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Unique Selling Proposition as a Survival Strategy at a Small Company
No full textii, 8 p.The author spent the summer of 2023 working at the People’s Food Co-op and Kalamazoo Farmers as a marketing intern. People’s Food Co-op is a grocery store located in downtown Kalamazoo, and also an operator of Kalamazoo Farmers Markets at the same time. Kalamazoo Farmers Market is an on-site market comprised of over 100 local farmer/artisan vendors. Both People’s Food Co-op and Kalamazoo Farmers Markets’ motto is to participate in and assist Kalamazoo's local economy and food justice. As a grocery store and an operator of Kalamazoo Farmers Markets, People’s Food Co-op has always set its priority on offering people of Kalamazoo groceries of good quality at reasonable prices, rather than pursuing high profit. In addition, the People’s Food Co-op has made sure to fill their store with enough local groceries, which means they spared a good portion of their budget for purchasing local goods from Kalamazoo
My Experience as an Automation Intern at Arthur Cramer Company
No full textiii, 13 p.For my Senior Integrated Project, (SIP), I had the opportunity to reflect on my experience as a Marketing Automation Intern at Arthur Cramer Company. I was introduced to the position by a family friend. After interviewing, I was excited by the prospect of working with Arthur Cramer Company. Arthur Cramer Company, (Acreps), is a small business, roughly 10 employees, in Naperville, IL. Acreps is a sales representative for machined parts. They represent businesses that manufacture parts for everything from tractor latches to circuit boards. They specialize in selling those parts to companies who use these parts in their own manufacturing process. The employees at Acreps are very much sales people. I, however, was not hired for a sales position. My job was to create tools that made the jobs of the sales people easier. In short, I was using my computer technical skills to make Arthur Cramer Company more economical
Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Potential Determinant of Participant’s Graduation Timeline in Sobriety Courts
No full text1 broadside. 36"W x 24"HThe ramifications of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are often overlooked or dismissed when examining one’s recovery period from substance abuse. ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood, including exposure to violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with mental health or substance use problems. Drug courts provide an alternative solution for those with alcohol addictions convicted of nonviolent crimes, offering treatment as opposed to imprisonment. Exit surveys from the Kalamazoo County OWI (Operating While Impaired) Court were analyzed to determine if a participant’s time taken to graduate from the sobriety court is associated with their ACE score.Kalamazoo College. Department of Psychology. VanLiere Symposium, 202
Learning Japanese Creativity
No full text12 p.The author discusses the process of writing music to accompany lessons in the second year Japanese textbook. The author writes “In my personal experience, listening to and singing along with Japanese music contributed to improved pronunciation, memorization of vocabulary, and familiarization with grammatical structures. As a result, I decided to write music in Japanese where the lyrics were tailored to each individual lesson in the textbook. Through the medium of music, I analyzed and reflected on the ways that my creativity interacted with my pedagogical experiences of learning Japanese.
How Nature-Based Education and Experiences relate to Environmental Learning and Child Psychology
No full textiii, 31p.Nature exposure has been linked to a wide variety of positive health outcomes both for psychological and physical health and in the promotion of socioemotional development in children. The impact of urbanization on the environment and human health has led to health inequities, especially for the poor, and unequal environmental access. Urbanization has impacted racial minority populations, low-income, and female access to nature the most, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, cities across America including here in Kalamazoo, Michigan have implemented multi-sector initiatives to improve access to nature to promote equality. Cities have drawn on nature-based learning (NBL) as a way to promote educational equality and positive health outcomes and development in children. Nature-based learning (NBL) describes learning that occurs from natural exposure and nature-based activities, including when natural elements are brought into “built environments.” This review concludes that the way in which we children experience nature has been associated with differing environmental learning outcomes across the world and has impacted that of educational programs in some experimental studies. Further, there have been few but notable nature-based education experiments, drawing on literature showing the positive impacts of direct nature exposure, finding that nature-based education (NBE) programs could possibly improve cognition and behavioral control in children with disabilities while outdoors and measures of resiliency in preschoolers. Much of the literature lacks consistency in definitions, generalization ability, control groups, experiments, does not usually apply causation, and has high risk of bias. Future research should focus on disadvantaged populations with little access to nature, gender differences, or those who could most benefit from the cognitive and behavioral benefits of nature exposure. It should also implement controlled experiments to better understand the mechanisms behind the foreseen relationships between nature-experience-type and environmental attitude and behaviors for conservation and how pedagogical approaches can be best used to improve child development and environmental learning for conservation efforts
Effects of woody debris in varying amounts and stages of decomposition on land snail communities in the Lilian Anderson Arboretum
No full textiii, 10p.Terrestrial gastropods, or land snails, use woody debris both as a nutritional storage and a refuge from threatening climatic conditions. They aid in the decomposition of litter and woody debris, the calcium cycle, and their abundance is directly and positively influenced by the available volume of such debris. Old-growth forests also seem to include the most suitable habitats for land snails compared to second-growth forests, possibly due to tree age, higher production of woody debris, nutrient retention, and moisture retention. Canopy openness also seems to affect land snail communities as closed canopy forests tend to retain more moisture in the ground level. Land snails also seem to benefit from both small and larger pieces of woody debris. While there is evidence that they are more active near smaller debris that decomposes and releases nutrients at a faster rate, there is also evidence that they benefit from larger debris. Furthermore, previous studies on the relationship between land snails and woody debris have mainly focused on intermediate and advanced decomposed wood. Further investigation is needed on their relationship with woody debris in the different stages of decomposition, as well as on the preference of specific tree species by land snails, at an early stage of decomposition
One-ness : An Exploration of Functionality and the Process of Deconstruction
No full text22 p.This project is a culmination of my experiences at Kalamazoo College and artistic exploration thus far. Through my Senior Integrated Project, I found a new way to express myself in clay form, different from functional forms I typically wheel-throw. My project uses form and texture to investigate wholeness through the process of deconstruction and the relation of parts. My series reflects on this sense of contradiction in the way parts and patterns can make up a greater form and feeling of oneness. The abstraction of recognizable, functional pieces provides a new perspective on the totality of form
Gaining Experience Through a Private Equity Internship
No full textiii, 8 p.This essay reflects on my summer internship at York Capital Management, where I had the privilege of working in the world of private equity. The connection between my academic journey at Kalamazoo College and my private equity experience is the base of this reflection. This serves as a reflection bridge between the classroom and the real work experience, where I was able to use class work in my everyday working for York. Working within a high level investment management firm like York Capital Management exposed me to the fast-paced, high-stakes world of finance. As I went through the private equity experience, I found a large correlation with the lessons I had during my time at Kalamazoo College. I saw this from teamwork and market research to all the way to negotiation skills, my academic experiences became crucial in the challenging environment of private equity
Sustainable Horizons: Navigating Climate Challenges for a Greener Tomorrow at Kalamazoo College
No full text26 p.In the pursuit of a sustainable future, our world faces an urgent call to action when it comes to the topic of climate change. As we stand at the crossroads of environmental stewardship and the consequences of unchecked consumption, it becomes imperative to explore and implement eco-friendly practices that mitigate our impact on the planet. This paper embarks on a comprehensive journey through key facets of sustainable living, dissecting the realms of recycling, greenspaces, transportation, and off-campus energy usage based around the Kalamazoo College community. Each section of this paper unravels a tapestry of challenges, benefits, and practical solutions, offering a roadmap for everyone to tread the path of responsible and mindful existence
The Benefits of Music Education seen through interning at the Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center
No full text19 p.This summer, I interned at the Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center (HLFGMC), where I acted as the Operations and Programs Intern. I worked on a variety of projects such as camp and event planning, data entry and analysis, and other general operations. Additionally, this past summer I researched the benefits of music education for development through examining Indre Viskontas’ report titled “Music For Every Child.'' I explored aspects of her research I had seen at the HLFGMC, and how music education and community directly benefits students. This internship originally interested me because of its connections to my psychology classes and my desire to work with children, but I gained so much more from working with the HLFGMC than coursework connections and experience. This summer, I learned that music education should not only be accessible to those with means and that music does not only benefit the mind, but additionally the body, heart, and community