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Living The Mission: Eastern Illinois University Nca Self Study Report - 2014, Eastern Illinois University

Living the Mission: EIU NCA Self Study Report 2014

Eastern Illinois State Normal School was founded in 1895. It became, successively, Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (1921), Eastern Illinois State College (1947), and Eastern Illinois University (1957). The university was first accredited by the North Central Association in 1915; in 1920, it began offering the Bachelor of Education degree. In 1953, the university received accreditation as a master's degree-granting institution; in 1954, its mission was expanded to include Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. In 1965, it was granted preliminary accreditation for a six-year program leading to a Certificate of Advanced Study. At that time, Eastern …

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Fall 2014, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.

Western Michigan University Magazine, Fall 2014, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• University News
• WMED: School of Medicine opens with inaugural class of 54 students
• Bee Inspired: Threatened honeybee population inspires student beekeeping, research project
• Lost & Found: Sudanese Lost Boy’s long-held dream realized at WMU
• Alumni Profile
• The Storytellers: Professor walked 1,500 miles in Africa documenting the role of oral tradition
• In Print: Biologic living and negotiating a river
• Read It: Professor suggests books from her recent reads
• Campus Glass: Alum’s book features Kanley Chapel’s student-designed stained glass
• For Heavy Hitters: Engineering students design concussion sensor for football helmets
• Boosting Detroit: Detroit enlists WMU teams to improve city efficiency
• College News …

Ua66 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Newsletter, Cheryl Stevens, Dean

Ogden College of Science & Engineering Publications

No abstract provided.

Integrating Factors That Predict Energy Conservation: The Theory Of Planned Behavior And Beliefs About Climate Change, Catherine A. Clement, Jaime B. Henning, Richard Osbaldiston

Psychology Faculty and Staff Research

A survey of college students was used to examine predictors of four types of energy conservation behavior. Our proposed predictors were derived from Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and from problem awareness variables (environmental concern, and knowledge and beliefs about global warming) thought to have indirect effects on conservation via TPB constructs. TPB constructs were significant direct predictors of target behaviors. Perceived behavioral control (PBC) was the strongest and most consistent predictor, predicting all four behaviors, followed by perceived worth (attitude), predicting three behaviors. TPB variables mediated the effects of either environmental concern or beliefs about the consequences of …

Southern Register. 2014.4 (Fall 2014), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Southern Register

No abstract provided.

Tort Law's Deterrent Effect And Procedural Due Process, Jill Wieber Lens

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Challenge Of "Rationally Understanding" A Schzophrenic's Delusions: An Analysis Of Scott Panetti's Subsequent Habeas Proceedings, Katie Arnold

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

Emeriti News, Fall 2014, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XXI Number 1:

• Emeriti Council
• Message from the Co-Chair
• Upcoming Events
• Summary of Past Events
• Emeriti Council Book Scholarships
• Emeriti Medallion Scholarships
• Scholarship
• Announcements
• Lifelong Learning is a Hit
• Provost’s Newsletter
• Emeriti Council Website

Addams On Cultural Pluralism, European Immigrants, And African Americans, Marilyn Fischer

Philosophy Faculty Publications

In this paper, I will restrict the discussion to Addams’s writings during the twentieth century’s first decade, when she developed most of her thinking on cultural pluralism. By 1910, Dewey had not yet moved to cultural pluralism, Boas’s cultural relativism had not yet penetrated the intellectual world, and Mendelian genetics had not yet replaced Lamarckian assumptions regarding heredity.The Great War was yet to shatter illusions about Western civilization’s strength and rightness.

Emotional Fact-Finding, Emily Spottswood

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

“All Women Talk”- A Study Of Beauty And Female Identity In Senegalese Culture, Arden Haselmann

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The idea of Beauty is defined cross culturally, and is rooted in surrounding environment and larger values presented in the community. This study explores collective and individual understandings of beauty and its relationship to female identity. My hope with this research was to explore various attitudes that existed around beauty and understanding the motivations behind why Senegalese women are willing to put so much effort in altering their physical appearance in such extreme ways.

How Secular Should Democracy Be? A Cross-Disciplinary Study Of Catholicism And Islam In Promoting Public Reason, David Ingram, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

I argue that the same factors (strategic and principled) that motivated Catholicism to champion liberal democracy are the same that motivate 21^st Century Islam to do the same. I defend this claim by linking political liberalism to democratic secularism. Distinguishing institutional, political, and epistemic dimensions of democratic secularism, I show that moderate forms of political and epistemic secularism are most conducive to fostering the kind of public reasoning essential to democratic legitimacy. This demonstration draws upon the ambivalent impact of Indonesia’s Islamic parties in advancing universal social justice aims as against more sectarian policies.

Simon Says (Fall 2014), Jacqueline Radebaugh, David Owings, Roberta Ford, Paula Adams

Library Newsletters

In this issue:

• New Electronic Databases
• Einstein's Now Open - More Renovations in the Works
• New Music Acquisitions
• New Archival Acquisitions
• Research Clinic
• CSU ePress
• New Science Librarian - Paul Luft
• Upcoming Library Forum Events
• Upcoming Library Exhibits
• CSU Libraries Connected

Epistemic Uncertainty Quantification In Scientific Models, Xiaoxiao Chen

Open Access Dissertations

In the field of uncertainty quantification (UQ), epistemic uncertainty often refers to the kind of uncertainty whose complete probabilistic description is not available, largely due to our lack of knowledge about the uncertainty. Quantification of the impacts of epistemic uncertainty is naturally difficult, because most of the existing stochastic tools rely on the specification of the probability distributions and thus do not readily apply to epistemic uncertainty. And there have been few studies and methods to deal with epistemic uncertainty. A recent work can be found in [J. Jakeman, M. Eldred, D. Xiu, Numerical approach for quantification of epistemic uncertainty, …

Legal Implications Of Student-Based Relationships In Higher Education, Lisa Brun, Zachary Inman

Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)

No abstract provided.

Easterner, Vol. 66, No. 2, October 1, 2014, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about marijuana regulations, a bomb threat at Gonzaga University, the Board of Trustees open session, the golf season, university mental health services, the proposed use of body cameras by Cheney police, Pence Union Building remodeling plans, Campus Police resources, University's attempts to encourage on-campus living, the soccer and hockey seasons, and freshman student-athletes.

Importance Of School Library Programs, Cynthia Strong

SPU Works

Within the discipline of library science, over 20 research studies have been done in the United States attesting to how high-quality school library programs contribute to improved academic achievement. On the other hand, in the fields of education, school counseling, administration, and school leadership, and so on, there is a dearth of scholarship and recognition of the positive impact librarians and library media program have on student success. This conceptual paper first presents an overview of the empirical research on school library programs and the positive impact they have on the academic achievement of students in the United States. Second, …

Fall 2014, Seattle University

Seattle University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Dipl 6000 Introduction To International Relations Theory And Diplomacy, Brian K. Muzas Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course is designed to introduce students to the major theoretical traditions of international relations and diplomacy. We will begin with a critical investigation of the competing assumptions and concepts that form the heart of various or maybe traditional theoretical approaches to the study of world politics. As a class we will discuss the key actors, processes, and variables highlighted by each theory, and assess their relative strengths and weaknesses. Throughout this investigation, we will consider various theoretical tradeoffs relating to the issues such as levels of analysis, parsimony versus accuracy, and the types of research questions being addressed.

There …

Artifact In Action 2: Writing A Linguistic Autobiography, Amy Weimer

Crosspol Journal

No abstract provided.

The Illusion Of Autonomy In Women's Medical Decision-Making, Jamie R. Abrams

Florida State University Law Review

This Article considers why there is not more conflict between women and their doctors in obstetric decision-making. While patients in every other medical context have complete autonomy to refuse treatment against medical advice, elect high-risk courses of action, and prioritize their own interests above any other decision-making metric, childbirth is viewed anomalously because of the duty to the fetus that the state and the doctor owe at birth. Many feminist scholars have analyzed the complex resolution of these conflicts when they arise, particularly when the state threatens to intervene to override the birthing woman’s autonomy.

This Article instead considers the …

Waldenfels’ Responsive Phenomenology Of The Alien: An Introduction, Norm Friesen

Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Merleau-Ponty has famously said of phenomenological reflection that it “steps back to watch the forms of transcendence fly up like sparks from a fire; it slackens the intentional threads which attach us to the world and thus brings them to our notice” (1962, p. xiii) Bernhard Waldenfels, whose notion of responsivity forms the focus of this reflective review, studied under Merleau-Ponty at the Collège de France in the early 1960s. Waldenfels has characterized his own work as “a further development of the existential-structural phenomenology in Merleau-Ponty’s sense” (1997, p. xvii). At the same time, Waldenfels diverges in fundamental ways from …

Smokejumper Magazine, October 2014, National Smokejumper Association, Fred Donner, Carl Gidlund

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

This issue of the National Smokejumper Association (NSA) Smokejumper Magazine contains the following articles: Loon Lake Bomber Crash, Search for Malvin Brown’s Grave (Historic—Fred Donner), Longest Rescue? (Historic-Carl Gidlund), Personal Remembrance of Bob Sallee, Historical Evidence Concerning Wag Dodge’ Escape Fire, Alabama Track & Field Legend Charley Moseley, Ray Beasley Honored for Secret Missions With CIA, The Death of Jim Edison. Smokejumper Magazine continues Static Line, which was the original title of the NSA quarterly magazine.

African-Born Women’S Birth Experiences In Worcester, Ma, Marianne Sarkis, Anneke Kat, Maya Baum, Bernadine Mayhungu

Local Knowledge: Worcester Area Community-Based Research

How do African Immigrant women interact with the Worcester healthcare system during pregnancy?

This study follows stories told by mostly Ghanaian women living in Worcester in order to understand their challenges in the maternal healthcare system. The researchers seek to understand cultural differences, socio-economic standing and communication challenges that have led to these women having one of the highest infant mortality rates in Worcester. The authors found that their interviews with healthcare providers shed the most light on what discrepancies exist between how the health care providers understand how this population experiences birth opposed to how these women experience birth …

Water Resources Engineering 2: Water Resource Systems - George Mason University, Mark Houck

All ECSTATIC Materials

To introduce concepts, applications, and tools of systems analysis for water resources planning, management, and design.

To apply these principles to problems including river basin planning, real-time hydrosystem operations, water quality management, capacity expansion, urban drainage network design, and sanitary sewer design.

Course taught at George Mason University.

Revolutionary Decade: Reflections On The 1960s, Booth Library

Booth Library Programs

Photo galleries and supporting exhibits can be found on the REVOLUTIONARY DECADE exhibit page.

Exhibit Dates

This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library September 9 - November 20, 2014

Sport Website Interactivity Effects: An Analysis Of The Relationships Between Interactivity, Attitudes, And Intentions To Revisit, Young Ik Suh, Taesoo Ahn, Paul M. Pedersen

Sport Management Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine the theoretical relationships between three dimensions of interactivity (i.e., active user control, two-way communication, and real-time information) and website effectiveness variables (i.e., attitudes toward the sport website and intentions to revisit). In addition, this study compared the proposed interactivity model with a rival model to identify the role of attitude as a mediating factor. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with a convenience sample of 235 participants revealed that the proposed interactivity model performed better and was more parsimonious than the rival model. The results also indicated that the variable relating to …

Profile: Our Place In The World, University Relations

Profile (1996-)

This issue of Profile speaks to the ways in which campus members are interacting with the world and illuminates our active participation in the 21st-century global community. It includes a story on the ways in which Morris students, faculty, and staff have reached out to and benefited from their interactions with the local and growing Latino community. It also features recent recipients of the David C. Johnson Award for International Service Learning.

--From Chancellor Johnson's Message

October 2014, Issue 4, James Madison University Uhc Marketing Team

Potty Mouth

No abstract provided.