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Sophomore Recital: April 9, 2025
No full textKemp Recital Hall
April 9, 2025
Wednesday Evening
7:30 p.m
Parent & Family Newsletter, October 2025
No full textParent and Family Newsletterhttps://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/pafn/1010/thumbnail.jp
Psy News, Summer 2025
No full textNewsletter of the Department of Psychologyhttps://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/pn/1017/thumbnail.jp
Herding Cats: Reflections on Designing and Implementing an Interprofessional Education Simulation
No full textUnderstanding the Influence of a University-Based Reading and Literacy Center Literacy Tutoring Program on Students’ Literacy Behaviors, Beliefs, and Skills: Stakeholder Perspectives
No full textA convergent mixed-methods study designed with a networked systems theory framework investigated the influence of a university-based reading and literacy center literacy tutoring program on students’ literacy behaviors, beliefs, and skills. The study examined stakeholder perspectives of changes in students following their participation in the literacy tutoring program. A convergent mixed-methods design collected and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data separately before merging for interpretation. Quantitative data came from students’ pre-assessment scores and post-assessment scores. The results indicated that students’ scores increased, decreased, or remained the same from pre-assessment to post-assessment. Qualitative data came from tutor interviews and parent surveys. The findings indicated that tutors and parents perceived changes in the students during tutoring sessions and at home. The merged findings and results suggest that changes in students’ literacy behaviors, beliefs, and skills are measurable and observable and that, combined, provide a layered and nuanced understanding of how our students grow and change as literacy learners following their participation in a university-based reading and literacy center literacy tutoring program
Prairie Vampires: Pathways by which Hemiparasitic Pedicularis canadensis Influences Community Dynamics in the Presence of Invasive Lespedeza cuneata
No full textHemiparasitic plants steal resources from hosts and through multiple pathways can alter prairie diversity and resistance to invasion, but the relative importance of theft vs. nutrient and microbial modification is unknown. This project examined how the native hemiparasite Pedicularis canadensis affects its local community, and whether P. canadensis impedes expansion of the invasive legume Lespedeza cuneata. In 2024, I recorded percent cover and species richness in 1-m2 plots for which 2019 community composition was known, organic nitrogen concentration, and microbial biomass in each plot. These 2019 and 2024 data were incorporated in piecewise structural equation modeling to evaluate hypotheses for effects of P. canadensis and L. cuneata on the community. A significant negative effect of P. canadensis on forb richness and cover, legume richness indirectly (but positive effect directly), and graminoid richness indicates the hemiparasite affects diversity of the site by altering competitive relationships but does not support the hypothesis that the hemiparasite is a keystone species. The hemiparasite significantly decreased soil organic nitrogen, which indirectly increased non-Lespedeza legume cover, supporting the hypothesis that P. canadensis behaves as a weak ecosystem engineer. Changes to species richness or evenness by P. canadensis had no significant effect on L. cuneata, failing to support the hypothesis that species-rich prairie communities are more invasion resistant. Native Lespedeza capitata had significant negative effect on L. cuneata, consistent with the hypothesis that functionally similar species can inhibit invasion. Knowing how hemiparasites like P. canadensis impact local biodiversity and invasion resistance can inform prairie management and restoration
Blue Notes, February 14, 2025 (issue 2025-03)
No full textNewsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistryhttps://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/bn/1067/thumbnail.jp
Blue Notes, February 28, 2025 (issue 2025-04)
No full textNewsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistryhttps://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/bn/1068/thumbnail.jp
Blue Notes, April 11, 2025 (issue 2025-06)
No full textNewsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistryhttps://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/bn/1070/thumbnail.jp