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Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding bi-term proposal, graduate assistantships, dual career hiring, academic program review, research incentivization and prior learning assessment.

Ua35 Fall Update From Academic Affairs, Wku Provost, Gordon Emslie

WKU Archives Records

Memo from Provost Gordon Emslie to the faculty regarding faculty positions, budget, scholarships, SACS accreditation, online student-instructor evaluations and biterms.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Koch, Cameron. Fewer Burglaries, More Alcohol Arrests
• Matchen, Quiche. Panda Express Opens in Garrett Conference Center
• Goodan, Allison. Coaching Legend Reflects on the Past – Bill Powell, Swimming
• Harrison, Taylor. WKU, Farmers Market Get USDA Grant – Local Food for Everyone
• Swanson, Kayla. Student Petitions for Accessible Theater Buildings – Megan Allen
• Harrison, Taylor. Division of Extended Learning & Outreach Restructures Non-credit Offices
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Presidential Election
• Top the Vote; Response to First Presidential Debate Encouraging
• Helton, Anna. Entitlement an Issue in Recent Letter about Honors …

Blewett, Benjamin Turner, 1820-1911 (Sc 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 747. Letter, 18 April 1857, from Benjamin Turner Blewett, president of Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, to mathematics professor D. W. Hoyt, Brighton, Massachusetts, recruiting him for that position and describing the school and the town. Includes an illustrated school brochure.

Procter, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1944 (Sc 2623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2623. Paper by Benjamin Franklin Procter titled, “Dr. Leslie Waggener,” a biography of an English Professor at Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky. Also includes a three-page farewell address delivered by Waggener in 1883.

Ua58/5 Monthly Newsletter, Wku Graduate School, Jim Berger

WKU Archives Records

Electronic newsletter created by the WKU Graduate School. This issue highlights personnel changes, graduate assistantships, GRE scores, GAP scores, admissions letters, Association for Graduate Students and graduate student research.

Carter, Nell Bohannon, 1898-1995 (Sc 2585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2585. Teacher’s register and gradebook of Nell Bohannon Carter, believed to be from a Smiths Grove, Kentucky or Barren County, Kentucky school. Includes absence note from the mother of a student.

Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 166. Project titled “African American education in south central Kentucky, 1920-1960.” Interviews with twenty-nine African Americans regarding their experiences as students and teachers in fourteen Kentucky counties.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Koch, Cameron. Robberies Near Campus Prompt Attention from WKU
• Goodan, Allison & Anna Anderson. Thousands Flock to Farm for Starry Nights
• Burnside, Ella. Booth at International Fest Aims to Help Ugandan Children
• Harrison, Taylor. Forensics Team Co-hosts Forensics Fiesta
• Harrison, Taylor. Diversity Programs Office Restructures
• Andrews, Mary. Foreign Students Adjust to WKU
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Construction
• A Slow Start: Delays Compounded by Lack of Communication – Construction
• Wingate, Austin. Political Apathy No Excuse for Upcoming Presidential Election
• Justice, Maciena. Charita Moyers Energizes WKU
• Winkleman, Devinn. Spend-easy Plastic …

Double-Loop Learning: A Coaching Protocol For Enhancing Principal Instructional Leadership, Gary Houchens, Janet Hurt, Rebecca Stobaugh, John L. Keedy

Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research Faculty Publications

Executive coaching has become increasingly commonplace in both the corporate and non-profit sectors as a means of improving professional effectiveness but there is a dearth of empirically-based protocols geared specifically toward the growth needs of school principals. This qualitative case study explores the implementation of a principal coaching protocol using a theories of practice framework based on concepts originally articulated by Argyris and Schön (1 974) and further explicated by the authors in previous publications. This study examined the extent to which a coaching protocol based on theories of practice enhanced principals’ self-perceived capacity for reflection and effective instructional leadership. …

University College Connection Fall 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

African Americans In Honors Programs, Sarah Rigsby, Destiny Savage, Jorge Wellmann

Research & Program Evaluation (CNS598)

This qualitative study aims to explore the reasons why African American students have low involvement in the Western Kentucky University Honors College program and its’ initiatives. Findings show that this low level of involvement is the consequence of a perceived lack of diversity within the Honors College, a lack of diversity in Honors College recruitment initiatives and materials, a feeling of not being accepted by their Caucasian peers, high levels of participation in and commitment to activities outside the Honors College community, and no minority community within the Honors College. Accordingly, African American Honors College students do not have high …

Orientation And Residence Life: Legal Considerations, Cady Denton, Samuel Earls, Nikki N. Eversole, Robin Hume, Stephanie Lott, Kathryn Looft

Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)

No abstract provided.

Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 431. Sundry items from Lillian Iona Tynes’s childhood and adolescence in Russellville, Kentucky, including greeting and holiday cards, correspondence, diaries, report cards, programs from school functions, news clippings, church programs, and more.

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Hilltoppers Go for the Gold – Olympics, Claire Donahue, Gavin Smellie, Raigo Toompuu
• Instruments that Shaped American History – Kentucky Museum
• WKU Students Shine When It Comes to National Scholarships
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science
• Chuck Clark Named Director of WKU Student Publications
• Health Sciences Complex Will House Nursing, Physical Therapy Programs
• Paul Markham receives National Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement
• Todd Stewart Named WKU Director of Athletics
• All 19 WKU Athletic Teams Exceed NCAA-Required 925 APR Score
• 3 Students Receive Awards in Hearst Program’s National Championships
• WKU, USDA-ARS Open …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Harrison, Taylor. Each One Teach One – Chinese
• Harrison, Taylor. Northern Kentucky University Professor Studies Dinosaur Fossils at WKU - Janet Bertog
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Sorority Hosts Fundraiser for Sister Injured in Crash – Landon Lovett, Alpha Omicron Pi
• Andrews, Mary. E is for EMT – Kanin Perry
• Kriz, Lindsay. It’s Time to Stop Unnecessary Censorship
• Burden, Thomas. Last Weekend’s Game Not Pleasant for All Topper Fans – Football
• Wurth, Jonathon. New Secular Student Alliance Poster Distasteful
• Crumbie, Trey & Kwabena Boateng. Student Face-off: Campaign Finance
• Rogers, Shelby. Lawsuit Against …

Income Inequality, The Changing Nature Of Work And The Student Loan Crisis: Implications For Higher Education, Aaron W. Hughey

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding faculty lists, awards, enrollment, staffing plan, dual career hiring, course evaluations, tenure and promotion and faculty workload.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Smith, T. E. (Sc 2622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2622. Paper written by T. E. Smith titled, "Benjamin O. Peers: Pioneer in Public Education" for a class at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee.

Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 742. Typescript of 1941 letter written by Hattie McMillan (Williams) Sandidge, Burkesville, Kentucky, to school friend Bessie McMillan (whose father, J. P. McMillan, was president of Alexander College in Burkesville), reminiscing and relating information about Burkesville and mutual friends.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Peers, Benjamin Orr, 1800-1842 (Sc 2618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2618. Typescript copy of letter from Benjamin O. Peers, Lexington, Kentucky, 20 December 1833 to the Board of Trustees of Transylvania University regarding his being given additional responsibilities.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding sabbaticals, Governor's scholars, I-9, internationalization, syllabi, course proposals, staffing plan, graduate assistantships, awards and copyright.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.