Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Genealogy 101 For Inclusive Excellence Ambassadors, Beth Transue, Sarah Myers

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

An introductory presentation on genealogy research to better understand oneself and others.

• Why Do Genealogy?
• Getting Started
• Ancestry Database
• Special Populations in Genealogy
• Beyond Kin Project
• DNA
• Genealogy and the Common Good

The Inclusive Excellence Ambassador (IEA) program is a professional development community open to students, staff, faculty, and administrators in which participants will be equipped to assist the college in advancing its mission of creating a campus environment marked by a sense of connectedness and belonging.

Religious And Spiritual Implications In Functional Anger, Carol Z.A. Mcginnis

Counseling Educator Scholarship

The topic of spirituality has been of interest for many years in the helping professions (Matise et al., 2018; Pargament, 2011). Another level of interest is how spirituality may be connected to anger that is culturally informed (Subarimaniam et al., 2020). This writing approaches the topic of functional anger as impacted by the religious and spiritual beliefs with case vignettes pertinent to students, pastoral counselors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychotherapists, and other helping professionals. The topic of spirituality has been of interest for many years in the mental health profession yet is pertinent to all …

Murray Library May 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Celebrating Mosaic
• Exam Cram
• Student Snapshot: Grace Tee
• Moving to ExLibris Primo

Murray Library April 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Annual library survey comments
• Plans for hosting Bingo
• Displays for Autism Acceptance and Poetry Month
• Student spotlight: Audrey Bassett
• National Library Week

Murray Library March 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Student research grants
• Mosaic hits 50,000 downloads
• Student spotlight: Miggy Matanguihan
• Human Library details

Murray Library February 2021 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Words of hope from the director
• Books on chocolate
• Student snapshot: Alyssa Ringer
• CrafTea-to-go
• Recap of Mosaic, Year 2

Murray In A Hurry Fy21, Sarah Myers, Murray Library

Library Publications

Murray Library at Messiah University created a unique marketing tool called Murray in a Hurry. This newsletter is typically distributed every two weeks and is hung in all bathroom stalls. It provides information on library events, new materials, literary quotes, grammar, and humor. This combined document includes all 13 issues during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Murray Library November 2020 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff.

Contents:

• Giving Thanks
• Gift card bingo
• Covid Chronicles
• Student snapshot: Elizabeth Hutchinson
• Neidhardt collection
• November exhibits
• CrafTea-to-go
• Righting a Wrong poster exhibit

Visualizing Student Learning: Combining Digital And Information Literacy For Data Visualization Projects In A Nutrition And Dietetics Course, Amy Porto, Beth Transue

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

This session will focus on the creation and implementation of a data visualization assignment through collaboration with the liaison librarian and instructional designers. Students gained digital and information literacy skills while creating an evidence-based infographic that could be used in nutrition education settings.

Review: M.B.B. Biskupski, The United States And The Rebirth Of Poland, 1914-1918, Robin Lauermann

Educator Scholarship

By the turn of the 20th century, a significant wave of immigrants from Poland had fled their homeland as it marked over one hundred years under partition rule by the Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian empires. As they resettled in diaspora, including a significant number in the United States, they formed a significant base of political activity to influence other nations’ foreign policies In this scrupulously detailed work, M.B.B. Biskupski characterizes the activities by various civic associations of Polonia and their leaders to raise American consciousness, first for relief and military support of the war-ravaged lands of Poland and then for …

A Lasting Legacy: E. J. Swalm’S Story Of Conscientious Objection During World War I, Beth Mark

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

Ernest John Swalm, despite being a part of a peace church, was drafted into World War I. In this article, Beth Mark, a librarian from Messiah University, discusses how he has become an symbol for historic peace churches, such as Mennonite and Brethren in Christ, for his experiences as a conscientious objector.

Gender, Religiosity, And The Telling Of Christian Conversion Narratives, Jenell Paris, Ines Jindra, Robert Woods, Diane Badzinski

Sociology Educator Scholarship

Conversion is one important element of religion, the ways in which people shift from one religion (or none) to another, or deepen their commitment within a religion. This study explores the way Christian conversion narratives are told by college students. It considers whether factors such as gender, age, religious denomination, time passed since conversion, and measures of religiosity and orthodoxy influence conversion testimonies. Fifty-nine subjects gave in-depth interviews and completed several surveys, and research was gathered and analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Deborah Tannen’s genderlect styles theory and a social constructivist perspective on Christianity’s overarching story line are …

Ellen Wilson Dwellings,” In An Historical And Baseline Assessment Of Hope Vi, Cross-Site Report, Jenell Paris, Brett Williams

Sociology Educator Scholarship

The Ellen Wilson Dwellings are currently vacant and distressed. The development was built in 1941 on the site of the Navy Place Slums, replacing inadequate alley dwellings occupied by the poor. Located in the Capitol Hill Historic Neighborhood, the Ellen Wilson Dwellings over the years have become increasingly isolated from the rest of the neighborhood.