2008 Proceedings - St. Cloud State University

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Abstracts Session P Management South Glacier History of Business Organizations The paper focuses on the development of business and commerce through history. Many historians cite the Magna Carta as the launching pad of modern commerce and individual property rights. The development of trade guilds and merchants are likewise important to the development of commerce. A dispute exists over the state of commerce in the modern age, its ethics, effects and meaning as well as where commerce is headed in the future. Presentation Index: P1 Time: 2:00 p.m. Department: Management Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Saxton, Elliott Polacco, Alex Women in Global Entrepreneurship Women entrepreneurs in the Midwest area face unique challenges, but they also have many opportunities in the increasingly diverse marketplace today. This panel discussion, conducted by SCSU women entrepreneurs, will give students the opportunity to discover how those women have successfully overcome their challenges, taken advantage of their opportunities and are realizing the dream of owning their own business. Presentation Index: P2 Time: 2:20 p.m. Department: Management Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): M'Banga, Shandra Polacco, Alex St. Cloud State University Advising Program Advising at St. Cloud State University appears to be a problem with both faculty and students. To understand what the root causes of the problems really were, a team of MGMT 467 students did a survey of both faculty and students in Fall 2007. A new team reviewed the study and expanded the root cause analysis. In filling out the survey, students‘ were asked their grade status, major and if they have changed majors in the past. Faculty members also thought that departments were under staffed. The panel discussion expands upon the findings and elicits recommendations for alleviating the problem. Presentation Index: P3 Time: 2:40 p.m. Department: Management Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Boser, Brett; Klaverkamp, Peter Polacco, Alex Session R English Granite Learning to Write in English: An Analysis of ESL Students in the Writing Center This presentation will examine ESL students at St. Cloud State University‘s Write Place. Four years ago, ESL students made up approximately 17% of the writing center‘s cliental. Due to St. Cloud State University‘s well-respected ESL program, along with the growing number of international students and refugee population, that number has more than doubled to approximately 40%. As St. Cloud State University‘s ESL program grows, the role of the writing center becomes increasingly important. Multicultural Student Services has provided a grant to the Write Place, which allows for in-depth data collection and analysis of the frequency of non-native speakers utilizing the writing center. The presentation will introduce the data collected thus far concerning the demographics, various disciplines, and writing issues for ESL cliental, as well as offer suggestions for future tutor training and education. Presentation Index: R1 Time: 2:00 p.m. Department: English Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Martin, Kari Mohrbacher, Carol Lloyd Alexander's, The Chronicles of Prydain, as Arthurian Literature From its depictions of King Arthur, the Round Table and Lancelot, along with and his adulterous love affair with Guinevere, Arthurian literature has captured the imaginations of readers for centuries. Lloyd Alexander continued that tradition when he wrote The Chronicles of Prydain, a set of children‘s stories published from 1964-1968. Some names and plot elements in the series have already been shown by scholars to share some of the same Welsh origins as Arthurian literature. Yet the books are not generally classified as Arthurian literature, because they do not contain the major elements most often found in those texts. In this project I will start by arguing that thematic elements in Alexander‘s novels are closely linked to Arthurian tradition. I will also seek to explain what it means to have Arthurian literature that does not contain King Arthur or his Round Table. Finally, I will examine how Alexander alters many of the core concepts of Arthurian Literature to better reflect the time in which he wrote. Presentation Index: R2 Time: 2:20 p.m. Department: English Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Heimermann, Mark Davis, Glenn St. Cloud State University Student Research Colloquium 49 April 22, 2008
Abstracts Session R English Granite Saying Goodbye: An Examination of the Leave-Taking Act The importance of conversational closings is examined. The prior research into the leave-taking act, including research into syntax, pragmatics and sociolinguistics is presented to provide a framework for this study. The frameworks, introduced by both Schegloff & Sacks (1969) and Wolfram & Schilling-Estes (2006), are compared. This research deals primarily with proper leave-taking techniques, and specifically is an investigation into the speech acts used during the leave-taking act. The leave-taking act consists of a passing phrase, some type of speech act as a leave-taking routine and possibly an adjacency pair. The concepts and effects of adjacency pairs and repetition throughout the leave-taking act are noted. Finally the social implications of the leave-taking act are investigated along with suggestions for future research into this linguistic phenomenon. This study encourages more empirical research so that the norms of a conversation closing in American English can be better understood. Presentation Index: R3 Time: 2:40 p.m. Department: English Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Muhlenkort, Amy Ross, Suzanne Tutoring Strategies for Developmental Writers This presentation will examine the roles a tutor can play in the education of developmental writers. A five-week case study examining the relationships between three tutors and six small groups of developmental writers will be presented and analyzed to show the effectiveness of various teaching and tutoring techniques. These techniques will focus on improving the student as a writer, not improving the piece of writing itself. Strategies focused on assisting developmental writers in one-on-one tutoring, small-group tutoring and in a classroom setting will be discussed. Also, sample handouts and plans for mini-lessons covering grammar, punctuation and other writing issues will be provided. Presentation Index: R4 Time: 3:00 p.m. Department: English Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Pickens, Alexandra; Hanson, Ryan; Holstrom-Johnson, Susan Mohrbacher, Carol Session S Aviation Oak Geothermal Heating of Airport Runways Keeping snow and ice from building up on airport runways and taxiways is an essential part of airport maintenance/operations worldwide and requires a large investment of time and money in equipment and operational control, especially in colder climates. Current methods for removing ice and snow from airport movement surfaces consist of spraying large quantities of anti-ice chemicals on the ground and deploying a great number of snowplowing vehicles. Both the chemicals and snowplowing vehicles have adverse effects on the environment as they contribute to pollution. During poor weather conditions, keeping runways open can be a challenge as snowplow crews cannot keep up with the precipitation, causing airport closures, delays and safety concerns. Ice buildup on runways has been proven to contribute to accidents involving runway runoffs. Heating runways with geothermal heat can prevent the buildup of ice and snow on runways and once installed, such a system could pay for itself in as little as 2-5 years. Geothermal heat has been used to melt ice and snow off roads, sidewalks, bridges and other paved surfaces for years in locations around the world. The design is simple, pipes are cut into the pavement that receive a flow of warm liquids, either from direct use geothermal water, where available, or through the use of heat exchanger systems or even hot runoff liquids from local industry or power plants . The most ideal locations to utilize geothermal heat are in areas where high-temperature water wells can be drilled for direct use. Such locations can be found through much of the western half of the United States. Presentation Index: S1 Time: 2:00 p.m. Department: Aviation Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Bjornsson, Robert; Thewlis, Patrick Aceves, Robert St. Cloud State University Student Research Colloquium 50 April 22, 2008
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