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Tempo Magazine, Spring 2015, Office Of Student Life

Tempo Magazine

Tempo Magazine is Coastal Carolina University's student-produced feature magazine. TEMPO #33. Editor: Pat Siebel. Faculty advisor: Colin Burch and Scott Mann.

2014-2015 Ugr Bibliography Of Ccu Student Research, Coastal Carolina University

Student Research Bibliographies

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Bfa In Dance Program Presents "Senior Showcase", Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Seniors in Dominican’s LINES Ballet BFA in Dance program were featured in the “Senior Showcase” at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on April 7. It was the annual celebration of the BFA in Dance Class of 2015, including second-year students from the LINES Ballet Training Program.

Dominican Welcomes Bestselling Author Erik Larson, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

New York Times bestselling author and former features writer for the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine, Erik Larson spoke at Dominican University of California on April 14, at the Institute for Leadership Studies’ (ILS) Spring Author Series, presented in partnership with Book Passage.

Professor Receives Grant To Support Breast Cancer Research, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dr. Maggie Louie, director of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Program and an associate professor of biochemistry, has been awarded a grant from the Lorri Painter Philanthropic Organization in support of breast cancer research at Dominican.

Bio Science Graduate Chooses Uc Davis Medical School, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When Connor Haysbert ’14 received his admissions offer from the College of Medicine at the University of California Davis, he immediately contacted his former mentor, Dr. Maggie Louie, to share the wonderful news. Louie was not surprised to hear from him. This was his seventh medical school acceptance, and Connor had kept her up-to-date as the acceptances started to roll in.

Guest Concert Series Welcomes Farallon Quintet, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The 14th season of the Guest Concert Series concluded on April 26 with a performance by the Farallon Quintet – the only professional chamber music group focused exclusively on the clarinet quintet repertoire - - in Angelico Hall at Dominican University of California.

Bfa In Dance Program Presents Annual Spring Showcase, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When Ivy Patterson came from Massachusetts six years ago to enroll in the LINES Ballet BFA in Dance program at Dominican, she was thrilled with the opportunity to meet and work with LINES Ballet founder and artistic director Alonzo King.

Halebsky Poetry Collection Shortlisted For Book Awards, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Tree Line, a collection of poetry by Judy Halebsky, has been shortlisted for three book awards. Dr. Halebsky is assistant professor of English and Chair of Dominican’s Department of Literature and Languages.

Ot Professor Inspires Dominican Students, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

As an associate professor of Occupational Therapy at Dominican, Julia Wilbarger has become a worldwide ambassador for the University.

Double Major Does Double Time In Dominican Journey, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Meghan Nelson was driving with a friend from her home in Seattle to San Diego on a much-anticipated 10- day college-hunting expedition four years ago when she stopped for lunch in Marin County and met a local couple who suggested she visit Dominican. It was the best advice she could have received.

Ny Times Columnist David Brooks Speaks At Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

A renowned New York Times columnist and political and cultural commentator on the PBS NewsHour and NBC’s Meet the Press, David Brooks spoke at Dominican University of California April 26, at the Institute for Leadership Studies’ Spring Author Series, presented in partnership with Book Passage.

Kazuo Ishiguro Speaks In Dominican Author Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day, spoke at Dominican on April 1, as part of Dominican’s Spring Author Series, presented in partnership with Book Passage.

Plant Nursery Receives Additional Grant From Usda, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California (NORS-DUC) has been awarded a $424,000 federal grant to continue studies focused on eliminating pests and diseases of nursery plants in order to safeguard plant health and the environment.

Dominican Submits Proposal To Host Presidential Debate, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California has submitted a proposal to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) to host a 2016 presidential or vice presidential debate.

Poli Sci Alums, Students Headed To Graduate, Law School, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Students and alumni from the Department of Political Science and International Studies are heading to Stanford, Georgetown, New York University, the University of Edinburgh, Willamette University to attend either graduate or law school this fall.

Undergrads Research Highlighted At 29th Ncur, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Veronica Gomez, one of 22 Dominican students who presented at the 29th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Eastern Washington University April 16-18, stayed up late to fine tune her senior project.

Scholarly And Creative Works Conference Set April 23-24, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican celebrated its graduating seniors, master’s degree students and Adult Degree Completion students at the inaugural Scholarly and Creative Works Conference April 23-24.

Dominican Scholars Heading To University Of Oxford, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Four Dominican University of California undergraduate students have been selected through a competitive process to participate in the inaugural year of the Dominican-Oxford Global Scholars Program.

When And How To Appropriately Implement Teaching Tools And Strategies For Early Childhood Numeracy, Elizabeth Bartha, Julie Dombai

Education: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

The Augustana/Longfellow Number Sense Project (NSP) is a collaborative action research project that was created to provide purposeful, individualized instruction for Longfellow’s kindergarteners and enhance the teacher education program at Augustana. During this program, we work with Kindergarten students on mathematical concepts and skills. Our lessons incorporate both hands-on materials and educational software into our lessons. As we became familiar with this software, we began to suggest ways we could improve the software as well as ideas for new applications designed to help meet needs the students encountered in the classroom. Because the students interacted with a variety of teaching …

A Closer Look At Rochester Charter School A: Factors That Contribute To The School's High Performing Status, Katie Burch

Education Masters

The purpose of this study is to present Rochester Charter School A as a high performing school who’s neighboring schools are currently in a state of emergency. Rochester Charter School A is located in a low socio-economic area where the public school district is failing. This study revealed some of the cultural norms at Rochester Charter School A and how they are able to overcome the current struggle of closing the achievement gap. It also exposed some of Rochester Charter School A’s best practices that contribute to their students achievement, like longer school days and a longer school year, frequent …

Traveling Trunks: Enrich Curriculum With A Global Perspective, Nancy Shepherd

Faculty Publications

Traveling trunks as a delivery method for curricula have been associated with experiential learning and shown to increase learning (George, 2010; Shepherd, 2007; Lett, 1993). Students learn through real-life experiences, such as global social issues (Kister, 1992), and principal to the nature of learning is the relationship between experience and learning, a shaping force in the development of thoughtful, curious students (Loughran, 2006).

The embedded mixed method study showed learning gains occurred when experiential curriculum was facilitated by experienced teachers, and delivered in a traveling trunk. The study (N=58) showed that active learning about social issues engages students. Paired t-tests …

Framing Group Projects: Leadership And Style In Small Group Dynamics, Jillian Bonafede

Honors Projects in Applied Psychology

The purpose of my Capstone was to look at small group dynamics and the factors that have a profound impact upon them. I used Bryant University’s IDEA Program as the template for my project for, and arena from which I collected my research. The IDEA Program is a three-day ideation and innovation program that all first-year students are required to participate in. I observed, filmed and questioned twenty-five of the first-year students participating in the program. After my research and analysis, I found that there were four factors that greatly influenced the dynamics of a small group, as well as …

Multidimensional Resilience In Honors Students At Bryant University, Haley Nicol

Honors Projects in Applied Psychology

College level honors programs are continuously working towards improvement of their programs and working towards improving the college experience for their students. Apart from recognition and developing a positive reputation for the university, the goals for these selective academic programs include better serving their students from both academic and professional perspectives, as well encouraging and increasing program completion retention rates. There are various ways of testing students to assess their mindset and personal drive as well as gauge the possibility of students graduating with successful completion of their Capstone project or thesis in their senior year. To better understand how …

Does Being Bilingual Make You Better At Math?, Enxhi Elezi

Honors Projects in Mathematics

The purpose of this study is to examine if there is any relationship between being bilingual, defined as speaking your native language at home and another language in school, and your mathematical ability. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health was used to compare the math grades of students who were not born in the US and speak English, Spanish, or Other at home. Also, data from the Bryant University first year students was used to test if students who speak a different language at home have a higher mathematical average than their monolingual peers. Results show that …

Standardized Testing: What Is It Good For? A Case Study In Connecticut, Megan Mapp

Honors Projects in Mathematics

The case study was developed in an attempt to shed more light on the debate of standardized testing. The goal of the study was to find evidence to support whether or not standardized testing is worth doing in public secondary schools. To investigate this question, the state standardized math test scores of three Connecticut public high schools were analyzed. The average math scores over thirteen years were observed and statistical analysis was performed to see if any significant differences existed between the three schools. Tests were performed before and after the change in standardized test. The graduation rates of the …

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: April 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The April 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Recurrent Phenomenon Of Divine Intervention In The Recruitment Of Teachers At The American Christian Academy: A Narrative Inquiry, Karen Ann Nwulu

Master of Education Program Theses

This narrative inquiry investigated the recurrent phenomenon of divine interventions in teacher recruitment at the American Christian Academy (ACA), a hard-to-staff K-12 school located in Ibadan, Nigeria. Inhibiting factors such as Boko Haram kidnappings and the Ebola outbreak stymied the already challenging international recruitment efforts, with half the elementary school teacher positions still vacant two weeks before the start of the 2014-2015 school year. However, through supernatural intervention all staff positions were filled. This narrative research presents an account of five such stories told from the perspectives of the recruited teachers as well as other staff members who observed or …

Gender Bias In Teacher Interactions With Students, Kaily Stevens

Master of Education Program Theses

This action research study investigated the presence of gender bias, in the form of more teacher attention, in a Christian middle school in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Eight teachers of grades six to eight participated in the study. Teachers were observed for two 20-minute lessons. Each interaction between teacher and student was coded as either academic or behavioural in nature, as well as either positive, negative or neutral. The results of this study suggest that boys receive more teacher attention than do girls in the school. As well, girls tend to receive fewer behavioural type interactions with teachers than boys. …

Technology, Mathematics And The Flourishing Of The Elementary Student, Judy De Waal

Master of Education Program Theses

This action research study investigated the effects of using technology as part of the instruction and implementation in a primary mathematics classroom, determining if such technology would make a difference in increased student performance. The participants were 71 first grade students, 32 making up the control group, and 39 involved in the experimental group. The experimental group spent 40 minutes per week using a technology-based platform as part of their math instruction. They also had access to this technology outside of school. All students were given a pre- and post-test to determine growth in their learning. The results of this …