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UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Ists, September 2010, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--Notes and News

--Opportunities

A Response To Back To The Future?, Dale Cyphert

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

As a rhetoric scholar, I obviously applaud David Grant’s claim that effective writing instruction necessarily involves rhetorical education. I could even pile on with corroborating evidence from contemporary pedagogy in speech making, discussion, and interpersonal communication. There is no argument, at least among those who study the subject. Communication is effective and appropriate only to the extent that it conforms to the rhetorical norms of both rhetor and audience—the social, epistemological and performative rules for collective decision making on which they can agree. Thus, communication instruction, including writing instruction, is most effective as coached skill development within a context of …

Panther Tracks, September 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Military Science.

Panther Press

Inside this issue:

-- We're Back in Action!
-- Panther Battalion Cadets Get Their Wings
-- UNI ROTC's Website is Given a Facelift
-- 6,127 Miles Away From Home
-- One Month Out

Editor's Introduction, Jesse Swan

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Tangents

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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A Response To Submitting To The Disciplines Of Liberation, Holly Malm

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Ever since I was little, I imaged human beings as islands with a vast ocean separating us from others. We spend our whole lives trying to traverse this ocean, not by boat, but through messages in bottles that we can only pray reach our intended and that our intended speaks our language. When we find a way to communicate, the loneliness of our island solitude is momentarily broken.

A Response To Back To The Future?, Donna Vinton

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Engage in a conversation with faculty on the topic of student writing, and it is not uncommon to hear complaints about the level of skill they are seeing in student work. I could not agree more strongly with Grant’s assertion that developing students’ skills in writing cannot be limited to a single course, remedial or otherwise, which students are required to take as part of their college coursework. If we want students to learn to write well and develop as writers, experiences in writing need to be integrated throughout the curriculum. How can institutions of higher education go about working …

A Response To Submitting To The Disciplines Of Liberation, Linda Bingham

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Reading Dr. Koch’s paper on a Liberal Arts Education created conflict in me. Whereas I highly value such an education, I despair that the information/material age we live in continues to devalue it. Granted, I teach writing in a community college rather than a university. We have open enrollment, which includes students who are not necessarily prepared for college. However, I must point out that most of my students are general education students taking their first two years at the community college with plans to transfer to a 4-year school to complete their education. For the most part, these students …

A Response To Back To The Future?, Xavier Escandell

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

“Muddled writing is muddled thinking,” wrote my professor, challenging me to revise one of my first essays in graduate school. Indeed, the process of reconciling writing and thinking is a lifelong challenge for writers. The challenge is even more daunting as you try to teach others how to communicate ideas effectively on paper. As I grade my student papers, I am continuously pondering how I can encourage my students to engage their sociological imagination, encourage them to be mindfully skeptical citizens, while addressing the ‘correctness’ and ‘basic skills’ of writing. Grant argues for the need to re-couple writing to its …

A Response To Back To The Future?, Deanne Gute

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

In “Back to the Future? Writing Instruction in the 21st Century Liberal Arts,” David Grant advocates a “return to the classical arrangement of the liberal arts” and rhetoriccentered writing instruction. As a writing center coordinator dealing with students’ everyday rhetorical challenges, I hear in this proposal the sound of sweet music.

A Response To Submitting To The Disciplines Of Liberation, Marcea Seible

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

When Bill Koch quoted Mark Van Doren at the beginning of his article, he situated me within a familiar context as a teacher and a lifelong learner: “There is no more perfect situation…than teachers teaching teachers.” My first thoughts in relation to this were of my time as part of the Illinois State Writing Project, a site within the National Writing Project, located in Normal, Illinois. “Teachers teaching teachers” provides the foundation within which the National Writing Project operates, and it is a motto that has been ingrained in me as both a teacher and a mentor of other teachers. …

Back To The Future? Writing Instruction In The 21st Century Liberal Arts, David M. Grant

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The United States is one of the few places where a freshman-level composition course is a requirement for most students (Horner 1990). As a required course, however, it is also a source of contention, not only because of its cost to teach, but also because of its lack of perceived benefits. Complaints about the writing abilities of college students persist anecdotally among faculty, administrators and sometimes in the popular press and are often cast in terms of crises (e.g., Shiels 1975). As histories of college writing studies show, however, such perceived crises are often linked to larger, social changes about …

Submitting To The Disciplines Of Liberation: A Second Look At Mark Van Doren’S Liberal Education, Bill Koch

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

For a few years now I’ve been describing to colleagues in the UNI English Department some of the ways I’ve been trying to engage students with their writing in the sections of College Writing and Research that I teach, and more than once they’ve said, “I wish I could take your class.” And as I’ve continued to reread Van Doren’s 1943 book on liberal education (on which I wrote an article that was published in UNIversitas a couple years ago), I’ve found that his thoughts help me to explain some of these concepts and activities, ways to engage students …

An All-Rachmaninoff Recital, Featuring Sean Botkin, Piano, Tricia Park, Violin, Hannah Holman, Cello, August 30, 2010 [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 Minutes, August 23, 2010, 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 Agenda, August 23, 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

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

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V06n2-3, Summer-Fall 2010, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Meet Iowa Department of Education Science Consultant Yvette McCulley

--2010 Iowa AmJAS Delegate, McKenna Templeton shares her experiences at AmJAS

--2011-2012 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships

--Environmental Literacy Needs and Partnerships Survey

--Experience Three Weeks in India: University of Iowa Winterim in India Program

--Academy awarded REAP-CEP Grants

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

--Support The Academy

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2010, 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.

Excellence In Education, Summer 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Education.

Excellence in Education

Inside this issue:

-- Secretary of Education Visits UNI

-- The Dalai Lama to Visit UNI

-- CEESTEEM

-- Collaborative for Disabilities

-- Literacy

-- Global Forum for PE

-- Pema Yangchen: Student Profile

-- HPELS Hall of Excellence 2009 Inductees

-- U.S. Department of Education Awards $9 Million Teacher Quality Partnership Grant to State of Iowa

-- 09 Summer Storms Damage Price Lab

-- COE Awards Celebration

-- COE New Hires/Retirees

-- Faculty Award Winners

-- In Memory

-- Kindergym

-- Professional Development Schools

-- Price Lab School Summer Camps

-- PLS Honored as Recipient of First ASCD Vision …

Biennial Report To The Board Of Regents State Of Iowa 2008-2010, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Cumulative Enrollment 2008/2009
--- Cumulative Enrollment 2009/2010
--- Residence Enrollment by Sessions
--- Full-Time Equivalency Enrollment
--- Degrees Awarded
--- Program Certificates Awarded
--- Summary of Enrollment – Fall and Spring

Summer School Survey Report 2010, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

The Summer School report is designed to help gain a better understanding of the patterns of usage of summer school courses and student's preferences of scheduling.

Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V3n1, June 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

-- Acceptable Cell Phone Use
-- Rod Library Goes Mobile
-- EndNote Web

Jazz Band One, 2010 Spring Tour, May 19-21, 2010 [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.

Ists E-Newsletter, May 15, 2010, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--Message from the ISTS Chair, Kathy Megivern

--Message from the Fall Conference Chair, De Anna Tibben

--Message from the Vice Chair, Adam Puderbaugh

--Announcements

--Opportunities

--News

--Your ISTS Leadership Team

Northern Iowa Wind Symphony, May 13, 2010 [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.

Spring Commencement [Program], May 8, 2010, 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.

Uni Graduating Senior Survey Report December 2009-May 2010, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

Survey Administration --- 2

Survey Highlights --- 2

Distribution of Graduates by College --- 5

Characteristics of Respondents --- 7

Institutional Summary of Results --- 9

Summary of Responses by College --- 12

Multiple Year Comparison --- 63

Appendix A --- 72

Karel Keldermans, Carillonneur, April 30, 2010 [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.

Karel Keldermans, Carillonneur, April 29, 2010 [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.