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Browse Teaching and Students stories - October, 2009

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  • Students Debate Ethics of Job Creation, Environmental Consequences |
    UANews | The seventh annual Eller Ethics Case Competition pits student teams from more than two dozen college and universities on moral issues that businesses face. | |
  • Philosophy Student Wins Greek Studies Prize |
    UANews | The Phi Beta Kappa Society awarded its annual Sibley Fellowship to Michelle Jenkins for her dissertation on Plato. | |
  • Statewide Summit on American Indian Education Held at UA |
    UANews | The event was the second in a series of planned meetings to formalize ways that will help American Indian students succeed in higher education. |
  • Think Tank Reports High Demand |
    UANews | The Think Tank, the UA's center for academic support services, offers tutoring, peer mentoring and weekly course reviews. |
  • Solar Decathlon Team Leaders Celebrate UA’s Success |
    UANews | As the Solar Decathlon winds down, UA students can now celebrate a successful competition, which has garnered the team praise from thousands of visitors and national recognition. | |
  • UA Seeks to Broaden Diversity in Engineering, Geosciences |
    UANews | UA researchers will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to interest young people from underrepresented groups in pursuing engineering and geosciences. | | |
  • Even in the Rain, UA Solar Decathlon Team Shines |
    UANews | The chief executive officer of a power company, the head of a solar company and a member of Congress joined hundreds of visitors at the UA's Solar Decathlon house. | | |
  • Writing Centers Focus on Peer to Peer Learning |
    UANews | UA GEAR UP staff, which include master's and doctoral students from the College of Humanities, are helping develop peer to peer writing skills for Sunnyside Unified high school students.  |
  • Family Weekend Gets Kicked Off |
    UANews | Hundreds of people are expected to attend the UA's Family Weekend events, which get kicked off this week. | | |
  • Student Exchange Store Buying and Selling Sustainability |
    UANews | UA students operate and manage the Student Exchange Store at the Park Student Union. The store purchases and sells gently used UA student items and sells new clothes, books and school supplies at a discount. | |
  • Truth, Tolerance in the Modern World |
    UANews | UA students worked with a statewide organization to bring a collection of paintings primarily by Chinese artists that explore the depth of human compassion, tolerance and understanding. | | |
  • Dean of Students Appoints Advocacy Coordinator |
    UANews | Erin L. Good, the new advocacy coordinator, hopes to support student's academic success in spite of trauma.  |
  • UA Intervention Training Program Goes National |
    UANews | The UA's STEP UP! program was developed to teach students about ways that they, as bystanders, can help prevent problematic situations or aid in remedying them. | |
  • UA Students Providing Free Computer Training on Saturday |
    UANews | The training will be offered in English and Spanish. | |
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