Deborah Schaefer Kukowski, Paralegal Department
September 19, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.
Location: Comstock Memorial Union 203
“Academic service learning in a law class with multidisciplinary students”
A look at the challenges and rewards of incorporating-an academic service learning project into a law class comprised of students from a variety of majors. Each spring since 2004 the Elder Law class has presented a seminar to the public on Minnesota Health Care Directives. From the study of the law, to the presentation of the legal topic, to the interviewing of a client and culminating in the preparation of individual health care directives, students and area residents learn and benefit.
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Kristin Ostlund, Graduate Student Lecturer (Speech-Language Pathology)
October 10, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Comstock Memorial Union 227
“Evidence-Based Practice: Environmental Cues and Modifications Used in Special Care Units to Enhance the Quality of Life for Residents with Dementia”
This lecture will document the various environmental cues and modifications currently utilized in local dementia special care units of long-term care facilities. The researcher administered a survey to one employee at each of four local long-term care facilities with dementia special care units in order to determine which environmental cues and modifications were currently implemented in those facilities. The participants of the study were all in an administrative position. Through descriptive statistical analysis, the cues and modifications supported in the research literature to be effective in enhancing the memory, communication, and quality of life for individuals with dementia were compared with those currently used in the local facilities to determine if their practices were evidence-based or not. Results of the study revealed the use of environmental cues and modifications at all four of the participating facilities; however, not all of the currently implemented interventions were supported by research.
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Lynn Mahlum,
November 13, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Comstock Memorial Union 203
“It’s Just Who I Am”: Teacher Candidates Speak Out About Dispositions Assessment
What is it like to have some of your most intimate qualities judged by others? This study describes the experience of teacher candidates who must contend with the implications of having their dispositions evaluated. Recommendations for making dispositions assessment a just and painless process are discussed.
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Matthew W. Craig, Physics and Astronomy Department
January 30, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.
Location: Science Lab 118
“The Invisible Universe”
Like the tip of an iceberg floating in an ocean, the visible stars and galaxies in the nighttime sky represent a small fraction of the material in the universe. Most of the matter in the universe cannot be observed with a telescope, but its presence can be inferred from the influence it has on galaxies. This dark matter may be a subatomic particle, but it has never been observed directly; even worse, the bulk of the universe is in a form of energy the source of which is not at all understood.
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Travis Dolence, Instructional Resources
February 26, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Comstock Memorial Union 227
“I need three sources”: building better researchers
Many students come to college with limited research skills and have difficulties locating and evaluating information. This lecture will discuss the role of a library in providing instruction to students to help assure their success as researchers. In particular, the lecture will cover the Livingston Lord Library’s instruction program and campus initiatives to improve students' information literacy.
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Kenyon Williams, Music Department
March 11, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.
Location: Center for Business 113
“I’m Not Local (can you tell?)”
This lecture will discuss Dr. Williams’ efforts to absorb, learn,
and then share with our own MSUM students the music and cultures he has
encountered in his studies abroad to
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Melissa Ollie, Graduate Student Lecturer (Speech-Language Pathology )
April 16, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Comstock Memorial Union 227
“Facilitating Literacy Skills in an Adult Who Uses Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)”
In this lecture, the presenter will discuss clinical interventions used to develop literacy skills in an adult with cerebral palsy who uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). These interventions follow an outline of procedures presented by Light, J. et al, at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 2005, and include instruction in phonological awareness skills, letter-sound correspondences, decoding skills, shared reading, and independent reading. The presenter will discuss results of a single subject research project using these procedures with a preliterate adult who is cognitively, physically, and communicatively involved.