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Rachel C. Living Memoirs Interview
Get PDFRachel, an alumnus of Southern, shared about her time as a teacher in a 10/40 window country, a country that does not allow proselytizing. She shared about the interesting path she took during the process of becoming a student missionary, life-changing events during her time abroad, and how her time affected her career trajectory and her passion for service.
*Disturbing content, listener discretion is advised.
Views expressed do not represent Southern Adventist University or McKee Library but are the personal opinions of the interviewed individual
Afro hair discrimination in school settings*
No full textThe primary objective of this presentation is to explore the relationship between discrimination against Afro hair and its psychological impact on students who have encountered such discrimination. It seeks to examine how these experiences influence their perceptions of their hair and decisions about its alteration. Additionally, this review aims to seek the truth of this overlooked social issue. This review represents a step toward a better understanding of Afro-hair discrimination
Semiotics: Deconstructing the Myth
No full textThe theory of semiotics seeks to identify meanings from the sights and sounds – or signs – that fill our lives. Roland Barthes, a French critical scholar, is accredited with providing many of the theory’s concepts. One of the constructs that is still studied today is that of myth. Although Barthes’ concept of myth has undergone criticism by scholars, research demonstrates that the theory still has value today. Through an understanding of what signs are, what a myth is, and how to deconstruct myth, lasting change can be created personally, spiritually, and culturally. This presentation will explore Barthes\u27 concept of myth in several areas
Visualizing NFL Player Metrics
Get PDFThis project is dedicated to reshaping the exploration of NFL player data. Tailored for sports analysts and fantasy football managers, the goal is to deliver convenience through seamless data navigation and precise filtering through an interactive dashboard. In contrast to the static formats found on the NFL website and ESPN, this dynamic interface offers interactive visualizations, empowering users to effortlessly compare data. These comparisons can be used draw quick conclusions about player performance
A Cooperative Solution to AI Art Generators
No full textThe recent emergence of generative AI has led to a surge of new technologies that have had massive repercussions on society. In particular, AI image generators have created a couple of major issues, deepfake images and image theft. Specifically with image theft, there lies the issue of getting permission to use images in an AI model. We propose a solution to this issue where image owners can mark their images with a specific watermark that states that they do not wish for their images to be used for training AI imaging models
Ambispection: The Artwork of Donald Keefe,
No full textAmbispection refers to the consideration of a subject both retrospectively and prospectively. The term also evokes a broader category of inspection: that of introspection and something I call ‘extrospection’ --a preoccupation with what exists outside of oneself. The prefix “ambi” makes one think of ambivert, having equal characteristics of both an intro- and extrovert. There is also a suggestion of the adjectives ‘ambiguous’ and ‘ambivalent’: the double-minded quality of one who is reserving judgement and commitment for when, if ever, enough knowledge is gained to silence all doubt.
My current series of works reflect my artistic ambispection. Representational images point the viewer to content that exists beyond the frame of the artwork — things which are being objectively re-presented. Abstraction is art referencing itself; is self-contained and concerned with its own defining qualities. However, abstraction has also been the form which artists have used to present the spiritual and formless, based on subjective feeling and lacking any tangible reference to represent.
In my artworks, historical references and flat graphic elements that acknowledge digital processes, relate to this artistic dualism between representation and abstraction. As artist Mark Tansey illustrated in his A Short History of Modernist Painting series: painting can conversely be conceived of as a window, a wall, or a mirror. It is the ambivalence of post-modern, contemporary artists, to hold all of these points of view at once.
Many of my artworks contain landscape references. Like abstraction, landscape painting has been a vehicle through which artists have attempted to depict the presence of the Divine. This romantic interpretation is furthered by my use of landscapes which are often associated with spiritual mysteries, such as the American southwest. I grew up in that region, and vistas of deserts and mountains are idealized in my memory in the same way as my childhood neighborhood.
These artworks are as much an expression of myself as they are a reflection of the audiobooks of history, biography, and classical literature that I’ve absorbed while working in the studio. For me, art-making, like the ‘game’ of composition, is about balance. My art is not solely a therapeutic dive into the root of some imagined or real neurosis, nor is it a dry academic exercise of rendered forms floating on a canvas with no context, nor is it art for art sake. The act of creating art for me is one of ambispection: a retrospection upon my connection to life, history, religion, and art —and a prospective assertion of my being and individualistic will
McKee Minute May 2024
Get PDFThe May 2024 McKee Minute features information on the open education resources stipend, streaming media, summer reading, virtual reality headsets, and more
The Importance of Health and Socialization While Engaging with our Communities and Students
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You can give someone a fish and feed them a meal or you can teach them how to fish and feed them for a lifetime (unknown author). This saying is true in many circumstances in life. One circumstance is new educators are learning skills but have minimal opportunities to put them into practice. Collaborating with new Doctoral graduates in their academic journey and engaging them in our research studies, scholarly activities, and eventually presenting at conferences is mutually edifying. There is increased risk of isolation post-COVID so it is important for adults to stay socially active (Encheva-Stoykova et al., 2022; Pashana & Wuthrich, 2021). The WHO’s theme of “Health for All” is vital for adults to actively practice the health principles (Mathew, 2023). It is important that adults stay physically and mentally active (Da Silva Conceição & Teixeira, 2023). This study explored adults’ perceptions of health and socialization.
Methods
A mixed methods design was utilized. The sample consisted of 665 English-speaking adults and a convenient sampling method was used. The survey was adapted from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey collected by the CDC since 1991. The survey was created using Google Forms and the data automatically populated Google Sheets. The survey URL was emailed to adults over 18 years of age who spoke English. Descriptive statistics were conducted on the quantitative data.
Results
Half (50%) of the respondents self-reported being fairly to very social. Additionally over half (55%) of the respondents reported they were healthy or very healthy.
Implications
As educators, it is our responsibility to connect with our students, as future educators, in ways that will inspire them and equip them for their future jobs. Engaging graduate students in various scholarly experiential learning activities will benefit both the learner and the professor
Life Over God
Get PDF“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.” John 9:39-40, ESV.
Life Over Go