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Second April 2024 Academic Affairs Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

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Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, March 6, 2024, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

SJSU ERFA Minutes

SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes

March 6, 2024

In What Ways Do Perceptions By Faculty, Students, And Advisors In An Urban University Contribute To Undergraduate Student Success?, Carla Jordan

Dissertations

This study employs a mixed-methods approach to explore perceptions of academic advising among faculty, advisors, and undergraduate students at an urban university in the Midwest, focusing on its implications for student success. Utilizing Creswell’s research design framework, the research integrates quantitative and qualitative data collection methods to understand the relationship between academic advising and student outcomes.

Informed by Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, the study examines how beliefs, behaviors, and environmental factors shape academic experiences and success. It employs the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) from George Kuh’s student engagement framework as a quantitative tool to measure student engagement and …

2024 April 18 - From My Notepads Newsletter, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University, Brian Noland

From My Notepads: A Newsletter from President Brian Noland

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, April 2024, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

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The Grizzly, April 18, 2024, Marie Sykes, Nicolas Ungurean, Andrew J. Perez, Ellie Burns, Kathy Logan, Kate Horan, Sidney Belleroche, Renee Washart, James Rapp

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Tensions High at Congressional Town Hall • Tree Planting Ceremony to Honor Damiano Rotolo • Ursinus Hosting "Out of Darkness" Walk • Phi Kap's LLS Fundraiser • Expert Tips on Graduate School Planning: What You Need to Know • First Year Review on First-Year Housing • Every REP Matters • ReLAXing is Not an Option

2024-04-18 Registration Advisory Committee Mission Revised, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A proposed revisal to the Registration Advisory Committee mission submitted to the Faculty Senate on April 18, 2024.

2024-04-18 General Education Council Mission Revised, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A proposed revisal of the General Education Council mission submitted to the Faculty Senate on April 18, 2024.

2024-04-18 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from April 18, 2024.

“I Thought I Knew”: Teaching Graduate Students New Ways Of Understanding Meanings Of Diverse Social Identities, Maria S. Johnson

Feminist Pedagogy

Instructors should not assume that graduate students understand meanings of terms for various social identities. In this article, I highlight a teaching activity I created titled, “What’s in a name?” that requires graduate students to research historical and contemporary uses of various racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, and immigration terms. The assignment helps graduate students develop inclusive vocabulary and deepen their understanding of their positionality. It also supports braver classroom contexts for students and instructors. The assignment is best facilitated by instructors informed of diverse social identities, open to difficult conversations, and aware of the influence of their own social identities …

The Inclusion Of Classroom-Related Dispositions In Teacher Evaluations, David K. Griffin

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

This paper examines various approaches to evaluating the classroom teacher and discusses the inclusion of dispositions in the evaluation process. A random sample of 150 teachers were asked to complete an online survey focusing on the inclusion of dispositions in their formal evaluations. They were asked to report what specific dispositions were evaluated, and if the specific dispositions were operationally defined. A summary of their responses to the survey items is discussed.

“Don’T Call On Me!”: Mediating Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Mathematics Anxiety In A Problem-Based Classroom, Christina Koehne, Wenyen Huang, Nataly Chesky

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

This study aims to understand the ways in which problem-based teaching in a mathematics content course can alleviate pre-service elementary school teachers' mathematics anxiety. The significance of this work is to help increase the content and pedagogical knowledge of mathematics education, as outlined in STEM policies. Using a mixed method approach, the teachers-researchers explore what methods, procedures, and other perhaps unknown variables, helped pre-service elementary teachers decrease their mathematics anxiety during two mathematics content courses. The findings illuminate five major themes the authors discuss, which are illustrated by rich descriptions of students’ narratives and interviews. Given the importance of mathematics …

Teachers' Experiences Of Using Play And Al's Pals To Teach Socio-Emotional Skills Through Coaching Support Models, Deborah Tamakloe, Elizabeth Powers, Alisa Landis, Lori Mccracken

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

Interactive teaching strategies provide opportunities for engaging children in discussing difficult concepts such as socio-emotional wellbeing and wide range of ideas about their social and personal lives. However, few studies have explored preschool teachers’ efficacy of using coaching through ‘Play and puppetry programs as approaches to developing children’s emotional regulation, socio-emotional learning and wellbeing. This paper reports on a “Labyrinth Project” aimed to gain in-depth understandings of preschool teachers’ experiences and perspectives pertaining to their efficacy of using play and puppetry as tools to promote children’s emotional learning and development. The results showed that despite early challenges with the use …

Message From The President

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Table Of Contents

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Letter From The Editors, Jesslyn Hollar, Joelle Fingerhut, Stephanie Purington

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of The Neurophysiological Responses Of Lumbricina: An Invertebrate Model For Stem Education, Ragan Adkins, Bryce Allen, Michael Fultz

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

The Invertebrates, specifically lumbricina, can serve as a model system for science education when studying neuron viability and the impact of various drugs on conduction velocity within the nervous system. Earthworms prove to be ideal candidates due to their easily stimulated and measurable large axon bundles. Earthworms are also inexpensive, noncontroversial, and easily sedated, making them suitable for STEM learning. Each earthworm underwent a standardized anesthetization procedure with an ethanol and water mixture before being placed on a nerve bath. They were then stimulated by an electrode to gather a control action potential. By measuring the speed at which …

Economic Analysis Of Hay And Corn Production At Morehead State University's Derrickson Agricultural Complex, Caroline Adkins, Luke Millay, Vijay Subramaniam

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Morehead State University's Derrickson Agricultural Complex (DAC) produces several agricultural enterprises and provides valuable hands-on experiences for students. The major goal of DAC is to prepare students for future careers in agriculture by enhancing classroom learning and introducing new and efficient farming technologies. Several farm products are produced at the farm, and it is important to assess the profitability of various crop and animal enterprises to reach the mission of Morehead State University's Department of Agricultural Sciences. Hay and com are the two most dominant crop enterprises which cover 58 percent of total areas. In addition, the DAC produces hay …

A Light In The Hills: Helen Price Stacy, Gwedolyn Akers, Matthew Sutton

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Helen Price Stacy is an Appalachian writer, artist, and activist from West Liberty, Ky who published a variety of work including nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, reflecting themes of sense of place, activism, and finding hope in even the darkest of situations.

Fungi In A Warmer World: Preliminary Findings On The Zhangpu Biota Of Southeastern China, Margaret Alden, Erdoo Mongol, Limi Mao, Jen O'Keefe

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

The Fungi in a Warmer World Project (FiaWW) is a multi-national project focused on developing a fossil fungal proxy for ecological and climatological change that can then be applied to future forecast behaviors of global fungas (fungal assemblages within an ecosystem). It is focusing on the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO), 18-13 million years ago, because it is the SSP2-4.5 best-analog for end-21st century warming and Koppen-Geiger climate class distributions (IPCC, 2021; Beck et al., 2023). To develop a robust proxy, fungi are being examined from global MCO sites, including many lagerstatten, such as the Fotan Fm:s Zhangpu Biota, as fossil …

Comparison Of Efficacy Of Antibody-Drug Conjugates In Cancer Treatment, Rebecca Bailey, Smita Joshi

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Objective: To analyze the existing literature and evaluate the potential of antibody-drug conjugates (AD Cs) for superior efficacy in cancer treatment compared to chemotherapy.

The Mystery Of Seresto Collars, Katheryne Argueta, Smita Joshi

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Elanco Animal Health's (EAH) Seresto collars are used to protect canines and felines from common lxodids (ticks) and Siphonaptera (fleas). They work by slowly releasing the active ingredients onto the pet's skin throughout eight months. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed there have been a total of 100,000 incidents, 2,700 deaths in canines and felines, and 894 cases of harm to humans due to the use of Seresto collars. However, the link between these incidents and Seresto collars remains unclear. This literature review investigates the potential harm of Seresto collars. It compares the effects of major active ingredients, …

Implementing Play Therapy For School-Age Children With Sensory Modulation Disorder, Karis Applegate, Michaela Wilson

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Most people have heard the phrase "A healthy child is a happy child" but what about the phrase "A healthy brain is a well-integrated brain"? Sensory processing or integration is how our brain reads sensory input from outside stimuli in our environ1nent. Our cerebellar white matter, located in the brain, determines the efficiency of sensory integration. It has been found that brain composition presenting lower microstructural integrity of the superior and middle cerebellar peduncles have a sensory processing disorder (Narayan, 2021). Sensory Over-Responsivity (SOR) 1s a specific type of sensory disorder. Since Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and SOR typically coexist, …

Opioid Administration And Safe Handling; A Quality Improvement Project, Paige Caird, Shalyn West, Brooklyn Philips, Keana Meriwether, Madison White, Caleb Williams, Suzi White

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Since 1999, drug overdoses have taken the lives of over 1 million people. Of the 23.5 million Americans needing substance abuse treatment, only 11 % seek help. While attending clinics at a large, urban teaching hospital, opioids were inappropriately handled. Many nurses spend every shift administering more than 50 medications which accounts for 40% of their time on the unit.

Impact Of Year And Animal Origin On Key Factors Of Ewe Longevity, Audrey Burton, Jacob Lebrun, Flint Harrelson, Patricia Harrelson

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

The MSU sheep flock is an Innovation Flock in the Sheep GEMS project through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Sheep GEMS project is a national, multi-breed project that is focused on evaluating different sheep breeds and their longevity in different climates. As a participant, we collect/send raw data that is compiled. Our preliminary data from the 2022 (Year 1 ), 2023 (Year 2), and 2024 (Year 3) lambing seasons have been included. We collected measurements from Katahdin ewes (n = 46; 1-5 years old). We measured fecal egg counts (FEC), FAMACHA scores, body condition scores (BCS), teat and udder scores. …

Economics Of Artificial Insemination In Cattle, Marisa Brown, Shelby French, Vijay Subramaniam

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Artificial insemination (Al) is the collection of semen from a male animal and breeding a female animal with the collected semen. AI has a long renowned history, dating back all the way to 1780, and continues to evolve every day. Artificial insemination allows farmers to inseminate their cattle efficiently, farmers can integrate DNA variation and desired genetics in livestock, and acts as a safe way to impregnate cattle by not having the risk of a live bull being used. It can be observed within multiple studies that when looking at smaller herds it can actually be more cost efficient to …

Comparison Of Nicotine Quantification In E-Liquids Using Volume-Based Sample Preparation Versus Mass-Based Sample Preparation, Serenity Baughman, Alyssa Roark, Emmalou Schmittzehe-Skarbek

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

Questions are surrounding the accuracy of the reported levels of nicotine contained in e-liquids. Many of the studies show significant inconsistencies in the amount of nicotine reported on e-liquid products and the amount detected in the e-liquids. The current methods rely on preparing e-liquids for analysis by performing dilutions based on volume, but due to the viscosity of the liquids this preparation technique is prone to method errors. This project aims to compare the nicotine content in samples prepared by volume to those prepared by mass. This was done by first measuring the densities of several e-liquids. Those densities were …

The Beauty And Legacy Of Black Gospel Music, Brianna Dorsey, Eric Brown

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

My objective in studying Black Gospel music was to understand the styles, history, and impact of the genre on American culture. I studied multiple different songs by composers of different backgrounds and ages so that I could understand the styles and techniques of different composers. As I listened, I also was challenged to use my ear training and part writing skills that I learned throughout my music theory and music reading classes to transcribe the music first on paper and then on Musescore. This transcription application allows for quick and easy notation as well as playback so that I could …

A Brief Review Of A Regional Healthcare Clinical Practice Protocol: The Abcdef Bundle, Joelle Craft, Michelle Mcclave

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

A brief review of a clinical practice protocol was performed with two purposes: to critically evaluate a clinical protocol in use to determine if it supports scholarly practice, and to address opportunities for change in practice to meet current guidelines.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine originated the intensive care unit (ICU) Liberation Bundle. The bundle was part of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption (PADIS) in Adult Patients in the ICU. Its purpose is to reduce the occurrence of delirium and weakness in adults during their stay and …

The Effects Of Beetelite On Physical Endurance Measured Through Lactic Acid Levels, Tobias Cook, Garrett Watts, Wayne C. Miller

2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

BeetElite is a beet root extract product from the Human-n brand that has become widely popular among endurance athletes over the past few years. Dietary nitrates and nitrites are the active ingredients in the supplemental drink mix. Although there is research cited on the company's website, it is limited to one study that conducted a HIIT test on stationary bikes. To further test the company's claims on improved endurance and began proving its effectiveness with running, we created a treadmill test. Our testing is intended to supplement other testing that has been done and provide a basis for future tests …