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Community Outreach Program : A Model Of International Inter-Discipline Service-Learning Program, Rolly Intan

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

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Service Learning To Community Engagement, M. S. Joseph Antony Jacob Sj

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

How Can Universities Respond To Needs Of The Society? From Service-Learning To Community Engagement : Lingnan University's Experience, Kwok Hon, Leonard Cheng

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

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Service Learning And Community Engagement Of Fu Jen Catholic University, Shang-Shing P. Chou

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

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The Wayne Maeda Asian American Studies Archive : An Opportunity To Serve The Sacramento State Campus Community & Develop Student Leadership, Gregory Yee Mark, Daniel Luo, Maria Angela Sarte, Ivan Tiet

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Wayne Maeda, as a student was one of the founders of the Asian American Studies Program (AAS) at Sacramento State University. For 42 years, he was the primary professor for AAS. When Wayne passed away in February 2013, he donated his private library and collection to Ethnic Studies. In response to his wishes Dr. Mark (also a pioneer in the founding of AAS) created the Wayne Maeda Asian American Studies Archive to serve university students, faculty, researchers, and the community-at-large.

The panel will explore the creation of the Archive, the Archive as it is today, the role of students, community …

Biyaheng Jeep : A Look Into The Sl-Db Initiatives In The Junior Engagement Program (Jeep), Ma Criselda Dana P. Buñag, Ara Marie Leal R. Rodriquez

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The Junior Engagement Program (JEEP) is one of the four subcomponents of the Integrated Ateneo Formation (InAF) Programs. As a formation program designed for third year undergraduate students of the Ateneo de Manila University, it serves as the praxis component for the Philosophy of the Human Person class. This class is part of the core curriculum of the university, making this program mandatory for all its students. The JEEP program enables students to go beyond themselves by engaging with the "other," or those outside of their social milieu. This is done through their experience of labor in marginalized sectors. The …

Community Partnerships Through Local Knowledge Awareness : Wcc Initiative, Lilian I. Jasper, Florence Chandran

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Campuses in India for a long time were exclusive domains of the academia and the community usually featured only in extension activities. But of late the recognition of the importance of experiential learning and drive towards an interdisciplinary approach has brought the focus on networking with the community. Colleges are also keen to promote this endeavor as this also takes care of the social responsibilities of academic institutions.

One such initiative of Women's Christian College, was the local knowledge project which arose out of the Ecoliterature course of the English department. This program documented information about some of the lesser …

"Patnubay At Gabay…... Alay Ko" = My Guidance & Assistance, I Offer You, Florencia V. Bautista

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Guidance touches every aspect of an individual's personality, his physical, mental, emotional and social aspects. It seeks to help the individual to integrate all his activities using his potentials and environmental opportunities. But individual's personality cannot be developed in a day or in one night. If we want to improve personality specially that of a child, a program of personality de velopment must be crafted and implemented.

Therefore, this project has been conceptualized which is anchored on the mission of the university to engage in a social service to the community.

The project is an extension service of the college …

Mānoa Alcohol Project : Service Learning, Social Norms And Alcohol Abuse Prevention, Kristen Scholly

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

College heavy episodic drinking, or binge drinking is a serious and chronic young adult health problem in the United States. Heavy episodic drinking is also associated with college students falling behind in schoolwork and an overall lower grade point average.

The Mānoa Alcohol Project (MAP) is a service learning program that seeks to reduce high-risk alcohol use at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM). There are two major objectives of the MAP program. The first objective is to present accurate norms and education about alcohol use on campus and the second is to reduce the harmful consequences of alcohol …

Service-Learning As A Means To Help Social Enterprises, Sin Yan, Joan Wong

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

In Hong Kong, the term "social enterprise" is a relatively new term. As a result, those living in Hong Kong often do not understand the term's meaning or what a social enterprise is and how it works. In fact, many people living in Hong Kong tend to confuse "social enterprises" with "charitable organizations" - thinking that the two terms have the same meaning.

In addition to the many misconceptions about the concept of "social enterprise," it is also important to recognize the difficulties that operating social enterprises (SEs) face in Hong Kong. Many SEs are struggling to survive because of …

Implementing Service-Learning In The Digital Imaging Photography Course, Ling Chin Ko, Jui Feng Ho

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

This article outlines the development of an undergraduate project-based Digital Imaging Photography Course, specifically designed to provide students with a community service learning experience. It's focus on integrating service learning into existing Digital Imaging Photography courses and on helping children at local elementary school to learn the skills of photo shooting through the community service. The course goal is on strengthening student's photo shooting skills and understanding the meaning of service-learning through earlier coursework; then helping students to develop their broader work-related to practice skills, interpersonal skill, civic engagement, and personal responsibility through service-learning assignments fit the scope course. This …

Sustainable Development With Geomatics, Joseph Lam, Geoffrey Shea, Ran Zhang, Xiang Rong

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Learning for service is the main objective in service learning, students in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are encouraged to apply their learning outcomes to serve the community for rather long term benefits. This paper will discuss how PolyU students with Geomatics knowledge committed a service learning project with local social enterprises-Hosteling International.

Together with students from both Peking University and Yunnan University with different disciplines, a group of students from PolyU joined a service learning project in Yunnan. These students applied their knowledge in mapping and other professional skills to serve the community at Yuan Jie Township by …

Service-Learning As Pedagogy For The Study Of Art And Community, Suk Mun, Sophia Law

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The study of art in higher education has long focused on art history and practice, masters and masterpieces. Art, in its fund amental sense, is a language written in images that applies to all, not just to the talented and privileged. It has a close relationship with and considerable influence on the development of both individuals and communities. Art and Well Being, a programme elective offered by the Department of Visual Studies at Lingnan University, investigates the intrinsic nature of art as a language for expression and communication. It provides students with a new perspective on seeing art, provoking an …

Service-Learning As A Strategy For Social Formation Of Students And Cct Beneficiaries Through Financial Literacy, Zynen S. Baniel, Noelle R. Flores

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

School year 2013-14 marked the start of a partnership between the Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI) and the John Gokongwei School of Management (JGSOM). Both visualize an enhanced formation program for the students through service-learning.

Service-learning happens when students are in their second year. It is at this time when RA 91631 is offered and JGSOM students start learning financial concepts in their management subjects.

Social formation and academic learning becomes a single entity through financial literacy2. Financial concepts were taught to 1,364 identified conditional cash transfer (CCT) beneficiaries, a government program implemented by the Department of Social …

Deep Ploughing Localized Services; Expanding International Horizons : Collaborative English Teaching Service-Learning Program Between Minghsin University Of Science And Technology And Primary & Junior High Schools, Hsiao Chi Chiu, Shin Fa Tseng, Yu Chun Wu

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

On the basis of our experience in promoting localized service-learning programs over the past 6 years, our school, in collaboration with local primary and junior high schools, planned a Cooperative Service Learning Program with an emphasis on "reflection" and "reciprocity" in service learning. This Program was implemented in coordination with a Service-Learning Program (named Professional Ethics) initiated by the Department of Applied Foreign Languages of our school. In practice, college students are dispatched to primary and junior high schools to teach their students English and lead the primary and junior high school students to establish a campus English catchphrases environment. …

Generation And Assessment Of Muscular Mutations In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Katie N. Reget

DePaul Discoveries

A study of egg laying muscular mutations in C. elegans was conducted over a span of ten weeks. Parent (EGL-19) and wild type (N2) were exposed to mutagenesis and integration mutation techniques to generate genetic and physical different mutants. Overall, four genetic, physical and phenotypically unique worms were generated for the process of mutagenesis. The worms used in the process of integration were found to have shortened life spans, reduced size and decrease numbers of progeny.

Predictors Of Money Spent On Drugs In Substance Users, Simona Ciobotaru

DePaul Discoveries

Financial need is a major stressor for individuals who are reentering the community after substance abuse and/or incarceration. Family members and friends make up a great majority the support networks from which reentering people can receive financial support. However, that financial support could possibly contribute to drug use when the individual is actively using. The goal of this study was to further understand the implications of material and financial support specifically being transmitted from family members. This study looks at psychosocial predictors in relation to money spent on drugs in the last 30 days of 270 individuals entering substance abuse …

The Effect Of Hydrogen Peroxide On Leishmania Amazonensis Promastigotes, Debra Eluobaju

DePaul Discoveries

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by the parasite Leishmania. The disease causes lesions to the skin and face; when visceral it becomes fatal to its host. Leishmanias are transmitted through the female blood-sucking sand fly into its mammalian host, where it infects macrophages. Within the macrophages, Leishmania differentiates from a motile, rod shaped, nonvirulent promastigotes to a non-motile, spherical shaped, virulent amastigotes. Differentiation is due to the high temperature of the mammalian host body, in addition to the low pH of the macrophage. In vitro, the cells are differentiated in Graces medium (pH 5.3) at 33◦C. I investigated whether …

Knowledge Of Clinical Measures And Healthcare Adherence In Young Gay And Bisexual Men Living With Hiv/Aids, Harry A. Persaud, Douglas Bruce

DePaul Discoveries

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS test results and adherence to healthcare interventions are two important outcomes that reflect proper HIV/AIDS management. This study aimed to determine which demographic and HIV acceptance measures were significantly associated with health literacy and adherence indicators in young MSM. 200 HIV/AIDS positive young MSM completed computer based surveys regarding demographics, HIV/AIDS health literacy indicators, and HIV/AIDS acceptance measures. It was found that young African American MSM, in comparison to young white MSM, had lower odds of knowing both viral load and CD4 measures; health literacy indicators. Further, participants who had a high school diploma were found to …

Ecosystem Services Of Prairie Wolf Slough: Quantifying Carbon Storage, Megan L. Hoff

DePaul Discoveries

This project is a case study of the benefits of a natural area in Highland Park, Illinois, Prairie Wolf Slough (PWS). A series of experiments were set up to quantify the carbon storage potential of PWS. The results presented here provide an estimate of the aboveground biomass in the forest of PWS with a preliminary estimate of the stored carbon’s value. This is done using the social cost of carbon. It was found that species carbon storage differed based on the number of individuals for each species and their physical size. In addition, using the 2015 discount rate of 3%, …

Measuring Rates Of Atmospheric Phosphorus Deposition Into A Fresh Water Wetland, Cassandra Shah

DePaul Discoveries

No abstract provided.

Homelessness As A Determinant Of Health Disparities Between Young Gay And Bisexual Males In Chicago, Jaclyn M. Shea, Douglas Bruce

DePaul Discoveries

There is limited research documenting health disparities between gay and bisexual males. This study aimed to examine the health behaviors and outcomes of young gay and bisexual males in Chicago, including substance use, mental health, and homelessness. Data was from a cross-sectional survey of 180 bisexual and gay males age 16-24. Bivariate results indicate that bisexual males experience higher rates of homelessness, daily marijuana use, depressive symptoms, lifetime gonorrhea and chlamydia. Logistic regression results reveal homelessness was significantly associated with marijuana use, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and depressive symptoms. Research on disparities within sexual minorities and homelessness are needed to better understand …

A High-Altitude Balloon Platform For Determining Regional Uptake Of Carbon Dioxide Over Agricultural Landscapes, Angela M. Bouche

DePaul Discoveries

Interactions between the biosphere and atmosphere are an important part of the global carbon cycle, and quantifying the carbon dioxide exchanges between them is helpful in predicting the uptake of carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources by the biosphere in the future. In the Midwestern United States, agricultural systems cover a large part of the landscape, so understanding their role in influencing the global carbon budget is crucial as anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide grow larger. Carbon dioxide exchanges can be measured by eddy covariance at the ecosystem level (bottom-up approach) or regionally by inversion techniques (top-down approach). Here we describe …

Diol-Mediated Versus Water-Mediated Proton Transfer Reactions, Angela Moses

DePaul Discoveries

The triple-proton-transfer reactions of 8H-1,8-naphthyridin-2-one (8H-naph) have been investigated by employing different ab initio quantum mechanical methods. The proton transfer reactions studied were facilitated through an adjacent 1,3-propanediol molecule or two adjacent water molecules. Identical proton transfer reactions were studied using a model system of 8H-naph to investigate the validity of computational approaches that use model systems to study more complex systems. The solvent effects on the structures were investigated for comparison to the initial gas phase calculations. The potential energy, reaction force, and work profiles were studied along the intrinsic reaction coordinate to monitor the developing proton transfer reactions.

Educating In The Digital Age : Why Service-Learning Is More Important Now Than Ever, Joseph A. Erickson

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

During the past several years, we have heard several long-time advocates of service-learning integration into teacher education express concerns about how service-learning fits into the mix of pedagogies in the 21st Century school. In this age of hyper-accountability, is service-learning too hard to document and too complicated to implement? Has service-learning’s time passed? Does service-learning fit in the 21st Century school? Why service-learning now?

Today we are faced with unprecedented new challenges in educating our youth: the Internet and other forms of mass media can be a huge impediment to helping out youth become full and able participants in our …

The Transformation Of Tibetan Identity, Mang Jia

Senior Theses

After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1951, Tibetan identity began to secularize, shifting from a more traditional religious to a more explicitly political identity. The few studies that focus on the secularization of Tibetan identity, even if only secondarily, claim that it is either a compulsory product imposed by the reinforcement of modernization by the Chinese authority or a voluntary product through younger generations of Tibetans’ internalization, primarily through schooling, of the Chinese colonization ideology. Either way, those scholars of Tibetan studies treat the secularization of Tibetan identity as a form of cultural assimilation or deterioration of Tibetan identity. …

“What I Love About Technology”: Older Adults And Mobile Communication Technologies, Cheryl C. Bracken, Hocheol Yang, Gary Pettey

Communication Faculty Publications

In a series of in-depth interviews, ten older adults described their use and experience with mobile technologies (e.g., E-readers and tablets). The results reveal that while older adults may not be leaders in new technology adoption, they do utilize mobile technology when they find it useful. The participants expressed both satisfaction and some frustration with their mobile devices. Participants suggested that the devices allowed them to partake in behaviors they might not be able to otherwise enjoy for a variety of physical and social reasons.

The Role Of Gender In Sex Trafficking, Katelyn Henson

Senior Theses

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons (TIP), is a crime where people profit from the exploitation of others through some form of labor (Polaris, 2015). In the U.S., the three most common forms of TIP are sex trafficking, domestic trafficking and agricultural trafficking (Human Rights Center, 2007). This study specifically focuses on the system of domestic sex trafficking and uses gender theory to explain its perpetuation. In order to explore how individuals’ gendered identities affect sex trafficking, and to explore how these identities affect the perpetuation of this crime, four survivors of sex trafficking and one law enforcement official were …

News Attention To Voter Fraud In The 2008 And 2012 Us Elections, David Kimball, Brian Fogarty, Jessica Curtis, Patricia Gouzien, Eric Vorst

Political Science Faculty Works

The nature and frequency of voter fraud figure prominently in many ongoing policy debates about election laws in the United States. Policy makers frequently cite allegations of voter fraud reported in the press during these debates. While recent studies find that voter fraud is a rare event, a substantial segment of the public believes that voter fraud is a rampant problem in the United States. It stands to reason that public beliefs are shaped by news coverage of voter fraud. However, there is very little extant academic research on how the news media, at any level, covers allegations or documented …

Understanding Copyright & Transformative Fair Use, Andrée Rathemacher, Angel Ferria, Julia Lovett

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides and workshop examples from a session, "Understanding Copyright & Transformative Fair Use," given at the Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference, "RILA 2015," on May 28, 2015 in Newport, Rhode Island.

"This interactive workshop will outline the basics of copyright and fair use, emphasizing the notion of transformative fair use as highlighted in recent court decisions. The majority of the session will be devoted to real-life scenarios, and audience members will be able to analyze texts, images, video, and sound recordings to determine whether the proposed use is fair. You’ll also learn about handy alternatives for situations when fair …