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October 26, 2009, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Utah Statesman, October 26, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

2009-10-26 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2009

No abstract provided.

October 26th 2009, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Environmental And Organizational Factors Influencing Similarities And Differences Between Nonprofit Human Service Providers That Are Faith-Based And Those With No Religious Affiliation, Geraldine Lewis Meeks

Theses and Dissertations

The American social welfare system is a mixed system consisting of loosely coupled government programs, private nonprofit and for-profit organizations, grassroots and religious entities. Although religious entities historically played a key role in the development of the social welfare system, the faith-based initiative of President George W. Bush targeted religious service providers to receive government funding and take on a larger role in service delivery to at-risk populations based on the belief that these providers were substantially different from traditional providers. Using a cross-sectional research design and a survey instrument created for the study, data was collected from 121 nonprofit …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 09, October 26, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Spartan Daily October 26, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 29

Developing A Coordinated School Health Approach To Child Obesity Prevention In Rural Appalachia: Results Of Focus Groups With Teachers, Parents, And Students, Karen E. Schetzina, William Dalton, Elizabeth F. Lowe, Nora Azzazy, Katrina Vonwerssowetz, Connie Givens, H. P. Stern

ETSU Faculty Works

INTRODUCTION:

High prevalence rates of obesity, particularly among those residing in US rural areas, and associated physical and psychosocial health consequences, direct attention to the need for effective prevention programs. The current study describes an initial step in developing a school-based obesity prevention program in rural Appalachia, USA. The program, modeled on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coordinated School Health (CSH) Program, includes a community-based participatory research approach to addressing the health needs specific to this region.

METHODS:

Focus groups with teachers, parents, and 4th grade students were used to understand perceptions and school policy related to nutrition, …

Combining Academic Service-Learning And Information Literacy: A New Framework For An Introductory Women's Studies Course, Solange Simoes, Suzanne Gray

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at EMU

Solange Simões and Suzanne Gray’s work is a collaborative in every sense of the word – a sociologist with a joint appointment in women’s and gender studies has collaborated with a faculty librarian to study how students learn to write better papers, and engage more deeply with the course material, in an introductory women’s and gender studies class. Students engaged in academic service-learning and in exercises intended to improve their information literacy skills as part of the class. Solange and Suzanne explore whether these activities helped students develop stronger ideas for term papers and do a better job using appropriate …

Kindling Sparc: The Emergence Of Social Perceiving-Acting Reciprocal Conversations, Cynthia Bushey

NERA Conference Proceedings 2009

Based on an ecological theory of knowing (see Barab & Plucker, 2002; Barab & Roth, 2006; Gibson, 1986; Young, 2004), Social Perceiving-Acting Reciprocal Conversations (SPARC) is an emerging discussion approach designed to tune agents’ perceptions to the affordances of discussion interactions and to develop their effectivities to act on these affordances. This paper discusses the creation and subsequent iterations of SPARC that emerged in my undergraduate Educational Psychology class between January and May of 2009. Educational implications and future research directions are discussed.

Faculty Newsnotes 2009 No. 412, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, October 23, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Ucc Minutes October 22, 2009, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Minutes

No abstract provided.

What's Inside The Pandora's Box Of Student Teaching? Lessons Learned From Student Teachers Education Personnel Preparation, Lucia Buttaro

NERA Conference Proceedings 2009

The purpose of this critical study is to improve Adelphi University's student teaching program protocol in order to enhance future teacher candidates and cooperating teachers, standard procedural information, as well as factors that contribute to teacher candidate success. Fourteen Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) teacher candidates were observed, completed journals, and shared their personal experiences in their student teaching placement. Data gathered from a variety of sources illuminated the need to improve communication and collaboration between the parties of the student teaching triad (university supervisor, cooperating teacher, and teacher candidate). In order to develop a strong partnership and …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 83, October 22, 2009

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

Preparing Communities For Disaster Management: Myths And Challenges, S. M. Patnaik, Nilika Mehrotra

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

This paper is derived from an empirical study carried out in 2007 to assess the programs that aim to strengthen community resilience to disasters in three districts of Nepal, viz. Rupandehi, Makwanpur and Sarlahi The overall objective of the evaluation was to reflect on the role of INGOs and their accountability, to document the learnings for future initiatives, to use the findings in promoting good practices in disaster risk reduction (DRR), and finally to assess the value of these initiatives in formulating a long term strategy of integrating DRR in national development.

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, October 22, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for October 22-28, 2009 Vol. 83, No. 4.

Lanthorn, Vol. 44, No. 17, October 22, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 10, 2010

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Legacy, October 21, 2009, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Spartan Daily October 21, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 27

State Of The College 2009: Toward John Jay @ 50, Jeremy Travis

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.

Rotunda - Vol 88, No 7 - Oct 21, 2009, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, October 21, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: October 21, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

Volume 47, Number 9: October 21, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Oldest Evidence Of Toolmaking Hominins In A Grassland-Dominated Ecosystem, Thomas W. Plummer, Peter W. Ditchfield, Laura C. Bishop, John D. Kingston, Joseph V. Ferraro, David R. Braun, Fritz Hertel, Richard Potts

Publications and Research

Background Major biological and cultural innovations in late Pliocene hominin evolution are frequently linked to the spread or fluctuating presence of C4 grass in African ecosystems. Whereas the deep sea record of global climatic change provides indirect evidence for an increase in C4 vegetation with a shift towards a cooler, drier and more variable global climatic regime beginning approximately 3 million years ago (Ma), evidence for grassland-dominated ecosystems in continental Africa and hominin activities within such ecosystems have been lacking. Methodology/Principal Findings We report stable isotopic analyses of pedogenic carbonates and ungulate enamel, as well as faunal data from ∼2.0 …

Incarceration American-Style, Sharon Dolovich

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In the United States today, incarceration is more than just a mode of criminal punishment. It is a distinct cultural practice with its own aesthetic and technique, a practice that has emerged in recent decades as a catch-all mechanism for managing social ills. In this essay, I argue that this emergent carceral system has become self-generating—that American-style incarceration, through the conditions it inflicts, produces the very conduct society claims to abhor and thereby guarantees a steady supply of offenders whose incarceration the public will continue to demand. I argue, moreover, that this reproductive process works to create a class of …

Volume 15, Number 3: September/October 2009, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries contends the library’s new organizational structure, which aligns with the University’s Academic Plan, will improve services to users.

Page 3 UConn alumna and former UConn librarian Nancy Mattoon Kline ’59 pledges seed money to establish the Earl and Dora Mattoon Ward Fund for Human Rights Photojournalism Collections at the Dodd Research Center.

Page 5 The new director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies traces its 35 year history and future plans.

Before And After Rwanda's Genocide: Creating Memory [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Center For Holocaust And Genocide Education.

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Documents

A poster advertising a lecture by Ellen J. Kennedy on the effects of the genocide in Rwanda.