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

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Health-oriented residence halls open • Regional theatre festival on campus • Hannah named assistant VP for academic affairs • Board leadership re-elected • Management advancement programs begin for facility and staff • Tate Center opens • Trans Tech and I.T .E. merge • You met the anniversary challenge! • Film wins national award • Memorable giving-planning for immortality • Daniels named to alumni post • Got travel plans for the summer? • '44 to celebrate fortieth anniversary • Veteran's reunion being planned • Among Alumni • Sports

Western News, January 26, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Edwards, Ludlow re-elected Board chair; vice chair, Hannah named assistant VP for academic affairs, Sachtleben named to Library Board, Staff training offers three seminars, WE CARE plans Monday series, Scholarship applications available for workshops in higher education, National conference on women in agriculture here

Wmu Board Of Trustees Annual Meeting January 20, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Election of Officers
• Appointment of Committees for 1984
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Appointment of External Auditor
• Recommendation re Unitrust Investments
• Revised Amendment to Faculty Senate Constitution
• Board Committee Reports
• Library Report
• Public Comment

Western News, January 19, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western to observe Nontraditional.Student Week, Art critic; designer to be granted honorary degrees in ceremonies during this semester, Employees invited to submit suggestions, Staff training offers two programs, Newhouse named assistant manager

Western News, January 12, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Purchase agreements reached with computer firms, Administrative internship. program initiated with four employees, Film by academic services wins major national award, President; trustees invite faculty-staff to reception, Computer-purchase agreements completed, Health Center to offer 'healthy' programs

Western News, January 5, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Rossi appointed chair of political science; Sanders is acting chair of business info, .MerzeTate Center opens Monday in College of Ed, Stokman to be visiting scholar, Kilpatrick to speak at King banquet Jan. 14, Phelps named to regional-center post

University Employee Service Recognition Program 1984, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

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

Calliope Manuscript Day 1984

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Flight Of Fancy, Brad Gustafson

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1984-1986, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

Section I: General Policies and Procedures

Section II: Master's Degree Programs and Requirements

Section III: Specialist Degree Programs and Requirements

Section IV: Doctoral Degree Programs and Requirements

Section V: Description of Graduate

Section VI: The Graduate Faculty

Learning Phonics Naturally: A Model For Instruction, Barbara Johnson, Linda Lehnert

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

While many teachers incorporate specific phonic methods, they often find the same recurring problem-children have difficulties applying phonics while reading text. The primary purpose of this article is to provide teachers an understanding of primary children's abilities, inabilities, and requirements to use phonics as a beginning reading strategy and to suggest a model that facilitates children's application of phonics while reading.

The Application Of Culturally Relevant Factors To Literacy Programs In Appalachia, Marcia Baghban

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Appalachia is an American region characterized by a strong oral tradition. Ballads, ghotlore, minelore, herblore, riddles, and proverbs abound. It is not uncommon to have family members and neighbors visit for an entire day, filling the time talking. While the imposition of the mainstream technological society may be weakening the opportunities for the practice of such lore or the desire of the young people to learn the lore, the subculture continues to support a basically oral tradition.

Writing For Reading, Robert Karlin, Andrea R. Karlin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

For some time concern about the writing ability of students has matched the attention given to their reading development. Teachers of all subjects are urged to require their students to write more, and suggestions for helping students improve their writing abound. At the same time we see additional justification for stressing writing; improvement in writing might well lead to improvement in reading.

Internal Motivation And Feelings Of College Students In The Developmental Program, Anne M. Ferguson, Joe Bitner

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of the Developmental Education Program at Southeastern Louisiana University is to provide a program to meet the needs of students who enter the University with inadequate school preparation. One major problem facing the entering college student is a lack of basic reading skills which hampers the student's ability to follow classroom presentations, read required materials, organize and summarize content information, and interpret examination instructions and questions. Student deficiencies in the area of reading include low word recognition, poor meaning vocabulary, inadequate reading comprehension and slow rate of reading. The other pressing problem is the students' lack of confidence …

Reading Horizons Vol. 24, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 24, issue 2.

1984 Brown & Gold Western Michigan University, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Pictures from across campus
• Pictures of Seniors

Promoting Language And Reading Development For Two Vietnamese Children, Brenda Weaver, Diane J. Sawyer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The remainder of this paper is a case report of how the reading specialist in this district organized available information on ESL and the normal progress of language development in order to identify instructional goals, assess linguistic and cultural awareness, structure a program based on this information, and to evaluate pupil growth toward attainment of the instructional goals.

Western News, December 8, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Program to up number of women and minorities in higher administrative positions at University, 12 to be inducted into 25 Year Club tonight, List offices to be open during holiday recess

25 Year Club: Second Annual Banquet, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

Second Annual Banquet

December 8, 1983

• New Inductees
• Charter Members

The Westerner Vol. 4 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Students hunt for jobs by computer • Western shows its bones to the community • Smith encourages business-campus cooperation • Information network announced • WMU Foundation Board elects officers • Paper Technology board elected • Pond area renamed for biologist • HIREing is underway • Cooperation is the answer to higher education problems • Brighter future for education predicted • Mentor/Men tee Program on the rise • Health grant emphasizes prevention • Speech Pathology and Audiology receives grant • Tax laws favor giving • Among Alumni • Sports

Western News, December 1, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Speech Path; Audiology grant will boost programs, School of Music Christmas concert is Sunday, Noted Africanist to speak on art next week

Using Anthropological Approaches In A Human Service Setting, Steven Alan Erickson

Masters Theses

Public criticism of human service organizations has underlined the fact that there are essential differences between organizations which provide services and organizations which produce goods. As service providers, human service organizations represent an organized response to human needs and problems, but this response is affected by different assumptions about people's ability or inability to meet their own needs. The process of providing services entails a number of interactions at various levels between the organization and the community. These relationships are as complex as the people and social systems of which our pluralistic society is comprised, but there are special manifestations …

The Socio-Cultural Transformation Of Japanese Medical Systems, Takako Matsunaga

Masters Theses

Medical systems, just as other social institutions, are not stable and, thus, are subject to change. This essay is an analysis of the socio-cultural transformation of Japanese medical systems in general, and of the "health care system" of the cosmopolitan medical system in particular. No medical system is able to provide problem free medical care to any given population. Thus, the current health issues and changes in health seeking/enhancing behavior in contemporary Japan is examined as the reflection of the maladaptive nature of cosmopolitan medicine to its environment.

The Perceptual Effect Of Patients' First Name On The Clinical Judgment Of Psychopathology By Psychotherapists, Dennis G. Cowan

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between a patient's first name (desirable versus undesirable) and the clinical judgment of psychopathology by mental health professionals. Specifically, this study examined how a patient's first name affected the diagnosis of maladjustment.

A total of 266 mental health professionals viewed a standardized video taped interview with a patient. Through the analysis of two surveys, the following first names were randomly presented with the viewed patient: Christopher, David, Mortimer and Junior. It was found, at the .00001 level of probability, that when the patient possessed the less desirable first name of …

An Experiential Project Examining The Summer School And Enrichment Elements Of Community Education, Susan V. Slade

Masters Theses

The objective of this experiential project was to examine the role and functions of the community school’s director in the summer school and enrichment elements of the total program.

Major areas that were examined were budgeting procedures, curriculum and programming, staffing and personnel, and facility utilization.

Through the investigation of these areas is was found that budgeting was based on a "break-even" philosophy. It was observed that curriculum and programming were in a constant state of search for improvement and variety based on community need. Further, it was discovered that successful instructors and teachers for these programs are special people. …

Vocal Pitch Range And Habitual Pitch Level: The Study Of Normal College Age Speakers, Patricia Jo Huss

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare the relationship between the habitual speaking pitch levels and the total pitch ranges.of 15 male and 15 female normal young adults and to compare these relationships to those which have been reported previously for male and female superior speakers. The difference between normal male and normal female speakers was significant, as was the difference between normal male speakers and superior male speakers. The difference between normal female speakers and superior female speakers was non-significant.

The Cultural Roots Of Behaviorism, Juan Mario Herakovic

Masters Theses

This thesis traces some of the economic, social, religious and political events that played an important role in the development of behaviorism in the United States. The effects of the Enlightenment, the dislocation of moral and social values, the decline of religion, political upheavals and increased immigration, are seen as destabilizing elements in American society. Emphasis is placed upon the specific values of the American society, and the way in which these values remained constant throughout the social history of the United States. As such, behaviorism represents a scientific approach to the historical continuity of ideas within the nation.

Western News, November 17, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Smith sounds theme of business-campus cooperation, Emergency call boxes in 18 places, Grant to seek prevention; not just treatment, Sandberg predicts brighter future for education, Band Spectacular to feature four groups, Demographics point to declining enrollment among high school seniors in Michigan, Campus community highly involved in United Way, Paxson to speak on African water spirit

Western News, November 10, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Intellectual skills conference. to be Nov. 18-19, GM chair Roger B. Smith to receive degree Friday, Nigerian sculptor to speak next week, Higher ed leaders express concern, Women superintendents to meet here Nov. 11, 'Peace Education Week' to end with vigil, 'Smokeout' scheduled on campus next week

Western News, November 4, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Blanchard announces technology-sharing network that includes Western; four other schools, WMU Foundation board elects officers; directors, New Paper Tech officers elected, Four from WMU run in city commission election, The Dedication of the John E. Fetzer Business Development Center