Category: Spring 2010

Derek Miller

Langston Hughes: The Moments He Captured

My presentation (poster) will be looking into Langston Hughes’ style of writing as well as uncovering hidden themes throughout his poetry. My poster will consist of Hughes’ works (poetry) as well as highlighted pieces of his poetry that support my theme. A collection of his works will also be on hand.

ENG 499, Senior Capstone

Beth Aydelott

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Ambria Mitchell

Communication Styles and Cultural Identities in Seattle and Nashville

By examining the three communication areas of interpersonal, intercultural, and nonverbal communication, I will analyze and talk about problems that can occur in cross-cultural interactions. I will also draw upon the factors that make up each city’s identity.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203B

9:30 – 10 AM

Heather Rasmussen

Poverty Alleviation through Structure Changes: The Grameen Bank

Poverty affects over two billion people in the world. The Grameen Bank gives microloans to some of the poorest people. The capstone is a critique of the program and provides ideas for providing poverty alleviation.

GLST 499, Senior Capstone

Chuck Sturms

L203B

2:30 – 3 PM

Crystal Rutherford

The American Genocide

It’s a survey of whether students from the U of O, NCU or people from the community have heard of the Armenian Genocide, if they think it should be called that, and if they think that the American government should be getting involved.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Joshua Samples

Shareholder’s Final Debrief

This presentation will include a CapSim business owner final debrief. The debrief will include a mission statement, summary of strategy, marketing strategy, my competitors, a balanced scorecard, and my proposed changes to the company.

BUS 499, Senior Capstone

Steve Andersen

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Rebekah Smith

Saving Today’s Teens from Self-harm

My capstone project is going to be on the importance of helping teenagers that self-harm themselves. I am also going to be backing up my paper by what God says in the Bible about how we should treat our bodies. I am going to be showing the steps and how to understand how young teens start the pattern of “self-harm.” The information is going to show you how and why teens start to injure themselves. These steps will identify in the preventative opportunities to help the teenager who is going through with “self-harm.”

CM 499, Senior Capstone

Dennis Lindsay

L203A

10:30 – 11 AM

Charolene Somatis

Applying Statistics: The Relationship Between Hours Spent Studying and Test Scores

The examination of the results of a survey taken from a class here at NCU. Survey includes questions on hours spent studying for a test and their test scores, plus demographics. The presentation includes statistical information that shows the relationship of hours studying and test scores and their interdependence if any. The results of the survey are compared with the results of similar surveys done elsewhere.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Riley Swanson, Lindsey Young & Blair Wilkinson

Lactic Acid Fermentation

The focus of this experiment is to investigate the rate at which different sugar solutions will digest and turn acidic the quickest when introduced to the bacterium. The four sugar solutions used consist of glucose, sucrose, lactose, and maltose, along with a positive and negative control group. Within each sugar solution is bacteria (yogurt), base, pH indicator, and KOH. After each solution is made they are placed in an incubator for 48 hours to ferment. The final result of this experiment showed that sucrose was the most active sugar compared to glucose, lactose, or maltose. The negative and positive controls changed as they should have.

BIOL 200

Tracy Mullins

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Ryan Thamm

Insomnia

Insomnia is defined as having difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep. Sleep deprivation is a huge problem throughout America because without sleep the body doesn’t function as well as it could. Approximately 60 million adults in the United States have this condition. There are three kinds of insomnia: transient, acute, and chronic. Also, there are different patterns of insomnia. Some causes can be from the diet the person is eating, a hormone shift in their body, mental disorders, or some drugs. There are some treatments available to treat insomnia. It is a growing issue in the United States because of how busy our society is and when people can’t sleep they lose performance the next day.

BIOL 312

Tracy Mullins

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Ryan Thamm & Brittney Yip

Effects of Fluid Supplementation on Plant Growth

The goal was to study the growth of plants using different drinks (vitamin enriched water, black coffee, and a water protein supplement). We had a positive control and negative control group and three other groups. We did different tests, one that lasted one week and another that lasted two weeks. Both of the control groups died, and out of the three other groups we had, two outlasted the control groups. They were coffee and vitamin water.

BIOL 200

Tracy Mullins

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Michael Van Loon

Effective Methods of Teaching Mathematics

Mathematics is widely known as one of the most difficult subjects to learn. Imagine teaching it! I am a math major and have been through many classes in my education career. Through my own experiences and through that of many resources I have developed a presentation/paper and poster to help you understand how effective, successful, and happy math instructors teach, guide, and help their students through the highest levels of achievement.

MATH 499, Senior Capstone

Connie Wilmarth

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Mindi Wagner

Supporting Adult Learners in Higher Education

This capstone project is a literary review of adult learners in higher education. The thesis of this essay is although there have been a variety of recent works on the theory of adult learners and their unique needs in the classroom and required administrative services, much of the thoughts and premises are often too theoretical and therefore often do not address the particular skill sets necessary to meet the current needs of adult learners. The essay and presentation will explore the unique needs of the adult learner while summarizing findings and conclusions.

PSY 499, Senior Capstone

L203B

2 – 2:30 PM

Chris Wilgus

Shareholder’s Final Debrief

This presentation will include a CapSim business owner final debrief. The debrief will include a mission statement, summary of strategy, marketing strategy, my competitors, a balanced scorecard, and my proposed changes to the company.

BUS 499, Senior Capstone

Steve Andersen

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM