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Class of 2020 Commencement Booklet
Get PDFUndergraduate and graduate information for the class of 2020. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, no ceremony was held on campus.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/commencements_programs/1197/thumbnail.jp
Assessing the Associations Between Friendship Length, Friendship Quality, and Comfort Level Discussing Sexual Health
Get PDFSexual health communication has been linked to sexual health practices. Such research on communication typically studies parent-child relationships. Therefore, this study sought to test whether friendship length and friendship quality are correlated with comfort level talking about sex among same-gender and cross-gender friends. We surveyed 187 young-adults (Mage=20.10, SD=1.34; 49.2% female; 75% White). Results indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between quality of friendship and comfort level (r(184)=.39, p\u3c.001). However, there wasn’t a significant relationship between length of friendship and comfort level (r(184)=.101, p=.169). When looking at the results in cross-gender friends, women showed a significant positive correlation between friendship quality and comfort level (r(19)=.512, p=.018), while men did not (r(19)=.150, p=.528). These results indicate that there may be a difference in comfort when discussing sexual health topics across genders.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/slides/1005/thumbnail.jp
Contrapower Sexual Harassment in Collegiate Athletic Administration
Get PDFWith the current climate of the #MeToo movement on Twitter, more and more individuals are speaking out about their experiences with sexual harassment. Given the male dominant culture of college athletics, there is a need now more than ever to examine how sexual harassment is occurring within collegiate athletic organizations. This study focuses specifically on contrapower sexual harassment, a type of harassment that occurs when a superior in an organizational hierarchy experiences sexual harassment by a subordinate. An online qualitative survey was sent out via email in a nationwide population study involving all NCAA, NJCAA and NAIA college athletic leagues. The survey was designed to reveal the nature of the sexual harassment, who were the most likely perpetrators, which individuals were most likely to experience the harassment, and how these situations would later impact career and life choices as well as overall mental health.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/slides/1008/thumbnail.jp
Analysis of Urban Tree Problems Identified by Community Tree Survey of the Village of Homer, NY.
No full textThis poster reports on outcomes of a multi-day community tree survey as part of civic engagement components of two connected SUNY Cortland courses. In fall 2019, students from the Environmental Remote Sensing and Tree Biology courses conducted a tree survey for the Village of Homer, NY as part of an NSF Common Problems Pedagogy grant. The students jointly collected nearly 1,000 tree data points using the iTree mobile app and GPS units, then created maps and conducted image processing on aerial photography. Students shared their findings in collaborative final presentations, including a species distribution of greater than 56% maples with over 25% invasive Norway maple (Acer platanoides) along with non-natives Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) at 3.4% and Norway spruce (Picea abies) at 1.7%. Results presented here focus on the spatial extent of the urban tree problems of potential insect damage to maples, power line conflicts, and sidewalk damage.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/posters/1005/thumbnail.jp
Visual storytelling of scientific data: collaborations between physics and graphic design in the college classroom
Get PDFThe Common Problem Pedagogy (CPP) project, a learning initiative implemented in four SUNY schools, aims to provide students with multidisciplinary, project-based experiences, and to foster a culture of such pedagogy among faculty. This work describes one CPP project that was conducted at SUNY Cortland during the Spring 2019 semester that brought together students from physics and graphic design disciplines. The goal of this project was to identify issues of environmental and social concern, develop numerical models to represent the effects of possible policy actions, and to communicate the meaning of this work as infographics suitable for a non-expert, public audience. This article discusses the project structure and organization, the numerical modeling work, the design process and creation of infographics, concluding with reflections on the points of success and plans for further development
Analysis of Urban Tree Problems Identified by Community Tree Survey of the Village of Homer, NY.
No full textThis poster reports on outcomes of a multi-day community tree survey as part of civic engagement components of two connected SUNY Cortland courses. In fall 2019, students from the Environmental Remote Sensing and Tree Biology courses conducted a tree survey for the Village of Homer, NY as part of an NSF Common Problems Pedagogy grant. The students jointly collected nearly 1,000 tree data points using the iTree mobile app and GPS units, then created maps and conducted image processing on aerial photography. Students shared their findings in collaborative final presentations, including a species distribution of greater than 56% maples with over 25% invasive Norway maple (Acer platanoides) along with non-natives Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) at 3.4% and Norway spruce (Picea abies) at 1.7%. Results presented here focus on the spatial extent of the urban tree problems of potential insect damage to maples, power line conflicts, and sidewalk damage.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/posters/1034/thumbnail.jp
Deafness and Use of Sign Language: A Cross Cultural Survey
No full textThis survey examines the cross-cultural perspectives of Deafness and Sign Language. Thirty individuals residing in the United States and thirty individuals residing in South Korea ranging from the ages 18-64 participated in an online survey. Individuals residing in South Korea had greater negative perspectives of Deafness and were more likely to use sign language as their child’s primary mode of communication than individuals residing in the United States. Individuals living in the United States may have a more positive perception towards Deafness resulting from a greater awareness of alternative communication modalities. Individuals residing in South Korea may appear to have a more positive perception of sign language due to the lack of awareness of alternative communication modalities.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/posters/1029/thumbnail.jp
Assessing the Differences Between Same-Gender and Cross-Gender Friendships in Sexual Health Communication
Get PDFResearchers have long studied the connection between sexual health practices and sexual health communication. While current research has examined communication between same-gender friends, it is lacking between cross-gender friends. To test whether differences exist between same-gender and cross-gender friends in their frequency of communication and comfort discussing sexual health, 187 college-aged participants (Mage=20.10, SD=1.34; 49.2% female; 75% White) self-reported their experiences using a Qualtrics survey. Results from independent samples t-tests revealed that same-gender friends reported more frequent discussion of both non-sex-related issues (M=2.53, SD=.51) and sex-related issues (M=1.20, SD=.73) than cross-gender friends (M=2.30, SD=.50; M=.95, SD=.70 respectively), tnonsex(185)=-2.54, p=.012; tsex(185)=-1.98, p=.049. However, no significant differences were observed in the comfort levels between same-gender friends (M=5.46, SD=.54) and cross-gender friends (M=5.37, SD=.62) when discussing sexual health topics, t(178)=.871, p=.385. These findings illustrate the importance of understanding friendships in order to effectively promote sexual health behaviors among college populations.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/slides/1004/thumbnail.jp
Strikes on Central Ave- The Closure of Brockway Motor Trucks and the End of Huskietown, USA
Get PDFMy essay discusses the end of Brockway Motor Company in Cortland, New York in 1977 and the events that lead to the shutdown of one of America\u27s most dependable and iconic brands of heavy duty trucks. The death of Brockway Trucks represented not only a tremendous loss for the Cortland community, but also trends throughout the United States of consolidation and deindustrialization in American industry in the 1970s. Through an examination of local newspapers and employee accounts of labor disputes and conflict with Brockway\u27s parent company, Mack, this essay explains how the company that produced the most rugged truck in the world so quickly disappeared and left an entire community feeling slighted and uncertain of its future.https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/programs/1008/thumbnail.jp
An Analysis of a New Shoe Technology in The Gait Patterns of a Child with a Neurological Disability
Get PDFThis study focused on the application of a unique technology originally designed to supply biofeedback to dancers, but in this case was used to assist a child learning to walk while battling the effects of Cerebral Palsy. The musical shoes, called ElectroskipTM, utilize a biofeedback system that generates variable sounds/beats/songs when an individual is walking and placing pressure on their heel or toe. The study lasted six weeks with two sessions per week. Each session started with shoes fitted with ElectroskipTM technology placed on the child’s feet. When instructed by the researcher the child would proceed to a size appropriate set of parallel bars to begin the pre-test walking trial. Gripping the parallel bars the child would attempt to complete two passes, back and forth, walking along the 2.4 meter length of the bars. ElectroskipTM and video data from each walking attempt was recorded. The child would then have a free play time followed by a post-test walking trial. While the ElectroskipTM technology was worn for each session to make sure the session routine was consistent for the child, it was only activated every other session. Following each session the number of steps taken during the pre-test and post-test trials recorded with the ElectroskipTM software was compared to the visual information found in the video record. Data indicated that at the end of the study the child was able to walk better, based on a comparison of pre and post study scores from the Test of Gross Motor Development II (TGMD-II) evaluation instrument administered by the director of the SIMs Laboratory on the SUNY Cortland campus