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2023-September-28-Great Places To See Fall Color At Etsu.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

As September gives way to October each year, this region becomes awash in color when the trees turn from green to brilliant shades of gold, crimson and orange. The East Tennessee State University campus features several great places to enjoy this spectacle.

Amphitheatre

The grounds surrounding ETSU’s landmark Amphitheatre provide the stage for plenty of fall color, from the bright gold gingko biloba leaves to the crimson leaves of the dogwood.

Carillon

The ETSU Foundation Carillon and Alumni Plaza is a great vantage point to see maple leaves in a variety of red and orange shades, as well as many …

Bernard Parks, Jr., Et. Al. V. Kelly King Et Al., Order On Cross Motions For Summary Judgment Regarding Plaintiffs' Claims Against Defendants, John J. Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.

Saint Joseph Health System, Et. Al. V. Emory Healthcare, Inc., Et Al., Order On Cross Motions For Summary Judgment, John J. Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.

"The Spinners" Kick Off 2023-24 Scheidegger Touring Series, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Gender Differences In Graduate Student Views On The Professional Climate In Economics, Ann Mari May, Mary G. Mcgarvey, Muazzam Toshmatova

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

This research examines graduate student's views on the professional climate in economics using a comprehensive survey of students enrolled in economics Ph.D. programs in the United States. Topics discussed include stress and work/life balance, disciplinary climate in the profession, departmental climate, and the prevalence of sexual harassment. We find significant gender differences in views on all four topics—particularly in views on departmental climate and disciplinary climate in the profession. We analyze the results based on gender, rank of the institution, public versus private institutional status, and representation of women faculty in departments.

Communicating For Success: The Importance Of Fairness In Pre-Merger Communication, Correy Retzloff

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This phenomenological study explores the complexities and influences of pre-merger communication on M&A outcomes from a stakeholder perspective, using the Fair Process Theoretical Framework. The study identified the following six key themes related to pre-merger communication broken down into two distinct categories: important aspects to employees, which include Open and Honest Communication, Engagement and Clarity, Participation and Collaboration, and best practices managers can implement, such as Undertake Fair and Engaging Communication, Prioritize Strategic and Cultural Communication, Ensure Effective and Compliant Communication. The study also found that effective pre-merger communication can positively influence perceptions of fairness in the merging process. These …

2023-September-28-Etsu Inducting New Rotc Hall Of Fame Members.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

East Tennessee State University’s ROTC Program is inducting new members into its Hall of Fame. The storied ROTC program, a unit assigned to ETSU for more than half a century, has commissioned over 1,500 second lieutenants.

The Hall of Fame class of 2023 will be honored in a ceremony scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. in the Grand Soldiers Ballroom at the Carnegie Hotel in Johnson City. The event is free and open to the public and corresponds with ETSU Homecoming.

The inductees include:

Gary McAllister

a retired colonel. He graduated from ETSU in 1983, serving in …

2023-09-28 Faculty Welfare & Concerns Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Faculty Welfare & Concerns Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Welfare & Concerns Committee for September 28, 2023.

Critical Femininities On Shores: Unveiling Gendered Realities Within Ladies-Only Resorts In Lebanon, Jihane Adeimi

Arab Economic and Business Journal

Following a gendered mobilities approach, this one-of-a-kind, multi-sited study explores the differentiated beach leisure lifestyles and practices of local female beach goers frequenting the increasingly popular ladies-only resorts in Lebanon through the examination of the complex synergy between business, gender, lifestyle. religion and mental constructions. Stemming from in-depth interviews, the qualitative findings have exposed the various forces at play behind some gendered business practices and beach leisure choices shaping the beach industry in Lebanon as well as how the beach leisure business is contributing to the redefinition and reinterpretation of the female body, womanhood and feminism

A Gentle Introduction To Chatgpt, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

A guest lecture on the state of commercial generative transformer technology, mid-2023, to a general audience at Staunton Public Library.

2023-September-27-Appreciate The Beauty Of Appalachia This Fall.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

With a symphony of colors emerging in the highest elevations of the Appalachian Highlands, East Tennessee State University’s Travis Watson hopes regional leaf peepers appreciate the raw beauty of the area.

“The botanical diversity of the Southern Appalachian forests, consisting of over 100 species of deciduous hardwoods, provides a broad color palette and can provide a slightly longer display than the maple-dominated forests of the Northeast,” said Watson, the university’s campus arborist.

For Watson, a few trees are especially striking:

Maples are “the star of the show, and sugar maple is my favorite because I love the orange-to-yellow gradient …

2023-September-27-Revitalized Bud Frank Theatre Coming To Life.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

For years, the Bud Frank Theatre was the site of many performances and productions at East Tennessee State University, and it will continue to be a hub for the arts with the new “Cinema at the Bud Frank Theatre.”

The theater will serve the community as a site of entertainment and enrichment – and the only art cinema in the region outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

“This is important, because half of the films released – indeed, half the Oscar contenders – do not play in Northeast Tennessee on initial release,” said Dr. Matthew Holtmeier, an associate professor in the …

2023-September-27-Etsu Planning Founders Week, Oct 9-13.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

The inaugural East Tennessee State University Founders Week, Oct. 9-13, is a celebration that is more than a century in the making.

Founders Week commemorates ETSU’s founding in October of 1911, and will include a variety of events that underscore the university’s ongoing commitment to improve the lives of the people of this region.

“Since it was founded as East Tennessee Normal School in 1911, this institution has served the region as a beacon of knowledge, innovation and service,” said ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland. “Founders Week is a recognition of the longstanding community support that has allowed this …

Lean Thinking As An Approach For Improving Client Communication During The Design Process, Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Ghada N. Mossad, Nishani Harinarain

Architectural Engineering

Lean thinking is perceived as a successful strategy for saving time and cost, while improving at the same time the position in the market. Lean thinking is about eliminating waste and increasing the quality. When applied correctly, lean thinking is a well understood and well examined platform upon which to build firm practices. In the architectural profession miscommunication has a lot of consequences including time and cost overruns, conflict and ultimately project failure. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of lean thinking in improving the communication between the client and the architect during the design process. …

Keywords In Unesco Websites: The Role Of Image In Destination Marketing, Ninfa Pagano

International Journal of Islands Research

Online communication plays a vital role in tourist image formation and travel choices in the digital era. In this way, institutional communication performs a central role in tourism, influencing the market through text and keywords choice on websites. This study aims to analyse online communication by focusing on tourism discourse, i.e. English language as a specialised and promotional discourse in tourism, with a special emphasis on Dann’s rhetorical strategy of keywords. The present study explores the communication used in UNESCO websites and its contribution to tourist destination image formation through corpus-based Discourse Analysis. The focus on a selected number of …

Is Madeira Airport The Beginning Of A Tourism Experience On The Island?, Helena Viríssimo, Jorge Abrantes

International Journal of Islands Research

Air transport is the main mode of transport used when traveling to the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM), Portugal. The airport and the entire airport infrastructure are essential for tourists to access the island. It is therefore important to assess their importance in the tourism development of the region and, to what extent, being the first and last experience with the destination, they impact the image and perception of passengers about the destination and their future desire to return. The present investigation, being exploratory, intends to evaluate the relationship between passenger satisfaction with airport services and its role in the …

The Impact Of Commitment To Implementing Governance On The Disclosure Of Social Responsibility By Companies Listed On The Palestine Exchange, Majdi Al-Kababji

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aimed to demonstrate the impact of commitment to implementing corporate governance, represented by the following principles: (ensuring the basis of an effective corporate governance framework, protecting shareholders and investors, equitable treatment of shareholders, the role of stakeholders in corporate governance, disclosure and transparency, and the responsibilities of the board) on the disclosure of social responsibility by companies listed on the Palestine Exchange. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher designed a questionnaire, which was distributed to the study population of 49 companies. The elements of social responsibility were measured using content analysis by creating an index to assess …

The Continuous Impact Of Profitability Indicators On Stock Market Prices Of Listed Industrial Companies In Jordan, Tawfiq Abdel Jalil

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study examined how the Amman Stock Exchange evaluates the effect of earnings yield and dividends yield on stock market prices and determines the duration of this evaluation. The study period extends over five years, from 2012 to 2016, and the study sample consists of 41 publicly held industrial firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The data analysis shows a significant effect of earnings yield on stock market price at the 1% level in the earnings realization year, while dividends yield does not affect stock market price at the 5% significance level for the same year. This model indicates …

Risky Business: Ceo Risk Tolerance And Non-Gaap Earnings, Johnna Murray

Dissertations

CEO influence on non-GAAP earnings is a growing area of research. Risk-taking by CEOs is one way to gauge the extent of CEO influence on firm outcomes, especially non-GAAP earnings. This research examines the association between CEO sports hobbies, a proxy for CEO risk-taking, and their company’s non-GAAP earnings. In addition to the risk-proclivity of the CEO, non-GAAP earnings are the result of firm size, equity, return on assets, and changes in revenue. The extent of CEO influence was evaluated by a regression analysis of non-GAAP earnings using firm characteristics with CEO risk-taking measures and control variables such as CEO …

Ua80/1 Meeting Agenda & Minutes, W Club

University Organizations

Agenda and minutes of the September 2023 W Club Board of Directors meeting.

2023-September-26-Etsu Announces Summer 2023 Dean's List.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

East Tennessee State University has announced the names of students who attained a grade point average qualifying them for inclusion in the dean’s list for summer 2023.

To receive this honor, undergraduate students must pass a minimum of 12 credits (excluding audits, incompletes, repeats, and pass/fail) with no grade below B- in any course taken, and a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

The Philippine Economy During The Japanese Occupation, Jasper Lem

Asian Studies: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

The economy of the Philippines was derailed by the Japanese occupation during World War II. As an American colony before World War II, the Philippines had close amicable ties with the United States highlighted by promises of independence on July 4th, 1946. The Philippines also maintained a beneficial economic relationship with the States at this time through extensive foreign trade. However, because of the Japanese invasion, the Philippine economy was robbed of this profitable foreign trade and the promise of independence, severely crippling the island nation and her morale. The first policies implemented by Japan were designed to control the …

2023-September-26-Helping Youth Grow Into Financially Literate Adults, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

(Sept. 26, 2023) An East Tennessee State University faculty member has been named to a new state council dedicated to educating young people throughout Tennessee about financial literacy.

Dr. Stacey Fisher is one of six teachers making up the inaugural Distinguished Educator Council of the Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission (TNFLC). Fisher, who teaches at ETSU at Sevierville, is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in ETSU’s Clemmer College of Education and Human Development.

Members of the TNFLC Distinguished Educator Council believe strongly in the importance of financial literacy and will help fill the critical need for …

2023-September-26-Etsu Hosting 'These Shining Lives' Oct 5-8.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

The Department of Theatre and Dance at East Tennessee State University will open its 2023-24 season early next month with “These Shining Lives” by Melanie Marnich.

Shows are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5-7, with a 2 p.m. performance on Oct. 8.

Each of the performances happen at the Bert C. Bach Theatre in the ETSU Martin Center for the Arts.

“When the Radium Dial Company opened in Ottawa, Illinois in the 1920s, the owners of the company already knew that the radium paint used to illuminate its watches was toxic, yet they offered good pay to young women in …

Building Strength Through Collaboration: What Faith Community Nurses Need To Know, Marcia A. Potter

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

This article is a practical guide and viewpoint narrative that offers definitions, justifications for, process steps, and a how-to checklist for Faith Community Nurses considering collaboration between multiple agencies outside of their own. The author offers simple guidelines and how-to advice on securing success, avoiding risks, and preventing costly misunderstandings between cooperating agencies when combining resources.

2023-September-25-Etsu Elevates Pitch Competition, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

September 25, 2023

From an immersive art exhibit to amplify the voices of the community’s population experiencing homelessness to a program linking college students with older adults in rural communities to reduce social isolation, students at East Tennessee State University  have many ideas to improve the quality of life for the people of this region.

Those ideas and seven others will take center stage at ETSU Elevates, a pitch competition on Monday, Oct. 9, at the ETSU Martin Center for the Arts. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the competition begins at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open …

Required Minimum Distribution (Rmd) Spreadsheet Calculators Based On The Secure Act Of 2022, Tom Arnold, John H. Earl, Jr., Cassandra D. Marshall

Finance Faculty Publications

Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Spreadsheet Calculators

Based on the SECURE Act of 2022

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) of 2022 made a second round of changes (relative to the SECURE Act of 2019) to the required minimum distribution (RMD) schedule for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and defined contribution retirement plans. Excel spreadsheet calculators are developed to calculate the new annual RMD cash flows throughout retirement for those who are retired and for those who are planning to retire. The spreadsheet calculators also allow savings to accrue with interest if the RMD is in excess …

The Management Accounting Usage In Automotive Servitized Companies: An Initial Attempt, Unggul Purwohedi, Muhammad Kaleem Zahir-Ul-Hassan, Maqsood Memon

All Works

Purpose : Prior literature suggests a further exploration on the usage of management accounting (MA) techniques in the servitization context. Servitization is a movement in which companies consciously develop service offerings, which support their products to gain competitive advantage. There are still limited studies of this topic in the context of Indonesian manufacturing companies, thus this paper aims to provide evidence on the usage of MA in servitized manufacturing companies in Indonesia. Method : We employed a qualitative approach as well as a preliminary survey to a number of selected managers and accountants from four different automotive companies. Findings : …

Plugged In And Charging: Environmentalism Factors Does Affect Behavioral Intention To Purchase Electric Cars In Indonesia, But Non-Environmental Factors Are Important Too, Hana Salsabila, Imam Salehudin

Smart City

The adoption of electric cars is considered a solution for promoting energy conservation and reducing air pollution. However, electric car purchasing in developing countries is currently at a nascent stage. More research is required to see if environmental factors do matter in the consumer's decision to purchase an electric car. This study aims to examine the relationship between environmental factors and behavioral intention to purchase electric cars in Indonesia. The study recruited 300 respondents from five major areas of Java Island who are aware of electric cars but currently owned only non-electric cars. The study integrated the theory of planned …

Host Communities: The Foundation Of Regenerative Tourism, Marie Haley

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Tourism is a human structure and cannot be equated to natural systems such as farming. While regenerative farming focuses on the health of the natural system starting with the soil, tourism is a human system and must focus on regenerating the human system. This paper argues that the foundation of tourism is the host community. If the host community is vibrant and healthy, dynamic and resilient and has appropriate political systems to manage tourism, tourism will have the social licence and will thrive. Tourism can then have upwardly cascading feedback mechanisms where the host community can restore the natural environment, …