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Diagnostic & Therapeutic Sciences News, Georgia Southern University

Clinical Sciences: News & Publications (2018-2023)

• Belcher Receives Grant to Assist with International Collaboration

Miss Mary P. Mincey

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University invites proposal submissions for 32nd annual Southern Conference on Children

Rehabilitation Services News, Georgia Southern University

Clinical Sciences: News & Publications (2018-2023)

• NSSLHA Chapter Awarded 2018 Bronze Chapter Honors

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern Health Services donates more than $2,500 to The Teal House

Gsfb Opponents 2018: Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• GSFB Opponents 2018: Coastal Carolina
• Get to know each of the Eagles' foes for 2018

Lillian "Bootsy" Cope

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Georgia Southern COE staff member helps African university learn to use new equipment

• Special education major receives state award

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Carl L. Reiber, Ph.D., begins role as Georgia Southern's new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Welcome Interim President Shelley Nickel
• Georgia Southern’s Armstrong Campus hosts annual Golden Graduates Luncheon
• Georgia Southern faculty selected for prestigious Scripps Howard Visiting Professorship
• Students study, share True Blue spirit in Virginia
• Remember to be hands-free in Eagle Nation

Student Resistance To Collaborative Learning, Sheri Stover, Cindra Holland

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The advancing complexity of today’s corporate environment requires that employees are able to collaborate in the workplace. This mixed methods research study follows a nursing faculty’s efforts to incorporate collaborative learning (CL) into an introductory nursing class. The mixed-methods research study found that while students’ final grades improved in the initial CL flipped classroom design (p < .0005), their levels of student resistance deepened which resulted in significantly lower levels of community of inquiry (p = .004), lower levels of satisfaction, and many negative open-ended comments (83%). Using Tolman and Kreming’s (2017) integrated model of student resistance (IMSR) as a guideline, the instructor was successful in redesigning the CL class to overcome students’ resistance as measured by …

Facilitating Undergraduate Learning Through Community-Engaged Problem-Based Learning, Ronica N. Rooks, Brooke Dorsey Holliman

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

We used problem-based or experiential learning in our undergraduate Health Policy course to examine food deserts via a health impact assessment (HIA) assignment. A HIA evaluates potential effects on population health before a policy/program is implemented, to improve health and reduce adverse outcomes. We investigated if the HIA assignment facilitated student learning using mixed-methods to descriptively analyze students’ pre-/post-test and peer group assessment surveys, guest lecture reflections, mid-semester evaluations, and HIA research paper reflections. Quantitatively, students’ pre-/post-test ratings of their learning decreased from positive to neutral Likert scale scores, but they rated their group work positively over time. Qualitatively, students …

Faculty Handbook, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Handbooks

Faculty Handbook for Georgia Southern University for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Faculty Handbook is published online by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and archived in Digital Commons@Georgia Southern.

The Trio Student Support Services Newsletter, Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus

Office of Organizational Effectiveness, Leadership Development & Engagement

• TRiO in Puerto Rico Service Learning Opportunity
• Science Scholars
• Director’s Corner

Critical Thinking Criteria For Evaluating Online Discussion, Arla G. Bernstein, Carol Isaac

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

A 21^st Century challenge for educators is to promote meaningful engagement in online courses, and student development of critical thinking skills is an essential aspect of higher order learning. Evaluation of critical thinking in online discussions is often facilitated by the use of rubrics; however, it is not unusual for rubrics to either omit critical thinking as a component of the rubric or to reference it in a vague way. For the purposes of this study, quantitative and qualitative data were collected from faculty to identify their attitudes about critical thinking attributes as performance measures for evaluation rubrics. Factor …

Leave Them To Their Own Devices: Healthcare Students' Experiences Of Using A Range Of Mobile Devices For Learning., Julie A. Attenborough, Stephen Abbott

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Given recent advances in mobile technologies, there has been a shift from e-learning to mobile learning in UK universities, yet there are few data about how students select and use mobile devices, and whether e-learning systems and materials are fully compatible.

Healthcare students have placements in clinical practice where they use mobile devices to access university course information and learning materials.

This study investigated student use of devices in the School of Health Sciences, City University London. Eight final-year students from different disciplines participated: they were issued with a device and reported on how they used it via a personal …

College Of Health Professions News, Georgia Southern University

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

• Dobson Named Award for Excellence in Instruction Recipient
• Faculty Serves as Guest Speaker at Asian Symposium

Millennial Voting Patterns In A Politically Polarized America, Nic Matthews

Honors College Theses

As the millennial population has grown into adulthood, this generation has been labeled as an entitled group which is politically inactive, with lower voter turnout than older generations. At the same time, existing literature shows that the federal government in America has become increasingly polarized over the past decades and less representative of the general population which still generally moderate. I argue that low voter turnouts for millennials are a direct result of this increased polarization as a more moderate young people feel like they are not represented by elite politicians, who generally fall into older generations and the highest …

Human Ecology News, Georgia Southern University

Human Ecology: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• Dr. John Peden Publication

Human Subject Protections: Institutional Biosafety Committee Ri 701

Research & Economic Development Policies

Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines), each institution conducting or sponsoring recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid research covered by these Guidelines is responsible for ensuring that the research is carried out in full conformity with the provisions of the Guidelines.

Research Animal Protections: Institutional Animal Care And Use Ri 301

Research & Economic Development Policies

Institutional Animal Use and Care Committees (IACUCs) are self-regulating entities that, according to U.S. Federal law, must be established by institutions that use laboratory animals for research or instructional purposes. The IACUC is mandated by law to oversee and evaluate all aspects of an institution's animal care and use program.

Human Subjects Protections: Institutional Review Board Ri 201

Research & Economic Development Policies

In order to protect the rights of all human participants involved in research at Georgia Southern University, the University operates its human participant research programs under a Federalwide Assurance (FWA) with the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) within the Department of Health and Human Services. The FWA represents a fundamental commitment to the protection of human participants and applies to all Georgia Southern University (GS) research involving human participants, regardless of the location of the research or its sources of funding.

Indigenous Tribes In The Brazilian Amazon: Finding A Balance Between Sustainability And Economic Development, Bernadette R. O'Donnell

Honors College Theses

The number of isolated indigenous tribes in Brazil is dropping due to a multitude of factors, including resource extraction. If these factors continue, there will be further reduction of the population of indigenous tribes which causes the loss of culture of the world’s oldest societies. This research establishes the roles that the Brazilian government, NGOs, and the international community should play to preserve indigenous tribes. The research question is: How can Brazil sustain isolated indigenous tribes in the Amazon without compromising its own economic development? The research method is the modified Delphi method which results in a consensus of experts …

Helen J. Lee

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

From Fact To Fiction: The Wuxia Experience And The Wushu Practice, Kadien S. Hill

Honors College Theses

Since its beginnings in China, martial arts have intrigued people with its mastery over mind and body, from the Shaolin monk practices of hand-to-hand combat and body conditioning to folktales of martial heroes with their mastery of swordplay and their almost superhuman-like fighting abilities. Martial arts have fascinated and astonished people in China for centuries, and since their introduction to the West they have captivated other cultures the world over. Their intrigue has caused them to penetrate entertainment circles through novelization early on. Chinese classics such as Water Margin and The Seven Heroes and the Five Gallants solidified martial arts …

An Examination Of Optimism Between Gender, Race, And School Classification Of Millennial Students – An Exploratory Study, Abigail C. Johnson

Honors College Theses

Optimism is defined as an individual’s approach to the expectation that good things will happen in the future and bad things are a rarity. Along with the general definition of what optimism is, many researchers have found that optimism depends on culturally embedded values and beliefs (Singh & Shukla, 2014; Lee & Mason, 2013). In addition, the relationship between optimism and positive health outcomes and well-being is well established (Coll, J.E. & Draves, P. R., 2008; Bastianello, M. R., Pacico, J. C., & Hutz, C. S., 2014). Although this is the case, little research has been found examining the differences …

Lorenza "Skip" Baker, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ally Scholarship: The Rocky Path Of Trying To "Walk In Their Shoes" Or Rather "Roll In Their Wheelchairs.", Ellen Hotchkiss

Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative (2011-2025)

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Georgia Southern Mourns The Passing Of Jack Stallings, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern Mourns the Passing of Jack Stallings
• Coach served as leader of the Eagle baseball program for over 20 years

Presence Of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia Coli In Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents Utilized As Water Reuse For Irrigation, Asli Aslan, Zach A. Coles, Anunay Bhattacharya, Oghenekpaobor Oyibo

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Providing safe water through water reuse is becoming a global necessity. One concern with water reuse is the introduction of unregulated contaminants to the environment that cannot be easily removed by conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). The occurrence of ampicillin, sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli through the treatment stages of a WWTP (raw sewage, post-secondary, post-UV and post-chlorination) was investigated from January to May 2016. The highest concentrations of antibiotic resistant E. coli in the effluent were detected in April after rainfall. Ampicillin-resistant E. coli was the most common at the post UV and chlorination stages comprising 63% of …