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The Bg News June 2, 2010, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. June 2, 2010. Volume 100-Issue 152.

Refashioning Old Clothes: Secondhand Fashion, Meaning, And Liquid Modern Consumption, Keeley M. Buehler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study takes a critical look at consumption in liquid modernity as it plays out in secondhand shops. Interviews with secondhand shop owners and shoppers demonstrate that secondhand fashion has the potential to promote individuality and foster relationships, ultimately encouraging a reflexive approach to consumption. It also becomes clear that secondhand shoppers are more concerned with how they consume than what they consume. Secondhand shoppers situate how they approach consuming as a facet of their identity that qualifies them as expert shoppers. In addition, shoppers are aware that how they use secondhand fashion is an opportunity for individuality. Shop owners …

Office Of Multicultural Affairs (Oma) Annual Report 2009-2010, Intercultural Student Engagement Office, Anthony Johnson

Intercultural Student Engagement (ISE) Annual Reports

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) Annual Report 2009-2010 is a year in review containing a message from the director, staff updates, community programs, statistics and general report of the work of this office. Our Mission: People from all backgrounds bring value to the art and human conversations held at RISD. The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) assists the RISD community-at-large in shaping a culturally inclusive and supportive environment that enables all its members the opportunity to fully contribute to and benefit from the total RISD experience. OMA coordinates enriching opportunities for cultural awareness, dialogue, and interaction. The office services …

Annual Report Of Undergraduate Research Fellows, August 2009 To May 2010, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report of Undergraduate Research Fellows from August 2009 to May 2010.

The Need For Effective Visual Communication: How Website Design Can Further The Success Of The Cal Poly Women’S Lacrosse Team, Bonnie J. Burtis

Journalism

This paper argues that an efficient and successfully built website is crucial to the future success of college sports websites. By focusing on the Cal Poly Women’s Lacrosse team and its website, visual communication research gives insight into what works and what does not. The fundamental and design elements examined include: text elements, site navigation, accessible links, presence of news, communication and graphics (visual design). These are the elements that promote success and efficiency. Compared to other websites built and maintained by teams in the women’s lacrosse league, Cal Poly’s lacks foundational website material. General website research proves this and …

Architecture As An Educational Tool: University Of Connecticut School Of Architecture, Nicholas Mundo

Architecture Theses and Projects

I propose a school of architecture focused on holistic approach to design, taking consideration for the various related fields to offer a positive learning environment. The building itself will serve as an educational tool, providing space for interactions to occur and for visitors to understand the inner workings of a school of architecture. The building should represent a progressive thought process and promote creativity and collaboration.

The Benefit Of Work Placement In Tertiary Design Education, Kerry Meakin

Papers, presentations and other resources

The aim of this article was to document a project in work placement in third level design education. Students studying visual merchandising display and design were surveyed on their work experiences, one cohort was in second year and undertook a two week placement, the other were in their third and final year and were undertaking a two day per week placement for the entire academic year. The aim of this project was to research work placement as part of a tertiary design degree to ascertain the benefit for the student cohorts, and whether or not work placement should be considered …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, May 30, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

2010 Commencement Program, Whittier College

Commencement Programs

Whittier College's One Hundred Seventh Annual Commencement, May 28, 2010

Commencement Address: Mr. O'Brien

Supplement file includes the One Hundred Seventh Annual Whittier College Baccalaureate, May 27, 2010

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, May 23, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

Surfing The Net With A Mini-Cam: A Low Tech Approach To International Audio-Visual Communication At St. Mary's University Of San Antonio, Alejandro Vélez, Robert B. O'Connor, Rubén A. Candia

Global Business Languages

No abstract provided.

A Visual Understanding: An Interactive Learning Application, Joanna Ward

Theses

As a thesis project, A Visual Understanding can be defined as a contextual experiment portraying the relationship between traditional composition techniques and visual communication online. This project focuses on the issue of significance when viewing photography online and the ways in which Computer Graphics Design can solve this problem. The educational application address the problems with the way in which photography is being portrayed by first, creating awareness about this concern and second, educating the online user in attempt to solve this problem. The interactive application developed educates users on traditional composition theories that have proven to be successful means …

Walters Creates Center For Scientists And The Mass Media, May 21, 2010, Melanie Marquez

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Improving Design For Sequential Instructions, Corin Cianfrocco

Theses

Developing effective instructions for complex, sequential tasks is a challenging information design problem. The focus of this thesis is on the non-verbal, visual explanations. This thesis attempts to define a set of instructional communication standards necessary to develop highly functional graphic design solutions to complex instructional information. These standards are then applied to free-weight instructions to improve their clarity and usability. Free weights, or dumbbells, are heavy-weight, metal bars that are lifted in repetitive steps to gain or tone muscles through resistance. When attempting to use currently available free-weight instructions, most people are unsure how to interpret them. This can …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, May 16, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Telemedicine To Traditional Face-To-Face Care For Children With Special Health Care Needs: Analysis Of Cost, Caring, And Family- Centered Care, Family Cost Survey, Caring Professional Scale, Measure Of Processes Of Care 20-Item Scale, Mary A. Hooshmand

Open Access Dissertations

It is estimated that one out of every five household with children in the United States includes a Child with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN). Families of CSHCN face many challenges including financial burdens beyond that of other families and difficulty accessing much needed pediatric specialty care. Telemedicine provides a potential solution or, at the least, an alternative to the traditional system of care, for health care providers and communities to address access and financial concerns of families of CSHCN. A quasi-experimental research design was used in this study to examine the differences in cost, caring, and family-centered care in …

Understanding Design, Joshua Reese

Theses and Dissertations

Somewhere along the way, I found that graphic design in professional practice was becoming synonymous with form and style, and losing its connection with concept and audience. I’m trying to find a way back.

Journalism At Usf St. Petersburg Earns Re- Accreditation, May 12, 2010, Melanie Marquez

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Memory Created, Maria Fabrizio

Theses and Dissertations

Memory is like afternoon light penetrating the windows of a fast moving car. The light coming through the trees creates images, reveals objects and faces, and introduces fluctuating sensations of warmth and coolness. Sometimes these images appear in logical sequences and at other times they are fleeting, surreal, and ambiguous. While memories are often presented linearly as fact, in actuality our stories only grasp at the truth. They are fragmented, imagined, and rearranged. By examining the intersection of reality and imagination in memories we see retelling as an act of creativity.

Visualizing Cultural Impermanence Through Entropic Design, Clifford Meena Khalili

Theses and Dissertations

Entropy is a process of gradual decline as a system loses the strength to maintain itself. It begins with disorder and results in complete transformation. As a multi-cultural American, it has been my experience that the maintenance of my Iranian heritage parallels this concept. A method of visual communication that incorporates entropy is able to express notions of impermanence, disorder and transformation. This project is focused on employing entropy in the process of design and image making by using the transformation of my cultural identity as primary content.

Monitor Newsletter May 10, 2010, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Typography: From Internal Conflict To External Content, Ernest F. Bernhardi Iii

Theses and Dissertations

This body of work represents a celebration and pursuit of realizing an alternative language, one capable of expressing internal conflict through process and response to external typographic form and content.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, May 9, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

May 8, 2010 (Pages 2382-2504), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 40 (2010)

No abstract provided.

2010 Lynn University Commencement Program - Undergraduate Day Students, Lynn University

Commencement Programs

The commencement program for Lynn University's 2010 Undergraduate Day Students, held on Saturday, May 8, 2010 in the Count and Countess de Hoernle Sports and Cultural Center.

The commencement speaker was Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and CNN's Senior Medical Correspondent.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2010-05-07, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

Wearing My Heart On My Sleeve, Sam Hunter

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Wearing My Heart On My Sleeve is a collection of fabric and fiber works that focus on issues related to my recovery from a heart attack. Using the hospital gown and other garment forms as templates for self-portraiture, I explore the emotions surrounding the diagnosis and subsequent management of my chronic health condition. My art-making process combines tradition and technology, using modern, high-speed sewing machines and computers to create the fabric for contemporary interpretations of traditional garment and needlecraft forms. I am also concerned with the use of language and words as critical design elements for the fabrics I create. …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Bringing Ideas To Life: Tapping On Design's Strategic Value, Knowledge@Smu

Knowledge@SMU

Before Apple can wow its legions of devotees and win over new ones with its latest offerings, it needs a group of industrial designers to work their magic first. Highly integral to a product’s success yet often falling below the radar screen as a profession, industrial design involves a unique combination of factors – from studying market trends and human behaviour to conjuring new product categories. But what does it take for organisations to cultivate industrial design as a key competency?

Spring 2010, Full Issue

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

No abstract provided.