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2019 Fall Faculty Conference: Reflecting On Our Values, Purpose & Principles, Academic Affairs

Fall Faculty Conference

The 2019 Fall Faculty Conference featured teaching showcases b Jennifer Bennett (Biology & Earth Science, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program), Dave Sheridan (Biology & Earth Science), Amy Sheeran (Modern Languages & Cultures), Allison McGrath (Education), and Melissa Gilbert (Center for Community Engagement). Breakout sessions were held by Kathryn Plank (Academic Affairs) with Margaret Koehler (English) and James Prysock (Social Justice & Activism), Terry Hermsen (English) with Melissa Gilbert (Center for Community Engagement), Shannon Lakanen (English) with Sam Boch (Nursing) and Anthony DeStefanis (History) and Simon Lawrence (Biology & Earth Science) and Bridget Newell (Philosophy) and Kathryn Plank (Center for Teaching …

2019 Fall Faculty Conference: Reflecting On Our Values, Purpose, And Principles, Otterbein University

Staff Conferences

Program for the 2019 Fall Faculty Conference.

Full Stem Ahead, Shawn Knowlton, Megan Elbel

Honors Program: Expanded Learning Clubs

After school club that introduces students to STEM and builds problem-solving skills through hands-on, interactive activities.

Incorporating Climate Change In The Classroom Provides Hope For The Future Of Our Planet, Alicia Rohan

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August 19, 2019: Smc Ranked High In Princeton Review, Summer Research Video, Summer Wine Festival Recap, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

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2019-August-17-Crystal Mcclendon, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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The Relationship Between Undergraduate Research Training Programs And Motivational Resources For Underrepresented Minority Students In Stem: Program Participation, Self-Efficacy, A Sense Of Belonging, And Academic Performance, Jennifer Lindwall

Dissertations and Theses

Although calls for a more diverse workforce in biomedical fields have been widespread, racial and ethnic gaps in biomedical degree attainment persist. In order to succeed, URM STEM students must persevere despite numerous challenges and stay continuously motivated on the long road to degree attainment in biomedical disciplines. Past higher education research has identified two key self-appraisals, a sense of belonging and self-efficacy, as crucial for student success. These beliefs, which can serve as motivational resources for students, include students' convictions about whether they are a valued member of their academic community and whether they have what it takes to …

Study: Increase In Employment Shows Strong Correlation To Spread Of Influenza, Alicia Rohan

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All Of Us Reports On Progress Made Nationwide In The Historic Research Program, Staff

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Fy20 Community Day Presentation | Scholarship & Innovation: An Inquiry 2018-2019, José M. Torres, Kelly Page, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Jean Bigger, Richard Palmer, Lindsey Herlehy, Richard Schultz, Nadia Miskowiec

Scholarship & Innovation Committee

Presentation at Community Day | 8.14.2019

Summer Commencement Program, August 9, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

Factors Influencing Graduate Program Choice Among Undergraduate Women, Bryna J. Harrington, Halei C. Benefield, Brooke C. Matson, Rebecca E. Hamlin, Jennifer E. L. Diaz, Grace E. Mosley, Rushina Cholera, Audrey R. Verde

Cooper Rowan Medical Journal

Context: Despite equal enrollment proportions in MD and PhD programs, there are fewer women than men in MD-PhD programs and academic medicine. Factors important in degree program selection, including the perception of gender disparities, among undergraduate students were characterized.

Methods: In 2017, pre-health students at four public North Carolina universities were invited to participate in an online survey regarding career plans, decision factors, and perceptions of gender disparities in MD, PhD and MD-PhD pathways. The authors characterized factors important to program selection, and evaluated the association of intended graduate program with perceived gender disparities using Fisher’s exact tests.

Results: …

Body Issues: More Anatomists Are Needed To Close The Primary Care Gap, Matt Windsor

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Innovative Tool Gives Researchers New Look At The Nasal Airway In Cf Patients, Staff

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Variations In Implementation Of Specifications Grading In Stem Courses, Mai Yin Tsoi, Mary E. Anzovino, Amy H. Lin Erickson, Edward R. Forringer, Emily Henary, Angela Lively, Michael S. Morton, Karen Perell-Gerson, Stan Perrine, Omar Villanueva, Marygeorge Whitney, Cynthia M. Woodbridge

Georgia Journal of Science

Specifications grading is an assessment strategy based on mastery learning, clear learning objectives, and frequent evaluations and feedback. Twelve instructors at a southeastern four-year public college implemented the specifications grading method across eight discrete courses in four STEM areas. In this modified assessment strategy, the students controlled their grades through multiple attempts, with limitations, on assessments of course objectives. The instructors designed and executed specifications grading in unique ways that aligned with their content areas, teaching beliefs, and individual teaching styles.

Preliminary observations suggest that, regardless of subject area, specifications grading can be used as an alternative to traditional assessment …

2019-08-05-Studying The Habitat Of Salamanders, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

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2019 Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University Of Northern Iowa. Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium Programs

The program for the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium of the College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences.

Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Summer Commencement ceremonies.

An Historical Guide To The Campus: Saint Mary's College, L. Raphael Patton Fsc

Interdisciplinary Works

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Smaller Classes Promote Equitable Student Participation In Stem, Cissy J. Ballen, Stepfanie M. Aguillon, Azza Awwad, Anne E. Bjune, Daniel Challou, Abby Grace Drake, Michelle Driessen, Aziza Ellozy, Vivian E. Ferry, Emma E. Goldberg, William Harcombe, Steve Jensen, Christian Jørgensen, Zoe Koth, Suzanne Mcgaugh, Caroline Mitry, Bryan Mosher, Hoda Mostafa, Renee H. Petipas, Paula A.G. Soneral, Shana Watters, Deena Wassenberg, Stacey L. Weiss, Azariah Yonas, Kelly R. Zamudio, Sehoya Cotner

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

As science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms in higher education transition from lecturing to active learning, the frequency of student interactions in class increases. Previous research documents a gender bias in participation, with women participating less than would be expected on the basis of their numeric proportions. In the present study, we asked which attributes of the learning environment contribute to decreased female participation: The abundance of in-class interactions, the diversity of interactions, the proportion of women in class, the instructor's gender, the class size, and whether the course targeted lower division (first and second year) or upper division …

2019-2020 Ursinus College Course Catalogue, Office Of The Registrar

Ursinus College Catalogues, 1869-Present

A digital copy of the 2019-2020 Ursinus College Catalog. It contains details of the curriculum, departmental requirements and courses of instruction as well as the Open Questions core requirements, experiential learning and the Common Intellectual Experience (CIE). Academic policies, special opportunities and scholarships, off-campus programs and graduation requirements are also outlined.

2019 Fall - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

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2020 Graduate Program Rankings For Unlv And Unr, Madison Frazee-Bench, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown

Higher Education

This Fact Sheet presents the 2020 U.S. News and World Report Graduate program rankings for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The rankings for 2020 are important when taking into consideration that both UNLV and UNR reached Carnegie R1 status in 2018. This status marks their place in the top 130 research universities in the country.

Epigenetic Regulation On Plant Stress Memory, Febri Adi Susanto

International Programs

Plants are sessile organisms; they cannot move like animals when the environment is not favorable. Therefore, plants need a mechanism to cope with environmental changes. For example, when a plant experiences stress, like water deficit, it will employ a certain mechanism that allows the plant to survive the next exposure (see Fig. 1), often referred to as “Epigenetic” regulation. By application, epigenetics deals with the changes of the level of the gene expression without change in the DNA sequence, by DNA methylation, histone modifications, and or small RNA regulation. Plant epigenetic regulation is related to the Lamarckian theory of evolution. …

Fy19 Final Report | Scholarship & Innovation: An Inquiry 2018-2019, José M. Torres, Kelly Page, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Jean Bigger, Richard Palmer, Lindsey Herlehy, Richard Schultz, Nadia Miskowiec

Scholarship & Innovation Committee

The IMSA Scholarship and Innovation Committee was established in August, 2019 by Dr. José Torres based on report recommendations from Research Fellow, Dr. Page as a way to deepen a culture of scholarship, research and innovation across the IMSA community. The purpose of the committee is to create and communicate a shared vision, meaning and support for scholarship and innovation at IMSA, continuing its long tradition as a leading learning laboratory.

Space Telescope And Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. Viii. Time Variability Of Emission And Absorption In Ngc5548 Based On Modeling The Ultraviolet Spectrum, Dirk Grupe

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

We model the ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC5548 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope during the 6 month reverberation mapping campaign in 2014. Our model of the emission from NGC 5548 corrects for overlying absorption and deblends the individual emission lines. Using the modeled spectra, we measure the response to continuum variations for the deblended and absorption-corrected individual broad emission lines, the velocity-dependent profiles of Lyα and C IV, and the narrow and broad intrinsic absorption features. We find that the time lags for the corrected emission lines are comparable to those for the original data. The …

Foster Youth Transitioning To Independent Living And Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study, Janet P. Harrison

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the experiences of foster youth who aged out of foster care and enrolled in higher educational programs in rural areas of southern Virginia. The theory that guided this study was Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as it applied to higher educational pursuits of foster youth who had, or were about to, age out of foster care. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory also guided this study to identify additional barriers to higher education for foster youth. This phenomenological study used a transcendental research method. Data collection methods included face-to-face and phone interviews, focus …

Sexism In The Workplace Of Bangladesh, Rifat Rezowana Siddiqui

International Programs

To analyze feminist concerns over the present condition of women and their contribution to the development of Bangladesh. This study also focuses on discrimination against women in the economic sector, along with the causes of flawed construction of gendered identity and the effects of such faulty concepts. Finally, it offers viable solutions by addressing mental health issues and suggestions for further research.

Lotka-Volteraimpulsive Model Control Or How Not To Fish, Vladyslav Bivziuk

International Programs

Human intervention in nature often destroys the equilibrium that has been established in it. It is very important to find controls that would not destroy the stability of the natural equilibrium in the ecosystem. The impulsive systems theory allows us to investigate such effects on a biological system with a simpler example that do not destroy its equilibrium.

Prevelence Of Developmental Dental Defects In Children, Kanwal Kataria

International Programs

This poster highlights the prevalence of developmental dental defects in children worldwide.