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Transference Vol. 4, Fall 2016

Transference

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February 2017 News Items, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• WMU celebrates research, diversity and global engagement
• Professor wins prestigious Japanese literary prize for poetry

Haworth College Of Business News (02/2017), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

• NEW #2 RANKING FOR ISM
• TEACHING IN INDUSTRY
• GATEWAY TO INDIA

Western News, January 26, 2017, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Rinvelt; Bolger to lead governing board, Businessman’s estate gift benefits multiple unit, WMU postgrad data shows 92 percent find swift success, NEH grant aiding first-generation college students, Emeriti Council awards $10,000 in book scholarships for spring semester, On Campus with Jim Hilliker, Nonresident undergraduate tuition sharply decreased

Hawthorne’S American Gothic: A Blackness Ten Times Black, Keli Masten

The Hilltop Review

Emerging onto the literary scene in the late 1820’s and early 1830’s, Nathaniel Hawthorne sought to distinguish himself as something unique from the forms and techniques of his predecessors. Prior to Hawthorne, there were very few gothic stories or novels published by American authors. The genre was largely a European one, with the strongest influence being that of the British. Of particular interest is the allegorical short story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” (1832). While this story seems straightforward, there is a much richer dynamic waiting to be extracted. It could even be said that “Major Molineux” signifies the emergence of …

Notes From The Editor, Zahra Ameli Renani

The Hilltop Review

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The Hilltop Review, Vol 9, No 1. Fall 2016

The Hilltop Review

No abstract provided.

January 7, 2017: Mlk Day Teach-In Event: A Day Of Learning And Action, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

Addressing Threats to Justice, the Climate, and Civil Rights: A Day of Learning and Action

Generation Y Health Professional Students’ Preferred Teaching And Learning Approaches: A Systematic Review, Caroline Mary Hills, Tracy Levett-Jones, Samuel Lapkin, Helen Warren-Forward

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Generation Y or Millennials are descriptors for those born between 1982 and 2000. This cohort has grown up in the digital age and is purported to have different learning preferences from previous generations. Students are important stakeholders in identifying their preferred teaching and learning approaches in health professional programs. This study aimed to identify, appraise, and synthesize the best available evidence regarding the teaching and learning preferences of Generation Y health professional students. The review considered any objectively measured or self-reported outcomes of teaching and learning reported from Generation Y health professional student perspectives. In accordance with a previously published …

International Service Learning: Occupational Therapists' Perceptions Of Their Experiences In Guatemala, Jason C. Lawson, Myrna R. Olson

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

The U.S. is fast becoming more culturally diverse, creating a greater need for entry-level occupational therapists to be culturally competent. In order to increase students’ cultural competence, there is a growing support for international service learning (ISL). The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perspectives of occupational therapy practitioners who engaged in ISL as occupational therapy students. Interviews were conducted with nine practicing occupational therapists, all of whom graduated from the same occupational therapy program in the U.S. and participated in an ISL experience in Guatemala. Phenomenological methods were used to analyze the transcribed interviews for …

College Of Arts And Sciences Magazine: 2017, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• WMU’s New President
• Arts and Sciences Fulbright Scholars
• Sports Media Students Work With ESPN3
• Interns Strike Gold at Michigan State Capitol and Beyond
• The Kalamazoo Autism Center, One Year Later
• Dr. Jim Olson, B.S. ‘84, Advances Cancer Treatment Through Scorpion Venom
• Dr. Jeffrey Angles Wins Japan’s Most Prestigious Prize for Literature
• Bringing Students One Step Closer to Graduation
• Unexpected Award Benefits Nearly 100 Students
• Geology and Mineral Museum to Undergo Renovation
• Congratulations to the 2016 Honorees

Western Michigan University Graduate Catalog 2017-2018, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• General Information
• Calendars
• Western Michigan University Strategic Plan
• Graduate College

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• General Information
• Colleges
• Course Descriptions (by prefix)

2017 School Of Music News, Wmu School Of Music

School of Music News

• PEN Trio to present new works for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and electronics
• Renowned trombonist to perform at WMU
• Stulberg silver medalist to perform with University Symphony Orchestra
• WMU baritone presents free recital of operatic excerpts
• Capitol Quartet to perform standard works, new music and jazz
• Technology-based music performance featured at WMU
• Accomplished trombonist Brad Edwards to perform in free recital at WMU
• Vocal supergroup MOSS to perform with WMU jazz ensembles
• Trio performs with WMU emerita in free concert
• Prism Quartet to perform free recital and with Symphonic Band
• Electric guitarists take the Dalton Center Recital Hall stage
• MacArthur Genius …

Writing With Parents In Response To Picture Book Read Alouds, Danielle L. Defauw

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

High-quality writing instruction needs to permeate elementary students’ in- and outside-of-school experiences. The aim of this research was to explore how teaching writing to parents may support home-school literacy connections. This qualitative case study explored parents’ experiences in interactive writing sessions. The descriptive coding and constant comparative analysis of transcribed parent writing sessions, field notes, and documents revealed three themes: (1) Writing Tips and Strategies, (2) Parent-Writers, and (3) Story Connections. The parent writing sessions facilitated parents’ understanding of how to support their elementary-age children’s writing development. Parents demonstrated a desire to support their children’s writing development, and they needed …

The Promise Of Education 2017-2018, University Center For The Humanities

University Center for the Humanities Events

Education promises to be the key to a good life in the twenty-first century. College students often load up on debt only to graduate into an economy that does not offer enough high-paying jobs for them to prosper financially. Increasingly under scrutiny to produce quantifiable results, public school teachers and university professors struggle to define and defend the goals of liberal education and, especially, the value of the humanities. Journalists report and analysts of all sorts note the gap between expectations and realities. Even in a community inspired by the Promise, the promise of education can sometimes seem precarious. We …

Discovery: Research Annual Report 2017, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research Annual Reports

• Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE)
• The Office of the Vice President Initiated a New Program - Undergraduates Discover Discovery
• NSF Career Award Winners - Fahad Saeed, Elena Litvinova, and Wendy Beane
• Interdisciplinary Majors and Minors Focus on Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
• Faculty Scholar Award
• From Invention to Commercialization
• External Funding
• WMed Research Activities
• Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Recipients
• Support for Faculty Scholars Award
• Graduate Student Research and Travel Grants
• External Awards to Faculty and Staff
• Research and Creative Activities Poster Day - Graduate Student Participant Winners
• Technology Development Fund Awards
• Faculty Research and Creative …

College Of Fine Arts 2016-17 Year In Review, College Of Fine Arts

College of Fine Arts Year in Review

• From the Dean's Desk- News, notes and updates from Dean Daniel G. Guyette
• By the Numbers- Numeric highlights from the 2016-17 academic year
• Milestone Moments- defining events and memories from this dynamic year
• A Time for the Arts- A preview of the 2017-18 excitement that is just around the corner

Professional Reflections - Winter 2017, College Of Education And Human Development

College of Education and Human Development News

The magazine for the College of Education and Human Development. Alumni Edition 2016-17, Celebrating 60 years with 60 alumni stories.

A Message from the Dean
Celebrating 60 years
Make a Difference & Eat Healthy

• Libby MacQuillan
• Gregory Stacey
• Shantel Fessler
• Sarah Price

Make a Difference & Be Active

• Ashleigh Rogers
• Kyle Gleason
• Micah Zuhl
• Rob Kennedy

Make a Difference & Coach

• Mike McCarthy
• Tim Lester

Make a Difference & Be Positive

• Ronicka Hamilton
• Darrick Tovar-Murray
• Janee Steele
• Kristel Briney

Make a Difference & Guide

• Amy Dunham
• Kathrine Hyatt
• Ben Williams

Meijer Alumni

• Michelle Bieke
• Courtney Skinner
• Amber Hunt
• Kerry Johnson …

College Of Arts And Sciences: Winter 2017, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• Through a statewide effort called Michigan Gateways to Completion, WMU is aiding students who typically struggle in biology, chemistry, math, physics and psychology.
• WMU professor’s new book examines how U.S. women voted in elections following suffrage.
• The Tandem Traveler: Dan Sundberg (Ph.D. ’15, Behavior Analysis) and Lisa Sickman (M.A. ’13, Behavior Analysis) are the brains behind the Tandem Traveler, a California-based tech start up that teaches foreign languages for the purpose of travel.
• The Mohammad Hossein Yassaman (B.A. ’77, Economics; M.A. ’78, Operations Research) Endowment for Chemistry, established by Hashem (M. A. ’88, Chemistry) and SuzAnne Akhavan-Tafti, will support a …

January, 2017, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

• WMU Welcomes Over 100 International Students at International Student Orientation and Registration Program
• Take Advantage of global engagement opportunities this month
• Partner visits and an alumni reunion focus of recent delegation in Japan
• Chicago meetings bolster international partnerships

Reading In English And In Chinese: Case Study Of Retrospective Miscue Analysis With Two Adult Ells, Yang Wang, Carol J. Gilles

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Retrospective Miscue Analysis (RMA) has proved to be a useful instructional tool in language arts classrooms and for English learners from various cultures. However, it has not been used with native Mandarin-speaking English learners. This qualitative case study explored the reading process of two adult Mandarin-speaking ELs through RMA. They read two pieces in simplified Chinese and two in English respectively. This study demonstrates that RMA supports adult ELs to become more metacognitive about their reading process, uncover reading strategies they use, build their confidence to read, acquire more agency, and learn more about the English language. RMA is a …

Conferring In The Café: One-To-One Reading Conferences In Two First Grade Classrooms, Bethanie Pletcher, Rosalynn Christensen

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to explore the teacher/student reading conferences in two first grade teachers’ classrooms in one primary school. Sixteen one-to-one reading conferences were recorded and transcribed over a two-month period and coded for content as related to the CAFÉ (Boushey & Moser, 2009) model of reading instruction, which the teachers used daily. We found that the two teachers placed heavy emphasis on students’ reading accuracy (the “A” in CAFÉ) and did not spend as much time working on comprehension, fluency, or expanding vocabulary (the C, F, and E in CAFÉ). We suggest teachers …

Fact Book 2017-18, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Fact Books

• 2 Year Calendar
• Mission and Goals Statement
• University Officials
• Organizational Diagram
• Accredited Programs at Western Michigan University
• Undergraduate Programs and Majors
• Graduate Degree and Certificate Programs

Written Language Performance Following Embedded Grammar Instruction, Ginger Collins, Jan Norris

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This study explored whether presenting grammar instruction within the context of reading and writing would improve writing skills. The participating schools were using a traditional grammar instruction in which grammar lessons were predominately taught using worksheets and were presented separately from other reading and writing activities. This was termed Discrete Grammar Instruction (DGI). The researchers introduced a contextualized grammar instruction approach, termed Embedded Grammar Instruction (EGI), which taught grammar within authentic contexts of reading and writing. Students in grades three through eight were assigned to either the EGI group (N = 164) or the DGI group (N = 156). Two …

Effects Of A Technology-Assisted Reading Comprehension Intervention For English Learners With Learning Disabilities, Sara L. Jozwik, Karen H. Douglas

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This study integrated technology tools into a reading comprehension intervention that used explicit instruction to teach strategies (i.e., asking questions, making connections, and coding the text to monitor for meaning) to mixed-ability small groups, which included four English Learners with learning disabilities in a fourth-grade general education classroom. We used a multiple baseline design across participants to evaluate the effects of instruction on strategy application as measured through comprehension rubrics (Keene, 2006) and on comprehension-question answering as measured through researcher-developed literal and inferential comprehension questions. Results showed that participants applied comprehension strategies and improved their percentage accuracy with answering comprehension …

“This I Believe” About The Teaching Of Writing: Secondary Teachers’ Digital Essays About Their Pedagogical Understandings, Denise N. Morgan, Natasha H. Chenowith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This case study (Merriam & Tisdell, 2016) examines the final projects of two secondary teachers in a graduate course about writing pedagogy. Teachers created digital essays along the lines of the National Public Radio’s “This I Believe” essays, which articulated their beliefs about the teaching of writing. We posed two research questions: a) What pedagogical understandings do teachers identify as their beliefs about writing and how do they represent those ideas in a digital composition? b) What did teachers learn from participating in the process of composing a digital essay? We found that teachers “reimagined” the teaching of writing, were …

Immigrant Health Disparities: Does Neighborliness Improve Health?, Kofi Danso

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Using data from the California Health Interview Survey, this cross-sectional study examined the differential role of neighborhood social capital and other socio-demographic variables in predicting the health of immigrants and native-born Americans. The results revealed a statistically significant association between age, marital status, and poverty level, English proficiency, education and employment, self-reported health, and immigrant and non-immigrant status. With the exception of neighborhood trust, neighborhood social capital indicators such as social cohesion, neighborhood safety, and civic participation were found to significantly predict both immigrant and non-immigrant health. Neighborhood trust was significant for non-immigrants, but was not predictive of immigrant health. …

Western Michigan University Magazine, Winter 2017, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• WMU's own 'Good Pet U'
• Empowering Innovation: Big gift bolsters new product design program
• What’s the Weather like on Saturn?: NASA fellow models off-world storms
• Sound Talent: Meet the next maestros of multimedia arts technology
• Like-minded: Living Living Learning Communities boost student success
• Programs to ‘Takeoff’ in Florida Aviation: health sciences programs are in the works
• Haiti’s Future President?: Ph.D. student aspires to helm nation’s recovery
• Supporting the Craft: Local craft beer biz a boon for future brewers
• Solar-powered Education: New solar plant generates more than clean energy
• Automotive R & D: Auto testing lab upgraded to world-class facility
• Paper …

Western Michigan University Magazine, Research Issue 2017, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Rising Stars in Research: WMU’s talented researchers generate bold ideas and real-world solutions that address some of society’s most critical needs.
• Algorithms for Life: Computational scientist’s work could advance personalized medicine
• An ‘Exciting World of Discovery:’ Biologist revels in regeneration research and student researchers
• Demystifying the Universe: Physicist explores novel ideas about nuclear dynamics
• An Eye for Regeneration: Developed at WMU, technique aids study of a flatworm’s special ability
• From Soldier to Scientist: Wounded veteran-turned-researcher pursues the Holy Grail of neuroscience—how to regenerate damaged brain cells
• Engineered for Brain Science: One graduate’s atypical path to studying the body’s ‘final frontier’ …