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Death as Birth and the Mutuality of Life: Being Born into the World through the Female Body as a Door in At the Back of the North Wind
Get PDFReprint: When was the first St. Norbert College Magazine published?
Get PDFAbbot Pennings answers a question about the founding of SNC Magazine, archived from the SNC website
What is the history of the Swinging Knights and the Knights on Broadway?
Get PDFAbbot Pennings answers a question about the history of the Swinging Knights, archived from the SNC website
2021-2022 Programs
Get PDFAn archived collection of the various events held by the Center for Norbertine Studies during the 2021-2022 school year
A Case for Liberal Arts College Education in Prison
Get PDFThe United States has faced a critical problem of mass incarceration for decades. One of the dominant problems facing the incarceration system is the high return to prison rate among released offenders. The high return to prison rate can be attributed to many factors, one being a lack of educational and rehabilitative programs. Providing a liberal arts education would decrease inmate misconduct rates and recidivism rates while substantially increasing job placement post release. My project gathers critical research in the form of a policy paper to be used to propose to local prison officials and state representatives to argue for policy for the implementation of liberal arts college education programs in prisons across the state.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_presentations/1078/thumbnail.jp
Interspecies Tissue Transplants in Planarians
Get PDFPlanarian flatworms have many stem cells called neoblasts which makes them adept at regenerating tissue after injury. This project aims to determine if neoblasts from two different species of planarians—Schmidtea mediterranea and Dugesia japonica—can integrate into the regenerated tissue of the other species. This is done by transplantation of a donor tissue plug from one species into a host planarian of the opposite species. After the host planarian is injured, neoblasts travel to the site of injury and begin regeneration of tissue. We have worked to optimize the transplantation procedure to visually obtain a 75% success rate. Simultaneously, we have begun to attempt to optimize a protocol for colorimetric in situ hybridization that gives optimal staining of neoblasts for both species so that we will be able to determine which neoblasts from which species are involved in regeneration following injury.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_presentations/1067/thumbnail.jp
Tech Bar Studio: Enhancing Creativity
Get PDFThis presentation is my first year of research as a digital learning and production fellow. It features FLEXspace, the Tech Bar Studio, Educause Connect, and other national academic technology websites that feature the SNC Tech Studio.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_presentations/1066/thumbnail.jp
Genetic Analysis of Planarian Protonephridia using Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and TUNEL
Get PDFPolycystic Kidney Disease is one of the most common inherited genetic conditions and is often caused by dysfunction of cellular appendages called cilia. My project aims to better understand the requirement for cilia in the excretory system using planarians as a model system. Based on past experiments, we hypothesize that cilia may be important in regulating downstream pathways such as the Hippo signaling pathway. I have performed gene knockdown experiments as well as imaging techniques, such as Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and TUNEL. These were used to test the genetic interactions between Hippo signaling components and genes required for cilia function.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_presentations/1063/thumbnail.jp
Do You Have to Nourish to Flourish?
Get PDFThe present study examines various forms of self-care and how they relate to college students’ well-being. The researchers wanted to know: (1) What types of self-care strategies do students use? (2) Which of these self-care strategies enhance well-being? (3) How do these self-care strategies enhance well-being? There were 84 SNC student participants recruited through SONA systems. Participants were given an online questionnaire through Qualtrics, that consisted of questions regarding participants’ definition of self-care, the types of self-care they engage in, the features of their self-care, and well-being. The results showed that participants were more likely to engage in passive relaxation activities (like listening to music), compared to active relaxation activities (like pampering yourself) or physical activities. There was a positive relationship between physical activity and well-being, and a negative relationship between active relaxation activities and well-being. When participants felt competent and capable when doing self-care, well-being increased. Now, the researchers pose the question to you: Do you feel as though you need to nourish to flourish?https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_presentations/1060/thumbnail.jp