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Alternative College Program, Juan Francisco Alvarado

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

I wanted to create another option for students who do not wish to go to college after high school for whatever reason they have. I was in the staffing industry for three years and know there are opportunities for kids. Students have free periods during the day which they do not use effectively. I recommended using those hours to have kids go work at manufacturing plants and pick up useful trades. It evolved to something greater and the community was great. In helping out.

Learning With A Bang!, Jesse Poseley

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

This project focuses on a polarizing topic in America today, firearms. The Supreme Court of the United States has been very clear on the topic and therefore private ownership of firearms is here to stay for the foreseeable future. What can be done to ensure that their ownership and use is done in a way that is both safe and effective? Training. This project introduces the sport of USPSA as a training ground for the owners of firearms to learn and hone skills for the safe and effective use of firearms. This project consisted of 5 hours of mixed classroom …

The Maintenance Support Initiative, Quentin T. Turner

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

The Maintenance Support Initiative, my capstone project, was designed to address inefficiencies in maintaining sensitive medical equipment, where precision and reliability are crucial. Inspired by the potential to enhance quality and safety, I developed user-friendly checklists specifically tailored to our organization. By collaborating closely with stakeholders, I gathered diverse perspectives to ensure the checklists were practical and effective. Emotional intelligence and innovative thinking proved to be essential along the way. These skills helped me navigate challenges and foster a collaborative environment where everybody got to be involved in the project. The post-implementation surveys revealed the project's success, showing reduced maintenance …

Instructional Video On Mental Health, Sarah Angelica Cruz Salum

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

My capstone project is an instructional video promoting mental health in educational and workplace settings. Sharing important information regarding mental health. What it looks like, techniques to help those struggling with their mental health, and programs that could be implemented.

Weekly Wellness Program, Rogene Rux

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

My capstone project brings to light some reasons why employees do not participate in in-house wellness programs which can worsen the feelings of burnout and isolation at work. A weekly wellness program, consisting of short and fun wellness activities, will help people be resilient physically and mentally.

Fitz Center Profile: Jakob Burdick, Ryan Werner

Community-Engaged Learning at the University of Dayton

Jakob, a sophomore studying Political Science, interned in the Mayor’s Office, where he contributed to tasks such as constituent outreach and policy development. These hands-on experiences solidified his passion for public service and ethical leadership.

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News From Hope College, Volume 56.1: Summer 2024, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, Summer 2024, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate course descriptions from Summer 2024

Fitz Center Profile: Darius Beckham, Ryan Werner

Community-Engaged Learning at the University of Dayton

Darius, an alum and senior aide to Dayton’s mayor, mentors interns by helping them understand local governance and enhancing City Hall’s capacity. His guidance demonstrates the transformative power of experiential learning, connecting academic theory with real-world applications.

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Migrants As Sustainability Actors: Contrasting Nation, City And Migrant Discourses And Actions, Claudia Fry, Emily Boyd, Mark Connaughton, Neil W. Adger, Maria Franco Gavonel, Caroline Zickgraf, Sofia Fransen, Dominique Jolivet, Anita Fábos, Ed Carr

Sustainability and Social Justice

Although it is widely recognized that migration is socially transformative, the potential contributions of migrants to transformations towards sustainability in their destination areas are often overlooked in mainstream discourse on environmentalism and sustainability. Here we seek to identify current narratives of migrants and sustainability across individual, urban, and national scales. Migrants are commonly framed in public policy as having no or even negative impacts on sustainability. The study hypotheses that the lived experience of sustainability by migrants within urban destinations differ from dominant discourses and perceptions of migrant populations within societies. We test and document such divergence using data from …

Copley Connects | Spring/Summer 2024, University Of San Diego

Copley Connects Library Newsletter

Message From the Dean | 2

Annual Faculty and Staff Retreat | 3

New Bookplates Added to Digital Collection | 4

Copley Library and San Diego Public Library Team up to Celebrate Black History Month and Women’s History Month | 6

Research and Scholarship Recognition | 8

Fourth Pontem Partnership Event | 8

SCELCapalooza 2024 | 8

Digital Initiatives Symposium | 9

Copley’s Summer 2024 Reading List | 10

New Faces at Copley | 11

Dobbs And Sterilization Decision-Making: Understanding The Coercive Spillover Effects In Reproductive Choice, Thomas Williams

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The Supreme Court majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization argued their decision would have limited impact beyond abortion rights. This Article examines how Dobbs and subsequent state abortion restrictions are likely to increase women’s reliance on permanent sterilization procedures, particularly among already marginalized populations. Drawing on emerging data and historical context, I argue that some post-Dobbs sterilizations should be understood as effectively coerced by state policies, implicating reproductive justice concerns and potentially undermining fundamental rights established in Skinner v. Oklahoma. Then, I demonstrate how interdisciplinary bioethics frameworks and methodologies can help courts better understand the full implications of …

Never Solved, Only Outgrown: The Most Important Problem(S) Facing Utah, Thomas C. Terry

Utah People and Environment Poll (UPEP)

Nearly 90 percent of Utahans surveyed identified the most important problem (MIP) facing the state as either the environment (50%) or population growth and development (40%) in the inaugural Utah People and Environment Poll (UPEP) conducted in March-May 2023 (see Figure 1). Eleven percent of Utahns identified air quality issues – including pollution and its negative impacts – as the single largest component within the MIP environment and climate change category. According to the results of the poll, water and air pollution, affordable housing, pressure on the environment and threats to habitat boil down to “too many . . . …

The Spy In Your Pocket: Montana’S Tiktok Ban And The Federalism Limits Of State-Level Foreign Policy, Wei Luo

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

In May 2023, Montana became the first state in America to ban the social media app TikTok. This article proposes a two-prong analytical framework for evaluating the federalism limits of Montana’s TikTok ban (SB 419) and similar laws that other states might enact in the future. The first prong is a mandatory constitutional analysis of whether the state law runs afoul of restrictions on states’ foreign policy powers. These limits are threefold— Article I, Section 10, preemption, and the dormant Commerce Clause. This article focuses on federalism limits that only the states face and does not explore other constraints that …

Gold & Blue, Summer 2024, St. Mary's University

Gold & Blue

This is the Summer 2024 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

The Choice Of Pre-K: An Examination Into Black Caregivers’ Early Childhood Care Decisions And How Early Childhood Care Predicts Black Children’S Educational Outcomes, Anna Grace Rollins

Dissertations

Despite the national push for increased Pre-K enrollment, findings on the effects of attending Pre-K are contradictory and inconsistent. Due to conflicting research and viewpoints on traditional education outcomes, many families are choosing not to send their children to Pre-K. This study focused on the often overlooked thoughts and experiences of Black parents and guardians when making decisions about early childhood education for their children, as well as the academic and behavioral effects of attending Pre-K for Black children in subsequent years. Through surveys and interviews, this study explored factors that influence Black parents’ decisions about enrolling their children in …

Symbols For Schools: Types Of School Nicknames, How They Are Formed, And Implications For Leaders, Andrew Hudacs

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

School nicknames are powerful symbols representing the shared values and culture of their respective communities. This descriptive mixed method-study attempts to illuminate patterns in current school nicknames and examine ways that school leaders and communities approach changes to their nicknames. Nicknames from 1108 postsecondary schools were identified and analyzed with mixed methods to form a classification system that was then used to measure relationships between nicknames and school characteristics. A thematic text analysis of institutional nickname descriptions shows that the origins of nicknames vary, both in their inspirations (from presidential committees to sports journalists) and their process of selection (from …

Olli Fall 2024 Catalog, Toniann Leavitt

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

No abstract provided.

Being And Becoming Global Citizens: Measuring Progress Toward Sdg 4.7. Monitoring Teacher And School Readiness To Enact Global Citizenship In The Asia-Pacific Region. Phase Ii Report, Lao Pdr, Rachel Parker, Payal Goundar, Karena Menzie-Ballantyne

Global education monitoring

This report presents the Phase II findings of a collaborative study by APCEIU and ACER which aims to expand efforts to monitor Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.7 by addressing critical evidence gaps regarding country participation and educational settings. Phase I of this study included three countries in the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, Philippines and South Korea) and targeted primary school settings. Phase I answered research questions about the enabling conditions that support effective global citizenship education (GCED); how these conditions can inform instrument development to measure system, school, and teacher readiness to implement GCED; and recommendations for Phase II. Phase II …

Gendered Privilege In The Idahoan Lgbtq+ Community, Niamh May Winters

Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research

As scholars such as Dr. Bonnie J. Morris have discussed, there is a well known divide between Lesbians and Gays in the LGBTQ+ community. For decades, gay men have typically taken leadership of the LGBTQ+ movement and prioritized their own identities and experiences as gay men as representative of all of LGBTQ+ persons. Lesbians have often felt their struggles as gay women have been overlooked or minimized within the movement. This issue of dismissal has been mentioned in passing in scholarship, but not investigated in-depth, as it is more subtle than other forms of sexism women have endured historically. Because …

Rhetoric Or Change? The Role Of State Policies And Conditions In Shaping Postsecondary Education Access And Success For Rural Students, Darris R. Means, Jenay F. E. Willis, Kim Getfield, Devon Golden, Bryson Henriott, Brandon Lee, Alejandra Medina, Hannah Reilley, Lily K. Tunstall, Ying Zhou

The Rural Educator

Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, increasing attention has been paid to rural communities. For our study, we used a multicase study approach that included five states to study the difference between the rhetoric about the need to focus more attention on rural communities soon after the 2016 election and the practiced reality of state conditions (e.g., policies, practices, constraints) changing to support postsecondary education outcomes (e.g., enrollment, retention, and graduation) for rural students between 2017 and 2021. We collected and analyzed two forms of data for our study, legislative records and newspaper articles. We noted inequitable funding for rural …

Addressing Food Insecurity: Why A Comprehensive Farm Bill Is Essential For Rural Communities, Stephanie Oudghiri

The Rural Educator

No abstract provided.

2024-2025 Global Feedback Report: Uni Scholarworks, University Of Northern Iowa, Rod Library

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

This library report was prepared by the Digital Scholarship Librarian at the University of Northern Iowa as part of assessment efforts demonstrating the reach and impact of departments and programs at the University of Northern Iowa. The global input is related to specific works found in UNI's institutional repository, UNI ScholarWorks (http://www.scholarworks.uni.edu.)

On Norms Of Wikid Meme In Scientific And Technological Intelligence Study, Yanfei Wang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Integrity and innovation are important issues that the Institute of Science and Technology Intelligence needs to grasp. [Method/process]Regarding innovative issues based on adhering to principles and starting from historical facts, this article analyzes the role and significance of WIKID memes in scientific and technological intelligence study, explores relevant professional operational standards, proposes to strengthen the ability to compile WIKID memes under strategic concerns, implements intelligence thematic research based on dynamic clue discovery, and carefully examines the norms of meme characterization in perception scanning. [Result/conclusion]These are necessary actions for scientific and technological intelligence professionals and professional institutions to respond to the …

The Key Elements And Driving Paths Of Digital Empowerment For The Efficient Construction Of The Rural Medical And Health Service System: Based On 28 Cases Through Fsqca, Liqing Li, Ming Yu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]This paper explores the linkage effect and improvement path of technology-organization-environment antecedents on the efficient construction of digital empowerment rural medical and health service system, in order to accelerate the research progress of digital construction of rural medical and health service. [Method/process]Based on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework and China's real-life scenarios, this paper constructs a theoretical analysis framework for the efficient construction of digital empowerment rural medical and health service system, Using the method of fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, this paper takes the rural areas of 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) in China …

Determinants Of Women’S Fertility Rates In The U.S., Kelle Bormann

Proceedings of the Jepson Undergraduate Conference on International Economics

Fertility rates have long been a subject of extensive research. In our constantly evolving world, economists have examined these rates across different times and regions to understand how cultural and economic factors influence women’s fertility. This paper analyzes historically significant factors to determine if their impact has changed over time, aiming to inform policies addressing the declining fertility trend. Data from the IPUMS USA 2021 census was used, estimated through a logit odds ratio regression with robust standard errors, and analyzed at the ten, five, and one percent significance levels. The findings indicate that the age of the youngest child …

Mixed-Methods Assessment Of Farmworkers’ Perceptions Of Workplace Compliance With Worker Protection Standards And Implications For Risk Perceptions And Protective Behaviors, Carly Hyland, Lisa Meierotto, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Cynthia L. Curl

Public and Population Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Introduction: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Worker Protection Standards is the primary set of legislation aimed at protecting farmworkers from occupational pesticide exposure in the United States. Previous studies suggest that worker adoption of Pesticide Protective Behaviors (PPBs) promoted by WPS is associated with lower urinary pesticide concentrations. However, adoption of PPBs is often outside of the control of individual farmworkers and dependent on workplace factors such as employer provisioning of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and access to trainings/resources.

Methods: We conducted a mixed-method study including urinary pesticide biomonitoring, surveys, and interviews with 62 Latinx farmworkers in southwestern Idaho from …

Promoting Community Health And Wellness Through Arts And Nature-Based Interventions: A Literature Review, Tessa Tinkler, Laura Deitrick, Richard W. Hurt Iii, Connelly Meschen

Arts and Culture

This literature review covers two areas of nonprofit work that are traditionally underfunded yet potentially impactful for improving social determinants of health: engagement with the arts and connecting with nature.

2024 Graduate Scholar Reflection: Giovanna Sarto, Giovanna Sarto

Marian Fellowships and Other Sponsored Research in the Marian Library

Giovanna Sarto, a doctoral candidate in religious studies at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil, was the recipient of a new fellowship for master’s or doctoral students. Sarto’s research project, “The Liberating Potential of Devotion to the Black Virgins in Latin American Mariological Tradition: A Feminist Contribution,” makes use of the Marian Library’s artwork, printed material and artifacts connected to Our Lady of Aparecida, queen and patron saint of Brazil and “one of more than 2,000 names by which Mary is claimed,” Sarto said.

In her proposal, Sarto noted the value of accessing the Marian Library’s diverse …

Mega-Influencers And Brand Dynamics: Shaping Attitudes Toward Leading And Challenger Brandsthrough Electronic Word Of Mouth, Riccardo Rialto, Lamberto Zollo, Kacy Kim, Sukki Yoon

Mathematics and Economics Faculty Journal Articles

The aim of this paper is to explore how mega‐influencers' electronic word of mouth (eWOM) messages on social media influence consumers' brand attitudes in duopolistic markets. Through three experimental studies, we observe that when mega‐ influencers send positive (vs. negative) eWOM messages about a leading brand, followers form positive (vs. negative) brand attitudes, but these effects fail to occur when influencers back challenger brands. The findings are consistent across three duopolistic market rivals (Apple vs. Samsung; UPS vs. FedEx; Nike vs. Adidas), three social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and X), and four mega‐influencers (Marques Brownlee, Gary Vaynerchuk, Kanye West, and …