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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.
Ua12/2/1 Best Of The Hill, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 Best Of The Hill, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
College Heights Herald magazine rating restaurants, stores, bars and music.
Lawless, Vickie (Fa 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawless, Vickie (Fa 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1143. Student paper titled “Steamboat Tales” in which Vickie Lawless describes the importance of riverboat commerce and transportation in Russell County, Kentucky from the early 19th century through the mid-20th century Lawless also discusses the three most common steamboats during this period, the Albany, the Burnside, and the Rowena, and the folklore surrounding their pilots, crews, and landing sites. Lawless collected her information from former riverboat captains, engine room workers, family members, and residents of river communities
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.
Walker, Jane (Fa 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walker, Jane (Fa 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1139. Student paper titled “Ghostlore” in Jane Walker collected supernatural stories, most of which had some form of local variant. Walker gathered tales from family and friends in person, over the phone, through written letters and recorded stories.
Walton, Robert H. (Fa 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walton, Robert H. (Fa 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1141. Student paper titled “Collection of Death Beliefs” in which Robert Walton details various superstitions, practices, and assumptions concerned with death and dying. Walton gathered together stories and sayings from students on WKU’s campus, family, friends, and Bowling Green locals.
Butler, Beverly (Fa 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Butler, Beverly (Fa 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1142. Student paper titled “The Supernatural” in which Beverly Butler collects personal encounter narratives relating to “ghosts, spirits, or hanks.” Butler collected her stories from family members and friends.
Laude, Jan (Fa 1140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laude, Jan (Fa 1140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1140. Cassette recordings of the "Attunement for Healing" and "Exploring Your Dreams and ESP" conferences sponsored by the Edgar Cayce Association for Research and Enlightenment held in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 12 July 1981 to 24 July 1981. The recordings, collected by WKU folk studies graduate student Jan Laude, were used as source material for Laude’s Master’s thesis titled “A Contemporary Female Psychic: A Folkloristic Study of a Traditional Occupation,” which was published in 1982. Because the Department does not have consent forms or own copyright to these tapes, they may be used …
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 38, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 38, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:
- Henderson, Andrew. Timothy Caboni Announces $16 Million in Cuts
- Ziege, Nicole. Dissolved – University College
- Deletter, Emily. First of Three Candidates for Provost Visit WKU - Jeffery Osgood
- Eiler, Olivia. Woman Reports Burglary, Assault in Bowling Green
- Editorial Cartoon re: Kern Alexander & College Heights Herald
- Save Student Newsrooms – Editorial Independence
- Dimeo, Chris. San Juan Smokehouse: A Plate Where Two Worlds Meet
- Leonard, Nicole. The Rise of Identity Politics in Society
- Eaton, Tyler. WKU Athletes Make Up 5 Percent of C-USA Honor Roll
- Stahl, …
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.
Priest Family Papers (Sc 3210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Priest Family Papers (Sc 3210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3210. Correspondence and papers relating to the Priest family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Includes abstracts of title in connection with grants of coal rights. Correspondence discusses an estate settlement, pending legislation amending certain city charters, family financial matters, and a candidate’s defeat in an 1884 primary election after two of three barrooms in the precinct were “thrown wide open” for his opponent.
Ua3/10/2 Budget Update, Wku President's Office - Caboni
Ua3/10/2 Budget Update, Wku President's Office - Caboni
WKU Administration Documents
Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding budget.
Ebug 2018 Program, Carla Redden
Ebug 2018 Program, Carla Redden
Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Ua80/1 Meeting Minutes, W Club
Ua80/1 Meeting Minutes, W Club
University Organizations
Meeting minutes for the April 12, 2018 meeting of the W Club Board of Directors.
Ua80/1 Meeting Agenda, W Club
Ua80/1 Meeting Agenda, W Club
University Organizations
Meeting agenda for the April 2018 meeting of the W Club Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
Assessment And Cts2 Publication.Pdf, Suk-Hee Kim, Karrah Wills, James Canfield, Francoise Kazimierczuk, Dana Harley, Melody Hyppolite, Patricia Desrosiers
Assessment And Cts2 Publication.Pdf, Suk-Hee Kim, Karrah Wills, James Canfield, Francoise Kazimierczuk, Dana Harley, Melody Hyppolite, Patricia Desrosiers
Social Work Faculty Publications
This paper presents prevalence data gathered from the fast-growingmetropolitan southeast in the United States college campus representativesample through an on-line 28-question survey on the sexual,physical, and psychological harm in university/college dating anddomestic violence relationships. The study questions were 1) what isthe prevalence of dating and domestic violence on college campus?and 2) what are the characteristics of those affected by it? The results,derived from the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) and the datingexperiences survey, reveal that college students’ gender identity,sexual orientation, grade point average (GPA), number of missingclasses, current relationship status that they were associated withdating and domestic violence among college …
Selby, Isabella M. (Sc 3208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Selby, Isabella M. (Sc 3208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3208. Letter to an editor, apparently drafted by Isabella M. Selby or a member of her family. Likely in reference to the “Eaton affair” or “Petticoat affair,” the letter complains of “abuse” of President Andrew Jackson and his cabinet by newspapers that are patronized “by the Clay & Adams party in this part of Kentucky”; specifically, the letter objects to characterizing the Administration’s replacement of some officeholders as “sin” or “anti-republican.”
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 36 [37], Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 36 [37], Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:
- Deletter, Emily. Cuts Leave Honors College without Two Employees
- Harsh, Spencer. Fight for Food – Food Pantry
- Stahl, Matt. Kentucky Street Apartments Set Rent to Increase
- Stahl, Matt. Parking Permit Prices Could Increase Due to Budget Cuts
- Fight Night: Tensions Loom Over Upcoming Student Government Association Election
- Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Student Government Association
- Harsh, Spencer. Rock Climbing: A Quest Toward a Healthier Lifestyle
- Walker, Silas. Throwing Punches: Sigma Chi Fight Night
- Chisenhall, Jeremy. Football Team Dismisses Quinton Baker
- Jessie, Alec. Up to Speed …
Ua3/10/2 Academic Affairs Appointments, Wku President's Office - Caboni
Ua3/10/2 Academic Affairs Appointments, Wku President's Office - Caboni
WKU Administration Documents
Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding appointments in Academic Affairs.
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, 1917-2012 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, 1917-2012 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 635. Manuscripts, notes, publisher’s correspondence, and photographs relating to the scholarly work of WKU English and folklore professor Kenneth W. Clarke, principally "Bud Long: The Birth of a Kentucky Folk Legend" and "The Harvest and the Reapers." Also includes reel-to-reel tape discussing home burial and casket - coffins, African American discussing race relations, singing in Barren County, Kentucky. See also digitized reel-to-reel tape T (T) -7-71-16 discussing cockfighting.
Clayton, Louis Craig (Fa 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clayton, Louis Craig (Fa 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1138. Student paper titled “The Harpending House” in which Louis Craig Clayton details the history related to theconstruction of Asbury Harpending’s sprawling mansion built near Eddy Creek in Princeton, Kentucky in 1873. Harpending, known for his financial exploits along the western coast of the United States, spent more than $65,000 to build the estate which featured more than 20 rooms, a swimming pool, gas heating, and indoor plumbing. In his paper, Clayton speaks with Mrs. Eldred, a leading historian at Princeton and wife to John Eldred. Harpending’s great-nephew. Clayton also speaks with Ina …
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:
- Deletter, Emily. Pension Protest – Teachers
- Harsh, Spencer. WKU Pride Index Ranks Low - LBGTQ
- Deletter, Emily. College Heights Herald Lawsuit Back in Court
- Price, Morgan. Hilltopper Hall Construction to End in Time for Fall 2018
- Teacher Takeover - Pensions
- Coyle, Cameron. Rady Player One Embraces 1980s Style & Nostalgia
- Brown, Cameron. Easter Weekend Win – Baseball
- Heichelbech, Evan. For Life – Roger Osborne, Fans
- Chisenhall, Jeremy. Financial Concerns, Competition Pushed Michelle Clark-Heard Away
- Eaton, Tyler & Jeremy Chisenhall. Athletic Success Brings WKU More Exposure …
Ua3/10/2 State Budget Update, Wku President's Office - Caboni
Ua3/10/2 State Budget Update, Wku President's Office - Caboni
WKU Administration Documents
Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding budget.
Ramsey, Bonita (Fa 1136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ramsey, Bonita (Fa 1136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1136. Student paper titled “Proverbs and Comparisons” in which Bonita Ramsey arranges proverbs alphabetically by keyword. Ramsey gathered her information from family members, friends at WKU’s Downing University Center and at a private dormitory, the College Inn, and from visitors at work.
Herndon, Bernice (Fa 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Herndon, Bernice (Fa 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1135. Student paper titled “Negro Spirituals” in which Bernice Herndon gathers together 21 hymns sung by congregants at several African American Baptist churches located in Bowling Green. Herndon also collected spirituals from family, friends, and neighbors.
Ua10/1 Cec Newsletter, Wku Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex
Ua10/1 Cec Newsletter, Wku Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex.
Sibling Supportive Communication And Birth Order, Katherine R. Prewitt
Sibling Supportive Communication And Birth Order, Katherine R. Prewitt
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Sibling relationships transcend all other relationships. Described by scholars as “cradle to grave,” no other relationship is as long-lasting as the sibling relationship. Although one of the longest relationships any one person will be a part of in their lives, siblings communicative research is widely understudied. Specifically, supportive communication and the role birth order plays in sibling communication are important to examine. This study sought to explore topics of sibling support, the role birth order played in providing (or not providing) support, and the differentiation between sibling and parental supportive communication. Through qualitative methods of investigation, open-ended questions were answered …