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Mcnair News, Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 2007

McNair News: Newsletter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln McNair Scholars Program

Scholars Cap Summer Research Experience with Presentations at California McNair Symposium
Senior Scholar Research Projects
Eleventh Annual MKN McNair Heartland Research Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
Twelfth Annual Rocky Mountain McNair Scholars Research Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
McNair Scholar Abby Visty Presents during Plenary Session at Ronald E. McNair Scholars Symposium
Reflections on the McNair Scholars Symposium by Emily Haferbier
UNL McNair Program Earns Funding for Another Five Years
McNair Junior Scholars Welcomed at Annual McNair New Scholars Retreat
Kudos to McNair Scholars: Todd Whitehill & Maegan Stevens-Liska
Faculty Perspective: Cody Hollist, Assistant Professor, Child, Youth & Family …

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V03n3, Autumn 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Iowa Science Teachers Section Fall Conference

--Myrle Burk Scholarship Winners

--Project WET Update

--Academy Awards

--Opportunities for Learning

--ISTS Fall Conference Workshops

--Increasing Academy Membership and Recognition Across the State

--Financial Statement

The New Hampshire, Vol. 98, Special Edition (October 2007), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire.

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 19:3 — Fall 2007, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

Algerian Conservation Project—"One, Two, Three, Viva Algerie!"
President's Letter
Symposium 2008 Plans—TSA 11th Biennial Symposium, Textiles as Cultural Expressions, Honolulu, Hawaii
TSA News
TSA Member News
Collections News
Opportunities
Exhibition Reviews
Book Reviews
Publications News
Calendar: Exhibitions, Lectures, Workshops, Tours
Conferences and Symposia
Nomination Form for TSA Board of Directors
TSA 11th Biennial Symposium 2008 logo

Towards The Understanding Of Societal Cultures And Leadership In Non-Western Countries: An Exploratory Study On Egypt, Abdel Moneim

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The purpose of this study was to examine the societal culture in Egypt in relation with leadership attributes. This paper also reported and elaborated on the dimensions of Egypt’s culture using GLOBE categories. When I examined the societal culture using the nine GLOBE dimensions, Egypt appeared to have the lowest score on assertiveness among all the 62 countries, and had relatively lower scores on uncertainty avoidance, societal collectivism, future orientation, and gender egalitarianism. On the other hand, Egypt had the third highest score on in-group collectivism, and had relatively high scores on performance orientation, power distance, and humane orientation. In …

Directions - Fall 2007, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2007, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the fall of 2007. Editor Karol Crosbie begins the edition with a letter reflecting on her job. Letters from readers are featured next. Alumni news is highlighted from page seven to nine. President Grant Cornwell discusses the importance of diversity, along with his personal life in his article from page ten to seventeen. Alumni who work in fields related to religious studies have articles in which they discuss their job. Wooster in Tuscany, a summer study abroad organized by Madonna Hettinger of the history department, is next in the magazine. Class …

Linguistics 2007 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Linguistics APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Fall 2007, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Rain Rhythms: Fall 2007 - Spring 2008, College Of Nursing & Professional Disciplines

RAIN Rhythms

No abstract provided.

Review Of From Syria To Seminole: Memoir Of A High Plains Merchant By Ed Aryain, Philip Kayal

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

My uncles on my mother's side were peddlers. I often wondered how they managed this with no English skills, only a few dependable institutions, and a scattered number of informal commercial ties. From Syria to Seminole finally answers that question. Though a specialist on Arab-Americans, this is the second book I have reviewed on Syrians in the Plains and Southwest, and again I learned a great deal.

Literature on Arab-Americans is divided into two historical periods. Works written before 1975 were about the early, turn of the twentieth-century emigrants from Syria and Lebanon. Later on the field expanded to emigrants …

Getting More For Less: When Downsizing In Honors Yields Growth, Janet Myers, Mary Jo Festle

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The outcomes described in these two student voices represent the best of what we hope for in an undergraduate education in an honors program: the pleasure in discovering one’s academic passions; the self-assurance that comes with identifying personal strengths and developing a sense of purpose; and the curiosity and confidence to seek out future opportunities to extend one’s learning whether in graduate school or elsewhere.

Title And Contents- Fall 2007

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY

Volume 27 / Number 4 / Fall 2007

Contents

Introduction: From the Weight Of Gold To The Weight Of History In Hbo's Deadwood

Deadwood and the English Language

No Law: Deadwood and the State

"Whores and Other Feminists": Recovering Deadwood's Unlikely Feminisms

"Gold Is Every Man's Opportunity": Castration Anxiety and the Economic Venture in Deadwood

Review Essay: Reviewing the Western

Book Reviews

Notes and News

Latin American Studies 2007 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Latin American Studies APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Fall 2007, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Jaroslav Krejci, The Paths Of Civilizations: Understaning The Currents Of History, Andrew Targowski

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Law School Record, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Fall 2007), Law School Record Editors

Law School Record

• Message from the Dean
• Executive Compensation: Who'da Figured?
• Declarations of Independence
• Taking Corporate Law Out of the Classroom
• The Harry A. Bigelow Legal Research and Writing Program
• Commencement Remarks to the Class of 2007 - Don't Trust Me (Except This One Time)
• Clinic News
• Faculty News
• Alumni In Memoriam
• 2007 Graduates

The Extension Newsletter, Issue 56, Fall Quarter 2007, Wright State University Retirees Association

The Extension Newsletter

An eight page newsletter from the Wright State University's Retirees Association.

Fact Book 2007, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2007 for Illinois State University

The Learning Organization In A Post-Development Era: A Case Study On Orgnizational Development At The Valley Trust, Justin Haruyama

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In the past two decades, the rise of Post-Development theory has witnessed the questioning of the core assumptions of development. Post-Development theorists point to the failures of “development” to create significant decreases in poverty or inequality worldwide. Meanwhile, other theorists call for radical transformations of conventional practice. This paper seeks to grapple with these questions, using the example of The Valley Trust, a development NGO in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as an entry point into the debate. Research was conducted over a four-week period through a mixture of participant observation and formal interviews with staff members of The Valley Trust. An …

Evaluating The Medicinal Properties Of Mandravasarotra (Cinnamosa Sida) Through Chemical And Pharmacological Screening, Henry J. Bowden Jr.

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

I worked for four weeks at the University of Antananarivo (Ankatso), spending two weeks each in the chemistry and pharmacology laboratories. There I ran a total of eight experiments or “screens” with an alcoholic extract of the medicinal plant Mandravasarotra. This plant is found mainly in northwestern Madagascar, and is often used to stimulate contractions for women having difficulty giving birth. The plant tested positive for three secondary metabolites: tannins, steroids and flavanoids. In the pharmacological tests, the plant exhibited anti-inflammatory properties, and high toxicity in doses exceeding 10ml/kg. Together, conjectures may be made between what is known of the …

Kaya Hip-Hop In Coastal Kenya: The Urban Poetry Of Ukoo Flani, Divinity Lashelle Barkley

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In the global world of the 21st Century, music is one of the few things that has the ability to cross physical as well as cultural borders, which is why my Independent Study Project (ISP) focuses on the role of hip-hop music in the youth culture in Kenya’s largest coastal city, Mombasa. Throughout history, music has proven its artistic power; inspiring people to resist oppression, challenge inequality, and even claim salvation.

This enduring characteristic of music is central to my ISP which explores the emergence of hip-hop in Kenya as well as the evolution of Ukoo Flani, one of the …

An Ancient Practice: Scarification And Tribal Marking In Ghana, Alyssa Irving

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

My research on tribal marking and face scarring took place in various parts of the country, but much of the information comes from the residents of Gwollu. By interviewing different people belonging to different regions and ethnic groups throughout the country, I was able to discover the main uses for marking: medical use, decoration, spiritual protection, and tribe or family identification (these marks specifically for ID can be referred to as tribal marks). This paper sweeps over the origins of marking and how it became quite important during slave raiding, but has various uses and implications in modern times. This …

Faith As A Means Of Healing: Traditional Medicine And The Ethiopian Orthodox Church In And Around Lalibela, Lauren Anderson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper examines and explores the relationship between indigenous medical traditions in Ethiopia and the healing rituals of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The practices still upheld by the Church today are explored in depth as is the prevalence of debtera, church educated traditional healers in Ethiopia. The relationship between traditional and modern modes of medical treatment in Ethiopia is explored as well as the legitimacy of both church healing and alternative medicine worldwide. Present research into the benefits of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) including mind/body healing is also examined.

Los Afro-Descendientes De Buenos Aires: Mitos Y Realidades, William Cowles

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

During the 19th century, the black population of Buenos Aires suffered a massive demographic decline that brought their population from roughly 30% of Buenos Aires in the beginning of the century to an almost invisible fraction. According to the popular Argentine historical myths, this decline was the product of several concrete factors, most importantly an outbreak of Yellow Fever and the various wars of 19th century Argentina in which the black population suffered heavy losses. However, the demographic facts and the historical evidence do not support this explanation. The historical reality of the decline of the black population in Buenos …

Otterbein Towers Fall 2007, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

A New Era for Equine Science; Features: Cover Story: Equine Science to Get New Home; Hey Alumni, What are You Thinking? Regulars: From the Readers; College News: Word is Out on QPV; Ed Begley Jr. Coming to Campus; New Trustees Named; Who Wants to Ask a Professor? Science Committee Adds New Members; Communication has Open House; New Stadium Fence Dedicated at Homecoming; Spotlight on Faculty; Concert Choir Hoilday Tour; Internationally Acclaimed Artist Displays Works at Otterbein; ClassNotes; Milestones; Investing in Otterbein; Alumni Notes; Key Personnel, etc.

Course Offerings, Fall 2007 [Difficult Dialogues], Clark University

Difficult Dialogues (2006-2013)

Difficult Dialogues course offerings for the Fall 2007 semester. While each semester's Difficult Dialogues programming centered around a theme, the initiative's course offerings covered a broader range of topic approaching the process of dialogues in a variety of ways and across a number of disciplines.

Clark University's Difficult Dialogues initiative was launched in 2006 and ran through 2013. The initiative aimed to raise awareness and develop skills of dialogue as a distinct approach to discourse, as well as encourage its practice among faculty, staff, and students.

"Complete Liberty"? Gender, Sexuality, Race, And Social Change On The Lower Columbia River, 1805-1838, Gray H. Whaley

Publications

This article analyzes social change in the emerging colonial world of the lower Columbia River from 1805 to 1838, particularly regarding gender and sexuality. It teases out distinctions among formal marriages, informal “custom of the country” arrangements, the exercise of sexual “liberties” by young Chinookan women, and prostitution, revealing much of the complex sexual interactions between natives and newcomers. Such a focus illuminates critical, interpersonal aspects of fur trade society in this region as it developed into a complex colonial milieu, reflecting both indigenous and Western interests. Lower Chinookans adapted slavery and trade practices to accommodate the demands of their …

Csbs Statements, V10, Fall 2007, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Statements

Contents:

-- From the desk of the Dean...
-- MSW student recounts experience in Nicaragua
-- Crime Scene Investigation! CSI: UNI
-- Gender Violence Prevention Project
-- Sabin Hall to be renovated
-- College and Department News
-- Faculty News
-- Faculty Research
-- CSBS Students again Lead NISG
-- CSBS Student Research
-- Funding for student travel
-- Student Textile and Apparel Show
-- Social Science Major Studies in Poland
-- CSBS Student Experiences the World
-- Where in the world have CSBS students been?
-- CSBS Scholarships
-- CSBS Facebook Group
-- CSBS en Español
-- Preview Days …

Focus, Bob Evancho (Editor)

FOCUS on Boise State

Boise State’s campaign to raise $175 million was announced in late August during the celebration of the institution’s 75th anniversary. Destination Distinction: The Campaign for Boise State University strives to unite the campus and community in a single goal: excellence. This issue’s theme section outlines the four areas of the campaign’s focus: students, faculty, academics and facilities. Join us on a journey of discovery through our Destination Distinction campaign. Cover photos by John Kelly and Carrie Quinney. Cover design by Drew Roberts.

Sometime Less Is More: Utility, Preemption, And Hermeneutical Criticisms Of Proposed Federal Regulation Of Mortgage Brokers, Lloyd Thomas Wilson Jr.

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sdamp News - October 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Sport Diver Newsletters

Contents:

Archaeology Month 2007..... p.1
New MRD Website..... p.2
Letter from SDAMP..... p.2
Diver Forum..... p.3