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we took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of heart
we are. we are. we are
the words in our veins,
and the ache to make sense of them
Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus
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Like waves of pure gold,
Caress her lithe body
Garden of Joy
Get PDFA Syntax Virus of “Anatomy of Failure” in Halflife by Meghan O’Rourke
Sunbeams shine over the daisies— bathing them, coloring, blossoming; even the leaves are green as ripe bell peppers..
Long Goodbyes
Get PDFThe air was stifling in a way that felt like a hug, thick around the skin and luring in a sense of content sleepiness. The din of the television was muffled by the sounds of laughter and gossip coming from the dining room, hidden on the other side of the thin wood paneling. The screen was buzzing with static and the images there were indistinguishable, filled with mosaics of color and flashing light in the dark crevices of the dimly lit living room. There were people on the couch behind the coffee table, but they had no faces, like the little knick-knacks safely tucked away inside the corner hutches
Teaching Special Educators to Critically Evaluate Children’s Books for Cultural Responsiveness
Get PDFTeaching Special Educators to Critically Evaluate Children’s Books for Cultural Responsiveness Session Date: Saturday June 25, 2022 Session Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: Washington Convention Center, 144B-C
Active Engagement of Participants: Participants at this presentation will learn about bibliotherapy, and cultural responsiveness within special education. They will view data from a study that used critique and engagement with children’s books as one way support growth in cultural responsiveness for pre-service teachers. Participants will critique I Talk Like A River (Scott, 2020), a 2021 Schneider Family Younger Children Book Winner using the Finding Belonging through Children’s Books Rating Scale. Next, participants will view example story boards, and will be invited to sketch a story board of their own using the book, I Walk with Vanessa: A Picture Book Story About a Simple Act of Kindness (Kerascoët, 2018). Participants will be invited to discuss their own ideas for use of children’s books to promote cultural responsiveness of future special educators. All participants will receive a handout, including the list of books used.
How Pre-Service Teachers Engaged with Children’s Books: Cultural responsiveness within special education is an expected competency of initial practice in that field (Council for Exceptional Children, 2020). One teacher preparation program worked to improve cultural competence in pre-service special educators, focusing first in two courses, with two projects in each of those courses requiring engagement with culturally responsive children’s literature. Twenty students participated in a junior-level course about high incidence disabilities. In that course, students critiqued a selection of books addressing varied components of marginalization, such as disability, race, poverty, immigration, etc. In the first course, students designed an instructional unit using a Schneider Family 2013 winner in the Middle School category, A Dog Called Homeless (2012). They identified standards for reading and writing, as well as learning objectives emphasizing a function of bibliotherapy. A significant portion of the grade for that assignment was earned for evidence of cultural responsiveness, including support of resilience, community, change agency, or disability-related Identity. Twenty-two students participated in a senior-level special education course about behavior. In that course, students critiqued books for helpfulness as bibliotherapeutic resources when intervening for social and emotional challenges. Students then engaged specifically with the ALSC Recommended book, I Walk with Vanessa: A Picture Book Story About a Simple Act of Kindness (Kerascoët, 2018). Applying course concepts about reconciliation as a special education behavior practice, students focused on the bully in that story. Using white boards, students worked in groups to sketch a story board as if for a book proposal to the author/illustrator team Kerascoët, proposing a story for that bully about finding forgiveness, and restoring to community.
Study Instrumentation: To assess any growth in cultural responsiveness, students complete pre- and post assessments using the Culturally Responsive Special Education Experiences and Efficacy Scale ([Author Removed for Review]2021), rating their number of experiences serving individuals and families in special education who also experience other marginalization such as poverty, under-represented race, immigration, etc., then rating their self-efficacy for such culturally responsive practices. As a tool to facilitate the book critiques, students used the Finding Belonging through Children’s Books Rating Scale ([Author Removed for Review]2021). Using this scale, students rated and compared children’s books for use in promoting specific bibliotherapeutic functions (identity, catharsis, and problem-solving for solutions) for various types of diversity or childhood challenges (Forgan, 2002; Nasatir and Horn, 2003). Prior to students rating the books, three researchers reached inter-rater reliability. The students’ book ratings were gathered using survey software, then compared to the scores of the researchers, and relationships with their experiences and self-efficacy in culturally responsive special education practices (as measured by the Culturally Responsive Special Education Experiences and Efficacy Scale, [Author Removed for Review]2021). Teacher-made rubrics were used to score instructional design and story board products.
Collaborations:Guidance to improvements to this teacher preparation program were provided by two external experts in Civil Rights and racial justice. Dr. Christina Edmondson is a scholar, public speaker, social media leader, and author of such books as Faithful Antiracism (Edmondson, 2022). Dr. Todd Allen is a university faculty, diversity administrator, and founder of the Common Ground Project and Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights Tour, teaching participants about the the history of Civil Rights in America.
Multiple Perspectives of the Presenters:The three presenters bring multiple perspectives to building cultural competencies in educators. One presenter is a first-generation American of southeast Asian descent who is passionate about social justice. The second presenter is an African American who is passionate about urban education. Both of those undergraduate researchers are completing teacher certifications in both special education and elementary education, and both plan to teach in intercultural settings. The third presenter is a university faculty member with over thirty years experience serving or teaching children with disabilities and preparing future special educators
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O Magnum Mysterium (2003) Morten Lauridsen (1943 - ), transcribed for band by H. Robert Reynolds (1934 - )
Outdoor Overture (1948) Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)
Ammerland (2001) Jacob de Haan (1959 - )
El Capitan (1896) John Philip Sousa (1854 – 1952) arranged by Keith Brion (1933 - ) and Loras Schissel (1964 - )
October (2000) Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
Sleigh Ride (1948) Leroy Anderson (1908 – 1975)
Windscape (2011) David Marlatt (1973 - )
Sailor’s Delight (2018) Frank McKinney (1953 - )
Spring: A New Beginning (2009) David Marlatt (1973 - )
Elegy for a Young American (1967) Ronald Lo Presti (1933 – 1985)
Chester Overture (1957) William Schuman (1910 – 1992
Choral Conducting Recital Program Notes
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The Road Home - Stephen Paulus (1949 - 2014)
Kyrie from “Requiem” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Laudamus Te from “Gloria” - Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Te Deum for The Empress Marie Therese - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Five Hebrew Love Songs - Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
MLK - arr. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis (1505 (?) - 1585)
No Time - arr. Susan Brumfield (birthdate unknown) Heilig - Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Bogoroditse Devo from “All-Night Vigil” - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
Jai Ho - arr. Ethan Sperry (b. 1971
Wear Testing of a Mechanized Percussion Well Drilling System for Water Access in West Africa
Get PDFThe Mechanized Percussion Well Drilling (MPWD) Collaboratory project is assisting in the development of a mechanized well drilling system for drilling shallow water wells in West Africa. Our client, Mr. Joseph Longenecker with Open Door Development (ODD), desires to make water wells accessible to all in this region, but has experienced difficulty drilling through hard soil layers. To overcome this problem, the MPWD team has worked closely with Mr. Joseph Longenecker to develop a mechanized percussion well drilling rig using a rubber friction wheel drive system that is capable of drilling through these harder layers.
Currently, the MPWD team is working to provide recommendations to improve the useful service life of our client’s new, mechanized rig design. The MPWD team’s most recent work includes the design and fabrication of a testing rig to simulate the operation of our client’s full-size rig. The testing rig will allow our team to conduct fatigue testing on a model of the driveline system to analyze the wear patterns on the rubber friction wheel and to estimate its expected service life. The team has also performed a series of finite element analyses on the mast design of our client\u27s rig to evaluate working stresses under static loading and buckling, along with fatigue analysis, to confirm safe operation of the rig and to identify any elements that might require upgrades.
Funding for this work provided by The Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research.https://mosaic.messiah.edu/engr2022/1010/thumbnail.jp
Investigating the Efficacy of Application of Taping Interventions for Individuals Suffering from Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Get PDF• Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) occurs in 25% of adolescents and adults
• PFPS is a result of biomechanical imbalances, trauma, and muscle tightness/weakness
• Anterior knee pain is the primary complaint of patients with this condition
• McConnell taping and Kinesio taping are two techniques that physical therapists often use for treatment
Purpose: • To examine the literature comparing the effectiveness of two taping techniques — McConnell and Kinesio taping, and their respective impact on reducing pain in patients with PFP