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Western News, March 12, 1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke condemns racism, says tuition hike 'a certainty' in remarks to Board of Trustees, Grants to strengthen school administrator preparation, New computerized system to speed up maintenance service request process, Wellness committee works with new smoking policy, Noted occupational therapist to speak, Scholar to speak on Gorbachev

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting March 6, 1987, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Committee Appointments
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Departmental Name Change
• Recommendation re Appointment of External Auditor
• Recommendation re Architect Selection - Maybee Hall
• Recommendation re Student Room and Board and Apartment Rental Rates for 1987/88
• Recommendation re Liquor License
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Recommendation re Honorary Degrees
• Resolution re Recognition of WMU's 30th Anniversary as a University
• Board Committee Reports
• WMUK Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Professional Achievement In Social Work, Harry Specht, Doris Britt, Charles Frost

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The authors report on a study of the professional achievements of 719 recently graduated California MSWs. Respondents are assigned an achievement score which is an index based on responses to seven questions. The scores of low achievers and high achievers are compared to analyze associations with: validating factors (e.g., salary), personal factors (race and gender), and pre-MSW factors (e.g., undergraduate education).

Western News, Feb. 26, 1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Program to encourage new grant submissions, Self-instructional course enrollment up 500 percent, Quality of education system key to Michigan's competitive position; Ryan tells committee, Residence hall staff and students help fund and renovate center for homeless, Events scheduled to celebrate women's history, Gilmore grant benefits performance institute

Western News, Feb. 19, 1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Funds for library plans approved by subcommittee, More than 1,250 to attend scholarship event, Expert on sports for the disabled to speak, Sex-determining technology could cause setback in women's equal rights movement; says expert, Talks set on research; teaching; priorities, Board approves retirements of 19 faculty and staff

Western News, Feb. 12,1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Graduate education; service to region go together, 1987-88 appropriations process begins with $1.1 billion higher education budget proposal, Sesquicentennial activities planned, Meeting set; applications available for Institute for Women in Higher Education, Hollander speech to focus on ethics in science, NASA scientist to speak at center anniversary

Western News, Feb. 5,1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke selects Dennison as provost; vice president, 'McLean Mix' to perform as Visiting Scholars, Defy death-get your blood pressure checked, Mott helps Genesee County join groundwater project, Christians to speak on media ethics, Hospital/medical coverage increases contributed to $5.3 million insurance bill for 1985-86

The Westerner Vol. 7 No. 4, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Western is first post-secondary institution in the country to have a fully automated loan processing system for GSLs • Association says WMU's residence halls are the best • Colorado administrator named provost and vice president • Health and Human Services celebrates tenth anniversary • Renner named libraries dean • Record enrollment set during winter • 'The school on the hilltop' has undergone dramatic changes • Retired provost reviews his thirty-year association with Western • Board authorizes $8.8 million telecommunications contract • Trustees elect new officers • Post will strengthen Western's regional leadership role • Self-instructional programs just keep growing …

Western News, Jan. 29, 1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Applications hit 10-year high, Reed; Fraser elected to head Board of Trustees, Off-campus enrollment sets winter record; Burke credits 'right combination of programs', Organizational flaws contributed to shuttle disaster, 1986-87 fringe benefits pool nearly one-third of each employee's pay, Ethics center schedules programs

Western News, January 22, 1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New VP to help WMU maintain leadership role, Haenicke says computer fee is an 'investment', Provost candidates complete visits; Haenicke to name choice soon, Renner named dean of University libraries, Health survey to be distributed next week

Western News, Jan. 8,1987, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Computer fee proposal tabled to allow for discussion, Haenicke to conduct open office hours Jan. 13, College and its units celebrate anniversaries this year, Archer to speak at MLK banquet, WMU tour groups to visit Russia; Kenya and Ireland, Molde named Bronco football coach

Reading Horizons Vol. 27, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 27, issue 2.

University Employee Service Recognition Program 1987, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees
• Thirty Years of Service
• Twenty Years of Service
• Fifteen Years of Service
• Ten Years of Service

An Iconographic Index To Danmarks Kirker 1100-1600: Part I: Jutland To Date, James Mills

Early Drama, Art, and Music

An iconographic index to a portion of Danmarks Kirker, a 46-volume survey of the architecture and fittings of Danish churches published between 1933 and 1991, now represented by the website danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1987-1989, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Accreditation
• 1987-89 Calendars
• Admission, Advising, and Career
• Student Fees
• Financial Aid and Scholarship Assistance
• Services for Students
• Miscellaneous Information
• Faculty and Administrative Councils
• General Regulations
• Degrees and Curricula
• The University Curriculum
• The Honors College
• International Education and Programs
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• College of Fine Arts
• The Graduate College
• Division of Continuing Education
• The Directories
• Board of Trustees
• Buildings and Grounds
• The Index

Three Spelling Measures As Correlates Of Reading Ability In Underprepared College Freshmen, Sandra K. Pitts

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

If a significant relationship were found between spelling abilities using varied measures and reading levels using an easily administered reading test, a remedial program for spelling should have a positive effect upon reading skills as well by tapping common cognitive processes and by cultivating those language competencies which are common to both reading and spelling. Such information would be of particular value to support facilities in colleges which serve large minority populations.

Desirable Teaching Behaviors For Writing, Dixie Lee Spiegel

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Interest in the teaching of writing has dramatically increased in the last few years. Teachers who have often had little formal training in writing education find themselves searching for ways to assist their students to become better writers. The Desirable Teaching Behaviors described below were identified by the Parent Education Follow Through Program (Ware, 1980). They can help teachers provide effective instruction in writing and deal with all three stages of the composing process: precomposing (prewriting or planning), composing, and post-composing activities (revising and editing).

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Councils, 1987-88, Wmu Faculty Senate

Minutes of the WMU Faculty Senate Councils

No abstract provided.

Reading Aloud To Students: Questioning Strategies To Listening Comprehension, Mary Shoop

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Almost all children throughout the elementary grades respond positively to being read to (Mendoza, 1985). Many teachers consider reading aloud an important part of their daily routine, primarily so students can enjoy a good story. Being read to provides students with an opportunity to be transported across distance and time, to imagine, and to vicariously take part in experiences beyond the realm of the listener. Through such positive reading aloud experiences a variety of additional benefits are often achieved with little overt instructional support; reluctant readers may be "turned on" to reading, students may be exposed to literature beyond their …

Western News, Dec. 11, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Research an 'essential' part of effective teaching, WMU first in country to have fully-automated loan processing system, Gabelnick to head Honors College, Former AARP chairperson to get honorary degree, Distinguished Faculty Scholar nominations due, Symposium Friday to honor Clark's retirement

Western News, Dec. 4, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke sets faculty salaries as top 1987-88 priority, $54.5 million sought for capital outlay projects, Board awards telecommunications contract, Retailers will have happy holidays

The Westerner Vol. 7 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Help with reading is just a telephone call away • Commencement will have more 'pomp and circumstance' • Dedication of McCracken Hall addition draws large crowd • Student enrollment represents many countries, states • Today' s residence halls keep changing to better meet student needs • High water levels linked to change in climate • Western thanks AMBUCS for giving 'bucks' • Married athletes work hard in school, in sports, at home • There's still a whole lot in store for Bronco fans as fall play gives way to winter action • The University's giving clubs honor Western's valued …

Summary Of An Internship At The Recruitment Programs Section Of The United Nations, Kanokrat Kasemsuwan

Masters Theses

The intern's goal was to gain leadership experience relative to the position of an administrator. The objectives for meeting the internship were:

1. Acquisition of administrative and organizational skills in the development of policy content and procedures of the United Nations.

2. Acquisition of humanistic skills in administrative group communication and public relations techniques.

3. Development and acquisition of technical skills used in formulating policy and procedures of the United Nations.

Methods for accomplishing the objectives were active participation, discussions, and observations. Objectives were achieved as demonstrated by summary information and products. The internship took place at the United Nations …

The Incidence And Nature Of Dating Violence Among Never-Married Students At One Junior College, Nancy Cole Masterson

Dissertations

The subjects were a convenience sample of 151 never-married junior college students who completed the Violence Index Schedule (VIS).

Analysis of the VIS indicated that 30.5% of the subjects had been the victim of at least one incident of dating violence, and that the majority of those victims, 67%, reported receiving no injuries. Of those who were injured, bruises and welts were the most common form of injury. Significant differences were found in nonassaultive partner behaviors present in the relationships of the victims and nonvictims of dating violence, t = -10.55 (149), p < .001. Chi-square analyses of the Nonassaultive Index items revealed significant differences for 24 of the 25 nonassaultive characteristics. Partners of the victims displayed significantly more jealously, coercive anger, verbal abusiveness, and controlling behaviors than did the partners of nonvictims.

An analysis of the quantitative and qualitative …

Self-Esteem In Elementary School Children, Joyce Carson

Dissertations

The self-concepts of 232 fourth and fifth grade students in nine classroom groups were measured by use of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI). Each student completed the SEI, and the classroom teacher for each student completed the SEI for the students who were the subjects of the study. The subjects were from a medium-sized urban school district and from a lower or middle class socioeconomic background.

Data from the administration of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory are reported as five separate scores: (a) general concept, (b) social-self-peers, (c) home-parents, (d) school-academic, and (e) total concept.

Data for the subjects were aggregated …

Peyote And Peyotism, Brian P. Akers

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to provide a general comparative discussion of the native use of peyote, past and present.

Historic sources and ethnographic accounts are reviewed in light of relevant botanical, pharmacological, and ethnological considerations.

Increasing The Participation Rate For International Behaviorists At The Convention Of The Association For Behavior Analysis, Marsha Lee Benz

Masters Theses

This is a descriptive study that reviewed past participation of International behaviorists at the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) convention, to provide sore help to these presenters to improve the experience, and to disseminate behavioral information outside of the United States by trying to Increase International participation at the ABA convention.

These methods were used to Invite the behavioristsi (a) call for papers, (b) personalized invitations, and (c) poster invitations. Procedures used to improve the convention experience weret (a) an interest questionnaire, and (b) pre- and post-convention surveys.

Comparisons were made between the number of International presenters from years 1981 …

An Ethnographic Study Of Punk Rock In Western Michigan: Identity In A Youth Subculture, Robert P. Pomeroy

Masters Theses

This thesis presents an ethnosemantic analysis of the punk rock subculture of western Michigan. Assertion of personal identity is demonstrated to be the underlying principle which organizes punk terminology for their music, cultural environment, and members of the subcultures. An analysis of punk song lyrics, visual style, and verbal style demonstrates that this assertion of identity is accomplished through opposition to the dominant American culture. Punk rock can then be understood as a subculture of cultural rebellion which allows its members to assert their individuality through violation of culturally accepted aesthetic values.

The Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home's Foster Shelter Care Unit: Toward An Evaluation, Michael John Underwood

Masters Theses

A formative evaluation of the Foster Shelter Care Unit was conducted in order to analyze the success/failure of the program during its firs t year of operation. Data on 77 cases were analyzed, and nine Independent variables and one dependent variable were bivariately tested 1n order to provide a theoretical explanation of the success/failure rate.

The evaluation was conducted 1n order to supply the Foster Shelter Care Unit with recommendations to enhance its success/ failure rate and to modify its existing policies.

The success rate for the unit was 48.1%, and it was found that the only significant association with …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting November 21, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Airport Hangar Facility Contracts
• Recommendation re Telecommunications System Installation Contract
• Recommendation re Extension of Contract - Telecommunications Project Consultant
• Recommendation re Welborn Center Contracts
• Recommendation re Capital Outlay Budget Requests for 1987/88
• Recommendation re Program Requests for 1987/88
• Recommendation re Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Executive Session