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Managing Your Investment Portfolio: All Things ETF
No full textExchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are valuable in investment portfolios. Similar to a mutual fund, ETFs rely on a creation and redemption process. ETFs also allow an investor to invest in a wide range of indexes. The purpose of the presentation is to explain what exchange-traded funds are, how ETFs work, and why they are important in portfolio management and in investment
Biological Effectiveness of Instream Restoration
No full textAgriculture impacts stream ecosystems through a variety of means including increases in sedimentation, increased runoff of pesticides and nutrients all of which can create changes in stream habitats, as well as shifts in fish and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages. In recent years, however, many farmers have become open to changing farming practices. In order to test the biotic response of the restoration process, we conducted pre-restoration sampling in 2015, and post restoration sampling in 2016. Stream assessments consisted of benthic macroinvertebrate sampling according to PADEP protocol, backpack electrofishing of a 100m site, and collection of standard water chemistry data. After the restoration process was complete sampling efforts have yielded positive increases in overall fish populations at sample sites. With an increase in riparian buffers and increased retention of stream bank sediment, the streams are seeing a positive increase in stream biota due to likely decreases in sedimentation, and increases in habitat
Physiographic Provinces Help Us To Predict Brook Trout Populations
No full textBrook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) are a native and keystone species in Pennsylvania whose habitat is restricted by land development, water quality, climate change, altering stream channels, and physical obstructions. These can all restrict fish movement in otherwise suitable habitat, but the effect may be different in different parts of the state. We analyzed soil, land use, and mining and oil/gas drilling record to determine linear relationships with brook trout populations. We generated watersheds in 3 different physiographic provinces within Pennsylvania and predicted variables impacting populations would vary throughout each province. The variables were analyzed using an ANOVA. We found that agriculture had a negative impact, oil/gas drilling and mining had no impact, and natural areas had a positive impact. These models can be forwarded to conservation groups to prioritize trout habitat restoration in streams that are most likely to contain brook trout
Optimal Asset Allocation
Get PDFThe purpose of our research project is to simplify and explain the process of asset allocation. We will demonstrate this through an interactive excel presentation. Throughout the presentation, there will be a personalized survey, which will determine the asset allocations for a participant from the audience. This will all be configured in an organized Excel sheet, that will be explained throughout the presentation as the various steps are completed. The purpose of this exercise will be to give individuals, based on their own personalized level of risk, a plan for how to allocate their assets and earn the optimal return on their investments. As finance students, we will utilize our academic background to teach the public about how financial experts manage their assets
The Influence of Corporatization on Pennsylvania Higher Education from 2003 to 2015
No full textCorporatization is defined as the application of neoliberal market principles in institutions of higher learning. In this study, I attempt to identify the various ways in which corporatization influences the functioning of Elizabethtown College, Juniata College, Ursinus College, Susquehanna University, Franklin and Marshall College, Duquesne University, Lehigh University, and Bucknell University from 2003 to 2015. The major variables investigated as indicators of corporatization include: the increase in administrative staff, the number of full time professors and part time professors, the state of academic culture, and the allocation of institutional expenses. This study analyzes the theoretical perspective of George Ritzer, known as Mcdonaldization, in order to describe the relationship between his theory and the process of corporatization within social institutions. This is followed, by a detailed discussion of my findings, paired with a conclusive explanation of the ways in which corporatization produces observable changes within the major variables investigated
Homecoming Queen and Court
No full textThe Homecoming Queen and her court watch a performance during Coronation.https://scholarlycommons.susqu.edu/historic_photos/1153/thumbnail.jp
O Vos Omnes
No full textScore for five saxophones. Original setting is Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari & Bass. Additional parts are provided to substitute alto for soprano; tenor for bari (part 4); and bari for bass (part 5).https://scholarlycommons.susqu.edu/facultybooks/1089/thumbnail.jp
Assessing Whether Pre-Class Music Improves Student Performance
No full textIn economics education literature, educators tout the benefits of active learning: from pre-class music to in-class activities in lieu of typical “chalk-and-talk” lecture. However, no literature quantifies the effects of active learning at the principles of economics level. To quantify these effects, I designed an experiment where five professors from Susquehanna University, East Tennessee State, Westfield State, and California Polytechnic State participated. Prior to the experiment, each professor only lectured with no pre-class music. Every aspect of their course stayed the same except for beginning every principles of economics class with pre-class music. Based on this experimental data, I anticipate finding statistically significant evidence via censored regression that pre-class music does increase student exam scores. I utilize difference in difference modeling to capture potential discrepancies between the treatment group (i.e. students who did not watch pre-class music) and the experimental group (i.e. students who were exposed to pre-class music)
Teaching Economics Using Cutthroat Kitchen
No full textCutthroat Kitchen is a popular TV show on the Food Network. It involves a competition between four chefs to survive three rounds of elimination by creating the best dishes of food. Each round includes “sabotages,” however, and each participant is given money to bid on these sabotages in an auction setting. This presentation will show how economics teachers can use Cutthroat Kitchen to teach about several game theory concepts, including sequential games, backward induction, and calculating payoffs. It will also incorporate a discussion of information and patterns of behavior found through data analysis of 64 Cutthroat Kitchen episodes
An investigation of the South Korean market for Gilson Snowboards.
No full textThe purpose of this analysis is to provide Gilson Boards, a local snowboard manufacturer, information and strategies for expansion into the South Korean snowboard market. Included in the discussion is an external market analysis of South Korea, an analysis of Gilson\u27s major competitors, marketing techniques, and a proposed entry strategy. This was a semester-long research project incorporating the key principles in International Business, led by Dr. Emma Fleck