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Full-Text Articles in Education
Project F.O.C.U.S., Pi Peng Chen
Project F.O.C.U.S., Pi Peng Chen
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Education is a fundamental right for everyone, including individuals with disabilities. The primary challenge students with disabilities encounter is the lack of accommodation and accessibility in schools. The second challenge is students with disabilities are often subjected to bullying, harassment, and discrimination in schools. Significantly impact students' mental health, self-esteem, and learning ability. There is a pressing need for a more inclusive and supportive learning environment.
The Void Of Covid: Cmhs, Sabrina Basharyar
The Void Of Covid: Cmhs, Sabrina Basharyar
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
This poster attempts to provide information on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on local high schools in Las Vegas, specifically Cimarron-Memorial High School. Findings include chronic absenteeism, phone usage, and engagement levels.
Closing The Racial Gap: The Lack Of Diverse Faculty At The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas And University Of Nevada, Reno, Olivia K. Cheche
Closing The Racial Gap: The Lack Of Diverse Faculty At The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas And University Of Nevada, Reno, Olivia K. Cheche
Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations
How does faculty racial diversity compare to student racial diversity at UNLV and UNR? How do faculty salaries affect this diversity? What policy recommendations can be implemented to attract more racially diverse academics to UNLV and UNR?
Engaging Remote Students Through Planning And Play Using Shared Google Docs, Julian Kilker
Engaging Remote Students Through Planning And Play Using Shared Google Docs, Julian Kilker
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Like many faculty teaching remotely, I faced challenges with student engagement, participation, and feedback, as well as balancing planned and impromptu course activities. In response, I explored using Google Docs to create productive and playful collaborative spaces inspired by Marie Foulston’s informal “Party in a Shared Google Doc” social experiment.
Unlv Top Tier Focus - Community Partnerships, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Unlv Top Tier Focus - Community Partnerships, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Focus on Top Tier 2.0
Community Partnerships stimulate economic development and diversification, foster innovation, and enrich our communities. UNLV has recently joined the ranks of a distinct group of universities recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for outstanding community engagement. This milestone is another important achievement in our Top Tier journey.
Dean Petersen Elementary School, Alexa Ching
Dean Petersen Elementary School, Alexa Ching
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
To educate their students by using a trauma-informed approach that allows students to be vulnerable to learning new information and provide a safe space
Service Learning Project, Sheila Mae Agonoy-Pascua
Service Learning Project, Sheila Mae Agonoy-Pascua
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
UNLV CSUN Preschool has been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) since 1994. The preschool’s mission is to “Provide a model inclusive early childhood program that serves children of students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding campus community. As the field of early childhood care and education evolves to meet the growing needs of today’s young children and their families, our preschool will continue to play a leadership role in teaching, training, and research at UNLV.” (unlv.edu/preschool/about).
Project 150, Natalie Datastanyan
Project 150, Natalie Datastanyan
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Project 150 began when its two co founders learned about the increased number of homeless youth attending just Rancho High School. Patrick Spargur and Don Purdue worked together to form Project 150 to decrease and eventually end homelessness in the youth of Las Vegas. The purpose of Project 150 is to end high school homelessness through the support of a community.
Service Learning At Dean Petersen Elementary School, Fayth Dean
Service Learning At Dean Petersen Elementary School, Fayth Dean
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Their purpose is to not only educate their students, but to also teach them in a way that allows them to let their guard down. These students come from environments that are filled with violence, abuse, yelling, etc. For these students to be taught, the teachers use a “traumainformed” approach where they are calm and patient with their students, which allow them to be teachable
Project Focus And Wcta, David Islas
Project Focus And Wcta, David Islas
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Project FOCUS is a program designed to encourage students on the autism spectrum with educational programs suited for their wants and needs in life. WCTA is a Magnet school that has been existent for 10 years.
Three Square: The Fight Against Hunger, Courtney Lee
Three Square: The Fight Against Hunger, Courtney Lee
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Three Square is a food bank for Southern Nevada, whose aim is to “provide wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community.”
Project Focus, Marc Angelo Non
Project Focus, Marc Angelo Non
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Forming Occupational and Community Understanding for Success Created in 2015 Has grown ever since Provides access to resources for students with intellectual disabilities
Project Focus, Edrielle Ramirez
Project Focus, Edrielle Ramirez
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
History and Purpose Started with 1 student in 2015 1 to 25 students in 4 years Purpose: "give an opportunity for this population to have the opportunity to go to college" Community Service Paradigm Project Defines a problem, implements, achieve goal
The Nevada Blind Children’S Foundation, Mara Ono
The Nevada Blind Children’S Foundation, Mara Ono
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
It was created to provide the essential blocks including expanded core curriculum, extracurricular activities, social opportunities, and transitional skills to children who are visually impaired Three main goals: ○ Increase graduation rates and postsecondary education enrollment and/or vocation ○ Increase employment rates for blind adults ○ Increase the quality of life (independence, socialization, life skills) for blind or visually impaired children Community Service Paradigm The community service paradigm this service site best fits is social change The Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation wants every child with a visual impairment to reach their full potential
Signature Productions: Quality Family Entertainment, Tyler Lambert
Signature Productions: Quality Family Entertainment, Tyler Lambert
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Signature Productions is a nonprofit community theater company. It was created in 1989, by both Dr. Karl M. Larsen, a local Optometrist, and Victor J. Austin, an attorney. They believed that Las Vegas Valley needed quality family entertainment. The Board of Signature Productions is made up of 16 talented and dedicated people from Las Vegas consisting of an Optometrist, several Attorneys, a General Contractor, multiple small business owners, a photographer, music and dance instructors, office professionals and homemakers. We are housed in the Summerlin Library and Preforming Arts Center, where we rent space for each production.
E W Griffith Elementary School, Leilah Torres
E W Griffith Elementary School, Leilah Torres
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Their vision is to keep their students, “...honest, safe, respectful, engaged, and own their learning and choices,” (“Griffith ES”).
What Does A Good Life Look Like To You?, Mackenzie Zelensky
What Does A Good Life Look Like To You?, Mackenzie Zelensky
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
History and Purpose of Heaven Can Wait Animal Society Heaven Can Wait Animal Society is an organization that helps rescue dogs and cats from homelessness, starvation, and death. The founding principle of this organization is to save these animals lives, specifically be means of not euthanizing the animals that they rescue. The founders of Heaven Can Wait created this organization to “stop the senseless killing of dogs and cats,” according to hcws.org. This objective is achieved every day by HCWS. Based on the organization’s website, the people I’ve interreacted with, and my personal experience, it is blatantly clear that animals …
Marquis Centennial Hills Post Acute Rehab, Christian Bondoc
Marquis Centennial Hills Post Acute Rehab, Christian Bondoc
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Three Square Food Bank, Jordan Hazeur
Three Square Food Bank, Jordan Hazeur
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Three Square, Jovan Lubura
Three Square, Jovan Lubura
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Three Square Southern Nevada Food Bank, Jherico Rivera
Three Square Southern Nevada Food Bank, Jherico Rivera
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Project 150, Hunter Speier
Project 150, Hunter Speier
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Asian Community Development Council, Juan Torres
Asian Community Development Council, Juan Torres
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Project 150, Dorian Laganière
Project 150, Dorian Laganière
First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)
Offer support and services to homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high school students. so they can be successful during their high school journey and ultimately graduate.
Project F.O.C.U.S, Tatiana Tonga
Project F.O.C.U.S, Tatiana Tonga
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Jacqueline Froid
Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Jacqueline Froid
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Project 150, Blakeleigh Loughery
Project 150, Blakeleigh Loughery
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Mater Academy Bonanza, Maika Hughes
Mater Academy Bonanza, Maika Hughes
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Service Learning, Zhengjian Li
Service Learning, Zhengjian Li
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.
Griffith Elementary School, Cristal Gutierrez
Griffith Elementary School, Cristal Gutierrez
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
No abstract provided.