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Contemplative Pedagogy In The Classroom: Engaging Students’ Self-Awareness To Enhance Learning, Michele Mcgrady

Instructional Development Grants

Contemplative pedagogy offers unique opportunities for students to deepen their understanding and focus through introspection, reflection, and stillness. Contemplative practices, such as meditative exercises, movement, and writing allow students to understand the nature of their minds and the learning process. Through the use of contemplative practices, students experience increased attention, connection, creativity, as well as a deeper understanding of course material. Although critics may question the appropriateness of these practices in the classroom, contemplative pedagogy has the ability to positively impact students’ learning. This presentation invites participants to explore contemplative pedagogy and discuss ways to integrate practices into learning activities.

Fall Convocation 2018 Program, Office Of Faculty Development

Fall Convocation

A program for the Fall 2018 convocation, giving information on programs to improve student learning, including Creating Effective Teaching Environments, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Experiences, Assessment as Ally. It also includes the Convocation Ceremony with 2018 Faculty and Staff Award winners and the State of the University Address by President Edward Montgomery.

Strategic Leadership Newsletter: Volume 4, Number 3, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

Jefferson Strategic Leadership Newsletter reports information relevant to the Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) Doctor of Management Program in Strategic Leadership (DSL) and its community including personal and professional events and accomplishments, new practices, research, opportunities, and suggestions.

Lindenwood Digest, September 14, 2018, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Using Implementation Science To Strengthen The Child Welfare Workforce, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

Other QIC-WD Products

The QIC-WD is using implementation science to strengthen the child welfare workforce in eight child welfare agencies across the U.S. According to a synthesis of the literature, implementation can be defined as a specified set of activities designed to put into practice and activity or program of known dimensions. The QIC-WD is using the implementation science framework developed by NIRN and the guide created by the Permanency Innovations Initiative to support our sites through the stages of implementation: Exploration, Installation, Initial Implementation, and Full Implementation as described below. The QIC-WD knows that high quality implementation of a selected intervention is …

Health Policy And Community Health Department News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Community Health: News & Publications (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern reports on Impact of Local Boards of Health on Local Health Department PHAB Accreditation and its Prerequisites

• New administrator appointments in Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

Chimes: September 14, 2018, Calvin College

Chimes

Library cafe plans make 'latte' progress by Sam Ballast

Calvin hires across 13 departments by Yolanda Chow

Bunker Interpretive Center & Nature Preserve going through major upgrades by Josh M. Hernandez

Calvin Prison Initiative serves, grows by Ellington Smith

"KHv-Far' snags 'far-out" win at 50th annual Chaos Night by Annette Espinoza

John Mark MacMillian tours at Calvin by Mimi Mutesa

Calvin Dining Staff debuts new software by Bernard Boadu

The Setonian, September 13, 2018, Seton Hall University

2018

No abstract provided.

Are You A Poser? Pilates: Full Body Experience, Andrews University

Student Movement V. 103 (2018-2019)

No abstract provided.

It Seems Rational: A Contemporary Review Of Decision-Making Models Convergence With Addiction In The 21st Century, Justin Mckinley Flint

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts by Justin McKinley Flint on September 12, 2018.

Student Satisfaction Related To The Campus Residential Experience, Renee Raisa Grant

Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to understand how satisfied students were with their campus residential experience. This study was conducted at a private, liberal arts college located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate, NY, given the pseudonym Able University. Convenience sampling was used to get respondents to this survey. The survey was sent out electronically to the campus residential population. The students that responded to the survey were included in the study.

A total of 372 students responded to the survey for a return rate of 18.4%. The survey used for this study was administered in fall …

Student Services Restructures Orientation Process To Address Student Needs (September 12, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Librarians’ Roles In Establishing A Multidisciplinary Research Institute, Elizabeth Christian, Kathryn Balek, Sandy Hudock, Rhonda Gonzales

Collaborative Librarianship

This article describes how four librarians contributed to the founding and first-year activities of a multidisciplinary research institute at a regional comprehensive university. The Institute of Cannabis Research (ICR) is the first multidisciplinary research institute on cannabis, an emerging and often controversial field. As faculty representatives on the institute’s steering committee and working groups, librarians were able to leverage interdisciplinary expertise to assist in organizing and disseminating cannabis research. Examples of the reciprocal benefit to both the institution and the library are shared.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session September 12, 2018, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Comments by the Faculty Senate President
• Comments by the Western Student Association President
• Comments by the Graduate Student Association President
• Transforming Undergraduate Experiences Through Research and Creative Scholarship
• Economic Impact of Western Michigan University
• Public Comments Regarding Action Items
• Capital Outlay Priority List
• BOT Meeting Dates 2019
• Proclamation - Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Gamma Beta Chapter
• Proclamation - Upsilon Gamma Chapter 50TH Anniversary Celebration
• Proclamation - MLK Academy Celebrating Program Founder, Dr. Roger Pulliam
• Consent Items
• General Public Comments

The Parthenon, September 12, 2018, Sadie Helmick, Sarah Ingram, Rick Farlow, Franklin Norton, Heather Barker

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2018 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published one day a week. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Homelessness: Critical Reflections And Observations From An Occupational Perspective, Leonie Boland, Miranda Cunningham

School of Health Professions

This comment piece is the result of our critical reflections, observations and discussions in relation to occupation and homelessness, inspired by our participation in the fourth conference of Occupational Science Europe and informed by our research and experiences in the field. Whilst we acknowledge the growing contribution of occupational therapy and occupational science to homelessness, our practices have led us to identify a number of complex factors that impact on this work. In this article we discuss issues that influence the participation of homeless persons in everyday life and make suggestions to support occupational participation. At the macro level, we …

The Impact Of Peer Support On The Risk Of Future Hospital Readmissions Among Older Adults With A Medical Illness And Co-Occurring Depression, Kyaien O. Conner, Tamara Cadet, Monique J. Brown, Joshua T. Barnett

Faculty Publications

Older adults account for 60% of all preventable hospital readmissions. Although not all readmissions are preventable, evidence indicates that up to 75% of hospital readmissions can be prevented with enhanced patient education, pre-discharge assessment, and effective care upon discharge. Social support, specifically peer support, after discharge from hospital may be a crucial factor in minimizing the risk of preventable hospital readmission. The pilot study reported here evaluated the relationship between peer support and hospital readmissions in a sample of depressed older adults (N = 41) who were recently discharged from hospital due to a medical condition and who simultaneously had …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern included in EDsmart’s list of 30 Most Affordable Online Master’s Programs

• Georgia Southern and Hinesville Development Authority to build business incubator, funded by $1.5 million in grants

• New administrator appointments in Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

• Georgia Southern University celebrates Latino Heritage Month

Film, Arts And Culture As Community Outreach Tools: Perspectives From Singapore, Victor Yu

Culture, Society, and Praxis

This article focuses on the Singapore’s government using the film and arts both as an economic as well as a community outreach tool. It argues that the evolution of the state arts policy is a function of the economic policy. Its “Creative City” approach is both economically-driven as well as arts-centered. At the same time, policy makers have introduced many strategies to build a vibrant film and arts sector to make the arts more accessible to the community. Cinemas and arts institutions also are seeking ways to increase the public’s access and exposure to their activities.

The Statesman, V. 62, I. 03, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

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Immigration And Environment In The U.S.: A Spatial Study Of Air Quality, Guizhen Ma, Erin Trouth Hofmann

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Environmental consequences are frequently cited as a justification for restricting immigration to the United States, but there is little empirical research on the environmental consequences of immigration to support such arguments. The research that does exist shows immigration to be less environmentally harmful than native population growth, but is hampered by small samples and fails to account for spatial autocorrelation of air quality. We use the air quality domain of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Quality Index (EQI) to examine the association between immigrant and native populations and local air quality across all counties in the continental U.S. We employ …

Lanthorn, Vol. 53, No. 04, September 10, 2018, Grand Valley State University

Volume 53, July 9, 2018 - June 10, 2019

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

2018 September 10 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, University Council, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, September 10, 2018

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on September 10, 2018.

Introduction To Sociology Zero-Cost Syllabus, Mateo Sancho Cardiel

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus will help you to create your OER Introduction to Sociology course. The course is designed in order to create connections with the news, with classic and contemporary cinema and with hot topics in our everchanging society, making it a useful tool to engage students beyond the conventional approach to the content.

Faculty Senate Minutes, September 10, 2018, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Welcome 2018-2019 Faculty Senators & Alternates - Becki Lawver
• Faculty Senate Handbook - Becki Lawver
• EPC Report April 5, 2018 - Ed Reeve
• Koch Task Force Update - Becki Lawver
• Second Reading - Additional Events during the Year in which a Tenure Decision is to be Made (Code 405.11.4) - John Gilbert

Minutes Of Graduate College Committee On Curricula, September 10, 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College Curriculum Committee.

Minutes - Graduate Curriculum Committee

Minutes of the committee that oversees the development of the curriculum of the University of Northern Iowa Graduate College.

Scientific, Paranormal, And Spiritual Frames In Alternative Medicine, Charles F. Emmons

Friday Forum

Although the term “integrative medicine” is being used to refer to the merging of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with standard biomedicine, there are some spiritual and paranormal frames for alternative medicine that are only partially integrated into standard medicine if at all. This study examines the orientations of some alternative practitioners and clients/users in the U.S. and the UK in terms of their views of science, spirituality and the paranormal.

Hear Us Roar, September 7, 2018, Michael Shonrock

Michael Shonrock

Digital newsletter produced by the office of President Michael Shonrock.

2018-09-06 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents for September 6, 2018. Included in the booklet are the meeting minutes from the June 7, 2018 and special meeting of August 9, 2018.