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Lunch & Learn: A Showcase of Sisters in Science
No full textThis Lunch & Learn showcases our sisters\u27 remarkable contributions to the science field, mentoring students along the way. Dr. Diana Fenton, Education professor with a science background, shares her studies of the sisters and their profound impact
Jenny Boully: Reading and Conversation
No full textA ลูกครึ่ง (half-child), Boully was born in Korat, Thailand and grew up on the southwest side of San Antonio, Texas, nestled between Air Force Bases for which her father served. She is the author of Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life, which the Georgia Review calls “a supple and suggestive volume, one dedicated to multiplying literary possibilities even as it names and forcefully critiques the economic and institutional forces that construct and constrain such possibility.”
Her first book The Body: An Essay, published when she was 25, is regarded as a canonical text in experimental essays, poetic prose, and imaginative form. Her other books include not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them, The Book of Beginnings and Endings: Essays, [one love affair]*, and of the mismatched teacups, of the single-serving spoon: a book of failures.
In addition to a Ph.D. in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, she holds an MFA from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in English Writing and Criticism from Hollins University, where she also double-majored in English and Philosophy. Boully was a visiting faculty member at Bennington for the 2020-21 academic year and joined the Bennington faculty in Fall 2021. Boully is also a faculty member in the Bennington Writing Seminars
LLAS Lecture Series: The Steadiness of Ancestral Systems and the Challenges of Modern ‘Survival’
No full textSpeaker Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, CEO of Salvatierra Farms, is a nationally recognized pioneer in sustainable agriculture, employing ancestral Mayan know-how to farm poultry and grow produce in Minnesota
Each in Our Own Language: Symbolization and Social Ethics in Rural America
No full textDurheim plumbs the depths of symbol and meaning in rural America, arguing that understanding rural Americans\u27 symbolic world is essential to forming social conditions where love might flourish. Durheim draws attention to symbol\u27s social function, something with which rural Christian ministry, theological ethics, and rural sociology must reckon -- Provided by publisher.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_books/1123/thumbnail.jp
The Use of Debriefing to Combat Compassion Fatigue Among Cardiac Intensive Care Nurses
Full text linkBackground: Compassion fatigue has physical, emotional, and psychological impacts on nurses working in intensive care units. Debriefing sessions can be used to help reduce compassion fatigue by allowing nurses on a cardiac intensive care unit to discuss their thoughts and feelings after the death of a patient who has had a complex hospital stay or traumatic death. Aim: The purpose of this project was to assess the perception of compassion fatigue on work life among Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) nurses and to evaluate whether debriefing sessions following demanding situations enhance nurses\u27 coping abilities and emotional processing. Methods: Nurses working in the CVICU at one Midwestern hospital were recruited to participate in debriefing sessions. During the debriefing sessions, traumatic patient care situations were discussed. The participants were asked to complete the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) survey prior to and directly after participating in a debriefing session. The before and after survey results were compared. Results: Six registered nurses participated in one debriefing session each. Pre-intervention, five participants reported moderate levels of compassion fatigue, while one reported low levels. Group mean scores for compassion, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress remained relatively unchanged from pre- to post-intervention. The data suggests that a debriefing session did not significantly impact compassion fatigue, burnout, or secondary traumatic stress. Conclusion: The project did not demonstrate a reduction in compassion fatigue or an increase in compassion satisfaction among CVICU nurses. The project was limited to one debriefing session and offering sessions weekly is not a sustainable option. However, targeted debriefing sessions following specific traumatic events may offer more timely support, help staff process their experiences, and foster team cohesion. Key Words: Compassion fatigue, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, cardiovascular intensive care unit, nurses, Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL)
Yo Soy Minnesota: Bridging Health Equity Gaps with Culturally and Linguistically Inclusive Resources for Hispanics in Central Minnesota
Full text linkHealth disparities are preventable yet persist due to systemic inequities in social, economic, and healthcare structures. Rooted in historical injustices and social determinants of health, these disparities disproportionately impact minority communities, including Hispanics in Central Minnesota. Barriers such as limited English proficiency (LEP), provider biases, and inadequate health literacy further exacerbate inequitable health outcomes. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) offer a modifiable solution to mitigate these disparities by ensuring healthcare resources align with diverse beliefs, practices, and linguistic needs. This project focuses on CLAS as a modifiable factor affecting Hispanics in Central Minnesota and explores the impact of Yo Soy Minnesota, a community-driven digital resource designed to empower the Hispanic population with accessible, linguistically inclusive healthcare information. Findings reinforce the urgent need for integrating CLAS into healthcare systems, policy reforms, and community-based initiatives to foster equitable healthcare access and outcomes
Students’ Relationships with Professors and Peers and their Belonging within Majors
Full text linkRelationships with peers and professors are central features of the college experience and may relate to how students feel about their place within their academic majors. This study hypothesized that 1) students who report more comfortable relationships with their professors would also report greater comfort within their academic major, 2) stronger peer relationships would be associated with a heightened sense of belonging in one’s major. Participants were recruited from the CSBSJU Psychology Research in Action pool (n=38) and were surveyed twice in one semester, one week apart (Time 1 and Time 2). Professor relationships was statistically significant, F(2, 34) = 28.268, p \u3c .001, and explained 62.4% of the variance in T2 major belonging (R² = .624, Adjusted R² = .602). T1 major belonging significantly predicted T2 major belonging (B = 0.625, β = .589, t = 5.041, p \u3c .001). In addition, professor-student relationships at T1 also significantly predicted T2 major belonging (B = 0.245, β = .328, t = 2.806, p = .008). Peer relationships overall model was statistically significant, F(2, 34) = 26.439, p \u3c .001, and explained approximately 60.9% of the variance in T2 major belonging (R² = .609, Adjusted R² = .586). T1 major belonging was a significant predictor of T2 major belonging (B = 0.515, β = .485, t = 3.312, p = .002). Additionally, peer relationships at T1 significantly predicted T2 major belonging (B = 0.384, β = .364, t = 2.486, p = .018). While the results support the importance of social relationships in academic settings, the small sample size limits the generalizability of the findings and highlights the need for further research with larger, more diverse samples to better understand these dynamics
Godfrey Diekmann Center for Liturgy: The Indigenous Origins of the Guadalupe Tradition
No full textThis presentation sponsored by the School of Theology and Seminary, Godfrey Diekmann Center for Liturgy with Timothy Matovina, PhD examines the foundational influence of Indigenous devotees for understanding the origins of the Guadalupe tradition, as well as their influence on subsequent developments in that tradition.Timothy Matovina is a Professor in the Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame, and author of Theologies of Guadalupe: From the Era of Conquest to Pope Franci
The Origins of the Pax Christi International Movement: the Pax Christi in Regno Christi Crusade
Full text linkThe Pax Christi movement was created in 1944 by a French laywoman. Its original name was crusade of prayers for the conversion of Germany , the term crusade referring to a very specific political and religious imagination, marked in particular by the intransigent Catholicism of the beginning of the 20th century and by a specious analysis of the origins of the Nazism. This article, resulting from a thesis devoted to the history of the movement from 1944 to 1983, reviews the genesis of Pax Christi, and its evolution during the first 5 years of its existence, from a crusade of prayers to a movement for peace living its first experiences around the Franco-German rapprochement