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Digital Pedagogy: Using and Citing Images
No full textPart of the Digital Technologies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference hosted by CSB/SJU Librarie
Unisex Restrooms at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John\u27s University
Get PDFI am doing a project commissioned by Jonathan Nash. He asked for a map to be made of all the unisex restrooms at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University for use and distribution by PRISM. To make my map, I received locations for all the unisex restrooms from both the CSB Facilities and SJU Facilities departments. I took these locations and entered them as points on a campus map of either CSB or SJU, depending on where the restroom was. I then labeled each point by the building it was in and which floor it was on. In the future, this map will inform people searching for a unisex restroom of where these restrooms are
N-heterocyclic Carbenes in Catalysts for Ring Opening Polymerizations
Get PDFRing opening polymerizations of esters (ROTEP) can be used to make polymers employed in films, packaging, and tissue engineering scaffolds. The aluminum catalyst used in this research works faster than the other catalysts, but it only works with a single monomer, caprolactone. To combat this issue, this research focused on the synthesis of catalysts with different metals or different ligands. Catalysts that contain a carbene unit have been found to quickly promote many reactions. This project aimed to synthesize ligands containing a carbene unit to attach to a metal. NMR spectroscopy was performed to characterize the coordination compound. There have been a few successful developments of carbene containing ligands, but the catalyst presented here has a novel bidentate design not previously used in ROTEP catalysis. This work has the potential to boost ROTEP efficiency allowing materials to be produced more quickly and economically
What a Modern Monk Does: Digital Preservation of Manuscripts From The World\u27s Most Threatened Communities
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The TalkAbroad case: addressing intercultural communicative competency in FREN311
Get PDFIn fall 2017, the online interactive exchange platform, TalkAbroad, was integrated into the curriculum of Introduction to Contemporary French Culture (FREN311). Twelve students independently conducted three 30-minute conversations with native speakers from six different Francophone countries to discuss cultural dimensions, in conjunction with in-class activities. As a final assignment, students collaborated in pairs to analyze information gathered during the exchanges, and to create oral presentations about the country of their interlocutors. The project employs three modes of communication (Interpersonal, Interpretational and Presentational), as described by the American Council for Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). It creates meaning in the classroom, and provides an independent learning experience outside of the classroom, thus fulfilling the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Language Learning (W-RSLL) (Philipps & Abbott, 2011). Both quantitative data analysis, and content analysis of student feedback, support the conclusion that the use of interactive exchanges with native interlocutors was effective in awakening cultural sensitivity, and developing greater awareness of the Francophone world. Students indicated having learned linguistic and cultural elements from their interlocutors. This supports the use of interactive exchanges as a way to enhance students’ intercultural communicative competency (ICC). The inclusion of exchanges, such as TalkAbroad, in language courses, complements and consolidates functions studied in the classroom, addresses institutional Intercultural Learning Goals and, furthermore, shows potential to fulfill the Global Engagement of the new Integrations Curriculum. This Thursday Forum follows a presentation given at the biennial conference Education et Diversité Linguistique et Culturelle (EDiLiC), in Lisbon, Portugal, in summer 2019
SJU Class of 2019 Commencement Celebration
No full textMay 12, 2019 One Hundred Sixty-Second Year Abbey & University Church Saint John\u27s University Mark Vande Hei was the guest speaker and Luke Olley was the student speaker
