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Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 19, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Health care change has come -- David Tracy receives inaugural SHU medal -- Sticking to your New Year's resolution: It's not easy but you just might surprise yourself -- Beware of senioritis: don't let it happen to you -- 'The Luckiest' man to play in Bridgeport -- April showers bring new styles to runway -- Pioneers fall to RIT in AHA title game.

Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 2215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2215. Paper: "Pleasant J. Potter College for Young Ladies" written for a journalism class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College; also a reminscence about Bowling Green's First Christian Church as well as Tyler's obituary.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 18, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights: Sacred Heart joins 'Spread the word to end the word' -- Lecture evaluates sacred architecture -- Biking for a beneficial cause -- Graduating early may be cost effective -- Yale website brews controversy -- Cars make SHU's mobility easier and parking harder -- St. Patrick's Day celebrated by all -- Volleyball co-captains use teamwork to lead athletes.

Oral History Interview With Tan Teck Meng: Conceptualising Smu, Teck Meng Tan

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, concept for SMU, parent engagement, third university, design of campus, city campus, private university, research, collaboration with Wharton, challenges.

Biography:

Professor of Accounting, 2000–2011

Deputy President, SMU, 1999–2001

Head of start-up team for SMU

Professor Tan Teck Meng was a key player in the conceptualising and formation of Singapore’s third university. In 1997, he was appointed chairman of a task force to look into the feasibility of setting up SMU. Subsequently he became SMU’s first employee and was appointed SMU’s founding deputy president (1999—2001).

After his term in administration, Professor Tan …

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 17, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Olympics Conclude, US Medal count 36 -- Chile Encountered Seventh Worst Recorded Earthquake in History -- Park Royal No Longer Option, Students Wonder About Housing -- Students Spend Spring Break Building Houses -- Johnston recognizes Talent Abroad -- Hobbies: Worth Making Time For? -- Pioneers Poised to Defend NEC Crown

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 15, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Vancouver hosts 2010 Winter Games -- Professor opens fire at University of Alabama -- UN forces changes in Israel to salvage citizens -- Slumping economy causes loss of college endowments -- Students shop thrifty for good cause -- Media Poll suggests people lack faith in media -- You decide: Black History Month honore with 'traditional' food for 'Themed Thursday' -- Global SHUmail: Annoying, unwarranted, goodbye, deleted -- Leadership roles lead to effective peer-managing skills -- Off-campus homes house cuddly pets -- What drives students to perform in the classroom -- SHU community turns to faith to cope with …

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 13, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Amy Bloom speaks at Sacred Heart -- Obama presents new plans -- Coppola appointed VP of Strategic Planning and Administration -- Students find cheaper alternative means to afford pricey textbooks -- Plans to reform health care come to a halt -- Biden dismisses Blackwater Case -- U.S. mediates two conflicting nations -- Obama demands new banking regulations -- Groundhog Day: Why isn't it considered a national holiday? -- Limited printing is here to stay -- SHU students fight to stay in good health -- Spring Break means winter planning -- He Said / She Said -- Celebrity telethon …

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 12, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Nation strives to relieve Haiti from catastrophe -- Chris Dodd's recent retirement leaves open seat in the senate -- SHU students aid in restoration of Hurricane Katrina -- SHU students become educated through online courses -- Senator Brown's victory delays Democrat health care -- SHU students learn urban behavior -- Campus operations modify Mahogany Room over break -- Connecticut drives, no survivors -- "Jersey Shore" causes popular commotion -- LinkedIn helps find jobs -- New Jersey allows medical marijuana -- He Said / She Said -- Glitz and glamour at the Globes and Grammy's -- Leno versus 'Coco' …

Historical Cosmologies: Epistemology And Axiology In Australian Secondary School History Discourse, James Martin, Karl A. Maton, Erika S. Matruglio

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This paper considers the discourse of modern history in Australian secondary schools from the perspectives of systemic functional linguistics and social realist sociology of education. In particular it develops work on genre and field in history discourse in relation to knowledge structure, and the role of technical concepts realised as '-isms'. These are interpreted in relation to recent social realist work on the axiological charging of terms, especially in humanities and social science discourse, so that how you feel turns out to be as important as what you know as far as an historian's gaze on the past is concerned. …

Digital Toolkits For Teachers, Mark J. Hofer, Kathleen Owings Swan, Emma Thacker

Articles

Challenging students to create digital documentary films in history courses engages students in both mastery of content knowledge and higher order thinking experiences. Teachers considering this type of work must contend with the focus on standards- based testing, a wide breadth of content to be covered, the challenge of finding relevant primary source materials, and restrictions related to copyright and Fair Use. This paper explores a resource site for teachers, Digital Docs in a Box, that attempts to mediate some of these concerns and support their students in the creation of digital documentaries. First, we explore the rationale for student …

Rhythms Of Rebellion: Artists Creating Dangerously For Social Change, Susan J. Erenrich

Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses

On December 14, 1957, after winning the Nobel Prize for literature, Albert Camus challenged artists attending a lecture at the University of Uppsala in Sweden to create dangerously. Even though Camus never defined what he meant by his charge, throughout history, artists involved in movements of protest, resistance, and liberation have answered Camus’ call. Quite often, the consequences were costly, resulting in imprisonment, censorship, torture, and death. This dissertation examines the question of what it means to create dangerously by using Camus’ challenge to artists as a starting point. The study then turns its attention to two artists, Augusto Boal …