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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, December 10, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Next Brown Bag Lunch with the President & Provost
• Council on Teacher Education Report - Francine Johnson
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report – Patti Kohler
• EPC Items - Larry Smith
• Short Discussion and Prioritization of Faculty Forum Issues – Renee Galliher
• PRPC Code Changes 402.12 (second reading) – Terry Peak
• PRPC Code Changes 405.8.2, Ombudsperson – Terry Peak
• PRPC 407, Medical Incapacity – Terry Peak

Pin (Fibula), Risd Museum, Boris Bally, Jonathan Migliori

Channel

This fibula (pin), used for closing or securing garments, is a masterpiece of ancient gold-working. Tiny animals and figures, mythical and real, cover the pin. They were formed using tiny beads of gold (a process called granulation) fashioned in a fluid, curving style reminiscent of pottery of the seventh century BCE, when the Etruscans reached the height of their technical virtuosity in granulation. In the center of the decoration is a figure common in Etruscan art: the ‘master of the beasts,’ a winged man with two faces. The figure originated in the Near East and became especially prominent in Etruscan …

2013, Aca National Camp Research Symposium Abstracts, American Camp Association

ACA National Camp Research Forum Abstracts

This book includes 12 abstracts that will be presented at the 2013 American Camp Association (ACA) Research Forum to be held during the ACA annual conference.

Public Health Return On Investment: Making The Case, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Fiscal pressures and policy imperatives have created a need for rigorous economic analyses of public health programs and policies. ROI analyses can reveal whether the benefits of public health strategies justify their costs, who realizes these benefits and costs, and under what circumstances.

How Design Can Promote And Facilitate The Learning Of Scientific Information In A New And Innovative Way, Eryn Pierce

Honors Projects

The final project consists of an Herbarium Collection redesign and a mock-up of an Interactive App. As a double major in Graphic Design and Biology, the author set out to create a project that would encompass both fields of study while also solving a problem the author had personally experienced within the field of Science. Currently there are only a few traditional approaches utilized by most college professors to teach scientific information to students. These methods include textbook readings, lectures, and PowerPoint presentations. It has been shown that the ways in which technical information is disseminated significantly affects learner comprehension …

Integrating Tax Preparation With Fafsa Completion: Three Case Models, Nathan Daun-Barnett, Beth Mabry

Journal of Student Financial Aid

This research compares three different models implemented in four cities. The models integrated free tax-preparation services to assist low-income families with their completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). There has been an increased focus on simplifying the FAFSA process. However, simplification is not the only barrier that students face while completing the FAFSA. Tax preparation is also an integral part to FAFSA completion. This paper illuminates how four cities aim to integrate tax preparation and FAFSA completion through local community partners. While all four cities faced a variety of challenges reaching their target populations at a …

Using A Cognitive Architecture In Incremental Sentence Processing, Jeremiah Lane Mcghee

Theses and Dissertations

XNL-Soar is a specialized implementation of the Soar cognitive architecture. The version of XNL-Soar described in this thesis builds upon and extends prior research (Lewis, 1993; Rytting,2000) using Soar for natural language processing. This thesis describes the updates made to operators creating syntactic structure and the improved coverage of syntactic phenomena. It describes the addition of semantic structure building capability. This thesis also details the implementation of semantic memory and describes two experiments utilizing semantic memory in structural disambiguation. This thesis shows that XNL-Soar, as currently instantiated, resolves ambiguities common in language using strategies and resources including: reanalysis via snip …

2012, Camp Research Forum Book Of Abstracts, American Camp Association

ACA National Camp Research Forum Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Exploring Supports Provided For Student Eportfolio Development In A Professional Development Context, Muireann Okeeffe

Articles

This small scale study aimed to explore and establish if support strategies implemented to enhance student ePortfolios were helpful to students and to identify useful ways of supporting ePortfolio development with future cohorts of students. This action research study was informed through focus group discussion and individual interviews with students.

The importance of reflection for the development professional practice and of creative abilities is discussed. The substantial benefits of creativity within education are investigated and characteristics of creativity that might be developed with students’ ePortfolios are revealed. Specifically this paper seeks to foster Crafts (2011) four characteristics of creativity, pluralities, …

Supporting Professionalism In Educational Development In Irish Higher Education, Muireann Okeeffe

Articles

Higher education, in Ireland and globally, is undergoing profound change influenced by a variety of factors. In conjunction with these changes many initiatives to improve teaching and learning and the quality of graduates in higher education have been introduced in recent years. The changes and expansions in the sector has enabled growth of new roles in higher education described as ‘third space’ professionals by Whitchurch (2008).

This paper describes the struggle of those in third space professions, such as academic development, to establish a professional identity in higher education. The benefits of these contemporary roles to higher education are …

The Phenomenon Of Hamza And Simplification In The Books Of The General Dialect, Ali Kazim Al-Mishri, Bias Khayri Khadir

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The phenomenon of al Hamz and easing is one of the most important phenomena in Arabic language which was happen the difference between dialects of Arabic, this research studied the phenomenon of al Hamz and easing in the books public parsing errors, one of the most important areas of the

Daily Eastern News: December 10, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

December

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Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention And Intervention In A Community Setting: Perspectives Of Young Adults And Professionals, Donna S. Martsolf, Crystal Colbert, Claire B. Drauker

The Qualitative Report

Adolescent dating violence (ADV) is a significant community problem. In this study, we examine the perspectives of two groups (young adults who experienced ADV as teens and professionals who work with teens) on ADV prevention/intervention in a community context. We interviewed 88 young adults and 20 professionals. Our research team used Thorne’s (2008) interpretive description methods to determine participants’ perspectives on community views on ADV, community ADV prevention/intervention programs, and ideal ADV prevention/intervention strategies. Participants perceived most communities as being blind to ADV. They perceived prevention programs as unavailable, inappropriate, or impersonal. Young adults indicated that professionals should use a …

Teachers’ Perceptions Of A Multiple High-Risk Behavior Prevention Program And Delivery Of Universal Programming, Crystal Collier, Richard C. Henriksen Jr.

The Qualitative Report

Much of the success of high-risk behavior prevention programs rests with teachers who deliver the curriculum however; few studies have investigated teachers' perceptions of program implementation. The objective of this phenomenological study was to answer the question, “What are the experiences of teachers who are asked to be involved in the implementation process when their school adopts a multiple high-risk behavior prevention program”? Participants included 10 teachers at a local, private high school in the Southern United States. Five themes emerged: (a) lack of consistent historical effort, (b) need for program, (c) positive but tentative perceptions, (d) challenges with implementation, …

Block V. City Of Lewiston Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39685

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Should Santa Be On A Diet? Uab Nutrition Scientist Weighs In, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Medicaid Expansion Could Mean $1 Billion Gain For Alabama, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Civil Rights Activist Donates Papers To Um, Lindsey Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Caffeination And Loop: Approaches To Literary And Science Fiction, Griffin O'Hara

Undergraduate University Honors Capstones

Griffin O'Hara's critical introduction to two of his original stories discusses the author’s merger of two genres, popular science fiction and literary fiction. Previous experiments with this combination appear in the novels of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren. O’Hara’s analysis of Foster’s and Delany’s influences on his stories delineates the strengths of both science fiction and literary fiction and explains how the merger results in expanded communication between author and reader. The two original stories resulting from his experimentation and illustrating these ideas are “Caffeination” and “Loop.” “Caffeination” is a work of fiction that follows the …

Thin Films Of Carbon Nanotubes And Nanotube/Polymer Composites, Anthony D. Willey

Theses and Dissertations

A method is described for ultrasonically spraying thin films of carbon nanotubes that have been suspended in organic solvents. Nanotubes were sonicated in N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone or N-Cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone and then sprayed onto a heated substrate using an ultrasonic spray nozzle. The solvent quickly evaporated, leaving a thin film of randomly oriented nanotubes. Film thickness was controlled by the spray time and ranged between 200-500 nm, with RMS roughness of about 40 nm. Also described is a method for creating thin (300 nm) conductive freestanding nanotube/polymer composite films by infiltrating sprayed nanotube films with polyimide.

Emu Today, December 10, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

State V. Peterson Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 39783

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

The Chara Array Angular Diameter Of Hr 8799 Favors Planetary Masses For Its Imaged Companions, Ellyn K. Baines, Russel J. White, Daniel Huber, Jeremy Jones, Tabetha Boyajian, Harold A. Mcalister, Theo A. Ten Brummelaar, Nils H. Turner, Judit Sturmann, Laszlo Sturmann, P. J. Goldfinger, Christopher D. Farrington, Adric R. Riedel, Michael Ireland, Kaspar Von Braun, Stephen T. Ridgway

Faculty Publications

HR 8799 is an hF0 mA5 γ Doradus-, λ Bootis-, Vega-type star best known for hosting four directly imaged candidate planetary companions. Using the CHARA Array interferometer, we measure HR 8799's limb-darkened angular diameter to be 0.342 ± 0.008 mas (an error of only 2%). By combining our measurement with the star's parallax and photometry from the literature, we greatly improve upon previous estimates of its fundamental parameters, including stellar radius (1.44 ± 0.06 R⊙), effective temperature (7193 ± 87 K, consistent with F0), luminosity (5.05 ± 0.29 L ⊙), and the extent of the habitable zone (HZ; 1.62-3.32 AU). …

Chicas De Alli: Defining The Latina Stereotype, Chelsea Talbott

Honors Projects

This project examines the portrayal of Latina women in U.S. mass media. The project also highlights the stereotypes that are connected with Latina women, as well as how the stereotypes negatively affect these females.

Confident Girls Pack A Punch!, Katrin Mcbroom

Honors Projects

This project examines the experiences of girls participating in martial arts, in order to shed light on the topic and provide an opportunity for girls to discuss their feelings and experiences. The project focuses on three major questions: Are younger girls gaining confidence and self-esteem from martial arts? Do they recognize these changes? How do they feel about their training in general?

Fish Tank: Studying The Conveyance Of Theme Through Film, Ethan Michael Roberts

Honors Projects

In this Honors Project the author's objective was to successfully helm a short film that effectively and fluidly conveyed a ciomplex thematic idea. Taking into account the research the author conducted on theories of film criticism as well as close viewings of thematically rich films. The author produced, directed, and edited a short film that expressed an intricate thematic idea. The author then tested the effectiveness of the film's thematic communication by screening a polished cut for a closed audience and subsequently engaging the audience about their interpretations of the film's theme via questionnaire. This report will outline the process …

Unh Students Promote Healthy Eating, One Children’S Play At A Time, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, December 10, 2012, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The December 10, 2012, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Mulford V. Union Pacific Railroad Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 39991

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Youth Alcohol Access, Consumption, And Consequences In Anchorage, Alaska: 2012 Update, Marny Rivera, Khristy Parker, Jennifer Mcmullen

Reports

This report identifies indicators of underage drinking in Anchorage, Alaska, which can be used in assessing changes brought about by strategies designed to reduce underage access to alcohol and consequences associated with underage drinking. Indicators are addressed under the categories of underage access to alcohol, social norms and perceptions associated with underage drinking, alcohol consumption patterns, and consequences of underage drinking. Consequences examined include school-related consequences, risky behavior, and legal consequences of underage drinking. Alcohol abuse by people under 21 years of age requiring substance abuse treatment, health and safety consequences of underage drinking, and economic consequences of underage drinking …