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Creating A Welcome Place For All Singers, Stephen Sieck

Diversity Conference 2017

At the center of inclusive pedagogy is our commitment to treat each other the way we would want to be treated if our positions were reversed. First, we must recognize that we come to the choral rehearsal from different positions and that the playing field for each of us has not been equally flat. Acknowledging these biases, we need to wrestle with curriculum. In which ways does our repertoire create an unmarked category of canonical literature and a marked category of ‘other’? When we acknowledge repertoire’s positionality as being an unequal playing field, too, we begin to change the language …

Managing Variances In The Revenue Cycle To Lower Accounts Receivable, Kirsten Hubler, Kirsten Mears

Research Scholars Poster Presentation

No abstract provided.

Resistance To Xylem Cavitation In Evergreen Ferns Correlates With Seasonal Dehydration Levels, Not Mechanical Strength, Helen I. Holmlund, Kaitlyn E. Sauer, Breahna M. Gillespie, Jarmila Pittermann, Stephen D. Davis

Biology

Ferns in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California display a range of responses to severe drought. In this study, we further characterized the traits that may contribute to fern survival in a mediterranean-type climate. Due to anatomical differences between ferns and angiosperms, we predicted that ferns would exhibit no correlation between stipe mechanical strength and vulnerability to water stress-induced cavitation of stipe xylem. However, we predicted that ferns would show a correlation between seasonal water stress (minimum water potential) and cavitation resistance. Our results support these hypotheses; however, we must increase our sample size of evergreen fern species in …

Keys To Implementing Engaging Programming: Innovative Ideas To Take To The Masses, Craig Amos, Sandy Avila, Kelly Grove

Staff Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia

No abstract provided.

Making The Ucf Libraries Part Of Your Course, Sarah A. Norris, Barbara G. Tierney, Christina Wray

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Plenary presentation given to UCF faculty attending the Center for Distributed Learning's IDL Showcase on August 4, 2017 by Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Barbara Tierney, Head of Research & Information Services, and Christina Wray, Digital Learning & Engagement Librarian.

The presentation highlights UCF Libraries services and resources available to faculty teaching courses online at the university.

Aligning The Curriculums For College Success: High School And College Library Collaborations, Carl R. Andrews, Dickens Saint Hilaire

Publications and Research

Many students enter college lacking the necessary research and critical thinking skills needed for academic success. A strong body of literature shows evidence that information literacy instruction at the secondary level enhances college readiness in freshman students. The authors discuss the importance of collaborative curriculum development and the role academic libraries play in supporting college readiness. The research will review and cite successful high school and college partnerships, curriculum development initiatives, secondary information literacy instruction, and teacher professional development. The utilization of select library databases as a tool to promote college readiness is also discussed.

How Google Works - Are Search Engines Really Dumb And Should Educators Even Care?, Paul B. Barron

Summer Literacy Institute

Google doesn’t understand your query! However, after attending this presentation, participants can exploit Google’s search features and construct better search queries. This presentation explains how Google determines result rankings. Citing sources from Google, participants will learn about “Google Domain Trust” and the on-webpage and off-webpage factors that determine results ranking.

Advanced Web Searching For Sli Educators, Paul B. Barron

Summer Literacy Institute

Become an expert Google searcher; BYOD for hands-on searching. Learn to build complex Boolean queries, to search for webpage titles, to limit results to a top level domain like .edu, to limit results to one website like ERIC. You can teach your students to become expert Google users like you.

Potential Recovery From Drought-Induced Dieback In A Keystone Chaparral Species, Malosma Laurina, Guinevere X. Mesh, Natalie M. Aguirre, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

After five years of protracted drought and water-related dieback and mortality, the coastal chaparral ecosystems of the Santa Monica Mountains have finally received increased precipitation. As a co-dominant plant species in this region, Malosma laurina (common name Laurel Sumac), provides an important indication of environmental change. This study examines the effect of the increased precipitation of the 2016-2017 rainy season on potential recovery from drought-induced dieback in M. laurina. This study shows a significant increase in tissue hydration levels and photosynthetic production of dieback plants during post-drought recovery (2017) and between irrigated control sites and dieback sites.

Challenges And Solutions In Library And Information Sciences: Formulating A Pharmacy Collection Without A Prescription, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

Librarians, pharmacists, and scientists encounter diverse challenges relating to knowledge management, the creation, organization, and retrieval of information. This session will highlight current challenges faced in this area by colleagues from across the Academy. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in two roundtable discussions. By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe current challenges faced in Library and Information Science, and bring solutions back to their academic program.

These slides include the "Formulating a Pharmacy Collection Without a Prescription" portion of the panel, which discussed the collection development process for a group of non-health science …

Stay Savvy With Scholarly Communication: Altmetrics, Lily Flick, Buenaventura "Ven" Basco, Andrew Todd, Sarah A. Norris

Scholarly Communication Brown Bag Series

No abstract provided.

Presentation On Countering Stryker's Punch, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

Presentation made at the 2017 Cultural Heritage Imaging Professionals Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, on July 11, 2017.

The Institutional Review Board Tips For Success, David B. Ross, Ashley Russom

Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Chapter 3 Methodology And Tips For Irb Submission!, David B. Ross, Ashley Russom

Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Lesson 9: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 09: Volcano Rising

Students are tasked with designing a structure or various structures to disrupt the flow of lava racing toward a town in order to save the town's citizens.

Lesson 4: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 04: The Airport Book

Students are challenged to design a more efficient transportation system for luggage in airports.

Save Max! Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The students’ challenge is to use supplies to create a life vest that will keep Max, the family dog who fell overboard, afloat.

Three Little Pigs: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The challenge is to build three different houses, each constructed with a material similar to what The Three Little Pigs used.

Smooth Operator: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The students’ challenge is to build a surgical instrument that can safely remove an object from a goat’s stomach.

Lesson 3: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 03: All the Water in the World

Students design a filtration system to clean and conserve water for those who need it.

Lesson 2: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 02: Two Bobbies

Students design a transportation system via zip line to help stranded islanders escape to a safer location after a hurricane.

Lesson 5: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 05: Emmanuel’s Dream

Students design a device that helps those with disabilities pull on their socks independently.

Lesson 6: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 06: Stanley at Sea

Students are tasked with creating a flotation device to aid a puppy who has not learned to swim yet.

Lesson 7: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 07: The Knights Before Christmas

Students imagine delivering presents to a castle, but the knights will not let them inside. They have a catapult to fling the presents over the castle walls, however, they must develop a way to keep the presents from cracking upon impact.

Lesson 8: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Lesson 08: Tiny Stitches

Students must design a surgical instrument to safely remove objects from an area without harming the object's surroundings.

Assistive Device: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The students take on a challenge of designing a solution by only using the materials available that can help people pull on their socks independently.

Cracker Catapult: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The students solve this problem by designing a way to protect supplies from being damaged as they are sent to the town in need using only the materials provided.

Filtration: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The students’ challenge is to design, build, and test a filtration system that could be used for removing harmful pollutants/contaminants from water.

Zip Line: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

The students are to design and build a cradle that will safely transport one islander at a time across the zip line from the island to the neighboring city.

Save The Building: Slides, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, Mary-Kate Sableski

Engineering Activities for Middle School Students

Mount St. Helens is erupting shortly! The students’ task is to create a structure that will save the surrounding building before the lava places the civilians in danger.