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Students grow by working with loss Psychology Prof. Illene Noppe is a nationally prominent scholar on grief and coping, especially among young people. Her students share in her discoveries. In fact, Noppe’s students have been instrumental in the baseline surveys that inform her work, in changing University policies to promote better awareness of student grief issues, in running a week-long summer camp for children, and establishing an oncampus support network and memorial garden. On planting day each May, students and employees set in flowering annuals to recall deceased faculty and students as well as loved ones, friends, miscarried pregnancies and other losses. Noppe notes that many young people struggle with issues of bereavement. An internet survey by her students revealed that, on average, one in two collegians has suffered a loss within the last two years, with some lives and studies greatly affected. Among those most active with Noppe’s work is Human Development major Amanda Brodhagen. She’s a leader of the support chapter and flower project, and she also served as head counselor for the Camp Lloyd experience for children experiencing loss. Brodhagen says of both the research and her camp work with children, “It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done.” RESEARCH TO WATCH… PLANNING IN ECUADOR — FOUR URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES STUDENTS WERE SELECTED TO TRAVEL WITH PROFS. MARCELO CRUZ AND ADAM PARRILLO TO THE AMAZON AND TENA, ECUADOR, TO RESEARCH AND ASSIST WITH THE CITY’S HOUSING AND URBAN DESIGN PLAN. 6 May 2011 Finding poetry in Human Development Carleen Horner feels strongly that her poetry puts the “human” in her Human Development major. The returning adult student and published poet from Sturgeon Bay works days for a private company that manages personal-care workers to serve populations including the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. She fits in studying and writing around a busy family life. Horner exhibited a series of 10 poems recently that she says helped her. She also says she hopes they will help others examine and value their own real-life experiences, and tell “the great stories, which most people don’t get a chance to tell.” Photo courtesy of Kayla Bauer Lens on a lakeshore town Student Jason Houge arrived in Algoma, a small Lake Michigan town 30 minutes east of campus, in summer 2009. He moved into a modest downtown apartment, found work at the local winery and began photographing the area, he says, “as a way to meet people and to become a part of the community.” Houge’s documentary photography had Excerpts from ‘You Want to Know Who You Are’ You want to know who you are, but turn to other people, searching outside of yourself. You want to be satisfied with what you do, but don’t do anything that makes you feel satisfied. You want to taste the freshness of new ideas, but eat bologna sandwiches every day for lunch. You want to feel the hand of another between your fingers, but never reach out your own hand. You want to see your true potential, but close your eyes when you look in a mirror. already won notice. Among the art major’s many accomplishments, he received an Associated Collegiate Press award for news photography, and studied briefly with National Geographic photographer David Alan Harvey in New York. Houge’s “Algoma Project: Small Town Life in the Midwest” was exhibited at UW-Green Bay in spring 2011.
The Facebook Factor Top psych researcher teams with students on ‘status’ of learning Many college students are supremely confident in their abilities to tune out, shift attention and re-focus in the blink of an eye — to toggle back and forth, for example, between textbook and text messaging — while maintaining what they believe to be peak performance. UW-Green Bay Prof. Regan Gurung, the reigning state professor of the year and the 2011 president of the National Society for the Teaching of Psychology, provides a more educated analysis. “The reality? We as humans cannot multi-task very efficiently,” Gurung states. He and his students take social media seriously. Three students this past semester pursued Facebook projects, and another five assisted Gurung on texting research. Nationally, academic studies are taking off like “hits” on a viral video. (Gurung wasn’t the first professor to observe a growing number of students texting and using Facebook during class, although in his case it was for a teacher generally regarded among his University’s most popular and engaging.) Still, research in some areas of social media, such as Facebook and its potential impact on learning, is lacking. Gurung says there are clear positives. Facebook and other networking sites can increase brain activity, boost self esteem, and they have people reading now more than ever. The quandary for educators is how to adapt the technology to advance course topics and complement classroom learning, without aggravating multitasking overload. Karlie Martens, a senior psychology major, is trying to quantify the Facebook factor in an introductory course in which use of the class page is optional. “Facebook is an evolving feature in the classroom,” she says. “We are looking at how students use Facebook to relate to each other and their professors, as well as how active the student is in their learning environment based on their use of the class Facebook page.” It’s Gurung’s hope that such pages can be yet another tool for keeping students engaged in relatively large introductory Award-winning Prof. Regan Gurung will speak at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, in MAC Hall 204 in a free public program on the topic of social media and learning. courses. “Meeting students where they live, at all hours of the day and night, should allow them to apply what they are learning in real time,” he says. Stephanie Freis, a junior psychology major, is researching online attitudes and usage. “We’re analyzing how perceptive students are on Facebook and how their interactions may be affected through the medium,” Freis says. “It is my hope that the research we are completing with Dr. Gurung somehow helps make a difference in the world… improving students’ experiences with technology while increasing consideration for others.” May 2011 7
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