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History Department Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

History: News & Publications

• Thank You, Ms.Fran
• Ogeechee International History Film Festival
• Phi Alpha Theta Spring Initiation
• Faculty Video Interviews
• African American Abroad Panel
• Faculty Achievements: Dr. Kurt Knoerl
• Dr. Tanya Roth "Equality Evolving: Womanpower in the U.S. Military
• “Spotlight On: Women in History” Panel

Editorial: Assessing And Addressing Health Inequities And Disparities: The Role Of Health Informatics, Gulzar H. Shah, Anjum Khurshid, Joanne Chopak-Foss

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Rev. Bobby Thompson

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Rev. Bobby Thompson on Mar. 18, 2023 at Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church

School Of Nursing News, Georgia Southern University

Nursing: News & Publications (2013-2023)

• Nursing Students Assist with Blood Pressure Screenings

Common Data Set, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Common Datasets

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School Of Nursing News, Georgia Southern University

Nursing: News & Publications (2013-2023)

• Nursing Students Assist with Blood Pressure Screenings
• Nursing Faculty Awarded a Student Technology Fee Grant
• Nursing Faculty Awarded Affordable Learning Georgia Grant

Health And Kinesiology News, Georgia Southern University

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: News & Publications (2015-2023)

• HSK Faculty Receive Grant for New Equipment

Midweek Memo, Georgia Southern University

Midweek Memo

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College Of Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

College of Engineering & Computing: News & Publications (2010-2023)

• AEPCEC Students Present at 2023 Posters at the Capitol
• Dr. George Fu Awarded Grant to Study Roadway Runoff Impacts

Health And Kinesiology News, Georgia Southern University

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: News & Publications (2015-2023)

• Graduate Sport Management Program Receives Two Rankings

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

Youth Mental Health Issues on the Rise: National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center Awards Seed Grants for Faculty Research in Support of Local Youth Advocacy and Resiliency

Business Innovation Group Announces Patrick Woock as New Director of Business Incubation

College Of Health Professions News, Georgia Southern University

College of Health Professions: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• HSK Faculty Receive Grant for New Equipment

Reconnecting The Disconnected: Using Culture To Redefine Education For Students Who Drop Out Of School, Nichole Murray

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

How do we reconnect students who have dropped out of school to educational programs? In this interactive workshop, we examine some reasons why students who are homeless drop out of school and how to link them back to education programs by using culturally responsive initiatives. Furthermore, we will discuss optimizing support services to help students earn their post-secondary credentials.

Mindfulness In Education: Why Every School Should Be Teaching It, Ashley L. Baer

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Were you ever asked to pay attention in school? As an educator have you asked students to pay attention? Compare that to how many times you were taught or taught a student to pay attention. Most likely the answer is never. Mindfulness is explicit attention building and emotional regulation. Learn how and why you should create a mindful breathing culture through short experiential practices, activities, and games including breathing activites, and movement.

Radical Youth Work: A Community Based Approach To Working With Youth, Young Adults And Families, Weston J. Robins

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Eternal Strength Center for Radical Youth Work is a blended community center with customizable mental health therapeutic support for youth, young adults and families. Providing humanistic and person centered psychotherapy and counseling, alongside experiential therapies and community engagement we support families and youth struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, self harm, suicidality and other challenges on their developmental growth journey.

The Age-Less Citizen: Cultivating A Civically Engaged K-12 Community Through The Use Of Service Learning, Chelsia I. Douglas Mpa

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

The Age-less Citizen will analyze evidence-based civic education studies and explore proactive student engagement strategies to build an individualized nonpartisan action plan for each school represented. From sending election reminders home by a kindergartener, to including local school board meetings on school newsletter and calendars, attendees will take away practical tips and tools to restore faith in the younger generation's ability to improve our democracy.

Midweek Memo, Georgia Southern University

Midweek Memo

No abstract provided.

Finding Equity In Education, Isara Krieger, Carlos Hoyt, Change Cadet, Innopsych Organization

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

In our program, Isara seeks to use The Highest Standard documentary film as a conversation starter with educators, educational activists, mental health professionals and students that are part of the film to discuss what tools are available and what tools that should to be created to support students of greater need in the classroom and beyond.

Problems Are A Gift- How To Turn Challenging Behaviors In The Classroom Into Opportunities For Growth And Connection, Lindsey Kealey

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Lindsey Kealey discusses practical ways apply a trauma-responsive approach to helping children and adults solve problems in the classroom. When you unwrap problems with students in productive, rather than punitive ways, you will find that problems are not just fires to put out or issues that weight us down. Rather, problems can be a gift to ourselves and the students we teach.

Strengthening Achievement, Behavior, And Culture With Social, Emotional, And Academic Learning, Joelle Hood, Janeen Antonelli

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Social and emotional skills are foundational for success in school, the workplace, and life. Research also supports that if we want SEL to be successful and sustainable with students, then it must start with the adults. In this engaging session, participants will explore the research supporting Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (SEAL), as well as how to infuse SEAL into their daily teaching practices.

Exploring The Link Between School Discipline And Restoring Relationships Using Restorative Conferences!, Derrick C. Bailey, Julia Bullock

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Participants will be able to identify the link between effective restorative conferences and school discipline. They will learn strategies that are effective for reactive and proactive conferences. Participants will analyze scenarios of actual conferences and prepare a list of things to avoid. Participants will learn how to use data to assess the effectiveness of their conferences and adjustments that may need to be made.

Building Your Organization’S Resilience Toolbox, Marina Fradera, Vincent Litrenta

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Sunrise of Philadelphia has combined Resiliency Theory with the strengths based approach of asset mapping to anchor long-term strategic planning with youth and staff wellbeing at its core. We will share this strategy for counterbalancing Adverse Childhood Experiences and the broader traumatic impact of COVID-19 by intentionally investing in protective factors as a way to build resilience among staff members, youth participants, and across our organization overall.

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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A Nationwide Study Of The “July Effect” Concerning Postpartum Hemorrhage And Its Risk Factors At Teaching Hospitals Across The United States, Zahra Shahin, Gulzar H. Shah, Bettye Apenteng, Kristie Cason Waterfield, Hani M. Samawi

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

Objective To assess the “July effect” and the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and its risk factors across the U.S. teaching hospitals. Method This study used the 2018 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and included 2,056,359 of 2,879,924 single live-birth hospitalizations with low-risk pregnancies across the U.S. teaching hospitals. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) medical coding was used to identify PPH and other study variables. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to compare the adjusted odds of PPH risk in the first and second quarters of the academic year vs. …

Labeled In Your Youth: The Effects Of A Youth Disability Diagnosis In The Workplace, Landon M. Mcfarland, Joanne T. Cao, Edward Sayre

AMTP Proceedings 2023

In recent years, corporate social responsibility policies and an international focus on workplace inclusion have led to an increase in workers’ quality of life and an attempt to end workplace discrimination. Past discrimination research has found many barriers to entry for people with disabilities, a group subject to discrimination based on their perceived competence from the perceptions of employers, co-employees, and customers. Along with negative perceptions, studies find people with disabilities to be subject to wage discrimination. This exploratory study uses the National Longitudinal Study of Youth of 1997 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to understand how much …

A Trauma Responsive Approach To Fostering Resilience, Addressing Equity Issues And Improving Student Wellness And Academic Success, Mark Harrington, Joe Thompson, Kimberly Witeck

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

We’ll start with our school’s motto, “Family, Love, Respect,” which is posted in nearly every hallway, office and gathering place in our school. We attempt to provide each student with a strong sense of each. Although ours is an alternative high school, filled with stories of trauma, neglect and despair, our students are resilient! With that in mind we have created a number of programs to encourage resilience, provide a healthy path forward, decrease student discipline, and foster student success. All of these programs, and the stories we share detailing what our students have overcome show just how resilient young …

Sustainable, Accessible, Feasible, Effective (Safe) School Safety Planning: Educator Preparedness In Crisis Detection And Response, Katherine Fallon, Juliann Sergi Mcbrayer, Dawn Tysinger, Chad Posick, Mary Jo Carney

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

As incidents of school violence have hit the news media, school safety is of increasing interest to scholars and practitioners. Unfortunately, schools are ill-equipped to prevent violence and intervene when it occurs. This presentation will discuss how research can inform school readiness and public policy to prevent and intervene in violence.

On The Edge Digital Game - Interactive Situational Game Experience For Families, Groups, And Classrooms, Latasha Langdon

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

In our workshop participants will use their devices to log on to the game and be able to experience how the game works. They will experience how they can help youth they work with on social, emotional skills, problem solving and decision making through work through scenario based questions. Our motto is Change your thinking. Change your path”.

Sticky Situations: Understanding The Law And Life, Krystal Banks

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Law and life go hand in hand. Understanding the law and how it connects to life can be an effective tool in teaching youth and adults the value of making good decisions when it comes to life and the law. Sticky Situations places real-world situations in the context of learning how to apply the law and effectively respond to life's sticky situations.

What Do I Do After A Student's Mental Health Crisis, Francie Livingston

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Most educators have been trained in prevention of mental health emergencies, but what do we following a crisis. Participants will learn strategies for assisting students to return to school, meeting their emotional needs, providing support for classmates, and involving the families in this process.