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Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of the September 11, 2013 meeting.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Parker, Jacob. Resident Assistant Arrested, Potential Witness to Larry Thomas Shooting – Thompson
• Crumbie, Trey. Step Up – Fraternity / Sorority Step Show
• Crumbie, Trey. Bully Producer to Lecture Tonight – Cynthia Lowen
• Parker, Jacob. Kids & Artists Work Side By Side at Kentucky Museum
• Crumbie, Trey. Supreme Court Decision Highlights Diversity
• Holloway, Kaely. Amendments Revised After Emergency Meeting – Student Government Association
• Country Stars Head to WKU for Homecoming – Justin Moore, Corey Smith
• Barnes & Noble Hosts Bourbon Expert, Political Scientist – Mike Veach, Michael Cairo
• September …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Koch, Cameron, et al. Bowling Green Police Department Investigating Murder of WKU Student – Larry Thomas
• Crumbie, Trey. WKU Trying to Improve Retention
• French, Jackson. South Campus Food Court Gets Second Chance
• Marnon, Christian. Car Share Program Looks to Free Need for Car on Campus
• Crime Reports for the Week of August 29
• Burton, Kristina. Student Organization Celebrates Jewish Culture
• Roederer, Anna. Chinese Flagship Program Immerses Students in Foreign Language, Culture
• Bratcher, Nick. Syria Demands Action, Not Lives
• Ferranti, Cameron. Miley Cyrus Problem Was Performance, Not Morals
• Serafini, David. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Rolls in Win Over University of Kentucky in Nashville – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. From Start to Finish, Toppers Controlled Every Part of Saturday’s Game – Football
• Car Rental Program Comes to Campus
• Sproles, Katherine. Dining Services Offers Free Meal to Select Students
• Crumbie, Trey. WKU Lawsuit Settled in May, Four Still Pending
• Burton, Kristina. Alpha Xi Delta Looking to Build House, Increase Visibility on Campus
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Pearce Ford Tower
• No Boys Allowed – Pearce Ford Tower
• The View from the Stands Photo …

Welcome From The Co-Chairs. Knowledge Community For Student Leadership Programs Innovation Newsletter, Sherry Early, Michael Baumhardt

Leadership Studies Faculty Research

On behalf of our entire SLPKC Leadership Team, we'd like to be the first to welcome you to another academic year. We hope that the summer has allowed you the opportunity to unwind, rejuvenate, and come back ready to serve your students. Be assured that the SLPKC has been busy over the summer offering webinars, conducting research, representing our members at a national leadership collaborative summit, recognizing outstanding leadership programs, and much more. We are fortunate to have many of these summer projects highlighted within this newsletter.

Temperament In Early Childhood And Peer Interactions In Third Grade: The Role Of Teacher–Child Relationships In Early Elementary Grades, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Kate Niehaus, Eric S. Buhs, Jamie M. White

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Children’s interactions with peers in early childhood have been consistently linked to their academic and social outcomes. Although both child and classroom characteristics have been implicated as contributors to children’s success, there has been scant research linking child temperament, teacher–child relationship quality, and peer interactions in the same study. The purpose of this study is to examine children’s early temperament, rated at preschool age, as a predictor of interactions with peers (i.e., aggression, relational aggression, victimization, and prosociality) in third grade while considering teacher–child relationship quality in kindergarten through second grades as a moderator and mediator of this association. The …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. New Sheriff in Town – Brandon Doughty
• Aulbach, Lucas. New-look Toppers Boast New Faces at Some Positions – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Hard-hitting Andrew Jackson a Leader for WKU’s Defense
• Aulbach, Lucas. Toppers Playing with New Faces on Offense
• Aulbach, Lucas. Topper Defense Young on the Line, Experienced in the Backfield
• Pratt, Elliott. Bobby Petrino’s Road to the Hill
• WKU Players to Watch
• University of Kentucky Players to Watch

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Williams, Kyle. Players, Gary Ransdell React to University of Kentucky Gear on Campus
• McKay, Michael & Seth Hutchins. Fraternities Adjust to New Houses – Sigma Pi Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha
• Koch, Cameron. Fraternity Recruitment Grows from Last Year
• Parker, Jacob. Public Information Officer Quits Over Shift Change – Mand Johnson, WKU Police
• Parker, Jacob. Crime Report for August 22 – August 28
• Matchen, Quiche. New Information Technology System More Interactive
• Pait, Ryan. Quirky – The New Normal & the New Nothing
• Ardrey, Saundra. Live the Dream – Martin Luther …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• French, Jackson. State, Normal Streets Reduced to 15 MPH – Speed Limit
• French, Jackson. Grise Elevator Offline for Semester
• French, Jackson. Pearce Ford Tower’s Sex Changes
• Watson, Paul. Students Buzzing About Downing Student Union Starbucks Location
• Crumbie, Trey. Administration Looks to Recruit Fewer, But More Qualified Students
• Parker, Jacob. Crime Down from Spring, Up from Last Summer
• Crumbie, Trey. Parking & Transportation Services Adds 3 Buses to White Line
• Burton, Kristina. WKU Alumnus Chief Operating Officer of Lonely Planet – Daniel Houghton
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: WKU Growth …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of the August 14, 2013 meting.

Ua3/9/7 Opening Faculty & Staff Convocation, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff.

An Analysis Of Online Cheating: An Empirical Examination Of Online Proctors, Randall Valentine, Dawn Valentine

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

Addressing Uncertainty During Workplace Change: Communication And Sense-Making, Richard Parsells

Administrative Issues Journal

Change is a commonplace occurrence in today’s organizations. In order to survive in an extremely competitive marketplace, organizations and their employees undergo change frequently. The ability to manage change and to learn from this experience is now viewed as a key competency for sustainable competitiveness in most business markets. However, while change management processes are employed and followed, a high percentage of change efforts are judged to be unsuccessful by upper management. Moreover, a number of scholars suggest that communication strategies during organizational change are an important element to the success of a change initiative, yet such strategies are not …

Supervising A Student Managed Investment Portfolio, Teri Allen

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

Developing A Graduate Program In Healthcare Management Using A Competency Based Curriculum Methodology, Kevin Lafrance

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

Students’ Experiences And Expectations Of Inquiry Based Learning (Ibl) In Nursing Education, Hephzibah Samuel

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

The High Cost Of Bullying, Marcy Tanner

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

Competency-Based Learning: Proof Of Professionalism, Michael Williams

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

United Way Bright Beginnings On Professional Development And Retention Among Administrators And Teachers, Nicole Andrews, Amanda Rutter

Administrative Issues Journal

It is well known knowledge that retaining administrators and teachers in the field of education is a challenge faced each year within the United States and is costly to the education system. Attrition rates of teachers within their first few years in the profession are alarmingly high with many educators citing lack of support for leaving the profession before the age of retirement. Moreover, many educators feel they must “sink or swim” in the current educational environment. The fast rate of attrition of educators concerns administrators and policy makers alike. As such there is a need to prepare new and …

Increasing Intercultural Effectiveness Through A Global Citizenship Approach, Clint Relvea, Guari S. Guha, Kelly Fish

Administrative Issues Journal

The authors conduct pre-treatment and post-treatment observations on students taking a first semester freshman course designed to enlighten them about their role in the world as global citizens. The authors use the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale to measure the students across the dimensions of Continuous Learning, Interpersonal Engagement and Hardiness. Results suggests that students undergoing such a course may increase their intercultural effectiveness, especially in the area of interpersonal engagement, as well as, global mindset.

The Wise Leader, Shirley Garick

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper is an article review of the Wise Leader, written by Nonaka, I; Takeuchi, H (2011) in the Harvard Business Review. These authors offer salient advice on what a wise leader needs to understand, regardless of your administrative leadership role. It can quality and apply across all dimensions of leadership roles from executive to managerial to employees.

A Case For Teaching Geography, Richard Huck

Administrative Issues Journal

The knowledge of geography is clearly lacking in college students. “We cannot understand who we are unless we understand history, and there is no way we can understand history if we do not understand the geography behind it”! How can we understand the Civil War without understanding the importance of the Mississippi River? A great many students cannot locate the Mississippi River on a map! This paper is original research based on my classroom experience and on a questionnaire given to my students at the beginning of each semester. About 150 students have been given this questionnaire over the 5 …

Maintaining The Boundaries: Teacher Education Program Admission Criteria For Screening Quality Candidates, Diane Taylor

Administrative Issues Journal

University – based teacher education programs are currently under attack by the general public for producing non-effective teachers. In order to combat the perception of the “disintegration of teacher preparation” (Baines 2010), Teacher Preparation Programs need to demonstrate to the public the rigor of their screening measures and admissions criteria as a beginning to demonstrating program rigor. This presentation will detail one university’s efforts to collect and analyze admission criteria to Teacher Education Programs in universities across the state.

Institutional Factors Promoting Community College Fundraising, Jermaine Vesey

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper examines the role of accountability in the workplace. Accountability is defined as the need to justify or defend one’s actions to an evaluator who has potential reward or sanction power (Frink & Klimoski, 1998). While accountability is a growing research conversation among scholars, more focus needs to be dedicated to understanding how the dispositional traits of employees interact with workplace accountability mechanisms. Specifically, this manuscript explores the interaction of personality and the accountability environment on employee performance. The findings from this empirical investigation indicate that there is a significant interaction between personality and accountability environment when it comes …

The Tale Of Two College Experiences: A Cluster Analysis Of Obama’S Argument For Higher Education Reform, Justin Walton

Administrative Issues Journal

During the third week of August 2013, President Barack Obama presented two policy speeches furthering his rationale for higher education reform. Stressing themes of institutional accountability, efficiency, and affordability, Obama sketched out a three point agenda aimed at making higher education a “better bargain” for America’s struggling middle class. In this brief essay, I examine the rhetorical processes President Obama used to justify his argument for higher education reform through a cluster analysis of his Henninger High School address. The paper seeks to explore the general implications of word choice/style and language arrangement in political advocacy through a critical reading …

Cyberbullying: The Public School Response, Charles Waggoner

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper explores the consent process in relation to academic, scientific research. Consent is a human right given to each research participant. The participant’s autonomy should be supported and encouraged when obtaining informed consent. This paper reviews current literature and discusses the development of this right, in addition to the manner in which scientific researchers should uphold it.

Organizational Training And Relationship Building For Increasing Public Participation In A Public School District, John Poynton

Administrative Issues Journal

From the early twentieth century to the present, citizen participation in U.S. public institutions—particularly schools—has continually decreased. The trend has been linked to the bureaucratization of public schools and their increasing reliance on expert knowledge for solutions to school- and education-related problems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a parent training program designed to increase a school district’s capacity for public participation by parents and other citizens. The program—known as Leadership St. Vrain—provided citizens knowledge about school district operations and management (know-how) and relationship-building opportunities with key decision makers (know-who). This article focuses on the …

Administrative Issues Journal Conference Proceedings: Table Of Contents

Administrative Issues Journal

No abstract provided.

A Phenomenological Investigation Into The Self-Efficacy Beliefs Of Teachers Who Have Persisted In The Teaching Profession, Shana Market Norton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This phenomenological study investigated the lived experiences of 12 secondary school teachers from public secondary schools in northern Georgia regarding their feelings about self-efficacy and why they have persisted in the teaching profession. The research questions centered around their perceptions on how self-efficacy influences the academic achievement of their students, on what personality characteristics they feel teachers add to their positive or negative self-esteem in teaching, and on what factors they identify as influencing their professional self-efficacy in teaching. Teacher self-efficacy, the belief in oneself to succeed at completing a task, is a key factor in retaining teachers. Four data …

Exploring The Spiritually Formative Experiences Of Female Seminary Spouses: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Benjamin Forrest

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a qualitative research study exploring the spiritually formative experiences of nonstudent, female, seminary spouses whose student spouses are beyond the halfway point in their pursuit of an M.Div. at a large evangelical seminary in the eastern United States. Fifteen participants (twelve online nonstudent spouses and three residential nonstudent spouses) were purposefully sampled. The data, which was collected through questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and discussion forums, was analyzed using transcendental phenomenological analysis. Through this analysis it became apparent that seminary spouses did in fact experience spiritual formation through their husband's education. …