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Western News. Oct. 23, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Denenfeld to reflect on 30 years of service at seventh annual Academic Convocation, Defense expert to give Peace Education Week address, Trustees approve construction of two buildings, Harrington to speak at social justice conference, Stillwell promoted to associate dean

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting October 17, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• Sara Swickard Pre-School Presentation
• Introduction of Western Student Association Officers
• Remarks by the President
• The Evaluative Process in Psychiatric Occupational Therapy
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Campus Services Building Construction Contract
• Recommendation re Salt and Sand Storage Building
• Recommendation for Water Easement for Campus Services Building
• Recommendation re Long-Term Leases of East Campus Residence Hall Facilities
• Recommendation re Presidential Salary
• Recommendation re Revision of Alumni Association Bylaws
• Change in Order of Agenda
• Report on Groundwater Project
• Public Comments
• Executive Session
• Acquisition of Property
• Committee Reports
• Adjournment

Western News, Oct. 16, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dybek named Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Service the key to success in the '90s; says Haenicke, Hope president; two others to be visiting scholars, Two centers to evaluate supported work under grants from mental health department

Western News, Oct. 9, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Four to receive Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards, Festivities and football-all part of Homecoming, Western thanks AMBUCS for scholarship program, Experts on psychology; health to be scholars, Retreat planned on decision making

Western News, Oct. 2, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: La Quinta establishes $10,000 scholarship fund, Help with reading close at hand in center on campus, 159 spouses and dependents participate in new tuition remission program this fall, Board approves retirements of 23 faculty; staff, Philosopher to lecture on affirmative action

The Westerner Vol. 7 No. 2, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Service to Grand Rapids and West Michigan has a long tradition • 1986 Teaching Excellence Award recipients announced • September 11 was a special day • New cost-cutting program gains national recognition • WMU Foundation elects six officers at annual meeting • Education department grant will fund training program • Missing class ring surfaces after seven-year absence • Traveling by commercial airline is safe, faculty member says • Attitudes must change if America is to solve its societal drug problem, expert contends • Most Michigan school superintendents favor consolidation-especially for other schools • Athletes pay attention to what, when …

Western News, Sept. 25, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western reinforces commitment to service in Grand Rapids area, Western would welcome opportunity to explore role in Grand Rapids center, Grant to fund teacher training program, Brown; Parfet elected 1986-87 Foundation officers, Johnston to address agricultural development, Rozelle wins award from Beta Alpha Psi

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting September 19, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Bonding Resolution
• Recommendation re MPSERS-MIP Plan
• Recommendation re Naming of University Health Center
• Board Committee Report
• Orientation Report
• WMU Academic Programs in Grand Rapids
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, September 18, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Fall enrollment up 2.3 percent, Program in computer science accredited, Board of Trustee to meet in Grand Rapids, Cowan to be first speaker in Visiting Scholars series, Culp; Ebert to be inducted in Hall of Fame, Panel discussion to feature Soviet physicians

Western News, September 11, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

ABC news correspondent to keynote Hispanic Heritage Week activities, Flying is still safest way to travel; says Sackett, 1986-87 pay schedules for non-bargaining unit staff members published, Aviation Program sponsors proficiency day, Nuclear safety to be subject of teleconference

Western News, September 4, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Three employees selected as administrative associates, Health center to be named for Sindecuses, Students working to develop first 'plastic engine', 'Standstill' budget of $97.5 million includes $1 million for research

Introduction, Michael Reisch, Stanley Wenocur

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

One of the few promising developments within social work during the current era of Reaganomics has been the revival of interest in community organizing strategies and methods. During he 1970s, most of the vitality in the community organizing field came from outside social work--from the grassroots community groups Harry Boyte described in THE BACKYARD REVOLUTION, from raining schools like the Midwest Academy and the Industrial Areas foundation, and from social movement organizations among women, minorities, gays, the elderly and the disabled. Now, in response o the pressures of severe resource cutbacks, shifts in national ideology and culture, and a less …

Community Empowerment As A Non-Problem, John L. Russel-Erlich

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

It is not much fun to be a radical any more -- as a student, a teacher or a community activist. Often it seems as if there are too many battles and not enough time to begin to fight them. The privileged position in which many on the left found themselves in years past has given way to the treatment usually accorded persons with serious contagious diseases. Feeling unappreciated, unneeded and unwanted, we have tended to become a bit cranky and hypercritical. In our frustration, we have fallen prey to an isolation that encourages us to think only of people …

Community Organization: A Survival Strategy For Community-Based, Empowerment-Oriented Programs, Stephen M. Rose

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social work as a profession and social workers as individual professionals often labor within the constraints of structural ambiguity. The historical emergence and location of the profession within the structure of a political economy whose normal functioning simultaneously creates the miseries of the profession's clients and the funds to serve them, poses a series of contradictions internal to the field and to most of its practitioners. The central expression of this conflict is hidden or mystified in social work education, thus preserving the legitimacy of the social structure while delegitimating or invalidating its oppressed populations. This process occurs through the …

People Learning To Help Themselves, Carl Tjerandsen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

When the preparation of a final report of the Emil Schwarzhaupt Foundation was first envisaged, it was assumed that it would deal primarily with education for citizenship and, hence, would be primarily of interest to civic educators. However, because so much of its grant program involved efforts to form community organizations or to use other kinds of groups (e.g. 4-H club groups or boys clubs) as vehicles within which certain behaviors might be changed, it became evident that other kinds of professionals such as social workers or community health educators might find the experiences of its grantees to be useful. …

Revival Of Welfare Reform, Seung Ja Doe

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

It is a well known fact that poverty is prevalent among single mothers and children. Currently, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program fails to provide for all children and single mothers in need of public assistance. Previous attempts to "reform" the welfare system have been unsuccessful. However, in the time when the poor's right for social welfare is increasingly threatened, ideas for welfare reform need to be revived. The author advocates for a threedimensional agenda for welfare reform: universal assistance to families with children, reinforced support for children with absent parents, and targeted employment programs for single …

Collective Mobility And Fragmentation: A Model Of Social Work History, David Wagner

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The author utilizes recent sociological approaches to professionalism in order to develop a dynamic conceptual model of the history of Social Work. Professionalization is understood as a social movement or "collective mobility project" of the lower middle class which has been the dominant force in Social Work for a century. This social movement seeks control and expansion of professional markets for services and recognition and sanction from elites. In each period of history, however, Social Work professionalizers have had to struggle against popular unrest and elite criticism aimed at the field. Challenges to Social Work professionalizers and their basic paradigms …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 13, No. 3 (September 1986)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Symposium on Community Organization

MICHAEL REISCH, STANLEY WENOCUR - Co-Editors

• Introduction - MICHAEL REISCH, STANLEY WENOCUR - pp. 445
• Community Empowerment As A Non-Problem - JOHN L. RUSSELL-ERLICH, FELIX G. RIVERA - pp. 451
• Community Work Practice and Client Empowerment Under Conservative Conditions: From Observed Practice to A Theory of Societal Context - RALPH E. WOEHLE - pp. 466
• Community Organization: A Survival Strategy For Community-Based Empowerment-Oriented Programs - STEPHEN M. ROSE - pp. 491
• Recruitment and Retention of Organizational Participants: What's Happening Out There Now? - JACQUELINE B. MONDROS, SCOTT M. WILSON - pp. 507
• People Learning To Help …

Examination Of The Basque Collectives: Lessons From One Of The World's Most Successful Community Organization Efforts, Charles H. Frost

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The system of Basque collectives is recognized as the world's most effective worker owned system (Henk & Logan, 1982). It is a direct result of the community organization effort of Father Jose Maria Arizmendiarreta, who created an extremely progressive agenda under Spain's repressive Franco regime. Father Jose Maria's work will be explored in this paper and principles extracted that are important lessons for community organization teachers and practitioners.

The potential values of worker ownership have long been recognized; the ability of community organizers, however, to realize this potential has generally fallen far short. The worker owned enterprises in the Basque …

Experiences Of Women Activists: Implications For Community Organizing Theory And Practice, Cheryl Hyde

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The field of community organizing would be wise to heed the words of Abigail Adams to her revolutionary husband, John. Contributions of women activists have been virtually ignored by the field of social work. Consequently, social work has a diminished knowledge base and has alienated large numbers of talented women. Ironically, both the past and the future of community organizing are tied intimately with the action of women. Foremothers include Jane Addams, Dorothea Dix and Lillian Wald. Current trends suggest that "women's issues," such as poverty, the family and reproductive rights, will be on national, state and local agendas for …

Building Citizen Support For Planning At The Community Level, Barry Checkoway

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Planning practice is changing. Previous years of economic growth contributed to an increase in federal, state, and local planning agencies, in addition to regional and special purpose bodies with territorial or functional responsibilities. In times of growth, planning was viewed by many as a type of urban engineering and applied social science characterized by objective fact-finding and the so-called rational model. Leading texts emphasized technical research methods and "hard data" analysis, while government guidelines described scientific application of facts (Krueckeberg and Silvers, 1974; Spiegel and Hyman, 1978). Planners were akin to technical experts who analyzed data for other people who …

Peer Reinforcement For Social Work Training: An Evaluation, Robert W. Weinbach, Karen M. Kuehner

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Techniques for peer reinforcement of social work training programs appear to be a promising complement to educational supervision. The authors conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of its effectiveness for reinforcement of learning, of interviewing skills. Subjects were income maintenance workers in a large state public welfare agency. Findings indicated that peer reinforcement may have resulted in knowledge retention and use of skills which were superior overall to those demonstrated among trainees denied access to peer reinforcement techniques. Interpretation of findings and productive areas for future research are suggested.

The Sociology Of Alcoholism Counseling: A Social Worker's Perspective, Katherine Van Wormer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An occupation - alcoholism counseling - strives to gain professional status. Still a field largely dominated by counselors who derive their status more from personal attributes - the fact of being recovering alcoholics - rather than from achievement of impersonally applied standards, chemical dependency counseling is in a state of flux. This sociological analysis examines recent developments in the field. Special emphasis is on roles for social workers.

Western News, August 14, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Gordon; Elizabeth Sindecuse give Western $1 million, Federal judge to get honorary degree, Faculty; staff reminded to update directory information

The Westerner Vol. 7 No. 1, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Alumni and other friends set. giving record • Association names recipients of Distinguished Alumni Award • Board approves 'standstill' operating budget, tuition increase • Haenicke reflects on his first year at Western • Engineering students develop world's first five-horsepower 'plastic engine' • Communication can be important medicine for cancer patients • Evaluation center to aid Ohio in promoting career education • Researchers working to help students with learning problems • Western's groundwater program cited as model for the state • Placement office's services prove to be effective • Russell Gabier leaving Western for private foundation post • Architects selected …

The Impact Of Summer Recruitment Projects On Students For The Cooperative Education Program In Design Technology At Macomb Community College, David A. Feighan

Dissertations

Cooperative Education is a vital component of higher education. This is especially true in technical fields such as Design Technology. It is assumed the students who were recruited into the co-op program are better students than those who selected the program on their own. It is also assumed that men are different than women in their overall results because of their predominance in technical fields such as Design Technology.

This study investigated the differences between students who were recruited into Design Technology at Macomb Community College, Warren, Michigan, in the Cooperative Education Program between the summer recruitment years of 1977 …

A Study Of The Reliability And Validity Of A Social Skills Rating Scale For Use With Chronically Mentally Ill, Susan J. Egeler

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and concurrent validity of the Social Skills section of the Day Treatment Client Assessment, a series of rating scales used to assess behaviors of chronically mentally ill adults. Forty-one clients enrolled in a day treatment program formed the 4 subject groups. Each group met for three 1-hour music therapy sessions specifically designed to foster social behaviors. Three observers participated in each group and rated the clients' behaviors using the Social Skills scale. The observers' ratings were correlated with each other to determine the scale reliability and were correlated with staff …

Cognitive Levels Of Thinking For Religious Training Materials And Infusion Across The Curriculum, Patrick Low

Masters Theses

The major accomplishment of this project was the creation of cognitive levels of questions spanning Bloom's (1964) taxonomy of learning, fostering religious training in nontraditional class settings at Kalamazoo Christian High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Classes involved were business mathematics, health, and physical education.

Descriptors, i.e., key terms, were developed from teachers' goals and objectives. Descriptors were then checked in a concordance to help develop Scripture reference for question development. Weekly or biweekly, participating teachers and the curriculum committee were supplied draft sections of the project; they gave feedback relative to usefulness and acceptability.

The results have been termed "very useful" …

The Relationship Of Job Performance To Exercise In A Hospital Fitness Program, Sheryl A. Porter

Masters Theses

An investigation of the relationship between job performance and exercise was conducted over a one year period among a group of hospital employees. Participation in the in-house fitness program was voluntary. The experimental group was employed a minimum of one year prior to the study and exercised at least twice a week the first year the fitness program began. Job performance ratings were compared to a matched group using a correlated t-test. The findings were non-significant.

The Post-Exercise Cardiovascular Response Of Post Myocardial Infarction Males To Varying Water Temperatures In A Hot Tub, Janeen S. Docsa

Masters Theses

This study compared heart rate, blood pressure, and electrocardiographic response of post myocardial infarction males taking either vasodilator and beta blocker or just beta blocker medications, and a control, to different water temperatures in a hot tub. Twentysix adult males were observed. Each subject engaged in exercise, then sat in a hot tub for 12 minutes. Each subject repeated this procedure three times, once at each water temperature (36.6°, 38.3°, and 40°C).

The data during immersion indicated: (a) heart rate was affected by increased temperature and duration of exposure; (b) blood pressure was affected by length of exposure; (c) frequency …