fund for Student Community Engagement Recipients

I was able to provide the Grout Museum with oral histories of Bosnian Immigrants. These interviews are crucial for the Museum, and their future plans for an inclusive Bosnian exhibit, one that will show the process of immigration to the United States and the Waterloo, Iowa area.

Chad Smith - Waterloo Schools Foundation, Chad Smith

Robert and Yvonne Koob Fund for Student Community Engagement Recipients

This internship with the Waterloo Schools Foundation has allowed me to learn how to administer tasks within a database in order to practice financial management. For the first time, I was able to facilitate interviews for a strategic plan assessment. Also, I was able to observe, participate, and gain greater understanding of nonprofit board meetings and committees.

International Panther, Summer 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Culture And Intensive English Program.

International Panther

Inside this issue:

-- From the Director
-- Collaborating to Create More Study Abroad Opportunities
-- CIEP classes help develop speaking confidence for UNI Graduate, Safa Alrabie
-- Pure Vida - Welcome to Costa Rica!
-- Student Spotlight
-- CIEP Summer Activities at a Glance
-- Summer 2016 Immersion Program - Proyecta 100,000 Strong
-- Staff Spotlight
-- Teaching in China
-- Fulfilling a Dream: Returning to China

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2016, 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.