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An Academic Journey

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Moudgil, Virinder K.; Nixon, Jude V.

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(Oakland University, 2009-01-01) Nixon, Jude V.

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(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Nixon, Jude V.

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Assessment and Academic Values: A Partial Response to David Garfinkle

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Lepkowski, Frank J.; Nixon, Jude V.

In my esteemed colleague David Garfinkle’s cris de coeur decrying the lack of “academic values” among Oakland University administrators (Oakland Journal, Fall 2006), he admits that he wants to “stir things up,” and it is into that vortex I wish to pitch this modest contribution to the debate.

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Block that Pundit!

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Appleton, Sheldon; Nixon, Jude V.

After every election, the pundits and spinners come out to play. They interpret the election results, often based on a cursory look at the vote totals and/or exit polls.

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The “Boom” and the Bang: One Hundred Years of Solitude and Forty Years of Mingling, or, From “The Faulknerian Revolution” to the Lost Generation

(Oakland University, 2008-01-01) Tres, Gheorghita; Nixon, Jude V.

Historical literary movements and moments aside, the mere acknowledgement of the fact that Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez turned eighty last year has probably induced a considerable mass of Weltliteratur-minded individuals to come to terms one more time with the magical realism of melancholy.

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Born and Born Again: 1969 and Its Discords

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Murphy, Brian; Nixon, Jude V.

The discord of the 1960s led to the development of the Honors College at Oakland University.

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Breaking the Spell Revisited

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Brooks, Richard W.; Nixon, Jude V.

One of the interesting aspects of Dennett’s book (and Paul’s review of it) is that religion seems to be interpreted as exclusively Judeo-Christian.

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Brushes and Rushes

(Oakland University, 2009-01-01) Byrne, Bill; Nixon, Jude V.

My wife reminds me, whenever I mention my brushes with the famous, that I am “star struck.” It’s her way of keeping me from making too much of myself or parlaying my brief encounters, my space and timeshare with some newsheadliners, into anything more that what it is—mostly happenstance, “a mere bagatelle,” or more appropriately, a series of them.

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The Campus Architecture of Oakland University

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Cameron, John B.; Nixon, Jude V.

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Changing Health Care for Vulnerable Older Adults: Five Programs of Research

(Oakland University, 2008-10-01) Adams, Linda Thompson; Nixon, Jude V.

Four papers discuss the relative influence of scientific, societal, and/or public policy upon the care of vulnerable older adults. Each paper addresses a program of research, an aspect of which influences the quality of health provided. Although the focus of each program of research is different, a common theme is improvement in health care provided for older adults.

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Changing the Care Provided Persons with Dementia: The Role of Experiential Knowledge and Philosophy of Science

(Oakland University, 2008-10-01) Whall, Ann L.; Nixon, Jude V.

This discussion is both cautionary and hopeful, for it addresses the remaining ability of those persons with dementia as well as the effect of such lack of recognition, upon the care delivered to all vulnerable older adults.

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The Chronicles of Seminarnia

(Oakland University, 2008-10-01) Byrne, Bill; Nixon, Jude V.

A humorous essay on the subject of seminars.

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Comment on Author Barbara Oakley’s New Book, Evil Genes

(Oakland University, 2008-01-01) Sevilla, Michael; Murphy, Brian; Nixon, Jude V.

Two reviews of Barbara Oakley's book "Evil Genes".

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The Construction of the Oakland Way

(Oakland University, 2007-10-01) Miller, Karen A.J.; Nixon, Jude V.

Oakland’s creation in 1957 was the outcome of a strange mélange of boosterism and spite.The University developed from a branch campus if Michigan State University, becoming fully independent in 1970.