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Jon Kleespies

Seeing is Believing: Understanding Beyond Speech

Communication between parents and children is crucial for a child’s emotional and social development. Sometimes, what is said does not match what is expressed, creating mixed messages between children and parents. Children are highly attuned to nonverbal cues and often rely on them to understand intentions, feelings, and guidance more accurately than words alone. Paying attention to these cues helps parents respond more effectively and supports stronger, more trusting relationships with their children.

COMM 430, Nonverbal Communication

Doyle Srader

Goodrich 204

10 AM – Noon

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Jon Kleespies

Laughing Matters

Family dynamics are incredibly complex, and navigating different parenting styles within households poses challenges. How families communicate and use humor in Christian homes can significantly shape adolescents’ development and experiences. This study explores how family communication patterns, measured through conversation and conformity orientations, relate to humor use in the home and the potential impact on adolescent outcomes. Investigating humor within these communication patterns may provide insight into how families reach communication goals, manage conflict, build stronger relationships, and support healthier psychosocial development. This research includes Christian couples who are co-parents of at least one child. Both parents completed the Humor Orientation and Family Communication Patterns scales separately through a Microsoft Forms survey, ensuring responses are collected from each partner within the same family.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

Goodrich 103

2:30 – 3 PM

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Grayson Bolanos, Jon Kleespies & Sara Martin

From Grades to Growth

The first section highlights how Learning at Bushnell (L@B) builds fellowship by encouraging students to grow together through shared learning experiences. It explores how meaningful relationships, group discussions, and mentorship create a stronger sense of community where students can support one another and learn in a more connected and lasting way. The next section will explore the value of education and lifelong learning within a Christian context, emphasizing the pursuit of wisdom as a reflection of God’s truth. It will examine how faith and knowledge complement each other, highlighting Biblical principles that encourage intellectual growth, critical thinking, and the development of character. The last section will present the potential success of having learning at Bushnell having a chapel credit in the near future. This will discuss the benefits for not only the athletes who have limited opportunities during their seasons but also discuss how it would bring more incentive to participate more consistently. 

COMM 450, Persuasion

Doyle Srader

L204

1:30 – 2 PM

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