Public Library. Woodson, a National Book Award finalist, Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newberry Honor author is known for her books for children and teens, including “Hush”, “The Other Side”, “Feathers, Miracle’s Boys”, and “Each Kindness”. The event was open to the public and the KSU campus.
Candidates in the Educator Preparation Program (formerly known as the Teacher Education Program) were engaged in equity and diversity issues and their impact on literacy instruction. Discussions and role playing in “How Children Learn” and in the use of comprehension strategies, phonics/phonemic awareness, word recognition, and vocabulary were part of the activities. Reading and writing across the curriculum, family engagement, and assessment to inform instruction were also demonstrated through the use of workshop models and thinking strategies. Differentiated design and management of literacy instruction were also aligned to the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS).
Last spring, the School of Business implemented a “Supplementary Instructional Program” designated for “high risk” courses. The program consisted of a weekly review session which resulted in an increase in the total average scores and the number of students who completed the “high risk” courses with a passing grade. Currently, BUA 320 has 18 students and ECO 321 has 15 students participating in the supplementary instruction.
Dr. James Obielodan successfully completed a 32-hour SAP University Alliances Faculty Workshop and plans to integrate SAP ERP into his MIS classes this fall.
Dr. Jens Hannemann met with representatives from Supersoul of Lexington to discuss internship opportunities and curriculum development for the degree in Digital Gaming, Entertainment and Simulation. They made suggestions on curriculum content that will be incorporated into the upcoming update of the DGE curriculum. This was done to better align it with industry expectations and needs and to react to technological and methodological shifts in the field. Supersoul has also agreed to act as a stakeholder in the ongoing COS/DGE 495 capstone design class to establish a sense of external accountability in the students and to scout for talent.
Dr. Hannemann visited Meadowthorpe Elementary school in September to demonstrate Python programming on the student homework for the 5th grade quest class. Python is a programming language. Many universities use it as the language of choice for the introduction to programming and program design because it is easy to write and read. Google and Dropbox are two of the world's largest Python users. The feedback of this visit was very positive. Many kids were happy to know they could use Python to program a small game.
Dr. Chi Shen, and Dr. Mike Unuakhalu, Wen Li (2014). Multistep Sparse Approximation Technology in Information Retrieval. International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 99, Number 10.