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Sounding Ethics: Musical Signification Of Moral Choices In Video Games, Hayden Mesnick

Honors Projects

Interactivity is what distinguishes video games as a medium. In “moral choice video games,” or games in which the moral alignment of player choices affects plot and gameplay, the music often reflects the branching storylines. While scholarship exists that explores musical signifiers in video games, and scholarship alike exists that investigates moral choice video games, a gap in literature exists at the juncture of these two topics. This paper explores two moral choice video games—Undertale (Toby Fox, 2015) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games, 2018)—in order to identify musical signifiers used by each game’s composer to represent these levels …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2023-12-08, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

Traffic Monitoring System, Elizabeth Suda

Honors Projects

The Traffic Monitoring System (TMS) was implemented at the Bowling Green Flight Center as a pre-planning traffic volume tool for flight instructors to utilize when deciding on a safe location for a training event. The TMS allows the instructor to pre-determine a location during the preflight planning stage that provides the best traffic separation, rather than finding out once airborne that an designated flight training area is overcrowded leading to greater collision hazards. The Traffic Management System has provided Bowling Green Flight Center pilots and instructors with greater situational awareness of traffic and increased safety margins in flight training.

The Bg News November 15, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 15, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 12.

Quality Matters Review Of Lib 2210: Applying The Qm Rubric For Higher Education To An Information Literacy Course, Laura Sheets, Maureen Barry, Eileen K. Bosch

University Libraries Faculty Publications

This article discusses the use of the Quality Matters Rubric for Higher Education, 6^th ed. to self-review an asynchronous information literacy course. In this instance, the authors acted as reviewers and subject matter experts (SME). The Rubric proved to be a useful tool that encompasses several instructional design best practices. After the official self-review period, the QM Rubric influenced the enhancement and updates to the course. The authors recommend more use of the QM Rubric by teaching librarians, collaboration with instructors going through a QM Review, and training for online teaching in Library and Information Science graduate programs.

The Bg News October 25, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 25, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 09.

The Bg News October 18, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 18, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 08.

The Bg News October 4, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 04, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 07.

Knowing The Unknowable: Visions Of Troubled Lands, Estella C. Kuchta

Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education

This paper describes the author’s clairvoyant visions of war and personal experiences of transrational knowledges. It is an account of one Westerner coming to know outside of and despite Western episteme. Transrational knowing was modelled by companion dogs in the author’s childhood and literary figures in early adulthood, and was experienced as a means of self-protection. Western culture fosters skepticism about transrational knowledges, such as psychic visions and telepathic connections. This paper asserts that transrational knowing—whether between humans, other species, or humans and other species—is a valid and readily available form of knowing that exists outside of and in spite …

The Bg News September 27, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 27, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 06.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2023-09-22, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

The Bg News September 20, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 20, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 05.

Philosophical Counselling Through Meditative Inquiry: Insights For Holistic And Contemplative Educators And Practitioners, Ashwani Kumar

Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education

This paper explores how meditative inquiry can contribute to philosophical counselling, and how these two perspectives together can inform the work of holistic and contemplative educators and practitioners. After outlining the definition, goals, and practices related to meditative inquiry and pointing to its transformative potential, the author draws attention to how meditative inquiry and philosophical counselling share similar goals, such as engagement in authentic inner exploration of questions of deep existential significance, and highlights the benefits of processes related to meditative inquiry, such as developing attentive listening and observation, engaging in creative and aesthetic exploration, and connecting with nature. Rather …

Delivering Standards-Based Professional Development Online, Evangeline Newton, Ruth Oswald, Denise Stuart

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

No abstract

The Bg News September 13, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 13, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 04.

Mid-Western Educational Researcher Call For Manuscripts, Kristin L. K. Koskey, Susan N. Kushner Benson, Xin Liang, Jennifer L. Milam, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Call for Manuscripts

Notes From The Editors’ Roundtable, Jennifer L. Milam, Kristin L. K. Koskey, Susan N. Kushner Benson, Xin Liang, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Notes from the Editors’ Roundtable

Ecojustice Education: Toward Diverse, Democratic, And Sustainable Communities, Steven Wade Mackie

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Book review

A "Tale Of Two Cities:" A Comparative Case Study Of Community Engagement And Costs In Two Levy Campaigns, W. Kyle Ingle, Paul A. Johnson, Ruth Ann Petroff

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Using Anderson’s (1998) framework for authentic community engagement and Levin and McEwan’s (2001) “ingredients method,” this comparative case study analyzed contrasting approaches to levy campaigns undertaken by two suburban school districts and the associated costs of the campaigns. We found that District A ran a campaign that “authentically” engaged community members with lower opportunity costs for district personnel (administrators and teachers) and success at the polls. District B ran a “central office campaign” with higher opportunity costs for district personnel and defeat at the polls. While overall costs for District A were higher than those of District B, costs per …

Front Matter, Kristin L. K. Koskey, Susan N. Kushner Benson, Xin Liang, Jennifer L. Milam, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Includes Message from the Dean and Notes from the Editors' Roundtable

Mid-Western Educational Researcher Call For Manuscripts—2010-2011, Kristin L. K. Koskey, Susan N. Kushner Benson, Xin Liang, Jennifer L. Milam, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Call for Manuscripts

The Bg News September 6, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU Campus student newspaper. September 06, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 03.

The Bg News August 30, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 30, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 2.

Reviewing Research On Down Syndrome To Then Inform And Create A Children’S Book With A Child Protagonist Who Has Down Syndrome, Trey Williams

Honors Projects

Children's literature continually evolves, requiring a steadfast commitment to align with new insights into various disabilities for genuine and accurate portrayal. This project delves into leveraging research to craft a children's book featuring Bonnie Lynn, a protagonist with Down Syndrome, recognizing the growing presence of individuals with Down Syndrome in today's society and the imperative for empathetic understanding within this community.

The Bg News August 23, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 23, 2023. Volume 102,-Issue.

Altering United States Drug Policy And Shifting The Focus Of Drug Use From Conviction Toward Drug Addiction Treatment, Natalie Marra

Honors Projects

While these substances were not always controlled by law, drug use has been as issue throughout time going back thousands of years and continues to be a concern in the twenty-first century. Possession, distribution, and manufacturing of controlled substances outside of what is considered legal can lead to fines and or jail time and can also increases the severity of other crimes committed either due to or under the influence of drugs. As of Saturday June 10th, 2023, 44.5% of Federal inmates are incarcerated for drug offenses, including possession, distribution, and manufacturing1. Drug offenses make up the largest percentage of …

The “Other” Nil And Sportcrit: Narrative Identity And Liminality Of Black Gendered Scholar-Athletes, Joseph L. Herman Ii

Journal of Athlete Development and Experience

The purpose of this conceptual manuscript is to advance a new integrated model: the Narrative Identity (NI), and Liminality Model (NILM). The NILM advances narrative as an intervention tool for Black gendered scholar-athletes (BGSAs) by integrating NI theory (Adler et al., 2017) with the Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) model (Yosso, 2005) for positive outcomes intra-intercollegiate career. The developmental characteristic of sense-making of one’s life via the life story model and life stage phases (McAdams, 1985, 2011) are paramount to BGSAs’ articulation and development during their liminal condition (Sutton, 2017) as athletes in their orientation to sport. More specifically, orienting the …

Decisions, Decisions: Analyzing College Choice Amongst Ncaa Division Ii Transfer And Non-Transfer Athletes, Eric G. Kramer

Journal of Athlete Development and Experience

Abstract

Many pundits and fans within college sport have exhausted an inordinate amount of time analyzing the impact of recruiting in intercollegiate athletics amidst recent regulatory changes within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The most recent changes to Division I transfer regulations have introduced a level of uncertainty about the future of college athletics. While these changes may garner significant attention for Division I revenue sport programs, recruiting plays a critical role in across all levels of competition (Nixon, et al., 2021). Yet, scant research has been conducted to determine which factors are most influential in an NCAA Division …

Not A Student, Not An Athlete, A Person, Amanda L. Paule-Koba, Todd A. Gilson

School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies Faculty Publications

College athletics can place immense demands on athletes in terms of time commitment, physical conditioning, and pressure to perform. However, one important but less visible dimension affected by participation is one’s identity. College athletes hold multiple identities (Sturm et al., 2011) and these identities are further refined through their experiences (Chang et al., 2018). However, much less is known about athletes’ cognitive awareness of others’ perceptions and how those opinions influence athletes’ sense of self. In the present work, 52 Division I collegiate basketball players took part in a qualitative survey focused on understanding their athletic experience based on interactions …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2023-06-22, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.