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Agricultural Sciences Outreach Program, Maghan Lea England, Sophie Lorraine Johnston

Agricultural Education and Communication

The College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) mission statement and vision of the Agricultural Education and Communication Department is to develop future leaders, educators, and communicators to advance and advocate for the agricultural industry in a global economy (AGED, 2018). Student organizations, such as Agriculture Ambassadors and Agriculture Leadership Society, facilitate several outreach events to engage and excite prospective students in pursuing their higher education goals in agriculture at Cal Poly (CAFES Ag Council, 2018). In order to maintain growing student numbers, the Agricultural Education and Communication Department, specifically, the Agricultural Science major needs revamped recruiting efforts and …

Research And Innovation, December 2018, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• 2019 Technology Development Fund Award Recipients Named
• Big Changes Coming in FY19 to NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)/R15 Program
• Incentive Program for Graduate Student Support Revised
• Join us Dec. 18 for Farewell Reception for Sherine Obare
• Jan. 15 Discovery Acceleration Workshop
• Reminder of Internal Funding Deadlines for Spring 2019
• Congratulations Offered on Recent Research Endeavors
• Julia Mays Awarded WMU Semi-Annual Make A Difference Award
• Grants and Contracts Office Now Housed in Walwood with OVPR
• OVPR Now Partnering with the Office of Information Technology
• Upcoming events

Globally Engaged Holiday Edition 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Accomplishments of 2018 and encouragement for getting globally engaged in 2019.

Globally Engaged December 7, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Friday, December 7th to Saturday, December 15th, 2018.

Globally Engaged December 3, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities Monday, December 3rd to Sunday, December 9th, 2018.

Globally Engaged December 17, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, December 17th to Sunday, December 23rd, 2018.

2018 Fall Newsletter, Morehead State University. Nursing Department.

Nursing Department Publications Archive

2018 Fall Newsletter of the Department of Nursing at Morehead State University.

Geological And Environmental Sciences - 2018

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

• Greetings from the Chair
• Faculty Updates
• Welcome to Dinosaur Park - New modules and upcoming additions to the park
• Hydrogeology Field Course
• CoreKids
• Field Course in Marquette
• Advisory Council
• Alumni Achievement Award
• MGRRE (Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education)
• Michigan Geological Survey
• Student updates - SEG, AAPG, Geology club, Welcome new graduate students
• Department Achievements - Grants, Donors, Awards, and Publications

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

Southern Educator

• Upcoming Events

• COE alumnus helps land major grant, puts Apple technology in hands of Brock Elementary 2nd, 3rd graders

• Education Exposed: A 2019 film series to be offered free to students, community

• College of Ed faculty member receives national Evolution Education Award

• Georgia Southern named No. 1 on master's in educational leadership rankings

• Faculty Updates

• College of Education seeks feedback on monthly newsletter

2018-December-01-2018 Recap, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

As we enjoy the excitement of a new year, let’s take a moment to look back at 2018. In case you missed it, or want to remember the milestones and achievements celebrated by the ETSU community this year, take a look at the headlines below.

Be sure to share your favorite stories with friends and family, and on social media.  New audiology clinic opens in Elizabethton 

Seven athletes with ties to ETSU selected to compete in Winter Olympics

Open textbook network established

Dr. Brian Cross named a Fulbright Scholar

Gatton’s GenRx committee named best in nation for the third time …

2018-December-01-Archives Anniversary, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS) is marking the 40^th anniversary of the founding of its Archives of Appalachia.

During the past four decades, the Archives of Appalachia has acquired a world-class repository of more than 800 collections, 84,000 sound recordings and nearly 8,000 moving images, making it one of the world’s leading regional archives.

The Archives began in 1978 to promote an awareness of and appreciation for Appalachian culture and history.  Among its earliest collections was the Burton-Manning collection, an oral history archive of Appalachian folklore, manners and …

2018-December-01-Dr Beth Anne Fox Appointed Associate Dean Of The Quillen College Of Medicine, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Dr. Beth Anne Fox has been appointed Associate Dean of the Quillen College of Medicine and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Dean.  She was named to the current role by Interim Dean of Medicine Dr. William A. Block.

Dr. Fox is a 1998 graduate of Quillen and she completed her family medicine residency at ETSU in 2000.  She has served as a faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine for the past 15 years and currently holds the rank of Professor.  Her leadership roles in the department have included serving as Vice Chair and as Program …

2018-December-01-Renaissance Child Winter Enrichment, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Children in grades K-6 are invited to attend the Renaissance Child Winter Enrichment for a festival of winter fun from Wednesday-Friday, Jan. 2-4, 2019.

This three-day camp is sponsored by the Office of Professional Development in East Tennessee State University’s School of Continuing Studies and Academic Outreach.

Campers will participate in a variety of holiday arts and crafts, games and winter fun enrichment activities.  The camp includes a trip to Ober Gatlinburg on Thursday to see the holiday lights and to ice skate.

Campers may be dropped off at ETSU’s Sam Wilson Hall at 8 a.m. and …

2018-December-01-Seven Habits, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – This past summer, East Tennessee State University faculty member Dr. Deborah Harley-McClaskey got an unexpected phone call.

“It was from Sean Covey, the author of ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective College Students’ and President of FranklinCovey Education,” recalls Harley-McClaskey, an associate professor in the Clemmer College. “He and his staff wanted to know if I would consider interviewing to be the co-author of the next edition of his book – I was completely blown away.”

“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective College Students” is a widely-taught textbook derived from Stephen R. Covey’s global bestseller “The Seven Habits …

Educational Leadership Newsletter December 2018, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Letter from the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Assessment for Learning and Leading Conference
• Update on the Professional Educator Master's Degree
• Thinking About Internship in 2019-2020?
• Spring 2019 Schedule

Visions Of Quality Assurance In Online Mba Programs, Kerry Rice, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Ross Perkins

Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Online MBA programs have undergone significant growth in recent years. However, quality assurance measures have not kept pace with this growth. The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize aspects of quality assurance specific to Association to Advance College Schools of Business (AACSB)-accredited online MBA programs. The Delphi methodology was used to facilitate a group conversation among administrators, faculty members, and instructional designers around the topic of quality assurance for online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs over the next 3-5 years. This paper reports the results of this study and how the results will help to direct …

2018 Ursinus College Messiah Performance Program, Music Department

Messiah Programs

This music event program from 2018 contains information about the 81st annual performance of Handel's "Messiah" at Ursinus College. It lists the performers and conductor as well as the order of each piece of music.

Digital Media Redistribution, Licensing, And Copyright Consent Form, Digital Kenyon

Instructions, Forms, and Toolkits

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December 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is once again offering two registration scholarships per academic department to attend the 2019 Transformative Learning Conference in lovely downtown Oklahoma City, OK. The conference will be held March 13 -14, 2019. If awarded the scholarship, CETL will pay the conference registration fee of $349. CETL will provide a van, if you do not go in the van; travel is on your own. Selection will be on a first come first served basis.

Academics: The Newsletter Of The Swosu College Of Arts And Sciences, Peter Grant

aCAdemicS: The Newsletter of the SWOSU College of Arts & Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Link, December 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Division Of School Library Studies.

The Link: A School Library Studies Alumni Newsletter

Inside this issue:
--Stopping the summer slide—start now!
--Branching out
--Browsing for books
--Scholarship Recipients

La Comunicación Lingüística En Español Y Sus Barreras En El Sistema De Salud De Los Estados Unidos, David Sánchez-Jiménez

Publications and Research

La enseñanza del español con fines médicos en los Estados Unidos ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial en las dos últimas décadas. Sin embargo, los pacientes de origen hispano se encuentran desprotegidos ante las barreras lingüísticas que impone el sistema de salud estadounidense en muchos contextos monolingües y bilingües. Esta investigación descriptiva muestra como, por un lado, los malentendidos producidos por la comunicación ineficiente desarrollada por intérpretes e intermediarios (familiares, enfermeras con conocimientos de español, facultativos con una preparación lingüística deficiente, etc.) tienen serias repercusiones para la salud en el tratamiento de los casos. Por otro lado, el estudio da cuenta …

A Low-Intensity, Hybrid Design Between A "Traditional" And A "Course-Based" Research Experience Yields Positive Outcomes For Science Undergraduate Freshmen And Shows Potential For Large-Scale Application, Thushani Rodrigo-Peiris, Lin Xiang, Vincent M. Cassone

Biology Faculty Publications

Based on positive student outcomes, providing research experiences from early undergraduate years is recommended for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. To this end, we designed a novel research experience called the “STEMCats Research Experience” (SRE) for a cohort of 119 second-semester freshmen with diverse college preparatory levels, demographics, and academic majors. The SRE targeted student outcomes of enhancing retention in STEM majors, STEM competency development, and STEM academic performance. It was designed as a hybrid of features from apprenticeship-based traditional undergraduate research experience and course-based undergraduate research experience designs, considering five factors: 1) an authentic research experience, 2) …

Portrait By An Artist, Shannon Kelly

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Growth Through Travel, Hannah Gallant

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Basic Academic Skills And Post-Secondary Technical Education, Janet Humphreys Latimer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a significant difference in WorkKeys score, skills score, theory score, and job placement rates as compared by credential and program of study at a technical college in Tennessee. The study used data retrieved from a WorkKeys database and SIMS (Student Information Management System) at a technical college. The population consisted of 445 students in seven programs from 2010-2016 who had participated in the WorkKeys online academic training modules.

The dependent variables for the study were WorkKeys score, skill score, and theory score. The independent variables were job placement …

Predictors Of Inclusive Course Enrollments In Higher Education By Students With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Clare Papay, Meg Grigal, Debra Hart, Ngai Kwan, Frank Smith

All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications

Higher education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) offer opportunities to engage in college experiences including access to typical college courses. The purpose of the present study was to examine data from federally funded programs in order to describe and identify predictors of inclusive course enrollments. Data on 672 first-year students with IDD who enrolled in 3,233 inclusive college courses were analyzed. Significant predictors were the age of the student, whether the student attended a program that offered access to regular student advising or provided an official transcript, whether the student took any specialized courses, and whether …

Online Learning Tool On External Financing Needs, Yuanto Kusnadi

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

In collaboration with colleagues at the Centre ofTeaching Excellence (CTE), I have developed an innovative online learningobject on External Financing Needs. This tool is designed to introduce a noveland refreshing way in teaching accounting and finance concepts to students andto create a more interactive learning experience in the classroom. The online learning tool is used in the two courses:Accounting for Entrepreneurs and Financial Management, to explain the relevantconcepts related to financial forecasting and financial planning. One unique feature about the learning object is that itprovides instantaneousfeedback to students as they can learn whether the numbers theyprovide are correct/wrong (as indicated …

The Effect Of Experiential Learning On The Mathematics Achievement And Mathematics Anxiety Of African-American Students, Andrew Hanson Wynn

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study examined whether or not there were any significant differences between the anxiety and achievement levels of African-American students enrolled in College Algebra courses taught using traditional instruction methods and those taught using experiential learning, as used in The Algebra Project curriculum. The classes were taught for the same amount of time for one semester, using the two curricular methods, and student anxiety was measured prior to the course and immediately following the implementation of an experiential learning module. Additionally, student achievement on selected questions focusing on the functions unit from the midterm exam were collected and analyzed to …

Entrepreneurial Universities In Asean Nations: Insights From Policy Perspective

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.