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Student Disability Services Campus Newsletter, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of Student Disability Services.

Student Disability Services Newsletter

Inside this issue:

-- Let's Get Captioning
-- Celebrating Disability Awareness Month - October
-- ADA 25th Anniversary Celebration Walk
-- About a Disability: Bipolar Disorder
-- Embrace Your Stress
-- Graduate Student Feature: Kiley Schmidt
-- FREE Apps for College Students
-- Graduate Student Feature: Alyssa Cobie-Nuss

Tallgrass Prairie Center News, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Black Soil and Gold Hues: 29th Roadside Conference
-- In-Field of Dreams: Prairie Strips Will Come
-- Putting TPC expertise to work on Monarch and Pollinator Conservation
-- Paddy Woodworth, Irish Author Visits UNI
-- 2015 Iowa Prairie Conference: Working Prairies
-- Controlling Invasive Cattails by Fire, Herbicide, and Mowing
-- Iowa IRVM Story Map Project
-- A Sand Mound Prairie Attracts Butterflies...and Admirers
-- New Publications Available from the Tallgrass Prairie Center
-- Student Profiles: Jordan Young, Graduate Student, Biology
-- Student Profiles: Wynton Karanja, Global Health: Health Disparities

Premier, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Education.

Premier

Contents:

--Letter from the Dean

--MES Program Becoming Popular Route to Physical Therapy Careers

--Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Wraps Up Work

--Schindler Education Center Undergoes Renovation

--Teacher Leadership for International Educators: Impacting Far and Near

--Education Major Appointed to BOR

--Faculty Member and Student Pair to Teach Forgiveness

--Alumni Return to Share Wisdom

--HPELS Program Helps Prepare Tuttle for Future

--Student Teachers Learn About Poverty, & Challenges Facing Area Families

--The Story Writers

--Invest in a Better Future

--Class Notes

--Educate Serve Lead Annual Report

Coe Acclaim, Fall 2015, Issue 9 [10], University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Education.

COE Acclaim

Inside This Issue:
--Jacobson Center celebrates 25 years of Reading Recovery in Iowa
--Youth Academy Cafe discusses challenges facing area youth
--Grant ensures qualified early childhood special ed teachers
--COE conferences offer a variety of learning opportunities
--UNI faculty work with Waterloo schools for STEM education
--Therapeutic Recreation students tour Mayo Clinic
--Awards and Honors
--Presentations
--Publications
--Grants and Contracts Completed
--Community Involvement
--Schindler Education Center Renovation

Notes With Interest: Department Of Finance Newsletter, N04, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Finance.

Department of Finance Newsletter

News about the activities of the Department of Finance

The Link, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Division Of School Library Studies.

The Link: A School Library Studies Alumni Newsletter

Inside this issue:

-- Telling the tale
-- Out and about
-- Beyond Google
-- Ask me!
-- Teachers, scholars, moms and more
-- Expanding the pool

A Polynomial Time Algorithm For Computing The Area Under A Gdt Curve, Aleksandar Poleksic

Faculty Work

Background

Progress in the field of protein three-dimensional structure prediction depends on the development of new and improved algorithms for measuring the quality of protein models. Perhaps the best descriptor of the quality of a protein model is the GDT function that maps each distance cutoff θ to the number of atoms in the protein model that can be fit under the distance θ from the corresponding atoms in the experimentally determined structure. It has long been known that the area under the graph of this function (GDT_A) can serve as a reliable, single numerical measure …

Faculty Tenure Report, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness.

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Statistical report showing the number of faculty that are tenured, on the tenure track, or not on the tenure track, broken down by college, department, gender, minority status, and if full or part time.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, October 2015, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Ica Newsletter, Fall 2015, Iowa Communication Association.

ICA Newsletter

Contents:

--President’s Message
--2015–2016 ICA Executive Committee
--Stick, Vogel Nominated for NSAC awards; Stick Named NSAC Winner
--Vogel Accepts Citation Award
--IWCC Faculty Promoted
--DMACC Hosts Speech Contest
--Nominations Open for Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award
--Outstanding Teaching Award Call
--Sioux City’s Western Iowa Tech to Host Joint Conference in March
--DMACC Begins Workshop Program
--Westphal Student Paper Competition Call: ICA 2016 Convention
--Iowa Journal of Communication (IJC) Call for Manuscripts: Vol. 48 (2016)
--Fall Conference Highlights

Rhythms: Music At The University Of Northern Iowa, V34, Fall 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Rhythms: Music at the University of Northern Iowa

Contents:

Concert Chorale Tour to Estonia --- 5
Panther Marching Band in London --- 3
UNI Opera's "Merry Wives of Windsor" --- 6
From the Director --- 2
Autism and Arts Symposium --- 4
Hearst Visiting Artist Series --- 7
Hall of Fame and Honorary Doctorate --- 9
Scholarship Benefit Concert --- 11
Community Outreach --- 12
Jazz Division News --- 13
Student Awards and Honors --- 14
Alumni Spotlight --- 16
Donor Spotlight --- 17
Guest Artists 2014-14 --- 18
Faculty News and Activities --- 21
Faculty Spotlight --- 24
Alumni News and Updates --- 25
Emeritus Faculty News …

Theatre Uni Alumni Newsletter, Fall 2015-Spring 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Theatre.

Theatre UNI Alumni Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Letter From the Department Head
-- UNI Students Taking (Summer) Stock
-- Ruth Margraff
-- Independence
-- Recent Alumna
-- Taft at Okoboji
-- Isabella and the Mountain
-- Touring with Feld Entertainment
-- Iowa Thespians Festival
-- Alumni Profiles
-- Puppets on Tour
-- Spectrum
-- Phelps Conference/ Audition Support Fund

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, October 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- IWRC Takes Food Waste Reduction International
--- Upcoming IDNR Workshop
--- Celebrating P2 Week
--- Industry News

Minutes Of Graduate College Committee On Curricula, September 30, 2015, 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.

Jazz Combos Concert, September 29, 2015 [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.

Specialist Patrick Nyren, Euphonium, September 28, 2015 [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 Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, September 28, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

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

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, September 28, 2015, 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 Agenda, September 24, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

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

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, September 24, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

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

Minutes Of Graduate College Committee On Curricula, September 23, 2015, 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.

Uni Scholarworks Quarterly Report, September 2015, Ellen E. Neuhaus

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Academic Integrity And Facing Academic Dishonesty Afternoon Plenary Session & Wrap-Up, Abbylynn Helgevold, Jennifer Waldron, Disa Lubker Cornish, Brittany Flokstra, Craig Vansandt

Ethics Conference

A core classroom value for many college and university instructors is academic integrity and honesty. Instructors often employ a range of strategies to strengthen academic integrity and limit academic dishonesty in their individual courses. By bringing together panelists from a variety of disciplines and professional experiences, who teach a range of courses in diverse formats, levels, and sizes, this panel aims to generate a discussion about how to support a culture of academic integrity. We will address these issues based on how we think about academic integrity and dishonesty, our discipline or course specific concerns, our physical and institutional environments, …

An Interprofessional Approach To Plagiarism Prevention, Jacqueline Meyer, Lisa Brodersen, Seth Vickers, Dana Wedeking

Ethics Conference

The Graduate Nursing program employs a comprehensive, interprofessional approach to facilitate academic integrity for Master’s of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice students. This panel presentation will address the various facets of this approach, focusing specifically on plagiarism prevention.

An Academic Integrity Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) addresses expectations for students in regard to all aspects of academic integrity, including plagiarism. In addition, this SOP establishes a mechanism for dealing with instances of plagiarism when they occur. As a condition of the SOP, students sign the plagiarism policy at program orientation and annually thereafter. During their “Academic Success and …

Vulnerability And Children With Disabilities: Ethical Spheres Of Concern In Research And Practice, Chris Kliewer, Susan Etscheidt

Ethics Conference

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires that research involving children, including highly vulnerable social categories of children, detail adequate provisions to solicit the assent of children (in addition to receiving parental permission). The purpose appears to recognize the autonomy of children.

In this presentation, we raise questions about the autonomy and rights of children in both research projects and educational/therapeutic practices (often the focus of research projects). Commonly, justification for research and/or practices proceeds from two seemingly complementary orientations: (1) a deficit/deficiency model of disability and (2) a utilitarian ethical consideration focused on a rather narrow analysis …

Stem Education, Ethics & Communication, Laura Terlip, Jeffrey Brand

Ethics Conference

This session will focus on the need for integrating ethics education in general and communication ethics specifically into K-12 STEM education. The authors will discuss their previous work on science communication and ethics and present the results of a survey conducted to ascertain K-12 educator perceptions about the need to incorporate ethics into K-12 STEM programs.

Factors Contributing To Faculty Research Misconduct, Anita Gordon, Helen Harton

Ethics Conference

This session shares selected results from a national survey, funded by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity, to investigate the perceptions of research misconduct by faculty researchers from four disciplinary areas (biology, social work, sociology, and psychology). About 4,500 faculty from 107 randomly selected research-intensive and master’s comprehensive universities were invited to participate, leading to a response rate of approximately 40%. Respondents assessed scenarios depicting researcher misbehavior and reported how likely they would be to take those actions under the same circumstances. They also rated their perceptions of how wrong the actions were, how likely the actions were to become …

Student Perspectives On Academic Ethics, Laura Terlip, Parker Bennett, Samantha Johannsen, Toril Eintman, Lanie M. Crouse

Ethics Conference

This panel will consist of undergraduate and graduate students who will answer specific questions regarding academic ethics and discuss their positions with the audience. Case study examples will be posed for student/audience discussion and interaction.

The Ethics Of Words In An Ethical (Academic) World, Bill Koch

Ethics Conference

The topic of my presentation was prompted by a question I’ve asked students in my writing class: why is it that colleges almost uniformly require students take courses on writing and speaking in their first year of college? Why do programs like Cornerstone usually consist of courses on writing and speech and not, say, biology and business? Why are words in spoken and written form so important? My presentation will answer these questions and show that the ethical issues related to integrity and cheating can be greatly clarified when students and faculty engage more deeply, radically with their words.

This …

Cheating Resistant Pedagogies: Applying Insights From “Cheating Lessons” In The Classroom, Martha Reineke, Kim Baker, Lisa Brodersen, Timothy Adamson

Ethics Conference

Our panel discussion will focus on James Lang’s Cheating Lessons. Our goal is to capture the attention of any faculty members who suffer from plagiarism fatigue and think that everything that can be said about cheating in higher education has already been said. Our presentation will demonstrate that Lang breaks new ground. He draws on case studies of cheating, but not primarily to teach his readers about why students plagiarize or commit other academic ethics infractions. Rather, Lang invites his readers to treat each case as a distinct lesson in how students learn. Focusing on contextual rather than dispositional factors …