Grand Valley State University Research Articles

The 22nd Convention of the Media Ecology Association

The 22nd Convention of the Media Ecology Association

Practical Applications of Financial Literacy, the “High-Fee Puzzle,” and Knowledge about the Importance of Fees

In <b><i>Financial Literacy, the “High-Fee Puzzle,” and Knowledge about the Importance of Fees</i></b>, from the Winter 2021 issue of <b>The Journal of Retirement</b>, authors <b>Leslie Muller</b> (<b>Grand Valley State University</b>) and <b>John A. Turner</b> (<b>Pension Policy Center</b>) explore the nature of the “high-fee puzzle,” whereby consumers pay higher fees for financial services when lower-fee alternatives are available. The authors show that even populations with higher-than-average financial literacy—like the group of predominantly business students surveyed here—answer fee questions correctly only one-third of the time. This relatively low rate indicates a need for better education in all populations, and given the respondents’ high average scores on common financial literacy questions, indicates a potential gap in the knowledge assessed by these questions. Furthermore, the inclusion of such questions on financial literacy assessments is promising as a means of highlighting the importance of fees to respondents, cuing them to evaluate the impact of fees in making financial decisions.

Coil tweaks give flying snakes a lift

Weaving through the sky, flying snakes more closely resemble their slithering terrestrial cousins than a penetrating javelin, swaying from side to side as they scribe the letter S in the air. To generate lift, the airborne reptiles splay their ribs, transforming their cylindrical body into a triangular cross-section ‘to use their entire body as a wing’, says Farid Jafari from Grand Valley State University, USA. However, he and colleagues Jake Socha and Roderick LaFoy from Virginia Tech, USA, and Pavlos Vlachos from Purdue University, USA, also wondered whether the sinuous shape mapped by the snakes’ bodies may help them to generate additional lift. The trailing wings of dragonflies often benefit from a boost when stacked in the preceding wing's wake; might the rear section of an airborne snake's body tucked behind the head when in an S-shape also increase lift in particular configurations? As the snaking animals’ posture can by simplified into a pair of parallel aerofoils, one placed behind the other, Jafari decided to tweak the distance between the aerofoils and their stagger, while also adjusting their tilt, to find out which postures could help snakes to boost their lift.After testing 192 different aerofoil configurations – some of which the snakes adopt with ease while others are physically impossible – in a water tank, Jafari, LaFoy and Daniel Holden (Virginia Tech, USA) found that the snakes seemed to generate the most additional lift when the pair of aerofoils were tucked close together, although Jafari is unsure how often these beneficial close coils are adopted in practice. However, the snakes lost the benefit as the rear aerofoil fell too low beneath the one in front. In addition, when he altered the tilt of both aerofoils, the pair generated the most lift when rotated by 20 deg and 30 deg, respectively.Visualising the water flowing over the two aerofoils when they were slightly staggered – one below the other –the team often saw the rear aerofoil being sucked upward by the wake of the preceding aerofoil, especially when the coils were staggered a little, 6 body widths apart, with the forward coil tilted a little (30 deg). ‘These cases were important because they were similar to the most probable posture of flying snakes’, says Jafari. However, when the team compared the amount of lift generated by the lab aerofoils with that produced by genuine snakes, the pairs of aerofoils never performed quite as well, even when they most closely mimicked the postures of the airborne reptiles.‘Generalising our findings to flying snakes suggests that they can achieve relatively large changes in the overall lift-to-drag ratio with slight adjustments of their posture’, says Jafari. The snakes may be able to dramatically adjust their flight by subtly altering the relative positions of their coils to generate a little extra lift.

Editorial Introduction

Editorial Introduction Edward Timke 2020 was the year that took forever to pass. It was also the year that went by in a blur. It was certainly a year that won't be forgotten, especially in 2021 as we try to reopen schools, businesses, and gathering places while recognizing the need to make important cultural, economic, and political changes. This editorial introduction is being written on the eve of the anniversary of George Floyd's murder near the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the end of the harrowing first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Floyd's killing added fuel to a fire that was never put out on the call for social justice and racial equity in the United States and around the world. That tragic watershed event from one year ago is still fresh in the country's collective memory, especially as nearly 200 Black people have been killed by police in the US since George Floyd's death.1 On top of these tragedies has been the rise in hate crimes against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans since the arrival of the pandemic to the United States. Anti-Asian bias has always been present in American society, but the murder of six Asian women at spas in the Atlanta area on March 16 brought the issue of anti-Asian hate crimes to the mainstream if people had not already caught the news earlier.2 Hopefully, the recently signed Congressional bill addressing anti-Asian hate crimes will lead to action and change.3 So where do advertisers and marketers fit into our current moment's tsunami of cultural, social, and political reckonings? What has the advertising and marketing industry done to try to make diversity, equity, and inclusion a top priority? Two important articles in this issue of Advertising & Society Quarterly reveal some answers to these questions. In Sunny Tsai's (University of Miami) interview of Jeff Lin, Selena Guo, and Max Davidson, three executives from the multicultural agency Admerasia, one learns about the industry's efforts to tackle anti-Asian hate head-on while building community through innovative uses of data and social media. Additionally, in Part II of the Roundtable on Disability and Advertising, participants call for an expanded definition of diversity to include people with disabilities.4 When companies take all people's abilities into account in designing and evaluating ads and products, everyone is better off. Moreover, when companies realize that there are many intersectional layers to people's identities that can be a source of pride, such as disability, representations of people with disabilities can be more genuine and fair. Among this issue's original research articles are pieces that explore the responsibility advertisers and marketers have in using their powers of persuasion. Glen H. Brodowsky (California State University San Marcos) and Donald Sciglimpaglia (California State University San Marcos and San Diego State University) assess where advertising and marketing fit into what drives young people to drink beer and alcohol. Yasmin Gopal (Grand Valley State University) and Arpan Yagnik (Penn State Behrend) review the literature on what makes an ad go viral. They distill a variety of explanatory factors into a comprehensive model that will help practitioners, scholars, and students better sort out the nature of an ad's virality. Niels Niessen (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) provides an in-depth reflection on Apple's global Shot on iPhone campaign. He questions the nature of the technology-driven American Dream represented in one of the iPhone's most famous campaigns and asks readers to think about what it means to take an instant photograph with a technology wrapped up in a system of exploitation and illusions of self-actualizing grandeur. This issue's installment of Author Meets Critics connects the history and future of marketing through a discussion of Mastercard's Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Raja Rajamannar's book Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow's Consumers (HarperCollins Leadership, 2021). Rajamannar met with a handful of fellow marketing experts to discuss the rise of new technologies that have led to significant changes to the way marketing and advertising can be carried...

Free tuition plan helps close equity gaps

“I've seen the gaps in access to education,” said B. Donta Truss, Vice President for Enrollment Development and Educational Outreach at Grand Valley State University. Truss began his current role at GVSU in July 2020 and helped launch the university's free tuition program, the Grand Valley Pledge. Before he came to GVSU, Truss's 20‐year career in higher education centered around helping low‐income and first‐generation students achieve their academic goals. After graduating as a first‐generation student, Truss worked as an educational advisor with the federal TRIO programs and in institutional research, which ignited his love for data as a big part of the change‐making process. Working as a VP at several institutions, Truss has integrated data analysis with retention, recruitment, and student life.

Free tuition plan helps close equity gaps

“I've seen the gaps in access to education,” said B. Donta Truss, Vice President for Enrollment Development and Educational Outreach at Grand Valley State University. Truss began his current role at GVSU in July 2020 and helped launch the university's free tuition program, the Grand Valley Pledge.

Estimating the Value of a Depository Collection

In the fall of 2018, I was asked to calculate the value of Grand Valley State University’s (GVSU) general collection (defined as everything except Special Collections and University Archives) as part of risk mitigation planning and updating insurance coverage. Records indicated that our collection’s value was last calculated 11 years earlier, and we lacked both written documentation and institutional memory regarding the process used to calculate that value. While there is a fairly significant body of knowledge around calculating the value of monographs, I struggled to find guidance on calculating the monetary value FDLP collections. There is a robust body of scholarship on promoting the intrinsic value of being a member of the FDLP to library administration and other stakeholders, but very few of them focus on detailed financial benefits of tangible collections.

Expect the unexpected: maintaining and optimizing a cell collection network during COVID-19

Amy Hines, RN, BSN, is the Director of Collection Services for the NMDP/Be The Match. She works with senior leadership to develop the strategy for the growth of the NMDP/Be The Match-owned network of apheresis facilities and is responsible for the implementation of that strategy. Hines was an instrumental member of the NMDP/Be The Match team that planned and launched the Be The Match Seattle Collection Center, which opened in January 2020. She joined NMDP/Be The Match in 2013 managing the NMDP/Be The Match Apheresis and Collection Center Network of more than 90 apheresis center and 80 collection center partners. She then became the Director of Collection Network Management for Be The Match BioTherapies. In this role, Hines oversaw the performance of apheresis centers and cell therapy labs in the Collection Network, and ensured their ongoing compliance with FDA and international standards and criteria, industry best practices, and appropriate regulatory and accrediting entities. Hines has spoken about the challenges apheresis centers are facing and then need for standardization during multiple conferences and webinars, including Cell and Gene Therapy World U.S. 2018, the Adoptive T-Cell Therapy: Development track of the Immuno-Oncology Summit 2018, Phacilitate: Leaders World 2019 and World Advanced Therapies &amp; Regenerative Medicine Congress 2019. She has nearly 20 years of experience in the cellular therapy field, starting her career as a stem cell transplant nurse. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.

Stakeholder perspectives of pediatric powered wheelchair standing devices: a qualitative study.

To explore and describe the experiences and perspectives of various stakeholders regarding the use of powered wheelchair standing devices (PWSDs). The purposive sample included: children aged 6 to 18 years who used a PWSD (n=8; diagnoses: cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, spina bifida, spinal cord injury), parents of children 18 years of age or younger who used a PWSD (n=12), rehabilitation professionals working with children who used a PWSD (n=12), and professionals working at companies manufacturing PWSDs (n=3). Data were gathered via face-to-face interviews conducted either in person or via Zoom® and analyzed using the constant comparative method. Three main themes emerged in the data: (1) 'Stand-on-demand' revealed how participants perceived PWSDs as allowing children to stand whenever and wherever they wanted, thereby increasing participation; (2) 'It's more than weight-bearing' uncovered participants' perceptions of psychological and physical benefits from PWSD use; and (3) 'Ecosystems influencing PWSD acquisition and use' revealed child- and non-child-related factors perceived as influencing children's procurement and use of a PWSD. Use of a PWSD was perceived as providing a unique opportunity for children to stand whenever and wherever they desired. Findings suggest the possible transdiagnostic application of PWSDs. What this paper adds The ability to stand when desired was unique to powered wheelchair standing device (PWSD) use. Participants perceived numerous psychological and physical benefits from PWSD use. Child- and non-child-related factors influenced procurement and use of a PWSD.

The Community-Engaged College: Grand Valley State University’s Industry and Community Partnership Model

The Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seymour &amp; Esther Padnos College of Engineering &amp; Computing (PCEC) deeply values industry and community partnerships. Our academic programs were developed at the request of, and in collaboration with, industry stakeholders in order to bolster the professional workforce in West Michigan. We are rooted in the local community, working together on innovative methods for student engagement, talent development, and problem-solving. To ensure success, five key avenues through which PCEC engages with community partners were identified: 1) K-12 Pipeline Development, 2) Experiential Education, 3) Applied Research &amp; Development, 4) Talent Recruitment, and 5) Continuous Learning.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOGENETICS OF THE PREHISTORIC POPULATION OF UKRAINE: COORDINATION OF RESULTS

The process of the prehistoric population formation in the territory of Ukraine has become the object of archaeogenetic research in the context of studying the genomic history of Southeast Europe. The work was carried out in the framework of scientific cooperation with the genetic laboratories of Grand Valley State University (USA), Harvard Medical School (USA), Universities of Uppsala (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark). The study of the ancient genome of the Ukrainian population has already yielded results for the Late Mesolithic and Neolithic groups of the Middle and Lower Dnieper, the population of the Trypillia culture of Volhynia (Verteba Cave), as well as for the carriers of Yamna (Pit Grave) Culture and some more late groups of the North Pontic Region (Nikitin, Potekhina et al. 2012; 2017; Potekhina et al. 2013; Krzewińska et al. 2018; Matheison et al. 2018; Potekhina 2016; 2018; 2019; Nikitin 2020). Analysis of mitochondrial DNA from Mariupol-type cemeteries showed the dominance of mitochondrial haplogroup U, which indicates a genetic links with the Mesolithic populations of Scandinavia and the forest belt of Eastern Europe. In some cases, mitochondrial haplogroups H and C have been identified here. The existence of the latter in the Dnieper basin is still difficult to explain, as it is characteristic of eastern Eurasian groups. Genetic studies of the population of the Trypillia culture were carried out on samples dated to 3900—3500 cal BC from the Verteba cave in Volhynia. The majority of its inhabitants were carriers of the Mt haplogroup H, which connects the people of Trypillia with the Anatolian and Balkan early farmers. This haplogroup was also characteristic of farming cultures of the Central European Neolithic, but its frequency in Verteba is twice as high. The Mt haplogroup U found in one resident of Verteba may indicate contacts with hunters of the steppe Dnieper Region. Genetic polymorphism is also analyzed in the bearers of the Yamna (Pit grave) Culture of the North Pontic Region, which opens a perspective in the context of the Indo-European studies. The research has shown that among the Late Neolithic populations of the proto-European anthropological type with the dominant Mt haplogroup U, and in the early Eneolithic populations of the region, carriers of haplogroup H of the Mediterranean anthropological type appear as a result of contacts with Trypillian groups, which gradually moved in the eastern direction. The same genetic lines in different proportions are preserved in the anthropologically heterogeneous North Pontic population of Yamna Culture. Expanding the analysis of genetic markers of ancient craniological complexes will facilitate the interpretation of the results of archaeogenetic research. Given the historical and anthropological context, they are promising for the study of intercultural contacts and migrations in the early history of the population of Ukraine.

Smelly science: scent training your dog and the sweet smell of fresh laundry

Scent training for chemists Laurie Witucki first stumbled upon the sport of scent training while looking for a fun way to work with her anxious rescue dog, Rue. Rue was fearful around other dogs, so she couldn’t compete in more traditional agility competitions. But as a border collie mix, Rue needed to be entertained. “She wants to do something or she would drive you crazy and herself crazy,” says Witucki, a chemistry professor at Grand Valley State University. Scent training, also called nose work or scent work, requires dogs to seek out specific hidden smells, then alert their handlers. The training is the same as that used for serious dog occupations, like detecting drugs or finding missing persons. “It doesn’t matter if the scents are explosives or an essential oil or morel mushrooms,” Witucki tells Newscripts. If a dog gets a treat every time they identify a specific scent, “they

A Semester Long Teaching Practicum For Graduate Students In Biomedical Sciences

IntroductionTeaching assistants are often given little or no guidance before receiving their first teaching assignment. As a result they feel underprepared and overwhelmed by the experience, which undoubtedly reduces their effectiveness in the classroom. Therefore we developed a one‐semester teaching practicum to better prepare new graduate students for the rigors of college teaching.PurposeTo provide students with a mentored experience in college teaching while simultaneously exploring topics in the pedagogy of college teaching.MethodsWe developed a 15‐week course for first year graduate students in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Grand Valley State University. Student teaching assistants were assigned to shadow a faculty‐mentor teaching an introductory laboratory course in Anatomy and Physiology, or Microbiology. Students performed basic teaching duties including grading and assisting students during the lab. In addition they completed a curriculum, which included weekly readings and writing assignments on topics in college teaching pedagogy. Selected readings, links to external content, and writing reflections were managed through a course website on Blackboard.Learning ObjectivesAfter completing the course the student should be able to: critically read and apply current concepts in the pedagogy of college teaching, facilitate student‐centered learning activities, make effective use of visual aids in classroom instruction, plan, execute, and evaluate classroom instruction.Evaluation and AssessmentWeekly assignments included readings on topics in college teaching pedagogy ranging from – setting the right tone in the classroom on day one, managing the classroom, to developing a teaching philosophy. Each assignment required a brief writing reflection and a discussion with the faculty‐teaching mentor. As part of the course students completed two teaching demonstrations. The first teaching demonstration was video taped and later reviewed and evaluated by the student and faculty mentor. Both teaching demonstrations were graded and the grading rubric was provided to the student prior to the demonstration. The course culminated with the student drafting a statement of teaching philosophy.SummaryWe developed a 15‐week teaching practicum designed to provide students with a mentored experience in college teaching. The course was initially piloted with two graduate students in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Grand Valley State University but could easily be scaled up to a larger cohort of students and different academic disciplines.

The Flipped Classroom as a Tool to Teach Clinical Reasoning.

Author Affiliation: Associate Professor, Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The author reports no conflicts of interest. Correspondence: Lola A. Coke, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN, Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, 301 Michigan St, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49501 ([email protected]).

ACRL candidates for 2020: A look at who’s running

Lynn Silipigni Connaway is the director of library trends and user research at OCLC Research, a position she has held since 2018. Prior to this, Connaway served as senior research scientist and director of user research (2016-18), senior research scientist (2007-16), and consulting research scientist III (2003-07), all at OCLC Research. She was vice-president of research and library systems at NetLibrary (1999-2003), and director and associate clinical professor of the Library and Information Services Department at the University of Denver (1995-99). She served as assistant professor in the School of Library and Informational Science at the University of Missouri (1993-95), and as head of technical services and cataloging at Mesa State College Library (1984-89).Julie Garrison is dean of university libraries at Western Michigan University, a position she has held since 2016. Prior to this, Garrison served as associate dean, research and instructional services at Grand Valley State University Libraries (2009-16); director of off-campus library services at Central Michigan University (2003-07); and as assistant/associate director of public services at Duke University Medical Center Library (2000-02).

Jazz from Detroit by Mark Stryker

Book Reviews 187 Nyenhuis and the authors have done a great service to future generations of Hope College students and supporters. They have provided a progress report on the place of Hope College as it seeks to live up to its ideals in the twenty-first century. In a time when some institutions of higher education seem to be struggling, this effort recounts how Hope has navigated previous troubled waters to arrive at its current condition. The telling of these stories and compiling this information for the 150th anniversary will inspire future generations of students and supporters to continue to support Hope and help it live up to it ideals. Maintaining a thriving institution of higher education is no small task and this treasure trove of stories and information may help Hope College thrive into its next fifty years. David Zwart Grand Valley State University Mark Stryker. Jazz from Detroit. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019. Pp. 342. Appendices. Illustrations. Index. Cloth: $39.95. “That’s what we do in Detroit. We make cars and we make jazz musicians.” These words, spoken by bassist and educator Rodney Whitaker (p. 294), are the concluding remarks to Mark Stryker’s excellent new book, Jazz from Detroit, which highlights the important role that both the city of Detroit and its jazz musicians have played in shaping this great American music. Long known as a hotbed for jazz from its earliest days, Detroit is known for the many leading jazz musicians who were either born and raised there, or spent their formative years honing their craft in the city, and the book tells these stories. Detroit, with its large and vibrant African American community, has always taken pride in the musical and cultural contributions of its artists. The bulk of attention is focused on the musicians who made their mark during the “Golden Age” of 1940-60 who were playing the modern jazz of the day—bebop and hard bop being at its core. Perhaps no other city has produced a greater number of leading voices in the music. One need only look at the lineage of bass players— Paul Chambers, Doug Watkins, Ron Carter, Robert Hurst, Rodney Whitaker, Ralphe Armstrong and Marion Hayden, or pianists including Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones—to recognize the depth of talent that has come from Detroit. 188 The Michigan Historical Review Stryker briefly profiles thirty musicians and several cooperative groups from the 1940s to the present. A pattern emerges in the presentation of information where personal stories about the musicians and their music, often based on interviews and conversations the author had with each of them, give way to some biographical information, and conclude with his reflections on important recordings or performances. His writing is captivating and weaves easily between anecdotes, quotes from the artists, and personal stories. Flowing with adjectives, his descriptions of the musical style of each musician bring life to the music in a fresh and unique manner. The chapters on saxophonist Joe Henderson and drummer Elvin Jones are highlights for this reader, as I found myself being drawn to the unique approaches of these two giants of the music through Stryker’s beautifully crafted use of language. Each chapter tells a story and connects the artist to the city in a meaningful way. A recurring theme of mentorship and civic pride runs its course throughout the book. Many of the musicians received formal training in schools, including Cass Tech High School and Wayne State University, but the perpetuation of the music was, and continues to be, the result of musicians encouraging one another, sharing ideas, and modeling the passion and vitality of Detroit jazz for each succeeding generation. Whether the reader is a devoted or novice fan of jazz, Mark Stryker knows Detroit—its music, musicians, and people—and with Jazz from Detroit, he introduces a wider audience to one of the city’s greatest treasures. Bill Sears Interlochen Center for the Arts Gerald Van Dusen. Detroit’s Birwood Wall: Hatred and Healing in the West Eight Mile Community. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019. Pp.192. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Paper: $21.99. When a book evokes memories as Gerald...

Recherches Sociolinguistiques À Maurice ed. by Yannick Bosquet-Ballah et al.

Reviewed by: Recherches Sociolinguistiques À Maurice ed. by Yannick Bosquet-Ballah et al. Dan Golembeski Bosquet-Ballah, Yannick, Arnaud Carpooran, Shameem Oozeerally, et Didier de Robillard, éd. Recherches sociolinguistiques à Maurice. L'Harmattan, 2018. ISBN 978-2-343-13712-4. Pp. 277. The idea for this collection arose at Bosquet-Ballah's dissertation defense a few years ago: a subsequent call for papers drew fifteen submissions, ten of which were selected for publication in this special volume of the Cahiers internationaux de sociolinguistique. The volume, which is entirely in French except for one article in English with a following condensed version in French, adds ten new articles to the body of literature investigating the complex linguistic situation of the island of Mauritius. Contributors include both veterans in the field (Arnaud Carpooran, Didier [End Page 272] de Robillard, Nita Rughoonundun-Chellapermal, and Peter Stein) and emerging researchers (Tejshree Auckle, Yannick Bosquet-Ballah, Hélina Hookoomsing, Kumari Issur, Shameem Oozeerally, and Daniella Police-Michel). Articles address rather pointed issues of Mauritian sociolinguistics: epistemology and methodology, inter-cultural interactions in educational and online settings, multilingualism and plurilingualism in classrooms and how these topics are treated in primary school textbooks, and the history and current situation, especially of specific linguistic groups. Stein provides the broadest overview of Mauritius's linguistic situation of the volume, addressing both diachronic and present-day perspectives, and his article is the one I would most recommend for someone seeking a general understanding of the island's complex interplay of languages. As for the historical dimension, Carpooran highlights Charles Baissac's nineteenth-century contribution to our understanding of Mauritius's Creole community today. Specific histories are laid out in Issur's discussion of the Bhojpuri community and in Bosquet-Ballah's article, "Une relecture de l'espace des langues…", which sheds light on island urban areas. Several articles mine online communications data, analyzing messages from an intercultural and polylingual perspective (Auckle's contribution in English and French, and Oozeerally's "Aborder la (socio) linguistique…"). Two articles specifically address multilingualism in educational settings, including an analysis of a failed multilingual education program (Rughoonundun-Chellapermal) and anthropocentrism in primary school textbooks (Oozeerally and Hookoomsing). Intercomprehension in plurilingual interactions is addressed in Police-Michel's contribution. The remaining articles tackle methodological or epistemological questions with respect to conducting research on Mauritian multilingualism and plurilingualism, especially the volume's first article, written by Robillard. The volume suffers from a handful of typographical glitches (the publication date) and it is unclear to me why the authors' names appear only as footnotes to article titles and are absent from the table of contents. While this is by no means a layperson's introduction to Mauritian linguistics, each of these studies is a significant contribution to the field and provide important and, in some cases, new perspectives of value to all those interested in Mauritius's sociolinguistic situation and especially anyone planning linguistic research in plurilingual communities in general. Dan Golembeski Grand Valley State University (MI) Copyright © 2020 American Association of Teachers of French

Health Information Use After Graduation

This study aimed to determine which information resources Grand Valley State University (GVSU) alumni from four health science programs utilize in clinical practice. It also explored alumni opinions of their educational experiences at GVSU in relation to information literacy and library resources. A survey was administered to alumni who had graduated with a degree in athletic training (BS), nursing (BS, MS, DNP), physical therapy (MPT and DPT), or physician assistant studies (MPAS). We received 451 valid responses (12.8% response rate). The survey focused on specific resources used in the professional workplace, GVSU preparation for information literacy in the workplace, alumni confidence in information literacy skills, and additional preparation that could have been helpful after graduation. Survey responses are reported by discipline and degree earned. Insights from this study will inform liaison librarian conversations with faculty members and decisions regarding resource acquisition to help students transition from the academic environment to professional practice.

Setting the world’s largest table

Volunteers at Wayne State University in Detroit had been braving the elements for hours on an October morning. The wind chapped cheeks and numbed fingers as volunteers wrangled giant blue tarps with the names, symbols, and atomic numbers of chemical elements painted on them. When gusts kicked up, the workers would joke that they were building the world’s largest kite. They were actually attempting to build the world’s largest periodic table. And they had competition. Four days earlier, on the opposite side of Michigan, at Grand Valley State University, another group of crafty science enthusiasts had assembled what it believed was the world’s largest periodic table. The conditions were much milder for those volunteers—they constructed the table on an indoor athletic field—but they came up against their own set of obstacles. One element tile, painted across some glued-together tablecloths, went MIA in storage. Another was held up in transit from

Teaching Health Education Through the Development of Student Centered Video Assignment.

The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which a student centered video assignment enhanced student learning about developing and teaching a health education plan designed to address a complex public health problem. The objectives of the assignment included (1) to explore a complex public health problem, (2) practice developing a corresponding health education plan, and (3) develop and fully execute a multimedia video to deliver high impact health education and or promotion to a diverse audience. The assignment referred to as the student centered video assignment was developed and piloted at Grand Valley State University and included students participating in a 200 level undergraduate introductory public health course. Students working in groups of 3, worked through the project in multiple phases with corresponding elements: problem identification, problem solving, plan development and the creation of the video, which included four primary elements: Dig Deeper, Think, Discuss, and Watch. Upon completion of the video, students were asked to voluntarily complete a 10-question survey about the benefits of learning through a video creation assignment. A total of 15 students completed the survey with the majority either strongly agreeing or agreeing that the video assignment enhanced learning. Survey results suggest that the assignment is beneficial and favored over other assignment types. Additionally, students reported that the project was beneficial in learning the concepts and competencies associated with public health education. Finally, students indicated that the creation of videos as a means to explore and apply course concepts was favored as an assignment format in future coursework. Instructor assessment of learning outcomes occurred through ongoing grading of and feedback on the project elements. The findings reveal that students enjoyed the opportunity to engage in real world problem solving, gained insight, perspective and scope through group discussion and collaboration, and felt that they learned new skills in created the video.