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Lincoln's Carnegie Library: A History Of Community And Philanthropy, Emily Blomstedt

Honors Theses

Nebraska received 69 Carnegie libraries from the Carnegie foundation between 1899 and 1922. The first and most expensive Nebraska Carnegie library was granted to Lincoln in December 1899, after a fire destroyed Lincoln’s previous library. Lincoln’s main Carnegie library served the community between 1902 and 1960 before it was torn down in 1961 to build the present-day Bennett Martin library. This thesis explores the 60-year history of Lincoln’s Carnegie library, how it connects to national trends surrounding Carnegie libraries, and the role community and philanthropy played in the development of Lincoln’s public library system. These themes are examined through a …

Frozen In Time: The History Of Frozen Food In America During The 1940s To 1950s, Mahyoub N. Gobah

The Exposition

Frozen foods are a powerhouse when it comes to the food industry. In 2020 Frozen foods registered $65.1 billion in US retail sales, which marked a 21% increase when compared to the previous year. Frozen foods have always been big and popular, and they are available in most stores around the world. The history of frozen foods can explain how they became a powerhouse in the present day. Frozen foods history started with the Clarence Birdseye. Clarence Birdseye is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry; he was able to invent a new way to freeze food. The …

Troubled Past, Golden Opportunity: Public Memory And Memorialization At The University Of Southern Mississippi, Hannah E. Arnold

Honors Theses

This thesis argues that The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) consciously chooses to present historical narratives in its history in ways that best enhance the university’s image. Examining the narratives of M.M. Roberts and Oseola McCarty using the theoretical frameworks of public memory and collective memory study reveals that the way they are memorialized within university history include both conscious and subconscious silences that impact how they are remembered by the public. This thesis identifies gaps within these two historical narratives and shows how these gaps were influenced by factors designed to enhance the university’s public image. Overall, the public …

Quote Transcript, We Exist Series 5: Stories Of Education And Employment In Maine, University Of Southern Maine Digital Projects

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Accompanying materials for We Exist Series 5: Stories of Education and Employment in Maine.

February 11, 2022 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the February 11, 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.

December 11, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the December 11, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

November 19, 2021 Excecutive Committee Meeting, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the November 19, 2021 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

November 19, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the November 19, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

September 17, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the September 17, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

September 17, 2021 Executive Committee Meeting, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the September 17, 2021 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

June 25, 2021 Executive Committee Meeting, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the June 25, 2021 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

June 25, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the June 25, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

April 30, 2021 Executive Committee Meeting, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the April 30, 2021 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

April 30, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the April 30, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

March 19, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the March 19, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

January 29, 2021 Executive Committee Meeting, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the january 29, 2021 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

January 29, 2021 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the January 19, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

November 13, 2020 Executive Committee Meeting, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the November 13, 2020 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

November 13, 2020 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the November 13, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.

Using Monuments To Teach About Racism, Colonialism, And Sexism, Susan Phillip

Publications and Research

This chapter examines how an interdisciplinary high-impact practice approach to teaching and learning using selected contested monuments can reveal intersections of racism, colonialism, and sexism, and lay the foundation for students’ civic engagement. In place-based and virtual experiences, students observe and investigate local and national monuments, integrating knowledge from multiple disciplines, including history, psychology, art, culture, and tourism. Students make critical analyses about how monuments reveal power relationships in our society. Students from various disciplines explore the origin of contested monuments, the evolving national and local debates around them, and their effect on students’ learning to evaluate historical, contemporary, and …

September 11, 2020 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the September 11, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.

June 26, 2020 Executive Committee Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the June 26, 2020 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

June 26, 2020 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the June 26, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.

“‘Curating Kisumu’ And ‘Curating East Africa’: Academic Collaboration And Public Engagement In The Digital Age”, J. Mark Souther, Meshack Owino

History Faculty Publications

This essay examines the origin, permutations, potentials, challenges, and implications of two successive, collaborative public history research, teaching, and learning projects undertaken by the Department of History at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Department of History and Archeology at Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya between 2014 and 2018. The two projects explored how opportunities created by the mobile revolution in Africa could be leveraged to generate new ways of acquiring historical information and knowledge between students and faculty in universities separated by enormous distances and by disparate social, economic, and political experiences. Specifically, the projects examined how the cellphone …

May 8, 2020 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the May 8, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.

March 13, 2020 Minute Meetings, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the March 13, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.

March 13, 2020 Executive Committee Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the May 13, 2020 Executive Committee meeting, Board of Trustees.

Spatial Distribution Of Chinese Language Education And Historical Development Of Chinese Language Pedagogy In Higher Education In The United States, Jing Zhao

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This capstone project includes two major components: an interactive digital map that displays the geographical distribution of Chinese language programs in colleges and universities in the United States, their program starting years, the types of such universities and colleges, and their names and states; and a multimedia essay on the evolution of Chinese language pedagogy in colleges and universities in the United States. Data has been collected on the program start year, school names, states where schools are located, school types, and whether the school had been funded by two federal sponsored language programs: the National Defense Education Act in …

January 10, 2020 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the January 10, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting.

Interview With Barbara Tint, Barbara Tint, Patricia A. Schechter

Conflict Resolution Oral Histories

Barbara Tint was interviewed by Patricia Schechter on May 29, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. Also participating in the interview are Alex Berg, Cleophas Chambliss, Oona Fisher Campbell, Jake Hutchins, Alex Ibarra, Lady J, Liza Schade, and Stephanie Vallance.

In this interview, Tint describes her path to academia through working as a counselor and with conflict resolution in a number of international settings. The discussion takes a theoretical turn when students inquired about the philosophical underpinnings of Tint's work.