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Ua3/9/5 Higher Education Reform From The Perspective Of A Comprehensive University, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Pritchard Committee meeting.

Ua3/9/5 Commemoration Ceremony Of September 11, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the commemoration of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.

Ua3/9/5 Sofia-Downing International Center Dedication, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the WKU Sofia-Downing International Center dedication ceremony.

Ua3/9/5 Guthrie Bell Tower Dedication, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Guthrie Bell Tower dedication ceremony in honor of the Guthrie family and WKU's servicemen.

Ua3/9/5 Dedication Ceremony For The Gordon Ford College Of Business, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Gordon Ford College of Business dedication.

Ua3/9/5 Opening Faculty/Staff Meeting, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at his first fall convocation. He discusses priorities, strategic planning, institutional peer group, programs of distinction, campus construction and improvement, traffic and parking, information technology, student compensation, athletics, employee benefits and policies, community relations, fund raising and student recruitment.

Ua3/9/5 Hopkinsville Kiwanis Club, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Talking points used by WKU president Gary Ransdell at a meeting of the Hopkinsville Kentucky Kiwanis Club regarding Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/9/5 Script Chamber Of Cmomerce Coffee Hour, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Transcription of Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee Hour at which WKU president Gary Ransdell was the guest speaker.

Ua37/21/2 Research Interview, William Jenkins, Suzanne Hansen

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Research interview with Suzanne Hansen owner-operator of Recycled Revolution. The tape has quite a lot of background noise which occasionally make it difficult to hear what is being said.

For more information regarding Recycled Revolution see:

• Apodaca, Rose. New-Age Junkies, Los Angeles Times, 4/23/1993.

• Kelly, John. Bowling Green Firm Turns Old Junk Into Fashion, Kentucky News Era, 11/1/1993

Ua12/2 Wku Sorority System Annual Report Fall 1989-Spring 1990, Elizabeth Button

WKU Administration Documents

A report of the activities of the WKU sorority system for the 1989-1990 school year. It includes information regarding the Panhellenic Council, membership data and academic rankings of individual sororities.

Ua12/2 Wku Annual Fraternity System Report Fall 1989-Spring 1990, Kelly Neill

WKU Administration Documents

The purpose of this report is to offer a synopsis of what occurred during the 1989-1990 school year in Western's fraternity system. This report contains information on the Interfraternity Council, programming, membership, philanthropy, and academics. This, in turn, will point out those strengths and weaknesses in Western's fraternity system as well as to suggest ways to improve the system.

Ua36i/2/1 Peggy Keck Interview, Peggy Keck

WKU Administration Documents

Peggy Keck interviewed about Students in Free Enterprise competitions.

Ua12/2 Student Activities & Organizations 1989-90 Annual Report, Scott Taylor

WKU Administration Documents

Report of student organization activities includes information regarding the Greek System, University Center Board, Associated Student Government, Yell Leaders, Big Red, Homecoming, Black Student Alliance, Spirit Masters and other student programs.

Ua12/2 University Center Board Overview, Wku Student Activities, Organizations & Leadership Office

WKU Administration Documents

Overview of programs sponsored by the University Center Board for the year 1989-1990. Includes a calendar of events, budget commentary, public relations and information regarding the concert contract for Garrett Student Center.

Ua12/2 Wku Greek System Preliminary Philanthropic Report For 1989-90, Wku Student Activities, Organizations & Leadership Office

WKU Administration Documents

Tabulation of service hours worked and money raised by each sorority and fraternity for a variety of charitable organizations and causes.

Ua77/1 Those Fabulous Fifties, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni directory for the classes of 1950 through 1959 of WKU and the Bowling Green Business University. Contains segments on homecoming, athletics, arts and student life. Also included are selected graduate biographies.

Ua3/6/6/1 Wdcl-Fm Sign On, Donald Zacharias, J. David Cole

WKU Administration Documents

J. David Cole and Donald Zacharias interviewed by unidentified reporter at WDCL-FM sign on event.

Ua94/6/1 Scrapbook, Bryant Medley

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Bryant Medley during his freshman year at WKU. Includes event invitations and broadsides, awards, newspaper clippings regarding social life at WKU in 1983-1984.

A Study Of Retention Between The Cadette And Senior Level Of Girl Scouting In The Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council, Diane M. Weigel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was made in attempt to identify the characteristics of a troop program in which tenth grade girls had been involved and to determine why they did or did not continue in Scouting. A survey instrument was devised and pretested to validate and improve upon the questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed through the mail to 190 girls who had been registered in the Kentuckiana Council Scouting program in 1981. All girls, despite their present status in Scouting were asked to complete and return the survey. The questions pertained to such areas as years involved in Scouting, frequency of meetings, …

Ua3/6/5 - A Time For Commitment And Change, Donald Zacharias

WKU Administration Documents

Speech by WKU president Donald Zacharias delivered at the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, January 8, 1981. Three main points: 1) what Western represents today (1981), 2) common goals for future and 3) how to achieve the objectives.

Ua3/3 Flag Day Address, Kelly Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by former WKU President Kelly Thompson on Flag Day in 1980.

Ua12/2/36 Day Care Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Gamma Sigma Sigma scrapbook of service to the Bowling Green Day Care Center.

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Scrapbook regarding the Tau Pledge Class of Gamma Sigma Sigma.

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority regarding activities during the spring of 1977.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Bill, Wolfe.Testing: Standardized Exams Subject of Criticism, Praise
• Talisman Receives Highest Recognition
• Mears, Teresa & Bill Wolfe. Prices, Brands, Sizes of Toiletry Items Vary
• Queen Candidate Registration Ends at 4 Tomorrow
• Bi-Term Finals Begin Today
• The Presidential Racetrack Lies Mainly in the Gutter
• Sheppard, Rickey. Editorial Perplexing
• Cortus, Bill. Urges Class Boycott
• Rogers, Jeff. Rock Not a Sin
• Gordon, David. Special Rescheduled
• Bauer, Janet. Claims Poor Coverage
• Stichtenoth, Keith. Concert Review Critic
• Clark, John. Review is Distortion, Chicago Concert
• Kraft, Kathy. Enjoyed Concert
• Ribar, Richard. …

The Impact Of Boys’ Club Membership And Participation Upon Self-Reported Delinquent Behavior, Charles Vaught

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study empirically tested the responses of sixty-one Boys’ Club members to a questionnaire which contained the Nye-Short delinquency scale. Frequency of self-reported delinquent behavior was compared for the youngsters both before and after having joined the Boys’ Club. It was found that the various aspects of Club membership and participation had minimal effect upon the members’ delinquent behavior.

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of Gamma Sigma Sigma sorority for 1974, includes officers, photographs, clippings and commentary.

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Scrapbook chronicling Gamma Sigma Sigma activities and events through 1973.

Ua12/2/2 1972 Talisman, Part I, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1972 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-223.

Student Life Pictorial:

• Registration for Fall Semester Sets Students’ Heads Spinning
• Students Flock to Bookstore; Cash Registers Begin to Ring
• Western Class Successful in Preventing Sale of Estate to Russians
• No Hours, Refrigerator Rental Added to Dormitory Program
• Married Student Problems Encountered by Siewertsens
• Students Transform Campus Into Disneyland at Homecoming
• Small-scale Concerts Bring Top Entertainment to Campus
• Disenchantment Abounds with Concert Cancellations
• Associated Students Lectures Gain Momentum with Wide Range of Views
• Student Actors Breathe Life Into Scripts for Super Season
• Congestion Plagues Drivers
• Professional Artists Visit WKU Western Students Campaign for Gubernatorial Candidates …

Ua12/2/2 1972 Talisman, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1972 Talisman yearbook pp. 224-end.

Organizations continued:

• Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Places First in Scholarship
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sponsors Miss Black Western Pageant
• Alpha Omicron Pi’s Win National Award
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Sponsors Housing Project
• Alpha Tau Omega’s Finance Playground
• Orphanage Girl Scout Troop Sponsored by Alpha Xi Delta
• Philanthropic Participation Tops Chi Omega’s Activities
• Delta Sigma Theta Adopts Two Local Black Children
• Delta Tau Deltas Treat Orphans to Circus; Basketball Game
• Kappa Alpha Psi Gives to Orphanage & Charities
• Kappa Delta Washboard Jamboree & Holiday Bazaar Highlight Sorority Events for 1971-72
• Kappa Sigma’s Fine Spirit Cannon
• Freshman-Varsity Ballgame …