Celebration of Scholarship
Oral Presentations

Oral Presentations, Friday, April 10, 2009

Session 6
9:00am - 10:00am

6a. Snapshot of Nursing as a Business
Room: Kricker 153
Moderator:  Mattie Burton & Cheryl Clevenger

“Nurse Leaders: Stepping Up to the Challenge in the Business World”
Leslie Deerfield, Tim Lacey, Marsha Artis, Melanie Bihl, Kathy Lute, Brenda Stephens, Sherry Foster, Julie Tudor, Brandy Gampp, Leonda Faulkner, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Dr. Mattie Burton and Cheryl Clevenger

A secret snapshot of nursing as a business: from collecting fish in a bucket to capturing the magic of Walt Disney, leaders from the business world convey their secrets about how to become a leader through teaching, learning, motivation, marketing, and empowerment. The same steps can be taken when building a health care team or organization as in building a Fortune 500 company. Leaders in business management are identifying problems or barriers from the orientation process through retention of employees. The overall idea of nursing as a business has been a profound concept for some time. As health care has opened its eyes to new visions in the business industry, many facilities are making great strides in reaching Fortune 500 status

6b. Earth Matters: Global Warming, Black Holes & Infrared Radiation
Room: Massie 026       
Moderator:  Timothy Hamilton

The Perfect Storm: How Global Warming Can Lead to Hypercanes
Steven James Biars, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Timothy Hamilton

The lecture will explore how global warming influences hurricane size and strength and how a small increase in ocean temperature could lead to a superstorm.

“Analyzing Active Galaxies to Observe Black Hole Evolutions”
Ryan Dunn, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Timothy Hamilton

Looking at corrections between spectrographic and photometric properties of nearly active galaxies with the sloan digital sky survey to see how the environment affect the evolution of black holes in the galaxy’s nucleus.

“Composing Images Using the Infrared Radiation Spectrum of (7-10um)  wavelength.
Jason Tackett, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Timothy Hamilton

Humans view the world using a small and very limited band of the Electromagnetic radiation spectrum. This project explores the same world but the images represent the infrared radiation wavelength of the spectrum, which is much larger. By using this section of the spectrum images can be obtained on a thermal liquid crystal sheet by focusing infrared radiation through a series of freznel lenses.

6c. Native American Literature & Culture
Room: Massie 438
Moderator: Ann Linden

“Louise Erdrich’s The Game of Silence: Empowering Children Through Native American Traditions and Beliefs”
Jed Bailey, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Darren Harris-Fain

This oral presentation will include an in-depth analysis of couise Erdrich’s novel The Game of Silence, which is primarily geared towards children and young adults. The presentation will focus on Native American protagonist, and her gradual maturation from fearful child to powerful young woman a process made possible by his immersion into Native American traditions and beliefs. The presentation will also include insight into author Couise Edrich’s motivation for writing this novel.

“Succumbing to the Changing World”
Deborah Bankhead, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Darren Harris-Fain

My presentation discusses how D’Arcy Mcnickle, a Native American author, uses some of his characters in his novel Runner in the Sun to convey to Native American readers not only the negative effects of cultural adaptation but also to point out that cultural adaptation is sometimes necessary for cultural survival.

“A Reflection of Aztec Culture Through Prose”
Kimberly Rae Crawford, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Ronald Enders

In this presentation I will reflect on Aztec culture and history through an analysis of the Aztec’s unique style of prose.

6d. Action Research in Education
9:00am - 11:00am
Room: Kricker 154
Moderator: Gay Lynn Shipley

“Action Research: Reading Comprehension”
Jill Hamblin, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Gay Lynn Shipley

The purpose of this project is to see if teaching reading comprehension strategies will help improve select students’ reading comprehension.

“Action Research- Using Manipulatives in Mathematics”
Stacy Kinhalt, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Gay Lynn Shipley

The purpose of my study is to see if using manipulatives in mathematics will increase student test scores on the Ohio Achievement Test.

“Action Research: Differentiated Instruction Based on Assessment Probes”
Alison Meyer, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Gay Lynn Shipley

The purpose of this project is to see if differentiated instruction based on assessment probes will improve student achievement in a middle school classroom.

“Action Research: Spelling Strategies”
Jessica Rothenstine, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Gay Lynn Shipley

The purpose of this project was to find which spelling strategies have the greatest impact on student spelling achievement.

“Action Research Social Studies Teaching Strategies”
Lauren Stout, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Dr. Gay Lynn Shipley

The purpose of this project is to determine whether or not using different instructional strategies will increase test scores in a middle school social studies classroom.

Session 7
10:00am - 11:00am

7 a. “Annette’s Fantasy”
Room: Howland Recital Hall, VRCFA
Moderator: Michael Powell

Ammie Phipps, Andrea N. Gerlach,  Katherine Kongos,  Jacob Packer, Jeffery K. Collins, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Neil Carpathios, John Houston

First scene of a musical. Annette wakes up in the middle of a costume ball and  through a mixture of dance and music, costumes and make up she finds herself married to the man of her dreams.

7b. Steven A. Hunter Appalachian Legacy Project
Room: Kricker 153
Moderator: Mattie Burton & Becky Thiel

“Appalachian Cultural Immersion of Nursing Students at Frontier Nursing Service”
Raynella Bailey, Hayley Castle, Stephanie Feller, Emily Hauck, Ashley Hayward, Stephanie Tyler,Tina Veach, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Becky Thiel, Mattie Burton

Mary Breckinridge was a pioneer in nursing who built Frontier Nursing Service deep in the rugged Appalachian mountains in Leslie County, KY, 1925-1965. Using Giger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Model, this study compared the culture in Breckinridge’s day as depicted in her autobiography, Wide Neighborhoods, to the prevailing culture today. The presentation focuses on one aspect of the culture, environmental control, to describe the people of central Appalachia. Activities sponsored in part by the Steven A. Hunter Appalachian Legacy Project.

7c. Animal Issues: Pit Bulls, Factory Farms & Animal Rights
Room: Massie 210
Moderator: Paul Madden

“The Pit Bull Peril: Is Their Behavior Inherited or Learned?”
Lisa M. Anderson, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Scott Oliver

Pit Bulls are dogs that have been raised for fighting and have been labeled as dangerous and aggressive.  The behavior of Pit Bulls was compared to Boxers and American Bull Dogs to determine whether aggression is a learned behavior.

“Down on the Factory Farm”
Sonya Godfrey, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Bob Luchi

Federal Laws and regulations should be enacted to control factory farms in order to put an end to the inhumane treatment of animals, correct the environmental problems that they cause, and produce healthier food.

“Animals Have Feelings Too!”
Jill Hamblin, Shawnee State University
Mentor: Frank Byrne

Presentation on my senior seminar paper about the horrors of animal cruelty.