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Faculty Senate Monthly Packet October 2015, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The October 2015 Monthly packet includes the October agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held June 1, 2015.

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 5, 2015, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Annual Report
• EPC Items September 2015
• Honors Program
• Libraries Advisory Council
• Parking Committee
• 402.12.7(1) Add “Faculty University Service Award” to the list of the Faculty Evaluation Committee duties (Second Reading)

Spring, Summer, Fall 2015 Graduation Survey Responses Master File Without Identifiers, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Graduation

Spring, Summer, Fall 2015 Graduation survey responses.

Fgcuscholars: Using Undergraduate Research As A Tool To Enhance Student Writing, Critical Thinking, And Information Literacy, Mary Crone-Romanovski, Hulya Julie Yazici, Rita Rubin, Charles W. Gunnels

Florida Statewide Symposium: Best Practices in Undergraduate Research

This presentation will overview FGCUScholars, a university-wide program at Florida Gulf Coast University that integrates undergraduate research across the university as a means of teaching and assessing writing, critical thinking, and information literacy. We will overview the development and learning outcomes of FGCUScholars and the implementation across the campus, highlighting examples of curricular changes in engineering that engage students throughout their career at FGCU, the role of problem/project-based learning (PBL) in business classes, the development of research assignments that use digital media in literature courses, and the creation of disciplinary-specific sections of Composition II.

A 'Revolution Of Values' In Immigrant Rights Advocacy (Abstract), Jamie Longazel

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

We have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights,” Martin Luther King Jr. told Southern Christian Leadership Conference members in 1967 as they prepared to launch the Poor People’s Campaign, “an era where we are called upon to raise certain questions about the whole society.” King called for a “revolution of values” and a recognition of the interconnectedness “of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.” The goal of the campaign was economic security for all so that poor people can maintain dignity and “control their own destiny.”

This paper lays out advocacy strategies applicable …

Transcending Boundaries: Achieving Success In Cooperative Management Of Natural Resources, Public Land & Resources Law Review

Public Land & Resources Law Review

This year’s conference examines the innovative management of natural resources across international, state, local, and tribal boundaries. Our panelists will share success stories of transboundary resource management on our three conference panels related to water, wildlife, and climate and energy.

Rather than review historic problems, this conference focuses on creative solutions and success stories. Our goals are to provide a national platform to present new scholarship, to examine significant current events, to foster collaboration, and to inform future policy.

Thank you all for attending,

Public Land & Resources Law Review Editors and Staff

The Bank Street Thinkers: Foundational Knowledge To Support Our Roots And Wings, Bank Street College Of Education

Bank Street Thinkers

A series of papers and lectures that explore Bank Street history, the concepts of teaching and teacher preparation, our long history of social studies teaching and curriculum development, the role of language and play in young children's growth, and a look at the meaning of competence in schools.

Supervising The Beginning Teacher (1959), Claudia Lewis, Charlotte B. Winsor

Bank Street Thinkers

Presents an experimental training program initiated at Bank Street in 1955. Although Bank Street had been preparing college graduates for teaching in an intensive one-year program, faculty questioned whether they could put more teachers into elementary classrooms sooner, for they felt the societal pressures of a growing teacher shortage and questioning of the need for teacher education at all. What follows is a description of the experimental training program in which novice students without teaching experience enter Bank Street in the fall semester, and emerge in the spring carrying full teaching responsibility. The key component? Advisement.

Daily Eastern News: October 02, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Youth Saving Patterns And Performance In Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, And Nepal: Key Findings, Lissa Johnson, Yungsoo Lee, David Ansong, Margaret S. Sherraden, Gina A. N. Chowa, Fred Ssewamala, Li Zou, Moses Njenga, Joseph Kieyah, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Sharad Sharma, Jyoti Manandhar, Catherine Rodriguez, Frederico Merchán, Juan Saavedra, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

If provided an opportunity to save via formal financial services, do youth in developing countries participate, save, and accumulate assets? This was one of the key questions asked in YouthSave. Savings accounts were created in four developing countries, targeting youth aged 12 to 18 years from predominantly low-income households. This brief highlights research findings on account uptake and savings from the Savings Demand Assessment (SDA).

Women Empowering Women, Victoria A. Anyikwa, Christina M. Chiarelli-Helminiak, Diane M. Hodge, Rhonda Wells-Wilbon

Social Work (Graduate) Faculty Publications

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Engaging With And Moving On From Participatory Research: A Personal Reflection, Cath Gristy

Plymouth Institute of Education

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Chimes: October 2, 2015, Calvin College

Chimes

Calvin considers its Future by Anna Delph, Katelyn Bosch & Josh Parks

New rehabilitation clinic to open on the East Beltline by Jon Gorter

Remembering the voice of men's basketball Doug Wentworth by Mark Peless

"The Intern" a feel-good comedy with wide audience appeal by Helen Groothuis

Plaster Creek Stewards event assists Alger Heights by Bethany Cok

Compassion at Calvin by Katy Gerber

Occupational Therapy Students’ Perspectives Of Professionalism: An Exploratory Study, Theresa M. Sullivan, Andrea K. Thiessen

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Professionalism is a dynamic, socially constructed idea, rendering it difficult to comprehend. Though characterized by the demonstration of values and behaviors, its meaning has not been fully explored and remains tacit. To explore how first- and second-year master’s of occupational therapy students conceptualize professionalism.

Method: This qualitative pilot study evolved from an interpretivist theoretical perspective. Convenience sampling yielded four first-year and seven second-year students from one entry-level master’s program to participate in two separate focus groups. Line-by-line constant comparison methods were used to analyze the data and identify categories. An audit trail, peer debriefing, and member checking were employed. …

Newsletter Fall 2015

Newsletter

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The Liaison Connection Issue 8, University Of Denver, University Libraries

The Liaison Connection

Fall 2015 issue of the Library Liaison Advisory Group newsletter from the University of Denver, University Libraries. The newsletter provides information about library collections, services, and research instruction.

Student Affairs & Enrollment Management Newsletter, Fall 2015, Dean Of Students

Student Affairs Newsletter

Publication to inform the campus community about Student Affairs sponsored programs and services, and to highlight the accomplishments of Governors State University students.

Profiles Of Academic Majors - 2015, Governors State University

Profiles of Academic Majors

The Profiles of Academic Majors (PAM) provides a ten-year longitudinal snapshot of selected enrollment (e.g., headcounts) admissions, degrees awarded, and, demographic (e.g., age) statistics arranged by fall term, fiscal year, or academic year as appropriate.

New Director Of Adult Programs In Graduate School Focusing On Learning Opportunities, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2015

• Based in Dinkins Hall, Patrick Guilbaud has been meeting with faculty members and administrators to plan non-credit programs and certificates for professional development.
• He will focus on the post-traditional student and leverage the university's expertise to offer them assistance in a more concentrated way.

Fall 2015, Cahss Graduate Student Government Association

CAHSS Graduate SGA Dialogues

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The Future For Orphans And Vulnerable Children: Evaluation Of The Implementation Of The Alternative Care Framework Within Uganda, Jaclyn Jayo

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study is an evaluation of the implementation of the National Alternative Care Framework (2012) as a means of providing care to the abundance of orphans and vulnerable children within Uganda. It examines the diverse work of government actors and civil society organizations to reform the state of institutional care to a familial-based system with an emphasis on social work. The study aimed to identify the challenges halting progression of nationwide implementation and to identify current plans to overcome these challenges. It also planned to assess the work of the various leading actors within the field. Child’s I Foundation is …

Maryland Carey Law Responds, David Reich

Maryland Carey Law

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Commencement

Maryland Carey Law

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C-Drum News, Fall 2015

The C-DRUM News

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Scholarworks Statistics - October 2015, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of October 2015, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 31,078 full-text and additional file downloads and 14,316 page views.

Examining The Use Of Community Service Orders As Alternatives To Short Prison Sentences In Ireland, Kate O'Hara, Mary Rogan

Articles

Ireland’s highly discretionary sentencing system provides a rare opportunity to study the behaviour of judges when relatively free of externally imposed constraints. While this is so, few studies have investigated sentencing trends.

Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2015, Wellesley Centers For Women, Layli Maparyan, Linda M. Williams, April Pattavina, Susan Lowry Rardin, Andrew Levack

Research & Action Report

In this issue:

Commentary with Andrew Levack, M.P.H.

Global Connections: Kerr, Stein, Cape Verde, and SEED

New Findings & Publications

Q&A with April Pattavina, Ph.D. and Linda M. Williams, Ph.D.

Recent & Upcoming Presentations

Short Takes: Acceptances, Appointments & Recognition

Spotlight on New Funding & Projects

Brazen (Fall 2015), Hollins University

Brazen - Gender & Women's Studies Department Newsletters

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Vol. 91, No. 1 | Fall 2015, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Magazine

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