Western Oregon University Digital Commons@WOU Academic Excellence Showcase Proceedings Student Scholarship 2018-06-01 2018 Academic Excellence Showcase Proceedings Western Oregon University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/aes Recommended Citation Western Oregon University, "2018 Academic Excellence Showcase Proceedings" (2018). Academic Excellence Showcase Proceedings. 152. https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/aes/152 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at Digital Commons@WOU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Academic Excellence Showcase Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@WOU. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Summit/Pacific Pacific Willamette Santiam Ochoco Columbia Calapooia RWEC 101 RWEC 201 HWC 105 HWC 205 HWC 204 HWC 203 HWC 301 Maple Hall Rice Aud. ITC 211 NS 101 Camp. Hall 8 a.m. 8 a.m. ANNUAL TH 9 a.m. 13 9 a.m. Honors Science English Business Forensic Anthropology Forensic Science & Exercise Health Nursing Multidisciplinary BREAK 9:45 - 10 a.m. Earth Science Sociology Study Abroad Study Multidisciplinary 10 a.m. Art & Design N. Science Health & 10 a.m. Theatre History Theatre Chemistry Exercise Dance Performance Music: Ethnomusicology Biology Science 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Presidential Plenary Noon Noon 1 p.m. * Health & Art: 1 p.m. Maurice VCD Art Gallery Exercise MHC Awards Break Reception Counseling Science Alternative Rehabilitation Chemistry Anthropology History • • Behavioral Science Behavioral 2 p.m. Philosophy THURSDAY MAY 31 20182 p.m. Communication Studies Communication BREAK 2:45 - 3 p.m. Biology Studies Deaf & Prof. Studies Administration & Policy Politics Multidisciplinary 3 p.m. Mathematics 3 p.m. Computer Science Computer HEX Model Awards Performance Theatre UN 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. MSEd 6 p.m. Snacks & Beverages Snacks Natural MAT Computer Science Computer Science Behavioral Multidisciplinary Sciences & Panel Math 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Awards POSTERS • TALKS • PERFORMANCES A conference of student work Poster Sessions Presentation Sessions Special Events Keynote Featuring a Special Presidential Plenary at 11:30 a.m. HWC 105 HWC 205 HWC 204 HWC 203 HWC 301 Maple Hall Rice Aud. ITC 211 NS 101 Camp. Hall 8 a.m. 9 a.m. Honors Science Study Abroad Study N. Science Multidisciplinary Health & 10 a.m. Chemistry Exercise Dance Performance Biology Science 11 a.m. Noon Health & VCD Film 1 p.m. Art Gallery Exercise Break Science Reception Alternative Chemistry 2 p.m. Mathematics 3 p.m. HEX Awards Performance Theatre 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. ANNUAL TH 13 THURSDAY • MAY 31 • 2018 Proceedings of the 2018 Academic Excellence Showcase WELCOME MESSAGES ........................................................................... 2 NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS ......................................21, 22 MAURICE AWARD .................................................................................. 3 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES ..............................................23 SPECIAL EVENTS ..................................................................................... 3 REHABILITATION AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING ........................23 PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY ..................................................................... 4, 5 THEATER PERFORMANCE ....................................................................23 CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS & PERFORMANCES Evening Sessions MASTERS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION .....................................................24 Morning Sessions TEACHER EDUCATION ..........................................................................24 ART AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN ........................................ 6 BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS ................................................................ 6 POSTER SESSIONS DANCE .................................................................................................. 6 EARTH SCIENCE ................................................................................ 7, 8 Morning Poster Sessions ENGLISH, WRITING AND LINGUISTICS ........................................ 8, 9, 10 FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY ................................................................25 HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE ........................................................10 HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE ..................................................25, 26 HONORS GENERAL SCIENCE .........................................................10, 11 LEADERSHIP IN NURSING .............................................................26, 27 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND SERVICES ......................................12 Afternoon Poster Sessions MULTIDISCIPLINARY .....................................................................12, 13 BIOLOGY .............................................................................................28 MUSIC .................................................................................................13 DEAF STUDIES AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ...............................28, 29 NATURAL SCIENCES ............................................................................13 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ...........................................................................29 SOCIOLOGY ...................................................................................13, 14 POLITICS, POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION ...........................................30 THEATER ..............................................................................................14 Evening Poster Sessions Afternoon Sessions BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ................................................................31, 32 ALTERNATIVE BREAK ...........................................................................15 COMPUTER SCIENCE INDIVIDUAL CAPSTONE PROJECTS ........33, 34, 35 ANTHROPOLOGY ...........................................................................15, 16 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ...........................................................................35 ART ......................................................................................................16 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE ........................................................................16 OTHER CHEMISTRY .........................................................................................17 INDEX (PRESENTERS) ......................................................................37-39 COMMUNICATION STUDIES ..........................................................17, 18 INDEX (MENTORS/SESSION CHAIRS) ...................................................40 COMPUTER SCIENCE ....................................................................18, 19 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................40 HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE ..................................................19, 20 FLOOR PLANS .................................................................................41-42 HISTORY ........................................................................................20, 21 CAMPUS MAP ......................................................................................43 POLITICS, POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION ...........................................21 PRESENTATION SCHEDULE GUIDE .......................................................44 ;; 1 ;; WELCOME A message from Rex Fuller, president, A message from Dr. Stephen Scheck, Western Oregon University provost and vice president for academic affairs, Western Oregon University This year’s Academic Excellence Showcase marks its 13th iteration. This long- standing tradition is a fundamental factor in WOU’s commitment to engaged Today’s Academic Excellence Showcase provides compelling snapshots of the learning. Through this event, our students are able to engage in scholarly and academic discoveries that take place every day at WOU—on stage, in the lab, at creative activities that expand their learning and promote a campus culture of the library or in the field. We are a place where the faculty encourage students academic excellence. The presentations by our students provide strong evidence to view learning as a dynamic process that extends beyond the traditional that Western Oregon University is, first and foremost, a university dedicated to classroom, where students are urged to pursue their interests and commit student achievement. to a quest of creativity and inquiry. Today’s Showcase is vibrant evidence of At WOU, students are encouraged to explore creative applications of that intellectual and personal growth, illustrating the richness in diversity of their studies under the guidance of faculty by engaging in professional-level scholarship. scholarly and creative activities. Some of the students whose projects are It is a pleasure for me both to acknowledge the efforts of our students abstracted in this publication will go on to present their work before state, presenting their work today and to convey my appreciation to our faculty regional or even national conferences. Some will be published in WOU’s PURE for their support of our students. I strongly encourage those students Insights, a competitive journal of student work. Still others will be presenting participating today as observers to become involved and to take advantage work that has become the basis of a lifetime pursuit and passion. of being at WOU, where professors are eager to mentor you in your own Whatever comes after the Academic Excellence Showcase,