1,912 research outputs found
Inside Human Ecology: A conversation with Kay Obendorf
No full textKay Obendorf was interviewed on April 1, 2014 by Steven Henick and Jane Pickney as part of the final project for a Directed Study on Leadership, HE 4000 led by Professor Pauline Morin In Spring 2014. The two students worked with Dr. Morin in an independent study project to develop and pilot test ideas for the new fall course, which they titled Reflective Leadership Studio. They identified readings, activities, and the syllabus for the course, and they tried out the proposed learning activities. They also identified a class project which involved interviewing a Human Ecology Leader and capturing the event on video which resulted in Professor Obendorf’s video recording.1_i4217fk
S. Kay Obendorf: An Integrating Vision
No full textThe College of Human Ecology hosted a symposium and retirement celebration for S. Kay Obendorf, professor in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, on Sept. 8, 2016. Reflecting upon Obendorf's 50 years at Cornell, speakers from industry and academia addressed her significant contributions as a researcher, teacher, mentor and administrator, with a special focus on her integrating vision for the future of the College of Human Ecology. In the laboratory, Obendorf made breakthroughs related to the surface chemistry of fibers and their performance, with applications in the areas of protective clothing, detergency, human health, and functional textiles. As an administrator, she helped to transform the College of Home Economics into the modern College of Human Ecology, developing interdisciplinary curricula and programs that integrate the natural sciences, social sciences and design fields.1_300sumgn1_593g5i6
Tribute to Kay Boyle
No full text for Ian Under a bright San Francisco starI earned my MA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State in 1968. I had the good fortune to have Kay Boyle standing in my proverbial corner. Kay is (I use the present tense because, once set down, literature is here to stay) an amazingly accomplished and well-versed author with some 40 published books to round out her long lifetime (1902-1992). Kay Boyle in Crowd, San Francisco State College Strike, 1968-1969 by Gerald Grow Throughout her writin..
Author Kay Kermode with Plant
No full textKathryn "Kay" Vassel Kermode with one of her plants. A long time agriculturalist in Manatee County, she is author of the 1995 book: Tomato Ties n Growers: a history of the tomato industry in West Florida
Marching the Streets of San Francisco With Novelist and Activist, Kay Boyle
No full textIn this wonderfully vivid piece, originally published in 2013 and now posted on LitHub, Marianne Goldsmith tells about marching the streets of San Francisco with Kay Boyle in the early 1970s. The author says she was inspired to revive it after the Jan 6th riot in Washington, D.C. "Marching the Streets of San Francisco With Novelist and Activist, Kay Boyle," http://disq.us/t/3wqn7rz Marianne Goldsmith is the pen-name of Marianne Smith. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds ..
Khoo Kay Kim, professor of Malaysian history : a biobibliometric study
No full textPresents an analysis of the publication productivity, authorship pattern, channels of communication, journal preference and language preference of Professor Dato' Khoo Kay Kim, Professor of Malaysian History in the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The results of this biobibliometric study indicate that he can be a role model for future Malaysian historians to emulate his various achievements especially in the field of history education
Letter from Kay Yamashita to Pooh, November 1, 1942
No full textLetter from Kay Yamashita to Pooh at the Sakai house, written from Topaz incarceration camp. Yamashita mentions the Student Relocation Council and activities of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a scheduled visit from Caleb Foote, and the arrival of a new teacher at the camp high school, F.O.R. member Mary McMillan. Yamashita asks if Joe [Joseph R. Goodman] would be willing to come teach at the high school. Kay also writes of lack of adequate heating in the cold weather, and of censorship of the camp newsletter: "If you get a hold of one of our Topaz Times, now a daily news sheet, don't believe all - it's highly censored - about as much as our Tanforan newspaper was - they're afraid to let anything unpleasant or detrimental to the administration out." Yamashita also mention lack of available or willing workers for farm labor in the camp.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Thank you card from Kay Ochi to Hayao (Sam) Chuman
No full textA thank you card from Kay Ochi to Hayao (Sam) Chuman thanking him for his $1,000 donation to the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR).The Chuman (Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko) Papers documents the World War II experiences of Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman, who were Kibei Nisei born in the United States but grew up and completed school in Japan, and then returned to the U.S. prior to the war. It chronicles the Chuman's incarceration from the Santa Anita Assembly Center, through Jerome, Rohwer, Tule Lake camps, and the Santa Fe and Crystal City internment camps as well as their struggle for restoring their U.S. citizenships in the 1960s. The digital collection consists of mostly textual material, including correspondence, affidavits, incarceration camp records, lease agreements, financial documents, receipts, pamphlets, and booklets
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