The Sixth Annual Midwestern Conference on Research at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions
The conference is being held on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. The conference will take place in the Park Distance Learning Center. Please direct all questions and inquiries to cetl@park.edu.
Registration Information • Program Information • Maps/Directions •
Registration Information
Online registration has closed. To register for the conference, please download the registration form and submit by fax or email to:
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Park University
8700 NW River Park Drive, PMB 88
Parkville, MO 64152
FAX: (816) 584-6764
EMAIL: cetl@park.edu
**Please note, we accept check and credit card payments. If registering on-site on April 29th, we are able to accept checks only. Checks should be made payable to Park University.
Receipts available upon request to cetl@park.edu.
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Program Information
Schedule At-A-Glance |
8:30 am to 9:30 am |
Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Welcome:
Thimios Zaharopoulos, Ph.D.
Interim Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Park University
Location: Foyer & MA |
| 9:30 am to 11:00 am |
Session 1 |
11:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Lunch and Keynote Address:
Walter Kisthardt, Ph.D., “Participatory Research: The Elegance of Lived Wisdom and the Power of Performance Scholarship.”
Associate Professor and Program Director, Social Work, Park University
Location: Foyer & MA |
| 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
Session 2 |
| 2:00 pm to 2:15 pm |
Break
Location: Foyer |
| 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm |
Session 3 |
| 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm |
Session 4 and Closing |
Session 1: 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. |
Section 1A
Room: MA |
Experiential Learning
Adam Crowe, “Stylistic Program Considerations for Community Internships”
Carol Getty, “Inside-Out Program at Federal Prisons in Leavenworth as an Example of Experiential Learning”
William Venable, “The Summer Business Academy: A multi-dimensional program to provide senior level business students with a live laboratory for research into outcome assessment and performance measurement of business school curriculum” |
Section 1B
Room: MB |
Research Partnerships
Ann Schultis, Mary Shriner, Suzanne Barrett, “Faculty Librarian Collaboration: The Best Friends You Never Knew You Had!”
Robert Kao, “The Benefits of Collaborating with Research Intensive Institutions”
Janel Durler, Shelby Hillman, Tyler Gill, Lori Cook-Benjamin, Sherri Brack, “Effectiveness of SIOP-Embedded Instruction for Third Grade Students and A Survey of Kansas ESL Curriculum” |
Section 1C
Room: SR |
Panel – Collaborative Research Designs
Don Williams, Carol Sanders, James Taulman, “Community collaborations enhance research opportunities at predominately undergraduate institutions” |
Session 2: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Section 2A
Room: MA |
Beyond the Test & Student Expectations
David Fox, Scott Hageman, Andrew Johnson, Kevin Payne, Brenda Royals, “Students Know More than What is on the Test: Multidisciplinary Evidence”
William Venable, Penelope DeJong, “An investigation into the relationships between undergraduate major, career choice, and job satisfaction: Do expectations match outcomes for our students?” |
Section 2B
Room: MB |
Writing and Research
David-Michael Allen, “Preparing College Students for Researched Writing”
Kevin Rabas, “How We Use Our Break: How to Get More Research and Writing Accomplished over Summer and Winter Breaks” |
Section 2C
Room: SR |
Panel – Reflections on Undergraduate Research
Germaine Taggart, Gena Myers, Madison Mall, Rebecca Gigax, Kayla Hollern, Daniel Simon, “Undergraduate Action Research: A Key Component of an Elementary Program” |
Session 3: 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Section 3A
Room: MA |
Student Research in the Sciences
Donna Howell, “Student Engagement Techniques in the Laboratory Classroom as Scholarly Teaching”
Gregory Claycomb, “Evaluation of Standard Operating Procedures as a Research Idea for Upper Level Chemistry Majors” |
Section 3B
Room: MB |
Collaborative Research – Faculty, Students, Alumni
Scott Hageman, James Taulman, “Integrating a University Alumni Community with ArcGIS Maps”
Penelope DeJong, John Cookingham, “Ethical Attitudes of Accounting Students” |
Section 3C
Room: SR |
Panel - Enhancing Programs through Student Research
Beth Walizer, Joyce Ellis, Kimberly Stoppel, Deidre Jones, Brooke Major, Janet Stramel, Brandy Bussen, Caysha Johnson, Diane Plunkett, Kim Markham, “Undergraduate Research Projects that Support the Improvement of Fort Hays State University Programs” |
Session 4: 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Section 4A
Room: MA |
Faculty Research in the Sciences
James Taulman, “A Comparison of Fixed-Width Transects and Fixed-Radius Point Counts for Breeding Bird Surveys in a Hardwood Forest in Missouri”
Jeff Poet, Todd Eckdahl, “Synthetic Biology: An opportunity for multidisciplinary faculty-student group research at PUIs” |
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Section 4B
Room: MB |
Preparing Students for Success
Renee Aitken, Melanie Shaw, “Skill Sets Undergraduates Need for Graduate School: What Can We Do About It?”
Michael Martin, Bartlett Finney, “Is English becoming the Next Latin?” |
Section 4C
Room: SR |
Panel – Faculty Research and Student Success
Kim Kasperbauer, Gail Hennessy, Scott Hageman, “Tools of the Trade: Ways to apply data collected in a study of teacher education program admittance requirements and their use as predictors of success among traditional and non-traditional students” |
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Park University Information
Maps and Directions
About Park
When using GPS or maps such as Google, Yahoo!, or Map Quest please use the following address:
Park University
8700 NW River Park Drive
Parkville, MO 64152
Park University is conveniently located 15 minutes from Downtown Kansas City, right off Missouri 9 Highway near 169 Highway, Interstate 635, and Interstate 29.
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Parkville/Kansas City area Information
Kansas City, Missouri
Lodging
Visitkc.com
Parkville, Missouri
Parkville.info
Parkvillemo.net
Parkville Chamber of Commerce
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