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Student Senate Meeting Minutes January 27, 2025
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Student Senate Meeting Minutes February 10, 2025
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The Effect of Computerized Reaction Time Training on Collegiate Baseball Athletes
No full textPURPOSE: Reaction time is crucial for batting, fielding, and base running in collegiate baseball. Although emerging training technologies offer interactive methods to enhance reaction speed, their effectiveness in this context is underexplored. This study evaluates the impact of computerized, randomized reaction time training on college-aged baseball athletes.
METHODS: Thirty-nine athletes ages 18–24 from a local collegiate baseball team participated in a six-week training study. Participants were assigned to either a control group n=16, which continued regular training, or a treatment group n=23 that performed specialized reaction time drills. The treatment involved six light-up buttons fixed to a wall. During each 30-second round athletes were instructed to respond by hitting the blue button as quickly as possible among distractor colors. Each session consisted of 3 rounds of 30 sec with 10 second rest. Reaction times and total hit counts were recorded and averaged per session. Training sessions occurred twice weekly. Data was analyzed using SPSS mixed design ANOVA to determine changes in reaction time and hit count after training. Differences in reaction time of the training group were compared to the control with a statistical significance value of p \u3c 0.05 for all analyses.
RESULTS: The treatment group demonstrated significantly faster reaction times Mean=638.39 ms, SD = 62.18 compared to the control group Mean = 771.73 ms, SD = 101.98 on the post-test. Total hit counts were also higher for the treatment group Mean = 37.88, SD = 2.78 versus the control Mean = 31.96, SD = 3.81, with large effect sizes Cohen’s d = 1.58 and 1.78.
CONCLUSIONS: Computerized reaction time training appears to be an effective strategy for enhancing reaction time in collegiate baseball players. The significantly greater improvements observed in the treatment group support the integration of technology-based drills into training programs and highlight a promising future implementing technology-based training into everyday practice
Student Senate Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025
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Open versus Closed Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
No full textWhen diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), surgery can be necessary to alleviate the symptoms that can disrupt a person’s life. CTS release surgery can be performed openly or endoscopically. The purpose of this critical analysis is to determine which if there is a difference between the two surgical techniques. In adults with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome what is the difference between endoscopic surgery and open surgery on pain and overall symptoms after recovery? PubMed was utilized to find the research studies. Search terms included: carpal tunnel, endoscopic, open surgery, closed surgery, minimally invasive, and traditional. Inclusion criteria were patients: Over the age of 18 with a CTS diagnosis and symptoms; and underwent open or endoscopic surgery. The exclusion criteria were patients who were splint during the study; had arthritis; had trigger finger. PEDro scores for all eight studies were 5/10-8/10. Oxford levels were level 2 and level 3. P-values for pain ranged from p
Aspiring Leaders and Future Visions About Leadership Communications
Get PDFThe spring 2025 Leadership Education LDRS 615 graduate course student writing project focuses on the leadership communications and the future. Graduate students enrolled in this class chose as a topic: Aspiring Leaders and Future Visions about Leadership Communications. Interest in this topic emerges from discussions regarding the new digital tools and mediums implemented in the 21st century.
Upon completion of the Organizational Leaders program, new leaders will add voice and expertise to creating new visions for the workplaces of tomorrow. These graduate students point out that the future is here and the requirement to send clear communications to others remains critical. It is a special privilege to be in a space of creative graduate students who are shaping a future that reflects the innovative skills used daily on college campuses.https://openriver.winona.edu/leadershipeducationbooks/1006/thumbnail.jp
Student Senate Meeting Minutes April 14, 2025
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Effect of Rain and Habitat on Bat Calling Activity in Winona
No full textBats are an important member of a healthy ecosystem; however, we know very little about bat activity in the southeastern MN region. We used echolocation data to see whether bat calling activity differed between upland habitat at Garvin Heights and Lake Winona. We also tested whether time of night and precipitation events affected bat call activity. There was significantly more bat calling activity at Lake Winona compared to Garvin Heights. Rain events caused a reduction in bat calls at both sites. There was no clear pattern of bat call activity throughout the night. This study highlights the impact of environmental factors, such as precipitation and habitat, on bat calling activity
Socioeconomic Status During Upbringing and Academic Performance as a College Student
No full textThe purpose of this study is to see if childhood socioeconomic status (SES) can be used as a predictor for both objective and subjective academic performance in college. Recruited from the psychology pool of a Midwestern university, participants (N=296) completed an anonymous Qualtrics Survey consisting of researcher-developed questionnaires and adapted standardized measures. Participants answered questions about their access to resources growing up, provided information about their grades and study habits, and rated themselves on a scale regarding performance and effort put into schoolwork. Data were examined using linear regression analyses and independent t-tests to evaluate the relationship between childhood SES and college-aged academic performance. This study found that childhood SES is a predictor of academic performance in college. The implications of this study suggest that students from lower SES backgrounds may require additional support services in order to succeed at the rate in that their higher SES classmates do