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Students Volunteer For "Alternative" Spring Break, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dozens of Dominican students are volunteering to spend their spring break beginning March 9 studying and learning in a variety of locales from Yakima to New Zealand.

"Bald For A Change" Event Raises Awareness, Money, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Accompanied by three Dominican students, Lianni Castro, assistant director of Campus Ministry, had her hair shaved by Dominican President Mary B. Marcy and others Wednesday as a show of commitment toward "Bald For A Change," a campaign to raise awareness and money in support of women's rights issues.

Guest Concert Series Welcomes "Trio Of San Francisco", Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The 14th season of the Guest Concert Series continued on February 22 with a performance of chamber music by the “Trio of San Francisco” in Angelico Hall on the Dominican campus.

Dominican Receives President's Community Service Honor, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

Dominican Launches Program With University Of Oxford, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

A gift from Marin residents the late Thomas and Joanne Peterson paved the way for Dominican University of California students to study at the University of Oxford.

Tropical Disease Research Leads Microbiologist To Peru, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When Circe McDonald, '13 reflects on her time at Dominican, she credits the University’s service-learning program for making her “a more well-rounded and caring person.”

Geo Director Selected For Fulbright Award To India, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dr. Kathrina Bell, director of the Global Education Office (GEO), was selected for a Fulbright award to travel to India in Spring 2015.

Dominican Hosts "Women, Money, And Spirit" Symposium, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

More than 180 people, including Dominican students, participated in “Women, Money, and Spirit,” a oneday symposium reflecting on the spiritual meaning of money in women’s lives held in Guzman Lecture Hall on February 7.

L.A. Times Reviews English Professor's Book Of Poems, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Haiku, the distinctive form of poetry that originated in Japan centuries ago, enables writers to weave both images and details into three, 5-7-5 syllable count lines. This format makes haiku both succinct and surprisingly accessible to writers of all ages.

Ansel Adams' First Black Student Opens Exhibit, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

In conjunction with Black History Month, David Johnson, the first African American student of legendary photographer Ansel Adams, has opened a photo exhibit in the science center gallery on the Dominican campus

Sociologist Christine Carter Speaks At Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Sociologist Dr. Christine Carter spoke to a near capacity crowd at Dominican on February 25, as part of Dominican’s Spring Author Series in partnership with Book Passage.

Support System Helps Student-Athlete Become Doctor, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When Dr. Marcus Williams ’05 came to Dominican, he wanted to run fast and jump high on the basketball court, but he desired a more methodical, structured pace in the classroom.

Creating A Healthier Campus: A Report On The Effectiveness Of Nsu’S “Slimming With The Sharks” Wellness Program, Corey Peacock, Tobin Silver, Pradeep Vanguri

Quadrivium: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship

With a recent increase in college obesity rates, it is imperative to assess the effectiveness of campus-wide fitness programs while encouraging other institutes of higher education to do so. It is presently uncertain whether these programs are advantageous or disadvantageous for improving campus-wide obesity rates; therefore, assessing campus-wide fitness programs and reporting results may bring awareness to college campus obesity rates and clarify a solution to the problem. NSU’s RecPlex offered “Slimming with the Sharks,” a structured, multiple-component, weight loss initiative available to all students, faculty, and staff. The following is a brief report of “Slimming with the Sharks” data …

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: February 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The February 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Working Inclusiveness Into Society, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Treating the disabled as no different from able-bodied folks and holding them to the same standards are key

Is The Ability To Speak Multiple Languages Always A Good Thing?, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

People who speak more than one language are more likely to be smarter, but they might have a smaller vocabulary

Daringly Different: The Making Of The Singapore Management University, Kevin Y. L. Tan

Oral History Collection

This is a book about the founding and early years of Asia’s first university in the 21st century - the Singapore Management University or SMU. It provides a background to tertiary education in Singapore to set the scene and offer the reader a glimpse of the landscape in which the remarkable changes leading to SMU’s establishment, and ramifications flowing therefrom, took place. So many of the key actors who were intimately connected to this grand story are still around and actively engaged in the life of SMU, and thus the book benefitted greatly from first-hand interviews with a number of …

Evidence-Based Teaching And Learning: Putting The Results Of Psychological Research To Work In Our Classrooms, Sarah Grison

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

If our pedagogical solutions are based on research they will have a high impact on student learning! Using evidence-based teaching methods will help student read and comprehend text, engage students in the classroom and with course materials, and improve student performance on tests. Methods addressed include assigning reading activities, repeated testing, and student response systems.

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2014, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients; Training Schedule; and ORCA & SPR News.

Faculty Achievements, February 2015, Otterbein University

Faculty Achievement Reports

No abstract provided.

A Grounded Theory Of The Influence Of Black Greek-Lettered Organizations On The Persistence Of African Americans At A Predominantly White Institution, Donald Mitchell Jr., Ph.D.

Executives, Administrators, & Staff Publications

For decades, scholars have documented that predominantly White institutions (PWIs) are not fully meeting the needs of African American students, as these students have reported social isolation, discrimination, and low social integration (Feagin, Vera, & Imani, 1996; Fleming, 1984; Harper, 2013). While the experiences of African American students at PWIs have been well documented, further research on best practices to retain and graduate African American students at PWIs is needed. One particular area where further research is merited concerns African Americans’ involvement in Black Greek-lettered organizations (BGLOs).

Internationalization Self-Study, Internationalization Task Force

Global Engagement Publications

Sacred Heart University (SHU) was accepted into the 2013-2015 American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Laboratory program. This is the report prepared by the Internationalization Task Force.

Ceo Impact On Superintendents, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Noting that collaboration between business executives and superintendents was wide but not deep, a Harvard Business School monograph, "Partial Credit: How America's School Superintendents See Business as a Partner," identified positive findings regarding access. Nearly two-thirds of 1,117 responding superintendents said they had access to business leaders to whom they could turn for advice and support. In urban districts, the figure was 84 percent. However, responses to a question on the AASA's decennial survey suggested otherwise.

Nursing Student Aspires To Follow Alumna's Path, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

World traveling clinical nurse Ashley Ramirez ’06 met sophomore Megan Krage ’17 when Megan was 15 years and attending Camp Taylor, a summer camp supporting young people with congenital heart disease (CHD).

Tier 1 Intervention: School Values & Expectations, Reece L. Peterson, Jenna Strawhun, Natalie Hoff

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Conclusion

At present, school value statements are believed to be a useful component of efforts to improve student behavior and school climate. These statements of values or expectations have been particularly emphasized as one of the key components of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. Although there is strong research related to the overall outcomes of PBIS, there has been virtually no research about these values or expectations independent of PBIS. However, there has been some research on more global school mission statements, which appears to provide promise for future research on these more specific behavioral expectations. Based on the PBIS …

Creative Discussions Or Memorization? Maybe Both? (On The Example Of Teaching Computer Science), Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

We all strive to be creative in our teaching, but there is often not enough time to make all the topics creative fun. So sometimes, we teach memorization first, understanding later. We do it, but we often do it without seriously analyzing which topics to "sacrifice" to memorization. In this talk, we use simple mathematical models of learning to come up with relevant recommendations: Namely, all the topics form a dependency graph, and if we do not have enough time to allow students to treat all topics with equal creativity, then the most reasonable topics for memorization first are the …

False Idyll, J.B. Mackinnon

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

A provocative essay awaits those who peruse prize-winning author J.B. MacKinnon's article, False Idyll. MacKinnon posits that many of us romanticize nature as a sacred place ( one of succor and comfort) overlooking that most places visited have been tamed by humans. The absence of real wildness (predators that can kill us) creates an "imaginary connection with nature" instead of a tangible one. We settle for occasional visits to such sanctuaries and "see little purpose in returning to a deeper and more risky engagement:' Thus "seeing only nurture in nature" reinforces the concept that we are apart and above it.

Research Updates: A Conversation With Alan E. Watson, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

A February 2015 conversation between Wilderness Institute Research Social Scientist Alan Watson and Taproot editor Charles Yaple reveals the evolution of wilderness social science research, current issues, and trends in the wilderness preservation movement.

Review Of Wilderness And The American Mind, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section reviewed the book "Wilderness and the American Mind, Fifth Edition", written by Roderick Nash and reviewed by Kendra Liddicoat.

Taproot In & Outside The Classroom, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

The following Wilderness History lesson has been adapted from Wilderness.net a public wilderness information website formed in 1996 through a collaborative partnership between the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute – the federal government’s wilderness training and research arms, respectively – and the College of Forestry and Conservation’s Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana. Additional and extensive wilderness education lessons can be obtained by visiting their websites.