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“By Unexpected Means”—The Founding Of St. Joseph At St. Louis, 1863-1878, Dana Delibovi May 2020

“By Unexpected Means”—The Founding Of St. Joseph At St. Louis, 1863-1878, Dana Delibovi

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Five nuns traveled to St. Louis in 1863 to create a contemplative order in the midst of the Civil War. Dana Delibovi investigates the reasons the group came.


Spring/Summer 2020, Full Issue May 2020

Spring/Summer 2020, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


How Workload Influences The Emotional Aspects Of Principals' Work, Cameron Hauseman Jan 2020

How Workload Influences The Emotional Aspects Of Principals' Work, Cameron Hauseman

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

Principals’ work is more complex and time consuming than in the past. An expanding workload also heightens the emotional aspects of principals’ work and can make it difficult for principals to manage their emotions. Using findings from interviews with 13 school principals, this study identifies how workload influences the emotional aspects of contemporary principals’ work. Participating principals indicated three areas where workload influences the emotional aspects of their work. These three areas include how managing an intensifying and expanding workload can heighten emotions, as well as navigating the legal aspects of principals’ work and being called out of the school …


Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco Nov 2018

Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In the months leading to the Civil War, Missouri politics were turbulent. Some supported union, others not. John Richard Barret fought to keep Missouri and the state’s Democrats loyal to the union.


Fall/Winter 2018/2019, Full Issue Nov 2018

Fall/Winter 2018/2019, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


The Pin-Up Boy Of The Symphony: St. Louis And The Rise Of Leonard Bernstein, Kenneth H. Winn Nov 2018

The Pin-Up Boy Of The Symphony: St. Louis And The Rise Of Leonard Bernstein, Kenneth H. Winn

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. St. Louis and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra played a key role in Bernstein’s early career—including performing the first work by Bernstein to be recorded.


Ben Battle: A Soldier Bold, Thomas Alan Burtelow Iii May 2018

Ben Battle: A Soldier Bold, Thomas Alan Burtelow Iii

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


Heavenly Reason, Nicole Hansell May 2016

Heavenly Reason, Nicole Hansell

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.


Fall/Winter 2015, Full Issue Nov 2015

Fall/Winter 2015, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“In Defense Of The Faith: The Catholic Response To Anti-Catholicism In Early Nineteenth-Century St. Louis”, Sarah Hinds Nov 2015

“In Defense Of The Faith: The Catholic Response To Anti-Catholicism In Early Nineteenth-Century St. Louis”, Sarah Hinds

The Confluence (2009-2020)

One side effect of the Second Great Awakening was a rise in anti- Catholic sentiment, especially as new Catholic immigrants arrived in the 1840s. While much is written on this nativism, little examines the Church’s response. Sarah Hinds uses St. Louis as a case study for understanding the nature of antebellum nativism and the Church’s responses.


Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And People’S Abilities To Cope With Stress, Lucile Michel May 2013

Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And People’S Abilities To Cope With Stress, Lucile Michel

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

Nowadays, it is really important for the researchers to understand the origins of stress, because it has been established that stress is really harmful for the human beings and is the cause to many diseases. Emotional intelligence has been shown to influence various areas of life, while several research studies state that EI has an effect on people’s abilities to cope with stress. Many studies affirm that EI, because of its effect on perceived stress, would have an influence on people’s aptitudes to manage a team, communicating with colleagues, and leadership skills. Because, today, in many workplaces, for interviews, managers …


“Anatomy, Grave-Robbing, And Spiritualism In Antebellum St. Louis”, Luke Ritter May 2012

“Anatomy, Grave-Robbing, And Spiritualism In Antebellum St. Louis”, Luke Ritter

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Dr. Joseph Nash Smith’s Missouri Medical College was a leading school for physicians and part of the professionalization of medicine before the Civil War. He also required human dissection that, along with being a St. Louis character, made him one of the period’s most controversial figures as well.


“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels Nov 2009

“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels

The Confluence (2009-2020)

The politicization of immigrant groups is nothing new, as this study of German immigrants and anti-German sentiment suggests.


How Lindenwood Students Get To Class: A Study Of Driving Versus Walking, Sara Ohlms Nov 2008

How Lindenwood Students Get To Class: A Study Of Driving Versus Walking, Sara Ohlms

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a lack of parking at Lindenwood University (LU), and if that problem could be solved if more students who currently drive to class would walk instead. Research shows that college students in America are not getting enough exercise, and that walking has many health benefits. Data were collected using a survey with 40 LU students. Data were also collected through observations of the parking lots on campus. The results show that there are always empty parking spots on campus, 67.5% of participants believe that there is not enough parking …