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03-2009 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for March 2009.

Free Winona, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• The Restoration;
• More Mussel!;
• Primary Prevention in our Community;
• Confronting Abuse with Validation;
• Libraries for All
• Coldwater Spring
• Columns: Wild Nettle Distro, Brian Patrick Sanders Jr., Runaway Train of Thought,

Wolf Totem Revisited (Yet Again)

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

I know that this site has run more than its fair share of commentaries on Wolf Totem already, including both a negative review and a piece defending the novel. I’ve even done one piece about it already myself, which took the form of a wrap-up look at the widely varied responses it generated in different quarters. It might seem that enough is enough, but I can’t resist slipping in one more short post, due to a new award that this work is up for that some people who thought it shouldn’t have gotten earlier prizes might be rooting for it …

The Beat: March 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "We are ‘Caring for Generations’ "
• Foundation receives $1-million contribution
• CentraCare sponsors walks
• Southern gospel band concert
• Alumni scholarship offered
• Women’s Health 101
• Activities for all ages
• Melrose Area Hospital lab passes state inspection
• Clinic to move to new location
• We want your feedback!

Patient Care News: March 2009, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Magnet Redesignation

National Certified Nurses Day

Easter Cut/Call Sign-up

Supervisors Phone

Upcoming Ed/Professional Programs

Research Article Review: Working Long Hours

Clinical Ladder

Prescribed Reading: March 2009, Centracare Clinic

Prescribed Reading

• Welcome to our new providers
• Women’s Health 101 - Take a day for yourself!
• CentraCare Clinic - St. Joseph to move to new facility, open house planned for May 21
• System wide diabetes collaborative begins
• Four CentraCare providers become certified tobacco treatment specialists for QUITPLAN
• Women & Children, Mid-Minnesota clinics join cultural understanding project
• Clinic now offers electronic prescriptions
• Congratulations to . .
• Condolences to …
• Recognition for years of service
• Mantoux testing policy change
• March of Dimes March for Babies is April 25
• Feed Our Families
• St. Cloud Arthritis Walk 2009
• Central Minnesota Heart Walk
• Drive-thru colon cancer screening …

March 2009: Women In Congress, Dacus Library

Dacus Docs News

No abstract provided.

The Cresset (Vol. Lxxii, No. 4, Easter), Valparaiso University

The Cresset (archived issues)

No abstract provided.

The Regulatory Response To Madoff, Anita Krug

All Faculty Scholarship

This white paper evaluates investor protection mechanisms in the securities regulatory regime at the time the Madoff fraud was exposed. It considers whether the post-Madoff call for additional regulation of hedge funds and/or their managers - and/or their respective activities - was warranted.

Advocate, March 2009, Vol. [20], No. [6], Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

From the Editor's Desk: Give it Back!: Getting New York’s Wealthiest to Pay Their Fair Share (p. 2)

Guest Editorial: The General’s Labyrinth Revealed, Patrick Inglis (p. 3)

Adjuncting: Naming the Problem, Renee McGarry (p. 4)

CUNY Edu-Factory (p. 5)

Political Analysis: Supply, Demand, and the Mexican Drug War, Andrew Bast (p. 6)

CUNY News in Brief (p. 7)

Hampshire College and the Politics of Divestment, Advocate Staff (p. 8)

Academic Labor Under Siege: Towards a Politically Engaged Professionalism, Henry A. Giroux (p. 10)

Book Review: Two or Three Things I Know About Him, Matt Lau (p. …

Umpires, Not Activists: The Recent Jurisprudence Of The Nebraska Supreme Court, Richard F. Duncan

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

Nebraska is the “Big Red” state, both in football and in politics. The people of Nebraska are conservative and they wish to rule themselves, either directly through the retained powers of initiative and referendum, or indirectly through the process of self-government and laws enacted by their democratically-elected representatives. Government by the judiciary is simply not the way we do things in Nebraska.

The people of Nebraska are fortunate to have a state Supreme Court so much in tune with the will of the people. As this Report has shown, recent decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court demonstrate that the court, …

Immigration, Trade And Product Differentiation, Roger White

Economics

Immigrant-trade links are examined with an emphasis placed on variation across product types and home country income classifications. Data for the US and 70 trading partners spanning the 1980-1997 period are employed. We find the immigrant-trade relationship varies based on degree of product differentiation and by home country per-capita income. In response to a hypothetical 10 percent increase in the immigrant stock variable, US imports of differentiated goods from high income countries increase by approximately 2 percent. A like increase in the immigrant stock from low income countries increases US differentiated goods imports by 4.25 percent, while exports of homogenous …

Information Literacy Debated At University Of Malaya, Charlotte Gill, Rajendra Munoo

Research Collection Library

The International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society, ICoLIS 2008, 17-20 November, Kuala Lumpur, celebrating Information Literacy (IL) and now in its second year, is an annual event organised by the Library and Information Science Unit, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya and the University of Malaya Library. The theme for ICoLIS 2008 was Towards an Information Literate Society.

Youth Media Democracy: Perceptions Of New Literacies, Jan Pettersen

Reports

The conference ‘Youth Media Democracy’ was a two day event held in April of 2008. It set out to explore the effects that new media have on the younger generation with a focus on the tremendous opportunities that new media brings. The event had the ambitious aim to offer an integrated experience of a traditional academic conference, presenting recent research on topics like; new media; emerging literacies; the digital divide; new media as a platform for democracy in the lives of young people, and at the same time also engaging the participation of Youth through a series of workshops across …

Gill's "The Political Origins Of Religious Liberty" - Book Review, Mark Hall

Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics

No abstract provided.

From Organizational Design And Change To Experiential Exercises And Emotional Intelligence, William P. Ferris

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Introduction To Linking Theory & Practice Section, Alvin Hwang

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Experiential Learning Association Special Issue: Best Experiential Exercises From The Eastern Academy Of Management, 2008, Donald E. Gibson

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Introduction To The Teaching & Learning Section, Steve Meisel

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Reinventing The Future: Adding Design Science To The Repertoire Of Organization And Management Studies, Joan Ernest Van Aken, Georges Romme

Organization Management Journal

Mainstream research on organization and management is largely modeled after the natural sciences and the humanities. It aims at understanding social systems and, as such, has produced a vast knowledge base. However, this knowledge base has been criticized as fragmented and lacking relevance for practice. Two recent developments have produced the possibility of reinventing the future of organization and management studies: the increasing interest in design science research and in evidence-based management. First, we discuss how the actor perspective and solution-orientation of design science research can lead to more relevant research output. Second, we explore how the use of this …

Employee Empowerment, Action Research And Organizational Change: A Case Study, Victor Wooddell

Organization Management Journal

This article summarizes the results of a project designed and implemented by a cross-sectional design team of employees of a local government agency. We compare the project design to criteria associated with employee empowerment programs and action research models. Finally, we compare the outcomes of the project with important components of employee empowerment. The purpose of this article is to highlight how one such project was implemented in a field setting, and review what was learned by the participants regarding how management and employees can work more effectively together on issues of strategic importance to the organization. Both the process …

Aquarius Advertising Revisited: A Case Becomes An Experience, Kristen Backhaus

Organization Management Journal

This experiential exercise is based on a traditional organization theory case related to structural contingency theory. The exercise provides a means by which students can play the role of advertising agency professionals and their clients. The objectives of the exercise are to demonstrate structural contingency theory; to illustrate the relationship between contextual factors in an organization’s environment and its internal organization design; to demonstrate the effects of structural deficiency on communication and project completion in a creative organization; and to demonstrate the need for horizontal linkages for effective project completion. The exercise is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Music As A Mirror: The ‘‘Choosing My Personal Theme Song’’ Exercise, Nathan S. Hartman, Thomas A. Conklin

Organization Management Journal

When asked to describe their strengths people rarely refer to their natural knowledge, skills, abilities, and talents. From this we may assume that many are unaware of their individual strengths or at the very least take them for granted. Music lyrics are particularly salient symbols available in the minds of students and can be powerful tools for learning more about themselves and others. This knowledge is valuable as they continue in their own personal evolution as they discern greater distinctions between themselves and the world around them. The interactive exercise presented here uses music to help students look in the …

Demonstrating The Challenges Of Behaving With Emotional Intelligence In A Team Setting: An On-Line/On-Ground Experiential Exercise, William P. Ferris

Organization Management Journal

The idea of this new exercise is to involve two project team participants in an interpersonal conflict in front of a classroom of learner/observers and then to debrief the entire experience in terms of emotional intelligence (EI) concepts in a way that clarifies these concepts experientially. It is preceded by EI readings and may be followed by extended on-line discussions and a variety of different papers and/or homework assignments. It can be used in traditional, blended learning (BL), or on-line courses or training classrooms. Originally developed to involve on-ground (face-to-face) and on-line students from the same course in the same …

A Review Of Becoming A Resonant Leader (Mckee, Boyatzis, And Johnston): Contextualizing The Place Of Emotional Intelligence Skills With Respect To Team Leadership And Group Dynamics, Robert R. Klein

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Review Of 'Handbook Of Multicultural Assessment: Clinical, Psychological, And Educational Applications', Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

The third edition of Suzuki and Ponterotto’s Handbook of Multicultural Assessment: Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications provides comprehensive reviews on a variety of topics related to culturally appropriate assessment. The text includes updated chapters from previous editions, along with several newly conceptualized chapters that reflect the most current research in the field. Some chapters from previous editions were consolidated, resulting in a streamlined volume which will be useful to professionals and trainees in psychology, education, and social service disciplines.

Community Health Centers In An Era Of Health System Reform And Economic Downturn: Prospects And Challenges, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Brad Finnegan, Peter Shin

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

This Policy Brief examines the role of health centers in the U.S. health care system, assessing their current and future roles in an era of both great promise and challenge. On one hand, government is poised perhaps more sharply than any time in nearly a generation to undertake a comprehensive effort at national health reform, addressing not only coverage but also access, quality, prevention, and the reinvigoration of primary health care, particularly for populations who face the highest health risks. On the other hand, the nation is facing the most severe economic recession in years, with lower income families and …

Vaccines And Autism: The Evidence And The Law, Alexandra M. Stewart

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

A potential link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism was dismissed by a federal vaccine court in February 2009. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the findings demonstrate a lack of medical evidence for any association, while Autism Speaks, a patient advocacy group, said questions remain about potential risks for certain subgroups.

Other legal actions are pending as the scientific and patient advocacy communities debate the need to conduct further research on the vaccine-autism link. Meanwhile, public health advocates worry that continuing concerns about the safety of vaccines may depress the population immunization rate. A small rise …

How Is The Primary Care Safety Net Faring In Massachusetts? Community Health Centers In The Midst Of Health Reform, Leighton C. Ku, Emily Jones, Brad Finnegan, Peter Shin, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Massachusetts' landmark 2006 health reform legislation sets an important precedent for national reform. Initial evaluations have demonstrated the law's success in dramatically expanding health insurance coverage and health care access, but less is known about its effects on community health centers, which serve one of every 13 residents and one in four low-income residents. This analysis evaluates the experiences of health centers with the Massachusetts reforms, using administrative data to examine finances and patient enrollment in addition to the qualitative results of in-depth interviews conducted during site visits in August 2008 and the results of a short survey of health …

Retiree Health Vebas: A New Twist On An Old Paradigm: Implications For Retirees, Unions And Employers, Phyllis Borzi

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

This issue brief provides an overview of stand-alone Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association trusts, through which employers have been able to rid themselves of future obligations to pay retiree health benefits in exchange for making a significant payment to designed to approximate the projected cost of these benefits. The paper include three case studies, including the VEBAs at the Big Three automakers.