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The Influence of Sustainability Efforts on Sustainable Consumption Habits Amongst College Students
No full textABSTRACT:The Influence of Sustainability Efforts on Sustainable Consumption Habits Amongst College Students.
AUTHORS: R. Bell and C. Anstrom
LEARNING OUTCOME: Identify the implications of sustainability efforts implemented within a college campus food service on student perception of university sustainability practices and student behavior.
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: Sustainability of food systems is a growing concern for registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), food service operation employees, policymakers, and activists. Limited research studying student awareness of sustainability efforts and the implication towards developing sustainable behaviors is available. This study explores the relationship between student awareness of sustainability efforts implemented within a college campus food service operation and student perception of university sustainability.
METHODS: A convenience sample of 102 (73 females, 29 males) undergraduate students attending a small midwestern university completed a questionnaire developed by Belen Derqui (2020). This questionnaire was adapted with permission for this study. The questionnaire included objective questions on student awareness and subjective questions on student perception of university sustainability to study the relationship. Data was analyzed utilizing the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
RESULTS: Statistically significant positive correlations between student awareness of university efforts to record measurements of food waste and student perception of awareness of efforts and resources in reducing food waste were found (rs = 0.409, p= rs = 0.491, p= \u3c.001).
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Though the relationships were of moderate strength, the statistically significant positive correlation between student awareness in relation to student perception of awareness serves implications that more frequent exposure to sustainability efforts may lead to increasing conscientiousness with potential for students to develop sustainable practices and behavior.
FUNDING DISCLOSURE: NONE
Note: This poster was accepted to be presented at the Food and Nutrition Expo and Conference (FNCE, National Conference) in October 2022 in Orlando, Florida
Fish Pond Aerator Energy Source
Get PDFPrevious senior design projects have designed an alternative aerator system for a tilapia farm in Guatemala. Instead of using a pump to create bubbles, a water agitator was designed. Given that the cost of electricity is roughly 50% of the cost to produce tilapia, the need for this semester is to design and suggest alternative sources of energy (e.g., solar, wind, hydro energy). In addition, strategies to reduce the cost of energy (e.g., on/off cycling, demand analysis) are welcome. Finally, all these options must be evaluated through computer simulations or similar engineering analysis
Watseka Pavilion
Get PDFStudents will design an open-air pavilion for the city park in Watseka. The design will include architectural and structural design. Substantial completion of design documents is required
Personality and Exam Overconfidence
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Preprocessing of Astronomical Images from the NEOWISE Survey for Near-Earth Asteroid Detection
Get PDFAsteroid detection is a common field in astronomy for planetary defense, requiring observations from survey telescopes to detect and classify different objects. The amount of data collected each night is continually increasing as new and better-designed telescopes begin collecting information each year. This amount of data is quickly becoming unmanageable, and researchers are looking for ways to better process this data. The most feasible current solution is to implement computer algorithms to automatically detect these sources and then use machine learning to create a more efficient and accurate method of classification. Implementation of such methods has previously focused on larger asteroids, but this leads to less accuracy in classifying smaller and slower-moving asteroids. We use the source data from the Near-Earth Object Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) survey telescope to create a preprocessing pipeline allowing for better training and testing data for machine learning algorithms. We were able to create a pipeline that finds sources on an image within 0.02 degrees as well as a collection of data on the known sources. Next, we used several machine learning classifying models, including a logistic regression classifier, a support vector machine (SVM), a naïve Bayes classifier, and a random forest. Finally, we present and discuss these results as a confusion matrix for each model, describing the ability to classify a source as an asteroid or not. This was done with only the numerical data collected. In the future, to create a better classifier, we would use this data along with classified images to develop a system that could predict the possibility of a detected source within a NEOWISE image being an asteroid or not
An Examination of Clergy Preparation in the Church of the Nazarene
Get PDFThis study explored the influence of the evolution of post-secondary educational delivery modes on the preparation of ministers in the Church of the Nazarene. The purpose of this study was to examine the trends, outcomes, and efficacy of multiple educational delivery modes for ministerial students in the Church of the Nazarene in order to recommend strategies to enhance the preparedness of clergy for ordination and ministry. The study examined the relationship of the multiple educational delivery modes to student attitudes and perceptions about preparation for ordination, perceived competencies of the formational objectives and curricular objectives, and ministry (career) outcomes of pastors. The research revealed that the delivery mode chosen did not have a significant difference in ministers’ perceptions of competency, attitudes toward preparation for ordination, or overall ministerial job satisfaction. However, the results of the survey provided significant insights from ministers that may prove to influence the trajectory of clergy preparation for ordination in the Church of the Nazarene. The implications of this study may provide denominational leaders a comprehensive examination of the trends and efficacy of post-secondary education in the twenty-first century and to better equip them in the development and implementation of more effective educational requirements and modes of delivery to ensure desired outcomes of educational preparedness of clergy for ordination
Advocating for the Middle Man: An Explication of Chair Perceptions on Overcoming Emotion at Work
Get PDFThe researcher’s study aimed to understand the perceptions of private university department chairs when engaging with emotional intelligence (EQ) at work. The qualitative approach provided the boundaries for the voice and the experience of the participants as the researcher collected interviews, department meeting minutes, and department program reviews from a sample of five department chairs across three, private universities. The following departments served as the study’s population: mathematics, family and consumer science, business, education, and modern languages. Findings revealed participants perceived job satisfaction through the mediator of emotion. Participants identified the emotional challenges of department chair and perceived emotion within the context of department chair as something to be worked through rather than overcome. Participants worked through the emotional challenges through communication and balance of priorities. Participants disclosed the significance of emotional regulation through the lens of identity, and the researcher found support of the department chair’s multi-faceted identities surfaced as important within the boundaries of the researcher’s study. Findings revealed contextualization of the department chair’s experience with emotional regulation to be subjective to the confines of the individual department, although, the need for emotional regulation while serving one’s institution transcends context. The researcher concluded department chairs do not receive formal, institutional emotional support and perceive support through organic, informal structures. Participants’ emotional regulation depended on organizational membership behavior based on individual capacities. The researcher’s contribution to the field of higher education explicated the blurred lines between participants’ internal, organizational identities and external identities and the perception of emotional support