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Ursinus College Student-Managed Investment Fund Prospectus, Fall 2018, Paul Cottam, Shelby Boyle, Tim Carroll, Samantha Crossan, Joseph Heasley, Jake Kang, Thomas Kelly, Chris Moreno, Johnathan Myers, Steve Palis, Daan Slaats, Parker Wolf, Chenyu Yin

Ursinus Student-Managed Investment Fund Prospectus

This prospectus contains a performance summary for previous stocks and endowment funds as well as strategy and analysis for the following new stocks in the managed fund: American Woodmark Corporation, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and LGL Group, Inc.

Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: November 21, 2018, Eric Thompson

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Leading Economic Indicator – Nebraska (LEI-N) rose by 0.51% during October of 2018. The increase in the LEI-N, which is designed to predict economic activity six months into the future, suggests moderate economic growth in Nebraska through the first quarter of 2019. Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell in Nebraska during October, while building permits for single-family homes and business expectations improved. In particular, respondents to the October Survey of Nebraska Business reported plans to increase both sales and employment at their businesses over the next six months.

Ursinus College Student-Managed Investment Fund Newsletter, Fall 2018, Isaac Abrams, Liam Close, Thomas Reinhart, Daan Slaats

Investment Management Company Newsletter

Inside this issue:

What's New?

Brief History of Ursinus

What our Newest Students are Saying

What are "They" Saying?

2018 Fund Performance

Allianz Field Trip

Looking Forward

Exercise Science Professor Kerksick Travels To Brazil For Protein And Fat Loss Presentations, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The Strip. Las Vegas And The Architecture Of The American Dream., Marta Soligo

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Book Review: The Strip. Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream

Editor’S Forward, Carol Jessup

The North American Accounting Studies

No abstract provided.

Leading Art'full'y, Stacie Boord

Leadership Hour at Otterbein University

Stacie Boord’s work experience encompasses almost 30 years as an effective communication, sales, and arts administration professional as well as a performer and instructor for Shadowbox Live. This experience includes, but is not limited to project development and management, non-profit fundraising, media relations, corporate sales, education and personnel management. Stacie is responsible for project managing the company's artistic collaborations.

2018-November-20-Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 20, 2018) — A local legacy, the Clinchfield Railroad and its founder, George L. Carter, will be honored during Heritage Day on Saturday, Nov. 24, at East Tennessee State University’s Carter Railroad Museum.

The museum’s namesake was instrumental to the growth of the region and the university. Carter was most responsible for establishing the original Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, now part of CSX. A well-known developer and land owner, Carter bequeathed his 120-acre farm and $100,000 toward the establishment of the East Tennessee State Normal School, which later became ETSU.

The Clinchfield’s main line and …

2018-November-20-Tema Stauffer, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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JOHNSON CITY (November 20, 2018) – For more than two years, Tema Stauffer captured images portraying the history of Hudson, New York.  This fall, she is sharing her finished project with the public in her solo exhibition at East Tennessee State University.

Since she was a child, Stauffer gravitated toward literature and fine arts. During her childhood, she was a prolific reader and enjoyed writing. She also took many kinds of art classes at the Kalamazoo Art Institute. A class she took there during high school, however, marked the beginning of her exposure to photography.

“Photography is a medium …

2018-November-20-Gatton Mentor Program, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 20, 2018) – Second-year pharmacy students interested in becoming independent community pharmacists will develop important leadership and business skills through a new mentorship launched by the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University.

Seven students joined the first mentorship group and have been assigned to independent pharmacy owner mentors, who, beyond the development of crucial networking opportunities, will work one-on-one to help students prepare for their careers.

“Formally, the program is designed to last 24 months, but we anticipate the relationships will last a lifetime,” said Dr. Jeffrey Gray, program director and associate professor …

2018-November-20-Through A Different Lens, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Photography expert's talk to focus on 'UPSTATE' exhibition, buildings as reflection of human experience

JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 20, 2018) – Photos, though they focus on one fraction of a second in time, are multivalent, says independent scholar and photography curator Dr. Alison Nordström. They can have multiple meanings and values.

“They describe, with encyclopedic detail, what a person, place or thing has looked like at a singular moment,” says Nordström, an associate at Harvard’s Peabody Museum and a former curator at George Eastman House and Southeast Museum of Photography. “They show us what has existed in what space and how …

Sport Branding In The Digital Age Prs 370, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Ada News - 11/19/2018, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Alumnus Elected Prosecutor For St. Louis County, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Eleven Lindenwood Alumnae Receive Emerson Excellence In Teaching Award, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Alumna Ackmann's Book Adapted As Off-Broadway Play, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

What Personality Factors Influence Performance In A Multi-Line Insurance Agency?, Timothy R. Greer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this dissertation is exploring personality factors that impact performance within a small insurance agency. The primary research question is, what is (or are) the best personality factor(s), sub-facets, or constructs, that contribute to increased performance within an insurance agency. Three of the Five-Factor Model dimensions, extroversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience along with grit and hardiness were examined, as well as their sub-facets. Grit and hardiness were not found to add additional explanation of the variance while five of the sub-facets were found to better explain the variance over the composite dimensions.

Predicting Thrill Seeking Behavior, Matthew I. Keane

Honors College Theses

Extreme sports, sports characterized as involving speed, height and danger, have become an increasingly popular pastime around the world and have grown into a $250 billion industry. As a result of the inherent risks of taking part in these extreme sports, the most common participants are thrill seeking, risk taking, and often reckless. Known as the type-T personality type, these extreme sensation seeking individual’s constantly seek out new experiences that will stimulate their mind and frequently find their thrill by participating in extreme sports. The goal of this study is to determine various factors that will influence an individual’s thrill …

Cryptocurrency Fraud: A Look Into The Frontier Of Fraud, Stafford C. Baum

Honors College Theses

This research project was conducted to look into what sort of frauds can be committed to steal unsuspecting investors’ cryptocurrencies. The inspiration for this research came in the form of the fact that millions of dollars are lost to cryptocurrency fraud each day, and many of these frauds are successful due to the public’s naivete towards the dangers of investing in cryptocurrencies. After researching many different cryptocurrency fraud cases, the frauds could be categorized into four major categories. These categories include Ponzi schemes, fake initial coin offering schemes, pump and dump schemes as well as cryptocurrency theft.

An Investigation Of Web Atmospherics In Online Luxury Branding, Emilie E. Jones

Honors College Theses

Having an online presence for a retail store has transitioned from serving as simply a new avenue through which a profit can be made, to a tool that can be harnessed to express a brand’s personality. So how do luxury brands manage to maintain a high-end, exclusive status on the highly available landscape of the internet? The intention of this research is to identify whether luxury brands are currently taking advantage of differential web atmospherics cues, in a way that significantly sets them apart from non-luxury brand websites. To do this, we measured elements including screen space, reduction of elements, …

Equifax: Anatomy Of A Security Breach, Ashton Glenn

Honors College Theses

The infamous 2017 Equifax breach not only compromised millions of citizens’ data, but the breach also left Equifax vulnerable to lawsuits that claim the company acted negligently. This thesis analyzes the events and facts behind the incident to determine the probable outcome of the main case against Equifax. A claim of a breach can come from either Equifax’s data protection or breach response. This thesis concludes the results of the case depends on the final court to determine if Equifax acted negligently with its data protection. If the case ends in the Eleventh District Court of Appeals, the court will …

The Significance Of Articulating An Institution’S Intellectual Distinctions In Response To The Crisis Of The Liberal Arts, Christian Teeter

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

This case study details an investigation to gain greater insight about the intellectual distinctions that prevail within the academic environment at Crestline College, a pseudonym for an eastern institution of higher learning, in support of the significance of a liberal arts education. While many graduates of Crestline report satisfaction with their academic experience, many alumni volunteers have felt more work could be done to explain the exact nature of what makes Crestline strong academically, articulating the practical value of a liberal arts education. Developing a compelling argument for a strong vision for academics would help reinforce the value and importance …

The Effects Of Pair Budget Goal Difficulty And Pair Identity On Decision-Making And Performance, Chaoping Li

Doctoral Dissertations

Mixed incentive compensation structures have been widely studied in the accounting literature (e.g., Tian et al. 2017; Dekker et al. 2012, Rothenberg 2011; Hwang et al. 2009). However, the findings in the literature as to the effectiveness of mixed incentives are not consistent. The inconsistency in the mixed incentives literature may be due to the various levels of social dilemma embedded in the research setting of the studies. Therefore, I experimentally investigated two factors that may reduce the embedded social dilemma issue and improve the effectiveness of mixed incentive compensation. In this study, student participants were assigned to pairs to …

1895 - Decisions Of The Department Of Interior And General Land Office From January 1 To June 30, 1895

US Government Legislation and Statutes

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.

Roger Ebert Vs. John Doe: An Examination Of The Difference In Media Reviews, Meredith Mullins

Posters-at-the-Capitol

The purpose of this research is to examine the variation in critic and audience reviews of films and determine the cause of this variation. When reviewing a film, the ratings of critics and audience members often differ, regardless of whether they are positive or negative. This difference may arise from the unique role critics possess in this market as agents and the incentives they face. As agents of the film industry, critics have expert knowledge concerning films that audience members do not possess and therefore, they review films with a different evaluative framework than audience members. Critics may look at …

Arts Organizations And Accountability, Anna Bernadska

Faculty Research and Creative Activities Symposium

No abstract provided.

Cover Florida Program – A Limited Health Benefit Plan, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A brochure about the limited health benefit plan and the benefits of that plan.

Medicare Advantage Mailer – Advantage 65 Select Program Information And Enrollment Form, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Medicare Advantage mailer about Advantage 65 Select program information with enrollment form and attached return envelope.

Complementary Coverage Ii – The Medicare Supplementary Coverage That Takes Up Where Medicare Leaves Off, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A brochure about the medicare supplementary coverage that takes up where medicare leaves off.

Do Your Friends A Favor…Help Them Get The Best Value In A Medicare Supplement And Save Money Too, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A brochure about complementary coverage and how you can save yourself and friends money.