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2018-December-19-Rotc Commissioning, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY  (Dec. 19, 2018) – East Tennessee State University’s ROTC program has commissioned four cadets from the Buccaneer Battalion as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Kathleen Gainey provided remarks at the commissioning ceremony held Friday. She served in the U.S. Army for 35 years and led a major strategic review and period of increasing forces in Afghanistan and decreasing forces in Iraq as deputy commander, U.S. Transportation Command. As director of logistics for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gainey steered a review of the dependency of contractors on the battlefield and established …

2018-December-19-Presidential Fellows, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Dec. 19, 2018) – East Tennessee State University President Brian Noland has named Dr. Joe Bidwell and Dr. Janna L. Scarborough as Presidential Fellows for the spring 2019 semester.

As fellows, the two faculty members will develop and execute a project that is aligned with one of the university’s major initiatives in teaching, learning and service. The fellows will work closely with President Noland, his leadership team and ETSU Center for Teaching Excellence staff.

Bidwell joined ETSU in 2014 and is a professor and chair of Biological Sciences. During this time, he has also served as interim chair …

Four Tips On How To Manage Holiday Stressors With Dr. Angela Stowe, Alicia Rohan

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Andrews Hosts Holiday Concert For Bhas Students, Gillian Panigot

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

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#Nsd19: Meet The Newest Members Of Georgia Southern Football, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• #NSD19: Meet the Newest Members of Georgia Southern Football

Georgia Southern Announces December Signing Class, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern Announces December Signing Class

Uab International Medical Education Partners With Chung Shan Medical University For Medical Student Exchange Program, Brit Blalock

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Dean's Message: Five Years Of Progress And Beyond, Selwyn M. Vickers Md

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The Relative Influence Of Instructor Training On Student Perceptions Of Online Courses And Instruction, Mary Bowne, Melissa Wuellner, Lisa Madsen, Jessica R. Meendering, John Howard

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

Online learning opportunities have greatly increased in past years. Various studies have examined online courses and instructor practices but have not examined students’ perceptions of their online courses and online instructors who were offered a voluntary online certification program. Students who took online courses at a Midwestern university completed a survey related to their perceptions of their individual online course and instructor. Results showed that instructors who were certified received higher, positive ratings than instructors who were not certified. The certification program utilizes a “faculty as student’ model, where faculty take courses from a student learner perspective, to provide experiential …

Empowering Faculty Using Distance Learning Mentoring Programs, Nicole Luongo, Sara T. O'Brien

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

This article discusses the value of developing mentoring programs for the empowerment of distance learning faculty. The paper describes various ways mentoring relationships enhance the development and teaching of distance learning courses. Distance learning faculty mentoring programs consist of a process where a more experienced faculty member assists a newer faculty member in developing a distance learning course. By creating and supporting distance learning faculty mentoring programs, higher education institutions can provide an efficient and valuable way for new distance learning faculty to gain empowerment as well as the skills and knowledge they need to teach online. This article asserts …

Nidilrr Awards Five-Year Grant To Uab Researchers' Movement 2 Music Program, Staff

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Atwater, Barber Lead Gs Women's Basketball To Third Straight Win, Georgia Southern University

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• Atwater, Barber Lead GS Women's Basketball To Third Straight Win

Uab Expands To Meet Demand For Japanese Language Instruction, Haley Herfurth

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Setting The Scene Game Preview, Georgia Southern University

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• Setting the Scene Game Preview

Alexis Brown Named Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player Of The Week, Georgia Southern University

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• Alexis Brown Named Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week

"Bean Bags" Aim To Give Uab Hospital Families Basic Comforts, Necessities During Their Stay, Staff

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Men’S Basketball Survives War Of Attrition Against Bradley, Georgia Southern University

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• Men’s Basketball Survives War of Attrition against Bradley

Graduation Ceremonies Highlight Eve Of Uab Football's Bowl Game, Tyler Greer

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Finding A Key Mechanism In Assembly Of Asv, A 100-Year-Old Virus Often Used To Study Hiv-1, Staff

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Rwu Holds Steel “Topping-Off” Ceremony For Engineering, Computing & Construction Management Labs, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Roger Williams University on Monday held a steel “topping-off” ceremony, marking completion of the steel framework for a laboratories building for RWU’s School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management.

Mattering Versus Marginality: African American Student Perspective At Rowan University, Dante Dandridge

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to gauge the perceptions of African American students in the areas of social interaction, classroom climate, faculty interactions and administrative support and determining if these students felt marginalized or if they matter in those areas. The study also intended to find correlations between mattering and academic success as well as active campus participation with a feeling of mattering. The survey used was adapted from Lovely Durham, who condensed the survey Perceptions on Community, and handed out to a portion of the African American students at Rowan University.

2018-December-17-Bartleby Partnership Announcement, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Dec. 17, 2018) – New opportunities are available to students working toward a coveted diploma seal upon graduation from Elizabethton High School as officials at East Tennessee State University signed an agreement Monday guaranteeing admission for Bartleby program participants and setting plans in motion to hold a high school leadership summit in 2019.

The partnership between Elizabethton High School, ETSU’s Office of Admissions in the Division of Enrollment Services and the Division of Student Affairs, will begin fall 2019 when Bartleby students can participate in dual enrollment and leadership development opportunities. The university will also offer additional dual …

Transition, Mattering And Marginality: Deaf Students In A Hearing Institution, Kaitlin Shaginaw

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to gather deaf student feedback and to better understand if they feel as though they matter to Rowan University. This study also provides an opportunity for deaf students to express their experiences transitioning from K-12 to a higher education institution. A total population of 24 were targeted in this study and they had the opportunity to complete the College Mattering Inventory (CMI), which showed their feelings of mattering verses marginality. A total of 83% of the population responded to this study. Following the completion of the survey, a total of three subject agreed to …

Virtual Front Door To Help Expand Community Engagement, Linda Gunter

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Mynews, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Former Sudanese ‘Lost Boy’ graduates from Georgia Southern with Doctor of Public Health

• Armstrong Campus undergraduate recruited by pharmaceutical giant

• Approximately 2,200 degrees conferred during Georgia Southern’s 2018 Fall Commencement ceremonies

• Georgia Southern professor receives national Evolution Education Award

• Georgia Southern breaks ground for Engineering and Research building to equip students for the workforce

• Savannah-based artist brings landscape exhibit to Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Gallery

• Georgia Southern announces schedule for 2019 Moveable Feast lecture series in Savannah

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Mindful Practices To Interrupt White Supremacy In Higher Education: Opportunities For Educators In Service Learning And Community Engagement, Jennifer F. Steinfeld

Mindfulness Studies Theses

This thesis proposes reflective practices for educators to interrupt white supremacy in higher education service learning programs. It is relevant today as higher education institutions look more closely at their history, often upholding or benefiting from slavery, racism, indigenous removal, and other forms of race-based exploitation. Other work on this topic demonstrates the power of reflectivity and mindfulness practices in reducing the impact of racial biases. The heart of this creative thesis is a research-based curriculum for a learning community of educators to develop capacity to incorporate reflectivity, meditation, and liberatory pedagogies into their classrooms. This curriculum is designed for …

Examining The Role Of Professional Orientation In How Trustees Of New Jersey's State Colleges And Universities Experience Their Fiduciary Responsibilities: A Mixed Methods Study, Brittany Ann Williams-Goldstein

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this sequential explanatory study was to examine, through the lenses of sensemaking theory and professional authority, the relationship between how largely non-educational professionals in New Jersey experience their fiduciary responsibilities as trustees of the state's public colleges and universities and to what extent their professional orientations influence their oversight.

Trustees draw from a continuum of orientations to navigate their responsibilities and chief among them are professional orientation, institutionally-rooted orientation, and orientations as members of traditionally underrepresented populations. Trustees frequently engage in deferential activities with their fellow board members whose professional or other orientations provide needed context for …

December 17, 2018: Happy Holidays Video, Recognizing Longtime Smc Faculty, Fall Magazine Spotlight, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

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Preview: Women's Basketball Vs. Winthrop, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• PREVIEW: Women's Basketball vs. Winthrop

This Week In Gs Athletics: Dec. 17-23, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• This Week In GS Athletics: Dec. 17-23