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Carville, Matalin Prove Popular
Pre-Convocation Dinner Already
Sold Out
Indications
are that this year’s Convocation on Critical Issues at Western may be the
most popular yet in the 15-year history of the speaker series. The
Convocation at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 30 in Looney Complex will feature
husband-and-wife political analysts James Carville and Mary Matalin. It is
free and open to the public.
“We’ve
gotten an overwhelming response,” said Dan Nicoson, vice president for
university advancement. “We knew that people would want to hear what these
two dynamic speakers have to say five weeks before Election Day, but we
didn’t expect this.”
The
Convocation Dinner on Sept. 29, a reservation-only event held the night
before the Convocation, is already sold out, two weeks before the
reservation deadline, Nicoson said. The university advancement office has
established a waiting list for dinner reservations.
“This is a
bittersweet situation,” Nicoson said. “We’re pleased with the fantastic
response, but regret that some may not be able to attend the dinner. We
ask anyone who has made a reservation but is unable to come to let us
know, so that we can accommodate as many people as possible.” Attendance
at the dinner has grown steadily over the years, Nicoson said, but this is
the first time it has sold out so quickly.
The good
news, Nicoson said, is that those who are unable to attend the dinner can
attend Carville and Matalin’s main presentation at the Convocation Sept.
30.
Matalin and
Carville have been key players on the national stage for more than two
decades—Matalin for the Republican Party and Carville for the Democrats.
Between them, they’ve worked for every president of the last 25 years.
They co-wrote the national bestseller, “All’s Fair: Love, War, and Running
for President,” and have made frequent appearances in the media as
political commentators.
Western inaugurated the Convocation program in 1993 in honor of R. Dan
Boulware, former Western regent, as part of an overall commitment to offer
enriching experiences to students, while bringing together the university
and community. Past speakers have included Bill Bradley, Sam Donaldson,
Steve Forbes, David Gergen, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Jerry Linenger, David
McCullough, Dr. Joseph Nye, Colin Powell, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Daniel
Schorr, Patricia Schroeder, J.C. Watts, and Bob Woodward.
For more
information on the Convocation on Critical Issues, please call the
university advancement office at 5646.
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Northwest Tickets
Tickets still remain for Saturday's football game at Northwest Missouri
State in Maryville, Mo. Adult tickets are $12 with student tickets selling
for $5. (Students are considered k-12 and college students.) Tickets are
available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 4:30 PM in Looney Complex
Room 224 or 229. Also, 190 free student tickets are available Tuesday
morning at 8 a.m. in Looney Complex Room 229. Students must show a valid
student I.D.
Northwest T-shirts The
ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha are selling Missouri Western vs. Northwest
t-shirts all week. Shirts are $10 if preordered and $12 at the booth that
will be set up in Blum Union Lobby Thursday and Friday. Find an ASA to buy
a shirt, but hurry because supply is limited and they go fast.
Light the Night Walk
The eighth annual Light The Night Walk in St. Joseph will be held Sept. 27
at Hyde Park. More than 850 participants are expected to raise $75,000.
The two-mile evening stroll is designed to be a community-wide event for
people of all ages and athletic abilities. Participants raising $25 or
more carry illuminated red balloons during the walk. Cancer survivors
carry illuminated white balloons, and those walking in memory of a loved
one lost to cancer carry gold illuminated balloons. All attendees will be
treated to a fun, carnival-like atmosphere complete with food and
entertainment. Last year Western raised $2,653.86 for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society. Right now 65 freshman are signed up to walk with
Western, as well as several student organizations. If you would like to
join the students of Western for this event, please contact Natalie Bailey
at Natalie.Bailey@lls.org or 816-279-5704. To learn more about Light The
Night, please visit
www.LightTheNight.org/mid.
Vote or Shut-Up
The Center
for Multicultural Education has created “Vote or Shut-Up” for students and
others who would like to participate, regarding election issues. Our
purpose is three fold:
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to get
students registered to vote
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to make
them aware of issues that should concern them
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to get them
to cast a vote in November
The
following events are free and open to the public:
Vote or Shut-Up Rally from 4-6 p.m. Sept. 23 in Lot G of Blum Union, which
will have political and motivational speeches, voting rights information
for African Americans, women and Latinos, poetry, food, music and
information tables T-shirts will also be available to those who will wear
them on this day in support of the rally and voter education. There will
be other Vote or Shut-Up events as the weeks get closer to the election.
Pool Party All
nontraditional students are welcome to join in the fun for the first
annual Nontraditional (Family Night) Pool Party Sept. 26 from 4:30-6 p.m.
There will be swimming, games, music, snacks and lots of fun. Contact
Ellen Smithers in the Nontraditional Student Lounge or call 4247 by Sept.
23 to RSVP.
Gem Society The Gem
Society will host a lunch for Western women noon Sept. 24 in the Enright
Room, Spratt 214-216. Cost is $10 per person. Call 4481 to make a
reservation. The Gem Society is an organization whose mission is to get
women of influence more involved with our women's athletic programs. The
main focus is women inspiring women.
Gold Coat Club
With the anticipation of another exciting season, Western Athletics
reminds you there is still time to join the Gold Coat Club. All packages
include at least two season tickets to all sports with various other
packages including preferred parking, Stadium Club membership and banquet
invites. All Gold Coat packages are half-off for faculty & staff making
our base package only $150 which may be payroll deducted. For a brochure,
please visit our website at www.gogriffons.com and click on the
Gold Coat Club link at the top of the page or stop by Looney Complex Room
224 for a brochure. All persons joining by Sept.12 will still have time to
be listed on the membership roster for the Sept. 20 football game against
Pittsburg State.
Student Organization
Orientation The annual Student Organization Orientation and
Registration process will be held in September this semester. Please plan
to attend one of the following events: Sept. 18 at 4:30 p.m.; Sept. 18 at
7 p.m.; Sept. 22 at 9 a.m.; Sept. 23 at 9 a.m.; Sept. 23 at 5 p.m.; Sept.
24 at 9 a.m.; Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.; Sept. 25 at 11 a.m.; or Sept. 25 at 2
p.m. A student representative of every organization must also attend. All
events are held in the center for student engagement. For questions,
contact the CSE at 4159.
String Players Needed
Do you play violin, viola, cello, or string bass? The Western Orchestra
has a place for you. The orchestra rehearses Monday evenings from 6:30 -
8:30 p.m. You do NOT need to be enrolled in this or any other music class
to participate. For more information, contact John Bell, orchestra
director, at jbell10@missouriwestern.edu or call/see Carol Criss in the
music department office in Potter Hall, ext. 4420.
SGA Week Stop by all
the events that the Student Government Association has planned for Sep.
8-11. Sept. 8 is the SGA Meet and Greet from 5-6 p.m. in Blum Union Lobby.
Also, from 5-8 p.m. will be big screen Guitar Hero in the lobby. Sept. 9
from 5:30-7 p.m. is Make Your Own Sundae outside of the Commons Building.
Starting at 7 p.m. that night is the weekly Residence Council meeting.
Sept. 10 is the Western Activities Council meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the
Junior College Room. Sept. 11 is Live Band Karaoke from 4-7 p.m. in Blum
Union lobby. Also, the Guitar Hero finals will 6-8 p.m., and at 9:11 p.m.
RC will present "Remember 9/11" in the Commons Building. Sept. 12 from
4:30-9 p.m. will be a BBQ and Pool Party in Looney Complex. Come join the
fun all week long. Contact Harold Callaway at 4410 for more information.
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August 2008 Points of Pride
Excellence in our Faculty
and Staff
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Dr. Cindy Heider,
assistant vice president for academic affairs, was selected to serve as
an Academic Quality Improvement Program Annual Update Reviewer. This
selection provides opportunities to review web-based annual updates and
provide feedback to institutions on the quality of their annual action
project update.
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Ellen Kisker, nontraditional student service director, was a recipient
of the
Buck O’Neil Legacy Seat Contest. Buck O’Neil
spent many days and nights supporting the Royals from the same seat
behind home plate at Kauffman Stadium, both as a scout and a fan. To
honor Buck, the Buck O’Neil Legacy Seat contest fills “Buck’s Seat” for
every home game with a member of the community who, on a large or small
scale, embodies an aspect of Buck’s spirit. Kisker was chosen for her
support of single mothers who have returned to college. Kisker received
four tickets to a Royals game, a parking pass, and a gift package.
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Dr. Brian Cronk, professor of psychology, attended the Council on
Undergraduate Research business meeting as an elected councilor.
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Dr. Reza Hamzaee, professor of economics, will have his article, “An
Empirical Analysis of Student Satisfaction Influential Factors in Online
Learning,” published in the upcoming edition of Contemporary Issues
in Education Research, a reference journal. The purpose of this
study was to identify the factors that are most influential in
determining student satisfaction of overall course effectiveness and
overall instructor effectiveness in online higher education.
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Dr. Russ Phillips, instructor of psychology, co-authored an article with
Dr. Vincenza Marash, counselor of diversity and women, in the June issue
of the peer-reviewed journal, Reflections: Narratives of Professional
Helping, entitled “Infusing Feminist-clinical Sensibilities Within a
Traditional Buddhist Framework for Meditation.”
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Dr. Joseph Bragin,
provost and vice president for academic and student affairs; Dr. Cindy
Heider, assistant vice president for academic affairs; and Duane Bruce,
associate dean for student development; attended the National
Association of Student Personnel Administrators Conference on Assessment
Reconsidered: Improving Learning, Student Success, and Transparency.
Sessions and speakers focused on assessment strategies to improve
learning, persistence, transparency and leadership and management issues
while providing model programs in assessment and retention.
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Dr. Cindy Heider, assistant vice president for academic affairs; Dr.
Jeanne Daffron, associate vice president for academic and student
affairs; Judy Fields, institutional research analyst; and Dr. Gordon
Mapley, dean of Western Institute; attended the Missouri Department of
Higher Education meeting on Performance Indicators in Jefferson City,
Mo. The meeting focused on recommending language changes to the
performance indicators, the number of statewide performance indicators
and how performance would be measured (data/instruments to be used) and
reported.
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Dr. Cindy Heider, assistant vice president for academic affairs,
attended the Curriculum Alignment Steering Committee meeting at the
Department of Higher Education in Jefferson City, Mo. This meeting
focused on the progress toward finalizing the general education
competencies.
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Dr. Michael Ducey, associate professor of chemistry, presented
demonstrations and engaged students in laboratory experiments for the
St. Joseph School District summer program, “Do You Want to be a Doctor?
Nurse? Or Health Professional?”
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Dr. Jason Youngkeit, assistant professor of Spanish; and Eduardo
Castilla-Ortiz, assistant professor of Spanish; accompanied 11 students
to Argentina where they studied Spanish and visited Rosario, Iguazu
Falls and Buenos Aires.
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Dr. Jane Frick, professor of English, participated in the National
Writing Projects’ (NWP) Regional/State Networks (RSN) Leadership Team
meeting, held in Denver, where she was part of the RSN grants review and
selection team for the NWP.
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Dr. Jane
Frick, professor of English and Prairie Lands Writing Project (PLWP)
director; Mary Lee Meyer, PLWP technology liaison; and Joe Marmund,
instructor of English, attended the Missouri Writing Projects Network
leadership retreat, held in Columbia at the University of Missouri. At
the retreat, Meyer conducted poster sessions about PLWP’s Technology
Initiative and Teacher Inquiry projects funded through NWP’s special
grant categories, and Dr. Frick facilitated the retreat’s strategic
planning and Missouri Region Scholastic Writing Awards work group.
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Dr. Murray Nabors, dean of liberal arts and sciences; and Dr. Martin
Johnson, former dean of liberal arts and sciences; attended the National
Conference of Academic Deans in Conway, Ark.
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Dr. Phil
Wann, professor of psychology and department chair,
presented a paper titled “Psychology Research Team: A Course to Promote
Applied Learning and Faculty Scholarship” at the Association for
Psychological Science/Society for the Teaching of Psychology 15th
annual Teaching Institute in Chicago.
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Dr. Phil Wann, professor of psychology and department chair, Jonathon
Thiele, psychology student, presented a paper titled “The Influence of
Emotional Context on Moral Decision Making” at the 20th
annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago.
The paper was based on research that they conducted for the 2007
Undergraduate Summer Research Institute.
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Dr. Kelly Henry, associate professor of psychology, presented a paper
titled “Making Heat Work: A Model of Group Thermodynamics” at the third
annual Meeting for the Interdisciplinary Network of Group Researchers
held in Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Henry also presented, with Erica Buczek,
psychology major, a poster titled “Group Development and the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Finding Paths to Peace” at the same
meeting.
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Joanne Katz, professor of criminal justice, presented “The Evolution of
Restorative Justice in Missouri’s Juvenile Courts” at the Kansas
Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice in Topeka, Kan.
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Dave Tushaus, associate professor of criminal justice; and Joanne Katz,
professor of criminal justice; presented “The Fight for Democracy:
Lessons from Northern Ireland and South Africa” at the American
Democracy Project Annual Conference in Snowbird, Utah.
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Roger Voelkel, assistant professor of nursing, participated in the 12th
International Nursing Learning Resource Center Conference in San Jose,
Calif.
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Dr. Evelyn Brooks, professor of nursing, presented “Using Focus Groups
to Assess Early Childhood Literacy Efforts” at the 12th
National Council on Undergraduate Research 2008 National Conference in
St. Joseph, Minn.
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Dr. Evelyn Brooks, professor of nursing, and Dr. Cossette Hardwick,
assistant professor of biology, presented “Promoting Leadership and
Collaboration Through Undergraduate Research” at the CUR 2008 National
Conference in St. Joseph, Minn.
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Deb Ellis, assistant professor of nursing, presented “Male Athletes with
Chest Pain: Motivation for Seeking Care” at the 19th annual
Nurse Educator’s Convention in Breckenridge, Colo. Ellis also
participated in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 23rd
National Conference in National Harbor, Md.
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Dr. Kathleen Andrews, associate professor of nursing and department
chair, attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2008
Summer Seminar “Building and Leading High-Performing Teams: Essential
Skills for Nursing Academic Leaders” in San Francisco.
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Heather Kendall, assistant professor of nursing, attended the Assessment
Technologies Institute Team Development workshop in Kansas City, Mo.
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Dr. Judy Grimes, dean of student affairs, made a presentation on the use
of the College Student Inventory at the National Retention, Marketing
and Recruiting Conference, sponsored by Noel Levitz. This inventory will
be administered to all incoming freshmen enrolled in both College 101
and the Honor’s Colloquium. It provides information for advisors
designed to increase the retention of these students.
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Huey Shi Chew, international student coordinator, planned the fall
international orientation for incoming international students prior to
the beginning of classes. Chew is also completing a strategic plan. An
exploration trip to China has been approved for mid-October. The main
purpose of the trip is to establish relationships with select Chinese
universities. This trip is very much in line with our goal to increase
international student enrollment and also to encourage global engagement
between Western’s faculty and students with the world.
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Duane Bruce, associate dean for student development; and Kathy Kelly,
administrative coordinator; coordinated a luncheon for 35 community
service agencies and kicked off a new programming area, Student
Volunteer Programs.
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Deborah Ellsworth, program director for Pass the Power adult literacy,
attended the Experienced Teachers’ certification workshop hosted by St.
Joseph School District’s Adult Education and Literacy Education. The
all-day workshop was conducted on the Western campus.
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Martha Greer, director for the center for community arts, participated
in grant application reviews and program reviews for the Missouri
Humanities Council.
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Dr. Dennis Rogers, professor of music, held a Drumline Camp on campus.
There were 60 area middle and high school students staying in the
residence halls, dining in the cafeteria, and utilizing Potter Hall.
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Peggy Ellis, director of non-credit programs and business and industry
training, was the instructor when Sara Lee Foods contracted with the
Center for Professional Development to provide professional development
for their training personnel.
Excellence in our Students
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After graduating from Western, all graduates from the nursing program
are required to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
This year, we had a 100% NCLEX Pass Rate. When a student passes they are
“registered” and can practice as a registered nurse.
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Jonathan Thiele, psychology student; and Dr. Phil Wann, professor of
psychology and department chair, presented a paper titled “The Influence
of Emotional Context on Moral Decision Making” at the 20th
annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago.
The paper was based on research that they conducted for the 2007
Undergraduate Summer Research Institute.
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Erica Buczek, psychology major; and Dr. Kelly Henry, associate professor
of psychology, presented, a poster titled “Group Development and the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Finding Paths to Peace” at the same
meeting.
Excellence in our Programs
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Dr. Jeff
Poet, associate professor of math; Dr. Todd Eckdahl, professor of
biology; and seven Western students, along with three faculty and five
students from Davidson College, had the article titled “Engineering
Bacteria to Solve the Burnt Pancake Problem” published in the Journal
of Biological Engineering. It was among 15 articles chosen by BioMed
Central from over 1,000 articles published during the month for a
worldwide press release, resulting in online news stories about the
research by Scientific American, The Discovery Channel, the London
Telegraph, MSNBC, Science News, Science Daily, and many others from
countries around the world. Each of at least 100 news stories about the
research to build a bacterial computer mentioned Western. One of the
Davidson authors was interviewed on NPR’s Science Friday. The
publication is an outcome of the 2006 Western Summer Research Institute
research team that went on to receive awards at the iGEM competition.
Synthetic biology research by the Western/Davidson team continues as
part of iGEM this year, and is funded by a National Science Foundation
grant.
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Western
and Metropolitan Community Colleges signed a program articulation
principles agreement that facilitates seamless articulation for 91
Western programs. This five-year agreement was signed by Dr. James
Scanlon, former Western president; and facilitated by Dr. Cindy Heider,
assistant vice president for academic affairs; and Jim Hoffman,
admissions counselor and transfer coordinator.
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Prairie
Lands Writing Project (PLWP) “Writers in Progress” and “Draw your Own
Conclusions . . . Writing with a Visual Twist” elementary and middle
school camps brought a record 131 campers from 21 St. Joseph elementary
and middle schools to Western. Co-sponsored by the St. Joseph School
District and PLWP, this was the fifth summer that camps met here at
Western; nine area teachers facilitated the camps, directed by Christie
Hofmeister, St. Joseph Skaith elementary teacher; and Valorie Stokes,
Platte County R-III media coordinator.
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Twenty-four National Writing Teacher Consultants from throughout
Missouri participated in Prairie Lands Writing Project’s annual
Professional Writing Retreat held at Conception Abbey. This year’s
retreat was facilitated by Rebecca Dierking, doctoral student at the
University of Missouri – Columbia; the retreat editor was Britton
Gildersleeve, Oklahoma State University professor and writing project
director.
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Prairie Lands Writing Project (PLWP) conducted three professional
development series: “Technology Implementation: Using Classroom Blogs”
for teachers in the Savannah School District (PLWP facilitators were
Heidi Mick, Platte County High School language arts teacher; and Amy
Miller, St. Joseph Benton High School language arts teacher); “St.
Joseph School District Middle School Literacy Academy” for teams of 26
teachers from each of the district’s middle schools (PLWP facilitators
were Mick; Terri McAvoy, St. Joseph Neely literacy coach; and Stacia
Studer, St. Joseph Bode Middle School language arts chair); “Excelsior
Springs Writing Academy” for 17 Excelsior Springs Middle School teachers
(PLWP facilitators were Mick, Studer, and Kathy Miller, instructor of
English and West Platte R-II A+ coordinator). Dr. Jane Frick, professor
of English and PLWP site director, coordinated and was part of the
leadership teams in implementing the literacy and writing academies.
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Seventeen area teachers completed the summer portion of Prairie Lands
Writing Project’s Invitational Institute at Western. After completion of
a classroom inquiry project, these summer scholars will receive their
National Writing Project Teacher Consultant (TC) certification. Tom
Pankiewicz, assistant professor of English, directed this year’s
institute with Christie Hofmeister, St. Joseph Skaith teacher; and Dr.
Jane Frick, professor of English and PLWP site director; as assistant
directors. Mary Lee Meyer, Kathy Miller, Heidi Mick, Terri McAvoy, and
Valorie Stokes served as the Institute’s technology liaison and mentors,
respectively.
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Prairie Lands Writing Project (PLWP), with support from the Missouri
Writing Projects Network and the Missouri Association of Teachers of
English, have been selected to serve as the Missouri Region for the
annual Scholastic Writing Awards contest. Accordingly, middle and high
school students’ scholastic writing contest entries from throughout the
state will come to PLWP/Missouri Western for adjudication and PLWP/Missouri
Western will be featured on the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’
website as well as in its national publications. Dr. Jane Frick,
professor of English and PLWP site director, directs the project with
co-chairs Deb Schwebach, PLWP Teacher Consultant and Lathrop R-II
curriculum coordinator; Amy Lannin, Missouri Writing Projects Network
director and University of Missouri – Columbia English education
professor; and Dana Humphries, Missouri Association of Teachers of
English president. Dr. Frick, Schwebach, and Lannin participated in the
national Scholastic Writing Awards annual Regional Affiliates’
conference in New York.
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A record-breaking 900+ incoming students enrolled in Griffon Edge.
Within the past four years, the total number has never exceeded 700
students.
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The library’s partnership with the National Military Heritage Museum is
a model example, recognized statewide, of a multi-type institution
collaboration. The library received a $55,700 grant over three years ago
to aid in the retrospective conversion of cataloging records, original
cataloging, labeling, bar coding and shelving of library materials at
the museum. Technical services library staff, as well as museum
grant-paid and volunteer staff, have worked diligently on this project
while accomplishing regular duties. The bulk of the processing and
shelving was completed this year, with database clean-up scheduled for
the coming year. The museum’s library records are now available online
in the MOBIUS system as part of the Towers cluster. Since it is such a
unique collection of military-related items, there are many calls from
around the nation for these materials. Western library staff facilitates
interlibrary loan and document delivery of the museum items. This is a
very positive university/community partnership.
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The library has also received three Missouri State Library digitization
grants totaling $17,223 over the past four years to aid in the
digitization of the Constance Faunt Leroy Runcie Collection papers in
Special Collections. This year, letters of Runcie’s daughter, Elinor,
were digitized and metadata was created for the records. Many requests
are received from around the globe for these unique materials. Western
librarians are pleased to be able to add one-of-a-kind materials to the
international database, OCLC, and to make them available in digitized
form on the web. This is a great project which holds very positive
public relations opportunities for Western.
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Career Development and Student Employment are working on a “Hire A
Griffon” campaign to launch with the local community later this month.
It is designed to raise awareness of the potential applicant pool among
our student body with local employers.
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Pass the Power’s efforts this summer have focused on recruiting
volunteers and students for the Conversation Partners project.
Billboards in English and Spanish appeared in five strategic locations
in St. Joseph including the digital billboards on the Belt Highway.
During this reporting period eight new volunteers were trained for the
Conversation Partners project. More than 40 individuals requested
information about becoming a Conversation Partners volunteer and
additional training sessions are planned for later in August and
September. We have 22 students currently enrolled in the Conversation
Partners’ program and now are taking applications for the fall session.
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Education Outreach is beginning dual credit enrollments. The enrollment
process will continue through the middle of October. There are 67
courses scheduled at 28 area high schools. New schools this year include
Winnetonka High School, marking our first dual credit offering in the
North Kansas City school district. Anticipated enrollment is over 800
students, generating over 3,200 credit hours.
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The Northland elementary education cohorts continue to build in numbers.
The new cohort has, at last count, 23 new students enrolled in the
program. There are between 15 and 18 students returning to the
second-year cohort program. When the Northland campus moved to the new
location at The Tuileries Plaza in August 2006, there were only six
students in the new cohort. That cohort successfully graduated those
students during the spring of 2008. The visibility and marketing
possibilities in the Northland have increased the enrollment numbers for
the program. Western Institute and the education department have made an
impact upon the teacher population within the Kansas City metropolitan
area through its programs within the Northland area. Further growth in
the programs is anticipated, as calls for the fall of 2009 and 2010 are
already coming to the Northland office.
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As the academic year begins, plans continue to be developed for new
programs at the Northland campus. Among those are graduate programs in
Teaching English to Students of Other Languages, engineering technology,
and criminal justice.
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Plans continue to emerge for the WESTLab, the Mobile Lab that will
assist high school pre-engineering students, beginning in the fall of
2009. That lab will assist students as they research their individual
capstone projects in engineering, which involves engineering problems
researched, documented and presented to a panel of experts at the
conclusion of the senior year.
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The Griffon Junior Singers have been awarded a grant from the Missouri
Arts Council for $9,010 to help support the program for upcoming year.
The grant awards were based on artistic quality, educational and
outreach components, and management ability. Martha Greer, director for
the center for community arts, researched and wrote the grant.
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More than 600 Barbershoppers attended Harmony University. This group
fills over 60 classrooms on campus, the Fulkerson Center, and the
Enright, Hoff, and Blum conference rooms. They stay in the residence
halls and dine in the cafeteria.
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Ten teams of Western students, faculty, and area high school students
participated in the 2008 Summer Research Institute. A public symposium
was held at the conclusion of the program.
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Dr. Jason Baker, associate professor of biology; Susan Brock, MWSU; and
Travis Brown, Johnston Iowa High School; “Isolation, Identification, and
Mode-of-Action Characterization of Bacocin, A Novel Bacteriocin
Discovered at Missouri Western.”
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Dr. Melissa Daggett, assistant professor of biology; Stephanie Longe,
St. Joseph Christian High School; Miranda Showalter, MWSU; and Ashley
Swawson, Central High School; “Development of a Laboratory Teaching
Module for Improving Basic Laboratory Skills in Undergraduates Titled:
An Investigative Zebrafish Toxicity Assay.”
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Dr. Kristen Walton, assistant professor of biology; Erica Pasch, MWSU;
and Leah Voltmer, Mid-Buchanan High School; “Effects of Tricolsan on the
Normal Intestinal Microbiota and on Susceptibility to Experimental
Colitis in Mice.”
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Dr. Todd Eckdahl, professor of biology; Dr. Jeff Poet, associate
professor of math; Alicia Allen, MWSU; Jordan Baumgardner, MWSU; Bob
Cool, MWSU; Andrew Gordon, MWSU; Lane Heard, MWSU; John Igo, MWSU; Aaron
Lewis, MWSU; and Xiao Zhu, MWSU; “Synthetic Biology.”
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Dr. Jonathon Rhoad, assistant professor of chemistry; Brett Cagg, MWSU;
and Katherine Stone, Central High School; “Examination of the Affect of
Protecting Groups on the Stereochemical Outcome of the Glycosylation
Reaction for Furanosides: a Combined Computational and Experimental
Approach.”
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Kip Wilson, associate professor of criminal justice; Raye Fager, MWSU;
Ashley Richey, Wathena High School; and Hunter White, Mid-Buchanan High
School; “Pigs in Forensic Taphonomy: A Study in CSI.”
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Dr. Jin-Lee Kim, assistant professor of engineering technology; Philip
Eiberger, MWSU; Jacob Gunter, Benton High School; and Jeremy Hoffman,
MWSU; “Evaluating Accurate First Cost Estimates of Large-Scale Projects:
A Study on Critical Success Factors.”
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Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism; Kallie Hartigan, MWSU; David
Hon, Platte County High School; and Sarah Noe, East Buchanan High
School; “Multimedia and Interactivity on U.S. College and U.K.
Commercial Newspaper Websites.” They made a presentation of their
research at the symposium.
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Dr. Russell Phillips, instructor of psychology; Lisa Hietbrink, MWSU;
Hillary Turner, Bishop LeBlond High School; and Robin Ussher, Cameron
High School; “The Implications of Various Forms of Religious Coping in
Buddhists.”
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Donald Lillie, assistant professor of theatre; Daisy Buntin, MWSU; and
Audrey Hughes, Central High School; “Research and Premiere Production of
Stage Play Marlowe.” They preformed scenes from the play at the
symposium. The play was written by Lillie.
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