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Hodges, Ida Leighton, 1885-1949 (Sc 1025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1028. Letters commending Hodges for a variety of civic activities, including her work as coordinator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Civil Works Administration in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the 1930s.

University College Connection Spring 2013, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua32/2 Military Student Services, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Wku Military Student Services

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created for veterans attending WKU. This issue includes information regarding the Veterans' Resource Center, CLEP, Textbooks for Troops, WKU Student Veterans Alliance, Community Blueprint Network and Lt. Col. Scott Walker.

University College Connection Winter 2013, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua3/9/7 President's Office-Ransdell Correspondence, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Selected correspondence not duplicated in the Reading File. Contains incoming correspondence and responses.

Ua3/9/3 President's Office-Ransdell Reading File, Wku Archives, Virginia Brothers, Aaron Shuford

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Reading file of outgoing correspondence regarding the administration of WKU, fund raising, thank yous and letters of condolence.

Ua12/2/32 Veterans Outreach Week, Wku Student Veterans Alliance, Danielle Adams

WKU Archives Records

Electronic mail from WKU Student Veterans Alliance to faculty and staff regarding Veterans Outreach Week.

Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding, Western Kentucky University Alive Center For Community Partnerships

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa

History Faculty Publications

This article is part of a larger project by the author to record St. Clair Drake’s contribution to the black radical tradition. Here he examines Drake’s involvement with the Quakers in the early years of the Depression. Drawing on writings in African American and Popular Front periodicals of the time, it considers how a Quaker community shaped Drake’s identity as an intellectual activist and how his encounter suggests the ways in which black intellectuals engaged with non-violence as a philosophy and strategy for social change before he civil rights movement. Drake’s participation in non-violent campaigns for workers’ rights, world peace …

University College Connection Spring 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding, Editor, Western Kentucky University Alive Center For Community Partnerships

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

University College Connection Winter 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Spirit Of Engagement 2012, Aurelia Spaulding, Alive Center, Western Kentucky University

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of An Internship Program, Daniel Jackel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The traditional way to learn about social sciences in a university setting includes taking courses that teach theoretical frameworks and scientific methodologies that are required for one’s major area of study. The courses that are taught to students are determined by what major they sign up for. After a student has taken all required courses,what skills does the student have to take with him after graduation?

Whether participation is pursued solely for academic credit, for career development, or for civic engagement, an experiential experience typically enhances a student’s connection between academic content and “real world” applications. Bridging the gap between …

University College Connection Fall 2011, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 570. Paper: [Examination of a Speech Titled "Shake Rag Revisited"] written by Lynne Marrs Hammer Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The speech was delivered on 21 October 2004 by Herbert Oldham at the dedication of a historical marker in the neighborhood.

Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding, Alive Center, Western Kentucky University

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding, Alive Center, Western Kentucky University

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Collections & Connections -- Spring-Summer 2011, Jennifer Wilson

Collections & Connections

This issue of WKU Libraries' biannual publication features the Libraries' events that happened in the latter part of 2010 and early part of 2011, including the Kentucky Literacy Week, SOKY Book Fest, the Kentucky Writers Conference, the literary partnership with OCLC, and the US Bank Art Show. It also reports achievements made by the Libraries such as milestone publication efforts made by TopSCHOLAR, the Libraries' reception of the NEH grant for Alcott events as well as professional achievements of the Libraries' faculty and staff. Events of the Kentucky Museum and the Main Library are also highlighted.

Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 350. Items related to the Rotary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as well as Rotary International. The minutes, correspondence, newsletters, resolutions, reports, clippings, and photographs highlight the organization's many years of service projects and civic involvement.

Arts & Letters, The Magazine Of Potter College At Western Kentucky University, Sally Ray, Editor-In-Chief, David Lee, Dean, Potter College, Western Kentucky University

PCAL Publications

No abstract provided.

Severance Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 360. Minutes and yearbooks of the Severance Club, a women's literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding, Alive Center, Western Kentucky University

ALIVE Center Publications

Inside This Issue:

2 Service-Learning Classes

3 Faculty Incorporate Community into Work

4 Applied and Community-Based Research

5 Community-Based Research Programs

6 Volunteer Recognitions and Events

7 Student Takes Opportunities to Serve

8 Women’s Team Outreaches the Goal

9 Sustainability: A Key Component

10 BRIDGES Program Reaches Youth

11 Campus/Community Network Begins

12 Work Groups Set to Tackle Issues

14 HOTEL INC Provides More Than Meals

Spirit Of Engagement 2011, Aurelia Spaulding, Alive Center, Western Kentucky University

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua68/1/3 Arts & Letters, Vol. 2, No. 1, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Archives Records

Magazine created by WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters regarding faculty and student research, events and programs.

Newsletter, September 2010: Progression Through Partnerships, Alive Center, Western Kentucky University, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, June 2010: Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Engage & Exchange Challenge Winners Announced, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, March 2010, Aurelia Spaulding, Leah Ashwill

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Western Kentucky University Annual Report 2010: Bridging The Gap, Sife, Wku

SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise)

No abstract provided.