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Dear Cardinals, These unprecedented times have brought about many challenges that have impacted every one of you. For some, this may mean extra strain on your families, finances and college experience. We remain committed to supporting you academically, spiritually and in times of need. This month, the University of the Incarnate Word launched an Emergen- cy Aid program to help students overcome temporary financial hardship and difficulty covering expenses such as food, housing, course materials, healthcare, childcare, tuition and fees due to COVID-19. The Emergency Aid program awards funds up to $800 for qualifying expenses and is funded through the federal CARES Act and UIW’s Emergency Impact Fund. Awards based on need, qualifying expenses and aid are available. Students currently enrolled in Spring 2020 are eligible to apply, but priority will be given to those demonstrating hardship due to disruption of campus operations and/or changes to their course delivery platform due to COVID-19. Per the U.S. Department of Education, only enrolled, Title IV eligible students experiencing hardship and campus disruption due to COVID-19 may receive CARES Act funds, however all enrolled students experiencing COVID-19 hardships may apply for UIW Emergency Impact Fund awards. Please visit https://www.uiw.edu/finaid/emergency-aid.html for more information about the application, qualifying expenses, special circumstances and additional resources. You may access and submit the application directly on the site. We hope this program will assist you in navigating these trying times. If you have additional questions not addressed on the webpage or application, please contact the financial aid office at finaid@uiwtx.edu.
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School of Professional Studies
May 2020 Issue 5
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance -Johann van Goeth
Sandy McMakin, Associate Provost Academic Support Services
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Joren Scharn, D.B.A. Doctor of Business Administration
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Dr. Scharn, who lives in The Netherlands, worked on his dissertation titled “Understanding Employee Engagement: A Mixed-Methods Study” under the tutelage of his dissertation co- mmittee consisting of Dr. Kruti Lehenbauer (Chair), Dr. Adam Guerrero, and Dr. Diana Garza. The goal of this mixed methods dissertation was to identify whether the methods by which employers currently and traditionally attempt to measure “employee engagement,” are suff- icient. Employee engagement is often considered to be one of the crucial intangibles that can impact employee productivity and employee satisfaction, and thereby the bottom line for companies! Dr. Scharn uses a three-pronged approach to his analysis by comparing the results from secondary datasets obtained from International agencies to a primary dataset created by collecting surveys from individuals working in the financial sector in the San Antonio region and then further testing the outcomes qualitatively by conducting personal interviews with a small sample chosen from among those that completed the surveys. His results indicate that while current methodologies capture some components of employee engagement, the measurements and surveys used are insufficient to accurately estimate employee engagement and related factors in the context of employee productivity.
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