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Southern Women and the South\u27s Race Problem by Robert B. Eleazer
Full text linkPamphlet published by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, written by Robert B. Eleazer, Educational Director. The pamphlet describes commission meetings in Memphis, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, and the responsibility felt by southern white women (primarily church women) to study and then improve the lives of Black women and children in their cities.
The need for day nurseries, kindergartens, clinics, playgrounds, better schools, improved housing and sanitation, safer conditions of travel, and especially the unmeasured condemnation of lynching are all noted.
p. 2 The purpose of this organization and its affiliated state and local committees is to bring about better understanding, justice and fair dealing between the white and colored races. The Commission believes that the white race, as the more fortunate group and the one responsible for the Negro\u27s presence in America, is under obligation to be both just and generous toward the latter. It believes further that the welfare and even the racial integrity of the two groups can be effectively preserved in no other way.
Learn more: Pullen, Ann Ellis (2013). Commission on Interracial Cooperation New Georgia Encyclopedia.https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/clark_docs/1014/thumbnail.jp
An Adaptive Method for Covariate Balancing in Block Randomized Clinical Trials
No full textClinical trials are randomized in part to limit allocation bias, but also to ensure comparability between treatment arms for a baseline variable of concern. Comparable with regard to a baseline variable of concern is necessary for the validity of statistical methods. However, comparability is not guaranteed for trials of any size and is even more likely in trials with \u3c 200 total participants. We propose a new method for adapting the allocation of participants in a sequentially allocated two-armed study with a small sample size to better ensure comparability.
The proposed method calculates the expected final imbalance (lack of comparability) based on the current participant values. Unlike several other methods, our method ensures the final desired sample size for each treatment arm, utilizes the expected final imbalance, increases comparability between treatment arms, can be applied to both categorical and continuous data, and preserves randomization.
When comparing our methods to existing methods of allocation such as the block design, stratification, and minimization, our method either performed better or similarly to existing methods when it came to limiting imbalance.
All of our methods and the existing techniques performed similarly in terms of the average variance of the response, type 1 error, and power. Overall, our method is not difficult to implement and could be added later to a study that utilizes a method that does not balance the groups regarding a baseline variable of concern
Flute Studio Recital, video
Full text linkStudio Recital VideoFlute Music Studio Recital: Living Composerswith Hope Armstrong Erb & David Kim, pianoThursday, February 27, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts922 Park Avenue | Richmond, Virgini
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, video
Full text linkEnsemble Performance, videoSymphonic Wind Ensemble, videopresents: Song and Dance conducted by Duane CostonFriday, February 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.Sonia Vlahcevic Concert HallW.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts922 Park Avenue | Richmond, Virgini
VCU Choirs, disc two
Full text linkdisc two of twoVCU Choirs presetBelonging: A Choral Celebrationof Communitywith guest choirs from Alexandria City High SchoolWednesday, April 9, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.Sonia Vlahcevic Concert HallW. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts922 Park Avenue | Richmond, Virgini
Junior Recital, April Freeman, drum set, video
Full text linkJunior Recital videoApril Freeman, drum set, videowith Malik Gray, alto saxophone; Victoria Baird, tenor saxophone; Ammer Yaqoob, trumpet; Zak Sajjad and Red Yagel, guitar; Jack Harper, piano; Nick Waddell, bass; and Libby Mullins, vocalsMonday, April 7, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.Recital HallJames W. Black Music Center1015 Grove Avenue | Richmond, VirginiaThe presentation of this junior recital will fulfill in part the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies. April Freeman studies drum set with Emre Kartari
AGILITY IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: USING IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE TO ALIGN NIRSA’S COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WITH MEMBER NEEDS
Full text linkThis intrinsic case study delved into how NIRSA, a leading Association for Campus Recreation, and its members could effectively engage with one another to best support the members\u27 needs. Leveraging the principles of improvement science, we rigorously assessed the root causes of misalignments between NIRSA and its members. This process allowed us to develop a theory of change that supports organizational alignment and engagement and satisfies members\u27 needs. We found that change concepts like agility to pivot, in addition to inclusive and responsive communication strategies, would support members in navigating the evolving landscape of the campus recreation industry and amplify the missing voices of members from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and rural colleges. We conclude with recommendations and strategies for NIRSA to align with members\u27 needs by incorporating the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle that would result in measurable improvements
Blacklisted. Hollywood 1950
Full text linkStorytelling prize winner in the 2025 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.
A successful screenwriter is falsely accused of being a Communist sympathizer and must endure suffocating censorship, surveillance and the struggle to preserve both his creativity and his freedom.https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jurgen/1026/thumbnail.jp
Archaeology as alternative prison education
No full textThis paper presents the educational focused outcomes of a set of workshops entitled \u27Introduction to Archaeology’ that were delivered within a prison. The workshops were delivered as part of a project that seeks to explore the pro-social benefits and social capital (i.e. social and structural aspects that support positive identity formation) that could be developed through engagement with archaeology, specifically for those within the criminal justice system. The workshops offered a bespoke, alternative, educational offering within an adult male prison in Wales. It was designed and delivered by an archaeologist who has an established background in the field, especially in relation to community engagement and education. The social experiences of prison participants were recorded via multi—modal methods and analysed by a criminology researcher. The inter-disciplinary project did not specifically seek to consider how archaeology can offer an innovative, alternative prison education. However, the potential of the inclusive learning that it offered through exploration of artefacts, activity and discussion in small group environments, has been revealed. The paper outlines the potential of such an approach and sets out the benefits within wider literature on prison education, public archaeology and archaeology education