Tag: Poster Spring 14

Megan Baum

Kindergarten Management vs. Middle School Management

I will be presenting a research based poster and contrasting Middle School Classroom Management and Kindergarten Classroom Management.  I will have examples of recommended systems that have worked, and are currently working for classrooms.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Stephanie Casey, Sharie Krouse & Veronica Schneider

Taxation of College Students

This presentation focuses on the tax credits, deductions, & other various items that apply specifically to college students when filling out their tax forms. The presentation includes explanations of the tax form 1098-T & how scholarships may affect a college students taxes, 

especially if the scholarship covers more than the tuition at your current school. We will also discuss the GI bill & dependency status for those who may still be claimed as dependent on their parent/guardian’s return. 

ACTG 499, Senior Capstone

Frank Paliotta

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Chasity Castaneda-Estrada

Oregon Runaways

I want to find the correlation between teens & children in the state of Oregon for running away. The way I will find this out is by taking previous surveys & government information about the home life of abused or neglected children.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Bethany Craig & Nicole Tessin-Mason

Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza

Papa Murphy`s is a one of a kind chain restaurant that offers made to order take ‘n’ bake pizzas. They have been around for about 30 years & have become the fifth largest pizza company in the United States. They have a unique operating process different from any other restaurant. They order inventory from local vendors only about a week or so in advance based on the prior week demand & the seasonal demand. They use Just in Time (JIT) production which helps cut back on waste, meet demand & avoid high inventory.

BUS 410

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Tyler Falk & Shelby Lundquist-Adams

Selling On eBay

Have you ever been short on spending money & would like to make a few bucks? Try selling some of your old items on eBay! Since 1995 eBay has provided services for the general population & has created a international marketplace for consumers. 

BUS 410

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 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

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

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

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

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

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

Danielle Schneider

Arteriovenous Malformation

Arteriovenous malformation, or AVM, is a physiological disorder affecting the connection between the arteries and veins. Instead of arteries connecting first to capillaries and then to veins, the arteries connect directly to the veins. This creates a weaker connection and is capable of hemorrhaging which can put a person’s life in danger. Detection of an AVM requires an MRI scan and treatments vary, but can include radiation and surgery. A Christian response to this disorder would be to treat the affected person with kindness, and providing amenities that would make it easier to be in public environments.

BIOL 312

Tracy Vermilyea

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Stephanie Turner

Dance, Faith, & Grade Point Average

Dancers are pushed to experience multiple disciplines.  At Hosanna Dance Studio a great deal of the higher dancers (age 12-18) are taking every possible class in their level.  Curious about how this affects their academic performance, this study began as an attempt to show the positive correlation between the number of dance classes an individual takes and their GPA.  Because Hosanna is a Christian dance studio there is a level of church participation that needed to be included in the study.  A survey was conducted to assess the overall time spent with schoolwork, dance, and church related activities.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Ivy Simpson

Classroom Management: Success by Organization

This research project focuses on the importance of organization by a classroom teacher, & how it affects his or her students’ learning outcomes. Room organization, structure & layout, & teacher preparedness in lessons & management are keys to success for a teacher running an efficient learning environment. These aspects of classroom management can make a teacher’s daily routine easier, more effective, & create more time for learning. Based upon research, potential management strategies will be shared, with organization in consideration. Research done by educators including Fred Jones, Jack Snowman, Debbie Diller, Randy Sprick, David Sadker, & Harry Wong.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM