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601 Donuts Study
No full textGouache and Watercolor Painting of exterior of 601 Donuts, Pittsburg, KS.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/openartexhibit/1011/thumbnail.jp
HABITAT AND DEMOGRAPHY OF THE OZARK CHINQUAPIN (CASTANEA OZARKENSIS) AT ROARING RIVER STATE PARK IN BARRY COUNTY, MISSOURI
Get PDFThe Ozark chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis Ashe, is a chestnut tree with a range concentrated in the Interior Highlands of North America. Like other North American members of Castanea, it was reduced from an overstory tree to an understory shrub by the invasive chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica [Murrill] M.E. Barr) during the early 20th century. However, relatively little is known about the habitat of this species or its health and reproductive capability post chestnut blight. Chapter one of this study analyzed the habitat of this species through a random forest species distribution model (SDM) to predict where it might grow. Based on the values of the Area Under the Curve and other statistics, this model predicted the species’ current distribution in the study area reasonably accurately. The results of the SDM showed that elevation and slope are the most important habitat variables for the Ozark chinquapin. Additionally, the associated flora is indicative of dry, acidic, chert woodlands. This SDM and future habitat studies will enable resource agencies to narrow their survey areas and inform where Ozark chinquapins might be reintroduced as chestnut blight resistant technology develops. In Chapter II, we evaluated the health and reproductive status of the Ozark chinquapin at Roaring River State Park, approximately seventy years after the arrival of the blight to the central United States. While numerous studies have documented the response of the American chestnut (C. dentata) to chestnut blight, little is known about the health and reproductive status of the Ozark chinquapin post-blight. This study aimed to assess the factors that influence the probability of chestnut blight infection and to evaluate which variables predict reproduction in an Ozark chinquapin population in the southcentral Missouri Ozarks. We used generalized linear models and AIC model selection to examine potential factors that affect probability of reproduction or blight infection. Models showed that Ozark chinquapin reproduction was related to the maximum stem height of the tree and past fire frequency. Additionally, stem height, the presence of deer damage, and the amount of time since the area was last burned increased blight infection. Our findings suggest that the Ozark chinquapin is capable of reproduction in certain situations but is susceptible to chestnut blight through deer damage and the burn time interval, opening the door to further research to better inform conservation efforts for this blight-stricken tree
CONCERT PROGRAMMING SIMPLIFIED FOR THE OVERWHELMED SCHOOL CONDUCTOR
Get PDFThis document is a basic guide for preparing and programming a concert. It contains five chapters, each of which covers one aspect to consider while going through the process of concert preparation. Some key points are an analysis of the Audience, an analysis of the Ensemble and the selection process of music. It also contains steps of putting together a viable order to a concert. The last two chapters give insight on different approaches to concert programming and some of the aspects of concert programming that does not deal primarily with the music and therefore is often found lacking in the average conductor. This document uses several different methods used by many accomplished music directors, pointing out key differences in theories and approaches. The impact of these varied approaches is pointed out and emphasized
A CONTRACT BETWEEN PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY/KANSAS NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY/KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS
Get PDFPSU CHAPTER OF THE KANSAS NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Revised: August 27, 2004, March 31, 2007, August 20, 2014, March 7, 202
Simpson, E. LeRoy, playbook, 1954-1956
Get PDFA Pittsburg State University football players’ playbook from the mid-1950s, a football program from 1951, and a newspaper clipping.
Edward LeRoy Simpson was born in Miami, Oklahoma in 1934, to Eddie and Ada Simpson. From 1952-1956 LeRoy attended the Kansas State Teachers College (now Pittsburg State University). He played several positions on the football team, including quarterback, and lettered all four years. He went on to receive a master’s degree from the Kansas State Teachers College in 1961. After earning a doctorate, Dr. Simpson joined Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska in 1968 as an associate professor of human performance/leisure studies and athletic director. During his tenure of over 30 years teaching and coaching, he was the track and field and cross country coach from 1968 to his retirement in 1997. He started the women’s track program at Wayne State College and was inducted into the WSC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Sioux City Relays Hall of Fame in 2009. He was married to Marian Simpson and they had one son. E. LeRoy Simpson passed away in 2011 in Woodland Park, Colorado.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1422/thumbnail.jp
Wreckage, Wonder & Ways Through the Impossible: Writing About Life\u27s Hard Stuff
Get PDFA workshop handout or other teaching material created by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate 2009-2013
Writing in the New Year
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Arts on Tour, Meeting Notes, 2009
Get PDFAssorted papers kept by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg during her time as Kansas Poet Laureate, 2009-2013