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Daily Meteorological Report
Get PDFMeteorological data is collected daily at CERCOM and is submitted to the National Weather Service (NWS), in Upton NY at the Brookhaven National Laboratories. Air Temperature, wind speed and direction, pH of precipitation, rain gauge, barometer pressure, cloud cover and estimated altitude by type, are data sets compiled and submitted to the NWS daily. CERCOM’s Co-Op site is the only continuous operating facility on Great South Bay
Evaluating universities Twitter web pages responding to the Black Lives Matter movement
Get PDFIn the wake of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in May 2020, many colleges and universities responded by making statements on their website and social media channels condemning racism. Higher education institutions began initiatives for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for faculty, staff, administrators, and students on campus. Three years later, this study investigates whether universities are still offering and promoting workshops, classes, events, and activities related to DEI to campus communities. To do so, the researchers conducted a content analysis on Twitter categorizing tweets over a one-month period, then they classified the Tweets using the top 10 colleges in the U.S. News & World Report published in 2021. Tweets were categorized by the authors with the following classifications: equality and diversity, academics, campus life, faculty and student research, campus upgrades, administrative information, community service, and others. The researchers discovered that all categories were utilized to engage current students and to attract potential new students. The faculty and student research category was tweeted the most by universities over the one month of Twitter classification. Even though the category of “diversity, equality and inclusion” was not the most tweeted category, it was still frequently utilized as higher education institutions strongly highlighted content and information related to DEI initiatives
Expanding Respite Care Services to Meet Demand and Increase Organizational Competitiveness
Get PDFThis paper presents the results of student efforts in an undergraduate Capstone course at Molloy University’s School of Business. During the 14-week Spring 2023 semester, these 12 students worked in small teams to address an opportunity presented by a senior executive of The Viscardi Center, a highly regarded 70-year old nonprofit organization based in Albertson (Long Island), New York. To help executives evaluate whether Viscardi could expand its respite care services, students were asked to conduct: (1) research about competitive respite care services/programs; (2) market research with key stakeholders; and, (3) an analysis of financial viability. Students gave Viscardi the “green light,” and delivered their recommendations in three business reports and presentations at the end of the semester. Recommendations were based on industry and organizational research. All recommendations included turn-key implementation plans, projected benefits, potential risks and mitigation efforts, and more. With this collaboration, The Viscardi Center, joins a growing list of repeat Capstone clients which is a testament to the valuable work of our Molloy business students. Capstone is a culminating course required of all Molloy business students in their final year or semester. It involves three mixed methods: the flipped classroom, community engagement, and experiential learning
Linking Business and Healthcare for the Greater Good
Get PDFMolloy University just celebrated its tenth year of its renowned Capstone program. In doing so, students who have successfully completed the program (alum) as well as current students were acknowledged for their accomplishments pertaining to their final Capstone projects. This year the consulting teams worked with a fairly large nonprofit, The Hospice Care Network of Northwell Health. This enabled our students to delve into an interdisciplinary study between the Business and Healthcare fields to assist children who have been adversely impacted by the loss of a loved one and who are participants in their bereavement program. The consulting teams not only recommended new and innovative fundraising programs, community outreach programs, and integrative marketing toolkits to increase brand awareness and deliver a consistent marketing message that supports its mission and vision, but the team executed some of these recommendations and it truly transformed all that were involved including the client, faculty, and students collectively. One particular team, the team represented at this conference, was able to monetize their fundraising efforts and partner with Molloy University’s Student Government and Performing Arts Club executive board to build recurring support with “The Night at the Theatre” program that takes place every spring at the University. The Capstone experience continues to contribute toward our students’ personal and academic success. We successfully engage in hands-on transformational learning year over year which shapes the lives of our students and have them graduate with the proper disposition to be tomorrow’s sought-out leaders in their chosen industries. The faculty who instruct the Capstone program truly take pride in this type of real-world endeavor with their student body. This project has made its mark on the hearts and minds of our students as we still continue to collaborate with The Hospice Care Network today. The School is proud of their accomplishments and we have already experienced the impact that our collaboration has had on society through the diligent work and commitment our students have put forth to assist children in need
A Convergence of Violence: Structural Violence Experiences of K–12, Black, Disabled Males across Multiple Systems
Get PDF: In American schools, conversations about violence prioritize direct violence, while indirect violence is virtually ignored. This current emphasis overlooks the structural violence deeply embedded in America’s social, political, and economic institutions, which were intentionally designed to exclude, and position some groups to experience disproportionate levels of poverty, exploitation, and persecution. To understand the mechanisms of structural violence, the concepts of structural violence and total institutions, the tenets of Disability Critical Race Theory can be used as an analytical lens. This retrospective comparative case study does so by exploring similarities in the lived experiences of Black, Emotionally Disturbed males across metropolitan special education, juvenile justice, and medical systems. The findings demonstrate a “convergence of violence” in America’s juvenile justice, medical, and special education systems, collectively pushing K–12-aged participants into carceral sites, denying them voice and choice, and providing them with performative healthcare. Our study recommends that institutions designed to serve K–12-aged learners use cross-sector collaborations to meet holistic learner needs and mitigate pressures to engage in direct violence. Specifically, we offer the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model as a national approach to increase access to healthcare providers, social services, and mental health services, as well as engaging community stakeholders critical to understanding the cultural context of learners’ lived experiences
Journeying Towards Connection in a Culture Circle with Six K-12 Educators: An Autoethnographic Study of Critical Praxis
Get PDFCritical praxis is an important means of increasing educators\u27 critical consciousness. Culture circles are one avenue for educators to engage in a critical praxis, to dialogue, listen, reflect, and develop direct action steps. Both critical consciousness (Freire) and an ethic of care (Noddings) are essential and require an ongoing critical praxis. However, there is a lack of educational research on culture circles for ongoing praxis. In this auto/ethnographic, qualitative, action research (AR) study, the researcher created and explored a culture circle of six K-12 teachers. Over the course of five 90- minute sessions, the participants and the researcher raised situational experiences in their educational contexts for critical conversations. The analysis of the culture circle transcripts, informal interviews, and researcher reflexive journals showed that the culture circle educators a) problematized issues facing their social justice and equity efforts, b) connected emotionally and culturally to themselves, one another and their students, c) created direct action steps in their teaching and learning community as they (re)awakened their critical consciousness. The researcher posits that engaging in a critical praxis within a culture circle builds educators’ capacity to teach with care and criticality in their racially/ethnically and linguistically diverse learning communities. The study provides research-based evidence in support of utilizing culture circles as a method to foster a critical praxis for preservice in-service professional learning. Limitations, implications, and recommendations for educators and educational researchers are discussed
JETstream Volume 5
Get PDFAnd just like that, spring has finally arrived and with that, the end of the spring 2023 semester! But before transitioning into summer mode and hopefully some well-deserved time off, the JET Library would like to fill you in on some of the things we have been up to; welcoming Molloy’s Archives & Special Collections to JET, several new resources including the First-Generation LibGuide, Medical and Nursing Journal Collection and other resources specifically aimed to help improve accessibility and access for anyone entering the library. This past year, the JET Library and its cross-functional partners within Learning Services, the Writing Center, and Tutoring Services were sincerely honored to receive this year’s Molloy Team Award! We would also like to congratulate the winners of all the other categories. The JET library also welcomed several new members to our team in addition to one returning member who you will get to know a bit better in this issue. So as we prepare for the last few weeks of the semester, we would like to wish all of our students the best on their upcoming finals and to the entire Molloy University community, a safe and enjoyable summer
Journey to a Heart Safe Community
Get PDFRiding the Wave of Wellness Conference a UNC-Wilmington from the Building Healthy Academic Communities organizatio
A Novel Framework for Building Organizational Capabilities
Get PDFThe pace of change in the business environment is constantly being accelerated by rapidly emerging technologies and evolving customer demands. It is no longer sufficient for organizations to keep their strategic focus on elevating their existing capabilities to achieve excellence in their product and service offerings. It is critical to be able to develop new organizational capabilities which are aligned with new strategic insights. Existing frameworks have their limitations in terms of helping to identify new organizational capabilities and ensuring that they are closely aligned with the overall business strategy. In response to these challenges, a novel framework for designing and building new organizational capabilities is proposed and elaborated in this paper. Instead of focusing on People, Processes and Technologies (as most conventional approaches do), the proposed framework has its emphasis on Relationship, Thinking and Action. By integrating key theoretical perspectives and practical insights, this framework offers a comprehensive and flexible roadmap for organizations seeking to enhance their competitive advantage. Practitioners can apply the framework throughout the three key phases in building new organizational capabilities: diagnosis, design, and implementation. The framework emphasizes the importance of fostering a learning culture and leveraging technology as enablers for capability development. Exploration will also be made in how ChatGPT can be deployed in the application of the framework. By presenting this novel framework, this paper contributes to the existing body of knowledge on organizational capabilities and provides practical guidance for organizations seeking to enhance their competitiveness in a rapidly changing business landscape
Does Management Education Need a Facelift? The Intersection of Managing, Leading, and Coaching. Part V: Environmental Scan of Higher Education
Get PDFThis paper is the fifth in a series of five papers that collectively explore management education and its value to workplace preparation. The purpose of this research path is to ensure that management education remains cutting edge and relevant to the needs of organizational leaders and to our students’ professional goals. At the 2021 Northeast Business and Economics Association Conference (NBEA.us) the author set the stage for a five (5) paper multi-phase research agenda. The purpose of this research, Part V, is to explore where coaching knowledge and skill-development currently exists within higher education programs, degrees, and curriculum. This paper reports on the results of an environmental scan. It not only describes the landscape and the intersection of higher education and coaching, but it also offers recommendations to management and business faculty for improving the curriculum so that the growing profession of leadership, management, and executive coaching, can be seamlessly integrated into business education