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The Quest for Global Competence – Effects of Study Abroad Literature on Oregon State University Students

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:46:29 GMT

Title: The Quest for Global Competence – Effects of Study Abroad Literature on Oregon State University Students

Authors: Machorro, Katrina R.

Abstract: This thesis explores the effects study abroad literature, specifically promotional Websites, have onOregon State University students when selecting a study abroad program and if the students’ choices reflectOSU’s International Degree and Education Abroad’s (IDEA) goal of global competency for students.To explore this, two online surveys were made; one for OSU students who have not yet studiedabroad (Potential Students) but are interested in doing so, and another of OSU students who have studiedabroad in the past five years (Returnees). Both surveys asked the student to review five study abroadprogram Websites and answer a variety of questions regarding each.The relationship between the students who have not yet studied abroad and the purpose of the studyis to examine how media – study abroad Websites – affect the students’ choices of a study abroad program.Prospective Students' reactions to Websites will be compared to those of students who have studied abroadto examine if the expectations – set by the study abroad literature – met the expectations of the educationalinstitution's goal of global competency.The findings indicate that students’ perspectives of study abroad Websites, vary significantlybetween those who have and have not studied abroad. Potential Students and Returnees responded to theWebsites in almost opposite ways. Potential Students reacted to visual elements of the Websites more sothan the information provided about the study abroad program when deciding likes and dislikes of aprogram. While the material reviewed was exactly the same for both participant populations, the perceivedmessages, the likes and dislikes, and the promotion of global competency was different in each population.

Remote sensing and the pelagic fisheries environment off Oregon

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:30:26 GMT

Title: Remote sensing and the pelagic fisheries environment off Oregon

Authors: Pearcy, William G.

Abstract: One of the biggest advantages of remote sensing is that large areas ofthe earth's surface can be surveyed in short periods of time, providing nearsynoptic"pictures." Repeated surveys of one area, like time-lapse photography,can be interpreted as a movie to illustrate the dynamics of detectablefeatures. These attributes of remote sensing from aircraft or spacecraftare especially important in coastal and upwelling regions of the oceans,where oceanographic conditions change rapidly. The world's largest fisheriesare also located in these dynamic areas.

Multi-Centennial Response of ENSO Under Varying Atmospheric CO2

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:17 GMT

Title: Multi-Centennial Response of ENSO Under Varying Atmospheric CO2

Authors: Alder, Jay R.

Abstract: The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects millions of people via global teleconnections in the form of drought and torrential rainfall that impact agriculture and food production in many countries. Yet how ENSO will respond to a warming world is uncertain and a greatly debated topic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4) reports on modeling efforts using coupled atmospheric and oceanic general circulation models (AOGCMs) to diagnose the response of ENSO in a warming world. The IPCC stresses the value of a multi-model approach so that no one model is relied on too heavily and collections of models can be aggregated in ensembles to evaluate the quality of the current state of climate models. A formal evaluation of model ensembles used in the IPCC reports also fulfills a secondary goal of determining whether climate models are collectively improving over time. Here we present a new AOGCM, GENMOM, which combines the GENESIS atmospheric GCM (Global ENvironmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems) and MOM (Modular Ocean Model). GENMOM simulates a realistic present-day climate and ENSO dynamics that are on par with the models used in IPCC AR4. The response of ENSO to doubling atmospheric CO2 from 355 ppmV to 710 ppmV and 1420 ppmV (hereafter denoted 1x, 2x and 4x respectively) is evaluated using long (600 year) GENMOM simulations. Higher amplitude and more frequent ENSO events are associated with global warming.

Description: Graduation date: 2010

State Parks

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:56:51 GMT

Title: State Parks

Authors: Parks and Recreation Department, State of Oregon

Abstract: Depiction of Oregon State parks in Wallowa County.

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