266 research outputs found
Flourishing at work is all about relationships
No full textWork as strictly business is an outdated idea: office friendships serve a growing number of functions in our lives, write Amy E. Colbert, Joyce E. Bono and Radostina (Ina) K. Purvanov
Henri Temianka Correspondence; (colbert)
No full textThis collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/1617/thumbnail.jp
appendix_1 – Supplemental material for Defining Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education: A National Study
No full textSupplemental material, appendix_1 for Defining Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education: A National Study by Robert Shochet, Amy Fleming, James Wagner, Jorie Colbert-Getz, Monica Bhutiani, Kevin Moynahan and Meg Keeley in Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development</p
Researching Social News – Is reddit.com a mouthpiece for the ‘Hive Mind’, or a Collective Intelligence approach to Information Overload?
No full textDistributed moderation and filtering systems are becoming increasingly common on the web. This paper examines reddit.com, a Social News website where users vote to determine which stories will be featured in high-visibility locations. User voting activity and attention are found to be highly concentrated on the website’s front page. The consequences of this are considered, chiefly by studying reddit’s coverage of a major news story. Minority opinions are found to be slightly marginalised but not excluded from high-visibility locations. The paper concludes by discussing some positive and negative effects of the emphasis reddit places on its front page and the collective decisions about which items appear there
Carrying the Torch of Colbert: An Anthology of Right-wing Satire
No full textIn this satirical anthology written for WRTC 314: Writing in the Public Sphere, veteran Lexia author Roddewig pays homage to Stephen Colbert\u27s fictionalized persona from The Colbert Report and his book I Am America (And So Can You!). With brevity and hilarity, Carrying the Torch of Colbert offers a poignant parody of the hot-button issues of gun regulation and Trump\u27s wall
Lichen Diversity in Southeast Iowa
No full textExploration of the lichen diversity in southeast Iowa has historically been limited. Prior to this study only 124 of the total 7,644 known specimens of Iowa lichens (1.6%) were from four counties in southeast Iowa. After two years of field work a total of 150 species were identified from 395 specimens, 18 of which are new records for the state. Only 29 of the species found had been previously documented in southeastern Iowa. Integration of these collecting efforts with previous efforts provides an estimate of 465 species of lichens reported for Iowa. Of these species, 33 macrolichen species are likely to be rare in, or extirpated from, the state.This article is published as Podaril, A.L., Colbert, J.T., Lichen Diversity in Southeast Iowa. Opuscula Philolichenum. 14(2015); 121-138. Posted with permission </p
Conflicting goals in a higher education environment
No full textMarie O’Shutt is the MBA Director, a mid-level management position, at an institution of higher education (a university). She inherited Amy, an underachieving administrative assistant (AA) when she was asked to take the MBA position. Marie has concerns related to ethics and integrity surrounding some of Amy’s actions, including recording hours worked that cannot be substantiated. Marie’s goal is to employ a productive AA in order to operate an efficient and effective MBA program. Amy strongly desires to retain in the position of MBA AA and to maintain the status quo of reporting hours worked at hours when the university was not open and which cannot be substantiated. Upper level management at the university; i.e., the Dean of Business and the Director of Human Resources, has a goal of wanting to avoid having Amy sue. Members of management in this institution of higher education appear to have conflicting goals and are not seeking goal congruence, and the issues involve integrity, ethics, and legal matters
Stephen Colbert and philosophy: I am philosophy (and so can you!)
No full textRoben Torosyan is a contributing author, Things that make you go “what?”, p. 29-49).
Book description: In Stephen Colbert\u27s recent commencement address at Princeton University, he told the graduates not to change the world. And on the very first episode of The Colbert Report, he coined the term truthiness, which means not what is true, but rather what feels true. (The American Dialect Society subsequently voted truthiness 2005 Word of the Year, joining the august ranks of plutoed, red state, and metrosexual. ) Stephen Colbert, both the man and his body of work, represents a particularly rich set of philosophical issues. For one, the concept of truth is central to all branches of philosophy, and the very idea that someone is promoting (even if only satirically) the truthy over the truth raises a whole host of philosophical concerns: Has truthiness taken the place of truth? Is it all just truthiness, anyway? Colbert has coined other terms that scintillate philosophers as well, such as Wikiality (a reality determined by human agreement as opposed to something more objective) and Freem (freedom without the do). No doubt about it, philosophers love Colbert, who majored in philosophy at Hampden-Sydney College, and not only because he plays with concepts that are central to philosophy in his comedy. In addition, he is a pop-culture phenomenon worthy of philosophical interest in his own right. For instance, what does it mean for the state of political and cultural discourse in America that Colbert, a faux-pundit openly mocking the Fox News and CNN pundits, is so popular? Does Colbert add anything positive to that discourse, or is he just a cynical force with no positive impact? Stephen Colbert and Philosophy is crammed with thoughtful and amusing chapters, each more profound than all the others, all written by philosophers, and all focused unwaveringly on the topic of Stephen Colbert. Although most of the discussion is centered around his Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report, his best-selling book I Am America (And So Can You!) is not neglected, nor are his public performances. Indeed not! You’ll find at least a few choice paragraphs examining Colbert\u27s incendiary 2006 White House Press Correspondents\u27 Dinner, where he said of President Bush, I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers, and rubble, and recently flooded city squares. In a similar manner, Stephen Colbert and Philosophy stands for things. Things you will want to know, or at least know of, generally speaking. Read it today, and you too will proudly proclaim: I am Philosophy (And So Can You!) -- Publisher description.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/cae-books/1003/thumbnail.jp
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