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Faculty Senate Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes

February 5, 2020 Faculty Senate Minutes

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• United States Navy Band to perform on Georgia Southern's Armstrong Campus on Feb. 28
• Georgia Southern students to provide free income tax preparation for community
• Armstrong Campus hosts annual 'High School Congressional Exhibition'
• Georgia Southern students host first annual Coastal Georgia Reverse Science Fair

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Selection committee, keep the Rooney Rule in mind for the next athletic director
• How to team up with your pals to briefly escape the crushing financial realities of today
• Georgia Southern fnalizes spring 2020 commencement
• Georgia Southern welcomes a new director of Equal Opportunity & Title IX
• Jalease Turner released her fashion line last Friday with a show at the Williams Center.
• New engineering building will not come with change in bus routes
• Nighthawks arrest 14 people for DUI in Statesboro
• Georgia Southern recognized for 14 top degree programs
• A Look Inside Georgia’s Only Forensic Entomology Lab
• Eagles break four-year …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Music For Minds And Muscles, Shelly Lawson

Southern Conference on Children (2006-2022)

This training is necessary for EC professionals to gain knowledge on how music can be incorporated into every aspect of learning. Training will also assist in curriculum planning that incorporates the GELDS.

EC professionals will be able to demonstrate how music can teach the whole child. They will get specific resources they can use to help lesson plan and learn how to incorporate it in their classroom.

Conference Program 2020, Southern Conference On Children

Southern Conference on Children (2006-2022)

Conference program

Librarian's Report 1-24-2020, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Librarian's Reports

January 24, 2020 Librarian's Report

Approval Of Curricula Actions - Graduate Committee Minutes - January 2020, Y'Lonne Hodges

Faculty Senate: Index

Georgia Southern University's Faculty Senate has approved the Graduate Committee meeting minutes, which includes approved curricula actions.

Approval Of Curricula Actions - Undergraduate Committee Minutes - January 2020, Y'Lonne Hodges

Faculty Senate: Index

Georgia Southern University's Faculty Senate has approved the Undergraduate Committee meeting minutes, which include all approved curricula actions.

Update On Honors College Strategic Plan, Michelle Haberland

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Department Of Literature News, Georgia Southern University

Literature News (2013-2020)

• Oh, The Places You Can Go: Meet Brittany Hodges, '11 (Alumni Interview)*

Message From The President, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the President

• Happy New Year and Start of the Spring Semester! -- January 13, 2020

Mr. Timothy Smith, Jr

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ollie Mae Campbell

African American Funeral Programs

Interment: Bulloch Memorial Gardens in Statesboro, Georgia.

Control Of Voltage-Source Converters Considering Virtual Inertia Dynamics, Tri Nguyen

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Controlling power-electronic converters in power systems has significantly gained more attention due to the rapid penetration of alternative energy sources. This growth in the depth of penetration also poses a threat to the frequency stability of modern power systems. Photovoltaic and wind power systems utilizing power-electronic converters without physical rotating masses, unlike traditional power generations, provide low inertia, resulting in frequency instability. Different research has developed the control aspects of power-electronic converters, offering many control strategies for different operation modes and enhancing the inertia of converter-based systems. The precise control algorithm that can improve the inertial response of converter-based systems …

The Combined Effects Of Chemicals Used In Textile Processing On Plankton Communities., Diana Wilson

Honors College Theses

Industrial discharge, such as textile effluent, is a major source of chemical mixtures to surface waters. The effects of these mixtures on interacting aquatic organisms can be difficult to predict. We hypothesized that individual chemical effects on phytoplankton and a zooplankton grazer are altered by the presence of other chemicals in mixtures. Microcosms containing a phytoplankton food source (Chlorella sp.) and a zooplankton grazer (Daphnia magna) were exposed to THPC, ammonium, and hydrogen peroxide in a fully crossed design in a greenhouse for one week. Phytoplankton abundance was quantified and zooplankton response was measured as mortality and …

Investigating The Influence Of A Web Based Logistics Tool On The Effectiveness Of Operations For The Center Of Innovation For Logistics Of Georgia, David Vaughn

Honors College Theses

Research suggests a correlation between advancements in logistics infrastructure and the development rate of regional economies. Some states have identified this correlation and have taken steps to create specialized entities aimed at catalyzing the growth of logistics within their state. In the state of Georgia, the Center of Innovation for Logistics is the entity responsible for coordinating logistic development activities. As part of their responsibilities, they are tasked with fulfilling information requests regarding logistics infrastructure availability throughout the state. However, the system is used to process these requests is antiquated and extremely inefficient. In an attempt to ameliorate this process, …

Dynamic Loading Experimentation And Surface Imaging Of Pressure Vessel Loadcell Fractures, Austin T. Sumner

Honors College Theses

Pressure vessels are very common pieces of equipment in industry and they are used for a variety of applications. It is standard in industry to rest pressure vessels on load cells. For some special cases, the pressure vessels are rested on load cells instead of solid foundation. Pressure vessels and their loadcells are generally designed for static environmental conditions and loading and tend to experience adverse effects when exposed to dynamic environments, such as hurricanes and earthquakes. These adverse-loading conditions cause vibrations and asymmetrical loading on the load cells, which can concurrently cause unexpected failure. This research investigates the effects …

2020 Georgia Southern University Football Roster, Georgia Southern University

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Performing Militancy In Laura Alcoba’S The Rabbit House (2008), Stephanie R. Orozco

The Coastal Review

Laura Alcoba’s The Rabbit House (2008), belongs to the cannon of post- dictatorship child survivors—who themselves lived under the precarious life of militancy during Argentina’s Dictatorship (1976-1983). This paper exams the image of a young seven-year-old child’s who undergoes serious confrontational mischief's due to her inability to fully acquire militant norms and live by adult rules because of her child-like nature during her stay in la clandestindad. Moreover, rather than assuming the role of an innocent child figure of the 1970s Left-wing revolutionary war, Alcoba’s child protagonist assumes a politically active character that has the ability to perform childhood as …

Across The Divide, James D. Garrison

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Antiquing At The Scene Of The Crime, Catherine Vance

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

River Roulette, Avis Kennedy

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

True Believers, Martha Keller

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Integration: Walking The Walk, Taylor Norman, Amanda Wall

Middle Grades & Secondary Education: Faculty Publications

Curriculum integration is a hallmark of middle level education. This approach to education involves blending topics across content areas as a way of studying topics and problems of interest to young adolescents. Approaches to curriculum integration and interdisciplinary curriculum overlap with concepts like democratic education, place-based learning, student agency, and student-designed curriculum. Here, two teacher educators report on a recent initiative in which we co-designed integrated curriculum along with middle level teacher candidates. We drew on place-based instruction and models of collaboration to develop this project. Candidates then developed integrated units appropriate for middle school classrooms.

Are Eco-Friendly Cars More Favorable? An Exploratory Study Of Attitude Toward Eco-Friendliness Among Multiethnic Consumers In The U.S., Meng Tian, Sindy Chapa, Michael Walsh, Nicholas Kjaerholt, Ailin Xia

AMTP Proceedings 2020

Between technological developments in the car industry and increasing interest in eco friendly products among consumers, eco-friendly cars are gradually entering consumers' sights. This study examines the factors that influence consumers’ attitudes toward the adoption of eco-friendly cars. This study conducted an online survey with a sample (N = 3,191) collected through a national panel (Dynata). The results demonstrate that consumers’ concern about environmental sustainability and attitude towards environmentally friendly products impact consumers’ attitudes toward eco-friendly cars. It was also found that consumer’s level of collectivism positively influence their attitude toward environmentally friendly products. Further, the results showed consumers’ attitudes …

"A Video Of Myself Helps Me Learn": A Scoping Review Of The Evidence Of Video-Making For Situated Learning, Iris Epstein, Melanie Baljko Dr, Kurt Thumlert, Evadne Kelly, James Andrew Smith, Yelin Su, Justeena Zaki-Azat, Natasha M. May

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Nursing, dance and studio-based arts, engineering, and athletic therapy are viewed as practice-oriented professions in which the teaching and situated learning of practical skills are central. In order to succeed, students must perform a series of performance-based assessments, which seemingly require an “able” body to enact complex tasks in situated and/or simulation-based contexts (for example, “safe nursing practice”). Our interdisciplinary research seeks to intervene within the culture of professional learning by investigating what we know about the use of smartphone video recording for situated, practice-based learning, and for supporting interactive video-based assessment as a means of accommodation and extending access …

Incorporating Social Justice Into Statistical Instruction: Using Action Research To Impact Pre-Service Teachers, Basil M. Conway Iv, Ha Nguyen

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The following action research depicts how two researchers from two universities merged their courses and goals of instruction to impact change in future teachers. Two currently practicing middle school teachers from one university worked with researchers to develop a social justice lesson that had relevance to seventeen K-8 pre-service teachers at another university to promote changes in beliefs about equitable teaching practices and policy. Findings from pre- and post-surveys, field notes during enactment, and reflections teachers found teaching statistics for social justice (TS4SJ) in this setting provided an increased responsiveness to the needs of students and statistical connections while also …

Indicators Of Impactful Reflection In Pre-Service Teachers: A Case For Creativity, Honesty And Unfamiliar Experiences, Sarah Marie Catalana

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study investigated three commonalities among pre-service teachers who demonstrated advanced reflective practice regarding fieldwork experiences: (a) creative potential; (b) honesty in confronting misconceptions of the teaching profession, and (c) fieldwork in unfamiliar settings. Forty-two pre-service teachers submitted reflective papers which were qualitatively analyzed and scored for reflective ability using Harland and Wondras’s (2011) Framework of Four Levels of Reflection for Teacher Education. Low and High Reflectors were compared in terms of creative potential, as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking-Figural. Results revealed Low Reflectors generally demonstrated lower creative potential than High Reflectors, with a significant difference (p < .05) in mean scores on the Abstractness of Titles subscale. High Reflectors also bluntly confronted previous misconceptions concerning education and described their field placements as unfamiliar when compared to their personal educational experiences. Implications for support of meaningful reflective practice in future educators are discussed in detail.

Who Deserves To Be In Stem? How Threat And Confirmation Of The Gender Hierarchy Impact Helping Behavior Towards Prospective Stem Majors, Samantha A. Gnall

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Current events that either threaten or confirm the current gender hierarchy may impact people differently. This can depend upon one’s group membership and their attitudes towards a fair and just society. When people are asked to help others while facing uncertainty of the hierarchy, they may choose to help or lash out in an effort to re-establish the hierarchy or dismantle the hierarchy. STEM faculty were presented with information that either did not threaten the gender hierarchy (i.e., maintaining gender inequality) or that threatened the current gender hierarchy (i.e., reaching gender equality). Participants were then given an opportunity to offer …