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2022-2023 Program And Abstracts: Celebration Of Student Scholarship, Morehead State University. Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.
2022-2023 Program And Abstracts: Celebration Of Student Scholarship, Morehead State University. Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The 2022-2023 Program and Abstracts for the Celebration of Student Scholarship at Morehead State University held on April 19, 2023. A Showcase of Student Research, Scholarship, Creative Work, and Performance Arts.
Classroom Management In Kentucky, Sarah Miller, Kim Nettleton
Classroom Management In Kentucky, Sarah Miller, Kim Nettleton
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Classroom management is a daunting challenge for educators to implement. Knowing what style works best for an individual requires time that new teachers don’t have early in the school year. This research project evaluates the different types of classroom management Kentucky educators use in their classrooms. Using a mixed method of interviews and surveys, educators from elementary, middle, and high schools share how classroom management differs for each age group. The questions in the surveys and interviews discuss student behavior, parent involvement, previous classroom management training, and individual strategies that different teachers implement in their classrooms. Information from interviews and …
Private Pete Fights Illiteracy At Fort Ontario: The 1210 Special Training Service Unit, Byron Robertson, Adrian Mandzy
Private Pete Fights Illiteracy At Fort Ontario: The 1210 Special Training Service Unit, Byron Robertson, Adrian Mandzy
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
From June of 1943 to February of 1944, the 1210th Special Training Unit at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York taught pre-basic military training to thousands of illiterate, slow learning, and non-English-speaking soldiers in the United States Army. The training center at Fort Ontario conducted programs in disciplinary barracks, specialized military, technical, academic and vocational education.
College Students’ Financial Literacy In An Eastern Kentucky Regional University, Hannah Barrett, Christy Trent, Steve Chen
College Students’ Financial Literacy In An Eastern Kentucky Regional University, Hannah Barrett, Christy Trent, Steve Chen
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Financial literacy is essential knowledge for recent college graduates to be able to manage a stable career and personal wealth. Some key concepts in financial literacy are investing, saving, credit, and budgeting. An understanding of financial literacy helps lead one to success in saving, using credit responsibly, and running a business. Financial literacy is essential to obtain before or while in college and can allow for better budgeting. Students will also have the knowledge that can allow them to save money and pay off loans after graduation.
Collection Maintenance After Maintenance Lost: Making Meaning From The Rock Pile, Abbie Grzynkowicz, Zachary Strait, Miles Terry, Jen O'Keefe
Collection Maintenance After Maintenance Lost: Making Meaning From The Rock Pile, Abbie Grzynkowicz, Zachary Strait, Miles Terry, Jen O'Keefe
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The Geology Program has formal book, fossil, journal, map, mineral, and rock collections dating to the 1950’s. These specimens were donated by biological and physical sciences faculty prior to the 1960 hire of Dr. John Philley and greatly expanded upon by Drs. Philley, James Chaplin, Jules DuBar, and H.W. Straley III through the 1990’s. Prior to construction of the “C-wing” of Lappin Hall, the collections previously housed in laboratory classrooms in the path of the new corridor connecting the “B-wing” and “C-wing”, as well as those housed in the “A-wing” were boxed and stored in multiple temporary locations until new …
Universal Quality Control For Brewers, Taylen Hylton, Geoff Gearner
Universal Quality Control For Brewers, Taylen Hylton, Geoff Gearner
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Beer, the product of fermentation that arguably changed the course of human civilization. Though the first brewing process dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, the modern method still presents a host of flaws. There are both many steps of fermentation and many opportunities for contamination. Most breweries will experience some form of spoilage in their lifetime. These invading microorganisms can alter turbidity, coloration, aroma, taste, and the overall quality of the product. This disruption is devastating for commerce. A centralized method of testing would help to eliminate spoiled products and prevent future infections. The following procedure utilizes a combination of polymerase …
Predicting The Mechanism And Products Of Cs2 Capture By Nh3 - An Exemplar Benchmark Study, Shelbie A. Black, David A. Dixon, Zachary R. Lee
Predicting The Mechanism And Products Of Cs2 Capture By Nh3 - An Exemplar Benchmark Study, Shelbie A. Black, David A. Dixon, Zachary R. Lee
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Carbon disulfide is a toxic gas emitted from industrial plants and a common greenhouse gas. Acute poisonings from carbon disulfide are rare, but recurring exposure to low doses can have long term health effects. Currently, there are two approaches being considered for the removal of acid gas pollutants: (1) sequester these gases from the atmosphere or (2) remove these gases directly upon combustion (post-combustion). Potential energy surfaces (PES) for a series of CS2 capture reactions by NH3 in the presence H2O were calculated at the MP2/a(D+d) evel in the gas phase. G3(MP2) and FPD calculations are in progress. Extensive thermodynamic …
Health And Wealth: Hidden Disparities In Eastern Kentucky, Macaila Blankenship, Geoff Gearner
Health And Wealth: Hidden Disparities In Eastern Kentucky, Macaila Blankenship, Geoff Gearner
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Eastern Kentucky lags behind the rest of the state regarding proper health, while Kentucky as a whole is doing worse than national averages. Kentucky not only leads the United States in cancer mortality, but sees higher mortality from heart disease, injury, suicide, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The health crisis being observed can largely be attributed to high poverty rates throughout the Eastern half of the state. Considering the not-so-broad socioeconomic scale seen throughout much of Kentucky, it is more evident that health has a direct correlation to one’s wealth and resources. Along with being financially secure, those who …
Predicting The Reactions Of Cs2 With Group Iv And Group Vi Transition Metal Oxides, Marissa Blair, David A. Dixon, Zachary R. Lee
Predicting The Reactions Of Cs2 With Group Iv And Group Vi Transition Metal Oxides, Marissa Blair, David A. Dixon, Zachary R. Lee
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Building onto a recent serious of ab initio studies of various acid-gas reactions with metal oxide sorbents, electronic structure methods are being used to study the addition of CS₂ to Group IV (MO₂)ₙ and Group VI (MO₃)ₙ (n = 1, 2, 3) nanoclusters, beginning with the MO₂ and MO₃ monomers according to a “bottom-up” approach. The preliminary density functional theory (DFT) calculations in this study provide structures and vibrational frequency thermodynamic corrections for later expanding upon by way of single point correlated molecular-orbital theory (MO) calculations, mainly CCSD(T) and MP2 to study the structures and energies which could arise from …
Parental Criticism And Coherence In Association With Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms, Emma Ammerman, H. Meyers, A. Russell, M. Adams, Shari Kidwell
Parental Criticism And Coherence In Association With Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms, Emma Ammerman, H. Meyers, A. Russell, M. Adams, Shari Kidwell
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Internalizing symptoms are symptoms that cannot necessarily be seen. Examples of internalized symptoms include, suicidal thoughts, being withdrawn, and unexplained bodily problems. High levels of internalized symptoms are associated with a higher risk for difficulties in social adjustment and increased risk for substance use.
Parental Sensitivity In A Play Task: Associations With Preschooler Psychological Symptoms, Abby Chaney, Taylor Corbin, Sierra Workman, Brandi Stone, Shari L. Kidwell
Parental Sensitivity In A Play Task: Associations With Preschooler Psychological Symptoms, Abby Chaney, Taylor Corbin, Sierra Workman, Brandi Stone, Shari L. Kidwell
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Parental Sensitivity is defined as a parent’s ability to notice a child’s signals, interpret them correctly, and respond to them promptly. Sensitivity is a dyadic concept, as it involves determining how the child responds to the parent’s behavior. High sensitivity has been found to protect children from consequences of parental and family adversity.
Preschooler Attachment And Adolescent Psychological Flexibility, Tara M. Bello, Alex Urs, Shari L. Kidwell
Preschooler Attachment And Adolescent Psychological Flexibility, Tara M. Bello, Alex Urs, Shari L. Kidwell
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Psychological Flexibility is identified as a fundamental aspect of psychological health by Kashdan (2010). Broadly, it refers to being open, aware, and actively engaged (Hayes & Monestes, 2016). Increasing Psychological Flexibility is a chief aim of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
An Analysis Of Galactic Supernova Remnant G340.6+0.3, Walker Hartman, Thomas Pannuti
An Analysis Of Galactic Supernova Remnant G340.6+0.3, Walker Hartman, Thomas Pannuti
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Pointed observations of Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) as conducted at multiple wavelengths and with leading observatories (such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope) have revealed many new insights into both SNRs themselves and the interstellar medium (ISM) with which these sources are interacting. We are currently investigating the multi-wavelength (chiefly X-ray and radio) properties of poorly studied SNRs that have been readily detected in the infrared to help improve understanding of how SNRs and their surrounding ISM interplay. to demonstrate this, we present an analysis of an archival pointed observation of the Galactic SNR G340.6+0.3 with …
Planning And Evaluation For Floyd County Veterans Treatment Court, Johnathon Carmack, Lisa Shannon, Shira Birdwhistell
Planning And Evaluation For Floyd County Veterans Treatment Court, Johnathon Carmack, Lisa Shannon, Shira Birdwhistell
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The Floyd County Veterans Treatment Court Evaluation began with a comprehensive literature review of recent peer reviewed articles using the Morehead State University Camden Carroll Library online database Fourteen peer reviewed articles were selected based on their relevance to Veterans Treatment Court.
The Revitalization Of Hazel Green Academy, Ally Hall, Alyssa Turner, Derek Gill, Jude Hall, Sagar Patel, Bethany Lucio, Camryn Banbel, Thomas Kiffmeyer, Rachel Rogers
The Revitalization Of Hazel Green Academy, Ally Hall, Alyssa Turner, Derek Gill, Jude Hall, Sagar Patel, Bethany Lucio, Camryn Banbel, Thomas Kiffmeyer, Rachel Rogers
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The Hazel Green Academy (HGA) was a resident- Ial college-preparatory school in Eastern Wolfe County, KY. It was founded in 1880 and remained open until 1983. The academy offered accelerated and STEM courses to prepare their students for college. Over the years, the academy was able to expand and gain amenities that benefited the students and the community. HGA was a private academy, which meant its students were expected to pay for tuition and boarding. This Thank you to the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics for all their support. Special thank you to the Hazel Green Academy …
S.P.A.R.C.S.- Solar Panel Acoustic Resonance Cleaning System, Jeff Kruth, Mike Combs
S.P.A.R.C.S.- Solar Panel Acoustic Resonance Cleaning System, Jeff Kruth, Mike Combs
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
As the world races towards the future of clean energy, solar panels are becoming common place. One of the largest problems faced is accumulated dirt and dust on the surface of these solar panels. Panels become covered in dirt and debris and no longer provide efficient output of solar energy. This problem is faced on earth and beyond the stars. For years, NASA has been trying to solve the issue of “dust” from mars or the moon settling on solar panels, lenses, and other surfaces. The regolith threatens the potential of human existence on the surface of the moon. The …
Private Pete Fights Illiteracy At Fort Ontario: The Men It Changed, Jeff Wysong, Adrian Mandzy
Private Pete Fights Illiteracy At Fort Ontario: The Men It Changed, Jeff Wysong, Adrian Mandzy
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
From June of 1943 to February of 1944, the 1210th Special Training Unit at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York taught pre-basic military training to thousands of illiterate, slow learning, and non-English-speaking soldiers in the United States Army. The training center at Fort Ontario conducted programs in disciplinary barracks, specialized military, technical, academic and vocational education.
A Linkedin Analysis: Job Placement In Sport Management Program Of An Eastern Kentucky Public University, Jose Garcia, Will Wellman, Christy Trent, Steve Chen
A Linkedin Analysis: Job Placement In Sport Management Program Of An Eastern Kentucky Public University, Jose Garcia, Will Wellman, Christy Trent, Steve Chen
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Sport-related jobs are more likely to be obtained by students with a sport participation experience or a sport management degree. This study attempted to examine the following questions: (a) How well do sport management students obtain a job after graduation? (b) Does a sport management degree help students obtain a sport-related job?
Preliminary Tropical Fungal Palynology Of Early-Middle Miocene Sediments From Northwestern Peru, Jeremyah Cabrera, Christopher Marsh, Liberty Smallwood, Ollie Vanderepst, Ingrid Romero, Noelia Nuñez Otaño, Diana Ochoa, Jen O’Keefe
Preliminary Tropical Fungal Palynology Of Early-Middle Miocene Sediments From Northwestern Peru, Jeremyah Cabrera, Christopher Marsh, Liberty Smallwood, Ollie Vanderepst, Ingrid Romero, Noelia Nuñez Otaño, Diana Ochoa, Jen O’Keefe
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Fungal communities are a vital part of terrestrial ecosystem functions and understanding how they respond to climate change is necessary for predicting future assemblage dynamics. Sediments deposited during the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO), 18-13 million years ago, provide an opportunity to examine fungal responses to a warming event with CO2 values similar to those today. Few fungal datasets exist for tropical regions during the MCO, and only one uses modern methods to identify fossil fungi and complete paleoecological inferences and paleoclimatological reconstructions using the nearest living relative method.
Building For The Exchange, Maddie Dodrill, Brittany Graziani, Alexa Deaton, Abigail Cooper, Gabe Barcus, Janet Ratliff
Building For The Exchange, Maddie Dodrill, Brittany Graziani, Alexa Deaton, Abigail Cooper, Gabe Barcus, Janet Ratliff
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Our project, “Building for the Exchange,” is trying to solve a problem that has been progressing for nearly a century. Modern development practices have changed the small business landscape in Morehead. It was once a vibrant downtown core with neighborhoods built around it. A surge in population over the last 70 years has caused businesses to spread across the community. The downtown has been left with empty storefronts, struggling to keep viable businesses. To try to solve this problem, our class was split into four groups and we were tasked to create business plans to fill vacant spaces in the …
Repressor Of The Sos Response Mechanism In Acinetobacter Baumannii Requires Helix-Formation And Dimerization For Its Dna-Binding Ability, Belinda Candra, Deborah Cook, Jenelle Hare
Repressor Of The Sos Response Mechanism In Acinetobacter Baumannii Requires Helix-Formation And Dimerization For Its Dna-Binding Ability, Belinda Candra, Deborah Cook, Jenelle Hare
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
After DNA damage, the multi-drug resistant pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii activates its SOS response, possibly allowing mutagenesis to occur by inducing multiple errorprone polymerases. A. baumannii uses the non-canonical repressor protein UmuDAb to repress operons of these polymerases. It has an N-terminal domain (NTD) with 2 helices (HTH1 & HTH2) whose sequences are needed for repression1. Like other bacterial SOS repressors such as LexA, UmuDAb dimerizes. BACTH analyses2 showed that UmuDAb forms dimers via its LexA-like G124 residue and UmuD-like N100 residue (UmuD is a component of an error-prone polymerase). However, N100 is not needed if the C termini are free. …
A Brief History Of Environmental Policy Through Literature, Nathan Walden, Brady Lawson, Adam Abdel-Rahman, Mathew Delancey, Douglas Mock
A Brief History Of Environmental Policy Through Literature, Nathan Walden, Brady Lawson, Adam Abdel-Rahman, Mathew Delancey, Douglas Mock
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
Environmental policy is a relative newcomer on the scene of federal regulation, with cries for a unified federal environmental response ignited by the publication of Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson in 1962 which exposed the new field of environmental science and its effects to the American public. However, the tradition of literature driving public awareness and federal policymaking does not stop at its genesis with many seminal works such as Collapse, by Jared Diamond, The Diversity of Life, by Edward O. Wilson, and Love Canal, by Richard Newman, continuing to do the same. These books have continued to …
Identification Of Unknown Mold Sample From Lappin Hall, Devan Herald, Geoff Gearner
Identification Of Unknown Mold Sample From Lappin Hall, Devan Herald, Geoff Gearner
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The purpose of this undergraduate research project is to identify an unknown species of mold that was found growing in the B-wing of Lappin Hall, on Morehead State University Campus, after the summer holiday of 2022. A sample of the unknown mold was collected and isolated for identification.
Religious Beliefs & Marital Satisfaction: Examining The Impact Of Religious Beliefs On Marital Satisfaction, Trenton Rose, Monica Himes
Religious Beliefs & Marital Satisfaction: Examining The Impact Of Religious Beliefs On Marital Satisfaction, Trenton Rose, Monica Himes
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The focus of the study is to examine the relationship between religious beliefs and marital satisfaction. The goal was to look at how religion was being incorporated into marriages and how it impacted their satisfaction with the marriage.
Fundamental Or Negligible?: Kentucky P-12 Teacher Websites, Maddie Stamper, Lesia Lennix
Fundamental Or Negligible?: Kentucky P-12 Teacher Websites, Maddie Stamper, Lesia Lennix
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
How does a P-12 classroom teacher communicate at large with their students or their parents? There are countless ways for teachers to communicate with others. We determined that the more effective route in teacher communication would be an access-key-based Google Classroom, or an open-access teacher website linked directly to their respective school's website. An available, published teacher website allows anyone with internet access to view teacher-proffered information. This information could include their name, email, phone number, short biography, picture, or Google Classroom link. We found that the most effective information to include on a teacher's website would be their name, …
The Kentucky Ant Project: An Attempt To Catalogue The Ant Species Of Kentucky, Josiah Kilburn, Sean O'Keefe
The Kentucky Ant Project: An Attempt To Catalogue The Ant Species Of Kentucky, Josiah Kilburn, Sean O'Keefe
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
There are 74 ant species in Kentucky and 55 ant species in West Virginia. In most of the surrounding states, ant species counts are nearly double, or at least 49 more ant species than either of these two states. This indicates that there have been minimal sampling efforts in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Impact Of Nurse- Patient Interactions On Patient Outcome: A Quality Improvement Project, Suzie White
Impact Of Nurse- Patient Interactions On Patient Outcome: A Quality Improvement Project, Suzie White
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
The purpose of this project is to address the benefits of care related to nurse and patient interactions. Throughout the project we have researched these benefits within different specialties of medicine. Some different specialties we studied include, communication in the ICU (intensive care unit), communication within the palliative/hospice setting, communication in the ED (emergency department), communication in the med surgical setting, patients’ perception of nurse/ patient interactions, nurse communication techniques and training, and lastly the costs of effective and ineffective communication.
Adverse Childhood Events, Safety, & Comfort: Associations With Adolescent Symptoms, C. Skaggs, M. Howard, T. Pangallo, Shari L. Kidwell
Adverse Childhood Events, Safety, & Comfort: Associations With Adolescent Symptoms, C. Skaggs, M. Howard, T. Pangallo, Shari L. Kidwell
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
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Leadership Initiatives International Public Health Internship Program, Brooklyn Adams, Mahathi Siripurapu, Jennifer Nguyen, Landon Pritchett, Josh Day, Jeremyah Cabrera, Rox Lockard, Rachel Rogers
Leadership Initiatives International Public Health Internship Program, Brooklyn Adams, Mahathi Siripurapu, Jennifer Nguyen, Landon Pritchett, Josh Day, Jeremyah Cabrera, Rox Lockard, Rachel Rogers
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
In a nine-month internship for Leadership Initiatives, our team worked together to develop and implement an international public health campaign to address major health concerns prevalent in the region of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Our topic was the issue of selfmedication and its effects among the community. We launched a campaign to collect survey data and develop an educational workshop for the project.
The Impact Of Early Identification Of Declining Patients: A Quality Improvement Study, Courtlyn Salyers, Kyla Wilson, Cedric Meadows, Savannah Sizemore, Savannah Thompson, Gg Ferguson, Payton Mcglone, Leah Moore, Jordan Sims, Suzi White
The Impact Of Early Identification Of Declining Patients: A Quality Improvement Study, Courtlyn Salyers, Kyla Wilson, Cedric Meadows, Savannah Sizemore, Savannah Thompson, Gg Ferguson, Payton Mcglone, Leah Moore, Jordan Sims, Suzi White
2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations
This presentation focuses on the prevalence of failure to rescue in healthcare, that we have evidenced in the clinical setting. Proper identification of declining patient health plays a major role in early intervention, resulting in a positive patient outcome. Analyzing common themes in these issues provided a “bigger picture” of the need for proactive patient care.