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Transnational Latinx Youths’ Workplace Funds Of Knowledge And Implications For Assets-Based, Equity-Oriented Engineering Education, Amy Wilson-Lopez, Jorge Acosta-Feliz

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

Due to economic inequality in society, millions of Latinx high school youth work after-school jobs and summer jobs in order to provide additional income for their families. The purpose of this qualitative study, conducted with transnational Latinx youth, was to identify the engineering-related skills and bodies of knowledge they developed and applied while in different workplaces. This study is framed in complementary theories of funds of knowledge, Vygotskian theories of mediated action, and theories of resistant capital. Specifically, this study is based in the premise that youth can develop engineering-related funds of knowledge through tool-mediated, goal-directed activities jointly conducted with …

The Ingenuity Of Everyday Practice: A Framework For Justice-Centered Identity Work In Engineering In The Middle Grades, Angela M. Calabrese Barton, Kathleen Schenkel, Edna Tan

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

Inequities in opportunities to learn and become in engineering, especially for minoritized youth, are enduring and systemic. How students experience engineering education, through curriculum, pedagogy, and teacher/student interactions, all shape opportunities for identity development. In this paper we draw upon cultural studies and critical ethnography to explore how and why students engage in engineering for sustainable communities and its relationship to their identity work. We ground our work in a justice-centered asset-based stance that centers how people’s lived lives and community wisdom yield powerful forms of cultural knowledge/practice relevant to learning and engaging in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We …

Elementary Teacher Adaptations To Engineering Curricula To Leverage Student And Community Resources, Jennifer L. Chiu, Sarah J. Fick, Kevin W. Mcelhaney, Nonye Alozie, Reina Fujii

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

This paper addresses an important consideration for promoting equitable engineering instruction: understanding how teachers contextualize curricular materials to draw upon student and community resources. We present a descriptive case study of two 5th grade teachers who co-designed a Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned curricular unit that integrated science, engineering, and computational modeling. The five-week project challenged students to redesign their school grounds to reduce water runoff and increase accessibility for students with disabilities. The teachers implemented the project with one Grade 5 class with a large proportion of students having individualized learning plans and cultural backgrounds minoritized in science, technology, …

We Are...Marshall, May 26, 2021, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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5. Stem Education Equity Analysis Tool Summary Of Findings, Adrienne Coleman, Traci Ellis, Hannah Anderson

Equity and Excellence Scorecard

The STEM Education Equity Analysis Tool is used by schools to self-evaluate their equity in STEM teaching and learning, with an emphasis on graduating students who are prepared for and excited about engaging in STEM careers. The STEM Education Equity Analysis Tool, created by the Great Lakes Equity Center (i.e., MAP Center), was administered as part of the development of IMSA’s Equity and Excellence scorecard via Qualtrics.

May 26, 2021 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

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Nature-Based Learning At An Urban Community College: A Case Study At The Central Park Zoo, Nicole Kras

Publications and Research

There is rapidly growing research on the multiple benefits of nature-based experiences. Some institutions of higher education have incorporated these types of experiences in areas such as building design, travel offerings, residential programs, green spaces, field trips, wellness centers, and freshman orientation programs. Unfortunately, urban community college students often do not receive the chance to participate in these type of experiences due to lack of opportunity and lack of time outside of class due to their multiple responsibilities. One way to help mitigate some of these challenges, is for community college faculty to embed nature-based learning experiences into their courses. …

Maycock Named To American Board Of Family Medicine Board Of Directors, Kendra Carter

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Outgoing House Staff Council Officers Reflect On Their Leadership, Kendra Carter

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Uab Callahan Eye Hospital Begins Vision Screening Program For Rural Alabamians, Adam Pope

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Recent Grad And Former University Of Alabama Football Player Jared Watson Gears Up For Residency In Orthopedic Surgery, Caleb Jones

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Uab Collat School Of Business Program Enrollment Increases Amid Pandemic, Alicia Rohan

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Open Enrollment For Summer Project Management Courses At Uab, Staff

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Look For These 7 New Spaces Transforming Uab's Campus, Haley Herfurth

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Developing Social Work Skills In Online Environments: What Online Msw Graduates Tell Us, Samuel W. Gioia

Dissertations and Theses

Social work education is an academic discipline that prepares students to support individual, family, and community wellbeing, and to advance policies for social equity. Despite the increasing use of online education for social work, many social work faculty believe that online Master of Social Work (MSW) programs do not adequately prepare graduates for direct practice (engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation) with vulnerable populations. Students from an online MSW program at a midsized urban research university were interviewed to learn (a) how well an online MSW prepared these students for direct practice with individuals, families, and communities; and (b) what instructional …

Emergent Bilingual High School Students' Social And Emotional Experiences, Elizabeth Vera, Amy J. Heineke, Plamena Daskalova, Anna K. Schultes, Juan Pantoja-Patiño, Britt Duncan, Chelsea Yanuaria, Claire Furtado

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

High school students labeled as English learners, referred to in this paper as emergent bilinguals, participated in a mixed methods study of their social and emotional well-being. Relationships with school personnel, peer relations, and involvement in support activities were connected to well-being while experiences of microaggressions from teachers and peers, lack of access to advanced curricula, and poor integration with mainstream peers were related to negative well-being. A variety of school, peer, and family themes both promoted and compromised well-being. Students' sense of connection to mainstream students was positively related to school belonging and positive affect. A sense of connection …

Parenting Amidst Covid-19: Pandemic-Related Stressors, Inequities, And Treatment Utilization And Perceptions, Rachel Wamser-Nanney, Viann Nguyen-Feng, Annett Lotzin, Xiang Zhou

Department of Educational Studies Faculty Publications

Many parents of children under age 18 are faced with additional COVID-19 parenting- related stressors and may be experiencing increases in psychological difficulties; however, we have yet to investigate parent’s levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and adjustment disorder. Further, COVID-19 has served as a sobering reminder of the significant public health disparities in our society and it is critical to identify risk factors for poorer clinical outcomes. The primary objectives of the present study were to: (a) determine whether parents are reporting higher levels of pandemic-related stress, PTSS, and adjustment disorder than controls, (b) identify specific individual-level factors (e.g., …

A Donor Weekend, Decided By The Donors, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• A Donor Weekend, Decided by the Donors

Canteen Headlines Athlon’S All-Sun Belt Team, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Canteen Headlines Athlon’s All-Sun Belt Team

Eagles Declaw Panthers, Advance To Semifinals On Saturday, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Eagles Declaw Panthers, Advance to Semifinals on Saturday

New Vaginitis Clinic Opens At Uab Highlands, Adam Pope

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Uab Among Forbes' Best Employers For New Graduates 2021, Brianna Hoge

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A Little More In The World: Why Amish Parents Choose To Send Their Children To Public Schools, Steve Thalheimer

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

In response to 20th-century industrialization, parents of the Amish tradition established parochial schools, segmenting away from an increasingly secular society. In the 1972 Wisconsin v. Yoder case, the Supreme Court codified the right of Amish parents to withdraw children from compulsory attendance after eighth grade, and many did withdraw. Yet, nearly a half century later, some Amish parents still send their children to public schools, but only limited research has explored why. This study identifies the factors that contribute to Amish families choosing to attend public schools. The researcher, doubling as the superintendent of a district in Elkhart County, …

Anderson Named 2021 Dean's Excellence Award Winner In Teaching, Hannah Weems Buckelew

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Cropsey Named 2021 Dean's Excellence Award Winner In Mentoring, Valerie Powell

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Harms Named 2021 Dean's Excellence Award Winner In Research, Valerie Powell

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School Of Medicine Celebrates 182 Graduates At 2021 Commencement, Kendra Carter

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Tanner Named 2021 Dean's Excellence Award Winner In Service, Emma Harchanko

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11 Uab Students Selected As 2021 Schweitzer Fellows, Hannah Echols

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2021-May-25-Etsu Health Announces Additional Vaccine Clinics, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (May 25, 2021) – ETSU Health will host several upcoming Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine clinics. This single-dose vaccine is free and available to anyone age 18 and older. No appointments are required. 

The upcoming clinics are as follows:

• Saturday, May 29, from 10 a.m. to noon in the ballroom at ETSU’s Millennium Centre, 2001 Millennium Place. Patients may park on the third level or above in the parking garage adjacent to the Millennium Center and follow the signs to the ballroom.
• June 2, 3, 4, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the …