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Ethnic Minority Students’ Barriers and Facilitators to Engaging in Campus Recreation

Creator:: Hoang, Tram V.
Abstract:: Purpose: Increasing enrollment numbers of multicultural students, and growing research between the relationship between student engagement and student success and retention heighten the importance of addressing student engagement in campus recreation. This study was conducted to explore the facilitators and barriers to underserved students participating in physical activity through campus...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: analyzed for common themes. Results: Facilitators included social dynamics of campus recreation

History of Social Dancing at Oregon State University

Creator:: Weymann, Davis
Abstract:: This paper presents a brief history of social dance at Oregon State University (OSU) and discusses its key elements and context. Social dance has been part of campus life at OSU since the university was founded. Initially, dance was a social activity and means to interact with others, but as...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: discusses its key elements and context. Social dance has been part of campus life at OSU since the

The Great Hall: A Story of Promise, Lost Opportunity, and the Value of the Liberal Arts

Creator:: Proctor, Jenna Marie
Abstract:: The liberal arts have always struggled to find their place in the technically oriented land-grant university. Land-grant universities were tasked by the 1862 Morrill Act with providing both a practical and liberal education for all students. The liberal arts, however, were quickly sidelined from this dual purpose with the increasing...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: on campus. This struggle of the liberal arts to find their place on the OSU campus is a struggle

Evaluation of the LifeKnowledge Curriculum and its usability in the Oregon Agricultural Sciences classroom

Creator:: Crawford, Paul Wesley
Abstract:: The LifeKnowledge curriculum is a recent initiative of the National FFA Organization to develop key learning precepts in agriculture education students. This material utilizes cutting-edge teaching techniques in lesson plans designed to develop leadership, teamwork, personal development, and communication abilities in students. This project surveyed current agriculture teachers in Oregon...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , 2004). Gardner points out that brain research has suspected and supported the theory of multiple

The Effect of an Ethics Course on Bioengineering Students' Understanding of Social Justice Issues in the Context of Engineering

Creator:: Rinker, Torri E.
Abstract:: The nature of engineering work requires that ethical considerations are taken into account while making decisions surrounding topics such as technology, equal distribution of cost benefits, and consumer risk. In order for engineers to make ethical decisions in their careers, it is helpful if their engineering education provided them with...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Caslin has been a constant source of support, fun, and intellect since the day I stepped on the OSU

The Design of SWEsters Mentorship Program for First-Year Engineering Student Success

Creator:: Thompson, Tatiana A.
Abstract:: In order to support first-year women in engineering, a program was designed to help their transition to college and promote connection with other women. The program focused on three main areas based in research: mentor matching with mentee input, regular formal meetings in small mentoring groups, and the formation of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: lower representation of women. Due to this fact, many of these students may have classes with little

Laboratory studies of growth conditions of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) with international considerations to shellfish-associated illnesses in South Korea

Creator:: Lee, Jeehye
Abstract:: Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a naturally occurring halophilic pathogen, is seasonally abundant in marine and estuarine environments. It is also the leading cause of gastroenteritis in humans world-wide. Numerous outbreak incidences associated with the pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus contaminations in oyster products have raised public-health concerns as well as economic challenges to the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: proposal in Spring of 2006. I would like to thank Cliff Pereria from the OSU Statistics department, her

Creation of an Initial Course and Curriculum Overview for a Positive Youth Development Certificate

Creator:: Pugh, Kiley M.
Abstract:: Positive Youth Development (PYD) is both a set of outcomes and a program model that serves to support youth in building healthy relationships with adults and developing the strengths necessary for healthy adulthood. It centers around the 5 C’s of compassion, character, competence, confidence, and connection, which lead to a...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: that youth may already bring to a program (Damon, 2004). PYD is all about meeting the goals of

The Historical and Current Perspectives of the Methamphetamine Abuse Phenomena in the United States

Creator:: Kolasinski, Avary Justice
Abstract:: Methamphetamine has flooded the media for the past two decades however, this drug has impacted the nation for many decades prior. Since its synthesis in 1893, methamphetamine has appealed to various aspects of society including soldiers, housewives, college students, businessmen, truck drivers, drugged crazed hippies, and athletes. The extensive effects,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: BAXTER’S MUG SHOTS (2001, 2004, 2009) PORTRAYING THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF CHRONIC METHAMPHETAMINE USE

The Altruism-Empathy-Perspective Connection: A Case Study of Human-Wildlife Interactions at Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Freed, Kirsten S.
Abstract:: In the realms of psychology and sociology two new theoretical models have arisen to describe the forces influencing altruistic human behavior. The first is the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis (EAH), by C.D. Batson. The second is the Conceptual Continuum of Altruism (CCA), by K.R. Monroe. Both models have proven to be highly...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: KSF OSU Thesis Fall 2011 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Ethnic Minority Students’ Barriers and Facilitators to Engaging in Campus Recreation

History of Social Dancing at Oregon State University

The Great Hall: A Story of Promise, Lost Opportunity, and the Value of the Liberal Arts

Evaluation of the LifeKnowledge Curriculum and its usability in the Oregon Agricultural Sciences classroom

The Effect of an Ethics Course on Bioengineering Students' Understanding of Social Justice Issues in the Context of Engineering

The Design of SWEsters Mentorship Program for First-Year Engineering Student Success

Laboratory studies of growth conditions of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) with international considerations to shellfish-associated illnesses in South Korea

Creation of an Initial Course and Curriculum Overview for a Positive Youth Development Certificate

The Historical and Current Perspectives of the Methamphetamine Abuse Phenomena in the United States

The Altruism-Empathy-Perspective Connection: A Case Study of Human-Wildlife Interactions at Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Corvallis, Oregon

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