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S.Res.2021.05 Advocating for Arabic to rejoin the language department at Rollins College
Get PDFAdvocates for the return of Arabic Studies at Rollins College
Interview with Patrick J. Powers
Get PDFBorn on September 3, 1939 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, Patrick J. Powers initially grew up on the south side of Chicago through his elementary school years, and then lived in Summit, New Jersey with his family when his father was transferred to New York. Unlike his father, a business executive who had a successful career at the Bell Systems and AT&T, Pat took a strong interest in philosophy and enrolled in Villanova University in Philadelphia, PA for his undergraduate study. However, it was a study abroad experience at Collegio Internatiozale de S. Monica in Roma, Italy in the 1960s that made him decide to pursue a calling in theology. Accordingly, Powers earned his MA in Religious Education from Augustinian College in Washington, DC in 1967, another MA in Philosophy from Villanova in 1972, and his PhD in Phenomenology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA in 1978.
Before moving to Central Florida, Powers taught Religion and Latin at Tolentine High School in Bronx, NY (1964-68), worked as the Assistant Chaplain at Villanova (1968-72), and served as the Director of Campus Ministry at Trinity College in Washington, DC (1976-80). In 1980, Pat became the Director of Catholic Campus Ministry at University of Central Florida, a position he held for several years. Afterwards, he worked as the Executive Director of the Christian Service Center for Central Florida, which administered multiple community programs such as daily breads for homeless, family emergency services, and marriage and therapy. On June 1, 1993, Powers was appointed by President Rita Bornstein as the Dean of the Knowles Memorial Chapel and Chaplain of the College.
At Rollins, instead of Dean Powers, Pat was fondly called DP by students. He worked closely with many campus organizations such as Intervarsity, Black Student Union, Newman Club, and Hillel to sustain Rollins’ rich tradition in liberal arts education and institutional commitment to community and service learning. He also collaborated with people of different faiths and promoted chapel programs such as Candlewish and Christmas Vespers. Besides his work as campus minister, Pat also frequently taught courses in RCC (Rollins Conference Course), Hamilton Holt School and Master of Liberal Studies. In 2014, after more than two decades of service, Powers announced his retirement from Rollins College. In this oral history interview conducted by Rev. Katrina Jenkins on February 1, 2021, Powers reflected his professional career working with students, faculty, staff and administrators on various chapel programs and college initiatives throughout his tenure at Rollins
The Old, The Here and Now
No full textAndrea Czafit (b. 1998), Sanford FL
Many citizens regularly enter municipal facilities in their communities without considering the foundational histories embedded within. To heighten awareness of these overlooked infrastructural politics, this work emphasizes the capitalist-catering tendencies rooted within biased and dismissive media coverage of minority residents and communities, leading to their disenfranchisement.
Developed from a curated selection of archival records associated with my hometown of Sanford, Florida, the works that form this project highlight the detrimental impact of the city’s foundational policies on racial minorities and low-income residents. Photographs and newspaper articles offer evidence of how capitalist interests lead to discrimination that inhibits lower class livelihood through poor resource distribution and inequitable criminal justice. Visual alterations of overlaying and mark making disrupt these materials, pointing to the relationship between spatial histories and written records, making Sanford’s physical and ideological construction visible.
Presenting these documents in the form of reworked compositions, varied timelines are condensed into a visual amalgamation, stressing the continued pattern of exploitation and damaging transitions that perpetuate racial-class prejudices. A constructed newspaper takeaway completes the series, provoking viewers to consider how the media we consume reinforces harmful assumptions, while encouraging their participation in the production of new histories.https://scholarship.rollins.edu/studioart_all/1015/thumbnail.jp
An Examination of Not-for-Profit CEO Transformational Leadership Style and its Influence on Entrepreneurial Behavior and Social Enterprise Initiation
Get PDFUS Not-for-Profits (NFPs) are fragile, and during the COVID-19 pandemic many had to close programs, cut services, or close their doors. They need diversified revenues beyond traditional charitable or government support. This study investigated the relationships between a transformational leadership style of the NFP CEO and the influence of entrepreneurial behavior on social enterprise creation, and on social enterprise self-efficacy in a post-hoc analysis (replacing social enterprise self-efficacy as the dependent variable). The moderating effects of risk-taking propensity were also investigated. The theoretical underpinnings of this study included both transformational leadership theory and an entrepreneurship framework. Results from the analysis reflected that a transformational leadership style (of the NFP CEO) has a significant positive relationship to entrepreneurial behavior, and to social enterprise creation. There is support in the analysis that indicates that the NFP CEO with a transformational leadership style is most likely to be entrepreneurial and to provide the leadership and inspiration that can result in social enterprise creation, helping the NFP to meet mission and money goals. The NFP CEO with a transformational leadership style who has high risk-taking propensity, will be more likely to create a social enterprise than the NFP CEO with a transformational leadership style with low risk-taking propensity. This is an important topic as there is limited research regarding the transformational leadership style of the NFP CEO and its relationship to social enterprise creation. NFPs are in need of identifying recurring, unrestricted sources of revenue to support their critical work
Representing CFAM\u27s Visitors: Participatory Action Research Approach
Get PDFUsing the participatory action research model, this study gathered preliminary data to determine the Cornell Fine Arts Museum’s (CFAM) current audience and lay the groundwork for future diversity and inclusion initiatives by assessing visitors’ experience of the museum and how it might be improved. Though the museum staff’s current practices closely resemble the research model, this is the first study to use it as a framework for conducting audience research alongside the staff. As this methodology is not common within the museum sphere, this study assessed the viability of participatory action research for further use within the field. The participatory action research model consists of a spiral structure detailing repeated instances of planning, taking action, observing, and reflecting from a general assessment of the main issue to a mutually beneficial solution. This study represents the first iteration in this process, and the method’s viability was tested based on this study’s ability to produce data that will be able to shift from one iteration to the next, therefore allowing CFAM to continue researching on their own. A two-phase survey initiative was created with CFAM to test the model. The results of the second public survey successfully generated data that CFAM can carry forward into the next planning stage of the larger diversity and inclusion project, demonstrating the effectiveness and adaptability of the method to be used within the museum field
The Future of Living: Exploring Sustainable Residential Developments Through A Case Study Analysis of The Sustainable City Dubai
Get PDFWith population growth continuing on an upwards trend and urban living projected to increase in the coming years, a redesign of typical property development is required to ensure that housing demand not only has a lesser impact on the environment, but also meets the needs of communities. Through a combination of literature review, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, this paper presents a case study of The Sustainable City Dubai (TSC), a key sustainable development within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), taking into account its social, economic and environmental strategies and consequent impacts. Investigation has been conducted into the importance of such development models and the key benefits they provide to property owners, the environment and the related businesses. In addition, the unique role sustainable developments play to various segments within the international property market was scrutinized to determine their subsequent positioning. Discussion of the barriers to adopting sustainable property development/s, both for developers and property consumers was undertaken. The paper concludes that The Sustainable City Dubai is, for the most part, beneficial and positively impacts social, economic and environmental sustainability. The paper further concludes that sustainable developments are generally positioned as niche, premium priced properties in the current real estate market and that only with greater adoption will they move out of this position. Finally, the paper argues that policy change and legislature are driving forces behind uptake of sustainable development, both for developers and property consumers
Synthesis of a Series of Ag(I)-NHC Complexes for Future Antibacterial Studies
Get PDFFor thousands of years, silver (Ag) has been widely used for medicinal purposes due to its broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties. While medicinal silver usage declined with the advent of antibiotics, there has been a renewed interest in therapeutic silver coordination compounds to combat the spread of antibiotic resistance. N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are promising ligands for silver metallodrugs due to their wide structural variety that allows for tunability of the complex’s overall steric and electronic properties and previously established bioactivity against various pathogens and cancer cell lines. There is potential for efficacy against biofilms, a type of microbial growth pattern that is common among numerous pathogens. In order to explore the impact of the steric and electronic properties of certain NHC structural features on the overall activity against Streptococcus mutans, the etiological agent behind cavities, a series of five Ag(I)-NHCs were synthesized over the course of three steps and characterized: [(IMes)AgCl] (1), [(IPr)AgCl] (2), [(IMesMe2)AgCl] (3), [(SIMes)AgCl] (4), [(IMes)AgCl] (5). Challenges occurred while synthesizing complex 3, IPr∙HCl (14), and IMesMe2∙HCl (15). Complex 1 will serve as the baseline that all other complexes will be compared to in future antibacterial studies. The diazabutadiene and imidazolium chloride precursors and Ag(I)-NHCs were synthesized with low to moderate yields. Based on the reaction mechanisms and literature protocols, increasing the amount of the catalytic reagents as well as optimization of the isolation and purification techniques should improve yields. Future work should focus on the syntheses of [(BMes)AgCl] (6) and [(6-Mes)AgCl] (7) which were unable to be completed due to time constraints. Upon successful completion of the syntheses, all will be given to the Santiago lab (Rollins Dept. of Biology) where they will be screened against S. mutans to assess their antibacterial activity
