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Western News, February 10, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Computer expert John Kemeny to speak next week, Senate meeting hears grim facts on fiscal crisis, Imana Ujima to perform, Burrows one-woman show will be Wednesday, Ellinger to represent .U.S. at overseas confab

Western News, February 3, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Must 'come to grips' with crisis-Blanchard, Faculty Senate to nominate president; vice president candidates; hear fiscal report, Computers are vital tools in chemistry class, Trustees OK modified human research rules

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

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• John G. Kemeny: Computer will 'invade' human life • Mother becomes grad student with just a little help • Edwards, Ludlow elected to head Board of Trustees • 'Wise counsel' appreciated, Edwards tells Kemp • International get togethers • University coordinator of student recruitment activities named • Alumnus accurately predicts losses in off-year congressional elections • Minority Mentoring program is a success • Feirer discusses Michigan job future • Ho writes about Chinese economy growth • Project EXCITE subject of UPI story in Detroit Free Press and other papers • New equipment aids student access to computer system • …

Western News, January 27, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Edwards; Ludlow elected Board officers Friday, Kemeny to receive honorary degree, Callan appointed Distinguished University Professor, Presidents Council urges Blanchard to 'maintain, improve' higher ed support, Board grants emeritus status to Meagher; Travers, Schedule seminar in Israel from May 1 to 22, Callan named Distinguished University Professor

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes Annual Meeting January 21, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes of the December 17, 1982 Regular Meeting
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Election of Officers
• Appointment of External Auditor
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Resolution re Conference Center Liquor License
• Recommendation re Human Subjects Research Regulations
• Recommendation re Honorary Doctorate
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Agenda Item No. 3
• Agenda Item No. 5
• Agenda Item No. 6
• Agenda Item No. 7
• Agenda Item No. 8
• Agenda Item No. 9
• Agenda Item No. 10
• Agenda Item No. 11
• Agenda Item No. 12
• Agenda Item No. 13
• Agenda Item …

Western News, January 20, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Wetnight to make statement to PSC today, Survey shows strong support for higher education, Ho writes book on Chinese economy growth, Neubig visiting professor at Ohio University, List winter semester psychology speakers

Western News, January 13, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New computer equipment eases student access, Deferral 'disheartening;' Bernhard says, Committees begin work on the examination of the University's current organization, WESTOPS aids Kalamazoo Realtor Board, Chicago high school principal MLK speaker, Second patent for stall margin indicator granted, November gifts; grants report includes one for Department of Computer Science

Western News, January 6, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Staffing levels to be reduced; Bernhard tells Board, Project EXCITE subject of UPI story in Free Press, Cain elected president of AAUP chapter here, Bernhard establishes two committees to examine University reorganization, 'Wise counsel' appreciated; Edwards tells Kemp at Kemp's last Board meeting Dec. 17, Hill appointed marketing chairperson, Bosco named director of Merze Tate Center, VanderMeulen granted retirement by Board

University Employee Service Recognition Program 1983, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

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

Educational Developmentalism In Nigeria: Education For The Masses Or Just Mass-Education?, William W. Cobern, Mohammad I. Junaid

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

In 1983 there was an impressive amount of education news in the media. The western papers and especially the American ones carried numerous articles on the strengths of educational programmes in various countries. There were often articles about strident, high-pressure schooling in Japan; and one read about the Soviet's extreme emphasis on science and, mathematics education. It was the start of the run-up year to elections in the United States and suddenly there was a deluge of campaign rhetoric about education. Both the Democrats and the Republicans deplored the sorry state of American education vis-à-vis the educational strength of America's …

Bulletin Western Michigan University: Undergraduate Catalog 1983-1985, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Accreditation
• University Calendar
• Admission, Advising, and Career Education
• Student Fees
• Fees
• Residency
• Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Financial Aid Procedures
• Scholarships and Awards
• Student Loans
• Grant Programs
• Student Employment
• Student Services
• Miscellaneous Information
• Councils
• General Regulations
• Programs of Study
• Degrees and Curricula
• The Honors College
• International Education and Programs
• School of Library and Information Science
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• College of Fine Arts
• College of General Studies
• College of Health and Human Services
• The Graduate College
• Division of Continuing Education
• The Directories
• Buildings and Grounds
• The Index

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 17, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• President's Report re University Staffing Resolution
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments

Western News, December 16, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Most U offices to close in 'experimental' recess period from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3, 10 outdoor steps areas to close for snow, Rayford lauds Italian printing industry, Chandler book creates hectic pace, Coe is new Alumni Association head, Hemphill is editor of paperback book on O.T

Western News, December 9, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard challenges AAUP report on staffing levels, UW total exceeds $38,000, UCCS maintenance phase to be in two steps, Minority Mentoring program is a success, 167 enrolled in EXCITE workshops

Western News, December 2, 1982, Western Michgan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 98 to be honored as members of 25 Year Club, 'Carmina Burana' cantata to have 250 performers, Burke assumes new duties as University coordinator of student recruitment activities, Reports on UCCS appeals determinations, Brown and Gold Day attracts many students

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

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Powell excited about Project EXCITE • State appropriates $1.2 million for pilot-plant expansion • General Fund budget set for 1982-82 • Different visions, different promises - Class of '32: The Hilltop Era • Sons of the Polish Revolution: The 50s and 60s • Sports • Among Alumni • Alumnotes • The Politics of the First Christmas

The Church, Education And Third World Development, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

The Third World is the world of underdeveloped and developing nations. As one insightful African noted the preferred term once was "underdeveloped" but now the more positive "developing" is used (Yoloye, 1980, p.vii). Both of these terms were originally used by Westerners to describe how far up the technological/industrial ladder non-Western nations have climbed. One might argue about the appropriateness of judging other cultures by one's own standard. In doing so one assumes at least tacitly if not overtly that his own culture is the superior one. At best this leads to paternalism towards the people of the culture in …

A Study Of The Flow Of Pulp Slurries Through A Motionless Mixer, Brian F. Berger

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

A study was conducted to determine the behavior of pulp flows through a motionless mixer. Specifically, the effects of stock consistency, pulp type, and number of mixing elements on the pressure drop across a motionless mixer were examined. An attempt was made to develop correlations between pressure drop across the motionless mixer due to pulp flows and the consistency of the pulp slurries. From the data generated by this study, it was determined that using the value of pressure drop across the motionless mixer to determine pulp consistency is not very feasible. However, the empirical data generated should be useful …

Geology Newsletter- 1982, Department Of Geology

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol. 1 No. 7

• Dear Alumni and Friends
• Capital Fund Drive
• Geology/ Earth Science Club News
• Faculty News
• Alumni News

Pennsylvanian Deltaic Sedimentation In Grand Ledge, Michigan, Jeffrey R. Martin

Masters Theses

Pennsylvanian outcrops along the Michigan Basin's southern/margin are composed of fluvial-deltaic and marine shelf sediments. Constructive deltaic facies include point-bar sandstones displaying erosional bases, channel lag, and upward decreasing grain size and sedimentary structures. Cross-stratification data indicate a unimodal, highly variant, northward-trending, paleocurrent pattern that deviates from regional paleoslope. Point-bar sandstones record delta plain deposition by meandering distributary channels. Channel margin facies include Lingula-bearing, interdistributary bay shales; overlain gradationally by laminated, flaser-bedded and rooted marsh shales and siltstones; and subbituminous swamp coal. Bay-fill facies are interrupted by lens-shaped, quartz-poor, fine-grained, crevasse-- splay sandstones.

Delta destructive facies--quartz -rich bioturbated sandstone-- suggest …

The Effects Of A Cumulative Review Procedure Upon The Acquisition And Retention Of Basic Addition Facts Under Mastery Learning Conditions, Michael Jeffrey Harshman

Masters Theses

The effects of cumulative review upon the acquisition and retention of basic addition facts were examined within a modified multielement baseline design. Subjects were two second graders enrolled in a tutorial program. After training (memorization to specific criteria) involving drill with flashcards, facts were practiced according to one of two procedures. One procedure (Interspersal Only) involved practice of newly trained facts mixed with facts known on a pretest. The other procedure (Cumulative Review) involved practice of newly trained facts mixed with facts learned during prior training sessions. The Cumulative Review condition was found to be more effective in terms of …

Analysis Of The Prehistoric Settlement Pattern Survey Project In The Lower Kalamazoo River Valley: The 1978 And 1979 Field Seasons, Deborah K. Rhead

Masters Theses

Western Michigan University's Settlement Pattern Survey, Implemented in the Spring of 1978 under the direction of Or. Elizabeth Garland, is an intensive problem-oriented survey aimed at discerning patterns of prehistoric settlement in Allegan County, Michigan. This thesis is based on the analysis of the Settlement Pattern Survey data for the 1978 and 1979 seasons. The use of sampling strategies in archaeology and corresponding problems with analytical statistics is examined with particular reference to the Settlement Pattern Survey Project. The application of cluster analysis to the Settlement Pattern Survey project 1s also discussed. As a result of this analysis, distinct patterns …

The Support And Maintenance Of A Behavioral Teaching Methodology In The Public Schools, Sheryl M. Rippee

Masters Theses

A contract study center was the site for two experiments involving the modification of teacher behavior. The Center was located in a rural high school of 300 students and 15 staff members. The Center was school-wide and utilized contingency contracting and peer tutoring in order to help students on individual academic assignments. Experiment I was conducted to examine the effects of using teachers to support and maintain the behavioral teaching methodology used in the Center. Results of Experiment I indicated that teachers were not as effective in supporting and maintaining the Center on a half time basis as University Personnel. …

The Origin Of Carbonate Cements In Bahama Escarpment Limestones, Katharine D. Fulker

Masters Theses

Limestones recovered from Bahama Escarpment dives (DSRV Alvin, 1978) were expected to contain shallow marine, freshwater, and deep marine cementation since the limestones had been fractured, bored, and cemented at depth. Magnesium and trace element concentrations, carbon-oxygen composition, cathodoluminescence, and petrographic study indicated the presence of all three cement types.

Lithification may have proceeded by allochem deposition, major shallow marine cementation, sparse freshwater cementation leaving porosity, fracturing, and final deep marine cementation leaving minor porosity. According to this interpretation, the pore space remained open for an unlikely 75-115 million years. In an alternative interpretation, pore space is occluded after freshwater …

Kinetics Of Ternary Complex Formation Reactions Of The Nickel(Ii) Complexes Of Ethylenediaminediacetate And Triethylenetetramine With Bidentate Donors, Lawrence H. Kolopajlo

Dissertations

The stopped-flow technique was used to measure rate constants for ternary complex formation involving both NiEDDA and Ni(trien)('2+), and bidentate donors. The reactions of both NiEDDA and Ni(trien)('2+) with bipy, phen, en, and sar were studied. In addition the reaction of NiEDDA and gly was studied. The reactions were of the first-order with respect to either nickel complex, and with respect to enH('+), bipy, and phen. The reactions involving phen and bipy were independent of pH and were reversible. The formation rate constants for the systems containing diamine reactants are as follows:

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Determination Of Organophosphorus Compounds By Hplc With Post-Column Photochemical Degradation Followed By The Formation Of Reduced Heieropolymolybdate, Stephen R. Priebe

Dissertations

A novel method for the determination of organophosphorus (OP) compounds by HPLC with post-column photochemical and chemical derivatization reactions has been developed. The OP compounds eluted from the column were photochemically degraded to orthophosphate by the use of a 450 W xenon lamp in conjunction with an auxiliary photodegradation reagent. The photodegradation reaction was studied extensively by means of batch irradiations with triethylphosphate as a model compound. The effects of the initial concentrations of triethylphosphate and ammonium peroxydisulfate, and of varying the pH of the reaction medium were determined. A survey of potential interferences was performed. Copper(II) ion was found …

A Study Of Flow Languages, Vector Machines, Petri Nets And Convex Languages, Shyam Kishore Bajpai

Masters Theses

In this work, relations have been established among vector machines and augmented vector machines, vector machines and Petri nets, and augmented vector machines and generalized Petri nets. At each stage, number of examples are given to illustrate the theory of Petri nets, vector machines and augmented vector machines.

A Computer Assisted Instruction Package For Computer Graphics, Robert Normand Dutilly

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to:

(1) Present the concepts and significance of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI).

(2) Demonstrate the usefulness of CAI by the implementation of a system to instruct in the fundamentals of Computer Graphics.

(3) Describe methods used for implementing a large CAI package on a microcomputer.

(4) Development of software tools to assist in the creation of CAI programs.

The paper will also cover the historical perspectives on the growth of CAI, its impact on the educational field and the proper construction of CAI materials. The system is written in the UCSD Pascal computer programming …

A Study Of Effects Of A Systematically Designed Promotional Message On The Acceptance Of Michigan Regional Educational Media Centers By Nonusers, Jaswant Singh

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using a systematically planned and presented promotional message on increasing the number of public and private K-12 teachers who use the media services of the REMCs.

The following hypotheses were tested: (1) There will be a difference in the proportion of teachers requesting REMC media services in the experimental and control groups as a result of the use of a systematically designed promotional message. (2) There will be a difference in the mean number of media items requested by users in the experimental and control groups as a result …

The Teaching Of Music Theory In The Piano Lesson: A Survey Of Methods, Donna R. Hood

Masters Theses

"The Teaching of Music Theory in the Piano Lesson: A Survey of Methods" is a functional study for piano teachers designed to demonstrate that most instruction books do not contain enough music theory. Methods included were selected on popularity and availability to piano teachers of beginning students.

Each of the sixty-six methods reviewed are listed with a general description, the intended age level, and the purpose of the course. A list of the theoretical strengths and weaknesses follows . The theoretical areas considered for the survey include rhythm/meter, melody/intervals, harmony, tonality/scales/keys, analysis, ear training, composition, and improvisation.

No single method …