Colin Rafferty, Associate Professor of English who specializes in the writing of creative non-fiction, gave a reading at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, as part of their English Reading Series on February 16, 2018.

Colin Rafferty, Associate Professor of English who specializes in the writing of creative non-fiction, gave a reading at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, as part of their English Reading Series on February 16, 2018.

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Elizabeth Johnson-Young, Assistant Professor of Communication, recently had her essay published online in the journal Health Communication.Predicting Intentions to Breastfeed for Three Months, Six Months, and One Year Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Body Satisfaction will also appear in the print version in the next edition of the journal.You can read it here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/icCiTHb9tKmyJy6b4JT3/full.

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Emile Lester, a political science professor, co-authored an op-ed in Texas newspaper The Caller Times.“The ongoing textbook wars have embarrassed Texas for years,” the authors write in Take Politics Out of Texas Classrooms. Read more:http://www.caller.com/story/opinion/2018/02/23/take-politics-out-texas-classrooms/368171002/A report Lester co-authored was also featured in Statesman.com called Ideology Tops Facts in Texas History Curriculum.“The quibble over working here […]

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Lynne Richardson’s weekly column appeared in The Free Lance-Star. Called It’s Not About You, she writes:“In case anyone reading this has forgotten, it’s not about you! Organizations, formed by people with a variety of personalities, skills, experiences, and credentials, exist to fulfill the organization’s objectives, whatever they might be.” Read more:http://www.fredericksburg.com/business/columns/richardson-it-s-not-about-you/article_049ef8c2-fc7a-5709-81c6-167ea063ea83.html

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On 16 February, Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti attended a Fulbright Scholar Liaison (FSL) workshop at the Institute for International Education (IIE) in Washington, DC. In the course of this workshop, IIE informed and prompted guest FSL attendees from throughout the nation on various Fulbright programs, and related initiatives to internationalize campuses.Issues addressed in the course of this workshop included the […]

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