Kristyn M. Roser, Dr. John P. Hawkins, Anthropology “Me levanto temprano, punts mi fuego, lavo mixtamal, voy al molino, y regreso para preparar los alimentos para mis hijos y mi esposo.” So begins a typical day for a woman in Ixtahuacan. It is a day focused on caring for family and preparation of food—tasks that […]
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Parents’ Perceptions of Pediatric Diabetes Management Clinics
Kalie Diane Thornock and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, College of Nursing One in every 400-600 young people in the United States are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005), a disease requiring constant vigilance to ensure continued health. Therefore, regular medical appointments to monitor hemoglobin A1C, LDL cholesterol level, blood pressure, […]
Simulation in Nursing Education to Stimulate Critical Thinking
Katrina Duncan and Dr. Patricia Ravert, College of Nursing Recent studies have shown that only 35% of new registered nurse graduates demonstrate appropriate entry expectations for critical thinking and clinical judgment . As the present nursing shortage continues to escalate, adequate preparation of new graduate nurses becomes ever more important. Simulation is used in nursing […]
The Patagonian Cradle of Welsh Culture
Bentley Snow and Dr. Mark Grover, Harold B. Lee Library The vitality of the Welsh culture has suffered significantly due to the pressures of globalization. Marginalized even in their homeland, the Welsh way of life was dying out due to disinterest on the part of the rising generation, something which greatly concerned the shrinking number […]
Elisabeth Franke: A German Missionary’s Perspectives on Women’s Liberation in the Context of Racial and Religious Prejudice
Rebekah McKnight and Dr. Cindy Brewer, Germanic and Slavic Languages Elisabeth Franke was a female German missionary in Turkey in the early 20th century. Her unique experience as a woman, a Christian, and a humanitarian offers a valuable perspective on religious and racial prejudice between Christian missionaries and Muslims at the time. Studying Franke’s text, […]
Anna Oehler: Mission Literature
Lisa Jensen and Dr. Cindy Brewer, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages Thank you for awarding me the ORCA grant. I have used it to travel to Vienna, Austria with Professor Brewer to research the works of Anna Oehler. Anna Oehler was a mission author of children’s literature in the early 1900s. Her work is […]
Pegleg Crutch
Levi Leishman and Darrel Zeltner and Dr. David Fullwood, Mechanical Engineering The progress of a cheap, simple and practical substitute for the common crutch for us has had many design improvements and successes in this year. We were able to meet with medical, educational, and engineering professionals who were all able to input their criticisms […]
LIKE FATHER, LIKE GOD: A STUDY OF MATE SELECTION AMONG YOUNG MORMON COUPLES
April Mitchell, Family Sciences, Kelly Welker, Psychology, Amy Whisenant, Family Sciences, Dr. Thomas B. Holman In the social sciences, qualitative research methods have recently become widely used due to the difficulty of measuring social, phenomena quantitatively. Thus, our analyses were qualitative, following the grounded theory method as articulated by Strauss and Corbin (1990). The steps […]
Christian Magic: Bible-Based Heresy
Seth Kohrman Abstract The Bible (the Old and the New Testaments) condemned magic. The Church Fathers followed the biblical example and also denounced magic. However, magic continued to exist among Christians and was even largely based upon biblical passages for its source of power; thus, magic survived partially on account of Christians and their ironic […]
Wandering Women: Fontane’s, Romantic and Enlightenment Influences on Walking Women Writers
Bess Hayes and Professor Rob McFarland, Germanic and Slavic Languages Before applying for this ORCA grant, I worked with Professor McFarland on a project about Johanna M. Lankau, a German author who wrote a hundred years ago about her walks throughout Dresden and the surrounding countryside. As an aspect of this research, I searched through […]
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