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Rebranded: the Honors College social media & how improvement may help recruitment

Asiala, Kelly (2021-05)

The following thesis explores how social media can positively and negatively impact universities and the colleges associated with them. Over the past few months, I have spent hours researching Midwest American Conference ...
A sense of space: Fall Creek Woods Forest-School

Afendis, Lauren (2021-05)

This thesis examines blended indoor/outdoor educational spaces for children in public school from fi rst to sixth grade. This next-generation school features a hybridization of indoor and outdoor learning spaces which blur ...
The effects of disruptive technologies on modern accounting

Adams, Chris (2021-05)

Disruptive technologies are any sort of technolo and industries function. gy that disrupts the way businesses consumers, Disruptive technologies are significantly impacting all aspects of the accounting world, ranging ...
The love below: a jukebox musical

Patterson, Kenneth (2021-05)

Perhaps one of the most interesting blends of modern culture is that of popular music and stage performance which can be seen in jukebox musicals. Jukebox musicals are stage productions where a majority of the performed ...
Investigating early childhood teacher beliefs and teaching practices related to process factors of program quality

VanOsdol, Christina (2021-12-18)

Early childhood teachers play an important role in preparing young children for all later learning and development. Their teaching practices give children an understanding of what school is and how it works as they facilitate ...
Photocatalytic mineralization of trichloroethlyene by carbon quantum dot-decorated bismuth oxyhalide

Stieve, Brandon (2021-12-18)

Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used in United States since the early 20th century for a wide array of industrial applications, including extraction solvent, a precursor for chlorine-containing organic compounds, spot ...
Meditation on the celestial macrocosm: an original composition for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, electronics, organ, violin, and viola

Karst, George (2021-12-18)

Meditation on the Celestial Macrocosm is a single movement work for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, electronic sounds, organ, violin, and viola, to be played in a reverberant medieval-style cathedral. The music is designed ...
The mall problem understanding unsustainable structures in American suburbia

Jonet, Robert (2021-12-18)

Malls have been a part of modern American life in a multitude of ways. They are massive structures that aim to act as a third place for the local community and, more importantly, create a prosperous and efficient place ...
Insights into Mississippi adult learner data trends: an ex post facto analysis

Casabella, Courtney (2021-12-18)

The purpose of this project is to examine trends and changes in learning outcomes in adult learners in the state of Mississippi brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was assessed from a typical, pre-Covid, ...
Wings of gold event management and fundraiser handbook

Wolfert, Katherine (2021-12-18)

This creative project functions as an event planning guide, explaining all of the necessary steps to coordinate a successful event, so that universities across the country can look to it when planning their own women’s ...
A musical analysis of Michael Head's song cycle, Over the Rim of the Moon

Wilson, Ayrice (2021-12-18)

The song cycle of Over the Rim of the Moon presented in this study comprises works performed in the master’s recital of the author on November 14, 2020. The study explores the composer’s early life and style of writing ...
Using gamification to help identify biases, increase media literacy, and reduce political polarization

Svoboda, Julie (2021-12-18)

This project is designed to increase media literacy by helping users recognize their own partisan bias as well as media bias or slant when deciding which news stories are most factual. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 ...
Historic towns & communities of Marion County, Indiana

Simmons, Nathaniel (2021-12-18)

This creative project, Historic Towns & Communities of Marion County, Indiana, consists of an exploration of various historic communities in Marion County. Many of these communities consist of areas that were once either ...
Exploring how mathematical knowledge for teaching enters instruction amongst early career teachers

Deyoung, Elizabeth (2021-12-18)

Assessing the mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT; Hill et al., 2008) of teachers, especially novice teachers (ECTs, early career teachers), is a crucial step in mathematics education reform. Researchers (e.g., Hill ...
Social media marketing plan: developing an online brand persona

Chambers, Rishell (2021-12-18)

This creative project is a study on building a successful social media influencer platform and personal brand on social media. The subject of my project is an aspiring Instagram influencer and content creator of social ...
A redevelopment strategy & analysis for the city of Southport, Indiana Redevelopment commission

Butler, Jonah (2021-12-18)

This project establishes a redevelopment strategy for the City of Southport, Indiana Redevelopment Commission as well as provides an analysis of the redevelopment area through various planning-related metrics. The necessity ...
Shining light into shadows: a mobile, location-based learning experience

Schaller, Molly (2021-12-18)

This paper includes information about the research and techniques used to create a prototype of a mobile, location-based learning experience for the creative project, Shining Light Into Shadows. Transmedia storytelling, ...
Creating a new "cage-free" immersive zoo habitat for the long-tailed macaques

Qiu, Sheng (2021-12-18)

As the times progress and people’s awareness of ecological protection has increased, the design of the zoo has gradually changed. The zoo used to be an animal cage. Animal managers displayed animals in small cages. At the ...
APA virtual academy: leveraging design thinking to create a K-12 online program in response to Covid-19

Morrison, Zach (2021-12-18)

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anderson Preparatory Academy, a K–12 public charter school in Anderson, Indiana, used design thinking strategies to quickly develop a long-term virtual learning program. Design ...
A children's guide to Muncie & Delaware County, Indiana

Meldrum, Victoria (2021-12-18)

As communities plan for a sustainable future, they may consider elementary students, as the next generation of citizens, to be an ideal audience for placemaking efforts. This creative project uses local history and ...

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