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Ua35/11 Arête May 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.

South Central Kentucky Audubon Society (Mss 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Papers, newsletters, minutes and yearbooks of the South Central Kentucky Audubon Society. Also includes correspondence related to the establishment of the Society in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items include: College Heights Herald complaint re: open meetings, soccer team, emeritus faculty, teaching English to speakers of other languages certificate, One Campus Challenge U, forensics team, Friends of Lost River Cave, Inc. property, President Gary Ransdell's evaluation, Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex, WKYU-TV and WKYU-FM audits, financial statements, tuition and fees, 2008-09 strategic initiatives funds, personnel actions and salaries, legislative priorities and capital construction report.

Attachments to the minutes:

• WKU Internal Auditor - Summary of Reviews & Other Activities
• WKU Internal Auditor - Schedule of Proposed Reviews and Other Activities …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• A Thousand Words
• Annie’s Outlook comic strip
• Beyond the Hill
• Classifieds
• Crime Reports
• Diversions
• Letters to the Editor
• Opinion
• Sports

Articles in this issue:

• Brown, Holly Packing Silent Heat
• Day, Michelle. Regents to Finalize Cuts, Raise Tuition
• Hale, Marianne. Parking Loses Three Bus Drivers, Updates Shuttle Schedule
• Greer, Lindsey. A Thousand Words – Mazna Al-Marzooqi
• Siders, Neil. Ruckus Bill Shelved Because of IT Concerns
• Wilson, Laurel. City to Auction Surplus
• Diehm, Jan & Susie Laun. New Editors Bring Fresh Ideas
• Abston, Jason. Extra Money Going into …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding elections, health insurance fund, budget, faculty awards, plus-minus grading and student evaluations of faculty.

Grant, Erin M. (Fa 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 235. Paper: "Goal Posts and Parking Lots" written by Erin M. Grant for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

The Effects Of Gender On Small Businesses: A Case Study Of Kasigau, Kenya, Leslie Abell, Jerry Daday

Sociology Faculty Presentations

Small businesses are seen as an agent of economic growth in developing countries. Recently, the idea of micro-lending has received increased attention due to its promising effects on employment and personal economic growth in rural developing areas. However, we lack an in depth understanding of how male and female business owners differ.

In the summer of 2007, our research group from Western Kentucky University spent three and a half weeks in a small rural area of Kenya, Africa. This area called Kasigau was situated at the base of Mount Kasigau in eastern Kenya. During our time there, we surveyed the …

Ua35/11 Arête April 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Sport As The “Opiate Of The Masses”: College Football In The American South, Eric Bain-Selbo

Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications

Karl Marx famously describes religion as the “opiate of the masses.” Marx argues that religion is an ideological tool that legitimates and defends the interests of the dominant, wealthy classes in the population. It does so in part by placating the poor and exploited classes. Faced with an arduous and seemingly unjust life in this world, the poor and exploited at least can look forward to a more perfect existence in the afterlife. To reach that afterlife, however, one must peacefully and quietly persevere through life’s tribulation—respecting the life, liberty, and (especially) private property of others. In this way, religion …

Wku Scholar, Office Of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

'Hussel,' 'Bussel' And 'Kussel,' Or, Using Google Books To Stalk The Elusive Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles H. Smith

DLPS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Robinson, Andrew. Darin Horn Resigns to Coach University of South Carolina – Basketball
• Day, Michelle. Budget Stalled in Committee – Legislation
• Ryan, Eileen. Kentucky Counts – Hillary Clinton, Elections
• Brown, Holly & Neil Siders. Student Government Association Aims to Increase Voter Turnout
• Rowell, Larry. Nursing Student Dies – Emily Vickers
• Day, Michelle. Casino Bill Dealt Losing Hand
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: WKU Spirit – Big Red, Cherry Hall, Red Towel
• Johnson, Jeanne. Student Government Association President Addresses Online Attacks
• Pride Is Not Seasonal: Don’t Let Our School …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding committee assignments, elections and plus-minus grading.

Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council

WKU Administration Documents

List of honorees at the 31st Annual Greek Academic Recognition Program.

Ua23 Alive Center Going Green!, Paul N. Markham, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 4, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

Ua3/9/5 Student Rally At The Capitol, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at student rally against budget cuts in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1597. Letters to William Perry Stamps and Rosalyn Stamps, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to their leadership in the Elks and its auxiliary. Includes constitution and by-laws of the ladies auxiliary of the Bowling Green lodge.

Kentucky State Penitentiary - Deeds, 1884 (Sc 1586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1586. Copies of fifteen deeds for land in Lyon County, Kentucky near Eddyville on which the Kentucky State Penitentiary was built.

Thigpen, Lorna Moore (Sc 1581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1581. Transcription of a taped interview with Gale Hudnall, Riverside, Warren County, Kentucky conducted as part of the oral history project "Riverside Remembrances." Hudnall discusses his family and the social life and history of Riverside and Richardsville, Kentucky. Interview conducted by Lorna Moore Thigpen.

Post Winter Term Student Survey, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Survey of student opinions regarding the four week winter term offered in January 2008.

Ua3/9/5 Improving The Education Attainment Of Kentuckians At All Levels, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Presentation by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Summit.

Ua3/9/5 Kentucky Teacher Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the 2008 Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring Jan Lanham, Patrice McCrary and Shelia Miller.

Ua1b3/3 Wku Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program, Draft, Wku Athletics Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Draft policy for the WKU Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program.

Implications On Rural Adult Learning In The Absence Of Broadband Internet, J. Kirk Atkinson

Analytics & Information Systems Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to establish a deeper understanding of the educational needs of rural-based learners within the context of online learning opportunities. It was hoped to ascertain whether rural learner’s needs differ in terms of learning choices from that of their urban counterparts. The basis for the urban examples is based totally upon available literature. This study is particularly interested in identifying predictors for why rural learners choose to participate in online based adult and community education using a case study approach. Seven themes were identified during this study and are presented as a model for potential …

Recreating Faulkner: Cleanth Brooks’ Use Of Faulkner As New Critical Exemplar, Dana W. Mcmichael

Robert Penn Warren Studies

Cleanth Brooks’ emphasis on textual structure helped move Faulkner criticism in new directions. Though early reviews and critical treatments of William Faulkner’s works frequently speculated on his literary intentions, combed his words for various ideologies, or sought a Jamesian realism, Brooks’ earliest studies of Faulkner insisted that his novels and stories be appreciated for their mastery of form. Although Brooks’ later studies have received much of the attention they deserve, his earliest essays on Faulkner have been largely neglected. Cumulatively, Brooks’ many articles and book-length studies of Faulkner’s fiction seek to repackage him as a Modernist writer whose works are …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Regents 1995-2008, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Board of Regents.

Emergency Department Utilization Among Victims And Offenders Involved In Non-Lethal Violence, Jerry Daday, Lisa M. Broidy, Cameron S. Crandall

Sociology Faculty Publications

The medical literature has focused on violent victimization as a public health concern, examining its correlates and evaluating intervention models. However, the emphasis on victimization in this literature overlooks the strong ties between victimization and offending risks outlined in the criminological literature, which may unnecessarily limit the scope of public health efforts to influence violence in our communities. This study examines whether the similarities observed in the criminological literature are evident in a health care setting. More specifically, do victims and offenders exhibit similar health care utilization patterns? We address this question by comparing the emergency department utilization records, criminal …

Research On The Experiences Of International Graduate Students: A Selective Literature Review, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

In 2003, there were 586,523 international students in U.S. institutions. International students make up 13 percent of U.S. graduate students, and account for one-fifth of all doctorates. Some students remain in the U.S., while others return to their home countries. Either way, however, international students represent a very significant portion of the U.S. higher education field. Yet the literature on international graduate students is surprisingly sparse. While there are many studies of the international graduate student experience, they tend to focus mostly on language acquisition, academics, acculturation and social adaptation. There are few well-constructed theoretical, qualitative, or quantitative studies dealing …

Ua12/13 Wku Sustainability Report 2007-2008, Christian Ryan-Downing

Sustainability Publications and Resources

No abstract provided.