Author: Doyle Srader

Tyler Fox

Asthma

Asthma is a chronic, long-term inflammatory disease of the respiratory system that affects over twenty-five million people in the United States alone.2 Currently, it is unknown why & how Asthma begins in patients, however, the symptoms of Asthma are able to be controlled through maintenance & medication. When allergens come into contact with the body, the immune response triggers the smooth muscles surrounding the bronchiole tubes in the lungs to contract. This contraction tightens the airways in the lungs & complicates breathing. Asthma can be a severe disease if untreated.

BIOL 312

Tracy Vermilyea

P103

10 – 10:30 AM

Edward Fryrear

Genre Criticism of Acceptance Speeches

Acceptance speeches come in many different forms. Actors have thanked God; the people who helped them achieve their goals or  celebrated their excellence. Enough speeches have been heard to create a general format of what makes an acceptable speech. Lupita Nyong’o gave a speech that fell within certain parameters of “acceptance format” while still breaking new ground. Generic criticism will show how her speech stands out among the many & why it is so special. Not only to Hollywood Actors but to anyone who has a dream. Proving that  “no matter where you’re from, you’re dreams are valid”.

COMM 441, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Chandler Gabrio & Danielle Schmidt

Verbal & Non-Verbal Cues

Our poster will compare & contrast classroom management skills that consist of verbal & non-verbal cues. There are several different methods that be used in classroom management. The combination of verbal & non-verbal cues used within a classroom creates a consistent & routine environment. This contributes to a successful learning environment for not only students, but teachers as well.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Garth Gant, Samantha Pitts & Melyssa Weber

Heat vs. Clippers Statistical Breakdown

While looking at two of the top NBA teams, Miami Heat & the LA Clippers, we will compare & contrast their numbers are heading into the post season. Some of the top categories are field goal percentage, free throw percentage, & three-point percentage. When the playoffs start they have a series, which includes seven games, another thing to look at would be if the three percentages that are listed above, differ whether they are playing at home or on the road. Also something to look at would be where they are getting most of their shots whether they are getting the ball inside, or successfully shooting the ball from behind the arc. This is key to compare to the field goal percentage to where the majority of their shots are coming from. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Kelsay Gardiepy

America Is Beautiful: A Fantasy Theme Criticism of Coca-Cola’s 2014 Super Bowl Commercial

Arguably, one of the most controversial commercials ran during the 2014 Super Bowl was Coca Cola’s commercial featuring a             multilingual rendition of “America the Beautiful.” The advertisement highlights a diverse array of American faces playing, eating, & exploring all-American vistas. Using Ernest Bormann’s Fantasy Theme Criticism to analyze the widely talked about commercial, the presenter will address the message Coca-Cola creates in an attempt to unify our diverse nation: America is beautiful. 

COMM 441, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Kelsay Gardiepy

Group vs. Individual Persuasion: Increasing Student Chapel Attendance at Northwest Christian University

This research study was designed to provide a formal evaluation of the effectiveness of group & individual persuasion methods used on undergraduate freshman students at Northwest Christian University. This study offers empirical data for all those interested in the effectiveness of persuading students to attend University-mandated Chapel sessions. Raw data collection was used to identify whether methods of individual persuasion or group persuasion were more effective in increasing student attendance rates. It was predicted that methods of group persuasion would be more effective than methods of individual persuasion to increase Chapel attendance. 

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

A201

1:30 – 2 PM

Mikayla Gattie

Evaluating Student Progress in Middle School 

This poster will include data collected from a Briggs Middle School classroom where I had the privilege to teach for the past semester. The data will also be featured in an extensive work sample that will include work from a low-achieving student, a grade-level achieving student, & a high-achieving student. The poster will show copies of the pre/post test, graphs of student achievement, & samples of the performance task. Come learn what middle school teens are learning!

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Danielle Gehrke, Sharie Krouse & Taylor West

Ninkasi Brewing Company Operations Analysis

Students will demonstrate a thorough analysis of the Ninkasi Brewing Company brewing process. Beginning with raw materials in the malt silos, students will demonstrate knowledge of the brewing process from milling to packaging. The brewing process will then be applied to various operations management techniques including, but not limited to program evaluation & review techniques, critical paths, assembly line design, & statistical quality control in the production process. Ultimately, a suggestion will be provided for optimizing company operations 

processes.

BUS 410

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Danielle Gehrke, Sharie Krouse & Taylor West

Capsim Simulation – Team Andrews Competition Rounds

This presentation will cover the breadth of the Capsim business simulation program for Andrews Inc. or “Team Andrews” in the BUS 499 course. Over the course of 8 “years” a manufacturing firm will be run by members of the team & closely examined in an analysis showing decisions leading to the current standing of the simulated company. Students will cover decisions made in Research & Development, Marketing, Production, Human Resources, & Total Quality Management sectors of the business over the course of 8 rounds & will provide forecasted results for the remaining rounds. 

BUS 499, Senior Capstone

Dave Quirk

P103

1 – 1:30 PM

Susan George & Jazzmyne Villarruel

Body Art in the Workforce

The purpose of our survey is to see how college students both with & without visible tattoos or facial piercings perceive people with visible tattoos or facial piercings. Body art is more mainstream, & we would like to see what this new generation of people entering the workforce makes of this. We will survey a total of 52 people. From NCU: 13 with visible tattoos or facial piercings, 13 without. From UO: 13 with visible tattoos or facial piercings, 13 without.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Stephen Grimes, Savannah Joehnk, Isaac Noles & Ciara Wainwright

Study Abroad in Eugene: A Cross-Cultural Experience

Using a framework of analysis for cross-cultural encounters, we reflect on our study & experience of four Far Eastern Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, & Daoism) as an introduction to an approach to studying abroad. 

RELS 200

Ron Palmer

P103

9 – 10 AM

Jason Haggard

Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader?

An assessment of materials taught this year. Focus on the evaluation of 3 students’ progress in the span of one chapter, eleven lessons, & four learning targets. These 6th grade students learn how to calculate a part of another part, a.k.a. fraction-sense; discover how to multiply fractions, mixed numbers, & decimals; find the area of shapes, including rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, & trapezoids; & break complex shapes into smaller pieces to find area. Let’s see if you can do any better…

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Stephanie Harrison & Linda Paredes

Classroom Management

We will be exploring the similarities & differences between lower & upper elementary incentives systems in the classroom. Motivation will be discussed & define. (Internal/external.) We will describe positive & negative incentives & how each age has a different type of motivation; therefore they need a different incentive system. We will describe the difference & importance of individual & class incentives & how they vary between lower & upper elementary & give examples of different individual & class incentive system. Lastly, we will include the negative effects of no incentive system & why it would create an ineffective classroom.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

William Jones

Statistical Analysis of Skateboarding

United States Census data concerning the demographics of skateboarders will be statistically analyzed in order to draw conclusions about the skateboarding community. This data will be compared to data obtained from surveying local skateboarders. The goal of this analysis is to determine if there is a difference between local & national data concerning skateboarding.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Allie Kelsey & Hayley Leno

Social Media Use by College Students

Social media has become very popular around the world. Social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram are used very often & have become a big part of people’s lives, especially college student’s lives. This project examines the social networking among college students. The data will be collected through a survey & then analyzed using statistical methods in excel. The results will be compared to other results found online regarding the same topic. This survey will be conducted during spring semester & participants for the survey will be traditional undergrad students from Northwest Christian University.

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Sharie Krouse

Let It Go, Cluster Criticism

The use of Cluster Criticism to analyze the song ‘Let it go’ which was written & composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & her husband Robert Lopez. Sung by Idina Menzel for the Disney Motion Picture, Frozen released in November, 2013. This will be done by identifying key terms within the song, & specific elements woven within or near them, to discover more about the character. This will help reveal the character Queen Elsa’s Terministic Screen, how she views reality, & her inner struggle between being free & concealing her gift & self from the world.

COMM 441, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Danae Laufer

Airway Malacia

Airway malacia is a physiological disorder that most commonly effects infants & children. Malacia of the trachea, bronchi, & larynx involves softening of the cartilages that play an important role in structure & function. Typically, airway malacia disappears on its own as the cartilage hardens overtime. During the malacia, however, respiration & sometimes digestion can be negatively affected & special considerations & actions must be taken. Using multiple, credible sources, including websites, journals, articles & a college course textbook, we can take a look at what is involved medically, physiologically, & religiously in with airway malacia. 

BIOL 312

Tracy Vermilyea

P103

10:30 – 11 AM

Nick Lopez & Andrew Stuart

NCAA Collegiate Student Athlete Statistical Research Project: Miles Traveled, Win Percentages, Graduation Rates & the Relationships      Between Them.

This presentation is to present our research finding from the data we have acquired about NCAA Division 1 conference winners, distances they travel, & relationships between the sizes of schools, those distances, winning percentages, & how that all relates to the schools graduation rates.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Shelby Lundquist-Adams & Madison Reed

The College Students’ Car Buying Experience

The majority of the population remembered the degrading feeling of purchasing their first automobile & probably spent hours online looking for a reasonably priced cars that weren’t completely outdated, or test drove a lot of poor quality cars that before finding the one.

Through a brief survey to NCU students who have been through the experience of buying their first car, the results will reveal what brand, color, & year of car are most popular. The ideal results will highlight the aspects that students think are the most important when deciding what car to buy.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Maren Mansfield

Writing in Kindergarten

My Work Sample this year focused on Writing at the Kindergarten level. This subject interested me because students at this age are just beginning the process of writing. It was just that, a process. It was thrilling to see these students start with no skills & knowledge & develop their minds to forming sentences & producing words. Each student wrote a short story with all of the elements. The creativity involved with students five or six years was astounding. This unit was not a pre-planned curriculum.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Jenny Maupin

The Power of Baby Sign Language

The benefits of teaching infants to sign includes improved spatial reasoning & executive function, reduction of stress in the parent-child relationship, a calmer academic environment that creates harmony & a universal language in the classroom, enhancing a child’s innate ability to gesture as a form of communication, promote better relations with daycare providers, improve the quality of life of families in stressful low socioeconomic circumstances, & assisting developmentally, physically, &/or medically delayed children who struggle with language & communication to ameliorate their circumstances. Baby boosts language acquisition & learning & increases a child’s confidence that their needs will be met.

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

Nani Skaggs

P114

10 – 10:30 AM

Dave McNeil

The Use of Minor Versus Major Caliber Pistols During United States Practical shooting Association Competition

In United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) competitions, each competitor has to choose whether to engage a minor or major caliber firearm in the contest. While a minor caliber gun will give the shooter the advantage of superior handling, the USPSA imposes more stringent point penalties for someone using a minor caliber than for someone using major caliber pistol. This paper analyses whether the minor or major caliber user will have the competitive edge by comparing the data collected from four competitors completing multiple standardized USPSA classifiers.

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Jordan Miller

Relational Motivation

Relationships influence our lives; how we use those influences as motivation towards a goal is referred to as relational motivation. Research on relational motivation shows that motivations are increased when there are clear goals & a strong positive relationship. Relationships influence goal attainment by providing a support system. Research has shown that relationships motivate. Autonomy plays a big role in motivation. If autonomy is taken away, so is motivation. Understanding how relationships motivate adolescents could lead to better futures. 

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

Nani Skaggs

P114

10:30 – 11 AM

Allyssa Mittleider

The Engagement of Students & their Success in School

Engagement in school is something that not many students view as important to their success in their classes. Recently, researchers have begun using a three-component model that includes relational, cognitive & behavioral engagement. It is important to look at all three of these components carefully to gain a better understanding of their effect on a student’s success. To test the hypothesis that higher GPA is correlated with higher engagement throughout all three areas of engagement in school, an Analysis of Variance will be used. 

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

Nani Skaggs

P113

1 – 1:30 PM

Amber Osbourn

Cognitive Dissonance in the LGBT Christian

When faced with the tension that arises out of the conflict between the church & society on the issue of homosexuality, the homosexual Christian is faced with a proverbial dead-man’s land not only outwardly, but internally. This internal conflict between one’s sexuality & religious beliefs is operationally explored through the theory of cognitive dissonance which states that when at least two cognitions are seemingly counterintuitive, there is a drive to resolve the dissonance between them. Resolution strategies include leaving the church permanently, finding one that is accepting, or choosing to live with the dissonance. When faced with the tension that arises out of the conflict between the church & society on the issue of homosexuality, the homosexual Christian is faced with a proverbial dead-man’s land not only outwardly, but internally. This internal conflict between one’s sexuality & religious beliefs is operationally explored through the theory of cognitive dissonance which states that when at least two cognitions are seemingly counterintuitive, there is a drive to resolve the dissonance between them. Resolution strategies include leaving the church permanently, finding one that is accepting, or choosing to live with the dissonance.

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

Nani Skaggs

P114

1:30 – 2 PM

Kathryn Peterson

El Cuerpo Humano

This Work Sample was developed for students in the first stage of linguistic acquisition & was taught to a Kindergarten class in a dual-immersion setting. We will discuss my findings on their language acquisition & vocabulary knowledge, as well as the instructional strategies that helped to manage classroom behaviors while this Work Sample was taught.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Danielle Rocco

Kindergarten Reading

This project will evaluate how well students can recognize the letter names & the letter sounds of the alphabet. This evaluation serves as an Pre & Post test for students. Students will have 24 letter names; both lowercase & uppercase & 24 letter sounds; both lowercase & uppercase to identify. Students will also be tested on 8 sight words. This will bring the assessment to a total of 32 points. Three different levels of students will be evaluated based on a specific performance task.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM