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2023-February-01-Etsu Hosting Regional Economic Forum.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University is launching the inaugural Appalachian Highlands Economic Forum, an opportunity for those across the region interested in broad topics ranging from economic conditions and forecasts to the housing market and real estate. 

There is no charge for the event which will be held 8 a.m.-noon on Friday, March 24, at the ETSU Martin Center for the Arts. 

“ETSU was founded in 1911 with a singular purpose: to improve the quality of life for people in this region and beyond. Supporting economic development and innovation is critical to that mission,” said ETSU President Dr. …

2023-February-01-Etsu Recognized As Excellent Employer.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – As workers across the nation consider benefits and ponder professional growth opportunities, a pair of global companies have recognized East Tennessee State University as an excellent place to work for the second straight year.  
 
Forbes and Statista included ETSU in its “Best Midsize Employers” category for 2023. 
 
“This recognition confirms what so many already know,” said Lori Erickson, assistant vice president for Human Resources. “The value of ETSU goes beyond salary. The benefits of working at our university, from helping staff further their education to promoting healthy lifestyles, are many.” 
 
The recognition, per Forbes, “reinforces your reputation …

2023-February-01-Etsu's Dr. Andrew Dunn Named American Council On Education Fellow.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – The American Council on Education (ACE) announced that Dr. Andrew Dunn, chair of the Department of Media and Communication at East Tennessee State University, has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2023-24. A highly prestigious honor, Dunn was one of 36 fellows selected nationally this year.

Dr. Andrew Dunn, Department Chair for the ETSU Department of Media and Communication

“I am so honored to be named an ACE Fellow. As a newer department chair for the ETSU Department of Media and Communication, I have so much to learn about leadership, and I recognize the ACE …

2023-February-01-Etsu President Noland To Serve On Ncaa Division I Board Of Directors.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – East Tennessee State University President Dr. Brian Noland will represent the Southern Conference on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, with his four-year term beginning after the board’s Aug. 2 meeting.

“This is a pivotal time in collegiate athletics,” Noland said. “Now, more than ever, we must provide holistic support for our student-athletes to help them balance the increasing demands and challenges they face on and off the field of play. I am honored by the opportunity to work with [incoming NCAA] President [Charlie] Baker and his staff as we shape the next chapter of the …

2023-February-01-Etsu Professor Interested In Philosophy Of Science.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Dr. David Harker’s research, like the philosophy and purpose of science, was always important in academic circles. But in recent years, it has reached a deep level of relevancy – both in the United States and throughout the world. 

“Vaccine skepticism and vaccine hesitancy are big problems, and they are also really complicated,” said Harker, a professor and chair of Philosophy and Humanities at East Tennessee State University.

Harker has considered some of the reasons why such indecision exists.

“There is nothing very intuitive about the idea of injecting something into your arm helping protect you …

2023-February-01-Etsu Research Corp Announces New Industry Advisors.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – The East Tennessee State University Research Corporation announced the addition of four industry advisors to its team as well as the creation of Rugged Buc Labs Content Studio (RBL). 

The new advisors include Scott Andrew, Ty Warren, Anthony Haney-Jardine and Jason Thompson. They will offer their support for ETSU Research Corporation initiatives as well as mentor ETSU students in the RBL.  

Scott Andrew

2023-February-01-Hold Off Planting Spring Flowers, Etsu Arborist Advises.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Seriously, don’t plant those spring flowers yet. 
 
That’s the advice from East Tennessee State University’s Travis Watson, the school’s campus arborist.
 
For gardeners across the South, the temptation is there. Temperatures have soared above normal, toppling records that in some instances stretch back more than a century.

ETSU arborist: Wait until Mother's Day to plant flowers

Feb. 9 registered 72 at the Tri-Cities Airport, the nearest National Weather Service climate site, setting a new single-day temperature record. Chattanooga hit 82 on Feb. 23, a new all-time monthly record with data going back to 1879. The March 1 …

2023-February-01-Meet Jennifer Davis.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

“The idea of rural medicine has really just been my lifestyle since I was a child,” said Jennifer Davis. “Looking back, it was a mentor I found in high school through the health science program in Rogersville who exposed me to the depth and breadth of rural medicine.” “The idea of rural medicine has really just been my lifestyle since I was a child,” said Jennifer Davis.

This fourth-year medical student is in the dual M.D./MPH degree program through the Quillen College of Medicine and College of Public Health. At Quillen, she is on the Rural Primary Care Track …

2023-February-01-Ensure That Everybody Feels A Sense Of Belonging.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – For Dr. Dawn Rowe, a professor in East Tennessee State University’s Clemmer College and program director for Access ETSU, inclusion isn’t so much about a space.  

“It is really about people’s efforts to ensure that everybody feels a sense of belonging, that they are welcome and that they can contribute,” she said.  

Such a sentiment helps guide Access ETSU, a program that has for years provided supplemental support to young adults with intellectual disabilities.   

Access ETSU partners with area school systems, local agencies and much of the university community to connect students to a range of …

2023-February-01-Free App Helps Students Navigate College.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

ETSU has unveiled an app that gives undergraduate students easy and fast access to connect with advisors and other critical offices.   

The Navigate Student app is free to students.    

“We are thrilled to offer this app,” said Dr. Bill Kirkwood, associate vice president for Student Life and Enrollment. “It lets our students use their mobile devices to connect with help at key moments. We believe it will help them succeed during their time at ETSU.” 

Navigate Student offers a range of helpful options, including scheduling appointments with academic advisors, the Center for Academic Achievement and other offices at the …

2023-February-01-Jason Derulo, Rainbow Kitten Surprise Headlining Etsu Concert.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Jason Derulo, who has more than 20 billion streams, and Rainbow Kitten Surprise, whose music has generated more than one billion streams, will co-headline this year’s Student Government Association spring concert at East Tennessee State University. 

The event is set for 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, at the ETSU Ballad Health Athletic Center, formerly known as the Mini-dome.  

“I am thrilled to have these incredible artists perform and am confident we can continue to bring huge artists to our campus and surrounding community,” said Mason Mosier, SGA president. “This administration promised to bring ETSU to its …

2023-February-01-Quillen College Of Medicine Offers Programs For High School Students.Pdf, Iversity Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – This summer, East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine will offer two free programs for high school students who are interested in a career in medicine.

The first program is “Doc for a Day” to be held on June 2. This one-day event is designed for rising high school juniors to introduce them to ETSU and the Quillen College of Medicine. The day will include a campus tour, special discussions with admissions counselors, tours of the anatomy lab and simulation center and time learning more about the medical profession with Dr. Tom Kincer, associate dean and …

2023-02-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from February of 2023.

2023 Nebraska Crop Production Budgets Higher Costs And Risks, Glennis Mcmclure

Cornhusker Economics

The Nebraska crop budgets are available for the 2023 production season. The 84 budgets indicate cost of production increases. Estimated average economic or total costs per bushel for 2023 corn production are expected to be at least 23% to 25% greater than last year. Soybeans are estimated to be 13% to 19% more in economic costs per bushel, with wheat production costs having jumped over 20% compared to last year and running as high as 63% higher over the last two years combined. Cost scenarios for individual producers can vary based on their timing of input purchases and price variabilities.

中小企业如何更上一层楼？, You Ren Chen, Da An Yun, Swee Liang Tan

Research Collection School Of Economics

No abstract provided.

Potassium Fertilizer Rate Recommendations: Does Accounting For Soil Stock Of Potassium Matter?, Kimberly B. Oliver, Michael P. Popp, Di Fang, John D. Anderson, Nathan A. Slaton, Gerson L. Drescher, Trenton L. Roberts, Jada Thompson

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Faculty Publications and Presentations

Profitability, yield, and fertilizer use are compared across three different potassium (K) fertilizer rate recommendation ideologies. Existing agronomic, “build and maintain” rate recommendations (KE) are compared to profit-maximizing rates with and without taking long-run soil-test K (STK) implications into account. Regardless of starting STK, K use equilibrated over the course of 3 years irrespective of ideology. Since taking long-run STK into account did not alter ending STK and only led to a miniscule yield effect, we encourage producers to use annual profit-maximizing K rates that were 3–11% lower than KE rates and generated more profit with minimal yield loss.

Social Impacts Of Robotics On The Labor And Employment Market, Kelvin Espinal

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Robotics have been introduced into the workplace to perform tasks that human beings have traditionally fulfilled. Complementing or substituting human labor with robotics eliminates human involvement in functions attributable to hazardous environments, heavy lifting, toxic substances, and repetitive low-level tasks. On the other hand, they are meant to be more efficient and cost-effective, saving money, time, and labor. However, since the introduction of robotics in the workforce, societal opposition has been towards this branch of technology in fear of losing employment, wages, and purpose.

Previous studies have reported an overarching societal fear that adopting robotics in the workplace and industry …

Bozo The Clown: An Icon As American As An Apple Pie In The Face, Gregory Kent Oswald

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

There is no single path toward the creation of an American icon, a person or item with resonance to all in the country as well as having an ability to serve as a symbol of America itself for those outside the borders. This thesis considers certain elements that propelled the journey of the entertainment for children, Bozo the Clown, into a representational figure in the minds of young and old. Like all things American, his roots include many elements from outside the country: the name derives from foreign tongues mostly in derisory terms, but in at least one instance as …

Examining Past, Present, And Future Of Agricultural Labor: From The Bracero Program To The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, Francesca Paradiso

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This thesis is a comparative study that examines the Bracero Program and the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). The Bracero Program brought Mexican workers into the United States on temporary work visas from 1942-1964. The CIW is an organization of Mexican workers that was founded in 1992 as a response to the horrible working conditions that Mexican tomato pickers faced in Immokalee, Florida. In this thesis, I show that by putting these programs side by side, we can see the exploitation of Mexican farmworkers has relied on changing government tools—different forms of visas, different immigration regimes, different …

Bearer Negotiable Instruments: Addressing A Financial Intelligence Gap And Identifying Criminogenic Weaknesses, Hollis B. Kegg

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Bearer Negotiable Instruments (BNI) are a long-standing category of financial instruments used to transfer large amounts of money in ways that may not be subject to regulation, reporting, tracking, review, or oversight. There is limited information available on BNIs, and no evidence that any studies have been undertaken on BNIs alone, much less reported. Increasingly, BNIs are being used for illegal purposes including money laundering. This study gathers information about their characteristics, nature, purpose, legal status, and numbers. It also focuses on the crime risks associated with BNIs, the crime opportunities they facilitate, and the criminal weaknesses in the financial …

Professional Development Newsletter, February 2023, Odu Career Pathways Program, Old Dominion University

Career Pathways

February 2023 issue of ODU Career Pathways Professional Development Newsletter.

One Size Does Not Fit All: A Comparison Of White, Latinx, And Black Student's Unadjusted And Adjusted Gpas In A College Of Business And Public Administration Of A Hispanic Serving Institution, Francisca Beer, Daniel Macdonald

International Journal for Business Education

Because higher education creates more informed individuals, healthier citizens, social prestige, job satisfaction, and numerous other non-economic benefits, it is important that all members of society have opportunities for successful educational achievement. Using data for undergraduate students enrolled in a business college of a large Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), this study documents the existence of an unadjusted GPA gap between White students and ethnic minority students. This study also shows that the unadjusted GPA gaps decrease when socio-economic indicators are introduced in the analysis. The gaps continue to decrease when units-taken, transfer status, age, and student status are added to …

Remediating System Neglect In Judgmental Demand Forecasting, Srikant Vinakota

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Prior research has shown that individuals tasked with judgmental forecasting of demand based on time-series data overreact in stable environments and underreact in unstable environments. Kremer et al. (2011) attributed this to the system neglect hypothesis, which claims that forecasters emphasize forecast errors over the system parameters.

The present research investigates interventions that mitigate system neglect and address the causal factors for overreaction and underreaction. Given the desire by organizations to move towards touchless planning and automated decision-making, minimizing human judgment and understanding its drivers is of significant practical importance.

We tested four different interventions on an online subject pool …

Empirical Study Of Esg Ratings In China’S A-Share Market: A Focus On The Csi 800 Stocks, Wenqing Tan

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

In this study, we focus on the Chinese A-share market, and particularly on the CSI 800 stocks. Our aim is to conduct a comparison analysis of the prominent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating agencies in an effort to reflect the growing importance of ESG investment, social responsibility, and sustainable development. We mainly use three mainstream rating agencies’ rating data (i.e., the China Securities Index [CSI], Wind, and SynTao Green Finance) to conduct descriptive statistics and comparative analysis. Furthermore, we conduct grouping tests on the ESG scores in the CSI 800 and across various sectors to explore their effectiveness in …

Commentary: What Makes Membership Matter, Michael G. Maihofer Dds

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

The American Dental Association (ADA) is facing a drastic decline in membership, with market share dropping to 59%. To combat this trend, the ADA focuses on early-career dentists and a strategic forecasting initiative to align with their values. However, there is concern that the language and approach are shifting towards treating members as customers rather than dental professionals. This shift raises questions about the commitment of new dentists to professional associations. The challenge lies in listening to member concerns and delivering values like professional support, ethics, and advocacy to make membership meaningful.

Staff Matters: When Employee Behaviors Create A Toxic Work Culture, Jodi Schafer Sphr, Shrm-Scp

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This column addresses the challenge of resolving conflicts between employees with clashing personalities and behaviors. It emphasizes the importance of raising awareness, clarifying behavior expectations, and outlining consequences for inappropriate conduct. If conflicts persist despite efforts to address them, termination may become necessary to preserve a healthy workplace environment.

From The Neck Up, Christopher J. Smiley

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This editorial emphasizes integrating behavioral health into dentistry for comprehensive patient care. It highlights evidence-based approaches showing positive outcomes of behavior change techniques in oral hygiene and smoking cessation. However, implementing behavioral change models in clinical dental care faces challenges, such as reimbursement issues and concerns about disrupting the patient-dentist relationship. The editorial suggests enlisting outside resources and fostering collaboration between oral and mental health professionals to address patients' overall health needs. Policy initiatives are seen as a promising avenue for advancing this integration.

J Mich Dent Assoc February 2023

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Every month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members across the state. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists!

In this issue, the reader will find the following original content:

• A feature on the Interfaith Dental Refugee Program of Michigan
• Commentary on what makes membership matter and the ADA marketing shift on the value of membership.
• Complete details on the 2023 MDA Annual Session
• News you need, Editorial, and regular department articles on Dentistry and the Law, Staff Matters, and Advocacy.

Advocacy Spotlight: The Mda Grassroots Program: Advocacy That Works!, Neema Katibai Jd

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

The Michigan Dental Association's (MDA) Grassroots Legislative Advocacy Program, launched in 2011, continues to thrive, with active member participation in 2022. Over 145 MDA members and legislator contacts at 23 events showcased the program's effectiveness. Connecting members with their legislators fosters personal connections, reinforces the MDA as a dental resource, and offers a unique local perspective on key issues. With many new legislators taking office in 2023, the grassroots program will remain vital in the MDA's advocacy efforts. The facing page provides a description of the MDA 2023 legislative priorities.

Quantifying Wheat Blast Disease Induced Yield And Production Losses Of Wheat: A Quasi-Natural Experiment, Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, David P. Hodson, Timothy J. Krupnik, Kai Sonder

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Faculty Publications and Presentations

Applying the difference-in-difference (DID) estimation procedure, this study quantifies the wheat blast (Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum) induced losses in wheat yield, quantity of wheat sold, consumed, or stored, as well as wheat grain value in Bangladesh in 2016 following a disease outbreak that affected over 15,000 ha. Estimates show that the blast-induced yield loss was 540 kg ha⁻¹ on average for households in blast-affected districts. Estimated total wheat production loss was approximately 8,205 tons worth USD 2.1 million in during the 2016 outbreak. Based on these insights, we discuss the need for long-term assured investment and concerted research …