A Day in Her Boots

Spend a day with groundskeeper extraordinaire Carol Gallagher to learn some of the secrets behind what makes the Linfield campus so beautiful

Book review: Shift

The article reviews the book "Shift," by Rhian Gallagher

Cwbr Author Interview: The Union War

Interview with Dr. Gary Gallagher, John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia Interviewed by Nathan Buman Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today, I\u27m delighted to be joined by Gary Gallagher who is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia to discuss his most recent book The Union War. Professor Gallagher, thank you for talking with us today. Gary Gallagher (GG): Thanks for inviting me

Marian Gallagher: A Tribute

In these days of LEXIS and WESTLAW, fax machines, photocopiers, compact discs, and electronic library bibliographic networks, it is easy to forget what law libraries and legal research were like before these developments. Although these new devices are all helpful to legal research, it is doubful that they would be as successful as they are were it not for the development of law libraries and law librarianship under such able leaders as Marian Gould Gallagher

Implementation of a Physical Activity Group at a Community Mental Health Center: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder is a debilitating illness that affects millions of Americans, including adolescents. The majority of adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) do not receive treatment. There may be a variety of reasons for this including stigma, access to care, and potential adverse reactions. People suffering from MDD are known to be at high risk for suicide. Lack of treatments adds the risk of suicide for adolescents with MDD. Identifying and implementing treatment options that are more acceptable and accessible are of the utmost importance. Although there is limited research regarding exercise/physical activity, depressive symptoms, and adolescents with MDD, there are two promising studies by Hughes, Barnes, Barnes, DeFina, Nakonezny, & Graham (2013) and Finazzi, Mesquita, Lopes, Fu, & Oliveira (2009). Currently, there is a physical activity program at Lakes Region Mental Health for adult patients. Unfortunately, adolescents do not have access to a similar group. This Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) Quality Improvement (QI) Project piloted an eight-week physical activity group for adolescents with MDD to determine the impact physical activity had on depressive symptoms. The PHQ-9 for Adolescents Depression Screening Tool was given to participants before joining the physical exercise group and upon completion of the physical activity group. Pre-intervention and post-intervention results of the PHQ-9 for Adolescents Depression Screening were compared and analyzed. In addition, a survey was administered at week four and upon completion of the physical activity group to gather qualitative data. The results of this Pilot DNP QI project indicate there was a decrease in the PHQ-9 for Adolescents for two out of the three participants. The qualitative data demonstrated improvement in depressive symptoms, self-esteem and social interaction for all three participants. These results are promising and support the need for a physical activity group for adolescents with MDD at Lakes Region Mental Health Center

The IMF's new view on financial globalization: a critical assessment

This repository item contains a single issue of Issues in Brief, a series of policy briefs that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.In December 2012, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a new “institutional view” on capital account liberalization and the management of capital flows between countries. In this Issues in Brief, Kevin P. Gallagher, one of the co-chairs of the Pardee Center Task Force on Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development, offers his assessment of the IMF’s new position. The IMF’s “institutional view” historically tempers the IMF’s advocacy of capital account liberalization and even endorses the regulation of cross-border finance in some circumstances. What is more, the IMF points out that many trade and investment treaties do not provide the appropriate level of policy space to regulate cross-border finance when needed. This is truly landmark, given that the IMF attempted to legally mandate worldwide capital account liberalization in the 1990s. The turnaround is largely a function of the persistence of emerging market and developing country members of the Fund, in addition to some innovative economists on the IMF staff. Unfortunately however, those voices did not fully prevail. The IMF view still urges capital account liberalization as a long-run goal for all nations, only sanctions regulating cross-border finance under limited circumstances, and puts too much of the burden for regulation on emerging market countries, rather than the industrialized world that is often the source of this finance. The brief reiterates the “rules of thumb” put forward by the Pardee Center Task Force in 2011 that should be considered when devising capital account regulations applicable to developing countries

Long-term Impact of a Campus Suicide Prevention Program

Color poster with text, graphs, and charts.An increasing number of college students face significant mental health problems (ACHA, 2007), which places them at elevated risk for suicide. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for college students (AAS, 2012; CDC, 2009). Unfortunately, many universities and colleges lack resources to effectively manage, intervene with, and prevent suicidal behavior (Gallagher, 2007). As a result, college students are often identifying their own mental health needs and frequently turn to peers for support (Haas et al., 2003). The purpose of this study was to create, implement, and evaluate the long-term (1-month) effects of a suicide awareness/gatekeeper prevention program for students.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

The coastal sustainability standard: A management systems approach to ICZM

This paper presents a systems-based appraisal methodology that has been designed specifically to consider the effectiveness of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) initiatives. Since ICZM is defined in terms of achieving sustainable development, any such initiative must therefore be capable of meeting the multiple and often conflicting objectives inherent in this ubiquitous concept. The methodology outlined here is designed to critically review ICZM in order to pinpoint areas of management weakness and determine the likely ‘success’ of the process. It represents an example of a management system, incorporates both qualitative and quantitative information, and is proposed as a ‘Coastal Sustainability Standard’ (CoSS). Initial field testing of the methodology has proved successful and shown that the approach holds some efficacy as a means of assessment

Brian Gallagher’s Fiction

Brian Gallagher. The Feng-Shui Junkie. Translated into Portuguese by Maria Silvia Mourão Neto. (Rio de Janeiro: Globo, 2001. pp. 520).Brian Gallagher. The Feng-Shui Junkie. Translated into Portuguese by Maria Silvia Mourão Neto. (Rio de Janeiro: Globo, 2001. pp. 520)