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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Brown, Holly & Michelle Day. Regents Make Reductions – Budget Cuts
• Day, Michelle. Fewer Transfer Students Add to Tuition Shortfall
• Rowell, Larry. Stepfather of Acquitted Melissa Autry Suspect Found Dead Friday – William Dugas aka Bruce
• Rowell, Larry. Crisis Management Team Gets Student Representation – Student Government Association
• Rowell, Larry. Memorial Service Held for Gatton Academy of Math & Science Student – John Adams
• Paul, Corey. Athletics Director Updates Regents on Division Change – Wood Selig, Football Bowl Subdivision
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Football Divisions
• Playing Head …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Day, Michelle. Buried by the Budget – Budget Cuts
• Rowell, Larry. Administration, Campus Police Creating Emergency Plans
• Day, Michelle. Big Red Loses First Round to Gabibbo
• Laun, Susie & Emily Ulber. Gatton Academy of Math & Science Students Learn to Adjust During First Semester
• Strupp, Dustin. A Thousand Words – A Leading American University with International Reach
• Siders, Neil. News Brief – Student Government Association, Budget Cuts
• Brown, Holly. Patrick Ledbetter Injury Lawsuit Ruled in Western’s Favor
• Brown, Holly. Visiting Scholar Alleges Civil Rights Infringement at Research Center …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Regents 1995-2008, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Board of Regents.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Center For Research & Development, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Center for Research & Development.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Wku Information Technology, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Information Technology.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Parking, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding parking on the WKU campus.

Ua37/23 Faculty Personal Papers Earl Moore, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Documents regarding Earl Moore and his work at Western Kentucky University. The bulk relates to WHAS radio programs which includes scripts, lists of music performed, correspondence with the radio station and fan mail. The remaining records include information on Phi Beta Kappa, the Class of 1937, grade sheets and some personal correspondence.

Ua96/1 Southern Normal School Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the Southern Normal School. Series includes recruitment materials such as advertisements and flyers; course catalogs; student newspaper The Southern Educator and the announcement that the Southern Normal School will become Western Kentucky State Normal School.

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

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WKU alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Gift from Anthem Foundation Funds WKU Mobile Health Unit
• WKU Enrollment Increases to 19,761; Number of African-American First-time Freshmen Up 19.6%
• WKU Honors Bowling Green Family During Weekend Event – Tinius Family
• WKU Alum Harry Gray Honored as Outstanding Alumnus of Kentucky
• Alumni Association Enters Relationship with PartnersFirst
• HealthCo Corp. Opens World Headquarters in WKU Center
• Jarve Family Create Endowed Professorship in Honors
• Planned Giving Q&A on the Charitable Gift Annuity
• Private Support Enhances Capital Improvements at WKU
• Interfaith Chapel
• LaFantasie, Glenn. Why Are There No More Abraham Lincolns?
• Capitol Spotlight – …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Gordon Ford College Of Business, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Gordon Ford College of Business.

Ua96/2 Southern Normal School Board Of Directors, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Southern Normal School Board of Directors. Series includes certificates of incorporation, meeting minutes, financial records, construction records, contracts, correspondence and scrapbooks.

Exploring Dialectic Tensions In Teachers' Relationships In School Settings, Griselda Rodriguez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This study explored the feasibility of using dialectic theory to study of dialectic oppositions in teachers' school-based relationships. Employing relational dialectics as a theoretical framework, this study exposed several sets of dialectical forces emerging in teachers' relationships. 23 high school teachers were interviewed utilizing a semi-structured questionnaire; interviews were transcribed and coded for analysis. The analysis revealed that the dialectic tensions of control vs. emancipation, empowerment vs. oppression are prevalent in teachers' relationships with administrators; the dialectic tensions of solidarity vs. autonomy and fragmentation vs. unity are common in the relationships of teachers with administrators and colleagues as well; while …

The Influence Of Biological Sex, Previous Experience, And Preparation Time On Classroom Public Speaking Grades, Judy C. Pearson, Jeffrey T. Child

Basic Communication Course Annual

How does biological sex affect public speaking grades? Students completed journal entries over the course of the semester. Hierarchical multiple regression incrementally examined competency measures (previous experience and overall preparation time) then biological sex on public speaking grade averages. Competency measures predicted higher speech grade averages, but women still earned higher speech grades even after the effects of competency had been removed. Among the explanations offered are that women may be more competent than men, a combination of competence and compliance explains women’s higher grades, or public speaking classrooms perpetuate a female competency bias.

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Editor's Page, Paul Turman

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Pedagogy Of Relevance: A Critical Communication Pedagogy Agenda For The 'Basic' Course, Deanna L. Fassett, John T. Warren

Basic Communication Course Annual

In this article, we envision how a critical communication pedagogy approach might lend narrative coherence, intellectual rigor, and a focused agenda to the introductory course. Such a paradigm shift is not only consistent with the trajectory of work in our discipline, but it will likely result in ourselves and others assigning more value and respect to our work with the introductory course. Specifically, we advocate four changes with respect to the introductory course: Challenge “teacher-proof” textbooks and curricula, engage diversity, embrace pedagogy as teaching and research, and recover and reinvigorate communication education research.

Assessing Classroom Management Training For Basic Course Instructors, Kevin R. Meyer, Stephen K. Hunt, Mark E. Comadena, Cheri J. Simonds, Brent K. Simonds, John R. Baldwin

Basic Communication Course Annual

Extant research demonstrates that graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) experience student misbehaviors in the classroom and that basic course administrators should be proactive in preparing GTAs for classroom management issues (Meyer et al., 2007). Following the recommendation for the development of classroom management training (CMT) by Meyer et al. (2007), the present study sought to assess the implementation of CMT. Specifically, a group of GTAs completed the same survey instrument twice following the completion of CMT, once early in the semester and again at the end of the semester.

Results of the present study indicate that GTA reports of student misbehavior …

Traditional Pedagogical Tools: Examining Peer Feedback In The Basic Communication Course, Julie Semlak

Basic Communication Course Annual

Peer feedback is used in many basic communication courses, yet little is known about the pedagogical value of the written peer feedback provided for speakers, or the process of providing peer feedback. Using social learning theory as a theoretical foundation, this study explores the use of peer feedback in the basic communication course.

Findings indicate the content of peer feedback is less useful than instructor feedback for preparing future speeches. However, this study also reveals the process of providing peer feedback provides a model for vicarious learning, allowing basic course students to critically analyze a speech presented by a peer. …

Redesigning Public Speaking: A Case Study In The Use Of Instructional Design To Create The Interchange Model, Marlene M. Preston, J. Matt Giglio, Kristin N. English

Basic Communication Course Annual

This case study describes the redesign of Public Speaking at a Research I institution. An instructional analysis revealed strengths of and concerns about the existing model--large lecture with small lab sections. Criteria for a new model emerged from that analysis, all of which hinged on an overarching goal: The course should incorporate learning theory and disciplinary theory and should result in student learning, student skill development, and enhanced satisfaction among stakeholders. The Interchange Model, which included some online delivery, was developed to meet identified needs and was fleshed out with course materials and semester plans. The model was piloted and …

Grade Distributions In The Basic Public Speaking Course: Exploring The Differences And Pedagogical Implications Of Faculty Rank, Holly J. Payne, Sally O. Hastings

Basic Communication Course Annual

This study examines differences in grade distributions in the introductory public speaking course at two American universities based on instructor rank. A sample of 442 sections with 11,381 students over a 2-year period was collected and analyzed using analysis of variance and chi-square analysis. We found significant differences in grade distributions, with instructors assigning lower grades overall than graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) and adjunct faculty. Instructors assigned significantly more D’s and F’s than tenure/track faculty, adjuncts, and GTAs. Chi-square analysis also revealed instructors and tenure/track faculty assign fewer A’s, but tenure/track faculty assign more B’s than the other faculty groups. …

Race And Resistance In The Communication Classroom, Paul Fotsch

Basic Communication Course Annual

Teaching diversity is no longer segregated to ethnic studies departments or to intercultural communication courses. Consequently, many students have become resistant to the idea of spending time--"yet again"--on the issue of race. Communication scholars have described a kind of resistance found frequently in the basic communication classroom and likewise proposed various responses to this resistance. Through a review of the literature and drawing on my ten years of experience teaching diversity in the university, this essay assesses these responses. One source of white student discomfort comes from the increasing visibility of whiteness, so two strategies used to address this discomfort …

Author Biographies

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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.