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Building Buddies Signature Honors Project
(East Carolina University, 2022-05-05)This paper describes my personal experience and my group’s experience identifying a wicked problem, developing a plan, and implementing that plan. I will discuss my experience throughout my classes taken as part of being ... -
Building Civic Capacity for College Students: Flexible Thinking and Communicating as Puppeteers, Community Partners, and Citizen-Leaders
(2016-07)College students face a complex world filled with pervasive social problems that require strong knowledge bases, critical thinking abilities, and sustained engagement in civic life. This article details key pedagogical ... -
Building Communication Capacities Within Nonprofits Through Service-Learning
(2019)Previous research suggests that non-profit professionals struggle to effectively utilize digital media and that service-learning is an effective pedagogy for teaching communication-related classes (i.e. communication, ... -
Building Cultural Competence Through Multicultural Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2010)Cultural competence is a set of skills which is gaining recent attention as a tool for navigating a diverse American society. This study examines the purposeful instruction of select multicultural literature which can aid ... -
Building Emotional Intelligence Through LGBTQ Children's Books
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Educational settings tend to hold a heteronormative status quo; however, this study asks the question of how LGBTQ children’s books are being used in early childhood education settings, and how do they influence the children ... -
BUILDING GRANTEE CAPACITY THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE-PROCESS-DRIVEN, PEOPLE-CENTERED-EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
(East Carolina University, 2018-03-07)Program evaluation is an essential function for grant-seeking organizations, yet many struggle with measuring the impact of their work. The form of program evaluation is also an ongoing challenge for funders. Many grant-seeking ... -
Building Hope Through Art: Engaging in Scholarship with Community
(2012-03-29)RCAW Scholar-Teacher Award -
Building Massing and Orientation in the Passive Design Process
(2016-04)Passive Design refers to a design approach that uses natural energy sources in place of purchased energy such as electricity or natural gases. Depending how a structure is designed, the natural energy from the sun can ... -
BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY IN A RURAL HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH DIFFERENTIATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-15)Every student deserves to be educated by a highly qualified teacher. Since teachers have the greatest impact on student success (Sheninger & Murray, 2017), it is critical to ensure teachers are afforded opportunities to ... -
Building the Foundation for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Classrooms
(East Carolina University, 2023-11-21)This study examined how teachers and leaders could work together to build capacity for culturally responsive pedagogy that influenced the school culture. Using Participatory Action Research (PAR) as the primary methodology, ... -
Building Visual Literacy Skills on Campus: A Toolkit for Multidisciplinary Skills on Campus
(2020-12)Many colleges possess rich art collections that have the potential to expand curricula and address visual literacy in dynamic ways. However, faculty outside studio and art history departments often shy away from integrating ... -
Burden of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Over Time and Arterial Stiffness in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
(2019-07-02)Background: The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in children is increasing, resulting in higher burden of cardiovascular diseases due to diabetes mellitus–related vascular dysfunction. Methods and Results: We ... -
Bury Your Horses and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2015)Bury Your Horses and Other Stories is a book-length collection of original short stories. The work is intended to be understood as a complete book as well as its individual stories. The work presents variations on the ... -
Business-Driven/People-Focused: A Case Study on Valuing Library Staff and Improving Service to Users
(2020-03-09)Laupus Health Sciences Library has 3 floors hosting 25 staff and a satellite department, The Country Doctor Museum, with 3 additional staff. If it were not for staff development activities, the departments would not normally ... -
BUTTS, BOOKS, BUSES, AND BETTER INSTRUCTION: HOW A PRINCIPAL CAN DEVELOP ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS INTO EQUITY-CENTERED INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS BY JUGGLING TASKS TOGETHER.
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-21)The study aimed to build the capacity of assistant principals to identify and support teachers in using equitable classroom practices. The Participatory Action Research (PAR) study in a rural North Carolina school district ... -
Butyl Rubber Stoppers Increase the Shelf Life of Prereduced, Anaerobically Sterilized Media
(East Carolina University, 1977-05)Butyl rubber stoppers as compared with neoprene or black rubber stoppers significantly increased the shelf life of prereduced, anaerobically sterilized media for growth of obligately anaerobic bacteria. Originally published ...