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Assessing Insect Biodiversity And Promoting Sustainable Practices Toward Pollinators On Campus, Lance A. Durden, Jose A. Sanchez-Ruiz, Debra G. Albanese, Julien M. Buchbinder

Sustainability Showcase (2014-2022)

Dr. Lance Durden, Professor, Department of Biology ($27,560.00)

Added arthropods to the vertebrate biodiversity database that was created in 2015.

Biodiversity Of Pollinators And Predators: Surveying And Increasing Appreciation Of The Bees, Ants And Wasps Of Georgia Southern University, Joshua D. Gibson Phd, Bonnie A. Cobb, Kevin J. Loope Phd

Sustainability Showcase (2014-2022)

Proposed by Drs. Joshua Gibson and Kevin Loope, and Bonnie Cobb (student) Department of Biology. ($28,000.00)

Points Of Pride, Georgia Southern University

Points of Pride (2013-2023)

• Rankings
• Academics
• Athletics
• Facilities
• Outreach
• Research

Dating, Dining, And Ducks: Monitoring The Recovery Of Campus Lakes After Dredging, Emily A. Kane, Christian Cox

Sustainability Showcase (2014-2022)

Dr. Emily Kane, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology ($30,000.00)

Monitored pond recovery after recent dredging by involving students to survey these ponds each month for 1 year. Results were shared in hopes of promoting an understanding of campus biodiversity, the ecology of these ponds, and the importance of sustainable activities.

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Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University appoints four new leaders to key roles

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• MyNews for July 22, 2019
• Georgia Southern University appoints four new leaders to key roles
• Georgia Southern researchers say 2019 sea turtle season is breaking records
• Paying it forward: Georgia Southern professor provides STEM opportunities to disadvantaged youth in her home country
• Volunteer for Operation Move-In
• Georgia Southern graduate student identifies two new species of African ticks
• Counseling alumnus pursues passion of helping college students, authors a book about motivation
• Georgia Southern alumna, television cooking show finalist releases debut memoir

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia southern biology professor gives presentation at Critical Care Nurses Conference
• Counseling alumnus pursues passion of helping college students, authors a book about motivation

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern graduate student identifies two new species of African ticks

Engineering Of Bio-Mimetic Substratum Topographies For Enhanced Early Colonization Of Filamentous Algae, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, David M. Blersch, Kamran Kardel

Manufacturing Engineering: Faculty Publications (2015-2023)

This work reveals a set of surface topography parameters that are significant for algal attachment to natural rock substrata. Topography analysis of rock surfaces from a stream identifies three descriptive areal parameters (Smr, Sv, and Sa) that correlate with the presence of natural periphyton community. A method was developed and validated to reverse engineer and manufacture artificial substrata with topographic complexity defined by these parameters, using computational modeling and additive manufacturing. Results from colonization experiments with filamentous algae show statistically significant increases in early biomass accrual rates on substrata with higher values of …

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

Office of Organizational Effectiveness, Leadership Development & Engagement

• Director’s Corner
• Welcome! Our new TRIO Academic Success Coach
• Resources to Know
• S.L.A.C.
• Congratulations TRIO Scholars!
• TRIO in Puerto Rico Community Service & Research Opportunity

The Current State Of High School Female And Minority Self-Efficacy And Interest In Stem In Chatham County, Georgia, Sara Gremillion, Sarah Zingales, William Baird, Nia Hunter, Amy Durden, Sabrina Hessinger

Georgia Educational Researcher

With the growing demand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs in the U.S., the attainment of college degrees in these areas is of paramount importance. Both federal and state governments have established initiatives to grow the number of STEM degrees earned by women and racial minorities, as these groups graduate in STEM disciplines and work in STEM fields at a lower rate than that of their majority counterparts. The factors that can deter women and underrepresented minorities from pursuing STEM careers have been identified with one of the most prominent being low self-efficacy, or a reduced belief in …

Raptor Review, Georgia Southern University

Center for Wildlife Education

• Wetland Preserve and Waterfowl Pond Are Now Open
• A Special Thanks From Our Director, Steve Hein
• Reminder About Our New Summer Programs
• Georgia DNR Recreational Lands: Georgia L. Smith State Park
• Cornell Lab FeederWatch

A Green Gateway For The Botanic Garden, Carolyn Altman

Sustainability Showcase (2014-2022)

Carolyn Altman, Botanic Garden Director ($50,000.00)

Transformed the former parking lot into a welcoming foyer garden, an accessible promenade woven through a new tree collection, and a delightful creek that properly manages storm water. A permeable parking lot and a gateway building was also constructed from reclaimed steel.

Ecton Honored By Sun Belt With Top Postgraduate Scholarship, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Ecton Honored By Sun Belt With Top Postgraduate Scholarship

Microrna Expression Profiling Screen Mir-3557/324-Targeted Camk/Mtor In The Rat Striatum Of Parkinson's Disease In Regular Aerobic Exercise, Wenfeng Liu, Li Li, Shaopeng Liu, Zhiyuan Wang, Heyu Kuang, Yan Xia, Changfa Tang, Dazhong Yin

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: Faculty Publications

This study aimed to screen the target miRNAs and to investigate the differential miR-3557/324-targeted signal mechanisms in the rats’ model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) with regular aerobic exercise. Rats were divided into sedentary control PD group (SED-PD, n = 18) and aerobic exercise PD group (EX-PD, n = 22). After 8 weeks of regular aerobic exercise, a 6-hydroxydopamine- (6-OHDA-) induced PD lesion model was constructed. Preregular aerobic exercises enhanced the injury resistance of rats with 6-OHDA-induced PD. The rotational behavior after injection of apomorphine hydrochloride was alleviated. Under the scanning electron microscopy, we found the neurons, axons, and villi of …

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

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

• Fisher named VP of Georgia Council for Exceptional Children
• First-ever EAGLE Academy student defies odds, graduates with Eagle Nation at Paulson Stadium
• College of Education's Aslihan Unal co-authors paper, wins national and state awards
• Barrow and McBrayer awarded research assistants for 2019-2020
• COE names research symposium award recipients

Mynews, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Savannah Wind Symphony presents 41st annual Patriotic Concert on Armstrong Campus
• Georgia Southern professors team up to reduce food waste on Statesboro Campus
• Summer Tennis Camp being offered on the Statesboro Campus
• Georgia Southern's Center for Applied Cyber Education Summer Cyber Camp
• Student Spotlight: Katherine Barrs
• Follow Georgia Southern on Snapchat!
• On-Campus News
• In the Media

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern professors team up to reduce food waste on Statesboro Campus

• Georgia Southern professor receives Outstanding Engineering Educator Award

Taking Flight – June 2019, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Message from the Dean
• Alumni Spotlight: Trey Scrudder
• Georgia Southern MBA Hosts Open House Events in Savannah
• Georgia Southern's Master of Science in Applied Economics Ranked No. 11 for Top Online Degree
• Sales Education Foundation Names Georgia Southern University a "Top University Sales Program"
• Georgia Southern University Ranked in Top 20 for 2019 Online Master's in Accounting Programs
• BIG Expands to Metter
• Georgia Southern Hosts Inaugural Gratitude Gala Donor Awards, Celebrates Individual, Corporate Philanthropy
• Georgia CEO Q2 2019 Survey Finds Confidence Levels in Business Conditions Remain High While Managing Growth is a Challenge

Learning Preferences Instead Of Learning Styles: A Case Study Of Hospitality Management Students’ Perceptions Of How They Learn Best And Implications For Teaching And Learning, Cynthia S. Deale

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) study focused on understanding more about how hospitality and tourism students prefer to learn and considers the implications that these preferences have for teaching methods. The case is made that learning preferences matter even though critics indicate that there is no evidence for the use of learning styles. Perceptions of students’ learning preferences were gathered from students in six face-to-face undergraduate hospitality and tourism classes at a university in the southeastern United States. In accordance with previous research, hospitality students in this sample tended to prefer active learning opportunities. Implications, suggestions for teaching …

Personality And Cognitive Factors Related To Completing Extra Credit Assignments, Charlsie A. Myers, Jennifer M. Hatchel

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

We explored the differences in course level, personality, and cognitive factors among students who did and did not do extra credit. A total of 276 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory or upper-level psychology and biology courses were surveyed following their final exams to determine levels of academic self-efficacy, metacognitive ability, and a variety of other demographic factors. We conducted a 2 (Extra Credit: Completed or Not Completed) x 2 (Course Level: Introductory or Upper-level) x 4 (Final Course Grade: “A”, “B”, “C”, or “D/F”) between-subjects MANOVA with academic self-efficacy and measures of metacognitive ability as dependent variables. Our results indicated …

Developing As A College Science Teacher: Using Identity To Examine Transformation, Robert J. Ceglie Sr., John Settlage

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Guided by identity theory, this study investigated how a college biology professor’s early career experiences contributed to the transformation of his identity as a college science teacher. This study showcases the four components of identity as described by Gee as a lens and it specifically focuses on the emergent role of institutional identity and its associated conflicts with incompatible belief systems. This qualitative study illustrated the utility of Gee’s theory to study how various components of identity can be useful to examine the transformation of a college faculty member. The participant’s position as a non-tenured faculty member created dissonance between …

Are Autonomously Motivated University Instructors More Autonomy-Supportive Teachers?, Maï Yasué 8988034, Lucas M. Jeno, Jody L. Langdon

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

We extended the research on autonomy-supportive teaching to universities and examined the relationships between autonomous motivation to teach and autonomy-supportive teaching. Autonomously motivated university instructors were more autonomy-supportive instructors. The freedom to make pedagogical decisions was negatively correlated with external motivation towards teaching. Participants indicated that large class sizes, high teaching loads, publication pressures, and a culture that undervalues effective undergraduate teaching undermined both student learning and their feelings of autonomy. Together these results presents a picture of a subset of university instructors who remained autonomously motivated to teach, irrespective of barriers they experienced from university administrators or policies.

Providing An Oral Examination As An Authentic Assessment In A Large Section, Undergraduate Diversity Class, Dredge Kang, Sara Goico, Sheena Ghanbari, Kathleen C. Bennallack, Taciana Pontes, Dylan H. O’Brien, Jace Hargis

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study reflects on the development and implementation of mid-term oral examinations in large-scale lecture courses at a large, public research university; specifically, this work examines the implications of oral exams for fostering student engagement and concept-based comprehension in addition to institutional and course commitments to diversity. This research traces the development of an effective method for administering oral midterms and assesses the advantages and challenges of utilizing oral examinations for student assessment by detailing student feedback and TAs’ reactions to administering this examination format. Findings reveal that oral examinations provided a chance for students to develop skills through a …

Pre-Service Stem Teachers’ Views Of Teaching Before And After Their First Lesson, Sarah Ferguson, Latanya Sutphin

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Evaluating comments from pre-service STEM teachers before and after their first teaching experience, this study examines changes in pre-service STEM teachers’ viewpoints regarding the most challenging aspect of teaching and the most important traits of a teacher. Pre-service STEM teachers were asked the same survey questions on the first and last days of their initial introduction to STEM education course. Through this course, students partook in their first opportunity to plan and teach a lesson. Findings suggest student’s initially reviewed teaching from an extrinsically observable vantage point before moving to a more intrinsic reflection point after their first teaching experience.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern hosts inaugural Gratitude Gala Donor Awards, celebrates individual, corporate philanthropy

• Georgia Southern student researches overthe- counter vaping pen

• Georgia Southern Division of Continuing Education to host youth technology camps this summer

• Georgia Southern University ranked in top 20 for 2019 online Master’s in Accounting Programs

• Sales Education Foundation recognizes Georgia Southern’s sales program

• Georgia Southern University to hold ribbon cutting for Waterfowl Pond

• Georgia Southern receives provisional accreditation for B.S. in Biochemistry

Mynews, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Approximately 4,000 degrees conferred during Georgia Southern commencement ceremonies
• Georgia Southern hosts inaugural Gratitude Gala Donor Awards, celebrates individual, corporate philanthropy
• Georgia Southern's Botanic Garden offers innovative science education to kindergarten through fifth grade students
• Georgia Southern alumna, Read Woke creator recognized as 2019 Mover & Shaker, innovator in education
• Georgia Southern Senior finishes second at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships
• Faculty Spotlight: Sophie George
• Armstrong Campus Arboretum now has map and database
• Staff Picnic
• Follow Georgia Southern on Snapchat!
• On-Campus News
• In the Media

Research Express News, Georgia Southern University

Research & Economic Development

• GS Members Receive Research Funding

Rosemary Kramer Set To Begin The International Summer Of Shooting, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Rosemary Kramer Set to Begin The International Summer of Shooting

Librarian's Report 5-21-2019, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Librarian's Reports

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