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Full Steam Ahead: Education Students Develop Custom Exhibit Proposals For Herreshoff Marine Museum, Sabrina Polin

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Interactive exhibits combine sailing basics with lessons in science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Class Notes

DePaul Magazine

Class notes for fall 2015, including a short article of Professor Emeritus Alexander Davis celebrating his 100th birthday, alumni event recaps, and DePaul Pride and photos.

Homecoming 2015 Booklet, Taylor University

Homecoming & Family Weekend

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Hawk On The High Seas: Emma Wightman ’17 To Sail Across The Atlantic With Sea Semester, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

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Upper-level science undergrads from across the country will investigate global climate change while aboard a 134-foot brigantine en route from the Canary Islands to St. Croix.

Guide To The Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Papers, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

This collection reflects the life work of Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, a student and professor of Linfield College. A dedicated and scrupulous woman, the majority of the collection consists of her research, teaching materials, and correspondence. The collection also includes research and correspondence by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds’s mentor, Dr. James A. Macnab.

Rwu Arboretum A Reality As Campus Earns Accreditation, Jill Rodrigues

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Home to more than 30 species of native and specimen trees, the RWU campus becomes an internationally accredited arboretum.

Central Connections Fall 2015, Central Washington University

Central Connections

Central connections was the free magazine for Central Washington University alumni and friends. In 2019 it was replaced by Crimson and Black.

Chemistry Department Newsletter 2015, Ken Overway

Chemistry Department Newsletters

This document contains a summary of news and events from the chemistry department from the 2014-2015 academic year.

Csusb Magazine (Fall 2015), Csusb

CSUSB Magazine

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The Voice, Fall 2015: Volume 61, Issue 1, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

• Leading Off With the President: A Pleasant Place
• Editor's Notes: 60 Years
• News: A Front-Row Seat to the Political Process; Pitt Brings Energy, Experience to Journalism Program; Rankings Help Show Dordt's Value; Delmar Vander Zee Fellowship Supports Student Research; Dordt Welcomes New Faculty and Staff; Campus Kudos; Bajema Receives Sustainable Agriculture Funding; Stoub Awarded Grant for STEM Outreach to Regional High Schools; Drissell is Awarded Arts Fellowship; Faculty Bits; Lab Improvements Next for Sciences; Reducing Nitrates; Scholar-Athletes Recognized; New Coaches
• Features: Where Has the Time Gone?; A Focus on Global Hunger; Dante's Divine Comedy Speaks to Today's Dordt Students; Summer …

Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2015, Tom Yencho, Wendy Greenberg, Bill Doherty, Domenick Scudera, Robert F. Sing, Alice Leppert

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Wings to go • Don't go changing ... or do! • Small college, big research • A liberal arts gateway • Dancing with our stars • Davis Visiting Prof: Tear down the walls • Welcome Class of 2019 • International traveler • Inquiry and innovation • Different stages • Some healthy recognition • They came bearing gifts • Off the field and into careers • Lost and found • Real life in reality TV • Building our bench • Changing the culture of concussions • The music of a people • Anatomy of an exhibition • Tyger Tyger: Lynn Chadwick …

Jane Claire Dirks's Correspondence With Stanley G. Jewett, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, Stanley G. Jewett

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This exchange between Jane Claire Dirks (later Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds) and Stanley G. Jewett, a biologist with Region 1 of the Fish and Wildlife Service (serving Oregon and five other states), is an example of the type of correspondence Dirks had with various experts on the Pacific forest region while she was completing her doctoral thesis. Dirks-Edmunds began to study Zoology in Illinois immediately after earning her Bachelor's degree in Biology from Linfield College in 1937. She returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

Plant Index Card For Rubus Parviflorus,Western Thimbleberry, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This is one example of a research card used by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds. Dirks-Edmunds used these cards to catalog the plants, animals, and insects at her Saddleback Mountain research site during the 1950s. This card has notes on Rubus parviflorus (thimbleberry) a part of the Rosaceae (rose) family.

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds's Notes On Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This document includes typed and handwritten notes from Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds about Lake Atitlán, a large body of water in Guatemala surrounded by three volcanoes. During the 1970s, Dirks-Edmunds conducted research with others on various aspects of the inland Guatemalan system.

Advertisement For Trapper Nelson's Indian Pack Boards, Charles Trager

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This advertisement shows the type of hiking materials that were popular before the advent of plastics and polymers. In her book Not Just Trees, Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds writes about the texture of the cloth and materials she used during fieldwork on Saddleback Mountain in her early research with Dr. James A. Macnab at Linfield College. Dirks-Edmunds, a 1937 graduate of Linfield, graduated from the University of Illinois in 1941; she returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 4, Fall 2015, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Syllabus: Spectroscopy
with Associate Dean of the College and Professor of Chemistry Ronald M. Jarret
By Pamela Reponen

A Defining Moment
Holy Cross has arrived at a moment of transformation. A new comprehensive campaign, “Become More: Campaign for the Future of Holy Cross,” imagines what Holy Cross will be in the decades to come.
By Jack O’Connell ’81

Playing it Forward
In July, Holy Cross received a record-breaking commitment—$32.5 million— from alumnus John E. Luth ’74 and his wife, Joanne Chouinard-Luth, D.M.D. Their extraordinary gift represents the single largest donation in the College’s history—and it will be used to dramatically …

Raising An “Amoeba Army” To Fight A Deadly Intestinal Parasite, Sabrina Polin

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Senior biology and chemistry major Joshua Leitao investigates amebiasis via American Society of Microbiology research fellowship.

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

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Pacific Review Fall 2015, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

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Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Summer 2015, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

Now Open, Natural & Health Sciences Building.
The newly constructed home for the College of Natural and Health Sciences boasts 28,000 square feet and features laboratory classrooms for chemistry, biology, computer, and general science. The building houses a state-of- the-art nursing simulation lab and is home to Suzie, a fully intact mastodon.

Gold & Blue, Summer 2015, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Summer 2015 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Summer 2015), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 2015 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Ursinus Magazine, Summer 2015, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Rebecca Kohn, Quinn Gilman-Forlini, Ellen Labrecque, Domenick Scudera, Christian Rice

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Thank you, Terry • STEM grant emphasizes recruitment • Lighting the way for the Lantern • How safe is the American food supply? • Tree love • Lost and found: The Ursinus flag - to the ends of the Earth and back • Students urged to Be Entrepreneurial And Roar at Bear Innovation competition • Awards & fellowships • Making waves, making history • Office space: Padraic Callahan '99 • Taking time to walk • A sustainable move-out • Urban landscape photos and sensory "Wayfarers" at Berman Museum of Art • Commencement 2015 • New leader for a new era: …

Ecology - As I See It, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds summarizes her research experiences on Saddleback Mountain in Oregon. Several handwritten corrections are included. Dirks-Edmunds began studying the area in 1933 with her advisor at Linfield College, Dr. James A. Macnab. In 1940, the research site was logged and her study switched from detailing an existing Douglas fir community to tracking its regrowth.

Dr. Dirks-Edmunds graduated from Linfield College in 1937; she returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

Comparison Of Biotic Communities Of The Cedar-Hemlock And Oak-Hickory Associations, Draft Version, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This early, typewritten draft of the doctoral dissertation by Jane Claire Dirks (later Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds) contains her edits and notes. Dirks-Edmunds's project compared the Douglas fir forest community on Saddleback Mountain in Oregon to an oak-hickory forest near her graduate school in Illinois.

Dr. Dirks-Edmunds graduated from Linfield College in 1937; she later returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 3, Summer 2015, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Syllabus: From Opera to Broadway
with Carol Lieberman, Associate Professor of Music
By Pamela Reponen

Serving with Grace
At 93, Holy Cross alum George Merritt ’43 comforts the terminally ill, after being comforted himself.
By Paul Catala

The Artist’s Path
A mile from the world’s largest mill clock, at her family home on Durso Ave., Bang Luu ’14, a modern-day newcomer to this city of immigrants, uses 21st- century machinery to pursue her own American dream—as an artist.
By Mark Sullivan

With a Smile
For the past 25 years, Barry Loffredo, D.D.S., ’68 has performed dental missionary work around the …

Bioresource & Agricultural Engineering Department Magazine: Development And Design Of The Annual Magazine Following Cal Poly Standards, Alyssa Moore

Agricultural Education and Communication

The purpose of the annual BioResource and Agricultural Engineering (BRAE) magazine is to provide the BioResource & Agricultural Engineering Department with a magazine that reflects the department and relays information to alumni, students, industry partners, and the general public. Future student assistants for the BRAE Department will have a template and strategy behind what they will need to accomplish each year by looking and reading this senior project. This magazine includes; Department Head Message, Club Features, Alumni Highlights, Successful Students, Highlight on Past Department Head, Industry Sponsors, Class Feature, BRAE Banquet, Irrigation Training and Research Center, and New Staff Features. …

Pacific Review Summer 2015, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

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Marie Olivieri Russell And Sarah Sundborg Long, Sarah Long, Marie Russell, Kelsey Duinkerken

First Women at Jefferson Oral Histories

Marie Olivieri Russell

Dr. Russell attended Jefferson Medical College where she graduated top of her class in 1970. In addition to being the first woman to receive the Alumni Prize for highest cumulative GPA, in 1971 she became the first student to serve as a full voting member of the Board of Trustees at Jefferson. After graduation she completed both a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia before continuing on as a part of their academic staff until 1981 and managing the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program. After leaving Children’s and academic …

From A Hurricane On Day One To The Twists And Turns Ahead – The Class Of 2015 Graduates, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

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Words of wisdom from author and historian Nathaniel Philbrick highlight Commencement ceremony, as 1,123 students earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees.