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Reconstruction's First Election: Various Interpretations Of The Lasting Significance Of A Grant Victory, Shannon M. Stanforth

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This paper was completed during the Spring of 2018 for my ASI 120 course. The assignment was a multi-phased historiography paper centering around the topic of Reconstruction. To begin preparing for the writing of the historiography and to gain a better understanding of the historical context and political unrest surrounding the task of Reconstruction, I read Eric Foner’s A Short History of Reconstruction. Foner’s book provided me with the knowledge to begin writing my topic proposal and introduced me to the influential event of the Election of 1868. I was interested in exploring the consequences and effects of the …

The One, But Not The Only, Lauren Durham

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

For this particular assignment, we had to reconstruct the main points that Plotinus, an ancient philosopher and educator, presents in his work titled the Enneads. In order to reorganize and retell his elaborate ideas appropriately, we had to come to understand the text in a way that would make our own interpretations easy to convey to audiences. In addition to reconstructing the Enneads, a comparison between a previously read creation story and Plotinus's ideas had to be made. After numerous in-class discussions, I established a logical order to present Plotinus's various cosmological entities. I felt that beginning with the …

The Body And Blood: What Was And Is At Stake In The Protestant Reformation, Anna L. Biesecker-Mast

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This paper is an explanation of Robert A. Orsi's concept of presence from the introduction and first chapter of his book titled, History and Presence. Before writing any paper for a class, I thoroughly review the syllabus for the assignment. Based on the requirements listed in the syllabus, and on the discussion we had in seminar about the Orsi text and Dr. Smith's lecture on the religious origins of modernity, I drafted an outline of my paper. Throughout the process of creating my outline, I considered various organizations for my explanation as well as a few different arguments I …

Coaching Styles For Boys’ And Girls’ Sports Teams, Jack Murphy

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

The writing process for this article began when my English 198 teacher assigned our third major essay, instructing that it was to be on the topic of gender and include original research. Being a lifelong athlete, I decided to investigate how coaching styles might differ depending upon whether one is coaching boys or girls. With this in mind, I set out to interview the coaches that I know so as to gain their insights and approaches to coaching. I developed a set of questions and interviewed four coaches of varying ages who had coached girls and/or boys at different levels. …

Sustainability Education At The University Of Dayton, Olivia M. Leblanc

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

To prepare for this Researched Argument writing assignment, I completed a research proposal that involved drafting a research question and creating a general timeline for conducting reseach leading up to this project's final submission. I then analyzed ten different sources through creating an annotated bibliography that examined the credibility, content, and relevance of each resource in relation to my paper's topic. In addition to collecting resouces, I personally attended SAP events and interviewed the SAP student leader in order to understand the innerworkings of sustainability education at the University of Dayton. I then composed a draft that was analyzed by …

Insight On Female Genital Mutilation, Kara Shunnarah

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This assignment was our third and final essay for this course; however, this essay is a continuation from my second essay in this class. Dr. Vorachek allowed us to pick any topic we felt we wanted to write about as long as it directly or indirectly related to gender. I had difficulty choosing at first, but then I began thinking about issues in our world and FGM stuck out to me. I first learned about FGM in high school, but never had the time for extensive research. I saw this assignment as an opportunity. Thus, I researched FGM, gathering information …

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 69, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Features:

• Ezio Anichini’s Litanie della Madonna (circa 1930-31)
• Director's report: A woodblock from the early 1700s, recently acquired in the Marian Library, became the subject of a student's undergraduate project, a summary of which also appears in this issue.
• Marian Library faculty and staff are supporting undergraduate courses with innovative instruction sessions, a recent one being for the course "Miracles, Mysticism, Madness, and Modernity" — a religion course taught by instructor and doctoral student Josh Wopata.

May 2019, Pope Francis

Marian Thoughts of Pope Francis

No abstract provided.

169th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Hip Range Of Motion And Arch Height Index Of Collegiate Female Dancers And Collegiate Females, Philip A. Anloague, Lauren Macnab, Brittany Pease

University of Dayton Doctor of Physical Therapy Annual Research Symposium

Dance requires athleticism and an optimal degree of stiffness and compliance to maximize performance and aesthetics. There is little research published on the utility of hip range of motion (ROM) and arch height index measures (AHI) in the female dance population.

Effects Of Service Projects On The Perceived Skills Of Engineering Technology Students, Philip Appiah-Kubi, Corinne Brion

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Client based service projects offer many advantages to instructors, students and host communities. However, instructors must carefully choose the projects in order to achieve the benefits that come with this pedagogical tool. The purpose of this research was to investigate the perception of engineering technology students on how different service projects influence performance and perceived skills. A modified perceived skill model was used to measure the perceived effect of the team based service projects on: motivation to learn, contribution to research knowledge, skills and personal benefit, and project as a learning device. The projects were either client based or non-client …

Food Traceability In School Foodservice Operations: Benefits And Challenges, Basem Boutros, Kevin Roberts, Naiqing Lin, Kevin Sauer

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Purpose/Objectives: This study explored food traceability systems in school foodservice in the United States and the potential benefits and challenges to their implementation.

Methods: An online questionnaire was developed and used to collect data. A mixed-mode approach was followed to recruit the participants. A convenience sample of 500 school nutrition professionals from Qualtrics panel was targeted for data collection with the goal of having responses from 300 participants. Due to low response rate from the initial panel, the contact information of a second convenience sample of 200 child nutrition professionals with no geographic representation was obtained from the National Center …

Inter-Rater And Intra-Rater Reliability Of The Repetitive Step Test In Community Dwelling Older Adults, Harold L. Merriman, Kurt Jackson, Kristin Beigel, Sara Simpson, Jennifer Smith, Jamie Wynk

University of Dayton Doctor of Physical Therapy Annual Research Symposium

Each year one in every three adults over the age of 65 experience a fall resulting in serious injury and in some instances death. In this population, fall injuries are the leading cause of death and are associated with the greatest number of nonfatal injuries and trauma hospital admissions. Since balance and muscle performance decreases as one ages, it is vitally important to assess these factors as part of a comprehensive strategy to monitor and predict fall risk. The Repetitive Step Test (RST) has previously showed the ability in community dwelling older adults to differentiate recurrent fallers from non-fallers and …

Quadriceps And Gluteus Medius Activation With Increasing Task Speed During A Lateral Step-Down, Mat Auger, Elisabeth Groeber, Nick Nolan, Morgan Stefanoff, Aswin Vijayan, Dave Werner, Allison Kinney, Joaquin A. Barrios

University of Dayton Doctor of Physical Therapy Annual Research Symposium

Clinically, slower task performance is thought to increase task demands. Interestingly, few studies have explored altering task rate on electromyographic (EMG) muscle activity, particularly in the lower extremity.

Perceiving Live Improvisation In The Performing Arts, Aili W. Bresnahan

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

This chapter will explore the ways that live improvisational performances by professional-level actors, musicians, and dancers, take place at both cognitive and sub-cognitive levels in ways that are relevant for understanding perception and appreciation of the performing arts. First, evidence from cognitive science will be used to show that improvising, as in a dance or a music jam session or a scene in theatre, may involve physical responses that occur before we are conscious of the event to which we are responding. Second, this chapter will demonstrate how understanding these cognitive processes can help us to pinpoint why live improvisational …

Fraud, Sridhar Ramamoorti

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

Entry in the SAGE Encylopedia of Criminal Psychology

Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Kristina Schulz

University Libraries Blog Archive

Explore books, films and primary sources in University Libraries.

Good Reads, Kathryn Niekamp

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

No abstract provided.

Discovering Digital Archives: A Successful Collaboration Between Archivists And Technical Services Librarians, Christina A. Beis, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Effective collaboration between archives and technical services increases the discoverability of special collection materials. Archivists at a medium-sized institution had been using Archive-It to collect websites for a few years, but the information was isolated in a separate platform and wasn't effectively marketed to users. Working together, the team of archivists and technical services librarians incorporated the website collections into the discovery layer. Metadata was added at the seed level and indexed on a single, user-friendly platform. Attendees learned about implementing digital archive collections and explored how to increase their visibility through marketing.

Profile: Brian Kiley, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Brian Kiley, head monologue writer for Conan O'Brien, has published his second novel, Maybe Kevin (HumorOutcasts Press). He's also the author of The Astounding Misadventures of Rory Collins.

Mary In The News: April 30, 2019, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.

Right Here … Wright-Dunbar, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

This June, 40 street banners created by University of Dayton graphic design major Jeremy Rosen will be installed in Dayton’s Wright-Dunbar Business District to raise awareness about the area and attract visitors to its historical sites.

Poems For The Potty: A Fitting End To Poetry Month, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

Roesch Library is changing bathroom behavior one rhyme at a time.

Reunion Weekend: Tour The Library, University Of Dayton. University Libraries

University Libraries Blog Archive

Check out what's changed and what hasn't.

Colorful Creations For Stander, Anna Lagattuta

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

As designer in charge of the 2019 Stander Symposium, senior Payton Oakes chose a colorful approach.

Weekly Marian Features: April 29, 2019, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

This week we transition from April to the Month of Mary! Celebrate the feasts of Queen of Poland and Our Lady of Reparation with some timely articles.

Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity, Eric F. Spina, Paul Benson

President's Blog: From the Heart

Our faculty are engaged in the time-consuming task of re-examining the University’s promotion and tenure policy with an eye toward revising it to more closely reflect our mission and ambitious aspirations. Will the countless hours of meetings and consensus-building be worth it? In a word, absolutely.

Pathway To The World, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Every major in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences connects to global and intercultural learning.

Of Raids And Returns: Sex Work Movement, Police Oppression, And The Politics Of The Ordinary In Sonagachi, India, Simanti Dasgupta

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Drawing on ethnographic work with Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a grassroots sex worker organisation in Sonagachi, the iconic red-light district in Kolkata, India, this paper explores the politics of the detritus generated by raids as a form of state violence. While the current literature mainly focuses on its institutional ramifications, this article explores the significance of the raid in its immediate relation to the brothel as a home and a space to collectivise for labour rights. Drawing on atyachar (oppression), the Bengali word sex workers use to depict the violence of raids, I argue that they experience the raid …

Res 2019-01 Adoption Of University Promotion And Tenure Policy Task Force Report, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

Senate Resolutions

Resolution to the Academic Senate.

Observations and recommendations made to the Academic Senate by the University Promotion and Tenure Policy Task Force (UPTPTF) to be completed within one year's time.