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Sjsu Erfa News, Summer 2013, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Newsletter

Volume 26, Number 4

Website: 2013 Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colby College

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium 2013 Website

Contents:

Keynote Speaker

Schedule - Wednesday

Schedule - Thursday

Schedule - Friday

Poster Program

Associated Sessions

Abstracts

Honors Program

Participating Departments/Programs

Critical Research Needs For Successful Food Systems Adaptation To Climate Change, Michelle Miller, Molly Anderson, Charles A. Francis, Chad Kruger, Carol Barford, Jacob Park, Brent H. Mccown

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

There is a growing sense of the fragility of agricultural production in the Global North and South and of increasing risks to food security, as scientific observations confirm significant changes in the Gulf Stream, polar ice, atmospheric CO₂, methane release, and other measures of climate change. This sense is heightened as each of us experiences extreme weather, such as the increasing frequency of droughts, floods, unseasonal temperatures, and erratic seasonality. The central research challenge before us is how global, national, regional, and local food systems may adapt to accelerating climate change stresses and uncertainties to ensure the availability, …

Ascension, Mary Beth Spence, Gregory Evans, Sandra Bennett, Charles Patterson, Keely Hopkins, Megan Hopkins, Christian Flathman, Brooks Keel, Jeremy Wilburn

Ascension: Elevating Research & Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of Virtual Learning Tools For Millennial Generation Students In A Community College Criminal Justice Degree Program, Lawrence Snyder

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

An analysis of data from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement and multiyear analysis of pretest/posttest scores in introductory criminal justice courses revealed there was a systemic decline in student engagement and achievement. Because of this analysis, a commercial virtual learning tool (CJI) that purported great success in improving student engagement and performance was identified and implemented on the college's course management application in the spring of 2010. CJI, a comprehensive learning tool that incorporated Web 2.0 activities, such as video, simulations, and study aids, was designed to improve student engagement and performance. The inclusion of Web 2.0 activities …

Commencement 2013, Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Graduate and Undergraduate ceremonies held May 18-19 2013.

Chem 109: General Chemistry I—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Eric D. Dodds

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This portfolio has been developed for CHEM 109: General Chemistry I. The course is the first of a freshman level two semester sequence in General Chemistry taken by students with majors in a wide variety of technical and scientific disciplines. CHEM 109 is a high enrollment class, with class sizes for individual sections nearing 200 students. The development of this portfolio was conducted with the following objectives: 1. Clearly identify, justify, and codify the major learning objectives for this course, 2. Describe and rationalize the course structure and learning assessment methods, 3. Analyze and reflect on student achievement in the …

Otterbein Towers Spring 2013, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

Recycle this Issue It’s all about being green. Features: A Greener Otterbein; 10 Tips for a Greener You; Landlocked No More; Every Day is Earth Day for Alumni Farmers; Protecting the Sea Turtles; The Otterbein Greenhouse: Now and Through the Ages;

School Psychology Programs: Graduate Preparation In Traumatic Brain Injury, Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

Although traumatic brain injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among children and adolescents, it remains a low incidence category for special education identification. Students with TBI can present with unique educational and psychosocial needs. Using surveys administered to program directors and interns, this study explored how school psychologists are prepared to identify and facilitate appropriate services for students with TBI.

Public Symposium Series Archive [Difficult Dialogues Website], Clark University

Difficult Dialogues (2006-2013)

The most robust document in the Difficult Dialogues Collection, this is a 77-page pdf adaptation of the Public Symposium Series Archive webpage from Clark University's extinct Difficult Dialogues website. This document contains information on every Difficult Dialogues related event at Clark University. It also introduced each semester's theme. These events include guest talks, film screenings, exhibition openings, community conversations, and much more. Links have been removed and personal contact information withdrawn. This document has been condensed and presented as best as possible. It is meant to represent the text and image layout of the webpage as it was presented.

Clark …

Bemidji State University Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 1, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Bemidji State University Magazine

Bemidji State University magazine, volume 29, no. 1, Fall/Winter 2013. Cover story: BSU launches $35 million 'Imagine Tomorrow' campaign.

Csbs Statements, V15, 2013, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Statements

Contents:

-- From the Desk of the Dean
-- Stephen Quirk
-- CSBS faculty provides social science research support to YESS
-- CSBS alumna served as YESS intern and found her place
-- Quirk family leaves legacy in CSBS
-- A Young Hopeful
-- "We need to take care of each other."
-- From our Director of Development
-- The Dean's Fund for Excellence
-- College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Loyalty Roster
-- Dean's Fund Inner Circle
-- 2013 Distinguished Alumni Day
-- Center for Violence Prevention
-- Center for Social & Behavioral Research
-- GeoTREE Center
-- New …

Fact Book 2013-14, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Fact Books

• General Information
• Enrollment Information
• Institutional Comparison
• Student Information
• Faculty Information
• Budgets and Resources

Challenging Pre-Service Students' Teaching Perspectives In An Inquiry-Focused Program, J. L. Pecore, A. Shelton

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

Inquiry teaching based on constructivist learning theory has been an emphasis in pre-service education for over a decade. In general, a developmental teaching perspective supports inquiry-based instruction where teachers view learners as constructors of knowledge and teaching as providing questions, problems, and challenges that form a bridge from the learners' prior knowledge to a new, more sophisticated form of reasoning. Since teaching perspectives influence student learning, teacher effectiveness, and teacher attrition, challenging pre-service teachers to overcome experience-based convictions of a transmission perspective is necessary in teacher education. In this study, we examined the teaching perspectives of secondary, pre-service methods students …

The Honors Beacon, Issue 05, Winter 2013, Honors Program At Minnesota State University, Mankato

Honors Beacon

Winter 2013 newsletter of the Honors Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Colby College Catalogue 2013 - 2014, Colby College

Colby Catalogues

Colby College Catalogue: September 2013 - August 2014

Sites 2c @ Und, University Of North Dakota

UND Publications

A 2013 brochure for a walking tour of buildings and landmarks on the University of North Dakota campus.

Influence Of Stem Education And Technology In Selecting Food And Agriculture Careers, Joan Hegerfeld-Baker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Currently market forces identify a growing need for professionals in food safety related careers. The investigation studied influential factors guiding students to choose career paths. Careers connected to the safety of the food supply require professionals with undergraduate and graduate degrees related to science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). Preparing and attracting students to post-secondary institutions needs greater attention to meet the demands of the food and agriculture industry. The investigation focused on college students and high school teachers. Students in three colleges (Arts and Sciences, Agriculture and Biological Sciences, and Education and Human Sciences) offering STEM and non-STEM majors …

Querying The "Natural": Re-Thinking Classroom Ecologies, Jody Cohen, Anne Dalke

Literatures in English Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Joint And Double/Multiple Degrees In Ireland, Frank Mcmahon

Reports

This report derives from a project that was undertaken to document the current position in regard to the provision of Joint and Double/Multiple degrees in Ireland. The back-drop to the project was the rapid growth in the provision of such degrees in Continental Europe and the arrangements being put in place to facilitate a further expansion of their number. Initially, it was the intention to explore the provision of joint and double degrees in Irish public sector institutions only but it became evident at an early stage that some private colleges were major providers of joint degrees and so data …

President's Annual Report, Brooks Keel

Office of the President: Annual Report (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Seeking More High-Quality Undergraduate Degrees: Conditions For More Effectively Working With Policy Makers, Judith A. Ramaley

Higher Education

Our nation’s colleges and universities have always sought to prepare their graduates for life and work in their own era. The pressures we face today, both from outside the academy and within the higher education community, are complex, interlocking, and hard to manage. Some of these challenges require us to rethink what it means to be educated in today’s world and to explore ways to provide a coherent and meaningful educational experience in the face of the turbulence, uncertainty, and fragmentation that characterizes much of higher education today.

Inquiry Teaching: It Is Easier Than You Think!, S. Key, D. Owens

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

This article is a survey of the literature on inquiry teaching. Many teachers do not participate in inquiry teaching for various reasons. The following are the main reasons: it takes too much time; students do not learn what they need for the state test; and, the teachers do not know how to grade projects and presentations. These reasons sound like rhetoric from long ago, but it is very current. In this article, research is used to show that students who participate in inquiry learning or any type of problem-based education do much better than students who do not have that …

How Our Students View Gender Roles, Annette Tomal

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

Student views of the role of women in the family were compared with results from a National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). Freshmen and seniors from an evangelical Christian college were surveyed with 498 responses. The college students were more likely to support traditional gender roles than the NSFH respondents. Freshmen (41%) were more supportive of traditional gender roles than seniors (22%). Senior females (71%) were least supportive of traditional gender roles, compared with freshman males (31%). Seniors (35%) were more likely than freshmen (24%) to approve of mothers of preschoolers working full-time. Senior females (43%) were most supportive …

Inquiro 7 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 1-3

Inquiro 7 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

No abstract provided.

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 4 Positive Allosteric Modulators Attenuate Lps-Induced Inflammation In Microglial Cells, Ranjani Ponnazhagan, Ashley S. Harms, David G. Standaert

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 22-24

Most Prevalent Drugs In Death Cases: A Six-Year Study, Phillip Ritchey, Justin E. Sanders, Curt E. Harper

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 25-27

Intact Brain Volume Is Related To Therapy Responses In Chronic Stroke And Real-World Arm Use In Hemiparetic Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Ameen Barghi, Victor W. Mark, Tyler Rickards, Chelsey Sterling, Michelle Haddad, Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 32-33

Small Peptides As Treatments For Alzheimer’S Disease, Alana Brock, Valentine Nwachukwu, Inga Kadish, Thomas Van Groen

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 38-41