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The Westerner Vol. 15 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Neighbor helping neighbor has become an American tradition • Volunteer legislative advocates play crucial role in supporting more equitable funding for WMU • University News in Brief • Student spirit of volunteerism has far-reaching benefits • Graduates, fund-raisers, donors, and friends extend WMU’s reach into communities • Alumni Association announces new life members

30th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive

The printed program of the 30th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 4-7, 1995).

Western News, April 13, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Budget bill clears House with WMU's 7.8 percent intact, Student satisfaction exceeds national norm in several areas, $650,000 grant helps WMU link schools with Internet, More than 2,400 degrees to be awarded during commencement exercises April 22, Former Kalamazoo city manager to speakfor public affairs and administration anniversary

Western News, April 6, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: WMU earns grant for prestigious NEH summer seminar, $100,000 gift establishes endowment supporting new Ethiopian Development Studies Program, Western Jazz Quartet CD released on prestigious label, Expert on effects of addiction to give lecture on helping high-risk children and families, Falk compiles annotated bibliography of sources on women and religion in India

The Effect Of A Vibrating Serrated Slice And The Subsequent Paper Formation, Tim Maladag

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Introduction

Paper exhibits a wide range of physical and optical properties, all, in essence, can be said to depend on one property, its internal structure, more commonly known as its formation. Generally, the sheet structure is largely determined by the orientation and distribution of the fibers in the finished sheet, both across the sheet and through its thickness. Paper is like most other materials, it is only as strong as its weakest link. Because paper is a complex, heterogeneous material, it is extremely sensitive to the weak link concept.

Higher headbox consistencies are being used by the industry to reduce …

Coat Weight Predictions On The Cylindrical Laboratory Coater, Jared G. Glover

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Paper Coating attempts to create a smooth and even surface for improved optical and printing sheet performance. Trials were conducted using a blade application on a Cylindrical Laboratory Coater. Two different blade extensions were analyzed. These extensions were key variables that influenced blade forces.

Currently, to achieve a range of coat weights on a sheet, only the trial and error method is performed during a run. The future goal in mind was to have a computer simulation that could make predictions of coat weights without performing the actual trial. This study was conducted to lay the groundwork for future analysis …

A Study Of The Effect Of Developmental Kindergarten Placement On Student Achievement: Issues And Other Alternatives For The "Unready" Child, Sandra F. Earley

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of developmental kindergarten placement beyond third grade and whether differences exist in levels of academic achievement between students who participated in developmental kindergarten and those who were recommended to attend but did not.

The target population of this study spanned 3 years and included 203 kindergarten eligible students in a suburban school district in mid- Michigan who were recommended to attend developmental kindergarten. The accessible population was 105 of the original 203 students.

The Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) reading and mathematics test mean scores were analyzed for both groups …

A Study Of The Correlation Between Per Pupil Funding And Student Achievement In The State Of Michigan, Douglas Harold Snyder

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate if a relationship existed between per pupil funding levels and achievement levels of students in the state of Michigan. The study sought to apply objective, systematic research techniques to a question which receives much emotional, unscientific discussion. To that end, the study asked the question whether a connection existed between student achievement as measured by Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) tests and the amount of per pupil funding in the student’s school district.

In an attempt to address these concerns this study examined two sets of variables. One set represented educational effectiveness …

The Relationship Of Teacher Attitudes Toward Evaluation And School Building Climate, Timothy James Lowe

Dissertations

Present management theory divides teacher evaluation into two categories, summative evaluation and formative evaluation. Summative evaluation is used for administrative decision making. Formative evaluation is used for shaping the performance of teachers. Traditionally, the evaluation process has been more summative than formative. Therefore, teachers have regarded evaluation with some apprehension.

In the 1960s, Halpin and Croft suggested that the climate of a school is analogous to its personality. School climate can be defined as the perception incumbents have of the organization. Degrees of climate can be organized along a continuum ranging from closed to open. A closed climate is characterized …

Semi-Strongly Regular Graphs And Generalized Cages, Cong Fan

Dissertations

Two well-known classes of graphs, strongly regular graphs and cages, have been studied extensively by many researchers for a long period of time. In this dissertation, we mainly deal with semi-strongly regular graphs, a class of graphs including all strongly regular graphs, and (r, g, t)-cages, a generalization of the usual cage concept.

Chapter I introduces the two new concepts: semi-strongly regular graphs and generalized (r, g, t)-cages, gives necessary conditions for the existence of semi-strongly regular graphs and some interesting properties regarding common neighbors of pairs of vertices, and shows connections between these two new concepts and the old …

An Analysis Of Local Response To State Initiated School Reform Legislation: Michigan Public Act 25, A. Bruce Watson

Dissertations

Educational reform has been a topic of interest to educators, politicians and tax payers for over a century. Michigan’s educational reform legislation, Public Act 25. enacted in 1990, is a shared-responsibility model where the state and local school district share responsibility for implementing four major educational reform components. These components are, core curriculum, annual educational report, school improvement planning and accreditation.

The study was designed to answer the following two research questions. Initially, do elementary principals in Michigan public elementary schools perceive educational reform indicators and conditions to be in enough strength to allow educational reform to continue under Public …

Planar Over The Cell Routing, Srinivasa R. Danda

Masters Theses

Planar over the cell routing in standard cell layouts is an important problem and it has been studied quite extensively. In two layer standard cell design methodology, Ml layer is typically used for connections internal to the cell, and the M2 layer is available for routing over-the-cell. In this thesis, we consider the Two Row Maximum Planar Subset (TRMPS) problem in Over-The-Cell routing. The TRMPS problem requires selection of the maximum planar subset of nets, which can be routed between two rows of terminals in a cell row. This problem was first encountered by Cong, Liu, and Preas [3]. They …

A Unified Approach To Multilayer Routing, Sreekrishna Madhwapathy

Masters Theses

Several Over-the-Cell (OTC) routing algorithms have been proposed for two and three layer processes. All the existing OTC routers assume that the terminals are laid out in a specific predetermined fashion. These restrictions on the terminals complicate the task of cell design and increase the width of the cells.

In this thesis, we report two results. First, we present a new layout methodology, for obtaining minimum width cells, with arbitrarily located terminals. Next, we develop a multilayer routing approach, which is independent of the cell model used in the layout design. Freed from fixed terminal placement restrictions, cell designers can …

A Feasibility Study For Using Computerized Water Well Records To Delineate Areas Of Recharge-Discharge Potential, Lauren D. Hughes

Masters Theses

A method for delineating areas of recharge-discharge potential has been developed utilizing computerized water well records. The methodology is based on the vertical head differences found between wells with shallow depths of submergence and those with deeper depths of submergence. The residual values generated represent the magnitude of vertical potential and can be contoured to delineate areas of recharge-discharge potential. Well data were obtained from the Kalamazoo County Groundwater Database. Well selection was based on depth of submergence and total well depth.

The methodology was tested in Texas and Schoolcraft Townships, the Donnell Lake Study Area, and Kalamazoo County. Regularly …

Geophysical Investigation At The Mouth Of The St. Joseph River Valley And Adjacent Lake Michigan Shoreline In St. Joseph And Benton Harbor, Michigan, David L. Seng

Masters Theses

A combination of geophysical methods were employed in an attempt to characterize a small section of the shoreline of the St. Joseph, Michigan, region of the Lake Michigan shoreline. Electrical resistivity and Ground Penetrating Radar profiles conducted along the shoreline and within the nearshore environment reveal a buried valley of the ancestral St. Joseph river. This valley represents incision of the channel during lowered lake levels at the end of the Pleistocene.

Lakeward dipping radar reflectors are identified throughout the study site. Within the buried valley the reflectors are not glacial till as is the case outside the inferred valley …

An Experimental Apparatus For Studying Differential Scattering Of Multiply-Charged Ions From Neutral Targets Following Capture, John Edward Edens

Masters Theses

An experimental apparatus has been designed, enabling measurement of angular differential cross sections for single-electron capture (SEC). The design consists of a microchannel plate detector with a one-dimensional position sensitive anode. A bow-time shaped aperture was employed to convert a radially scattered distribution into an approximate linear one. An electrostatic retarding grid was used to separate SEC contributions from the reaction products. Measurements were made of the angular differential cross sections for SEC of Ar^q+ (q=4-6,8) ions scattering from He and Ar at impact energies of 600 to 3000 eV and angles between 0 and 23 mrad. The experimental …

Hydrogeochemical Delineation Of A Groundwater Flow System, Berrien County, Michigan, Patrick J. Bartnik

Masters Theses

The objective of this study was to examine the possibility of determining groundwater flow directions from natural variations in groundwater chemistry. Groundwater samples were analyzed for major cation and anion concentrations. These data were to have been contoured and then compared with groundwater flow maps generated by conventional methods. The purpose was to determine whether a correlation could be drawn between the two methods. However, the results of the study did not allow for this comparison.

The plotted major cation and anion data did not lend themselves to contouring, which suggests that greater control may be required during the selection …

Structural Effects On Micellar Catalyzed Hydrolysis Of Hydroxamic Acids With Perfluorooctanoic Acid As Surfactant, Xing Zhang

Masters Theses

This thesis demonstrated the structural effects on micellar catalyzed hydrolysis of hydroxamic acids with prefluorooctanoic acid as the reactive counterion surfactant in aqueous acetonitrile solution.

For different hydroxamic acids, the observed pseudo-first order rate constant-surfactant concentration profiles were obtained and were used in the determination of critical micellar concentrations (cmc).

The micellar catalytic effect was satisfactorily explained by the pseudo-phase ion exchange (PPIE) model. The PPIE model was successfully applied in the determination of the reaction rate constants both in the water phase and in micellar pseudo-phase.

Further investigation into more appropriate hydroxamic acids is suggested in order to obtain …

Learning Expectations And Learning From Problem Situations In Occupational Education, Michael Alexander Krischer

Dissertations

Employers have shown a growing interest in problem solving skill in addition to specific occupational skills (Carnevale, Gainer, and Meltzer, 1990). Learning expectations are defined as attitudes involving the self-conception of one's ability to respond to difficult situations, and learning from problem situations is defined as the ability to organize specialized knowledge so that it can be applied to a new situation. The purpose of the study was to examine relationships among these two variables and performance in a situation requiring the application of occupational knowledge under a novel set of conditions. The study was carried out at the Industrial …

Western News, March 16, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: $2.9 million gift to improve access to aviation careers, Senate unanimously supports Haenicke's position on students charged with disruption, AIDS quilt opening ceremony setfor March 22, Bunda re-elected president of Faculty Senate, Social work scholar to give keynote address

Western News, March 9, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Haenicke tells legislators of WMU's unique mission, Haenicke seeks assistance to clarify race relations issues, Project focuses attention on sexual violence, Bosnian refugees to discuss their experiences, Researcher to speak for Women's History Month

Two Papers On Environmentalism Ii: Resources And Environmental Policy, Jan Narveson

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethlcs in Society - November 21, 1994.

Western News, February 23, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: 71 students will spend their spring breaks volunteering at six sites across the country, University receives $1 million each in gifts and grants, Study abroad program launched in Mexico, APA sponsors noon-hour Covey video series, Cooley compiles collection of critical essays on nature writers for new book published by U-M

Western News, February 9, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Senate report recognizes continuing education as 'large and important component' of WMU, Haworth donates office furnishings for clinics, Contributions of student workers will be honored during Student Employment Week, State project sends botanist barking up the right tree, Health honorary cites faculty member and student group

Western News, February 2, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: WMU again calls for Carnegie recognition in legislative budget process, First campus wide drive to identify potential bone marrow donors scheduled for Feb. 8, Events planned in observance of Black History Month, One-stop Career Center opens in Ellsworth

The Westerner Vol. 15 No. 2, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Dedicated, visionary individuals laid strong foundation for WMU's future • University News in Brief • Athletics restructuring signals commitment to gender equity • Recent building-related activities cross all campus boundaries • Exciting East Campus changes bringing new life to WMU's 'historic district' • Haenicke explains his long-term goals for WMU • Alumnotes • Returning alutnni discover old friends, new campus

Western News, January 26, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: President Haenicke will recommend freeze in room and board, apartment rental rates, Contract awarded for multimillion dollar renovation of power plant on Stadium Drive, Boldi and Edwards to lead Board of Trustees for 1995, Juvenile violence is focus of Jan. 31 program, Engineering departments reorganized and renamed in Jan. 20 Board of Trustees action, Reish earns accolade from French government

Western News, January 19, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU researchers putting stock in office waste paper, Grants support research and public service projects, Latino students and community service projects will benefit from new grant-funded program, New service available at Fetzer Center helps make meetings more productive and efficient, Jeremy earns award for outstanding service

Worldview--Reality As Viewed By Students: Additional Methodologies, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

We are basically asking 1) to what extent people see themselves as a natural part of nature; 2) whether or not people are perceived as being qualitatively different from other aspects of nature; 3) to what extent, if any, control over nature by people is appropriate. The interview description given for the first interview sequence applies here as well.

An interview begins with the grand tour question, "If there is any kind of order in the world, where do people fit in that order?" The informant's response is followed with three elicitation devices.

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1995-1997, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

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