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Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session December 8, 2015, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Apartment Rates
• Office Space Sharing Agreement
• Faculty Senate Executive Board
• Western Student Association
• Tribute to Betty Kocher's Service
• Secretary to the Board of Trustees

Evaluating Faculty And Student Perceptions Of Blended Education To Determine And Measure Student Satisfaction In A Blended Learning Program With At-Risk High School Students, Daquia J. Mccoy

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

In recent years, the rapid development of information and communication technology has facilitated a convergence between face-to-face and technology-mediated learning environments. In addition, the impact of learning environments in relation to learning outcomes has constantly been explored by researchers and is a constant concern amongst teachers as they seek to improve student learning outcomes in their classrooms. According to a 2003 National Research Council report on motivation (i.e., student satisfaction), lack of motivation is a real and pressing problem in the traditional classroom. Upwards of 40 percent of high school students are chronically disengaged from school.

Nonetheless, there is a …

The Bg News December 08, 2015, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 08, 2015. Volume 95-Issue 31.

The View From T-Hall: Political Prime Time, Mark Huddleston

UNH Today Archive

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Coming Full Circle, Larry Clow

UNH Today Archive

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Once A Wildcat…, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Better Jobs, Better Lives, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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A View From Above, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Into The Storm, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Not Just The Heat, It’S The Humans, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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Wildcats In Training, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Prevention Pioneers, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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Big Bird, Valerie Lester

UNH Today Archive

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Primary Sources, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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By The Numbers, Kristin Waterfield Duisberg

UNH Today Archive

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Capital Opportunities, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

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E-Discovery In Criminal Defense: Challenges Of Pretrial Detainee Access, Emilee A. Sahli

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Student Union Remodeling Project Renderings Released, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Architectural drawings featured in new brochure

‘Much Clearer With Pictures’: Using Community-Based Participatory Research To Design And Test A Picture Option Grid For Underserved Patients With Breast Cancer, Marie-Anne Durand, Shama Alam, Stuart W. Grande, Glyn Elwyn

Dartmouth Scholarship

Women of low socioeconomic status (SES) diagnosed with early stage breast cancer experience decision-making, treatment and outcome disparities. Evidence suggests that decision aids can benefit underserved patients, when tailored to their needs. Our aim was to develop and test the usability, acceptability and accessibility of a pictorial encounter decision aid targeted at women of low SES diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.

Web Based Cyber Forensics Training For Law Enforcement, Nick Sturgeon

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

Training and education are two of the most important aspects within cyber forensics. These topics have been of concern since the inception of the field. Training law enforcement is particularly important to ensure proper execution of the digital forensics process. It is also important because the proliferation of technology in to society continues to grow at an exponential rate. Just as technology is used for good there are those that will choose to use it for criminal gains. It is critical that Law Enforcement have the tools and training in cyber forensics. This research looked to determine if web based …

Ucc Minutes, December 8, 2015, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

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Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Jacob Dean, James Mixter, Jordan Barr

Honors Theses

An open-source Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capable of performing at the same capacity as many top commercially available multi-rotor vehicles is developed. The system allows users unfamiliar with multi-rotor vehicles to achieve flight and land safely, while also serving as a flexible foundation for other UAV projects and opening the door to features that are not currently available. Applications of drone technology are explored.

The Development Of An Autonomous Proximity Operations Demonstration System, Spencer Watza

Honors Theses

An Autonomous Proximity Operations Demonstration System is being developed to evaluate low cost hardware for aerial robotics and proximity operations in a GPS denied environment. This report highlights the design work and initial prototypes that have been finished along the project goals. The preliminary and detailed design of the vehicle has been completed and initial prototypes constructed. The demonstration system is a multirotor flight vehicle using a hex configuration (6 rotors). The vehicle carries onboard sensing and computational equipment to perform the mission weighing in at 28 pounds. The primary sensor chosen is the Microsoft Kinect™ to perform visual sensing …

Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Compilation Of Prospective Financial Information, Compilation Of Prof Forma Financial Information, Omnibus Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services – 2016, December 8, 2015, Comments Are Requested By May 6, 2016; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2015, December 8, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Comment Letters On Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Compilation Of Prospective Financial Information, Compilation Of Prof Forma Financial Information, Omnibus Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services – 2016, December 8, 2015, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Post-Revolutionary Mexican Education In Durango And Jalisco: Regional Differences, Cultures Of Violence, Teaching, And Folk Catholicism, Lindsey Ellison Collins

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis explored a regional comparison of education in post-revolutionary Mexico. It involved a micro-look into the relationship between violence, education, religion, and politics in the states of Durango and Jalisco. Research methods included primary sources and microfilms from the National Archives State Department records related to education from the internal affairs of Mexico from 1930-1939 from collection file M1370. It also utilized G-2 United States Military Intelligence reports as well as records from the British National Archives dealing with church and state relations in Mexico from 1920-1939.

Anti - clericalism in the 1920’s led to violent backlash in rural …

Comparison Of Older Urologic Patients' Perceptions And Nurses' Assessments Of Discharge Readiness, Elizabeth Dodge

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore older urological patients’ perceptions and clinical nurses’ assessments of discharge readiness. In addition, this study examined the difference among older urological patients’ perceptions and clinical nurses’ assessments of discharge readiness.

Design: A descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional design was used.

Methods: Convenience samples of older urological patients and clinical nurses were recruited from three surgical units. Data were collected using The Patient Readiness for Hospital Discharge and Nurse Readiness for Hospital Discharge questionnaires.

Results: Patients perceived low total discharge and personal status readiness for discharge. This was in contrast to 93.9% of …

In Memoriam—Sean Billings Mcnamara ’00, Karen Tongue Hammond

UNH Today Archive

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In Memoriam—Katherine "Kay" Frizzell Blaisdell '49, Karen Tongue Hammond

UNH Today Archive

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Mr. Speaker, Public Servant, Katharine Webster

UNH Today Archive

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