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Nebline, January/February 2022

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2021 Extension Highlights

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4-H Programs Engaged 24,313 Youth

A New Year, A New You, A Renewed Community by Emily Gratopp

Garden Guide: Things to Do This Month

Extension’s 2022 Master Gardener Training, Two Sites Available

Upcoming Green Industry Conferences

ProHort Lawn & Landscape Update

2022 Pesticide Applicator Trainings

Crop Production Clinics In-Person and Zoom

Heart of 4-H Volunteer Award: Phil Wharton and Jenny DeBuhr

Watch Chicks Hatch on Egg Cam

4-H Rabbit Show, March 19

Dog Club Accepting New Members, Starts Jan. 10

4-H Club Gives Youth With Special Needs Opportunity to Show Lambs

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Impact Of Evidence Based Practice Resource Guide On Nursing Faculty's Report Of Selfefficacy, Susan Meskis

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Impact of Evidence Based Practice Resource Guide on Nursing Faculty's Report of Self-efficacy

Abstract

Nurses transitioning from the clinical setting to the classroom are often experts in content but need mentoring for their role in the classroom. To help faculty proactively develop competency in their academic role, they were provided with an electronic resource guide based on the National League of Nursing (NLN) Nurse Educator Core Competencies. This quality improvement pilot project used a Qualtrics pre- and post-self-efficacy survey (Cronbach alpha 0.947) to measure if the use of the self-directed resource guide would make an impact. The pre-survey consisted of …

Impact Of Covid-19 On Education In Rwanda: The Case Of Kepler Kigali, Ernestine Niyobuhungiro

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many areas of life throughout the world, including the education sector. The pandemic brought on many changes that impacted both students and the instructors. To better understand the impact of COVID-19 on education in Rwanda, the research was made at Kepler Kigali; an education program that offers higher learning education. To collect the data, surveys and interviews were conducted with students and staffs. Forty-seven students and 18 staff members responded to the survey. The results indicated that 67% of the students found it hard to stay motivated and 77% of staff confirmed that …

“Mind The S-Step” – A Self-Study Of Higher Education, Tomás Aylward

Masters

Lecturing can be very much a solo pursuit. While we work as lecturers in a higher education ecology, we generally teach our students alone and there isn’t always systematic feedback on our teaching practice. This study is borne out of a desire to better know and improve my practice as a lecturer in a technological university. I wish to be era-responsive for my students, particularly in the context of the Anthropocene and our global climate crisis. Specifically, I wished to see if a place-based education (PBE) approach was perceptible in the programme I teach. This research is centred on outdoor …

How Does The Videogame Industry Abuse Workers, Michael Costanzo

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

The videogame development industry is rampant with labor and sexual abuse. These forms abuse go unaddressed within mainstream media. Big-name companies backed by large corporations force their employees into unpaid overtime in terrible working conditions. Female game developers are typically paid less due to a game developers are typically paid less due to a game developers are typically paid less due to a gender bias and are at higher risk of sexual gender bias and are at higher risk of sexual gender bias and are at higher risk of sexual assault both of which get swept under the rug to …

How Does A Family’S Financial Status Impact A Child’S Mental Health Growth?, Jacob Faapito

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Children’s mental health is greatly affected by a lack of resources due to low income. The less money one has, the less access to necessities given. Access to education and health care are some of the biggest contributors affected by this problem. Understanding and bringing awareness to the problem can help open doors to give these children in poverty proper education and health care along with basic living necessities.

Depression's Impact On Students' Academic Work Ethics, Kelis Green

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

The effects of successful academic work ethics are diminishing as adolescent burnout rises. This research focuses on high school students grades 9-12. It is critical to comprehend why school burnout is on the rise so that we can learn how to effectively help teenagers be successful at work and in school. Academic related burnout is due to a variety of factors, including despair and a sense of academic overburden. According to scholarly studies, schoolrelated depression has a negative impact on a teen's work ethic, as well as increasing burnout and a lack of interest in the curriculum. Academic depression must …

Healthy Coping Mechanisms For Patients With Adhd, Sophia Hernandez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

ADHD doesn't just affect patients at work/school. Research shows that 5-9% of the population has been diagnosed with ADHD, and many more undiagnosed. Those who have been diagnosed can be treated and find healthy coping mechanisms to live with ADHD. Some symptoms that patients struggle with are: impulsiveness, problems focusing on tasks and excessive activity/restlessness. Most people just find ways to cope with this disability that helps them. Different things work for different people.

How Color Affects The Brain, Jaden Marx

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Throughout this research about color theory, it has been found that when you look at different colors you feel different emotions. An example of that is fast food restaurants putting red in their food logos to use the color red to bring people in because red is found to make people hungry. For colorblind people however color can not affect them and their everyday lives, therefore they might not feel as strong emotionally.

The Effects Of Social Media On Eating Disorders, Myrka Perez-Ochoa

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Eating Disorders are illnesses causing disturbances in a person’s eating behaviors, related thoughts, and emotions, negatively affecting a persons everyday life. The three main categories are Anorexia, Bulimia Nervous, & Binge Eating Disorder. Developments of Eating disorders date back to the Middle Ages & are seen across the globe. Higher cases are reported in developed countries like the United States because of the easy access to social media. Social media includes platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, T.V., etc. Social Media increases eating disorders because it sets unrealistic body standards.

Preferred Leadership Style, Cognitive Operator Competencies, And Senior Leader Competencies Exhibited By United States Marine Corps Special Operations Officers: A Quantitative Non-Experimental Study, Timothy John Scott

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Research identifies existing commonalities between leadership style and conceptual, technical, and interpersonal competencies. Marine Forces Special Operations Command has not explored leadership style and leader competencies and how they relate to the cognitive operator concept described in Marine Special Operations Forces 2030: A Strategic Vision for the Future. By not thoroughly exploring how they relate, Marine Forces Special Operations Command may not understand the level of interdependence between leadership style and senior leader competencies and the mastery of cognitive operator competencies. This quantitative non-experimental study explores the relationship between preferred leadership style, cognitive operator competencies, and senior leader competencies …

Appalachian Adolescents In An Out-Of-School-Time Program: Examining The Role Of Social Support From Family And Friends For Coping Skills And Intellectual Risk-Taking Outcomes, Summer Kuhn

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Research on young adults has emphasized the importance of social support for generating positive physical, mental, and academic outcomes. This study aims to understand the impact of social support from family and friends on coping skills and intellectual risk-taking among high school seniors participating in an Out-of-School-Time (OST) program in Appalachia. Data from the program’s annual evaluation (2014-2018) was analyzed to measure associations between perceived social support from family and friends and students’ coping skills and intellectual risk-taking. Moreover, potential differences in these associations across genders were considered. Analyses found a significant association between family-based social support and coping skills, …

The Administrator, Spring 2022, Illinois State University College Student Personnel Administration

The Administrator

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College Student Personnel Administration

Using Communities Of Practice To Support At-Home Gospel Learning From A Release Time Seminary Classroom, Nicholas A. Davis

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies

This mixed-methods action research study examines the effect of communities of practice on the development of home-centered gospel learning activities from the perspective of twelve release-time Seminary teachers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October—December 2021. Beginning in 2019, leaders of Seminaries and Institutes began to implement a Churchwide initiative to encourage home-centered, Church-supported gospel learning. Although Seminary leaders have made several systemwide adjustments, teachers have commonly made minimal adjustments to support this approach. Throughout the mixed-methods study, participants learned about the importance of this home-centered gospel learning approach, in addition to principles of design thinking …

Mental Health Advocacy For Kids: A Social Media Campaign, B Rangel

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Abstract

Mental health in children has important, life-long effects on the child (Ghandour et al., 2018; Underwood & Washington, 2016). Because it is not always easy for parents to access important mental health resources and information (CDC, 2022b), I wanted to investigate whether social media is a viable way for parents to learn more about their child’s mental health. I created and distributed ads aimed at parents on three common mental illnesses diagnosed in children: anxiety, depression, and ADHD. My ads had high levels of engagement, thus allowing the possibility that social media could be important avenue for reaching parents.

Research And Assessment Methods For Leadership Development In Practice, David M. Rosch, Lindsay J. Hastings

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

While the field of leadership education continues to grow in terms of number of programs, students, and associated professional educators, our rigorous understanding of the impact of these programs has continued to lag behind such growth. Many postsecondary leadership educators work on campuses and have graduated from masters-level preparatory programs that do not focus extensively on rigorous research/assessment methods and may, therefore, lack the background necessary for high-level work (Brachle et al., 2021; Rosch et al., 2017; Teig, 2018). As a result, researchers and program assessment staff often recognize the need to take their methodological development “into their own hands” …

When Science Journalism Is Awesome: Measuring Audiences’ Experiences Of Awe From Reading Science Stories, Asheley R. Landrum, Kristina Janét, Kelsi Opat, Heather Akin

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

In collaboration with professional science journalists, we conducted a national online survey (N = 2,088) to explore facets of awe as potential response states to science journalism and how audiences’ dispositional science curiosity may influence these response states. Our science journalist collaborators identified several “awe-inducing” articles as well as a “business-as-usual” article to use in the survey, and we measured participants’ experiences of awe using the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S). We replicated the factor structure of the AWE-S and found that participants’ generally experienced greater awe from reading the “awe-inducing” science articles compared to the “business-asusual” one. Only partial support …

Finding The Yellow Brick Road: Bridging The Gap Between African American Foster Care Youth And Higher Education., Chyna Hart

West Chester University Master’s Theses

This critical action research thesis addresses the need for a university-based bridge program for African American foster care youth seeking to obtain a college degree. The reviewed literature explores a plethora of barriers experienced by African American foster care youth, which are brought on by social and systemic racism and inequity. In examining this literature, I have proposed and justified an intervention plan coined “The Yellow Brick Road Program”. This program will help to combat the barriers that hinder accessibility for African American foster care students by creating an on-campus hub that provides these students support services that address their …

Weatherford: Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Undergraduate Catalogs

SWOSU presents the 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog for the Weatherford campus!

Cultivating Talent: Insights From The 2022 National Study Examining Pathways To Increase The Presence Of Hispanic Teachers And Leaders In Catholic Schools, Hosffman Ospino, Melodie Wyttenbach

Journal of Catholic Education

This article draws extensively on data from Cultivating Talent: A National Study Examining Pathways to Increase the Presence of Hispanic Teachers and Leaders in Catholic Schools, conducted by Boston College researchers and released in January 2022. The report looks to understand and appreciate the various ways in which Hispanics educators are transforming the American Catholic school experience. Our findings clearly show that Catholic schools in the United States are and will be further enriched by the presence and contributions of Hispanic teachers and leaders. The report encourages stakeholders of Catholic education and pastoral leaders at all levels, across the nation, …