Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton

POSTER SESSION 2
cally, the project wants to see what communication practices help drive the Flyer For-exâs fundsâ success. In doing this, the project will include
qualitative research such as interviewing a select number of the 40 participants in the Flyer For-ex fund, as well as the faculty member in charge of
creating the Flyer For-ex fund. The project will observe some of the firmâs meetings in order to analyze and determine how they accomplish their
work. In addition, this project will also analyze the communication documents given to all members of the fund such as policies and procedures
or meeting notes. After completing this primary research, the project identifies how communication practices drive the For-ex fund to the success
that they have. More specifically, the project will determine what communication practices may be helping the Flyer For-ex fund, as well as
identifying certain communication practices that may be considered detrimental to the group. Finally, this project proposes remedies to some of
the things that may be considered detrimental.
Flying with Angels
Presenter(s): Mariana Lopes, Allison C Mckenna, Alexandra J Rolnick
Advisor(s): Matthew D Archer, Meredith L Doench, William H Johnston, Monalisa M Mullins,
Lori G Phillips-Young
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_102_B3
The Building Communities through Social Justice Learning and Living Cohort (BCSJLLC) strives to help students understand the importance of
social justice by focusing on educating the whole person. This is done by linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service learning.
The primary mission of the BSCJLLC is literacy and all cohort members performed service learning in the community by tutoring. The cohort was
trained by the LLC’s community partner Project READ to tutor students in K-8 and young adults. Project READ then placed us in tutoring positions
at Holy Angels Catholic School. The mission of Holy Angels Catholic School is to help their students excel academically while growing in leadership
and faith. Through our partnership with this school we have built relationships with our students and the staff and learned more about the Dayton
community. We worked with a fifth graders helping them with their multiplication and division tables, we assisted first graders with recognizing
their vocabulary words on sight, and we read one-on-one to kindergartners. We believe our service learning experience helped our students; but
we know they have helped influence and made a difference in our lives by allowing us to apply the Marianist principles of lead, learn and serve.
Fostering Literacy in Dayton City Schools
Presenter(s): John H Buerschen, Elizabeth B Harbaugh, Eleanor W Mccormick
Advisor(s): Lori G Phillips-Young
English - Independent Research
As participants in the Building Community through Social Justice Learning and Living Cohort (BCSJLLC) our goal is to advance the cause of literacy
in the Miami Valley through service learning. The BSCJLLC’s community partner, the non-profit organization, Project READ, trained us to tutor
students in grades K-3 and young adults. Members of our group were then placed by Project READ in tutoring assignments in DECA with high
school students and in Cleveland Elementary School with first and third grade students. Our mission was to help improve the student’s vocabulary
and ability to read. We were consistently challenged by the different ages and skill levels of the individuals we were instructing; and the challenge
to encourage and not direct our students. We found that developing personal relationships with our students helped us to encourage their overall
learning and specifically helped them to gain confidence in their ability to improve their reading and vocabulary skills. Working with students in
Dayton’s inner city schools allowed us to see firsthand the education disparities that exist in America. As students, we believe that all people in a
just society should be able to read and write. In our presentation we will reflect on how the combination of our service learning, the classes we
have taken in our cohort, and our training by Project READ worked to advance the common good of the students we tutored. We will also explore
the importance of our work in the context of the Marianist ideals of Lead, Learn, and Serve.
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