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Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 26, 1985, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Appointment of External Auditor
• Recommendation re Student Board and Room Rates for 1985-86
• Recommendation re Maintenance Surcharge for Residence Hall and Campus Apartments for 1985-86
• Board Committee Report
• College of Business Report
• Intercollegiate Athletics Report
• Public Comments
• Executive Session
• Adjournment

Western News, April 24, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Videotapes to play today; tomorrow, Board to meet Friday, 1,730 to receive degrees Saturday, Registration dates announced

Western News, April 18,1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Showings of public forums announced, 1,730 to receive degrees April 27, Applications due for new program, Flextime hours begin May 1

Western News, April 16, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Public forum for Haenicke is April 17, Board stresses campus participation

Western News, April 12, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Public forum for Harter is Monday, Board stresses campus participation

Western News, April 11,1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Breed; Kaufman to receive awards, Rep. Garcia to speak here April 12, Explain change in dependent coverage

Wmu Board Of Trustees Special Meeting April 11, 1985, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Interviewed the Presidential candidate Dr. George Ayers

Western News, April 10, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Three finalists named for Western's presidency, Public forum for Ayers is April 11, Board stresses campus participation

Western News, April 4, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Names of five presidential candidates confirmed, Breneman to address scholars convo, Campus Beautification Day planned for Friday; April 12

The Westerner Vol. 5 No. 5, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• WMU education expert praises state for teacher competency approach • Presidential search narrowed to three • Water quality project receives grant from Kellogg Foundation • Class' computer program makes car buying easier • Four recognized for achievement • DNR and Western conduct unique training program • Host families can make a big difference • WMU to take part in liberal arts workshop • Carol Kent 'speaks up with confidence' • Sports • WMU to host national volleyball championships • Among Alumni • Former dean recounts business college's development • Alumninotes • Schneider takes investments seriously

The Effect Of Varying Degrees Of Carboxylation On Picking Resistance - A Study Of Carboxylated Latexes, Jackie K. Cody

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

A carboxylated latex is formed by substituting carboxylic acid groups onto styrene/butadiene latex particles, thus displacing the emulsifying agent to a certain degree. This will lead to a more stable system with increased binding power for use in coating systems. The purpose of this study was to determine how variations in the degree of carboxylation affect the IGT picking resistance of a coated sheet.

The experiment consisted of making nine different coating formulations with both latex addition level and degree of carboxylation being varied. These formulations were applied to a paper substrate by the use of the Keagan coater. Testing …

Teaching Students To Use Textbook-Study Systems, Norman A. Stahl, William A. Henk

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The SQ3R method of textbook study has received widespread acceptance over the past 38 years. Not only is this system advocated and used extensively, at least 100 modifications for both general text study and specialized content field study have appeared in the literature. As a result of the acceptance of textbook study systems, a number of recommendations on how to teach the use of systems have appeared in methods text. This article will review the literature on; (1) prerequisite skills a pupil should develop prior to learning a textbook-study system, (2) teaching activities undertaken before introducing a system to a …

Basal Reading Instruction And E.S.L. Students, Lee Gunderson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The number of English as a Second Language (ESL) students enrolled in schools across North America is increasing (Cummins, 1981). The increase means that more are enrolled in mainstream classrooms where they are taught to read using materials and programs designed for native English speakers.

Developing An Understanding Of Literacy Through Production Of Pop-Up Books, Patrick Shannon, Barbara G. Samuels

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This article presents a series of activities with pop-up and other movable books which allow children to produce meaning and should further their understanding of literacy.

Intonation In Oral Reading And Reading Comprehension, Andrea Karlin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intonation in oral reading and reading comprehension measured by the close procedure. Subjects were 54 Blqack West Indies college students at the College of the Virgin Islands (1978-79), St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, who were United States Virgin Islanders.

P-R-E-V Teaching Predictions And Concepts Simultaneously, Anne M. Ferguson, Melanie Kennedy

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A question of concern among content area teachers is-Will making predictions prior to text reading increase a student's comprehension of material read?

Teaching Children To Use A Context-Plus-Phonics Strategy, Dixie Lee Spiegel, Jill Fitzgerald, Miles H. Reck

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The main purpose of this article is to describe in detail a procedure which teaches children to integrate two word identification strategies, ose of context and of phonics. A study was conducted which tested the effectiveness of this integrative strategy, and a secondary purpose of this article is to present the results of the study.

Mini-Assessment: A Practical Approach To Classroom Identification Of Learning Disabled Readers, Sharyn Simpson Rhodes

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This article will present a classroom method by which teachers can answer questions, and make a better decision about whether or not to refer a child for an evaluation of learning disabilities.

Moving Into Literacy: Then And Now, Maryanne Hall

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

How children learn to read has intrigued parents, teachers, and psychologists as well as reading authorities and researchers for many years. The question of when children should learn to read has been debated extensively since the 1930s. The attention to this question may have resulted in a lack of acknowledgement that learning to be literate begins long before the formal introduction to reading in a school setting. In this article prereading and beginning reading are examined from both a historical and a current perspective with emphasis on implications of recent findings on children's literacy learning for instruction.

Reading Horizons Vol. 25, No. 3

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 25, issue 3.

Contributions To The Career And Managerial Development Of Women: The Importance Of Selected Components As Perceived By A Group Of Community College Female Educators, Daniel A. Jaksen

Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine the perceived importance of factors which comprised the major components of a leadership training program developed exclusively for female community college managerial aspirants. The study was undertaken to determine if any differences existed among six components, perceived by the participants as contributing to their career development. Comparisons were also made to ascertain if a difference existed in the importance of each of the components between those who have advanced in their careers since participating in the leadership program and those who have not advanced.

Data were collected from 251 (82%) female participants …

A Study Of The Relationship Of Selected Characteristics Of Michigan School Superintendents And The Superintendents' Types And Degrees Of Political Participation With The State Legislature, Gary Allen

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between the types and degrees of state legislative political participation used by superintendents and their degree of education, their district size, their districts' geographic location, and the job they held prior to their superintendency. The instrument used to measure the degree and most effective type of political participation used by superintendents was developed by the investigator. This instrument was mailed to 226 of the 531 Michigan public school superintendents in K-12 districts with 214 responding.

The comparison of superintendents employed in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan districts indicated that metropolitan …

A Study Of Cell-Mediated Immunity During A Primary Infection With Pseudorabies Virus, John George Chosay

Masters Theses

This research defines the role and sequence of cell-mediated immune events in an in vivo virus infection. Pseudorabies virus infected CF1 mice lungs, were assessed by his to logical or immunohistochemical means. Using fluorescein isothiocyanate Tabled anti-T lymphocyte (ATG) and lissamine rhodamineB200 labeled anti-macrophage globulins (AMG), the number of lymphocytes and macrophages were determined. An early increase in T cells (four hours post-innoculation) was followed by an increase in macrophages (15 hours post-innoculation). Thereafter tissue levels of T cells and macrophages remained constant. Thymus dependent lymphocyte; failed to show increase macrophages clustering as pathology progressed. The first pathological changes in …

Using Student Predictions To Teach Content Area Vocabulary, Charles E. Martin, John Mateja

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The following strategies encourage the predictive behaviors of students attempting to acquire new vocabulary. The strategies involve the kinds of thinking associated with anticipating meaning, using context, and relating text to a purpose. They stimulate learners to make connections between old and new information.

Alpha English Correlation Data A Replication Study, Simin Shirzadi

Masters Theses

This study replicates an earlier (7/025,. May 1980) study in Kalamazoo (Michigan) Valley Community College investigating the factors which might influence student success or failure in Alpha English, ENG 098, a remedial English course. It also introduces the control variable of instructional method.

There were no significant changes in the relationship between the dependent variable (success/failure in ENG 098) and the independent variables (grade point average, credit hours attempted/earned, English Placement Exam score, age, sex, race and hours working) in the two studies. Subjects in the present study tended to be younger, were more likely to be male, and slightly …

The Impeachment And Trial Of Secretary Of War William Worth Belknap, Duane Edward Holthof

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to give an account of the events which lead to the resignation of Secretary of War William Worth Belknap in 1876, to examine the circumstances surrounding his impeachment, and to study the testimony in his Senate trial.

Although Belknap was not convicted on charges of accepting bribes, most of those senators who voted to acquit him did so on the technical ground that the Senate lacked the jurisdiction to try a private citizen. The evidence in the case clearly indicated Belknap's involvement, and there seems little doubt that if Belknap did not know what …

Patent Medicine Town A Social History Of Patent Medicines In Marshall, Michigan, Teresa Lou Trupiano

Masters Theses

Marshall, Michigan, once known as "patent medicine town," had over fifty medicine companies. The medicine industry flourished in America until the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 regulated the trade. Marshall provides a microcosm of the industry.

The H. A. Peterman Co. (1870-1890) and Sharpsteen's Family Medicines (1873-1950) introduced Marshall to many techniques, from mail-order marketing to medicine shows. The Voltaic Belt Co. OSSIES) , Chrystal’s Electric Belts (1893-1905), L. F. Page Co. (1891— 1901), and H. A. Horton (1916-1928) sold remedies for "lost manhood." Success of the F. A. Stuart Co. (1893-1956) and Brooks Appliance Co. (1880-present) encouraged …

Reactivity Of Some Nitrogen-Containing Compounds At Supercritical Water Conditions, David M. Tiffany

Masters Theses

The use of water at cuperctirical conditions to remove nitrogen from several nitrogen-containing compounds was studied with the purpose of exploring the use of supercritical water as a method of removing nitrogen from the extraction products of coal. Quinoline and isoquinolone were the primary model compounds used with benzonitrile and carbazole also being examined briefly. Reaction conditions varied in temperature (350-500°C), pressure (3500-5200 psi), and water density (0.170-.0.426g/cc). The major products formed by isoquinoline were benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene as well as nonvolatile tar and char. Quinoline produced aniline and toluidine in addition to those obtained from isoquinoline. Most …

A Study Of The Feasibility Of Developing A Training Model To Incorporate Management By Objectives In Higher Education In Iraq, Nadhim J. Bakri

Dissertations

The initial decision to undertake this developmental study was an insight to the need of a more humanized administrative system that would replace a stagnant and obsolescent system. This understanding dictates a need for a systematic, comprehensive, and task-oriented training model for professional development of educational administration within the present system.

The purpose of the study was two-fold. The primary purpose was to develop a training model to incorporate MBO for professional development of educational administrators. The second purpose was to establish the task descriptions appropriate and necessary to operationalize the model.

An investigation of current management systems was utilized …

Construction And Testing Of A New Atomic Physics Beam Line At The Western Michigan University Accelerator Laboratory, William Andrew Hollerman

Masters Theses

A new beam line containing a differentially-pumped gas cell and charge state analyzing magnet was constructed for the purpose of measuring a wide variety of atomic inner-shell processes, such as excitation, ionization, and charge transfer. The completed system will be able to measure these individual atomic processes using coincidence techniques. Initial testing of the beam line was performed using 40MeV S⁺⁷+Ar collisions to determine the effect of the collimating slit size on the measured x-ray cross sections. These measurements showed that the slip size on the measured x-ray cross sections. These measurements showed that the slit size affects …