\u27Ministering Confusion\u27: Rebellious Quaker Women (1650-1660)\u27

This paper assesses the position of women within the Quaker community, concentrating on their ministerial roles. Female prophets and preachers were visible during the first decade of Quakerism, and the early years prove fruitful for exploration of women\u27s experiences. In order to consider the difficulties women faced when taking a public role in support of Quakerism, some context on seventeenth-century attitudes to women will be provided. It will be argued that women had to challenge patriarchal notions that the \u27weaker\u27 sex should be silent, passive and obedient. In contrast to prevailing seventeenth-century norms, the potential radicalism of the Quaker approach to gender can be demonstrated. Yet, the majority of this paper deals with evidence showing that women were chastised by other Quakers for apparently departing from the conventional female roles. Hence, this paper examines the co-existence of radical, egalitarian attitudes to gender alongside more conservative, and restrictive evaluations of women\u27s ministry

Biochar Characterization and Engineering

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Peru: Exploring Old and New

Take a trip with Professor Catie Brooks to South America into the wondrous country of Peru. Learn about new efforts in Peru to support tourism to ancient sites. Marvel at photos of the Maras Salt Mines, Machu Picchu, the Rainbow Mountains, and more

President Bush, President Obama, and Executive Orders

This article examines the use of executive orders issued during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barak Obama. Using case studies of the most significant executive order issued by each president, and by using quantitative data on the number of executive orders issued by each president during their first term in office, the author finds evidence that supports the “two presidencies” thesis. Moreover, the author finds evidence supporting the theory that Republican presidents are more likely to issue executive orders related to foreign policy, whereas Democratic presidents are more likely to issue executive orders related to domestic policy. Also, because President Bush’s more impactful executive orders were related to foreign policy, he experienced greater success getting his policies enacted, as per the “two presidencies” thesis. President Obama, on the other hand, was less successful because many of his most important executive orders were related to domestic policy

Interview: Cody Mullen

Dr. Cody Mullen is a clinical associate professor of public health and director of the Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree program at Purdue University. In this role, he works closely with industry partners, faculty, and students to deliver the MHA program

Teaching Time and Graphs with Differentiated Instruction and Assessment Strategies

This capstone reports the effectiveness of using differentiated instructional and assessment strategies to improve student performance in math. Based on pretest data, instruction was planned and implemented to best meet the needs of each student to help them succeed. This unit started with a pretest, had ten days of lessons and instruction, and then concluded with a post-test. Based on student data, student performance and learning increased by using differentiated instruction and instructional strategies that were adapted to help each student. Using feedback, nonlinguistic representations (a big piece of assessment), think-pair-shares, and physical models/manipulatives, students successfully showed the increase in learning they experienced