Investigating the Processes and Outcomes of Theistic Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapies

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Dr. Scott Richards, Department of Counseling, Psychology, and Special Education Evaluation of the Academic Objectives The MEG grant I was awarded for the academic years 2015 and 2016 funded two projects: (1) Review of the research literature about the state of the evidence based on spiritually integrated psychotherapies. Completed Academic Objectives: a. completed literature search […]

Learning History: Understanding and Facilitating Improvement in Clinical Microsystems

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Dr. Bret Lyman, Nursing Department Evaluation of Academic Objectives The academic outcomes of the proposal were generally met (and exceeded). The proposal specified that four students would be involved in the mentoring environment, yet we found it possible to include eight students in faculty-mentored research efforts. Although only three students applied for ORCA grant funding […]

Family Health History: What’s the Best Tool?

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Dr. Gaye Raye and Dr. Karen Whitt, Nursing Department Evaluation of Objectives The purpose of this project was to mentor undergraduate nursing students as they worked on a project to identify the most effective tools for collecting family health history and to assess the impact of knowledge of family health history on preventive health behaviors. […]

MEG Final Report: Peer Teaching TeamSTEPPS

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Dr. Michael Thomas, Nursing Department I’m very grateful for the Mentoring Environment Grant (MEG) I received in 2015. This grant has brought about positive changes within the College of Nursing at BYU and has helped multiple students have significant mentoring experiences. Evaluation of Objectives: 1. Have student teaching assistants in the N293 Communication for Nurses […]

N404 What Our Students Learn Through Serving Our Veterans MEG 2015 2016 Final Report

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Ron Ulberg Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by the students and faculty to Walter Reed […]

Investigating the Impact of Recreation-at-Work: A Case Study Approach

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Mat D. Duerden and Mark A. Widmer Evaluation of How Well the Academic Objectives of the Proposal Were Met Targeted Academic Objectives Our proposal described the following targeted objectives for this project: Students involved in the project will gain a rich exposure to case study research skills by learning to conduct field observations, take field […]

The Effects of Media on Ambivalent Sexism, Career Aspiration, and Help-Seeking Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services

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Niwako Yamawaki, Department of Psychology Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met I proposed some academic objectives that students must achieve through the research project, entitled above. First, students were expected to create three 15-minutes video clips. Through this activity, they have learned about ambivalent sexism, identified examples of ambivalent […]

Brazilian Fatherhood MEG

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Kevin Shafer, PhD and Rex Nielson, PhD Project Goals (1) An international cross-disciplinary mentored research experience with a faculty member from the School of Social Work and a faculty member from Spanish & Portuguese. Students involved in the Brazilian Fatherhood project were able to travel to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil for data collection on the project. […]

British National Identity (2015-2017)

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Applicant: Renata Forste and Co-Applicant: Miranda Wilcox The aim of this project was to examine issues of national identity in Great Britain that incorporated both research and study during London study abroad. We funded 17 students from the MEG grant to participate on study abroad during either summer term or fall semester 2016. In research […]