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ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program: A Student’s Perspective
No full textXochitl Regalado, a graduate student at Governors State University (GSU), was selected to participate in ASHA’s Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP), class of 2023. Xochitl was one of forty undergraduate seniors, graduate, and clinical doctoral students who was selected out of a competitive national selection process to participate in the MSLP. Per ASHA, the MSLP is a leadership development program for communication sciences and disorders (CSD) program students in order to recruit and retain racial/ethnic minorities that have been historically underrepresented in the field of CSD and to provide educational programming to build and enhance leaderships skills, while learning about how ASHA works. Now in her second year of graduate school, Xochitl, holds several titles, including President of the National Student Speech Language & Hearing Association (NSSLHA), Changemaker Fellow of the Great Lakes FAST Fund Consortium, and Library Assistant at GSU. She strives to make a lasting impact across campus and is highly motivated to support and encourage individuals to find their voice. Recently, Xochitl sat down for an interview with her professors, Dr. Danielle Osmelak and Dr. Angela Riccelli, to talk about the opportunity that took her to Boston, Massachusetts, and reflect on her once-in-lifetime experience.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1123/thumbnail.jp
Assessments of Municipalities’ Fiscal Health: Comparative Analysis of State Online Dashboard Systems
No full textThis research provides a comparative analysis of eight state online dashboard systems that track and assess fiscal health of local governments in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington, and Utah. The eight chosen states represent a population of states that both monitor local government fiscal health and run an online dashboard system The goal of this article is to offer practical guidance for practitioners on states’ online dashboard systems used to assess municipal fiscal health and provide a list of top best practices. Specifically, we address such questions as (1) who should administer the online dashboard systems, (2) what financial indicators should be present, (3) what environmental factors should be incorporated, (4) how many years of prior financial data should be included, (5) what financial stress risks should be accounted for, (6) what supplementary resources for use of systems should be present, and (7) which entities should collaborate in establishing and managing online dashboard systems.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1028/thumbnail.jp
Approaches to Solutions of Municipal Fiscal Distress: a Descriptive Case of Matteson, Illinois
No full textThe aim of this case study is to provide a detailed picture of causes and consequences of fiscal emergencies and to examine different approaches the Village of Matteson, Illinois, used to improve its financial position between 2009 and 2024. Specifically, we focus on the following research questions: (1) What are the main causes of fiscal stress? (2) How did Matteson address its fiscal challenges? and, (3) What recommendation for improvement of fiscal health conditions in Matteson could extrapolate to other local governments? This case study analysis supports a Theory of Municipal Fiscal Emergency and Bankruptcy by Guzman and Ermasova (2023). We found that Matteson went through three stages of exit from its fiscal stress situation suggested by Guzman and Ermasova (2023): Haphazard, Emergency, and Innovative Responses. Matteson tackled its fiscal problems by “stretching the budget,” creating a business district tax and municipal hotel tax, establishing new fines, installing traffic-light cameras on heavy traffic roads, collecting higher service charges and permit fees, improving budgeting practices, achieving Home Rule status, and providing financial incentives to businesses to support economic development.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1026/thumbnail.jp
Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Annual Report 2024
Get PDFThe OSPR supports the GovState community by securing external funding in the form of grants and contracts and by facilitating faculty and staff involvement in research, community outreach, student support and other creative activities. OSPR oversees pre-award and post-award externally funded grant and contract activities and coordinates institutional review boards for research with human and animal subjects.
OSPR delivered a strong Fiscal Year 2024, requesting new grant funding in the amount of 28,826,977 in active awards. We also made advances to streamline collaborative research projects by joining the SMART IRB platform, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and designed to facilitate reliance agreements for multisite research. In March 2024, OSPR conducted a survey of faculty research needs. The purpose of the survey was to identify areas where support for faculty research may be improved and to inform the university’s future decisions about supporting our research enterprise. Throughout the year, we supported the university community with trainings in proposal development, grant management and ethical research. The following pages provide a detailed account of OSPR accomplishments
Transforming Libraries through AI and Project-Based Learning: Evidence-Based Approach to Innovation and Inclusion
No full textA library-faculty collaboration in a Project-based Learning (PBL) course helped students develop AI skills while addressing equity issues like food and pharmacy deserts in Chicago. The library, acting as a client, guided students in leveraging AI tools, creating lesson plans, and fostering workforce readiness, enhancing the library’s role in education and research
