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2021-June-30-Computed Tomography Certificate, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 30, 2021) – East Tennessee State University, through the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences’ Department of Allied Health Sciences and the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies’ Office of Professional Development, will offer the Computed Tomography Certification Program.

Beginning Aug. 20 and continuing for 16 weeks through December, the course will meet online and requires clinical assignments held in affiliated hospitals. This is an opportunity for those in radiology to increase their knowledge and add to their skill base.

Applicants must meet the requirements for this program as outlined at etsu.edu/crhs/allied-health/ctc.php.

Completed application packets …

Complaints Of Asthenopia Symptoms In-Office Employees, Chita Widia, Ricky Rahmawinata, Darmono Darmono

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

An Eyes health problem that can be experienced by employees is asthenopia. The purpose of this study is to address complaints of Asthenopia symptoms in the employees of one of the offices in Tasikmalaya city in 2020. This research uses a descriptive quantitative research method, a cross-sectional design. In this study, to collect data, the tool used was a questionnaire. Research results found that the most asthenopia symptoms felt by employees of one of the offices in the City of Tasikmalaya were shaded vision when looking at objects, glare when working at a computer, difficulty focusing while working at the …

Penerapan Kebijakan Fasilitas Mitra Utamakepabeanan: Mampukah Menurunkan Cost Of Taxation?, Murwendah Murwendah, Muhammad Raihan Tsanymahdy

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

The Main Partner of Customs, which was implemented in 2015, aims to reduce dwelling-time rates, decrease logistics costs, and appreciate companies with good tax compliance. On the other hand, dwelling-time figures have not shown a significant decline in numbers with all the facilities provided. This study examines the Main Partner of Customs policy regarding the cost of taxation perspective at Tanjung Priok Port. The discussion of this research focuses on the burden carried by both the policymaker and the company. This research was conducted through a quantitative approach with a post-positivist paradigm. The data collection techniques for this research are …

Rehabilitasi Post Nerve Transfer Pada Ekstremitas Atas, Made Hendra Satria Nugraha

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Peripheral nerve injuries mostly occur in the upper extremities with the most common cause being trauma. An alternative to nerve repair in proximal injury is restoration of function via nerve transfer. The rehabilitation process is needed to relearn the movement so that the results of the nerve transfer can function properly. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the post-nerve transfer rehabilitation process in the upper extremity and its benefits in maintaining and improving the quality of movement in the upper extremity. This research is a literature review with secondary data sources in the form of …

Penyusunan Kurikulum Blok Bahasa Inggris Vokasional, Erlin Estiana Yuanti, Nabilla Kusuma Vardhani

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

This research aims at designing vocational block curriculum for Bachelor of Applied English Vocational College (BAE SV) UGM to assure the achievement of the study program’s competences based on the Independent Campus policy (MBKM) and to produce English Specialists in Public Relations as its graduate profile. The research employs qualitative method, using Research and Development approach in the three stages done, such as: (1) library study, (2) designing the block curriculum, and (3) validating the curriculum design by holding FGD with stakeholder users. The research produces a vocational English block curriculum based on CEFR Level C1 and SKKNI No.629/ 2016 …

Menulis Untuk Publikasi: “Punya Ide, Tapi Sulit Menuliskannya”, Wahyu Kartika Wienanda, Yohana Ika Harnita Sari, Triana April Liani, Azalea Puteri Utami

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Writing for publication is the scholars’ needs. Unfortunately, the number of student publications, especially in the Applied English Study Program, Sekolah Vokasi UGM, has not shown a good trend. Thus, the study program provides a subject namely Academic Writing to help the students practice and improve their research writing skills. However, specifically-tailored course materials for the subject have not been provided. This study aims to find out the students’ needs for writing a research publication. Interviews to 20 students of Transfer Program in Applied English and 3 journal reviewers were conducted. The interview results were then analyzed based on parts …

Pemanfaatan Strategi Omnichannel Marketing Di Perguruan Tinggi, Peny Meliaty Hutabarat, Melisa Bunga Altamira, Erni Adelina

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Technological developments encourage changes in consumer behavior, including corporate interactions. This also affects many educational institutions, especially in higher education levels. The use of multiple channels has been increasing, and it is quite a complex challenge for higher education to provide seamless and optimal journey experiences as needed by their audiences. These developments in technology and consumer behavior drive all higher education institutions to increase their competitive advantages. The omnichannel strategy is an effective way for them to increase the competitive advantage and to reach prospective students through various platforms, with specific and personified messages. In its application, omnichannel marketing …

Efektivitas Active Cycle Of Breathing Technique (Acbt)Terhadap Peningkatan Kapasitas Fungsional Pada Pasien Bronkiektasis Post Tuberkulosis Paru, Aditya Denny Pratama

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Bronchiectasis is a chronic disorder characterized by irreversible bronchial dilatation accompanied by an inflammatory process in the walls of the bronchi and the surrounding lung parenchyma. Bronchiectasis can be caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which is the bacteria that causes pulmonary tuberculosis (pulmonary TB). The main characteristic of bronchiectasis is the accumulation of mucus, chronic bacterial infections, and persistent bronchial inflammation. The purpose of this case study was to determine the effectiveness of the Active Cycle Of Breathing Technique (ACBT) on increasing functional capacity in bronchiectasis patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The research method used is in the …

Faktor Informasi Online Dalam Pengambilankeputusan Investor Pada Platform Crowdfunding Berbasis Donasi, Rendy Adhi Pratama, Liyu Adhi Kasari Sulung, Sri Rahayu

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

This study aims to analyze the role of online information in the decision-making process of investors in the form of donation-based crowdfunding. We use Kitabisa.com as a donation-based crowdfunding platform and collect 74 data on donation projects. This study uses the combination of a regression model with cross section data and an Elaboration likelihood model. The results of this study found that several very important online information variables, such as updates and shares on Facebook, proved significant to influence investors' decisions on crowdfunding platforms in Indonesia. The results of this study prove that the central routes obtained from project updates …

Features Of The Development Of Strength Qualities During The Training Of Cyclists, Shuhrat Toshturdiev

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Purpose: As known, among the main physical qualities, the strength training of cyclists is of the most important practical importance. In this case, strength is defined as the ability to overcome or resist external resistance through muscle tension. In addition, the development of this physical quality is largely associated with age. Based on this, the purpose of the scientific article is to develop a methodology for developing the quality of endurance strength with the help of special weightlifting exercises chosen by cyclists on its basis and in research.

Methods: A specially developed training program is included in the training plan …

2021-June-29-Reece Museum Leadership, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 29, 2021) – East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services announces a change in leadership for the B. Carroll Reece Museum. Current director Randy Sanders will retire as museum director on June 30, and collections manager Rebecca Proffitt will become the interim director.  

A seventh-generation East Tennessean, Sanders is an ETSU graduate and an accomplished artist. He joined the Center of Excellence in March 2006 as managing editor of Now and Then magazine and as coordinator of marketing and public relations. He became interim director of the Reece Museum in 2014 and …

2021-June-29-When The Water Goes Down, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 29, 2021) — Members of the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Pride Band and director of ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time and County Music Studies, Dan Boner, have been climbing national bluegrass charts alongside two nationally-known alums. Together they released the single, “When the Water Goes Down,” to weave a tale of mystery that adds to the region’s rich folklore.

Recording "When the Water Goes Down"

“When the Water …

2021-June-29-Worlds Of Opportunity, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

p xmlns:ouc="https://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables">JOHNSON CITY – (June 29, 2021) East Tennessee State University has announced the creation of a new Center for Global Engagement.

According to Dr. Chris Keller, Senior International Officer at ETSU, the center will serve as a catalyst for “comprehensive internationalization” at the university by infusing international and comparative perspectives within its teaching, service and community engagement missions.

The center will be the hub for several international educational initiatives, including study abroad programs as well as the forthcoming ETSU Global Year project that is in planning stages.

“Global learning can be obtained abroad, but we often forget that …

Fostering Engagement And Learning In Students Through Assignment Modifications During Covid-19, Madhu Bala Sahoo

Southwestern Business Administration Journal

Critical thinking and innovative problem solving are two crucial skills for management students to develop in this fast-changing business world. These skills are even more relevant in today’s turbulent times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Case analysis and simulation games are popular pedagogical tools to develop these skills in a classroom setting. Remote learning due to COVID-19 has made it challenging for instructors to use these tools effectively. While working within the same course timeframe and budgets, an instructor in a national southern university, opportunistically used the current context of COVID-19 to modify a written assignment for an introductory HR course …

Covid-19 And Mass Sections In Business Education: Adaptation And Innovation Stemming From The Emergency Online Transition, Marina Sebastijanovic, Olivia Miljanic, Emese Felvegi

Southwestern Business Administration Journal

This paper describes three instructional design cases impacting over 3,500 students annually and taught by midcareer female mass section faculty from one of the largest business schools at a tier-one public research university in the Southern region of the US. The three instructors of mass sections describe how they transitioned their face-to-face or hybrid courses from “Emergency Response Teaching” mode to considered distance learning implementation during the COVID-19 crisis. The cases include discussions of learning management system supplements, improvements to peer-to-peer interactions, course structure changes impacting student success, and remote experiential learning group projects featuring community partners. The challenges and …

Teaching Coding In A Virtual Environment: Overcoming Challenges, Marion S. Smith

Southwestern Business Administration Journal

Educational research suggests that teaching techniques are subject matter specific. Teaching techniques in introductory programming classes are centered around two approaches used by students in learning. One approach is where students develop a thorough understanding of what they are learning. This is referred to as “deep learning”. Other students use a “surface approach” where they perform the tasks required from them. The persona of the instructor and the choice of instructional materials used within a class determines which approach the student will adopt. Active teaching techniques fosters “deep learning”. With the need to adapt active teaching techniques to a virtual …

Predictive Effects Of District Characteristics On Arkansas Transportation Expense, Nancy Churchwell

College of Education Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the predictive effects of district and community characteristics on transportation expenses of school districts in Arkansas using the Kaldor-Hicks Pareto efficiency theory. The 2004 ruling in Lakeview School District No. 25 v. Mike Huckabee mandated adequate and equitable public school funding standards in Arkansas. As a result, school districts are funded using a foundation model where the prior year’s average daily membership is multiplied by the foundation amount set by the Arkansas General Assembly. Data were collected from state databases and each school district’s website. Of the 235 districts in the state, …

2021-06-28 Work Climate Survey Summary, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A summary of the Work Climate Survey conducted in November of 2019.

Linkedin Blunders: A Mixed Method Study Of College Students’ Profiles, Ruby Daniels, Sara D. Pemble, Danille Allen, Gretchen Lain, Leslie A. Miller

Marketing Faculty Publications (Archived)

Although a significant need exists for college students to market their job skills effectively to potential employers, no prior research systematically analyzed the quality of information included in college students’ LinkedIn profiles. This study used a marketing framework to evaluate the effectiveness of information in LinkedIn profiles posted by current and former community college students. The mixed method study analyzed 340 publicly available LinkedIn profiles for students who reported attending 89 community colleges in the United States. The results suggest many college students may not understand how to use a LinkedIn profile to market their skills to potential employers. Key …

2021-June-25-Dr. Stacey Williams Lgbtq Research, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 25, 2021) — When Dr. Stacey Williams, an East Tennessee State University psychology professor, began to research the societal experiences of Appalachia’s LGBTQ community, she was already focused on her own study concerning the social stigmas encountered by these groups. But when a student expressed greater local interest in the subject, Williams took a deeper look at LGBTQ life in Appalachia and, today, devotes much of her time to promoting a better understanding of those regional issues. 

“Once I started, there was no looking back, because there is such a demand for knowledge about this population particularly …

Effectiveness Of Methods For Improving The Speed Endurance Of Chief Referees In Football, Izzatbek Khushnudovich Kutlimuratov

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Purpose: By studying and cross-comparing the performance indicators of specific tests of football chief referees of different categories, determine the effectiveness of means aimed at developing specific endurance superiority and inadequacy.

Methods: The interval method was widely used in the course of the study in the development and improvement of the fast endurance of the chief referees. In this method, the use of funds in the maximum and submaximal intensive mode was determined in the strict order of the intervals between repetitions. Also, with the help of special tests, the speed and endurance of the judges were checked, and at …

2021-June-24-Hospitality And Tourism Certificate, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 24, 2021) — Registration is now open for the Hospitality and Tourism Management Certification Program, a partnership with the East Tennessee State University Office of Professional Development and Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association (NETTA). The certification is a regional first, having grown over the past two years to include more than two dozen graduates.

Classes will be held each Tuesday, Aug. 17-Nov. 16, from 6-9 p.m., at the Hands On! Discovery Center, located in Gray at the ETSU Natural History Museum and Gray Fossil Site. Registration is required.

Certification is for anyone interested in expanding their skills …

2021-06-24 Staff Congress Bylaws, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

The Staff Congress Bylaws of Morehead State University revised on June 24, 2021.

2021-June-23-Grant To Accelerate Regions Behavioral Health Workforce, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 23, 2021) – Two faculty members at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine received a grant to develop, implement and evaluate a program for training and retaining a behavioral health workforce in Northeast Tennessee.

Dr. Jodi Polaha, project director, and Dr. Matthew Tolliver, co-director, were awarded $1,855,118 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for their project titled “Integrated Care Appalachia: A Model Training Program to Accelerate the Behavioral Health Workforce in Northeast Tennessee.” 

 “We have a profound workforce need in this region across the gamut of mental health providers,” said Tolliver, a clinical …

2021-June-22-Strong Brain Institute Update, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 22, 2021) – Over the past year, leaders of the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute have worked to develop its infrastructure, deliver training and education opportunities, and expand research activities with a goal of promoting a trauma-informed citizenry and workforce throughout the region.

The Strong BRAIN (Building Resilience through ACEs-Informed Networking) Institute was established in 2020 by Ballad Health and ETSU to promote awareness of and research on ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences, which can have a profound effect on individuals’ mental and physical health throughout life.

The Strong BRAIN Institute is led …

2021-June-22-Ted Olson Eths Award, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 22, 2021) — Dr. Ted Olson, a professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University, has received the East Tennessee Historical Society’s (ETHS) Ramsey Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Dr. Ted Olson

The Knoxville-based society’s most prestigious honor, named for ETHS founder Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey, is reserved for one individual annually, who, over the course of a …

2021-June-22-Dr. Kiana Johnson Named To Maxine Smith Fellows Leadership Program, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (June 22, 2021) – Dr. Kiana Johnson from East Tennessee State University is among the 21 faculty and staff members from colleges and universities across Tennessee selected to participate in the 2021-22 Class of the Maxine Smith Fellows program.

The Maxine Smith Fellows program provides professional development, training and advancement opportunities for participants from traditionally underrepresented groups at Tennessee’s locally governed public universities and the community and technical colleges governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). Members meet monthly for a year, starting this month. 

Johnson is an associate professor in the Division of Academic Pediatrics in …

The Application Of Measures Of Lean Production For Services, Willem Salentijn, Jiju Antony, Chad Laux

International Conference on Lean Six Sigma

This paper gives insights on how to measure the degree of lean for services and explores existing instruments, proposing adaptions on an existing instrument, developed for production.

Deliberate And Emergent Strategies Of Lean Implementation In Higher Education (He) – A Multiparadigmatic Approach., Justyna Maciąg

International Conference on Lean Six Sigma

Strategies of Lean implementation in HE

by Justyna Maciąg

The purpose of this paper is to report on strategies that have been spontaneously emerging in the implementation of Lean management in HE institutions. The paper presents qualitative research on the implementation of the Lean concept in HE institutions worldwide and Poland.

Dynamics Of Physician Practice Management, Abass Ceesay

Masters Theses/Capstone Projects

This VoiceThread is a highlight of the major learning experiences of my practicum. The most talk about were the cancellations and no-show project, and mitigation strategies to combat canellation and no-shows.