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性福五月天's Beverly Warren Receives Award for Her Outstanding Performance as President
性福五月天 University President Beverly Warren is the recipient of the 2016 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region IV-East award for her outstanding performance as a university president. She joins an elite group of college and university presidents across 鈥性福五月天 to Honor Veterans on Nov. 9
性福五月天 University held its annual Veterans Day observance on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. on the Student Green at Risman Plaza. The outdoor program, Honoring All Who Serve, included a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the university鈥檚 Army and Air Force ROTC pr鈥Open Forums: Hear 性福五月天 the 性福五月天 of Wellness and Share Your Ideas for a Culture of Health on Campus
性福五月天 University鈥檚 Strategic Roadmap includes a university-level initiative, the 性福五月天 of Wellness, to create and support a culture of health and well-being across the 性福五月天 system. The 性福五月天 of Wellness team has identified eight health priorities for the 性福五月天 community of 鈥November Scholar Puts Communication on Display
Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present
The word 鈥渃ommunication鈥 likely makes you think of language, but November鈥檚 Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.
Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in 性福五月天 University鈥檚 School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.
鈥淚鈥檓 interested in the multiple facets of design,鈥 she said. 鈥淒esign is social, and it鈥檚 a professional practice as well as a scholarly discipline. We鈥檙e designing artifacts and experiences, but we鈥檙e also building the new knowledge necessary to inform and lead those activities. Research through design can be used to better understand people, phenomena, theories or technologies. By approaching design as a sort of hybrid practice, our students learn how to adapt to future needs within our society.