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Minimizing Errors In Information Technology, Cameron N. Secaur Oct 2021

Minimizing Errors In Information Technology, Cameron N. Secaur

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Our team had not been given structure as to how issues were to be addressed and resolved. The leadership was under the impression that verbally communicating what they wanted for their standards would be sufficient. However, this allowed for more mistakes than was acceptable. Faced with many different issues from user provision, to user termination to basic issues with many different programs; I had to find a solution that would help alleviate the excess of mistakes. The creation of documentation that would provide a stable infrastructure and policy to follow for technicians appeared to be a great way to resolve …


Helping Student Athletes Succeed After Sports Through Workshops, Marcus L. Shaver Jr. Oct 2021

Helping Student Athletes Succeed After Sports Through Workshops, Marcus L. Shaver Jr.

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Being a student athlete myself, I found this project would not only benefit me but would benefit my current teammates. What I have noticed is missing in the world of a student athlete is financial literacy programs and what to do after sports whether you make it professionally or not. Using my Capstone Project, I will be using an Innovative approach, emotional intelligence, and creative thinking broken down through workshops to help my fellow student athletes. I am going to meet with many professional contacts in the fields of finance and career-planning. This will go along with researching peer-reviewed sources …


Improving The Employee Learning Experience, Kristin I. Schilz Oct 2021

Improving The Employee Learning Experience, Kristin I. Schilz

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

This presentation represents my capstone project of improving the employee learning experience within our LMS.


Code Gray Response Team, Charlie A. Brizzee Oct 2021

Code Gray Response Team, Charlie A. Brizzee

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

This video presentation addresses the declining feeling of safety by frontline clinical staff due to the recent escalation of combative patients and workplace violence in the healthcare setting, identified through Emotional intelligence and the approach created to address it. This project was crafted as an innovative and creative approach to addressing the issue in the clinical setting without adding additional staff or additional expense to the organization. Additionally, the approach had to be innovative and creative as the author does not own the current process, and knowing to receive stakeholder acceptance, the ownership had to remain with the current stakeholder. …


Making Connections: Marketing Ideas For Interpreters, Steve Mcdermott Oct 2021

Making Connections: Marketing Ideas For Interpreters, Steve Mcdermott

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

There is a need for skilled interpreters to meet the needs of the increasingly diverse communities. Many get into the field of interpretation and translation in order to assist those with language barriers, as well as earn a living for themselves. The interpreters get into the field not realizing that to succeed they also need an entrepreneurial spirit. These entrepreneurial linguists are classified as independent contractors, as such they are responsible for the business aspects of their livelihood. This includes marketing themselves in order to grow their client base. Marketing can be a daunting task in itself. In speaking with …


Idaho’S Food & Beverage Service: Creating Meaning In An Unstable Industry Following The Covid-19 Pandemic, Leah J. True Oct 2021

Idaho’S Food & Beverage Service: Creating Meaning In An Unstable Industry Following The Covid-19 Pandemic, Leah J. True

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

The contents of this cumulative educational project will highlight some of the major ongoing systemic problems within the service industry in right-to-work states like Idaho using my own company (a locally owned small business) as a case study. It will also highlight some major concerns of workers within my company specifically regarding employee benefits, compensation, health risks, and wellbeing of workers, and some of the steps my company is currently taking or has taken recently to address those concerns. Additionally, it will explain the methodology, process, and results of an event that I organized in partnership with my company’s management …


Intervention Programs Targeting High-School Retention Rates, Genevive C. Poynter Oct 2021

Intervention Programs Targeting High-School Retention Rates, Genevive C. Poynter

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Intervention programs greatly impact the retention rate of high school students. Characteristics of students who drop out of high school can be assessed and provide necessary information to assist in implementing intervention programs that target those same characteristics, improving retention rates of at-risk students. “A large body of research indicates that students from particular backgrounds or who possess particular characteristics are more likely to drop out than others.” (Stanley & Plucker, 2008, 1) Students must feel like they belong, having solid relationships within their community, school, teachers, and peers. Students must feel that their education is relevant in one or …


Leading From The Back Of The Pack, Cali A. Rasmussen Oct 2021

Leading From The Back Of The Pack, Cali A. Rasmussen

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Can a project be considered a success even if you do not necessarily meet the goals you had originally established for the project? The beginning of any project is filled with optimism and excitement for the possibilities of the future and the potential outcome. Through the course of the past 13 weeks I saw success, but not necessarily in the quantifiable areas in which I had thought I would be successful. However, the impact of this project will be felt hopefully for years to come and for myself, the lessons learned will certainly stay with me as I prepare for …


Breaking Down Language Barriers: English Language Development Of First Year Refugee Students In Idaho, Ashley N. Badostain Oct 2021

Breaking Down Language Barriers: English Language Development Of First Year Refugee Students In Idaho, Ashley N. Badostain

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

This project focuses on one approach to offering assistance toward refugee and immigrant families during the process of resettlement in their new environment and building their future. Refugees and immigrants face many challenges during their resettlement process including prejudice from their receiving community, cultural barriers, and language barriers. This incoming community deserves the support of the receiving community from one human to another. This approach focuses on providing assistance in the English language development of refugee high school students to reduce the amount of stress and pressure that comes with navigating language barriers in everyday activities.