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Ua35/4 Annual Report, Wku International Programs

WKU Archives Records

Annual report of WKU International Programs & Projects for the year 1987-88.

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Professors Broaden Education In Belize, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

DLPS Faculty Publications

Article describes Peggy Wright's initial visit to Belize to help establish its first four-year college.

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Brags And Baggage, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

DLPS Faculty Publications

Article discusses Ms. Wright's first summer in Belize setting up three new libraries.

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A Study Of The Attitudes Of The Adventist Church Members In Taiwan Toward The Support Of Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Education, Paul Fu-Sheng Cho

Dissertations

Problem. The Seventh-day Adventist denomination has developed a school system to serve theindividual needs of its members and general needs of the church. From 1972 to 1986, the educational work of the Adventist church in Taiwan has declined steadily. This study was to investigate the attitudes of church members toward the support of Adventist education on relation to demographic and personal variables.

Method. The Adventist Christian Education Attitude Scale measured (1) demographic characteristics; (2) 59 attitude statements, arranged in five scales, identified by factor analysis; and (3) the 13 reasons why church members did not attend or send their youth …

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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. X, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

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Belize Teacher's College: Order Out Of Chaos, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

DLPS Faculty Publications

Article relates Ms. Wright's experiences traveling to Belcast College in Belize in 1986 to teach History; instead she wound up putting the college library into shape.

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Belize Teacher's College Library Evaluation, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

DLPS Faculty Publications

This is a report on the state of the Library at Belize Teacher's College in 1986. Includes a reprint of Ms. Wright's article, "Belize Teacher's College: Order Out of Chaos."

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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Ix, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

Hart, John. Refugee Moves on But Hasn’t Forgotten – Thourn Sun, Cambodia
Carlton, Chad. Rumors of Classroom Death Greatly Exaggerated
Smith, Jack. Male Nurses Disproving Sissy Image – Art Bryson, Eric Wolf
Humphreys, Mack. New Dance Studio Planned
Fox, Kathy. Police Officer Fulfills Dream – David Gordon
Inflated Grades Hurt Student Job Chances
Roberts, Candace & Tracy Hoffmeyer. Lashes Out at John Olahs
Meehan, Mary. Student Finds No Comfort in Form While Sick
Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Sick Students
Hitchcock, Lisa. Kentucky Derby Princess …

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An International Exchange Program: Self-Esteem Building And Relationship Development For Youth And Staff, Norman Powell, Tony Maciocia

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty and Staff Research

Troubled youth can manage, and benefit from, short intensive relationship-centered experiences. This article reports on an innovative staff and client exchange program involving groups from Montreal, Quebec and Washington, D.C. Such experiences, as well as enhancing the youths' cultural awareness and self-esteem, provide exciting staff-development opportunities.

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Profiling The Campus Recruiter At A Four-Year Hospitality Program, Ai Lzzolo

Hospitality Review

Profiling the Campus Recruiter At a Four-Year Hospitality Program, is a written profile, supported by anecdotal rather than stridently empirical evidence, by Al lzzolo, Assistant Professor, College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “Each year major chain corporations as well as single unit companies interview hospitality students throughout the country. A study conducted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was designed to profile the hospitality industry campus recruiter and to provide meaningful data to college students who would be interviewing with these recruiters,” the author initially proffers.

“Recruiting at the four-year hospitality program, by its nature, is …

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Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - F Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 259 topics beginning with F ranging from Faculty - Hunt to Future of Education.

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An International Exchange Program: Self-Esteem Building And Relationship Development For Youth And Staff, Norman Powell, Tony Maciocia

Norman W. Powell

Troubled youth can manage, and benefit from, short intensive relationship-centered experiences. This article reports on an innovative staff and client exchange program involving groups from Montreal, Quebec and Washington, D.C. Such experiences, as well as enhancing the youths' cultural awareness and self-esteem, provide exciting staff-development opportunities.

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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Ix, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

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Ua94/6/1 Folklore 566: Oral History Materials & Methods, Makiuti Tongia

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Oral history assignment completed by Makiuti Tongia.

30 minute transcript of interview with Robert Wurster on the history of the WKU International Students' Office
Summary of Wurster interview part 2
Index of whole interview content
Interpretative essay

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Die Mongoleisammlung Im Herbarium Der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Werner Hilbig

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Das Herbarium der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg besitzt eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Pflanzen aus der Mongolei. Das im wesentlichen während gemeinsamer deutsch-mongolischer biologischer Expeditionen gesammelte Material liegt als selbständige Sammlung vor. Sie enthält ca. 8000 Bögen höherer Pflanzen und umfaßt ca. 1300 determinierte Arten. Ein bedeutender Teil wurde von Spezialisten bestimmt. Umfangreich sind auch die Aufsammlungen von Flechten und Moosen , geringer die von Pilzen. Es konnten hierbei wie bei den höheren Pflanzen zahlreiche Erstnachweise erbracht werden.

In der Hauptsammlung des Herbariums sind Herbarbelege v on Pflanzen des mongolischen und südsibirischen Raumes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert enthalten, z. T. von A . …

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The Impacts Of Egyptian-American Academic Research: The Cu/Mit Program, Mohamed El-Sayed Selim

Faculty Book Chapters

Egypt has been and continues to be one of the major recipients of development assistance in the third world, yet very little effort has been made to assess the overall impact of this aid on Egypt A symposium was held on December 10th and 11th, 1983 in Oriental Hall at the American University in Cairo, organized by Cairo Papers in Social Science with financial support from the Cairo Office of the Ford Foundation. Egyptian government ministers, officials from representative donors and scholars experienced in development were invited to make formal presentations to the symposium. The essays presented in this issue …

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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Viii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

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Export Of Egyptian School Teachers, Suzanne A. Messiha

Faculty Books

Migration is a complex social phenomenon whose causes, motivations and consequences are diverse. The economist, therefore, cannot presume the monopoly of its explanation. He, like specialists of other disciplines, emphasizes the variables of his concern. This monograph treats migration from an economic point of view; migration is conceptualized as a means of promoting efficient utilization of resources., an fovestment aiming at increasing the productivity of human resources, an investment which has costs and which also generates return (Schultz, 1971: 18, Bowan et al, 1967:875-98; Sjaastad, 1962:8-83.) It is an attempt to appraise Egypt's policy to invest in huma.n capital through …

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Internationales Symposium Über Die Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, Michael Stubbe, W. Hilbig, N. Dawaa

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

First two paragraphs:

Vom 29. 8. b is 2. 9. 1983 organisierte die Sektion Biowissenschaften der Martin-Luther-Universität gemeinsam mit der Biologischen Gesellschaft der DDR in Halle/ Saale die bisher größte internationale wissenschaftliche Konferenz über die Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der MVR.

166 Biologen, Fachleute anderer Disziplinen der Naturwissenschaften, der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften und Medizi aus der UdSSR (18), CSSR (15), MVR (13), VR olen (3), Frankreich (2) und der DDR (115) nahmen an diesem Symposium teil, um in einem intensiven Erfahrungsaustausch Fragen der Erforschung der biologischen Ressourcen der MVR zu beraten.

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Occupational Stereotypes Among Haitian High School Seniors : Their Relative Importance To Career Aspirations In Relation To Selected Variables And The Implications For Educational Leadership, Michel Lamartine Porcena

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Problem

One of the more important decisions confronting all young people across all cultures is the choice of an occupation. In recognition of this condition, researchers have suggested many factors as being influential in the career aspirations of students. Among these factors, occupational stereotypes have received a great deal of attention. Since no study was found in the literature either to determine the nature of occupational stereotypes among Haitian students or to compare their relative importance in relation to selected variables, it was the purpose of this study to determine the nature of occupational stereotypes and their relative importance to …

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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

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