Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

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

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

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

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

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Project F.O.C.U.S., Austin Fabian

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

The social issues that Project F.O.C.U.S. is aiming to fulfill which is inclusion both in the classroom as well as in the workforce.

Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Jacqueline Froid

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Dash, Blair Goldstein

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Griffith Elementary School, Cristal Gutierrez

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Marjorie Barrick Museum, Ngan Ha

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Three Square Food Bank, Jordan Hazeur

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Project 150, Clay Ivie

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Volunteering With Project F.O.C.U.S., Brooke Knoles

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Service Learning, Zhengjian Li

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Project 150, Blakeleigh Loughery

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Discovery Children’S Museum, Alex Loyd

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Service Learning Plan: Safe Nest, Luisa Pacheco

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Three Square Southern Nevada Food Bank, Jherico Rivera

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Project 150: High School Is Tough Enough, Mathew David Salcedo

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Sunrise Acres Elementary School, Austin Small

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

No abstract provided.

Project 150, Hunter Speier

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Three Square, Harrison Su

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Project F.O.C.U.S, Tatiana Tonga

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Project F.O.C.U.S., Valery Urdaneta

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Volunteering At Dean Peterson, Justice Williams

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Gender Justice Nevada, Ashley Willson

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Project 150, Madisen Yoder

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

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Volunteer Motivations, Satisfaction, And Future Intent: A Comparative Analysis Between Student-Athletes And Service-Learning Students, Tiesha R. Martin, Mark Slavich, Jennifer L. Gellock

Journal of Athlete Development and Experience

Developing socially responsible and civically engaged citizens has been a priority of higher education in the United States since its conception. As an extension of higher education, intercollegiate athletics has been tasked with the same objective. One method to accomplish this objective is student-athletes’ engagement in community service. With the growing amount of attention placed on community service, it is becoming increasingly important to understand student-athletes’ volunteer experiences, in order to help administrators better coordinate impactful service opportunities for student-athletes. Using functionalist theory as a framework, the purpose of this study was to assess student-athletes’ motivations to volunteer, satisfaction with …

Are Athletes Addicted To Their Identity? The Development And Validation Of The Athletic Identity Addiction (Aia) Scale, Matt R. Huml, Calvin Nite

Journal of Athlete Development and Experience

The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the extent to which athletic identity is related to the tenets of addiction. Specifically, it was investigated whether athletes experience a behavioral addiction regarding their participation and involvement in sport. A total of 576 athletes (118 student-athletes, 458 former student-athletes) were included within a two-phase study. The first phase focused on crafting and testing the instrument, while the second phase refining the instrument for validity and reliability. Results indicated a four-factor solution comprising the Athletic Identity Addiction (AIA) scale: (1) mood alteration, (2) withdrawal, (3) …

Theatre As An Intervention For Empathy Development Among Undergraduate Students, Jonathan Stewart

Dissertations, 2014-2019

Empathy is the ability feel into, or put oneself in the place of another. It is the ability to walk in someone else’s shoes. Studies have shown that this ability is decreasing among today’s college students and on the rise as a desired trait for today’s leaders. This dilemma provides an interesting opportunity to explore how institutions of higher education can help develop the leaders of tomorrow by increasing empathy among students. Specifically, this research explores theatre as an intervention for empathy development among college students.

Theatre, as a program of study, is unique within the college experience in that …