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ARTS DEPARTMENT: Exhibit extended amid busy month at art museum

Feb 3, 2012

Go San Angelo-Texas Tech University has the leading master jewelry program in America, and its faculty and students will exhibit their creations along with John Runner of New Mexico and Peggy Nino, member of the art faculty at Angelo State University. There will be food, drink and entertainment, and we encourage everyone to wear their most outrageous jewelry. This event will also be free.

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Academic Dishonesty: Prevalent but Preventable

Feb 3, 2012

Psychology Today-Texas Tech University, where I'm on the faculty, has placed a great deal of emphasis on academic integrity in recent years, including maintaining an Ethics Center. In the Fall 2008 semester, the university brought in a couple of prominent experts on the subject to speak on campus. One was David Callahan, author of The Cheating Culture, who presented theories of why people cheat. Another was Melora Sundt, who in her role as a University of Southern California administrator, met with students there involved in academic-misconduct cases. In her presentation, Sundt shared anecdotes about students (and their parents) she encountered, some of whom did, but others who didn't, seem to take responsibility for their actions and grow and learn from their experiences.

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