Review of "Wicked, Incomplete, and Uncertain: User Support in the Wild and the Role of Technical Communication by Jason Swarts (2018)," Utah State University Press.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Arthur Berger
Keyword(s):  
Technical Communication ◽  
State University ◽  
Utah State University ◽  
User Support ◽  
In The Wild

The Role of Anthropology in Promoting Diversity on a Public University Campus

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Keyword(s):  
Campus Climate ◽  
Public University ◽  
State University ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Utah State University ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Engaged Anthropology ◽  
Do So

We live in an era where xenophobia, Islamophobia, and dangerous “Othering” is gaining ground in our communities. If anthropology's purpose still is, as Ruth Benedict once said, “to make the world safe for human differences,” it is more important now than ever for colleges and universities to provide our students with the necessary tools to do so. This report documents how a new initiative is building capacity for positive interaction among all who orient around religion differently while building bridges of interfaith cooperation at Utah State University. After summarizing campus climate research that led to the initiative's emergence in 2014, this report summarizes some of the major changes on campus that have come about as a result of these efforts. It then discusses the pros and cons of implementing positive institutional change from the “bottom-up” versus “top-down.” It concludes by asserting that we need applied and engaged anthropology in higher education now, more than ever, to prepare our students for the challenges of living and working in the 21st century.

scholarly journals Understanding the influence of climate, genetic variation, and herbivory on aspen (Populus tremuloides) growth in Yellowstone National Park

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Elaine M. Brice ◽  
Daniel MacNulty
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Populus Tremuloides ◽  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
State University ◽  
Utah State University ◽  
Top Down

Predation is commonly cited as a top-down effect that structures food webs, with the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone as perhaps the most famous example. However, despite two decades of research, there is still debate as to whether wolves (Canis lupus) have indirectly benefited aspen (Populus tremuloides) by reducing herbivory from elk (Cervus canadensis). As such, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of top-down and bottom-up forces on aspen recruitment in northern Yellowstone. The UW-NPS grant funds were used to conduct a genetic analysis of 59 aspen stands in an effort to determine whether genetic variation is one control of aspen recruitment. During summer 2018, 122 leaves were collected and sent to the Mock Lab at Utah State University. The samples will undergo DNA extractions at 12 microsatellite loci, which will provide us with genotype and ploidy level, with the genotype at a resolution to distinguish clones. Concurrently, we measured aspen heights and browse rates, as well as soil moisture. The median aspen height in 2018 was 110 cm (SD=135), and the browse rate was 0.45. Stands varied in volumetric water content (VWC), ranging from a mean VWC of 2.7% to 45.2%.   Featured photo by Yellowstone National Park on Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/efXLV2

scholarly journals The practical and the aspirational: Managing the student employee experience in library publishing efforts

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Nelson ◽  
Becky Thoms
Keyword(s):  
Student Experience ◽  
Library Services ◽  
State University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Utah State University ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Student Employees ◽  
Retention Of Knowledge ◽  
Employee Experience

Student employees are a critical component in the workforce of academic libraries. While more established library services have the benefit of attracting student employees specifically interested in their work, scholarly communication programs, and library publishing efforts in particular, have more difficulty describing and garnering interest in their work. This article describes the journey of the Digital Initiatives Unit at Utah State University Libraries as we navigated the particular trials that come with library publishing—specifically delving into the work of our institutional repository (IR) and the role of student employees in those efforts. The labor of our program is variable and largely project-based, which has presented a number of challenges related to our student employees: understanding the larger context of their work; retention of knowledge and skills alongside their ability to prioritize; and a struggle to transfer skills from one project to another. Addressing these problems involved more intentional gathering of student feedback, colleague brainstorming, and trial and error; through which process and results we are gaining a more developed understanding of the critical importance of the student experience. When student employees see their work as more than just a job, and recognize the skills they are learning, they come away with greater satisfaction and our unit benefits from improved outputs. Using what we have learned, we will be able to continue our efforts for a better student experience as well as creating future goals for our unit.

Formation of financial literacy in training of informatics teachers on the basis of the 1С:Enterprise system

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
M. A. Rodionov ◽  
I. V. Akimova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
State University ◽  
Science And Literature ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Mathematics History ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
The Right

In the submitted study the problem of the formation of financial literacy of students at informatics lessons and relevant training of future informatics teachers is considered. Financial literacy is understood as a set of basic knowledge in the field of finance, banking, insurance, as well as budgeting for personal finances that allow a person to choose the right financial product or service, soberly assess and take risks that may arise during the use of these products, correctly accumulate savings and identify doubtful (fraudulent) investment schemes. The authors conclude that successful development of meaningful lines of the course of financial literacy requires integration of a few school subjects, such as mathematics, history, informatics, social science and literature. The role of modern informatics teacher in the formation of financial literacy of students is great. Therefore, in the training of a future informatics teacher, it should be paid the attention to issues related to the study of elements of financial literacy in informatics lessons. In order to solve the problem, the authors propose to use the special course “Basics of work in 1С:Enterprise”, which is implemented at Penza State University. The article contains a program of the course and the methodological recommendations for its implementation.

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