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Observing Waste Production And Bringing Sustainable Options To The Houses In Fraternity Circle, Lindsay Travers

Senior Honors Projects

In our ever-changing world, focusing on sustainability has become important due to human-caused climate change. As a result of our world changing and advancing, the majority of the population now moves at a fast pace. In some cases, this speed of living requires the easiest route possible when it comes to using resources or disposing of items. However, there have been many advancements that have given our world options to be more sustainable. In the 1970’s, recycling was introduced and groups ranging from large corporations to individual households began recycling items and reducing their overall waste production. This was a …

Sustainable Journalism Education: A Curriculum Review And Revision Of The Winona State Journalism Program, Doug Westerman

Leadership Education Capstones

This report seeks to understand the current state of the journalism program at Winona State University (WSU). Through faculty interviews, a survey of students, and a review of journalism curriculums throughout the country, the report concludes with curriculum recommendations, in the hope of assuring, maintaining and sustaining the WSU journalism program in the ever-changing news ecosystem.

Year Long Water Quality Analysis Of White Horn Brook, Kevin Dyer

Senior Honors Projects

KEVIN DYER (Marine Biology)

Year-long Analysis of the Water Quality of White Horn Brook

Sponsor: Thomas Boving (Geological Sciences)

Water is the foundation for all life on earth and is the most vital resource on this planet. Despite this, oceans and waterways all over the world are being polluted and exploited in ways detrimental to their fundamental hydrologic functions. For instance, excess nitrate levels can lead to eutrophication which gives rise to harmful algae blooms. Low pH can cause the breakdown of CaCO3 exoskeletons of organisms, such mollusks. High temperature variations are major stressors to living things and can cause …

Project Manager: Antibody Discovery At Distributed Bio, Pedro I. Justiniano

Creative Activity and Research Day - CARD

Antibody discovery platforms have opened a new frontier in therapeutic development. Distributed Bio has built antibody libraries that produce computationally optimized antibodies pre-engineered with therapeutically desirable traits such as humanness, high CDRH3 diversity, thermostability, and other molecular scaffolding proven to pass clinical trial requirements. One of their most popular libraries is the Super Human 2.0 library. This library analyzes billions of antibodies to find the most suited antibody to bind to a specific antigen target. / As a Project Manager intern at Distributed Bio, I have been helping to manage projects of different companies to provide them with a product …

Case Study: Horse Drawn Carriages In Philadelphia, Bibi Khan, Michael Jones, Hamid Bertal, Regina Tendayi

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Presentations

Hypothesis

Horse & Carriage ride business is not sustainable.

Supply & Demand: Awareness of inhumane treatment of carriage horses will lead to the decline of demand for the rides which leads to decline in revenue. This is not sustainable.

Case Presentation On Periampullary Cancer And Ampullectomy, Tetiana Soloviova

Publications and Research

Periampullary cancer is a complex disease of heterogenous origin. This is cancer arising within 2 cm of the papilla of Vater and includes pancreatic, ampullary, biliary and duodenal cancers. Duodenal cancer has the highest estimated 5-year survival (49%), followed by ampullary cancer (45%), distal bile duct cancer (27%), and pancreatic cancer (18%). (Ray-Offor, 2019, ¶ 1)

Iatrophobia: How It Impacts Health, Jessica Newbury

Senior Honors Projects

According to Mara Hollander (2019), iatrophobia is “the fear of doctors, medical care, or the medical care system." The most severe cases of this fear only affect a small percentage of the population; however, many people, for a variety of reasons, reported that they disliked or felt uncomfortable seeking medical care. An anonymous survey was created and distributed to males and females between the ages of 18 to 75 to retrieve self-reported data regarding specific questions about doctor's visits and the healthcare system. The total sample consisted of 379 participants who voluntarily completed the assessment. Quantitative data was collected using …

Senior Bonner Reflection, Emily Shiplett

Bonner Presentations

The mission of the Bonner Program is to transform the lives of students and members, their campuses, their local communities, and the world through service and leadership. The Bonner Program is designed to heighten the overall education students and members receive by asking them to engage in ongoing service work and helping them develop the experience, skills, knowledge, and values necessary to make that work meaningful and lasting. In this presentation, Emily Shiplett describes the people and experiences which were most meaningful to her throughout her years in the Bonner Program at Ursinus College.

2020-04-30 Ad-Hoc Committee Report On 'Hybrid' Employee Teaching Evaluations, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A power point presentation by the Ad-Hoc Committee on 'Hybrid' Employee Teaching Evaluations made on April 30, 2020.

Conflict In Kashmir, Matthew Atkison '22, Sarah Oquendo '22, Manaal Shamsi '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

The topic we are discussing in our presentation is the controversy of Kashmir. Kashmir is a region that has recently been in a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan due to it being between the two nations and it having access to an abundant supply of resources. Kashmir has basically been blocked off by the rest of the world and because of this, many protests have sprung in the region, often violent ones with students throwing rocks at officers. Nothing has been done to solve the situation other than Pakistan and India pointing the blame to each other. Many have …

Kompost, Gerardo Paramo '22, Peter Capriotti '22, Zachary Swanson-Linville '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

Kompost Solutions is an environmentally-centered business that focuses on turning food scraps into useful composting material that “subscribers” can personally use to garden. According to a USDA funded study, “American consumers waste about one pound of food per day”. In Sodexo, our school cafeteria, we were appalled by the mountain of food waste protruding from the trash can. Struck by the rampant food waste in our cafeteria and community, we knew we had to resolve this problem. Aligning with SDG goal 11 to promote sustainable cities and communities, we thought that it would be a great idea to return something …

Vids.Edu, Alexander Williams '22, Emily Wei '22, Luke Davis '22, William Bogdanowicz '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

Nearly 22 million school days are lost annually due to the common cold. Especially at such a high-pressure school such as IMSA, many kids ignore their symptoms of sickness and instead choose to stay in school. Instead of missing classes to recuperate, they attend class, spreading the sickness even farther. By having an effective and efficient way to educate children while they stay at home and recover from their ailments is one of the greatest steps education can take to develop its efficiency. With vidsEDU, students will be able to access recorded lessons by their teachers, whether the reason being …

Riches To Resources, Kyler Yu '22, Kavin Suhi '22, Rujuta Durwas '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

The world today is plagued by homelessness and poverty. These people suffer from malnutrition. One specific group of people that are heavily affected by this is teenagers. Many teenagers across the world are unable to access healthy and nutritious foods. However, a huge amount of food is wasted every day by wealthy families. Riches to Resources is a project designed to fight against hunger and the waste of valuable food. This company provides free class sessions that teach teenagers, specifically with wealthy backgrounds, the importance of growing food and how to do it. This will decrease the wasted amount of …

Power System Modeling And Simulations For The Virginia Power Grid, Parker Hall

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Exploring The Sub-Lethal And Lethal Effects Of Pesticide Pollution In Crayfish And Their Ectosymbionts, Kathryn St. Clair, Zachary Youngbar, Megan Pizzo, Brittany Carnathan

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Hives, Rachel Selvaraj '22, Nicolette Schmidling '22, Abigail Ryner '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

Bees are a capstone species and the world’s most important animal as ranked by the Royal Geographic Society in London. They play a key role in the production of many food products which certain communities may depend on; however, their population has rapidly been declining as of lately. Hives is an organization which takes this issue into extreme consideration. We believe that habitat restoration efforts for bees is the strongest way to make an impact. We will work with numerous local gardens to install our artificial bee homes. These homes are created solely from recyclable materials. Not only are our …

Music Tutors, Natalie Hulseberg '22', Ava Puchitkanont '22, Laila Walton '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

In 2018, over 3.5% of the workforce in the music industry had an age of 28 years old. According to the Daily Herald, “master's degree recipients were, on average, 28.7 years old...Those obtaining doctorate degrees are around 30.8 years old” for the graduating class of 2018. This means that a large portion of people going into music are between ages 28 and 30, just starting to look for jobs. We’ve developed a curriculum that addresses the main concerns of newly graduated students and helps them to understand possible career paths available to them. The curriculum covers questions surrounding topics such …

The Delivery Of Reproductive Health Knowledge To African Women Living In Low-Resource Regions, Cali Anderson, Megan Revis

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

The Low Salary Of Teachers Compared To Other Professions, Alan Nguyen '22, Axel Hernandez '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

Teachers have arguably one of the most important jobs in the world: to teach their students, i.e. the upcoming generation of kids, essential skills needed for the future. Yet ironically studies show that teachers have a drastically lower salary compared to other career choices. The National Education Association (NEA) determined that the average salary for a teacher has dropped about 4.5 percent over the past decade. For context, the highest average salary that teachers can make in America is in Washington, D.C., which is $55,209, according to the World Population Review. In comparison, a professional NFL player could make $510,000 …

Hong Kong, Alvaro Harrison Hucker '22, Blake Barth '22, Philip Yi '22

Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)

The relationship between China and Hong Kong has been very tense for years ever since Britain allowed Hong Kong to become for 50 years in 1997, before the region would have to officially return to China. Knowing that their 50 years of having a self-governing body will end in 2047, Hong Kong citizens are constantly afraid of their rights. Now to add to the tension, China attempted to pass the Extradition Bill, which would have any citizen of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau who has committed a crime, be tried in China instead of where they live. This created an uproar …

​Where Is The Locus Of Control? A Mixed Methods Study Of Narcissism, Empathy, And Spirituality In Undergraduate Students, Elizabeth Hopkins, Jessica Lamma, Joshua Welch, Josiah Hunsberger

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Bonner Impact, Emily Thomas

Bonner Presentations

The mission of the Bonner Program is to transform the lives of students and members, their campuses, their local communities, and the world through service and leadership. The Bonner Program is designed to heighten the overall education students and members receive by asking them to engage in ongoing service work and helping them develop the experience, skills, knowledge, and values necessary to make that work meaningful and lasting. In this presentation, Emily Thomas describes the people and experiences which were most meaningful to her throughout her years in the Bonner Program at Ursinus College.

My Bonner Journey, Allison Degerlia

Bonner Presentations

The mission of the Bonner Program is to transform the lives of students and members, their campuses, their local communities, and the world through service and leadership. The Bonner Program is designed to heighten the overall education students and members receive by asking them to engage in ongoing service work and helping them develop the experience, skills, knowledge, and values necessary to make that work meaningful and lasting. In this presentation, Allison DeGerlia describes the people and experiences which were most meaningful to her throughout her years in the Bonner Program at Ursinus College.

My Bonner Experience, Noel Mccampbell

Bonner Presentations

The mission of the Bonner Program is to transform the lives of students and members, their campuses, their local communities, and the world through service and leadership. The Bonner Program is designed to heighten the overall education students and members receive by asking them to engage in ongoing service work and helping them develop the experience, skills, knowledge, and values necessary to make that work meaningful and lasting. In this presentation, Noel McCampbell describes the people and experiences which were most meaningful to her throughout her years in the Bonner Program at Ursinus College.

A Case Of Atypical Pml, Alexander Dreisin, Justin Jin

Providence Portland Medical Center Internal Medicine 2020

No abstract provided.

The Benefits Of Cell Phone Disinfection In The Nicu, Olivia Lyon

Academic Festival

Cell phone use in the NICU setting is a valuable tool and resource in the care of neonates. Despite the technology that is beneficial to the clinical setting, cell phones carry risks including the presence of pathogens on their surfaces. Studies demonstrate the presence of bacteria on cell phones, many of which are multi-drug resistant, presenting potentially harmful risks to the neonate. Currently, no policy exists for routine disinfection of cell phones in the clinical setting. Developing and implementing a disinfection practice recommendation focused on caregivers and families can reduce the unintended risks associated with the use of cell phones …

Depression Amongst Law Enforcement Officers Leading To An Increase In Police Suicide, Molly Hughes

Academic Festival

All work facilities and organizations need to implement mental health resources for their employees. Millions across the country, especially first responders, suffer in silence everyday as they work to tend to the needs of others. There are many individuals who feel as if they can’t address the anxiety, stress, or depressive states they may be in due to what is expected of them in the workplace. Rather than addressing their own mental health needs, they bottle up their emotions, never receiving the proper treatment or guidance to get them through difficult times. As individuals continue to put their mental health …

Disruptive Innovation In Retail Industry, Veena Weerakoon

Academic Festival

Amazon Prime changed the retail industry as we know it through their innovative two day shipping. Prime is the reason why retail stores both online and in person have lost a vast amount of business from consumers.

Geoimpairment: How Pollution Has Affected Disability In The United States, Aidan Walraven

Academic Festival

September 21, 2019 marked the day that a 16 year old Swedish girl would help "fan the flame" on the already controversial topics of Climate Change, and environmental awareness in the United States of America. Greta Thunberg arrival in the U.S.A had shocked many Americans at how other countries view them in terms of how they take care of their environment. However her speech was not not the first nor the last time pollution had been brought before the eyes of the globe. For years, economists, politicians, and those of the general American populous had been rigorously debating the topic …

How Sport Participation And Consumption Has Been Disrupted And It's Worldwide Impact, Matthew Russo

Academic Festival

Technology is changing how fans interact with not just sport, but each other as well.