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Academic Senate sets sights on plagiarism
Suggests places students can find help
Heather Nacht
Issue date: 9/18/07 Section: News
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Editors note: In this article, the Spartan Daily reported that the Associated Students were responsible in part for the planing of Academic Integrity Week. Although A.S. does help promote the event, the article should have attributed the planning and creation to the SJSU office of student and ethical development.
San Jose State University's fourth annual Academic Integrity Week begins Monday, offering four days of workshops and panel discussions on topics such as how to write a scholarly paper and how to minimize the risk of plagiarism while writing papers.
The weeklong event was planned with help from Associated Students and will begin at noon today in Engineering Room 189 with a panel discussion of integrity in government. Speakers will include California State Assemblyman Joe Coto, Speaker Pro Tempore Sally Lieber, San Jose City Councilmember Forrest Williams and Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager.
Dina Yacoub, director of programming affairs, said she feels that Academic Integrity Week is a valuable event to have at SJSU.
"Academic Integrity Week is beneficial and important because teachers and faculty are able to reach out to students and educate them about having honest scholastic careers."
Yacoub said. "It's an honorable event because it has intentions of creating an honest and superb academic community."
Yacoub said that students should attend the events because they could be a rewarding experience that could help students become more academically honest.
"The week sounds like a good idea," said Brianna Crews, a junior majoring in liberal studies. "I'm not sure if I'll go to any of the workshops, but I'll probably take a look at the resource fair. I think the workshops will be good for newer students so they can get a better feel for San Jose State and the university's policies."
Nikki Locatelli, a sophomore liberal studies major, plans to stop by at least one of the events.
"I might check out the plagiarism workshop," Locatelli said. "It could be helpful because some students don't really understand what plagiarism actually is. Some students don't realize that you can plagiarize yourself. It should be interesting to hear what will be said."
Locatelli said the workshops might help students to better understand what academic integrity is because it is mentioned in every syllabus she has and teachers sometimes brush over the topic.
Additionally, there will be an Academic Resource Fair on Thursday to introduce some programs available on campus to help aid students with assignments or other academic problems they may be having.
A complete list of events for Academic Integrity Week can be found on the A.S. Web site events page.
San Jose State University's fourth annual Academic Integrity Week begins Monday, offering four days of workshops and panel discussions on topics such as how to write a scholarly paper and how to minimize the risk of plagiarism while writing papers.
The weeklong event was planned with help from Associated Students and will begin at noon today in Engineering Room 189 with a panel discussion of integrity in government. Speakers will include California State Assemblyman Joe Coto, Speaker Pro Tempore Sally Lieber, San Jose City Councilmember Forrest Williams and Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager.
Dina Yacoub, director of programming affairs, said she feels that Academic Integrity Week is a valuable event to have at SJSU.
"Academic Integrity Week is beneficial and important because teachers and faculty are able to reach out to students and educate them about having honest scholastic careers."
Yacoub said. "It's an honorable event because it has intentions of creating an honest and superb academic community."
Yacoub said that students should attend the events because they could be a rewarding experience that could help students become more academically honest.
"The week sounds like a good idea," said Brianna Crews, a junior majoring in liberal studies. "I'm not sure if I'll go to any of the workshops, but I'll probably take a look at the resource fair. I think the workshops will be good for newer students so they can get a better feel for San Jose State and the university's policies."
Nikki Locatelli, a sophomore liberal studies major, plans to stop by at least one of the events.
"I might check out the plagiarism workshop," Locatelli said. "It could be helpful because some students don't really understand what plagiarism actually is. Some students don't realize that you can plagiarize yourself. It should be interesting to hear what will be said."
Locatelli said the workshops might help students to better understand what academic integrity is because it is mentioned in every syllabus she has and teachers sometimes brush over the topic.
Additionally, there will be an Academic Resource Fair on Thursday to introduce some programs available on campus to help aid students with assignments or other academic problems they may be having.
A complete list of events for Academic Integrity Week can be found on the A.S. Web site events page.
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