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Mosque Noor, Khizar Khalil

RELS 108 Human Spirituality: Student Perspectives

Student perspectives on worship services from Instructor Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez's Religious Studies 108 Human Spirituality course at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Julia Bratu

RELS 108 Human Spirituality: Student Perspectives

Student perspectives on worship services from Instructor Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez's Religious Studies 108 Human Spirituality course at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Congregation Beth Chaverim, Erin Spare

RELS 108 Human Spirituality: Student Perspectives

Student perspectives on worship services from Instructor Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez's Religious Studies 108 Human Spirituality course at Virginia Commonwealth University.

No Discipline (2015), Frank Felice

Music Faculty Scores

Commissioned by and composed for Alex Williams, premiered by him May 2, 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana

Brushing, 2015, Vol. 42, Rollins College Students

Brushing - Historical

The Brushing Literary and Art Journal is a student publication sponsored by the Rollins English Department that provides a space for undergraduates of Rollins College to showcase their creative works.

Wedding Album: An Antiheterosexist Performance Text, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

Historical and personal snapshots of weddings become poetic stanzas that advocate for marriage equality and for a social safety net strong enough to protect the human rights and meet the human needs of everyone, regardless of relational—or any other—status

Photo-Realism, Ashley Lothyan

Curricula

No abstract provided.

Somos & Estamos, 2015, Department Of Spanish

Somos y Estamos

2015 Department of Spanish Newsletter

Wiyot Residents- Arcata Marsh History, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

From time immemorial, Wiyot people lived in permanent villages around North or Arcata Bay. Tidal flats and sloughs, bay channels, brackish marshes, creeks, and seasonal wetlands and ponds were the nature of things, all providers of food and materials. The people fished, harvested bivalves and crustaceans, gathered plant materials, and hunted waterfowl, marine mammals, and upland game. The bay and its environs sustained them.

"I'Ll Pet A Cat From Time To Time… And I'M A Mormon": Teaching Mormonism In The American Midwest, Sara M. Patterson

Mormon Studies Review

No abstract provided.

The Face Of Our Wartime, Sharon Sliwinski

Data and Test Instruments

This paper considers a turn toward portraiture amongst contemporary photojournalists who have covered the War on Terror. A series of wartime faces is examined in order to consider the way prolonged conflict flattens our visual landscape.

Preserve Me, O God (2015), Frank Felice

Music Faculty Scores

Medium voice and SATB choir (also for medium voice and string quartet) – text: Psalm 16, English language paraphrase by Frank Felice; commissioned by and dedicated to Mitzi Westra

Cutting Contest (2015), Frank Felice

Music Faculty Scores

For alto saxophone and violoncello – commissioned by and composed for Paul Bro and Kurt Fowler, and premiered by them, October, 2015, Terre Haute, Indiana

James Coleman, James Coleman

Rural Volunteer Fire Fighters

Interviewers: Emily Stewart, Brooke O’Malley, Kim Clements, Veronica Racey, Tyler Swafford

Interviewee: James Coleman

Date: 1 December 2015, Sociology 102

Michael Roach, Michael Roach

Rural Volunteer Fire Fighters

Interviewer: Connor Perry

Interviewee: Michael Roach

Disclaimer: I removed crutch words and false starts from this transcript. These crutch words include Uh, um, so, and yeah.

Jon Springer1, Amber N. Brooks

The Stories of Greater Yellowstone

No abstract provided.

May Peace Be With You: Alleluia | 10-96030, James Q. Mulholland

Music Faculty Scores

May Peace Be With You: Alleluia, for SSAA Voices with Violincello and Piano

Part Number:
10-96030

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SSAA

Lyrics By:
Paraphrased from Phillipians 4:8,9

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

with Optional Violincello (part included)

Commissioned by colleagues and students of Nancy Leisl, choral director at Connor High School
To honor all of the things she has taught us.

Sleep, My Loved One | 16-96750, Christopher Matthews

Music Faculty Scores

Sleep, My Loved One (Sleep and Dream of Me)

Part Number:
16-96750

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Nixon Waterman (1859-1944)

Music By:
Christopher Matthews

a cappella

Featured at:
2015 National ACDA Convention
2015 Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute
2015 Rodney Eichenberger Summer Conductor's Clinic
2015 ICDA Summer Conference

Beautiful Forms And Compositions Are Not Made By Chance: Exploring The Efficacy Of Portable X-Ray Fluorescence To Sort And Source English Lead Glazed Ceramics, Steven J. Sarich

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Advances in portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology have made it a viable option for the non-destructive exploration of the underlying chemical composition of ceramic artifacts for the purposes of classification. However, because the literature regarding the use of this instrument on historic artifacts is limited, it is necessary to begin with a broad scale exploratory assessment that might act as a jumping off point for future studies on this topic. Toward that end, this research uses a collection of British and Continental European ceramics ranging from 1650-1920, owned and curated by the Chipstone Foundation in Fox Point, WI, to explore …

Softness Of My Mother's Hands, The - Satb | 20-96235, John Starr Alexander, Henry Leck

Music Faculty Scores

The Softness of My Mother's Hands

Part Number:
20-96235

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
John Starr Alexander

Music By:
John Starr Alexander

Edited By:
Henry Leck

Featured at:
2015 Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute

Snowflakes Fantasy | 20-95760, Hyun Kook, Henry Leck

Music Faculty Scores

Snowflakes Fantasy

Part Number:
20-95760

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Linda Marcus & Julie I. Myers

Music By:
Hyun Kook

Edited By:
Henry Leck

with Optional Triangle and Bell Tree

Zabur, An Oratorio By Mohammed Fairouz, Eric Stark

Music Faculty Recordings

Zabur, an oratorio composed by Mohammed Fairouz, was premiered by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir in 2015. The recording can be purchased from the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.

European Treasure: A. H. Reed's French And Italian Autograph Letters, Valerio Cappozzo

Liberal Arts Faculty Books

This catalogue, published in conjunction with the exhibition “European Treasure: A. H. Reed’s French and Italian Autograph Letters,”aims to create a meaningful connection among disparate handwritings, which guide us through troubled times in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Europe, among two nations in search of their national identities. It includes letters by people who helped to make France and Italy the modern states they are today. Of particular interest are letters by Italy’s ‘father of the nation’ Giuseppe Garibaldi, which exemplify the rebellious spirit agitating European nations in search of stability, identity and peace. Certain letters evoke cultural aspects, …

Retention And Mentoring (Ram) Initiative, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Susan Digiovanni, Donna Gibson, Anne Hofler, Florence Johnson, Michael Southam-Gerow, Jenilee Stanley-Shanks

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

National and local surveys (e.g., COACHE, 2010; VCU Great Place Initiative, 2013) suggest that a primary reason for workplace dissatisfaction among faculty and staff is lack of adequate mentorship. Evidence also suggests that mentoring programs improve recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty and staff (e.g., Daley, Wingard, & Reznik, 2006). VCU and VCU Health currently have decentralized and isolated mentoring programs across campuses: a centralized mentoring program accessible to all employees does not exist to address faculty and staff professional development and networking needs. Our project sought to fill this gap. Specifically, we proposed to develop an online database designed …

Promotion, Education, And Marketing Of An Expanded Vcu Bike Share Program, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Kellie Archer, Tom Arodz, Alison Breland, Dawn Crichlow, Tom Klug

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

We propose to help promote, market, and provide education about an expanded bike share program at VCU. The goal of the bike share program is three-fold: 1) improve travel between campuses, 2) encourage alternate transportation to reduce traffic and parking difficulties and 3) be a "green" initiative on the VCU campus. The expanded bike share program will include additional bikes and bike stations, managed by an outside company. Recently, VCU’s Office of Parking and Transportation has learned that they will be receiving funds for the program, and they are looking for assistance to promote, market, and provide education about the …

Ramsway Safe Path, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Stephen Barkley, Mary Beth Heller, Elizabeth Mcdaniel, Kelechi Ogbonna, Kendall Plageman, Angie Wetzel

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

RAMSWay promotes safety for students, faculty, staff, and visitors with a series of safe walkways connecting key locations, such as classroom buildings, gyms, libraries, residence halls, and parking decks, on Virginia Commonwealth University’s sprawling urban campus. RAMSWay paths are designed to be consistent with the theoretical framework referred to as CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design). CPTED suggests that altering the physical design of communities or areas in which people congregate can deter criminal activity. CPTED-compliant landscaping and lighting, security features (e.g., cameras, ERTs phones), and increased police presence on the paths promote the sense of safety. Further, increased foot …

A Website To Help The International Students Experience (Wise), Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, David Allen, Agnes Chojecka, Tori Keel, Norma Ortiz-Robinson, Susan O'Shea

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

Our VCU campus has been steadily expanding its international student population and has become an increasingly global university community. We have identified together with GEO, the need to build tangible resources that can support faculty and staff to more effectively educate our international student population. The creation of online content to be added to GEO’s current webpage seems to best fit the existing need. Our project outlines a blueprint for this online content by means of identifying data and resources that should be included as well as determining cost, sustainability and feasibility plans. Ultimately, the goal is to pave the …

The Artfulness Initiative: Art As A Tool For Mindfulness, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Dvora Courtland, George Deeb, Sarah Golding, Arnold Kemp, Whitney Lovelady, Tito Luna, Molly Ransone, Mary Shelden

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

The purpose of the Artfulness Initiative is to help its users bring their minds back into the present through the use of arts-based practices as a way to reduce stress and burnout. In a nutshell, the Artfulness Initiative is website that houses a series of process-oriented art practices meant to help adults focus less on the stress of yesterday and tomorrow and focus more on being in the now. It’s important to note that the art process is more important than the product, and that no artistic aptitude or experience is required. The Artfulness website, which was built by ALTLab …

What's Up Newsletter, January 2015

What's Up Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Milwaukee, WI

What's Up Newsletter Finding Aid

The Persistence Of Place In Appalachia: The Phenomena Of Post-Death Migration, 1930-1970, Marjorie Fey Farris

Online Theses and Dissertations

The research for this paper has been over forty years in the making as I first read the obituaries of deceased Kentuckians in state and local newspapers beginning in 1972. A pattern became clear that Kentuckians who had left their mountains and moved to northern industrial cities in order to find work as the coal fields played out and after the Great Depression often returned, or were returned after death, to their birthplaces for burial. Further investigation revealed that the religious beliefs that were deeply embedded in so many mountaineers' lives played a large part in their desire to have …