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Carolyn Blake, Carolyn Blake, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Carolyn Blake, Carolyn Blake, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

An Alabama native, Carolyn Blake has worked in child nutrition for 37 years.


Arlene Colston, Arlene Colston, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Arlene Colston, Arlene Colston, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Arlene Colston is a food service manager at McAdory High School in McAdory, Alabama.


Irma Maye, Irma Maye, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Irma Maye, Irma Maye, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

A Birmingham, Alabama native, Irma Maye started out as a substitute in school nutrition kitchens before working her way up to manager. Retiring after twenty-nine years, she continues to sub when called upon.


Idella Dial, Idella Dial, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Idella Dial, Idella Dial, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

An Alabama native, Idella Dial has worked in Alabama school nutrition programs for forty-five years.


Margaret New, Margaret New, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Margaret New, Margaret New, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Alabama native Margaret New is the bookkeeper for child nutrition with the Bessemer City School System in Alabama.


Annie Drake, Annie Drake, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Annie Drake, Annie Drake, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Annie Drake is the manager of school food service at Shelby County High School in Columbiana, Alabama.


Julia Williams, Julia Williams, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Julia Williams, Julia Williams, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Julia Williams is a school nutrition manager in Alabama. Williams started as a part-time dishwasher, then worker, then assistant-manager, and after seventeen years had worked her way up to food service manager.


Emma Sidney, Emma Sidney, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Jan 2012

Emma Sidney, Emma Sidney, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Emma Sidney was a child nutrition program manager in Alabama.


First-Generation Students In Higher Education: Issues Of Employability In A Knowledge Based Economy, Malar Hirudayaraj Jan 2012

First-Generation Students In Higher Education: Issues Of Employability In A Knowledge Based Economy, Malar Hirudayaraj

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

This paper explores the issues around the transition of first-generation students in higher education into the knowledge based economy. It discusses how the lack of parental education deprives first-generation students of the cultural capital that is transmitted through the family and how this influences the acquisition of the “soft currencies” that employers expect them to demonstrate in this economy. The article stresses the need for focused research on understanding the problems faced by these students with regard to their employability and actual employment, specifically in the context of mass higher education. It highlights the need for research that could inform …


Leveraging Generational Diversity In Today’S Workplace, Matthew Legas, Cynthia Howard Sims Jan 2012

Leveraging Generational Diversity In Today’S Workplace, Matthew Legas, Cynthia Howard Sims

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Generational diversity has been noted as an obstacle for many U.S. organizations, yet there is a lack of understanding of how to leverage generational diversity in the workplace. This unawareness could be disastrous for companies wanting to increase economic wealth through human capital. The purpose of this paper is to identify the dilemma that exists when multiple generations coexist in the workplace and identify strategies that promote efficiency and improve employee communication and morale. The authors recommend developing new and innovative diversity training and incorporating an intergenerational mentoring program.


Gis Collaborations In Saskatchewan: Sgic And The University Of Saskatchewan Library (Accepted Manuscript Version), Jasmine R. Hoover Jan 2012

Gis Collaborations In Saskatchewan: Sgic And The University Of Saskatchewan Library (Accepted Manuscript Version), Jasmine R. Hoover

Library Research and Publications

GIS (Geographic Information System) libraries face challenges at both ends of the spectrum when it comes to acquiring GIS data. On one hand, the increase in popularity of GIS driven by services like Google Earth, Bing maps, and open data has made large amounts of GIS data freely available to users. On the other hand, specialty GIS data products, often needed by researchers, industry, and government, can be so costly that they are impossible for a library to purchase on its own. In situations like the latter, collaborations often provide the solution for acquiring the necessary GIS data. This report …


Teaching Computer Skills To Senior Citizens: A Library Assistant’S Learning Experience, Ngaire I R Smith Jan 2012

Teaching Computer Skills To Senior Citizens: A Library Assistant’S Learning Experience, Ngaire I R Smith

Georgia Library Quarterly

This paper describes the challenges of teaching senior citizens in their 70s and 80s elementary Web and computer skills at the University of Georgia’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Simple tasks such as clicking on links and understanding the difference between the address bar and a search box confused class members and the instructor attempted to address this age divide by developing activities that would make using the Web easier and more fun.


An Examination Of Midwest Community College Presidents' Leadership Styles, Marvin Jones Jacobs Jan 2012

An Examination Of Midwest Community College Presidents' Leadership Styles, Marvin Jones Jacobs

Wayne State University Dissertations

This study examined the leadership styles of community college presidents and chancellors in the Midwestern part of the United States on leadership styles they embraced based on their personal characteristics, age, gender, education and experience in higher education, location, and other prevailing personal characteristics. The three leadership styles measured in the study were transformational, transactional and passive avoidant. Three research questions were posed for the study. A total of 176 presidents in five states were sent surveys. Of this number, 82 (46.6%) completed and returned the MLQ questionnaire and the investigator-developed demographic survey. Survey findings suggested participating presidents appeared to …


More Than Just Nonsense Verse?: The Language Of Dr. Seuss And Children's Literacy, Nicole Hewes Jan 2012

More Than Just Nonsense Verse?: The Language Of Dr. Seuss And Children's Literacy, Nicole Hewes

Senior Scholar Papers

In this Senior Scholars project I wanted to demonstrate that Dr. Seuss books are much more than just nonsense verse. For the first part of my project, I familiarized myself with all of his texts and scrutinized his use of language in a textual analysis. By scrutinizing Geisel’s use of language and wordplay, I hoped to isolate some characteristics that make a Seuss book different from other types of stories and texts. The second part of my project was an empirical study that tested what influence reading a real Seuss text versus a fake Seuss text has on students’ performance …


Self-Made Writer: A Grounded Theory Investigation Of Writing Development Without Writing Instruction In A Charlotte Mason Home School, Jennifer C. Spencer Jan 2012

Self-Made Writer: A Grounded Theory Investigation Of Writing Development Without Writing Instruction In A Charlotte Mason Home School, Jennifer C. Spencer

Education Dissertations and Projects

The aim of this study was to explore how one adult who learned at home under the holistic methods of Charlotte Mason developed as a writer when this model eschews direct instruction in composition. The participant in the study developed exemplary writing skills despite the fact that the teaching methods of the parent did not conform to state standards, nor even to techniques typically accepted as best practices by such organizations as the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). As states across the nation are adopting and implementing the Common Core, …


Writing For The Web: Twitter As A Starting Point For Breaking News, Sue Burzynski Bullard, Michelle Carr Hassler Jan 2012

Writing For The Web: Twitter As A Starting Point For Breaking News, Sue Burzynski Bullard, Michelle Carr Hassler

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Students enrolled in a multimedia reporting course use Twitter to cover breaking news events as they unfold, capitalizing on the immediacy of the social media network and the Web. Using cellphones or laptops, they learn to tell stories 140 characters at a time. The second half of this assignment requires students to build on their Twitter stories by posting follow-up stories and photographs to a class website. The follow- ups, written within six hours of events, must include additional reporting. The assignment marries traditional writing and reporting skills with digital tools increasingly being used in the real world.


Sayre: Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2012

Sayre: Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.


A Systemic Approach For Simulation-Based Team Training In Maritime Safety, Michael Baldauf, Birgit Nolte-Schuster, Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs Jan 2012

A Systemic Approach For Simulation-Based Team Training In Maritime Safety, Michael Baldauf, Birgit Nolte-Schuster, Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs

Conference Papers

No abstract provided.


The Invisible Tool Kit : On-The-Go Techniques For Child Life Specialists, Vanessa Galan Jan 2012

The Invisible Tool Kit : On-The-Go Techniques For Child Life Specialists, Vanessa Galan

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This Integrative Master's Project, On-the-Go Techniques for Child Life Specialists by Vanessa Galan, reviews literature that explains the stressors patients and their families face during hospitalization. It provides supporting information outlining tools that a child life specialist has available to them at all times. These tools offer support, distraction, and coping strategies when time or resources do not allow for alternate diversions. These tools include complementary techniques such as deep breathing, empathic responses, guided imagery, humor/laughter, I spy, magic glove, one voice, songs, positions of comfort, and Reiki. It reviews how these tools provide support for many hospitalized children, and …


Weatherford: Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2012

Weatherford: Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Graduate Catalog 2012-2013, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2012

Graduate Catalog 2012-2013, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Reducing Recidivism Through Entrepreneurship Programmes In Prisons, Thomas Cooney Jan 2012

Reducing Recidivism Through Entrepreneurship Programmes In Prisons, Thomas Cooney

Articles

Prison systems are facing significant challenges from overcrowding and a ‘revolving door’ routine. Reducing recidivism would help alleviate both these problems and would also assist in breaking the cycle of career criminality. However, one of the primary causes of recidivism is a lack of employment opportunities for people who have spent time in prison, thereby causing them to return to crime. Given the dearth of entrepreneurship research on ex-prisoners, this paper examines a ‘Start Your Own Business’ programme delivered inside a prison. Based on interviews with the participants, the author examines whether such programmes offer a realistic opportunity for reducing …


Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phones Violate The Fourth Amendment?, Amy Vorenberg Jan 2012

Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phones Violate The Fourth Amendment?, Amy Vorenberg

Law Faculty Scholarship

This article argues that searches of student’s cell phone should require a warrant in most circumstances. The amount and personal nature of information on a smart phone warrants special Fourth Amendment protection. This issue is particularly relevant in the public school setting where administrators routinely confiscate phones from students caught using them in school. With more frequency, administrators are looking at the phones, scrolling through text messages and photos, and on some occasions, responding to text messages.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Safford v. Redding, acknowledges the special considerations that school children should be afforded in part because of the …


About The Authors, Volume 31 (2012) Jan 2012

About The Authors, Volume 31 (2012)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

About the editors and authors of volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.


Professional Development For Geographically Dispersed Faculty, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, Amber Dailey-Hebert, B. Jean Mandernach Jan 2012

Professional Development For Geographically Dispersed Faculty, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, Amber Dailey-Hebert, B. Jean Mandernach

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Implementing A University Learning Consortium For Shared Communication And Proactive Campus Change, David W. Schumann, Dorian Stiefel, Michelle Corvette, Chutney W. Guyton Jan 2012

Implementing A University Learning Consortium For Shared Communication And Proactive Campus Change, David W. Schumann, Dorian Stiefel, Michelle Corvette, Chutney W. Guyton

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


What Educational Developers Need To Know About Faculty-Artists In The Academy, Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg Jan 2012

What Educational Developers Need To Know About Faculty-Artists In The Academy, Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer Jan 2012

The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


The Gentle Art Of Mentoring In Higher Education, Nancy H. Barry Jan 2012

The Gentle Art Of Mentoring In Higher Education, Nancy H. Barry

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Tough-Love Consulting, Allison P. Boye, Suzanne Tapp Jan 2012

Tough-Love Consulting, Allison P. Boye, Suzanne Tapp

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.