Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton
Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton
Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton
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11:00 AM to 12:30 PM<br />
Cleveland Elementary School, a <strong>Dayton</strong> inner city school. The BCSJLLC community partner, Project READ, trained us to tutor students in grades K-8<br />
and young adults as a part <strong>of</strong> our service learning commitment. After our training, we were placed in tutoring positions at Holy Angels Elementary<br />
School and the <strong>Dayton</strong> Early College Academy (DECA). We developed relationships with our students by helping them with their reading,<br />
vocabulary, and classroom assignment. We feel that our service learning filled a need at our volunteer sites and helped us to better understand<br />
the importance <strong>of</strong> service learning and its effects. As members <strong>of</strong> the BCSJLLC, we were able to learn and apply the Marianist ideals <strong>of</strong> lead, learn<br />
and serve for the benefit <strong>of</strong> our community.<br />
Finding Inner and Outer Peace<br />
Presenter(s): Erin M Crotty, Kara L Fry, Olivia C Thobe<br />
Advisor(s): Matthew D Archer, Meredith L Doench, William H Johnston, Monalisa M Mullins, Lori G Phillips-<br />
Young, Margaret M Strain<br />
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_102_B1<br />
Building Communities through Social Justice Learning and Living Cohort (BCSJLLC) is a freshman cohort experience whose mission is to promote<br />
service learning as a way <strong>of</strong> advancing social justice and the Marianist ideals <strong>of</strong> lead, learn, and serve. Members <strong>of</strong> our group performed service<br />
learning activities in two different ways and in two very different settings. Erin volunteered with Acclaim Hospice while Kara and Olivia participated<br />
in a one-day Peace Plunge sponsored by the Center <strong>of</strong> Social Concern. Acclaim Hospice is an organization that provides companionship and<br />
peace for terminally ill patients that have a prognosis <strong>of</strong> six months or less <strong>of</strong> life. The types <strong>of</strong> service activities that Erin performed included<br />
reading to the patients, talking to them about their life and watching television shows together. The Peace Plunge is a one-day experience that<br />
helps participants focus on inner and outer peace. The activities that Kara and Olivia participated in included visiting the <strong>Dayton</strong> International<br />
Peace Museum to learn how other countries around the world work to achieve peace. They also visited an art gallery that displays works <strong>of</strong> a local<br />
artist, James Pate. His work focuses on how African Americans have worked to reach peace in the past and how they are working to reach inner<br />
peace now. The gallery experience focused specifically on how African Americans are gaining peace through learning and embracing their history.<br />
This experience also addressed how important it is for young African Americans to embrace peace so that they see how they can turn away from<br />
involvement in gangs, for example. We saw that no matter how small an act <strong>of</strong> kindness is, it contributes to peace. Both service learning experiences<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered the opportunity for inner and outer peace to us and to people in the <strong>Dayton</strong> Community.<br />
Flyer Enterprises: The Blend,A Business Communications Study<br />
Presenter(s): Sean T Belanger, Matthew E Crawford, Stephen F Gilbert<br />
Advisor(s): Amanda J Wright Cron<br />
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_372_01<br />
Researchers and communications specialists have written extensively on the subject <strong>of</strong> business communications and the linkage between communication<br />
and performance. By their example, this study will examine a business, describe their communications practice, and illuminate the<br />
effects <strong>of</strong> their communication on their business performance (Doheny-Farina, 1986; Spinuzzi, 2007; Winsor, 2001). The objective <strong>of</strong> this study is<br />
to examinhe and gain an understanding <strong>of</strong> the way Flyer Enterprises: The Blend as a business communicates internally and externally, and how it<br />
relates to their success as an organization. This study will be administered through quantitative and qualitative methods. For example: anonymous<br />
surveys, employee interviews, and collection <strong>of</strong> data through printed material like training manuals and electronic communications. Involves<br />
participation <strong>of</strong> 5-6 individuals associated with The Blend including employees, managers, and customers. One additional purpose <strong>of</strong> this study is<br />
to find and shed light on a communications issue within the business and provide a remedy.<br />
Flyer For-ex Fund<br />
Presenter(s): Brendan W Bruns<br />
Advisor(s): Amanda J Wright Cron<br />
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_372_01<br />
Harrison (1987) sought to determine how one specific communication practice, writing, helps shape organizations. Over the course <strong>of</strong> the past 25<br />
years, communication practices have helped shape many organizations. When this project observes the Flyer For-ex fund, the primary objective is<br />
to determine what communication practices this particular group uses, whether that is writing or another form <strong>of</strong> communication. More specifi-<br />
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