Japan in Crisis- an FIU Teach-In

Panel discussion on the subject of the March 2011 earthquake disaster in Japan featuring the following speakers: Steven Heine, Associate Director, SIPA; Director, Asian Studies Institute Dean Whitman, Associate Professor, Department fo Earth and Environment Richard Olson, Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations Joerg Reinhold, Associate Professor, Department of Physics Paul Kowert, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations Matthew Marr, Assistant Professor, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies Pallab Mozumder, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environment and Department of Economics Discussion was held at the Graham Center Ballroom of the Modesto A. Maidique Campus

2011-12 Worlds Ahead Strategic Plan Implementation (GC)

2011-12 Worlds Ahead Strategic Plan Implementation Meeting held at Graham Center, Modesto Maidique Campus. Speakers included President Mark B. Rosenberg, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Douglas Wartzok,

2011-2012 Worlds Ahead Strategic Plan Implementation

2011-12 Worlds Ahead Strategic Plan Implementation Forum, held at Biscayne Bay Campus. Speakers included President Mark B. Rosenberg and Chief Financial Officer Ken Jessell.

Fall 2010 Worlds Ahead Symposium

Fall 2010 Worlds Ahead Symposium. Speakers included President Mark B Rosenberg, Honors College Dean Lesley Northup, Executive Director of Miami-Dade Expressway Authority Javier Rodriguez, and Vice President of Engagement Divina Grossman. Speakers present various videos that are of relevance to the topic of community development in Florida International University.

FIU Budget Town Hall Meeting September 2010

Town Hall Meeting held at the Graham Center, Maidique Campus, on the topic of the University Budget and Strategic Plan. Speakers include President Mark B. Rosenberg and Provost and Executive Vice President Douglas Wartzok.

FIU College of Law Graduation Ceremony May 2011

Florida International University College of Law Commencement Ceremony held at the U.S. Century Bank Arena at Modesto Maidique Campus. Among the speakers was US Senator Marco Rubio.

English Language Learners: A Correlational Study of the Relationship Between A Proficiency Level Assessment and End of Course Test Scores at one Georgia High School

Understanding the language of one’s cultural environment is important for effective communication and function. As such, students entering U.S. schools from foreign countries are given access to English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs and they are referred to as English Language Learner (ELL) students. This dissertation examined the correlation of ELL ACCESS Composite Performance Level (CPL) score to the End of Course tests (EOCTs) and the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGTs) in the four content courses (language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies). A premise of this study was that English language proficiency is critical in meeting or exceeding state and county assessment standards. A quantitative descriptive research design was conducted using Cross-sectional archival data from a secondary source. There were 148 participants from school years 2011-2012 to 2013- 2014 from Grades 9-12. A Pearson product moment correlation was run to assess the relationship between the ACCESS CPL (independent variable) and the EOCT scores and the GHSGT scores (dependent variables). The findings showed that there was a positive correlation between ACCESS CPL scores and the EOCT scores where language arts showed a strong positive correlation and mathematics showed a positive weak correlation. Also, there was a positive correlation between ACCESS CPL scores and GHSGT scores where language arts showed a weak positive correlation. The results of this study indicated that that there is a relationship between the stated variables, ACCESS CPL, EOCT and GHSGT. Also, the results of this study showed that there were positive correlations at varying degrees for each grade levels. While the null hypothesis for Research Question 1 and Research Question 2 were rejected, there was a slight relationship between the variables.