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Western News, September 15, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New-student enrollment up 7.6% Coordinated effort by campus community helps bring total enrollment to 18,542students, Standing-room only for Miller memorial service, Miss Michigan Denise Gehman picked in top 5, Fifteen earn doctorates at August commencement, 'Brown and Gold Day' scheduled for Sept. 24, Van Riper Lecture Series to conclude Friday, Public Safety changes parking-lot designations

Western News, September 8, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Main elements of academic VP role:Survive; lead, Memorial service for Ralph Miller is Friday, Van Riper Lectures on autism next week, Three training seminars to be offered soon, 1,200 participants in parent orientation, Committee to Help Nontraditional Students

Western News, August 18, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Though handicapped; Eric Zelder earns degree in history; economics, Deadline extended in search for assistant VP, Rosalie E. Hendershot; 61; dies, Arts Circle to launch campaign

Western News, August 11, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dawn Goldsmith; 14; is tutor in Center for Educational Opportunity, Trustee Williams honored by black social workers, Memorial service for Ralph N. Miller to be Sept. 9 in Kanley Chapel, T lAA/CREF moving on adoption of new tables, Ziring to visit USSR this fall

Western News, August 4, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Alumni phonathon exceeds goal, $170,000 Mott grant given, University telephone directory updates due, Two European trips planned

The Westerner Vol. 4 No. 1, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Fossil collection given to Geology • Fetzer Center to be dedicated November 2 • 'Recapture 80 yesteryears' • State urges foreign language study • New EXCITEment at Western • Goldsmith is unique tutor with educational center • Foundation assets gained in past year • Evaluation Center completes survey • Gifts/ grants total $12.6 million in 1982-83 • Western's international focus • Medieval studies thrive at Western • Second group of students visit Italy • Employees journey overseas • African art show set for November • 'We must alWays have old memories and young hopes' • The Fetzer Center • …

Parameter Optimization Using A Hierarchical System Of Learning Automata, Brian T. Mitchell

Dissertations

Many problems in adaptive control, pattern recognition, filtering, identification, and artificial intelligence can be viewed as parameter optimization problems. The learning automation approach to these problems has two distinct advantages over the classic hill climbing methods: (1) the parameter space need not be metric and (2) a global rather than local optimum can be found. Unfortunately, these advantages do not come without corresponding difficulties, namely the problem of high dimensionality. A hierarchical system of learning automata has been used to reduce this problem somewhat, but inefficiencies still remain since the current hierarchical system was balanced and static hierarchical learning automaton …

Faculty Publications 1979-1981, Western Michigan University

Faculty Contributions (1950-1981)

Faculty Publications 1979-1981 is the seventeenth compilation of the publications of the faculty of Western Michigan University and is designed mainly to inform the University faculty of the breadth of writing of their colleagues.

Identifying Jungial Personality Type By The Instrument Of Self-Report, Charles Clay Livingston

Masters Theses

This paper examines the instrument of self-report and its use in identifying and measuring the elements of the personality as defined by C. G. Jung. Jung's theory of personality is briefly explained, and self-report as a general instrument of personality assessment is critically examined. Selected research on the construction and use of self-report tests is reviewed and critically evaluated. The author asserts that the bipolar assumption that is often implicit in the construction of test items is not representative of the personality as Jung portrayed it. The author suggests revisions in the construction of test items and a scoring gradient …

The Effects Of Parent Monitoring On Homework Completion Of Low Performing Students, Maria Del Carmen Barocio

Masters Theses

Four junior high school boys from a Special Education room participated in this study. The purpose was to increase the amount of homework completion having parents as monitors of their own children and minimal teacher intervention. In Condition I, baseline was taken of the percentage of homework assignments completed. During Condition II, parents received a Homework Checklist from the teacher explaining the assignments for the next day. For Condition III parents were given a handout explaining the use of positive statements and prompts, and a guideline for skillful home study was also included. Parents were asked to send a Report …

An Optimal Design Of Relational Data Model, Pissamai Amatayakul

Masters Theses

The objective of this study was to propose a design methodology to support a designed in mapping a conceptual model to a logical model. The system was created as a semiinteractive software to produce an optimal relational data model for a given database. The software was developed by combining a well known normalization method from a theory of relational data model which was presented by Codd and the ideas of new normal form which were presented recently by many researchers in the field of database design. The complete description of data objects and their associations are initially defined as a …

A Uniform System For Data Base Directories, Karl Chang

Masters Theses

The objective of this study is to provide an efficient uniform system for data base directories, so that every file in the data base will have the same type of efficient directory. Data base directories will then be uniformly generated, updated and maintained.

The uniform system which is developed here can handle not only discrete attributes, but also range attributes. For the range attributes, it provides the uniform ranges (i.e., a set of ranges such that the records are distributed uniformly between ranges.)

In this thesis, the design and implementation of the hybrid B-plus tree and inverted files which is …

A Microprocessor Controlled Pulsed Hollow Cathode Lamp For An Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, James B. Schilling

Masters Theses

A Jarrell-Ash Atomic Absorption/Flame Emission 82-360 Spectrometer was interfaced to a Heathkit ETA-3400 microprocessor. The microprocessor is used to pulse the hollow cathode lamp from a "steady" current to a "peak " current during the opening of the chopper. The current from the photomultiplier-tube is converted to a proportional voltage which is supplied to a sample-and-hold circuit. A successive approximation routine is used to convert the voltage to a representative digital value. Digital values are obtained for the "blank" and "sample" and are used to calculate percent absorption values. The system can also be used to obtain emission values.

The …

The Relationship Between Systems Theory And Behavior Analysis, Michael B. Oberlin

Dissertations

This paper provides a conceptual framework which clarifies the relationship between General Systems Theory and Behavior Analysis. This framework is supplied by a theoretical notion borrowed from Simon (1962), the notion of "dynamics of interaction." "Interaction" refers to interaction between the units of analysis of science, e.g., in the analysis of behavior, stimuli, responses, and consequences in economics, units of supply and demand. The paradigm of Behavior Analysis is seen to accommodate a "higher-frequency dynamics" found in subsystems; and General Systems Theory, along with disciplines like Economics and Organizational Analysis, accommodates a "lower-frequency dynamics" found in systems. Argument is based …

A High Resolution Ground Magnetic Study Of Part Of The Albion-Scipio Trend, Steven James Hoin

Masters Theses

A detailed high resolution ground magnetic survey was conducted over part of the Albion-Scipio Oil Field Trend. The purpose of the survey was to delineate any magnetic anomalies associated with the trend. A field method using two magnetometers was employed. Sixteen simultaneous readings were taken at a mobile and a base station, and the field operator read the total field values using a 'T ', or similar pattern. This method eliminated much of the noise associated with ground surveys. The resulting residual magnetic map indicates that the basement rocks consist of mafic and felsic, dikes and plutons. Several discontinuities are …

Design, Construction, And Testing Of A Microprocessor-Controlled Interface Between Analog Geophysical Equipment And A Digital Cassette Recorder, Mohd. Nawawi Mohd. Nordin

Masters Theses

A Digital Data Acquisition System (DDAS) microcomputer was designed and constructed to interface between a six-channel analog seismograph and a digital cassette recorder. The DDAS microcomputer is a relatively inexpensive microcomputer built around the popular Z-80 microprocessor chip. It is portable and has 26K bytes of memory. It was designed to convert analog data in to digital with some processing performed before storing on the digital cassette recorder, for later analysis. The same hardware or circuitry of the DDAS microcomputer can perform other functions and work with other geophysical equipment by changing the software of the microcomputer.

The Effects Of An Instructional Package On Study Question Completion Skills Of High School Students, Jeffery David Montgomery

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate the effects of an instructional package on study question behaviors. The instructional package, incorporating contingent reinforcement, modeling, feedback, contingency contracting and a programmed instruction format was implemented to train four study question answering behaviors identified through task analysis. Each subject demonstrated ability to perform the four behaviors with increased accuracy on experimental measures following training. Results indicated that the instructional package was effective in training increased accuracy in each instructional behavior for each subject. Generalized performance of these behaviors in the classroom environment, assessed through comparison of classroom grades and study …

Western News, July 28, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Japanese college students attending institute here, Power outage to apartments ends early Wednesday, Hannah named consultant to University of Liberia, Internal candidates sought for assistant VP position, Yoga is Aug. 5 lecture topic

Western News, July 21, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Assets of Foundation increase to $6.1 million; Duncan tells Board, Fetzer Center to be dedicated Wednesday; Nov. 2, Kenig named head of mechanical engineering, Upward Bound funding renewed, Johnson named president-elect

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting July 15, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Western Michigan University Foundation Report
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Continuing Education Student Fees
• Recommendation re Water Easement
• Recommendation re Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• College of Business Report - Fetzer Business Development Center
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, July 14, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Health care now offered, Judge Enslen to teach course this fall, May gifts; grants total is $309,803; Board told, New policy announced for family housing, Fore! Spring league results

Western News, July 7, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western; Guangxi University in China to begin exchange program, New York educator named president at Nazareth, Computer Center offering several workshops

An Advance Organizer Is…All Or None Of The Above, Evelyn F. Searls

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this article is to review the guidelines for the construction of an advance organizer as proposed by Ausubel and to examine why the choice in the title "all or none of the above" could be literally true.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting June 17, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• President's Remarks
• Resolution re Trustee Emeritus Julius Franks, Jr.
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Meeting dates for 1983/84
• Recommendation re Revised 1982/83 General Fund Operating Budget
• Resolution re Building Maintenance and Repair Projects
• Resolution re Continuation of 1982/83 Budget Into 1983/84
• Recommendation re Vehicle Registration Rates
• Recommendation re Fall Semester 1983 Tuition Schedule
• Recommendation re Student Health Fee
• Recommendation re International Student Processing Fee
• Board Committee Reports
• School of Social Work Report
• Public Comments
• Executive Session

Western News, June 16, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 'Partners in Progress' exceeds goal by $1.4 million, Planned giving totals $10 million since 1974, Gravure printing capital campaign launched, Foreign language policy declared by State Board, AAUP grievance arbitration decision is announced, Semester break hours set for libraries and USC

Fanfares & Celebration: Faculty Recognition Dinner 1983, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Fanfares & Celebration

1982/1983 Fine Arts Year of Celebration

Faculty Recognition Dinner

Friday, June 3, 1983

Our Honored Guests:

• Lee O. Baker
• Robert H. Barstow
• Edward T. Callan
• Robert M. Davidson
• Herbert E. Ellinger
• Edward O. Elsasser
• Ardith B. Embs
• Tom R. Fulton
• Roy W. Groulx
• Willard J. Hahnenberg
• Chester L. Hunt
• Mary Ida Hunt
• Jean Lowrie
• Jack R. Meagher
• Genevieve M. Orr
• Erwin W. Rayford
• Phoebe Rutherford
• Neill J. Sanders
• Frank S. Scott
• Isabelle R. Smith
• Marjory A. Spradling
• Irene Storoshenko
• Robert M. Travers
• Donald C. Weaver

Western News, June 2, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New compensation and classification plan to take effect July 4, Commissioner on aging to speak here next week, Bernhard endorses blood drive for June 14, Engstrom granted retirement as emeritus

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting May 20, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Change in Board of Trustee's Bylaws
• Recommendation re Addendum to Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Recommendation re Naming of the Language, Speech and Hearing Clinic
• Resolution re Trustee Emeritus J. Michael Kemp
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, May 19, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Stevenson gift for loans, Project EXCITE presentation made in Lansing, 'President's Cabinet reviewing UCCS results, MAC baseball tourney starts

Western News, May 12, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Ehrle to resign at May 20 meeting of Board, Callan to retire June 24 with emeritus status, Glass named soccer coach, Babik is sports assistant