综合核心研究

教师参与者: Dr. Rodney Dick, English and Amy Laubscher, Integrative Core Director
学生参与者: Paulo Mantilla, finance and management major and Marissa Scott, 英语专业的学生

项目简介: 利用当前的项目审查试点过程, 该项目的目标是“为教师和学生组成的工作组提供研究文献的机会……以及已经收集到的项目审查结果。, 确定行动项目...这将在23-24学年带给全体教员. 这个项目的社区外展部分是让学生研究人员与社区合作伙伴联系，收集有关大学毕业生期望的信息. 

平衡的问题: The Debut of a New Evidence-Based Program to the Alliance Community

教师参与者: Dr. Megan Salvatore, Physical Therapy; Dr. 瑞安做饭, Psychology; and Andrea Williams, Physical Therapy Assistant Clinical and Academic Coordinator.
学生参与者: Chloe Orzo, psychology and French major and Mason Wilkson, exercise science and psychology major

项目摘要: 平衡的问题 “一个旨在增加老年人的活动水平和鼓励行为改变，同时减少跌倒风险和恐惧的项目?.”  This is a nationally recognized program offered in communities.  The aim of this project is to “equip these individuals with a toolkit that will result in better health, 增加, 安全, 以及更高质量的生活.”  The project will start with training the student participants to deploy the MOB program; then the participants will deploy the program at the Alliance Area Senior Center and the Community Commons. 

Biomedical engineering and Nursing Clinical Immersion Program

教师参与者: Loay Al-Zube, Engineering; Sara Dorris, Nursing; and Kelly Dine, Akron North High School
学生参与者: 麦迪逊Luthy, Biomedical Engineering major; Samuel Nucerino, Biomedical Engineering major; Axel Magarrell, Biomedical Engineering major; Various nursing 学生 from Mount Union; and Biomedical Science 学生 at Akron North High School.

项目简介: 生物医学工程师的临床经验受到机会和接触的限制，在传统的生物医学工程课程中没有涉及. 本研究项目的目的是与Mount Union大学的护理教师和学生密切合作，承担高风险, 高奖励学生和教师的研究和服务学习经验，这些经验超出了参与者通常执行的研究范围. 该项目的目标是调查影响BME学生的准备和识别医疗保健提供者临床需求的能力的因素，并开发解决方案/产品来满足这些确定的需求. 此外, 该项目旨在通过测试和评估新产品/解决方案，为护理专业学生提供与工程专业学生互动学习的体验.

How does literature (along with other forms of media) inform our understanding, 使用, 以及对首选性别代词使用的同理心?

教师参与者: Dr. 心理学家塔玛拉·戴利博士. 安德鲁·普莱斯，文学与传播艺术
学生参与者: Eleni奥尔特, English and History major; Anabelle Saultz, Psychology and 英语专业的学生; and Lexi Smith, 心理学和西班牙语专业.

项目简介: In light of recent events reflecting intolerance of people in the LGBTQIA+ community on campus, strategies to build empathy in situations of difference—specifically surrounding gender and sexuality—are crucial. 在这项研究中, 我们寻求在我们自己的校园和周围社区的交流艺术媒介中找到代词使用和包容性语言问题的解决方案. They will share findings with libraries throughout the region. 

Theatre and Education; A Natural Partnership

教师参与者: Dr. 曼迪·卡佩尔和凯文·P. 科恩，表演艺术
学生参加比赛克莱·约德, Theatre major; Olan Domer, Media major; Clorise Busch, Theatre major; and Marissa Scott, 英语专业的学生.

项目摘要: Created eight years ago by Alliance City Schools to address the summer learning loss, 部分资金由大联盟基金会提供, the Summer Explorers Program brings summer enrichment to 学生 in the Alliance City School district.  利益相关者的反馈表明，项目中的暑期课程应该更有吸引力，而不是像“暑期学校”那样。.  另外, it has been noted that the program should also contain a social/emotional health component. 戏剧专业的学生将与教育专业的学生合作，围绕今年暑期探索者项目的主题，创建并 提供面对面的课程计划，并记录互动故事阅读. 

Honoring First Nations: A Study in Land Acknowledgement at the Mount Union大学

教师的参与者: Niki Johnson, Religious Studies, and Kelly Stout, Sociology
学生参与者:  Allison Hrovat, Psychology and Sociology major; Farrel Murphy, Political Science and Religious Studies major; and Gretchen Koken, 心理学和刑事司法专业
  

项目简介: 反种族主义特别工作组, 由博茨曼总统召集的会议, 在其年中报告中建议大学探讨土著土地承认的必要性以及与当地美洲土著社区的相关外展活动，作为Mount Union反种族主义承诺的一部分. President Botzman accepted this recommendation and asked that this initiative be driven by 学生. This project will carry that recommendation forward when the Anti-Racism Task Force concludes its work in May. Student participants will research indigenous history of local areas, consider questions about the founding of the University on lands previously occupied by indigenous peoples, 并为加拿大和美国的相关工作探索模式.S. 机构. 最终，该项目将考虑公众承认联合山所在的土著土地的潜在必要性，以及这种声明的内容. This project comprises an historical, cultural, and qualitative research design. It is also more inductive than deductive in that we cannot know from the outset where the research may lead. 我们期望在深入探讨问题和与当地土著社区合作的基础上拟订更多可行的建议.   

Integrating Coding in the High School Math and Science Classroom

教师的参与者: Richelle Teeling-Smith, Physics; Kathie Ritchey, Mathematics; Sara Crawford, Mathematics; Colin Campbell, 物理和 Astronomy; and Heather Milliken-Mercer, 生物学
学生参与者: Bret Scheib, Biochemistry major; Brianna Rapp, 物理和 数学专业; and 圣扎迦利Perrico, 计算机科学与 数学专业.

项目简介: Nationwide, schools are receiving the directive to integrate coding into their curriculum. K-12的教师在不知道如何编写代码的情况下，试图找出如何将编码带入课堂的方法，这让他们落在了后面. 我们的合作伙伴, STEMcoding Education Ohio (SEO)现在是俄亥俄州的一个非营利组织，它的存在是为了鼓励科学和数学教师将计算机科学和数据科学整合到他们的课堂中，并促进这项工作. STEMcoding@MOUNT将利用Mount Union教师的专业知识和Mount Union学生解决问题的能力和创造力，为初中和高中课堂开发新的跨学科课程和资源, 服务和培训当地初高中教师, 并在全州和全国范围内扩大这种影响.  The STEMcoding@MOUNT team will consist of 4 Undergraduate Collaborators (UCs), 由来自两所学院的5名Mount Union教师指导.  每个UC将负责, 在教师团队的指导下, 对于设计, 发展, and implementation of two 60-minute programming modules for a high school or middle school STEM classroom. They will also sit in on SEO’s teacher professional 发展 course, 他们将在哪里有机会与正在接受培训的教师接触，并利用这种经验为他们创造新内容提供信息. The modules developed by our 学生 will go directly into 使用 by teachers across the state, through SEO’s collaboration with the Ohio Department of Education, or nationwide through SEO-trained teachers using these resources in their classroom. They will also be 使用d on the Mount Union campus in FYS courses slated for Fall 2021 and potentially in future DSC, 生物, m, 和物理课程设置. 除了与SEO的合作, STEMcoding@MOUNT将与阿克伦北部学校合作，提供2个奖学金，让阿克伦北部的教师参加SEO的暑期专业发展课程，获得研究生学分. 另外, seats will be reserved for 8 Akron North Students to attend the STEMcoding Summer Camp at Mount Union. 这为我们的本科生合作者提供了一个与当地学生和教师直接接触的机会，并加强了与该合作学区的关系, as well as lay the groundwork for future collaborative efforts.

理解动机 参加联盟市学校体育活动

教师参与者: 贝丝Canfield-Simbro, Education; Lori Kumler, Political Science; and Gwen Gray Schwartz, 文学与传播艺术
学生参与者: Kaleb Krebs, Physical Education Pedagogy and Health major; Jordan Edith, 政治学法学3+3阿克伦; Ryan柄 健康和 体育教育学专业; Mara Cvelbar, English and Political Science major; and Jaliyah Mixon, Sociology major.

项目简介: The aim of this project is to establish a partnership between parents, 地区领导, 以及将提升女子体育在联盟城市学校(ACS)和东部七叶树会议中的地位的教练. Our overarching objectives are to understand and address the problem. Archival research and empirical data gathering via ethnographic interviews, 调查, 我们将采用焦点小组.  预期的结果是短期的, 实际的步骤, as well as long-term systemic changes to work toward equity in sports in the ACS District.