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Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 5, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Establishing a Hunger Solutions Institute
• Establishing the Stephen R. Covey Center for Leadership
• Discontinuing the Family and Consumer Science degree
• Offering an Interfaith Leadership Certificate of Proficiency

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other

• FCHD Doctoral Program Credit Reduction
• Syllabus requirements for Curriculog Purposes
• Zero Credit Courses

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 5, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 5, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Montana Kaimin, October 5-11, 2017, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Piloting A School-Based Health-Education Curriculum In A Rural Community To Promote Healthy Behavior, Linda M. Gibson-Young

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The ABC Pilot Project partners with schools to initiate health education training. The goal of this health-education curriculum is to develop sustainable healthy behaviors, promote wellness and prevent disease. This project centers on 5th grade students, as these years are the starting point for behavioral choices and development of self-image/self-esteem.

Educational Intervention For Improving Self-Management In Low-Income Mexican People With Type 2 Diabetes, Lidia G. Compean-Ortiz, Paulina Aguilera, Diane C. Berry, Beatriz Del Angel, Jose Rivera-Perez

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This is an ongoing project part of the PH-LEADER program 2015-2016, and recently got a Small Grant from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. The main objective is to test the feasibility of an educational intervention for improving self-management in low income Mexican people with type 2 diabetes.

Early Childhood Development Home Visitation Program In The Dominican Republic, Alexandra Rae Nitsos, Robin Dawson Estrada, Deanne Karen Hilfinger Messias

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Description of ongoing processes of developing, implementing, and evaluating an early childhood development home visitation program in Restauracion, Dominican Republic, and an analysis of the challenges, limitations, and successes of the process.

Identifying Ecologically Relevant Scales Of Habitat Selection: Diel Habitat Selection In Elk, Caleb P. Roberts, James W. Cain Iii, Robert D. Cox

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Although organisms make resource selection decisions at multiple spatiotemporal scales, not all scales are ecologically relevant to any given organism. Ecological patterns and rhythms such as behavioral and climatic patterns may provide a consistent method for identifying ecologically relevant scales of habitat selection. Using elk (Cervus canadensis) as an example species, we sought to test the ability of behavioral patterns to empirically partition diel scales for modeling habitat selection. We used model selection to partition diel scales by shifts in dominant behavior and then used resource selection probability functions to model elk habitat selection hierarchically at diel scales within seasons. …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 5, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Establishing a Hunger Solutions Institute
• Establishing the Stephen R. Covey Center for Leadership
• Discontinuing the Family and Consumer Science major
• Offering an Interfaith Leadership Certificate of Proficiency

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other

• FCHD Doctoral Program Credit Reduction
• Syllabus requirements for Curriculog Purposes
• Zero Credit Courses
• Catalog Course Listings – “Semester Usually Taught”

Interprofessional Coaches: Facilitating Transformational Learning, Jennifer Evans, Jody Delp, Mary Rock

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Strategies used in facilitating transformational learning among an interprofessional team of students in a primary care clinical setting will be presented. Interprofessional coaches encourage students to communicate and collaborate on a common patient centered goal. Students are asked to reflect and identify their role among the interprofessional team.

The Effect Of An Educational Intervention On Nurses' Healthy Behaviors, Compassion Fatigue, And Compassion Satisfaction, Patricia A. Avila, K. Renee Samples Twibell, Brittany Dorton, Gwendolyn Rook, Katlin N. Duncan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This correlational study aimed to examine the effect of an educational intervention on nurses' engagement in healthy behaviors and perceptions of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction. Nurses who participated in the intervention engaged in significantly more healthy behaviors and experienced significantly less compassion fatigue and more compassion satisfaction.

Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model, Ryan A. Butler, Gina L. Schaar

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Participants will be introduced to an interprofessional collaborative practice model that was implemented in primary care centers. Exemplars of how this model positively impacted students, patients and primary care providers will be presented. Participants will learn how to replicate model in their practice setting.

Ten To Amend: A Clinician's Guide To Weight Loss And Chronic Diseases, Krystina L. Kienast

Biennial Convention (CONV)

"10 to Amend" is an easy to follow evidence based program for the clinician and patient dyad. The program is presented as an algorithm utilized to decrease overall bodyweight by ten percent in order to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

A Dataset For Three-Dimensional Distribution Of 39 Elements Including Plant Nutrients And Other Metals And Metalloids In The Soils Of A Forested Headwater Catchment, B. Wu, I. Wiekenkamp, Y. Sun, Andrew Fisher, Rob Clough, N. Gottselig, H. Bogena, T. Pütz, N. Brüggemann, H. Vereecken, R. Bol

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

Quantification and evaluation of elemental distribution in forested ecosystems are key requirements to understand element fluxes and their relationship with hydrological and biogeochemical processes in the system. However, datasets supporting such a study on the catchment scale are still limited. Here we provide a dataset comprising spatially highly resolved distributions of 39 elements in soil profiles of a small forested headwater catchment in western Germany (http://teodoor.icg.kfa-juelich.de/ibg3searchportal2/dispatch?searchparams=freetext-Wuestebach&metadata.detail.view.id=7d37ae00-20f6-408e-8660-33bfba07c869) to gain a holistic picture of the state and fluxes of elements in the catchment. The elements include both plant nutrients and other metals and metalloids that were predominately derived from lithospheric or anthropogenic …

A Comparison Study Of On-Campus And Online Learning Outcomes For A Research Methods Course, Courtney M. Holmes, Christine Reid

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Using a pretest/posttest design, student learning outcomes were examined for online learning and on-campus versions of the same course taught by the same instructor. The course was a master’s-level research methods course taught in a counselor education program. Although both groups of students (online and on-campus) scored significantly higher on the posttest than on the pretest, there were no significant differences in performance between the two groups. Similarly, examination of the students’ course (teaching) evaluations did not reveal any significant difference in mean course ratings between the on-campus and online learning versions of the course.

Voices From The Desks: Exploring Student Experiences In Counselor Education, Louisa L. Foss-Kelly, Jake J. Protivnak

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

The purpose of the qualitative study was to explore the themes that counselor education master’s students perceived as impacting their experience within a counseling program. Counselor education master’s students provided their perceptions of what they attributed to helping or hindering their progress. Themes identified as impacting their experiences were academic environment, finances, job preparation, self-care, life role balance, support, mentoring and advising, and personal growth. Recommendations are provided for counselor educators to consider when structuring programs and interacting with master’s students.

Improving Interviewing And Conversational Skills Using "Speed Interviewing", Colleen Arendt

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

A great deal of research focuses on the importance of effective interviewing skills across professions and interpersonal settings. This activity, based on “speed dating,” is designed to improve students’ interviewing skills. Specifically, the activity develops listening and probing skills by having students conduct mini interviews without preparation. The lack of preparation forces students to rely only on their listening and probing skills instead of an interview protocol. To increase difficulty, the questions can be tailored to employment or internship interviews to help the interviewees prepare while their partners practice listening and asking probing questions. This activity can also be modified …

Facilitating The Prophylactic Use Of Probiotics To Decrease The Incidence Of Clostridium Difficile Infection In The Hospital Setting, Jens Langsjoen, Teodora Topalovski, Zachary Fulton, Karen Niehaus

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

By encouraging the use of the probiotic saccharomyces boulardii (s. boulardii) with antibiotic use in adult medicine patients at UNM, we aim to decrease the incidence of clostridium difficile (c. difficile) colitis and antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD).

Genetic Variation In Resistance Of Scotch Pine To Zimmerman Pine Moth, Jonathan W. Wright, Louis F. Wilson, John N. Bright

The Great Lakes Entomologist

(excerpt)

Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), a forest tree introduced from Eurasia, is commonly planted for Christmas tree and timber use in northeastern United States. In this country it has numerous insect enemies. Among the most important are European pine shoot moth, Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiffermiieller); pine root collar weevil, Hylobius radicis Buchanan;,European pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffroy); and eastern white-pine shoot borer, Eucosma gloriola Heinrich. Previous studies (Wright et al., 1967; Wright and Wilson, 1972; Steiner, 1974) have revealed large genetic differences in resistance to some of these pests.

Another destructive pest is the Zimmerman pine moth, Dioryctria …

Ogc Issues Roundtable, Helen Alvare

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Ogc Issues Roundtable, John Liekweg

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment: Where Is The Supreme Court Heading?, Michael W. Mcconnell

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Withholding Or Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition And Hydration From Terminally Ill And Permanently Unconscious Patients: Some Recent Case Law And Contemporary Catholic Theology, Peter J. Ausili

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Catholicism, Ethics And Health Care Policy, Lisa Sowle Cahill

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Growing Green: Urban Gardening, Emilee Bell

Children's Book and Media Review

Children can get back to their roots with Carol Hand’s Growing Green: Urban Gardening. Hand weaves a history of gardening with practical application, inviting readers of all ages to introduce gardens into their lifestyles. Global gardening traditions are explained in this book, as well as predictions of future trends in the gardening space. Urban Gardening emphasizes the many benefits of gardening, a new vocabulary, and do-it-yourself methods. Community, school, home, and personal garden options are discussed at length, as well as possible strategies for combating challenges that urban dwellers might face in constructing and nurturing their gardens, including pollution, space, …

Microbial Inactivation And Cytotoxicity Evaluation Of Uv Irradiated Coconut Water In A Novel Continuous Flow Spiral Reactor, Manreet Singh Bhullar, Ankit Patras, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Bharat Pokharel, Sudheer K. Yannam, Kanyasiri Rakariyatham, Che Pan, Hang Xiao, Michael Sasges

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

A continuous-flow UV reactor operating at 254 nm wave-length was used to investigate inactivation of microorganisms including bacteriophage in coconut water, a highly opaque liquid food. UV-C inactivation kinetics of two surrogate viruses (MS2, T1UV) and three bacteria (E. coli ATCC 25922, Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 13311, Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115) in buffer and coconut water were investigated (D₁₀ values ranging from 2.82 to 4.54 mJ·cm^{− 2}). A series of known UV-C doses were delivered to the samples. Inactivation levels of all organisms were linearly proportional to UV-C dose (r² > 0.97). At the highest dose …

Chemistry Department Newsletter 2017, Ken Overway

Chemistry Department Newsletters

This document contains a summary of news and events from the chemistry department from the 2016-2017 academic year.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

National Alumni Society Presents Leadership Awards To Five, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Um Students Help Special Olympics Athletes, Sarah Sapp

University of Mississippi News

Program offers service-learning opportunities in community