meeting part 2

The Marshall University Faculty Senate met on Monday in the John Spotts Room of the Memorial Student Center. The Chair presented 2 major topics that were on their agenda, the current policy for a student’s grade to be marked incomplete and an attatachment to the student handbook regarding student discrimination.

            The senate committee reviewed the current policy for a student to have their grade marked as a incomplete, the revision that was presented to the committee was that for a student to be able to receive the grade of incomplete they must be in good academic standing. But that then presented the question that was posed by most of the members, what was the definition of good academic standing? Is there an actually definition given by the university that states what good academic standing is? Another issue the committee had was that it also stated that it was ultimately up to the professor as long as the student was in good standing.  Burnis Morris from the school of journalism then asked if that mean that even if the student isn’t in good academic standing could the professor still grant them a grade of incomplete? Sandy Prunty from the school of nursing then explained that yes, they technically could, but the main reason why they had to have that stated was because there are some courses, like some of her clinicals for example that are only either a pass or fail there isn’t a 100 to 60 grading scale.

            Ultimately the committee decided to fail the changes and sent it back to the Budget and Academic Committee for further corrections, which will be represented to them by their next meeting on Dec. 9.

            The senate committee then voted on a recommended addition to the student handbook regarding the code of a students rights and responsibilities. It would be a new section that followed the section of appeals and would be publicized by using all existing university information sources. More specifically the addition lines out a grievance procedure for acts of discrimination and harassment.

            The addition was passed with a positive vote from all members on the committee.

            The meeting lasted a total of 19 minutes with about 25 people in attendance. The senate is scheduled to meet again on Dec.9 following with a Jan. 11 meeting to start off the new semester.

Faculty senate meeting

experience of covering a meeting: I had covered meeting previously for my high school news station so i sort of knew what to expect. But this meeting was a little harder to follow, although im sure if i had done research before it wouldn't have been as bad, but i didn't. So it was hard for me to follow along whenever they were talking about the revisions to the incomplete policy because i didnt have a copy in front of me to see what they were talkng about nor did i know what the old one said , and i had the same issue with the addition to the handbook.

date: nov 29 time:12 noon location:student center city:huntington

name of governing unit: faculty senate committee

members of the body:11 number of people in attendance:25

voting: yes

2 majors issues voted on: incomplete grade and student discrimination

arnold 2

When most people see something misspelled on a billboard, in a menu, on a parking sign, or on a mailbox they either don’t even notice it or they will just get a little giggle and walk on by.
But that’s not the case for George T. Arnold, Ph.D, a self confessed “grammaraholic”. Who feels the need to correct any and all of these mistakes he sees.
Arnold is a copy editor and the author of the Media Writers Handbook, a textbook for media students or any student trying to follow the rules of AP style journalism. It is a text filled with common grammar mistakes and the proper way to fix them.
Arnold wrote this text not because he felt he needed to write a grammar book, but because there was no grammar book that covered this material.
Arnold taught at Marshall University for a little over 35 years and during his tenure there he taught a variety of classes. One of which was JMC 100, which was an introduction to new journalism students on how to properly write the way a journalist should. Arnold found himself having to give almost inch thick handouts to students on a regular basis explaining all of the rules they needed to be following. So he thought what better way to fix that problem then to just compose a book with everything they needed to know, so that exactly what he did with Media Writers Handbook.
Arnold came back to visit Marshall University on Tuesday. Where he spoke about some of the most common mistakes students make and also some of his personal experiences from being a “grammaraholic”.
Arnold started by telling a story about a lady at the West Virginia state fair. “You know those rocks people can buy to put outside their houses? You know the ones that have the last name on them? Well there was a lady with a tent selling them, and as I looked over I noticed something, most of them were spelled wrong! They were spelled the Jone’s or the Smiths’s !”.
Of course, Arnold caught onto her grammar mistake. When talking about the family’s last name and the place where they live it shouldn’t state the families name then “..’s”, because that would make it singular possessive tense. There should simply just be an “s” added to a last name, unless the last name ends in a “s”, then you add an “es”. Well after explaining this to the lady she then kindly explained to Arnold … “That you can leave me tent.”.
After Arnold left the fair that evening he went home to then write “confessions of a grammaraholic”, where he explained mistakes in restaurant menus, billboards and parking lot violations.
Arnold said something about regional dialects as well, and how people when public speaking try to throw out big words to sound intelligent, instead of just properly using basic everyday english, the use of clichés and common expressions, slang and his newest chapter in his book.
Arnold said that all students should look to his book to see what it correct and what isn’t when it comes to AP rules, common mistakes and just any grammar in general. He said all students to should be as successful as they can, and to be able to do that, they need to know everything they can about proper grammar, and he would almost guarantee that that would make them better then anyone in their job.

Dr.Arnold

Have you ever walked by something or read something in public or at a place of business that was either miss spelled or didn’t follow grammar rules?
Or do you even think about it? Instead you just take it at face value and move on.
Well that’s not the case for Dr. George T. Arnold who is a self confessed “grammaraholic”.
Dr. Arnold is the author of the Media Writers Handbook, a textbook for media students or any student trying to follow the rules of AP style journalism. It is a text filled cover to cover with common grammar mistakes and the proper way to fix them.
Dr. Arnold wrote this text not because he felt he needed to write a grammar book, but more because the lack of this grammar book. Dr. Arnold taught at Marshall University for a little over 35 years and during his tenure there he taught a variety of classes. One of which was JMC 100, which was an introduction to new journalism students on how to properly write the way a journalist should. Dr. Arnold found himself having to give almost inch thick handouts to students on a regular basis explaining all of the rules they needed to be following. So he thought what better way to fix that problem then to just compose a book with everything they needed to know, so that exactly what he did with Media Writers Handbook.
Dr. Arnold came back to visit Marshall on Tuesday. Where he spoke about some of the most common mistakes students make and also some of he personal experiences of being a “grammaraholic”.
Dr. Arnold started by telling a story about a lady at the West Virginia state fair. “You know those rocks people can buy to put outside their homes? You know the ones that have the families’ last name on them? Well there was a lady with a tent selling them, and as I looked over I noticed something, most of them were spelled wrong! They were spelled the Jone’s or the Dodd’s !”. Of course, Dr. Arnold caught onto her grammar mistake. When talking about the family’s last name and the place where they live it shouldn’t state the families name then add “…’s”, because that would make it singular possessive tense. There should simply just be an “s” added to a last name, unless the last name ends in “s”, then you add an “es”. Well after explaining this to the lady she kindly explained to Dr. Arnold “That you can leave me tent.”.
After Dr. Arnold left the fair that evening he went home to then write “confessions of a grammaraholic”, where he went onto explain mistakes in restaurant menus, billboards and parking lot violations.
Dr. Arnold then moved on to talk about regional dialects, how people when public speaking try to throw out big words to sound intelligent, instead of just properly using basic english, the use of clichés and common expressions, slang and his newest chapter in his book.
The students listened with interest through his explanation of being a “grammarholic” and hearing about common mistakes (most students having a few “awha” moments at least once).
Dr. Arnold said that all students should look to his book to see what it correct and what isn’t when it comes to AP rules, common mistakes and just any grammar in general. He wants all students to be as successful as they can, and to be able to do that, they need to know everything they can about proper grammar, and he would almost guarantee that that would make them better then anyone in their job.

mu vs ecu

The ECU Pirates dominated Saturday against Marshall’s Thundering Herd in Greenville, N.C. with a final score of 37-10.

The Thundering Herd was trying to shake off a 3 game losing streak and hadn’t played since Oct.13 against UCF at home, losing 35-14.  The Herd has had a rough season so far with a conference record of 0-3 and a non-conference record of 1-2, giving them the over all record of 1-6.

The Herd was hoping to control the ball to keep ECU’s strongest players such as quaterback Davis and wide receiver Dwayne Harris off the field.  Marshall was successful in the first half, with a 22-yard field goal from lead kicker Tyler Warner and a 9-yard touch down pass from Brian Anderson to Troy Evans to with 8:56 left in the second period.

The Pirates were led by, senior Jonathan Williams who ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, quarterback Dominique Davis who threw for 208 yards and two scores, Dustin Lineback who had 12 tackles and several other outstanding receivers (ECU had a total of 11 different receivers catch balls). The ECU Pirates are currently the East Division leaders and have a conference record of 4-0 and an overall record of 5-2. Leading the Pirates to be tied for the fourth-longest active conference-winning streak in the nation.

Marshall's Brian Anderson threw for a total of 217 yards before being pulled for backup for the third game in a row. He finished with 3 interceptions before being pulled by Marshall head coach, Doc Holliday. Marshall's only touchdown was Anderson's 9-yard pass to Troy Evans midway through the second quarter that tied the game at 10-10.

The game was tied until the Pirates scored twice in the final 2:30 of the first half to take a 20-10 lead before halftime. Marshall outgained ECU in total yardage by 19 in the first half, while Davis, who is the league's top passer at about 315 yards per game, threw for only 92 yards. But Williams’ 29-yard burst up the middle for a touchdown put East Carolina ahead 17-10 with 2:14 left in the half that led to an ECU 40-yard field goal to close out the half, a Pirate lead that would only grow.

The Pirates then scored on their first three plays of the second half to open up the game.

Davis started the opening play of the second half with a 26-yard touchdown to make it 27-10. Then after the Pirates second drive ended with a field goal, Williams crushed the 100 yrd mark by jumping around and over linemen for a run of 21 yards, which set up Davis' 10-yard pass to Mike Price, scoring for the 37-10 final lead with 12:59 left in the game.

Marshall’s Thundering Herd returns to Huntington next Saturday at home for the homecoming game against UTEP. Kickoff is 3 p.m. at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

-East Carolina official sports page

-Herald Dispatch

-Herzone

questions

People
   Patricia A. Price . Exectutive Director
   Lee L.McCloud . Community case manager
   RaShawna K. Smalley . school case manager
   Erin Fannin . Community and school case manager
   Clients

Questions
   Patricia-What made her want to become a part of BBBS
               -how long has she been in charge
               -previous job
   Erin Flannin-Is it hard to get to know the kids and have to work their cases
                       -what made her want to be part

Websites
   bbbstristate.org
   guidestar.org
   unitedwayrivercities.org

Documents
   last 3 tax returns
   audits
   tax exemptions

Gilliam United Way

Laura Gilliam, is the Executive Director for the Cabell County branch of the United Way. She was invited to speak at a Marshall University luncheon Thursday at noon by the SGA and Faculty Senate. The program was held at the student center in the John Marshall Room and about 100 people attended.

      Gilliam kept the focus on what the United Way is and what it is they do. Gilliam gave an example story about an ogre on a river to help the audience better understand their purpose and goals.

 Think about a man walking along the river, and he sees a baby floating by so he jumps in to grab it. Then after he gets out there are 2 babies floating in the river, so he jumps back in. Then he gets back out again and turns around and the river is full of babies, so he runs into town to get help. And when one townsman shows up and said well. . Where are all these babies coming from? So the townsman walks up the river to find an ogre that is throwing all the babies into the river.

            Gilliam said that’s their goal now, to find that Ogre. Just because the United Way is able to pump money into the community and help people with their immediate needs that that is not the United Ways goal, they want to be able to find the root cause and create a long-term solution to be able to build a stable future.

            The Cabell County United Way has three partnerships, financial stability partnership, Cabell County substance abuse and Success by six. Gilliam is also working on a fourth partnership to reduce and eliminate hunger in Cabell County.

            The financial stability act’s goal is to help families learn to manage their money before they begin to have financial trouble. The Cabell County substance abuse act was put into place to educate young children and teens about the danger of using drugs, try find out why young children, teens and adults are turning to drugs and to turn that around by teaching them the dangers at a young age. Success by six is a program put in place to help ensure that children under the age of 6 are enrolled in school and are being prepared for a bright education.

            While the United Way must have money and financial donors to be able to do what they do, “No money no mission”, Gilliam stressed 3 of the most important things that the audience or anyone is able to do to make the United Way successful. Give, Advocate and Volunteer. That while having people donate hundreds and thousands of dollars is great, not everyone and in fact most people aren’t able to do that. Volunteering is the number one thing that Gilliam preached, that without volunteers the United Way simply wouldn’t be able to function, volunteering is the backbone of what they do.

            Gilliam try’s to encourage everyone into giving his or her time to volunteer. That just because you may not be able to make a monetary donation doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything to help the cause. Gilliam also explained that they try to help “fit” people into being able to help in the areas they feel most passionate about.

            A question that most of the audience kept asking was, what is their fundraising goal for this year? Gilliam didn’t really want to give an actual dollar value because their goal “is a fifteen increase in the number of donor’s”, well what exactly does that mean?

            The most common donor for the United Way gives about five to seven dollars per month, and most are under five hundred dollars a year. So by having a fifteen percent increase in the actual number of donors that would raise more money then just have a few donate a lot of money, that having a lot of people giving just a little or whatever they can is more important and more effective, because in tern you actually have a greater physical number of donors. As far as an actual dollar amount though their goal for this year is just around $1.25 million, which is just a little more then they were actual able to raise lat year ($1.1 million).