Academic Report 2022

Academic Report 2022

UTAH TECH ACADEMIC REPORT

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Cheri Crenshaw

Editor Emma Walker

Lead Designer

Scott Garrett

Photography

Matt Black

Jordan Palmer

Kaylan Walker

Alex Santiago Henryk Connelly Nathan Potter

Joe Griffith Review Dr. Pam Cantrell

PUBLICATION BOARD

Dr. Michael Lacourse

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Dr. Jordon Sharp Vice President of Marketing & Communication

Stacy Schmidt

Assistant Director of Public Relations/Publications

Jyl Hall

Director of Public Relations

Sarah Shurtliff

Director of Academic Budget

MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST

NEW ACADEMIC DEGREES & CERTIFICATES

FEATURE STORIES

Virality, Industry, and Makerspaces: Utah Tech Creative Studios

Utah Tech’s Academic Advising Center

Accreditation at Utah Tech

Curing Cancer with the Help of Zebrafish

Utah Tech Develops STEM-Related Partnerships to Further Student Success Pluralsight & Utah Tech: A Partnership to Prepare Students for Today's Workforce

ACTIVE LEARNING. ACTIVE LIFE.

Utah Tech Partners with InStride and Acadeum to Advance Intermountain Healthcare’s PEAK Program

Bringing Music to Life at Utah Tech: Building the UT Marching Band

Utah Tech Panguitch Education Program Provides High School Students Opportunities to Earn College Credit ParksPass: A Utah Tech Student Project

Utah Tech Goes to Silicon Slopes Summit Internships on Tech Ridge

New Utah Tech Program in Water Canyon High School Provides Hildale Community with Educational Opportunities

Utah Tech's City Alliance Program Benefits Students and Communities

Utah Tech and UNLV Form Technology Partnership, Hope to Expand North

Utah Tech to Host the 2023 Global Polytechnic Summit

A Unique Study Abroad Experience in Taiwan

Utah Tech Now Accepting International Applications Through Shorelight Incarcerated Youth Program Flourishes During First Year

Atwood Innovation Plaza: Where New Businesses Thrive Music Department Embraces Technology to Enhance Learning

Utah Tech’s Innovation District

STEM Outreach Center Hosts Makerspace for K-12

Undergraduate Research Prepares Students for Future Careers Collaborative Learning Experiences Through VR

FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS

Award Winner Angela Settle Makes a Difference Through Dental Hygiene

Utah Tech Prepares Medical School Applicants for Success

Introducing Jeff Stewart

Reverse Headhunter Terri Winkler Connects Students to Work Opportunities

Accounting Student Ryan Miggin Blazes the Trail for Graduate Success

2022 Distinguished Faculty Award Winners

Being Human Podcast Explores Relationship Between Humanity and Technology Building Connections to Last a Lifetime: The Student Success Program

UTAH TECH PATENTS, GRANTS AND RECOGNITION, PUBLICATIONS, AND RESEARCH

Innovation at Utah Tech University

Utah Tech University Grants Faculty Publications & Research 2021-22

Message from the Provost

Dear Friends,

It is my pleasure to present the 2022 edition of the Utah Tech University (UT) Academic Report, highlighting and recognizing the many accomplishments and achievements of our students, faculty, and staff from this past year. I am proud that each story contained in this report is written by a UT student, as is our tradition. It is also noteworthy that many of the students recognized in this report are residents of Washington County.

The primary focus for academics this past year was restarting programs and student learning opportunities that were paused during the pandemic. We were especially focused on increasing opportunities for students to participate in transformational experiences such as undergraduate research, study abroad, and internships. New partnerships with companies and organizations were established across the state to expand learning opportunities and support our active learn-by-doing philosophy. The City Alliance Program launched with dozens of faculty and students working closely with St. George city employees on local projects important to our quality of life. This year, students and faculty are partnering with Santa Clara city employees on a host of projects important to the quality of life in Santa Clara.

This past year also saw an expansion of degree programs and classes offered at Water Canyon and Panguitch high schools, as well as for incarcerated youth within the Utah Juvenile Justice System. An exciting new partnership was created with Pluralsight that provides all UT students with unlimited access to over 7,000 technology-related classes, micro-credentials, and industryrecognized certifications. New academic centers were established in precision and functional genomics as well as humanities.

Programs that support student success continue to develop, and I am proud to report that our freshman to sophomore retention rate achieved record levels, meaning that more and more students will be successful in completing a degree and fulfilling their personal educational goals.

I am proud of our faculty, staff, and students and invite you to explore the 2022 Academic Report, learn more about the quality of our academic programs and faculty, as well as become familiar with the extraordinary opportunities that UT students are provided to learn by doing.

Sincerely, Dr. Michael Lacourse Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs michael.lacourse@utahtech.edu

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NEW ACADEMIC DEGREES & CERTIFICATES

Utah

Certificates

Applied Behavior Analysis

Chemical Laboratory Techniques Advanced Functional Genomics

Genetic Sequencing Protein Characterization Recreation Management Theatre – Classical Acting Theatre – Costume Studies Theatre – Scenic Studies Theatre – Lighting and Sound for Theatre & Digital Film UI/UX Design

Emphases

BA/BS Theatre – Acting BA/BS Theatre – Design/Technical BA/BS Theatre – Generalist BA/BS Theatre – Directing Human Communication

VIRALITY, INDUSTRY, AND MAKERSPACES: Utah Tech Creative Studios

By Autumn Nuzman, Graduate Student, Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric

Utah Tech University now offers a virality lab, an industry simulator, and makerspace studios that are all available through the newly formed Utah Tech Creative Studios.

“We’re very excited about it,” said Patrick Smith, Director and Assistant Professor of Digital Film. “The entire system [is being] soft launched [this semester], including a new website, new commercials, and a massive cosmetic renovation of many of the spaces in the Jennings Building.”

The virality lab will commission hundreds of short videos, songs, podcasts, and films produced by students for a variety of custom streaming channels with the specific intent of going viral. Afterward, students will collect data regarding media performance, audience engagement, and marketing effectiveness. The data will be processed to draw conclusions from the analytics and apply them to the next round of production.

“Beyond short-form social media content, students would also have the opportunity to engage with our industry simulator, interfacing with real clients to pitch, budget, produce, and launch media content,” Smith said. “In this way, students can test-pilot various industry jobs, earn credit while doing so, and potentially earn money or tuition assistance as they do.”

Students participate in an industry simulation for a large media organization. Students from various disciplines on campus can create an annual or semester-based production slate, interface with clients, maintain budgets, develop projects, produce content, develop and employ marketing strategies, network with talent, or seek new clients.

To run these initiatives efficiently, the Jennings Building has been redesigned to host makerspace studios that allow students to operate in a centralized location. These studios aim to be a userfriendly space for students to create or edit media content, work in offices, or meet with clients.

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“This new instructional center will add value to a diverse swath of students,” Smith said. “Utah Tech University has over 2,000 first-generation college students who have arrived at our institution from a variety of backgrounds. The affordable, openenrollment nature of our University naturally encourages a more diverse student body, and Utah Tech Creative Studios is poised to provide them a space to not only acquire skills that will be valuable in the workplace, but also provide them with a creative outlet to express their history and perspective through a visual medium.”

Smith said Utah Tech Creative Studios provides system unification with other Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) institutions, access for underrepresented communities, affordability for students, and workforce alignment regarding the skills and experience it offers.

“For example, should a state wide pilot project advertising responsible water usage be proposed, the Creative Studios at any USHE institution could produce visual content for social media which speaks specifically to the responsible water use in their region,” Smith said. “The studios could then analyze the results in

their own virality labs, drawing conclusions about which messages performed well and which could be improved. At the end of the initiative, all creative studios could meet and discuss their findings and, eventually, come to a consensus about which types of visual techniques led to the most significant outcomes on public awareness or perception in Utah as a whole, with region-specific data pulled from the virality labs as evidence.”

Utah Tech Creative Studios will help students succeed through skill application and experience.

UTAH TECH PARTNERS WITH INSTRIDE AND ACADEUM TO ADVANCE INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE’S PEAK PROGRAM

By Malynda Madsen, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing, Spanish and Nonprofit Management Minors

As the nation experiences severe healthcare worker shortages, Intermountain Healthcare is taking strides to recruit and maintain employees by implementing an initiative called PEAK (Path to Education, Advancement, and Knowledge). The program provides tuition support for Intermountain Healthcare employees which is made possible by their partnerships with InStride, a Strategic Enterprise Education™ company that enables employers to provide employees with career-boosting online degrees, and with Acadeum, a company that helps universities create coursesharing partnerships.

Utah Tech University joined in this effort by partnering with InStride’s and Acadeum’s academic networks. The partnerships will allow Intermountain Healthcare employees to use their PEAK

program benefits while pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Utah Tech. The program covers $5,250 in tuition per year as a benefit to eligible employees — which covers almost the total cost of full-time tuition at Utah Tech University.

The partnership will provide career growth for Intermountain Healthcare’s employees while also helping the employer develop and maintain their workforce. Utah Tech is proud to serve one of Southern Utah’s largest employers, caregivers, and the community. To learn more about this partnership, visit Intermountain.InStride.com.

BRINGING MUSIC TO LIFE AT UTAH TECH: Building the UT Marching Band

By Myra Ward, Senior, English Major, Literary Studies Emphasis, Communication Studies Minor

At Utah Tech University, music continues to be an important way to show school spirit, energize crowds at athletic events, and display University pride. Like many programs at Utah Tech, building the UT Marching Band has relied on endless dedication and heartfelt teamwork.

Dr. Bryant Smith, Director of Bands, has worked passionately for the past four years to coordinate musical performances at sporting events, which creates playing opportunities for student performers. These performances require substantial funding, and Dr. Smith is committed to continue making the expression of music at Utah Tech’s campus more accessible for the enjoyment of students, faculty, and the surrounding community.

The UT Marching Band connects the entire Utah Tech student body — whether on the football field or at commencement — and its role continues to benefit involved students. Staying true to the University’s, “active learning. active life.” approach to education,

student performers are given opportunities to transform their college experience for the better. “It's an exciting time!" Dr. Smith shared. "I invite anyone who plays a wind, brass, or percussion instrument to come join the UT Marching Band!”

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UTAH TECH PANGUITCH EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES

TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

Utah Tech University has reached beyond St. George to provide high school students opportunities to take concurrent enrollment (CE) classes and earn college credits that will transfer and be counted toward their degree progress once they enroll at a university.

The latest Utah Tech education program is under construction at Panguitch High School in Garfield County and will open in the Spring of 2023. The Utah Tech education programs allow high school students to enroll in online or virtual college courses that also count as required high school classes. Students can receive a Career Technical Education (CTE) Certificate while completing their General Education (GE) Certificate and obtain their associate degrees. CTE courses include computer science, computer design, graphic design, and certified nursing assistant (CNA). Students can combine one of the CTE courses with the GE certificate and a few elective courses to complete and receive an associate degree.

Dr. Nancy Hauck, Associate Provost of Community and Global Engagement, has been the driving force behind these programs. She explained that students who take CE courses are three times more likely to complete their bachelor's degrees. Dr. Hauck's goal is to make educational opportunities accessible to rural communities.

AWARD WINNER ANGELA SETTLE MAKES A DIFFERENCE THROUGH DENTAL HYGIENE

By Charlotte Beale, Sophomore, English Major, Literary Studies Emphasis

The winner of the 2022 Dental Hygiene Student National Award was Utah Tech’s own Angela Settle. This honor, awarded by the American Dental Hygienists' Association, is given to a dental hygiene student in their final year who is a notable leader and is active in their program. Nominated by her department chair Brenda Armstrong, Settle said she was “totally humbled” after finding out that she won: “You get so focused on everything that’s going on in hygiene school and all the challenges that come with that, so to have somebody else recognize that is super humbling.”

Having graduated, Settle is currently located in Moab and works in a private practice as well as a free health clinic. She is dedicated to helping the community through dental care and education. “If you have oral disease, there is absolutely a connection to other health problems in your body,” Settle explained. “You’re really making a difference in people’s lives, starting with dental health.”

UTAH TECH PREPARES MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICANTS FOR SUCCESS

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

Utah Tech University’s pre-medical programs continue to grow.

In 2015, the University partnered with St. George Regional Hospital (SGRH) through the Utah Tech Pre-Medical Society, which has been instrumental in the program’s development and students' success. Before working with St. George Regional Hospital, the medical school acceptance rate for Utah Tech students was 20 percent. Now, 85 percent of applicants get accepted into medical school the first time they apply. Utah Tech's acceptance rate is a tremendous accomplishment compared to other more prominent universities, which have average acceptance rates of 60 to 70 percent.

Instructor Doug Sainsbury explained that the SGRH has greatly improved the program. Sainsbury mentioned that the Utah Health Scholars and the American Medical Women’s

Association have both significantly impacted the program's success by providing more one-on-one resources. These programs and the SGRH provide students with medical school information, help with the application process, and supply internships and job shadowing opportunities.

Utah Tech students can also participate in the University of Utah School of Medicine's Rural & Underserved Utah Training Experience (RUUTE) program. The program allows students to work as ambassadors and complete outreach projects that help rural and underserved K-12 students develop an interest in future medical careers. The RUUTE program also gives students opportunities to participate in groundbreaking biomedical research through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program for 10 weeks.

Students from Utah Tech have been accepted to medical schools across the country. Pre-med student and Biomedical Science major Adam Gaudin was the first-ever transgender student to be accepted to the University of Utah School of Medicine and was one of only a handful of students who were accepted into their early acceptance program. Other Utah Tech students recently accepted to medical school include Hanna Hanks, Nate Gottfredson, Ryan Gibb, Jonny Tuscano, Olawale Akinyemi, and Daniel Blackmore.

Utah Tech will continue to expand its programs and opportunities. Sainsbury explained that medical research is one of the main components needed for student success in medical school. Sainsbury also explained a doctor is a scientist of medicine, so research is a critical step in becoming a doctor. Five Utah Tech students are selected every year for internships at Johns Hopkins and Stanford to participate in groundbreaking cancer and infectious diseases research. In the Utah Tech biotech program, students have started working with the SGRH’s Intermountain Precision Genomics in cancer research. Each program and partnership provided Utah Tech students with the necessary experience needed to be accepted to medical school and become amazing doctors.

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Pre-med student and Biomedical Science major Adam Gaudin

PARKSPASS: A Utah Tech Student Project

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

Utah Tech University’s polytechnic focus and “active learning. active life.” approach to education provide students applicable work experience that helps prepare them for their future careers. ParksPass is a recent example of one of Utah Tech’s student-run projects. It was created to assist Utah State Parks with building an online platform for passes, retail, camping, golf, and other park experiences, following the goal of “Empower the Future of Parks.” ParksPass was created in July 2020 and had a soft launch in January 2021 with Governor Cox at Snow Canyon State Park. ParksPass has grown to include online passes for all 46 Utah State Parks.

The in-person rollout is currently underway, with point of sale systems running in Sand Hollow, Snow Canyon, Antelope

Island, and Quail Creek, with more parks scheduled to be added soon. ParksPass also offers access to other park services including signage, apps, scanning passes, merch, stickers, and brochures. The system was moved online to help state parks that were struggling with cash-only transactions. Online payment allows visitors to buy passes before entering the parks or arriving on-site, helps eliminate long entrance lines, and assists park rangers with payment verification before visitors enter the park. Going online enhances both visitor and park ranger experiences, simplifying payments and improving wait times.

ParksPass was the innovation of students, and with the help of industry experts and Utah Tech faculty and staff, the project became a success. Students involved were given opportunities to work on sections of the plan related to their individualized studies, helping them develop skills and gain practice with project management.

Students applied what they were learning in their classes to the work with the state parks. Kelsea Johnson, a ParksPass Project Leader, provided insight on the importance of this project and said, “We are a student-run team passionate about preserving nature so it can be observed and appreciated by future generations. We are not concerned with making a profit or increasing the number of tickets sold. We just want to help in whatever way we can and to enhance not only our students' skills who are working on the project but the experiences for visitors and park rangers as well.”

UTAH TECH’S ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

The Academic Advising Center at Utah Tech University provides information and resources for all students. Academic advisors help current and prospective students who are interested in learning more about the University’s programs. Students can easily make an appointment through a phone call to the front desk or through Navigate online. Advisors encourage students to meet with them as often as needed and recommend meeting at least once a semester. Students can work with their advisor to check their academic progress and ensure they’re on track to graduate as planned.

Academic advisors are a resource for students and are available to discuss students' interests, goals, and plans as they start or continue on their academic and career paths. Advisors remind students about important deadlines and policies, including applying for graduation. They can show students how to access and use Degree Works, Navigate, and the Student Portal. Students are also provided with accurate information about degrees, certificates, and program requirements. Planning out semesters in advance can

prevent students from getting behind on their graduation plans. The planning makes them aware of course prerequisite classes and helps them avoid taking unnecessary courses.

Meeting with an advisor is a perfect starting point for students unsure about which field or degree to pursue. Deborah Decker, Director of First-year Advisement, explained that not knowing what path to take is typical, and students often feel incredibly stressed and alone, unsure about what they want to do. Decker explained that most students are not committed when starting at Utah Tech and that taking time to explore and figure things out is all right. She continued to say that being undecided is a great position for students to be in, and developing a plan of exploration can be an exciting way to find what is right for each student. Advisors can help students plan a way to narrow down options by taking a variety of classes, participating in job shadowing, and practicing informational interviews. Decker explained the goal is to set students up with different experiences in a variety of areas, allowing students to discover their passions.

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Advisors provide more than help with class planning and degree requirements. They want to be a support to students in many ways during their time at Utah Tech. Advisors are interested in students' lives and how they are doing. If students have problems with roommates, food or housing insecurities, or anything else, advisors can help connect them with proper resources and be a listening ear. Katie Armstrong, Director of College Advisement, explained that advisors are there to help students with individual needs. She encourages all students to seek an advisor’s help, especially first-year students, who are often living on their own, living with roommates, financially supporting themselves, and

taking more challenging classes for the first time. Armstrong creates a supportive environment for all students at the Academic Advisement Center, so students have a place to go and find available resources to help them with any problems they may have. Often students are referred to other Utah Tech resources after learning about alternative resources available to them. Advisors are trained and informed of the many programs and can position students with the correct assistance needed.

UTAH TECH GOES TO SILICON SLOPES SUMMIT

By Autumn Nuzman, Graduate Student, Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric

Representatives and students from Utah Tech University attended the Silicon Slopes Summit on September 28-30, 2022, for the first time under its new name. This is a milestone for Utah Tech as it continues to embrace its polytechnic mission.

“We had several dozen Utah Tech representatives attend the summit as we shared our highlights and vision,” said Cheryle Caplinger, Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation District Project Manager. “We connected with companies, non-profits, thought leaders, and more to build relationships.”

Caplinger said partnerships with these organizations are intended to lead to strategic connections for co-ops, internships, capstone projects, and more, which will hopefully increase opportunities for student experiential learning while also developing joint ventures and establishing access to new resources.

Utah Tech’s goals for the 2022 Silicon Slopes Summit were as follows:

● Creating partnerships and connections

● Sharing the University’s mission

● Elevating the University’s brand and reputation

● Connecting with alumni

In addition to greeting attendees outside the venue, as well as hosting a booth and an executive suite to meet these goals, Utah Tech was highlighted on the main stage. President Richard B. Williams was the first interviewed speaker at the Summit during

a panel with Clint Betts, Silicon Slopes Executive Director, and Utah Tech Trustee Dave Elkington.

“During this panel, [the speakers] talked about the mission of the University, how it serves the community, and how the community can help shape the future of our transformation,” Caplinger said. “They discussed how Utah Tech University embraces our pillars as an open, comprehensive, inclusive, and polytechnic institution.”

Other endeavors addressed included the new degrees that have been added over the last few years, the successes at Atwood Innovation Plaza, Utah Tech’s partnership with Pluralsight, the planning for the recently acquired property near Desert Color, and how all programs, including those in the arts and humanities, are part of Utah Tech’s vision.

President Williams also called for attendees to serve on advisory boards as Utah Tech talks with industry professionals and reviews curriculum, and he recommended they visit St. George to see the University in action.

“We want people to know there are major innovations and exciting opportunities in Southwest Utah,” Caplinger said.

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INTERNSHIPS ON TECH RIDGE

By Rebekah Caldwell, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis

Tech Ridge is a fast-growing part of the St. George community. Big tech companies, including Zonos and Vasion (formerly Printer Logic), have already made themselves at home on Tech Ridge, and additional innovative businesses like Intergalactic are going to join the neighborhood soon. The presence of these tech companies not only adds prestige to the city but creates livelihoods for residents, including Utah Tech University students.

Companies like Vasion and Zonos are growing quickly, and with that growth comes job opportunities, including internships for Utah Tech students. Students find connections through career and internship fairs as well as on Handshake, a website widely used by Utah Tech to connect students to internships and other career opportunities. Most internships are 16 weeks in length, and completing them gives students applicable work experience. Students can potentially be offered full-time positions at the companies they interned with or can network within the companies to connect with even better job opportunities.

Companies on Tech Ridge are always on the lookout for techsavvy and hard-working students that fit their company’s vibe. Vasion, for example, staffs people who are friendly, intelligent, and

fun to be around, creating a healthy work environment for everyone involved, and improving the quality of life for those employees. Utah Tech students participating in Tech Ridge internships get a chance to learn the types of working environments that are best for them while experiencing being active employees.

INTRODUCING JEFF STEWART

By Myra Ward, Senior, English Major, Literary Studies Emphasis, Communication Studies Minor

When it comes to creating new ideas to make Atwood Innovation Plaza a place for aspiring student entrepreneurs, Jeff Stewart is never at a loss for finding ways to do so. In August of 2022, Stewart became the Interim Director & Entrepreneur in Residence at the Plaza. For over five years, he has dedicated his time and energy volunteering at the Plaza, working tirelessly to provide a space promoting entrepreneurship and starting local businesses. Now as Director, he can provide even more support.

When asked what makes the Plaza so special, Stewart mentioned the Makerspace: “It is where students can come together and create.” With its spacious area to create, the Makerspace is where students can work on their ideas and develop the applications necessary to turn their visions into a reality.

The Plaza also supports the administrative side of entrepreneurship, including patenting, insurance, and renting office space. According to Stewart, at Innovation Plaza, “We are in the business of helping start businesses.”

REVERSE HEADHUNTER TERRI WINKLER CONNECTS STUDENTS TO WORK OPPORTUNITIES

By Rebekah Caldwell, Senior, English Creative Writing Emphasis

An important part of higher education is finding connections for potential jobs and internships both on and off campus. Utah Tech University’s Reverse Headhunter Terri Winkler collaborates with local and national companies seeking talent to fill open positions and then finds Utah Tech students that are the right fit.

Finding qualified workers for even high-paying positions can be a challenge, and many companies are searching for people with specialized skills and experience to take positions within their businesses. Since UT is a polytechnic university with many diverse programs, students can become prepared to work well in a number of specialized fields. As Utah Tech’s resident Reverse Headhunter, Winkler works directly with Utah Tech faculty,

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students, and alumni to create connections with the interested companies, helping students find employment and companies fill available positions. This is a valuable resource for both businesses seeking specific workers and students with fresh skills.

This program also benefits the University as a whole and will aid Utah Tech students for years to come. Employers can give feedback on which areas they feel our students should be more focused on or areas of experience they could improve, which helps the University adjust or develop classes and programs to help more students succeed in the workforce.

NEW UTAH TECH PROGRAM IN WATER CANYON HIGH SCHOOL PROVIDES HILDALE COMMUNITY WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

By Cammie Johnson, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis, Media Studies Minor

The city of Hildale continues to see advancements regarding the community’s educational needs as it welcomes the Utah Tech University program located inside Water Canyon High School.

This program — formerly known as the DSU Water Canyon Center — opened back in the Fall of 2021, but was rebranded on May 17, 2022, with the University’s new name. The Utah Tech program offers various concurrent enrollment courses for students and classes for adults, expanding opportunities for individuals who aspire to receive a university level education.

Dr. Nancy Hauck, Associate Provost of Community & Global Engagement at Utah Tech University, said it has been shown that students who take college courses while in high school are more likely to attend college after graduating. To fulfill the academic needs of all students in Washington County, Utah Tech built the program to make higher education more obtainable.

There is another program located in Kanab, and both the Hildale and Kanab programs have been funded by the Perkins Grant. The grant’s aim is to promote professions in the technical education field, furthering Utah Tech’s mission as an academic institution.

The Utah Tech University program in Hildale gives students and community members easier access to the tools they need to excel as they move forward to achieve their academic goals.

ACCREDITATION AT UTAH TECH

By Claire Bernay, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis

Since its founding in 1911, Utah Tech University has sought to make education for future professionals accessible and economically feasible while maintaining the highest standards of quality. One method of achieving these goals is accreditation.

Accredited through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1945, Utah Tech University has institutional accreditation, which provides, “a framework for the college to define and implement … continuous improvement,” as Dr. Scott Lindsey, Associate Dean of the College of Business, explained. With continuous improvement, Utah Tech University has demonstrated it is not stagnant, but continually moving toward deeper knowledge, better experiences, and an elevated curriculum. Dr. Lindsey pointed out that accreditation encourages “faculty to remain

current within their disciplines.” While difficult and arduous to maintain, accreditation provides students with up-to-date information about the professions they will soon be entering. Students and their parents can rest assured that they are getting a quality education which can lead to numerous job opportunities.

Along with institutional accreditation, Utah Tech University has 15 specialized accredited programs that are awarded this status through diverse agencies and boards. Special programs range from Elementary Education to Respiratory Therapy and are important to many majors and emphasis areas.

Dr. Jeff Jarvis, Dean of the College of the Arts and Supervisor of the Specialized Accredited Music Program, said, “The process [of accreditation] is pretty essential.” The programs with specialized accreditation have been tested and found successful in their ability to provide adequate instruction for the students. Graduates of the music program receive a degree on par with other accredited music programs across the country because accreditation standardizes the education received at the college level.

As Dr. Eliezer Bermudez, Dean of the College of Health Sciences, put it, accreditation “brings quality. It brings standards.” Standardization and quality within the medical field are increasingly important in a post-pandemic world, and the accredited programs at Utah Tech University prepare students for their chosen medical professions.

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Dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology Dr. Eric Pedersen said, “Accreditation at the department level is an external validation that the institution has a rigorous academic program.” Students, parents, and future employers all want that validation. Students especially want to know that their hard work is going to be taken seriously in the working world.

Accreditation is essential for a university to perform at the intended level. Credentials strengthen a college’s validity and ensure that the students are getting a quality education. Accreditation pushes Utah Tech University forward, requiring continuous improvements. Students at Utah Tech undoubtedly find it comforting to know that accreditation ensures programs are rigorous, providing them with ample instruction in their chosen career paths.

Here is the complete list of specialized accredited programs at Utah Tech University: Business, Dental Hygiene, Elementary Education, Emergency Medical Services, Master of Athletic Training, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Radiography, Music, Nursing (ADN and BSN), Physical Therapist Assistant, Population Health-Long Term Care Administrative Emphasis, Respiratory Therapy, Secondary Education, and Surgical Technology.

UTAH TECH'S CITY ALLIANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

Utah Tech University has partnered with surrounding communities to give students real-world experience while solving local problems through the City Alliance Program, which works in a three-year cycle. In the first year, a city is chosen from an application process, and the city informs the University of problems within the community. Together Utah Tech and city officials make a list of 10 to 15 concerns the University could best address. The University turns to its faculty and staff to present the problems and narrow the list down to around eight concerns they can assist with. The second year is the implementation year, when the programs and initiatives start. During the third, and final year, the University finalizes the projects and reports its findings, observations, and successes to the city.

The unique part of this process is the second year or implementation phase. The city, University, faculty, and students work together to execute these plans to improve the community. Students can work directly for the chosen city on these projects as paid interns. Some Utah Tech faculty members use their entire class to participate in the projects. During 2021, the city of St.

George was in the implementation year, and students worked on several projects including the IRONMAN World Championship, homelessness, student housing, and crime rates. Students researched police beats — geographical areas police are assigned — and compared the crime rates of those areas. The study’s research helped determine if the police beats needed to be redistributed or reinforced.

These real-world situations and problems gave students hands-on experience that both the community and students could benefit from. Dr. Nancy Hauck, Associate Provost of Community and Global Engagement, illustrated how this program embodies the University’s “active learning. active life.” motto. She explained, “We want to establish a learning ecosystem, where our system is not just centralized to our campus here in St. George, but goes out to the people that we serve, to our surrounding and smaller communities, and, of course, here in St. George. The City Alliance really is a way for us to expand that ecosystem of learning and engagement out to other cities.”

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UTAH TECH AND UNLV FORM TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP, HOPE TO EXPAND NORTH

By Autumn Nuzman, Graduate Student, Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric

Utah Tech University and University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) are collaborating to form the Southwest Sustainability Consortium, an innovation engine focusing on water, energy, transportation, and health.

During the Spring of 2022, UNLV’s Vice President of Economic Development Bo Bernhard approached Utah Tech to discuss how the two universities could combine the indoor fun economy of Las Vegas with the outdoor fun economy of Southern Utah.

Considering issues from hotel service robots to technology and software servicing the outdoor recreation community, UNLV and Utah Tech are working to serve not only their universities, but also their communities. Bernhard called the 2,000 acres north of UNLV and the 183 acres Utah Tech has near Desert Color the “I-15 Tech Corridor.” The Corridor connects the technology community.

“We could do a lot of thought exchanges right across our borders, right along the road because the thing that connects us is literally I-15. We are less than two hours away from each other,” said Cheryle Caplinger, UT's Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation District Project Manager. “So, we started talking about what kind of programs we have and what

we specialize in. What do they have and what do they specialize in? And where are the connections? What are things that we can align in?”

After visiting the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) conference in San Diego last summer, Caplinger was encouraged by colleagues to apply for the National Science Foundation’s Engines grant, which is geared toward innovation ecosystem funding.

Although there’s no guarantee Utah Tech will be awarded the grant, this is still an opportunity to share and create solutions with UNLV.

“We know that we have answers they can find useful, and they have answers that we can find useful,” Caplinger said. “So, we looked at what that can mean for health? What does that mean for transportation? What does that mean for battery storage? What does that mean for conservation and sustainability?”

Utah Tech and UNLV’s continued quest to innovate and collaborate led to the formation of the Southwest Sustainability Consortium between two universities separated by a state border and a 35-mile stretch along I-15.

UTAH TECH TO HOST THE 2023 GLOBAL POLYTECHNIC SUMMIT

By Autumn Nuzman, Graduate Student, Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric

Utah Tech University was recently selected to host the 2023 Global Polytechnic Summit June 4-7, a significant accomplishment for any university.

“We had 10 individuals from our campus attend the 2022 Summit in Darmstadt, Germany, for the [2022] Global Polytechnic Summit,” President Richard B. Williams said during the 2022 State of the University Address. “Provost Michael Lacourse gave a great keynote there on the polytechnic mission at Utah Tech. Dr. Meena Iyer, who directs [the] Occupational Therapy Program, also presented. But while we were there, the leadership team of the Global Polytechnic Education Alliance selected us to host the 2023 Global Polytechnic Summit right here in St. George, Utah.”

The Summit is an annual gathering of the most inspired thinkers from the faculty, staff, and leadership at polytechnic and applied

science universities in the World and is organized by the Global Polytechnic Education Alliance.

Topics to be discussed at the Summit include:

● Building Technology Talent

● Global Partnerships and Global Learning

● Curriculum and Co-curricular Talent Development

● Integrating Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

● Marketing and Financing

● Applied and Use-inspired Research

● Sustainability Initiatives

Students will also be invited to participate in a three-week internship or entrepreneurial experience in connection to the Summit.

A UNIQUE STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE IN TAIWAN

By Rebekah Caldwell, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis

Dual immersion schools in Southern Utah teach young students language skills that will stay with them for life. Utah Tech University seeks to further the development of those skills for college students previously enrolled in Chinese dual immersion programs.

The new study abroad partnership with National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan provides an opportunity for students

who are 18 years old or older and have a minimum 3.0 GPA to take Chinese language classes abroad. Students can enroll in a study abroad program at NCKU for a summer, one semester, or a full academic year.

As a partner school, NCKU offers students a generous $900 per month stipend, which covers tuition and some living expenses. Additional funding is offered by Utah Tech specifically for these eager students.

“They have been very welcoming,” said Michael Cartmill, a professor at Utah Tech who experienced the program as a visiting scholar at NCKU. He enthusiastically explained how NCKU accommodated UT students by arranging transportation, housing, activities, and tours. He added that he is grateful to have such a wonderful school to work with and a life-changing opportunity for students.

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ACCOUNTING STUDENT RYAN MIGGIN BLAZES THE TRAIL FOR GRADUATE SUCCESS

By Malynda Madsen, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis, Spanish and Nonprofit Management Minors

Ryan Miggin, from Syracuse, Utah, passed his CPA, CMA, and CFE examinations all prior to receiving his Master of Accountancy degree from Utah Tech University. This remarkable achievement exemplifies Miggin's hard work and dedication as well as how Utah Tech’s Accounting Department designs curriculum to help students succeed.

Miggin, who graduated with his master's in May 2022, said the exams were “definitely challenging.” The CPA exam typically requires 330 to 440 hours of studying to pass, with a first-attempt pass rate of only 50 percent. The CMA exam has a notorious pass rate average of 35 percent. Miggin said the Accounting Program at Utah Tech, along with his many mentors and advisors within the program, helped prepare him to succeed. “It’s completely within reach of everyone willing to work and get the most out of it,” said Miggin.

Dr. Derrick Esplin, Chair of Utah Tech’s Accounting Department, helped mentor Miggin in preparing for the CMA exam. “We've intentionally designed our accounting curriculum so that our accounting students will be prepared to pass all three

of these certifications (CPA, CMA and CFE),” said Dr. Esplin.

“Ryan is the first student to accomplish this task before graduating, and hopefully will blaze the trail for future accounting students to do the same.”

UTAH TECH NOW ACCEPTING INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS THROUGH SHORELIGHT

By Malynda Madsen, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis, Spanish and Nonprofit Management Minors

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO) at Utah Tech has experienced significant growth, setting records in international recruitment over the last four years. The steady enrollment growth helped secure a partnership with Shorelight, a leading international student marketplace that connects international students to Utah Tech University on a larger scale.

Utah Tech’s exceptional international student services make the University an appealing choice for prospective international students. In addition to UT featuring affordable tuition and a safe community, the ISSO offers comprehensive support to ensure academic and social success.

Darlene Dilley, Associate Provost for Enrollment Management, and Shadman Bashir, Director of Utah Tech’s International Students & Scholars Office, said the mutually beneficial Shorelight partnership will further drive international enrollment and contribute to the office’s campus internationalization and global expansion missions. With a current enrollment of approximately 230 students, the office hopes to more than double the international student population by 2025, an objective that supports Utah Tech’s mission as an open and inclusive institution that welcomes cultural diversity.

Utah Tech’s international students remain at the heart of these propulsive efforts. “Our students are the pivot, and we are here to support them,” said Bashir.

2022 DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD WINNERS

The Distinguished Faculty Awards honor Utah Tech University faculty members who have demonstrated a record of excellence and enriched both the University and the community.

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

Mike Peterson, PhD English

Dr. Peterson specializes in developmental writing and is the current English Department Chair. He has developed classes to foster success in underprepared students and encouraged faculty to develop more online courses to better serve working students. Perhaps his most significant scholarship endeavor has been writing and distributing an Open Education Resource (OER) textbook, The Art of Academic Writing. He believes that “helping students to develop a positive perception of themselves as writers ultimately proves more beneficial than simply teaching them a list of skills and rules.”

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Joy Taylor McMurrin, PhD English

Dr. McMurrin specializes in technical communication and is the Coordinator for the Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric M.A. program. She secured funding and launched the Research and Production Lab that provides equipment to improve coursecontent accessibility, record podcasts, and conduct research. She enjoys service to individual students and has provided students who need them with meals, invited Nigerian students who would otherwise be alone over for Christmas dinner, and purchased a bicycle for a student to get to his job. She is committed to “building a better community through mindful awareness of others’ needs.”

DISTINGUISHED TEACHING

Matt Harris, PhD Accounting, Finance & Analytics

Dr. Harris specializes in data analytics and worked to create the Analytics and Modeling Center, which brings students from any major with a desire to learn how to perform data analysis, modeling, and simulation together. He incorporates new technologies to aid students’ learning and brings in real-world examples and experiences from research and from his own business career. He believes it is imperative for instructors to “facilitate the acquisition of life-long learning skills that will prepare students to function effectively in an information economy and to develop problemsolving strategies.”

DISTINGUISHED INSTRUCTOR

Malinda Whipple, BS, NRP Healthcare Diagnostics

Whipple is the Program Director for Emergency Medical Services (EMS). She successfully restructured the EMS program by redesigning the curriculum and improving teaching methods through the integration of VR simulations, partnering with local fire, EMS, and police agencies, and encouraging faculty to include students in addressing real emergencies on campus. According to her nominator, Whipple’s “drive to improve teaching and learning doesn’t stop.”

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INCARCERATED YOUTH PROGRAM FLOURISHES DURING FIRST YEAR

By Autumn Nuzman, Graduate Student, Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric

The Higher Education for Incarcerated Youth (HEIY) program was instituted at Utah Tech University during the 2021 legislative session. As of summer 2021, the program has had incarcerated students participating in concurrent enrollment to gain college credits.

“We are very excited about what our students have accomplished in the first year of our program,” Program Manager Nathan Caplin said. “We have had 78 students participate in the program since it started in Summer 2021, and together they have earned 539 credits.”

One student, designated as JS for anonymity, detailed their experience in the HEIY program in an article for the Prison Journalism Project, a national magazine. Despite initially worrying about flunking out of the program, JS is now considering getting a doctorate to become a veterinarian and wants to generally further their education to provide for their son.

Another student, designated as AA for anonymity, told the national publication Open Campus, “It makes me feel like I’m not just locked up in here. It makes me feel like I have an opportunity to do something better.”

Caplin said some students who have been released have gone on to enroll in colleges both in and out of state.

Classes offered in the HEIY program thus far include English, political science, philosophy, art, economics, finance, and music.

These classes have been taught by professors from Utah Tech, Brigham Young University, Weber State University, and Southern Utah University.

World-renowned researcher and scientist Dr. Greg Prince teaches Biology 1010 for the program. Likewise, BYU’s Dr. Brian Jackson taught English 2010, Weber State’s Brooke Kelly taught College Literature, and Utah State’s Sam Arungwa taught Criminal Justice 1010 and is looking to write an open-source textbook for the course.

Utah Tech’s Art instructor Mollie Hosmer-Dillard put together an exhibition of student work from several facilities that appeared in the Salt Lake Library in December 2022.

Going forward, HEIY is implementing a Canvas program that will increase security and facility control. The program is also seeking approval to survey incarcerated youth to determine what impact higher education has had on their self-efficacy.

According to Caplin, previous studies show that access to higher education has reduced recidivism by up to 43 percent and increased employment success by 13 percent. Additionally, $5 of public spending is saved for every $1 invested in prison education.

The program is also looking for more interns and volunteers to help as guest speakers, tutors, and instructors. If you’re interested in participating, please contact Nathan Caplin at Nathan.Caplin@ utahtech.edu.

CURING CANCER WITH THE HELP OF ZEBRAFISH

By Rebekah Caldwell, Senior, English Creative Writing Emphasis

We live in a time where science has advanced to a point that ailments previously thought to be incurable can now be managed or eradicated. Every day, researchers around the world are innovating new technologies, and it’s no different at Utah Tech University. To help with this effort, the Center for Precision and Functional Genomics was created in the Fall of 2022 by Dr. Aaron Davis, Associate Dean of the College of Science, Engineering,

Now, Utah Tech is using zebrafish to help with this research, as 84 percent of human genes known to cause human disease are conserved in zebrafish. Zebrafish are also very easy to breed. A single female zebrafish can lay hundreds of eggs in a single week, giving students many eggs to work with. The physiology of eggs can be manipulated by injecting genetic tools that disrupt the normal gene function. The genes of zebrafish can be matched to the gene variants identified by Intermountain, then examined to see which modified eggs produce normal fish and which fish show similarities to the patients. Results can be gathered quickly — usually within a week.

This work is important as the genetic testing done by students not only helps hospital patients, but the entire genetic research community. The functional genomics program is largely funded by the state of Utah, but also by community and Intermountain donations. Utah Tech University recently hired two staff workers to specifically aid students within this program: Dr. Hung-Yu Shih, Head of Research for the Center for Precision and Functional Genomics, and a bioinformatics faculty member who will start teaching at the University in January 2023. There are also upgrades being made to the program’s environment, which includes a full room for the fish. Students currently working with 20 fish will soon be working with thousands.

Ideally, students enroll in the program their freshman year and follow a carefully crafted set of courses, along with normal

& Technology, in collaboration with Intermountain Precision Genomics, a world-leader in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The functional genomics program provides a unique opportunity for students to contribute research to Intermountain while also gaining experience to use in their careers after graduation.

Genetic testing has become more commonly used to treat a multitude of disorders. When a patient, whether they are a cancer patient or a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), is admitted to the hospital, testing is done to identify if a genetic mutation is a cause or factor in their disease or health condition. There are hundreds of gene mutations — called gene variants of unknown significance — within a person that could be the cause of their illness. To find a cure, scientists need to know which of these variants is contributing to the patient’s condition.

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classwork, throughout their academic career. Learning how to manipulate DNA and embryos gives students the needed tools to work in many different fields related to genetic research. Students can earn any of the four unique certificates awarded through this program: genetic sequencing, protein characterization, bioinformatics, and functional genomics. These certificates provide an advantage in competitive fields and demonstrate the impressive work of Utah Tech students.

ATWOOD INNOVATION PLAZA: Where New Businesses Thrive

By Claire Bernay, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis

As visitors walk into Atwood Innovation Plaza, they smell freshly cut wood, Roland printer ink, and the plastic from 3D printers. The Plaza is a place of possibilities. Students, faculty, and community members are all busy working on projects, and the building exudes creative energy.

These invigorating smells stem from the Makerspace , which includes a metal shop, a wood shop, and a clean tech area. Stickers, banners, and 3D printed models can all be produced there. With free classes and low prices, the Makerspace enables students, faculty, and community members to bring their visions to life.

However, the Makerspace is not the only area of interest. The Jarem Hallows Incubator, housed in Atwood Innovation Plaza, offers Innovation Pitch Competition winners a place to start their businesses free of charge for approximately three to six months. This service allows small businesses to grow without the usual heavy overhead costs. Students, faculty, and previous users of the Incubator can rent at least one or more of 10 Open Office Desks for $100 or some of the 17 Private Offices for $500. Atwood Innovation Plaza and Jarem Hallows Incubator keep costs low, allowing businesses room to expand.

Businesses using the Atwood Innovation Plaza resources have access to tools through the Innovation Guidance and Solution Center. This Center helps students, faculty, and members of the community explore the world of patents and determine if their idea is worth pursuing. Atwood Innovation Plaza successfully grows

ideas. During the 2021-22 academic year, Atwood Innovation Plaza applied for over 40 patents and 33 trademarks.

Once business owners have an idea, they can meet one-onone with the Business Resource Center Outreach Manager Wyatt Anderson, who will help them set up LLCs, find funding, and build a business through banking. These free resources are open to students and faculty of Utah Tech University and the Washington County community after completing an intake form. Available classes are posted on Atwood Innovation Plaza’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AtwoodInnovationPlazaUtahTech.

Bonnie Jensen, Support Specialist for the Atwood Innovation Plaza, said the Plaza is “here to give entrepreneurs the tools to help them get their business up and running.” The intellectual properties and incubating business walls in Atwood Innovation Plaza continue to fill with the creations of Utah Tech and St. George community entrepreneurs.

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT EMBRACES TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE LEARNING

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

Technology has become ubiquitous in most areas of our lives, including social settings, school, and work. Several changes with technology were made during the pandemic. One change was how musicians composed and performed music. At Utah Tech, professors in the Music Department have embraced technology to help students learn, have better experiences, and create more opportunities. As part of the electro-acoustic ensemble, for instance, students practice the creation and performance of technology-based music.

Professors Roger Hale and Robert Matheson expanded on these changes and how they’ve impacted students. One difference has been in the way students network and perform together. Dr. Matheson explained that with software programs like JackTrip or SonoBus, students are able to connect in real-time to perform. While Zoom and other online connections may have a lag time of half a second to a second, these programs' lag time is under ten milliseconds. This allows universities to connect for concert performances and still perform for an audience in their own area. The musical software provides an easy way for students to network beyond their geographical area.

Incorporating technology in music also helps prepare students for job searches after graduation. An online representation of their work is key to show future employers their experience and

capabilities. For those who are interested in teaching music, their clientele is no longer limited to the city they live in. Dr. Hale further explained that having an online music studio is a very feasible way to make a living as a private music teacher. Not being bound by a geographical location, teachers are able to apply for jobs anywhere in the world. Knowing what people want and will pay for if they are in Paris, New York, or anywhere else expands music teaching opportunities to a global level.

Dr. Hale explained the importance of creating and sharing music: “I think what we're doing here at Utah Tech is bringing students up through our program or pointing them in the right direction so they can do what they love and really enhance the quality of life of other people, because what would life really be without music?”

BEING HUMAN PODCAST EXPLORES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY

By Cheri Crenshaw, Associate Dean, Professor of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Utah Tech University has embraced its new mission as a polytechnic university, focusing on human-centered approaches to problem-solving. To better understand the implications of the University’s new mission and its intersections with the humanities, two English faculty, Dr. Randy Jasmine and Dr. Jim Haendiges, have created a podcast they call Being Human-Utah Tech.

The podcast explores different facets of Utah Tech’s new mission. Their conversations with UT faculty and technology thinkers around the US explore the intersection between humanity and technology. Humanities faculty realize that their insights into humanity can have a profound effect on how technology can be used to further humanity’s goals and to support humanity’s well-being. They also realize, as Jasmine mentions in the pilot broadcast, that technology has become a large part of the way higher education approaches instruction. To better explore these issues, Jasmine and Haendiges plan to produce two podcasts per semester that explore the intersections between human endeavors and technology.

In an early Being Human episode, Jasmine and Haendiges interviewed Scott Hartley, author of The Fuzzy and The Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World, soon after Hartley spoke on campus. Hartley’s book focuses on how humanities

faculty and technology faculty can combine their expertise to address human-centered problems. Hartley grew up in Silicon Valley and had to continually defend his choice of being a political science major to friends and family. He argues in the podcast that in large technology companies like Google around 50-60% of the employees focus on problem-solving. According to Hartley, the best problem-solvers in Silicon Valley had “two sides of the coin. They had both STEM and they had a deep rooting in the humanities and the ability to look inward in themselves and at the problems around us.” Humanities majors clearly have a place even in an increasingly technology-based professional world.

Other podcasts have explored the human-technology relationship in other ways. One episode focused on UT’s graduate program in Technical Writing & Digital Rhetoric in which students study the foundation of rhetorical theory as it relates to and is represented in digital space. In another episode, technology theorist and environmental social scientist Adam Dorr explored his organization’s forecasts about the speed and scale of technologydriven disruption and its implications across society. A recent episode explores the implications of AI-generated writing.

The Being Human-Utah Tech Podcast is available on all major podcast platforms.

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BUILDING CONNECTIONS TO LAST A LIFETIME: The Student Success Program

By Myra Ward, Senior, English Major, Literary Studies Emphasis, Communication Studies Minor

Utah Tech University strives to support its students from diverse backgrounds by fostering an authentic learning environment. Through the Student Success Program, first-year students are given the support needed to be successful and achieve their academic goals. High school graduates with an overall 2.8 GPA or lower are automatically enrolled in the program. These students are provided with a myriad of resources to help guide them through the rigorous — and sometimes daunting — transition from high school to college.

“Through the Student Success Program, students are connected with the people, resources, and each other to facilitate college success; we believe in our students and have their back as they navigate college,” said Jamie Kearra, Director of the Student Success Program. As an advisor in the program, she attests to the encouragement and personal growth students experience along with the extensive opportunities made available to them.

The Student Success Program, a structured first-year pathway for student achievement, allows those enrolled to receive direct access to the Student Success Center, a peer coach, and a success advisor. Located on campus, the Student Success Center provides a hospitable and welcoming environment for students to study and receive tutoring.

Spirited student involvement and academic achievement remain as the central purpose of the program. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors selected by the University work as peer coaches to help first-year students build connections on campus. This unique peer mentoring relationship ensures students feel connected and at home while at Utah Tech University. In addition, peer coaches and success advisors meet several times with their assigned students throughout their first year. These meetings give students the chance to build rapport, increase their motivation, and feel supported.

Fernando Rodas, the Student Association Vice President of Clubs & Organizations, appreciated his experience of being a Student Success Program scholar and working with faculty. “I would say that they greatly helped me network," He said. "Those relationships that were created from that course have highly impacted me today. They also opened the doors to different departments here on campus. They taught me how to stay organized and gave me lots of advice as a first-generation student.”

UTAH TECH DEVELOPS STEM-RELATED PARTNERSHIPS TO FURTHER STUDENT SUCCESS

By Cammie Johnson, Senior English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis

Dr. Eric Pedersen, Dean of Utah Tech’s College of Science, Engineering & Technology, said the college has collaborated with various public and private companies to help students get involved with undergraduate research.

These partnerships provide Utah Tech students with revolutionary experiences in line with the University’s strategic goal of being an open, inclusive, comprehensive, polytechnic university.

Thanks to these partnerships, Utah Tech has developed high impact opportunities for students to advance their field experience and reach higher academic success. These opportunities also inspire an active and applied learning outcome, offering students a first-hand look into various industry fields, helping generate interest and potentially discovering future career ambitions.

“Public and private partnerships are vital to the educational experiences for students,” Dr. Pedersen said. “Students who have the opportunity to have an internship with a private sector company, an undergraduate experience with a faculty member, or other high impact experience are more career ready when they graduate and oftentimes get higher starting salaries because of their transformative experiences.”

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Monty Kennedy, a 70-year-old aerospace engineer, will mentor two Utah Tech students conducting research on a NASA mock-up satellite. Kennedy will also sponsor the development of a calibrated device that produces satellite testing shocks for a Utah Tech student’s senior capstone project.

Jeff Baxter, of Baxter Aerospace, is currently developing a new approach to battling and identifying forest fires by using remote aerial sensing. Baxter Aerospace will use Utah Tech’s high-speed photography expertise to conduct a study on propeller dynamics on their actual flight hardware. Their cutting-edge flight control system is key to low-cost wildfire aircraft and is being developed in St. George.

Another local entrepreneur employed with Apple’s security team has made significant humanitarian efforts in response to the war in Ukraine. This anonymous innovator will sponsor a project to develop a more efficient tourniquet design to help with lifesaving care needed for countless individuals.

Curtis Strong, Senior Director of Product Development at Lovesac, is sponsoring a project for Utah Tech students to design and test a new clamp for their modular sofas. The objective of the project is to develop and test a new clamp that uses less material while maintaining or exceeding the strength of the company’s current design. Utah Tech student Tyson McKeon is working with Lovesac on this project.

The University has created these industry partnerships to provide for the needs of Utah Tech students’ interests by showcasing various opportunities to develop groundbreaking equipment designed with the modern age in mind.

Utah Tech University makes every attempt to prepare students for success after graduation. These partnerships provide students with opportunities to access additional educational experiences and develop applicable knowledge and skills to prosper in their careers.

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UTAH TECH’S INNOVATION DISTRICT

By Alejandra Henriquez, Senior, Digital Design Major, English Minor

The idea behind Utah Tech University’s Innovation District isn’t new. There are over a hundred innovation districts, research parks, and industrial parks across the nation. However, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Michael Lacourse pointed out that there is something unique about Utah Tech’s future Innovation District.

Provost Lacourse highlighted that many of the existing innovation compounds provide facilities where several companies have individual buildings and do not necessarily interact with other businesses or institutions nearby. He said, “The idea of the Innovation District is to take these separated spaces and put them all together in close quarters so that they interact on a regular basis.” He mentioned the setup would provide a breeding ground for “bumpability,” the possibility to bump into each other on a daily basis and share ideas, leading to new inventions and opportunities.

The Innovation District will become an essential part of the future Utah Tech University Desert Color Campus, which will cover 183 acres near the Desert Color community in Washington County. Provost Lacourse shared that the envisioning process took place last year and the next step — which is the formal and

comprehensive planning phase — has begun. This phase is expected to be completed by the end of the Fall 2023 Semester. The outcome of this comprehensive planning will be an official document that details the future of the Innovation District. The next step will be reaching out to developers to turn the plans into a reality.

To create a better understanding of the facilities and resources the new Innovation District will have, Provost Lacourse said the district will be like Atwood Innovation Plaza on steroids. The building could have “laboratories, office spaces, and areas for people to work, innovate, build, and fabricate things.”

According to Provost Lacourse, one of the goals for Innovation District is that every business, big or small, housed within the facilities would agree to take on Utah Tech students as interns. These internships will help students obtain real-world working experience while earning their degrees. This agreement aligns with the University’s “active learning. active life.” motto, and Utah Tech’s vision statement: “to be a premier, open, inclusive, comprehensive, polytechnic university distinguished through an ethos of innovation and entrepreneurship and the achievement of exceptional student learning and success.”

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A rendering of what an innovation district at Utah Tech could look like.

STEM OUTREACH CENTER HOSTS MAKERSPACE FOR K-12 YOUTH

By Malynda Madsen, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing, Spanish and Nonprofit Management Minors

The K-12 STEM Outreach Center at Utah Tech University hosts a version of the Makerspace entirely for kids. This Makerspace is situated in the STEM Outreach Center at the Atwood Innovation Plaza and boasts state-of-the-art equipment like 3D printers, laser cutters, soldering irons, sewing machines, and vinyl cutting equipment. The addition of this collaborative space furthers the STEM Outreach Center’s efforts to support and engage young people in Southern Utah with hands-on experiences in science, technology, engineering, and math.

The STEM Outreach Center was established in September 2021 with the purpose of building and sustaining an educational pipeline where students can develop skills and knowledge to fill careers that will fuel the regional economy. The center currently provides after-school STEM programs, summer camps, clubs, and open lab time for local youth. The Makerspace provides tools and equipment to kids and gives budding entrepreneurs the ability to explore, innovate, and create.

The Makerspace is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Local youth can participate either by engaging in challenges created by staff or by coming up with their own creations. All participants earn a button upon the completion of their projects, and receive guidance and instruction on how to turn their ideas into a reality.

The creative possibilities are as limitless as the young creators’ imaginations. Some projects created by past participants include functional bird houses, a Pokémon chess board with 3D printed Pokémon figurines, and a cloth-sewn hand puppet that employs robotics to animate the eyeballs.

The K-12 Makerspace gives kids valuable hands-on experience and tools to see their ideas come to life. Young people learn to innovate through participating in the process of creation from idea to completion. “We really want kids to feel they belong in the STEM community and at home in our center,” said Jessica Davis, Director of the STEM Outreach Center. “We design content that challenges and is personalized to young participants, with the hopes that they find peers with similar interests and visualize themselves achieving a career in STEM.”

For information about the K-12 STEM Outreach Center and accessing the Makerspace, visit www.stem.utahtech.edu.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PREPARES STUDENTS FOR FUTURE CAREERS

By Cammie Johnson, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis, Media Studies Minor & Myra Ward, Senior, English Major, Literary Studies Emphasis, Communication Studies Minor

Utah Tech University offers all undergraduates opportunities to conduct research. Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Rico Del Sesto said, “Undergraduate research is considered a high-impact practice, meaning students that engage with these high-impact practices tend to be more connected to the University and tend to use that experience to build a career [upon graduation].”

Completing research during undergraduate studies benefits students who seek to advance academically, especially when applying to graduate school. Undergraduate research also provides students with the freedom to explore a chosen topic and to strengthen their knowledge within an academic discipline.

In fact, the undergraduate research mentorship program for the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry attests to the University’s cutting-edge research and its commitment to educating the next generation of scientists. In 2021, over 30 undergraduate students were mentored by chemistry and biochemistry faculty, which led to impressive progress for each student’s academic careers and overall university experience.

Students received individual guidance on their projects. Dr. Gabriela Chilom, Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair, participates as a mentor in the program. She stated, “Students are looking for chemistry research experience at Utah Tech because they have the opportunity to be mentored one-on-one by extraordinary faculty.”

Utah Tech students also shared their own positive experiences with chemistry undergraduate research mentorship. Student Nele Hebbeler completed a project titled “Evaluation of Novel Pterostilbene Derivatives as Reversible Inhibitors of Recombinant Human Acetylcholinesterase.” Hebbeler said, “Undergraduate research has granted me insights into a professional environment

through hands-on experiences and participation in regional and international conferences, helping me to discover my passion for research and to shape my career plan.”

Through undergraduate research mentorship programs like that found in the Chemistry Department, Utah Tech students find meaningful experiences and academic support. Dr. Chilom said, “Recognizing the immense benefits of these research experiences for the education and future career of our students, the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is committed to continue to empower and motivate undergraduate students through research.” In a time of advancing scientific discovery, educating future generations of scientists remains a top priority at Utah Tech.

Students who conduct undergraduate research at Utah Tech find support for all types of research. Dr. Del Sesto said, “We don’t want to stress research as an obligation or a commitment. It is an opportunity because [students] have some freedom to explore something that interests [them] in more depth.”

Utah Tech student Emily Flory worked on a project titled “Design of Hydrophobic Compounds as Targeted Tuberculosis Therapeutics." On working with the faculty mentors, Flory said, “Being able to apply the knowledge I've learned throughout my courses and come together with brilliant faculty through research has been the best part of my college experience.”

The Undergraduate Research Office provides extensive support for student research such as funding for research materials and for travel expenses to attend, and perhaps to present, at applicable conferences.

Every April, Utah Tech University holds its annual research symposium, allowing students, faculty, and community members to share and present their research projects free of charge.

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COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THROUGH VR

By Lexie Dalton, Senior, English Major, Professional and Technical Writing Emphasis, ASL and Art Minors

Utah Tech University embraces the future and technology in every aspect and course. What started as a question of “Can we build something?” has evolved into a collaborative learning experience for students across multiple fields and majors in creating virtual reality (VR) labs. Lisa Welch, Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene, spearheaded the idea of VR labs for dental hygiene students and partnered with Jordan Ellsworth, a Learning Design Project Manager who creates VR experiences with Utah Tech Online, and current Utah Tech students to make the idea a reality.

In the VR dental hygiene lab, students assemble the parts that go into patients’ mouths during X-rays. Students also practice placing lead covers over the patients and positioning the X-ray machine correctly for the radiographs. The VR lab is a 3D workspace with materials made to scale, and both instructions and videos are provided in the virtual workspace to guide students on dental procedures.

The VR lab allows students to practice their skills in a realistic environment and gain real-world experience in a low-stakes environment where they can make and learn from their mistakes before moving on to real patients. Often dental hygiene labs have model heads that cost between $10,000 and $40,000, so using VR for practice would lower wear and tear on these models and save on program expenses.

Utah Tech also is currently creating a physics lab where students can interact with virtual objects, such as cars and pulleys, to actively apply physics formulas, and there are additional plans to use VR technology in other programs at the University. Students not only learn from using the VR labs but also from designing them. Students in 3D design and computer and software development classes assist with creating these labs. The combination of the art, SET, and healthcare fields provides a collaborative learning experience and gives Utah Tech students opportunities to work with a team.

PLURALSIGHT & UTAH TECH: A Partnership to Prepare Students for Today's Workforce

By Malynda Madsen, Senior, English Major, Creative Writing, Spanish and Nonprofit Management Minors

Utah Tech University has partnered with Pluralsight — a Utahbased online education company — to make Pluralsight’s library of more than 7,000 courses available to Utah Tech students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The partnership was implemented during the Summer 2022 Semester and was designed to help students prepare to enter the work force after graduating from Utah Tech. The University is also focused on helping faculty better meet the needs of students in today’s rapidly changing technological environment.

Utah Tech now offers its community a unique advantage as the first university to use the full capacity of Pluralsight’s library with unlimited access to thousands of courses. Students can choose channels of study complementary to their area of focus and can complete the video training courses at their own pace. Faculty members also have access to the Pluralsight library and consultants who are available on a weekly basis to help faculty access and implement Pluralsight courses to enhance their own courses. Additionally, access is offered to alumni for a discounted price of $95 per year.

Pluralsight provides enrolled Utah Tech students the opportunity to complete over 40 executive briefings that industry recruiters say make students familiar with tools and applications that make them desirable job candidates in their respective industries. Students can complete courses in such programs as Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and Google Sheets. Each application provides collaboration tools that allow simultaneous writing and editing on a document or spreadsheet. Completing these three courses is not only beneficial in the classroom but also when entering today’s workforce.

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“All this is designed to help us become better prepared for the world we live in,” said Chris Guymon, Assistant Provost for Adult and Professional Education. “The ability to use technology to advance oneself and the organization for which they work is significant.”

Technology now touches every discipline within the University as Utah Tech embraces its identity as a polytechnic institution. Even students in arts and music disciplines can benefit from becoming certified in tech-centric areas because learning how to build a website or an app can help students publish and share their creative works on a larger scale. Many courses in the Pluralsight library are already being used in the classroom in very exciting ways. For example, Glenn Webb, Associate Professor of Music, had his students build a website centered around a select music history topic instead of writing a term paper.

Utah Tech’s partnership with Pluralsight focuses on fulfilling responsibilities to both students and the community by helping students succeed from day one of entering the workforce.

UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY GRANTS

DEPARTMENT

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TITLE

Academic Affairs Laura Bennett

Trailblazer Child and Youth

Academic Affairs Pam Cantrell/Chris Guymon Information & Cyber Security

FUNDING AGENCY AWARD

Navy Installations Command $6,000,000

Governor's Office of Economic Development & USHE $55,275

Academic Affairs Pam Cantrell/Chris Guymon Cloud Computing Governor's Office of Economic Development & USHE $48,425

Academic Affairs Pam Cantrell/Chris Guymon Programming Language

Academic Affairs Craig Harter Upward Bound

Academic Affairs Nancy Hauck Perkins Incentive

Academic Affairs Nancy Hauck Perkins Regular

Governor's Office of Economic Development & USHE $40,525

Department of Education $417,058

Utah State Board of Education/Federal $100,000

Utah State Board of Education/Federal $303,732

Academic Affairs Nancy Hauck Perkins-Panguitch Utah State Board of Education/Federal $150,000

Academic Affairs Nancy Hauck Perkins-Panguitch

Utah State Board of Education/Federal $30,000

Academic Affairs Nancy Hauck Perkins PT/EMS Office Utah State Board of Education $50,809

Academic Affairs Kitty Hughes Talent Search Department of Education $457,670

Academic Affairs Jonathan Morrel Student Support Services Department of Education $368,184

Academic Affairs Kasey Shakespear E-Cigarette, Marijuana & Other Drug Prevention Grant

Southwest Utah Area Health Education Center $8,624

Academic Affairs Kasey Shakespear Healthy Trailblazer Coalition Southwest Utah Area Health Education Center $10,000

Arts Nancy Allred Castle Rock Music Camp St George Art Commission-RAP Tax $7,600

Arts Kathy Cieslewicz Sears Art Museum St George Art Commission-RAP Tax $20,000

Arts Kathy Cieslewicz Sears Art Museum

Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement: Arts & Museums $17,500

Arts Kathy Cieslewicz Women Out West Kane County Office of Tourism $1,000

Arts Ginger Nelson Celebrity Concert Series St George Art Commission-RAP Tax $20,000

Arts Ka Wai Yu Recital by Miranda Wilson, An Outreach Lecture & Cello Master Class WESTAF/TourWest $1,275

Arts Karman Wilson DOCUTAH International Documentary Film Festival

Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement: Arts & Museums $7,500

Business Colby Jenkins EDA-UC EDA $143,00

Education Jeri Crosby Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program Utah State Board of Education $65,000

Education Kari Gali CEEDAR Technical Assistance CEEDAR/Department of Education $21,384

English Shauna Wight

The Ins and Outs of a Picture Book and its Many Forms Utah Humanities $500

Health Sciences Brenda Armstrong State Primary Care Grant Program Dental Hygiene

Utah Primary Care & Rural Health $100,000

Library Dianne Aldrich Lender Support Utah State Library Division $3,000

Mathematics Jie Liu R2MC (Red Rock Math Circle)

SET Vinodh Chellamuthu CRUM-Research

SET Vinodh Chellamuthu MAA-SUMMA

Mathematical Association of America (MAA) $4,922

Occidental College/NSF $5,250

Mathematical Association of America (MAA) $5,880

SET Andrew Christensen Technical Services-DAHLI Mission AEROSPACE $35,000

SET Aaron Davis Precision Medicine & Functional Genomics Program

SET Aaron Davis Talent Coordinator Program-TCP

SET Aaron Davis WorkED Utah

SET Jessica Davis Dixie Prep

SET Jessica Davis CE QL

SET Erin O'Brien

Expanding Outdoor Recreation and Access along the Colorado River

Utah State Board of Education $575,710

Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity $235,778

Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity $249,778

Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement: STEM Action Center $5,971

Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education $108,325

Department of Interior/National Park Service $27,470

SET Samuel Tobler Utah NASA Space Grant Consortium National Space Grant College & Fellowship Program University of Utah/NASA $12,000

Student Affairs Steven Roberts

Success of Educational Veterans Student Support Centers

Student Affairs Steven Roberts Veteran Student Support Center

Utah Department of Veterans & Military Affairs $21,000

Utah Department of Veterans & Military Affairs $50,000

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

GREENMAN, CINDY L., Associate Professor of Accounting. Greenman, C. L. (2022, October). LIFO Accounting Distortions in the Oil & Gas Industry: Is it Material? Clute Institute: International Higher Education Conference. Las Vegas, NV: Clute Institute.

OLSEN, DAVID HAROLD., Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Analytics. Olsen, D. H. (2022). Brand Love and Purchase Intention: Does a Sports Team Name Matter? In Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings. Association of Marketing Theory and Practice. Olsen, D. H. (2021). “Exploring the Use of Sub-Goals to Train Students to Solve Novel Problems in a SQL Context.” Issues in Information Systems, 22(2), 41–51.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ANDERSON, VERL A., Professor of Business Management. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Leading with Passion. (p. 202). New York: Nova Science Publishing. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Emotional Intelligence and the Leader’s Role (p. 230). New York: Nova Science Publishing. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Employee Engagement (p. 189). New York: Nova Science Publishing. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Justice for All—Making a Better World. Social Issues, Justice and Status (p. 273). New York: Nova Science Publishing. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Moral Identity and Self-Discovery (p. 204). New York: Nova Science Publishing. Caldwell,

C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Performance Management for the Modern Leader (p. 239).

New York: Nova Science Publishing. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Performance Management and the Modern Leader (p. 357). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Employee Engagement: A Human Resource Management Perspective. (p. 186). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Justice for All— Making a Better World. (p. 195). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Moral Identity and Self-Discovery (p. 369). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Business Education’s Future: A Transformative Approach (p. 270). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Continuous Improvement— Insights for a Transformative World. (p. 265). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Anderson, V. A., & Caldwell, C. (2022). Leading with Love. (p. 264). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2022). Human Resource Management-a Transformative Approach.

(p. 335). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Anderson, V. A., & Caldwell, C. (2022). Humility as Enlightened Leadership (p. 312). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Employee Engagement and the Ethic of Friendship. Journal of Business and Management Research, 10(1), 8. Ristic, M.J., Akjgateeb, S. R., Korany, M.H., Anderson, V.A., & Caldwell, C. (2021). Human Resource Case Analysis—The Students’ Perspective. Journal of Business and Management Research, 10(1), 7. Masood, T., Alkhateeb, S., Anderson, V. A., & Caldwell, C. (2021). Human Resource Management from a Justice-Based Perspective. Business and Management Research, 9(8), 14. Caldwell, C., Liepava, N., & Anderson, V.A. (2021). The Newspaper, the Mirror, and the Kaleidoscope—Three Assets in Teaching and Writing. Journal of Business and Management Research, 9(4), 7. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Moral Identity, Self-Improvement, and the Quest for Greatness: A Leadership Responsibility. The Journal of ValuesBased Leadership, 14(2/4), 11. Anderson, V. A., & Caldwell, C. (2021). Six Myths of Human Resource Management. Journal of Business and Management Research, 10(2),

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8. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (n.d.). Moral Identity, Self-Improvement, and the Quest for Greatness: A Leadership Responsibility. The Journal of Values-Based Leadership, 14(2/4), 7. Caldwell, C., Anderson, V. A., & Ristic, M. j. (2021). Employee Engagement and the Ethic of Friendship. Journal of Business and Management Research, 10(1), 8. Ristic, M. J., Anderson, V. A., Alkhateeb, S.R., Korany, M.H., & Caldwell, C. (2021). Human Resource Case Analysis—The Students’ Perspective. Journal of Business and Management Research, 7. Masood, T., Alkhateeb, S., Anderson, V. A., & Caldwell, C. (2021). Human Resource Management from a Justice-Based Perspective. And Management Research, 2021(958), 6. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2021). Six Myths of Human Resource Management. Journal of Business and Management Research, 10(2), 6. Anderson, V. A., Caldwell, C., & Ljepava, N. (2021). The Newspaper, the Mirror, and the Kaleidoscope—Three Assets in Teaching and Writing. Journal of Business and Management Research, 9(4), 6. Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. A. (2020). Motivation and Identity: Finding Your Voice. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis, 3(4). El-Khatib, A., Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V.A. (2021). Moral Identity and the Islamic Faith. The Journal of College of Sharia and Islamic Studies.

BROWN, CHRIS R, Assistant Professor of Business - Entrepreneurship. Brown, C. R., & Thornton, M. (n.d.). Richard Cantillon and Public Policy. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.

FISHER, DON B., Assistant Professor of Marketing. Fisher, D. B. (2021). “The New Normal” Marketing Principles - Building Your

Marketing Foundation (p. 730). Kendall/Hunt Publishers.

GRAYSON, KRISTY C., Assistant Professor of Marketing. Grayson, K. C. (2022). Brand Love and Purchase Intention. Does a Sports Team Name Matter? In Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Annual Conference. Association of Marketing Theory and Practice.

LINDSEY, SCOTT H., Associate Professor of Business Management, Acting Dean for College of Business. Thirumalai, S., Lindsey, S. H., & Stratman, J. K. (2022). You Cannot be Good at Everything: Tradeoff and Returns in Healthcare Services. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(3), 357–383.

MAHMUD, MUNIR, Professor of Economics. Dennings, C. (2019, November). Circular Economy and Islamic Finance. Dixie Forum: A Window on the World. Dunford Auditorium, DSU: DSU.

GALI, KARI A., Assistant Professor of Education. Gali, K. A., Guevara, C., Dove, T., Webb, K., Charlton, C., Odongo, G., & Kramer, B. (2021). USBE Mentor Competencies Training. Utah State Board of Education.

HAMMOND-TODD, MICHAEL A., Assistant Professor of Education. Hammond-Todd, M. A., & Monk, D. (2021). Embracing Love as an Educational Force in the Anthropocene. South African Journal of Environmental Education (SAJEE), 38(1).

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

CHILD, ANGIE R., Associate Professor of Education. Child, A. R., & Knight, J. A. (2021, November). Assumptions found in Core Reading Programs. Association of Literacy and Education Researchers. Hilton Head North Carolina: DSU. Child, A. R., & Knight, J. A. (2021, November). Jottings in Second Grade. Association of Literacy and Education Researchers. Hilton Head North Carolina: DSU. Child, A. R., & Knight, J. A. (2020). Teaching an Effective Phonics Lesson. Thea New Mexico Journal of Reading, XXXVIII (1), 5–10.

PAK, B., Assistant Professor of Education. Pak, B. (2022). A First Grade Teacher’s Challenge in Promoting Students’ Understanding of Unit Iteration. Journal of Korean Society in Mathematics Education Series D, 25(3). Pak, B. (2022). Examining How Teacher Identities Explain Their Interactions with Students in Small Groups. Journal of Korean Society in Mathematics Education Series D. Lee, J.-E., Pak, B., & Lim, W. (2021). Building Preservice Teachers’ Diagnostic Competence: An Exploratory Study in the Domain of Fractions. Mathematics, 9(16). Pak, B. (2021). Two Beginning Teachers’ Epistemic Discursive Moves and Goals in Small Groups in Mathematics Instruction. Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series D: Research in Mathematical Education, 24(3), 229–254. Yang, X., & Pak, B. (2021). Pedagogical Challenges of Immigrant Minority Teacher Educators: A Collaborative Autoethnography Study. To be a Minority Teacher in a Foreign Culture. Pak, B. (2022). Efficacy of Number Talks: How Prospective Teachers See It in Their Number Talks. The 21st Annual Utah AMTE (Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators) Conference. Orem, UT: Utah Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Pak, B., & Drake, C.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH 2021-2022

(2022). Predictable Patterns of Beginning Teachers’ Mathematics Curriculum Use in Their First Three Years of Teaching. The 21st Annual Utah AMTE (Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators) Conference. Orem, UT: Utah Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Pak, B., & Drake, C. (2022). Supporting Beginning Teachers’ Mathematics Curriculum Use in Their First Three Years. 2022 Annual AMTE (Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators) Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada: Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Pak, B. (2022). Supporting Elementary Prospective Teachers in Implementing Number Talks with

a Video Annotation Software. The 6th annual Regional Symposium for Innovation, Creativity, and Research. DSU: The DSU Research Office. Pak, B. (2022). Using 360 Video Camera to Support Teacher Candidates’ Noticing and Reflection. 2022 Teaching, Learning, and Student Success Conference. Virtual. Pak, B. (2021). Exploring how categories of students inform teachers’ interactions with students in small groups. 2021 International Conference of Joint Societies for Mathematics Education: KSME & KSESM. Seoul, South Korea (Virtual): The Korean Society of Mathematical Education. Cavanna, J., Pak, B., & Jackson, B. (2021). Investigating What Makes Beginning Teachers’ Enactment of Number Talks More or Less Ambitious. 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA). Philadelphia, PA: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Pak, B., & Corey, D. (2021). Tracing Beginning Teachers’ Mathematics Curriculum Use in Their First Three Years of Teaching. 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA). Philadelphia, PA: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Pak, B. (2021). Understanding Perspectives on Priority in Mathematics Education. 82nd KSESM Intensive Seminar of Mathematics Education. Virtual (Korea): Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics.

SCHWAB, PATRICK, Assistant Professor of STEM Education. Schwab, P. (Ed.). (2022, July). 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education.

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COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

HEALTH & HUMAN PERFORMANCE

LOVELL, JOSEPH, Associate Professor of Recreation and Sports Management. Lovell, J. (2022). DSU’s RSM program hires new faculty and looks to expand curriculum. Blazer Bulletin. Brandenburg, T., & Lovell, J. (2022). Best Practices for Online Teaching. CTL-DSU Online Workshop. St. George: DSU CTL-DSU Online. Lovell, J. (2021, October). Symbiotic Relationships: Mentoring Students through Internships. Nevada Recreation and Park Society State Conference. Las Vegas, NV: Nevada Recreation and Park Society.

NEIBERT, PETER J. , Associate Professor of Athletic Training / Program Director. Neibert, P. J. (2022). CAATE Accreditation Self-Study- Professional Master of Athletic Training Program.

HEALTHCARE, DIAGNOSTICS, AND THERAPEUTICS

SEMPLE, JASON A., Assistant Professor of Respiratory Therapy. Semple, J. A. (2021). New online DSU course developed: RESP 3310. DSU.

WILLIAMS, ALISSA, Professor of Radiography. Williams, A. (2022, February). Comparing Evidence of Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis Across Multiple Modalities. The Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT) Annual Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.

NURSING

FAWNS, TRACY, Assistant Professor of Nursing. Fawns, T. (2022, December). Recruiting, Training, and Retaining IRB Chairs. PRIM&R. Livestream: Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

LAWSON, KRISTY L, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy. Lawson, K. L. (2022). Intro to OT Presentation. Utah Tech University - Health Career Exploration Course. Lawson, K. L. (2022, March). Best Practices in Accessibility. 2022 Teaching, Learning, and Student Success Conference. DSU: Center for Teaching and Learning.

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

APPLIED SOCIOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE

ABBOTT, JESSICA A., Associate Professor of Criminal Justice. Abbott, J. A., & McGrath, S. A. (2022). A Case Study of the Spatial Distribution of Property Crime on an Urban University Campus. In Campus Crime: Legal, Social, and Policy Perspectives (pp. 189–216). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers.

HARRIS, LISH E., Associate Professor of Criminal Justice. Harris, L. (2022, February). Control the Narrative: A Post-Modern Criminological Analysis of Police Killings. The Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI: Western Society of Criminology.

PHELAN, KOREY S., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice. Phelan, K. S. (2022). Mourning during a Pandemic: COVID-19 Obituaries as Spaces of Dissent.

YILDIZ, MUHAMMED., Assistant Professor of Sociology. Yildiz, M., Orak, U., & Aydogdu, R. (2022). Enduring Effects of Early Life Traumas on Adult Suicidal Ideation. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, Online First. Aydogdu, R., Yildiz, M., & Orak, U. (2021). Religion and Wellbeing: Devotion, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction in Turkey. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 24(9).

COMMUNICATION

DING, ZHAO., Assistant Professor of Communication. Ding, Z. (2021). Review on the book Queer Chinese Cultures and Mobilities: Kinship, Migration, and Middle Classes by John Wei. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking.

STEIN, JAMES B., Assistant Professor of Communication. Stein, J. B. (n.d.). Applying Hierarchical Mapping Technique to the Study of Interpersonal Communication: Descriptive features of the Social Network. Journal of Social Psychology Research. Stein, J. B., Fiori, K., & Murphy, B. (2021). Exploring the Direct and Indirect effects that Network-Based Measures Share with Measures and Outcomes of Attachment Theory.

ENGLISH

ARMSTRONG, STEPHEN B., Professor of English. Armstrong, S. B. (2022, March). Understanding through Experience: Working with Students and a DSU Learning Mini-Grant. 2019 Teaching and Learning Conference. Center for Teaching and Learning: CTL. Armstrong, S. B. (2020, March). DSU’s Fortieth Anniversary Screening of The Electric Horseman. Interview with Wilford Brimley. Eccles Fine Arts: CHASS/Utah Film Commission.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH 2021-2022

BACABAC, FLORENCE ELIZABETH, Professor of English. Bacabac, F. E. (2022). “On Digital Forums and Community Support During COVID: A Reflective Account.” The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 6(2). Bacabac, F. E. (2022, June). Composing Digital Vision Boards. eSmart Camp for Girls. Holland Centennial Commons 475: American Association of University Women (AAUW) - St. George Branch. Bacabac, F. E. (2021, August). “Constructing Lesson Plans and Creating a Classroom Community.” Graduate Assistant (GA) "Bootcamp" PreSemester Training. Holland Centennial Commons 470: English 6820: Practicum in Teaching College Composition. Bacabac, F. E. (2021). “Language Diversity, Cross-Cultural Awareness, and Digital Media in the Writing Classroom.” In Teaching English Language Variation in the Global Classroom: Models and Lessons from Around the World (eds. Michelle D. Devereaux and Chris C. Palmer) (pp. pp. 92–101). Oxfordshire, England: Routledge.

COMEFORD, AMI JO, Professor of English. Comeford, A. J., & Burnett, T. (Eds.). (2022). Blood, Body, and Soul: Health, Wellness, and (Dis)ability in Joss Whedon’s World. McFarland & Company, Inc. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. Comeford, A. J. (2022, July). “I’m Ashamed of How I Treated You”: Restorative Justice in the Television Series “Angel.” The Association for the Study of Buffy+ Conference. Virtual: The Association for the Study of Buffy+ (Formerly the Whedon Studies Association). Comeford, A. J. (2022, April). Willy Wonka and Rhetoric: Candy Recipe Books as Rhetorical Food Writing. CHASS Brown Bag Lecture Series. Utah Tech University/DSU: College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Comeford, A. J. (2022, February). Willy Wonka in the

Home Kitchen: 20th Century Candy Recipe Books as Rhetorical Food Writing. Southwest Popular and American Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM: Southwest Popular and American Culture Association.

ERTEL, SUSAN LYNNE, Associate Professor of English. Ertel, S. L. (2021). Reading and Writing for Academic Success (Vol. 1). Kendall Hunt. Ertel, S. L. (2022). Reading and Writing for Academic Success (p. approximately 250). Iowa: Kendall Hunt.

HOTEZ, BROOKE E., Assistant Professor of English. Hotez, B. E. (2022, March). Anyone can learn, anyone can write: regular metacognitive reflection and Teaching for Transfer. Teaching, Learning and Student Success Conference. DSU Gardner Center: DSU Center for Teaching and Learning.

KING, CINDY E., Assistant Professor of English. King, C. E. (2022). Festival Poet: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. King, C. E. (2022). Tinderbox Editions Poetry Reading. King, C. E. (2022). Selections from Zoonotic. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association South. New Orleans, LA. King, C. E. (2022). Organizing a Poetry Book Manuscript. Utah Poetry Festival. University of Utah (remote): Utah Humanities. King, C. E. (2022). Poetry Reading: Selections from Zoonotic. Utah Poetry Festival. University of Utah (remote): Utah Humanities. King, C. E. (2022, April). Selection from Zoonotic. Poetry Reading at Weber State University. Ogden, UT: Weber State University. King, C. E. (2022). Students in the City: connecting ServiceLearners with the Community in COVID-Times. Community Engage Faculty Retreat. Moab, UT: Weber State University. King, C. E. (2022).

Night Shift. North American Review, 307(2), 91. King, C. E. (2022). No Context. Threepenny Review, 170, 19. King, C. E. (2022). Flake. The McNeese Review, 59, 5. King, C. E. (2022). Man vs. Himself. New American Writing, 40, 198. King, C. E. (2022). Rave On. New American Writing, 40, 197. King, C. E. (2021). Mortality Forward, Mortality on the Nose. Copper Nickle, 33, 202. King, C. E. (2022). Lesser Bird of Paradise (p. 30). Hammond, LA: Southeastern Louisiana University Press. King, C. E. (2022). Zoonotic (p. 108). Red Wing, MN: Tinderbox Editions. King, C. E. (2022). Zoonotic. Red Wing, MN: Tinderbox Editions.

MCMURRIN, JOY, Assistant Professor of English. Randazzo, C., McMurrin, J., & Hope, L. C. (2022, March). Are you from Dixie? Reflecting on institutional, community, and classroom efforts to consider the promises and perils of a contested university name. Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC). Chicago/Virtual: CCCC & NCTE.

RANDAZZO, CHALICE, Associate Professor of English. Randazzo, C. (2022, March). Circumventing Racial Debate? Rhetorical Strategies and Failures of DSU’s Institutional Reports. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Online due to COVID: National Council of Teachers of English. Randazzo, C. (2021). Bodies of Proof: COVID-19 and Unwitnessed Remote Work. Technical Communication Quarterly.

SPENCER, JASMINE R., Assistant Professor of English. Spencer, J. R. (2021, November). “Teaching decoloniality in literary studies.” Symposium/one-day conference on Building Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies, U of Utah.

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WIGHT, SHAUNA S., Assistant Professor of English. Wight, S. S. (2021, November). Underrepresented Students and Disciplinary Writing. Symposium on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies.

HISTORY, HUMANITIES, & MODERN LANGUAGES

CARTMILL, MICHAEL K., Professor of Spanish / Director of Global Education. Cartmill, M. K., & McFadden, M. (2021). Una Historia De Vampiros Y Su Transformación De Ser Solo Monstruos a Figuras Monstruosas, Trágicas Y Románticas. Curiosity: Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Innovation, 1(1).

MILES, SCOTT W., Associate Professor of English as a Second Language (ESL). Miles, S. W. (2022, March). Helping International Students Succeed in the American University. 7th Annual Teaching, Learning and Student Success Conference. Utah Tech University: Utah Tech University Center for Teaching & Learning. Miles, S. W. (2021). Writing for

Well-Being: Positive Psychology Writing and L2 Learners. JALT 2021 International Conference: Reflections and New Perspectives. Japan (online): Japan Association of Language Teaching (JALT).

TAYLOR, LUCIA, Associate Professor of Spanish. Taylor, L. (2021, November). No Hay Tiempo que Perder: Las Claves de un Curso Intensivo para Profesores. ACTFL 2021. online.

WOLFE, JOHN E., Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Wolfe, J. E. (2022, March). “Broadening Our Understanding of Bandwidth: Empathy Post COVID.” Teaching For Learning Conference. Online: SUU. Wolfe, J. E. (2021, Autumn). “Effective Interdisciplinary and Silo Avoidance. Working More Inclusively and Supportively Across Departmental, Disciplinary, and Job Category Boundaries.” Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Virtual Conference. Online: Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Wolfe, J. E. (2021, March). “Finding Common Language Through Great Texts.” Presented at the Teaching, Learning, and Student Success Conference. St. George, UT: DSU. Wolfe, J. E. (2021,

Autumn). Not Just STEM: Stealth Program, Faculty, Student, and Staff Allies You Shouldn’t Overlook.”. Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Virtual Conference. Online: Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Wolfe, J. E. (2021, October). “Rethinking the Pinnacle of Academic Excellence: Should We Be Accountable to Novices?” Living Accountably, Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture. Waco, TX.

PSYCHOLOGY

BELL, SARAH N., Assistant Professor of Psychology. Bell, S. N. (2022). When, If, and How: Young Women Contend with Orgasmic Absence. Western Psychological Association [WPA]. Portland, OR: DSU.

OLSON, KRISTINE J., Associate Professor of Psychology. Williamson, C., Graser, E., Olea, M., Young, M., Livingston, E., Olson, K. J., … Cloward, M. (2021, April). Employee Rewards and Recognition in a Hospital Setting. University of Virginia’s L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference. Virtual. Olson, K. J., Leiva, P.,

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH 2021-2022

Wolberg-Martinez, F., & Huffman, A. H. (2021, Summer). Men’s Work-Family Experiences in Mexico and the USA. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA: American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Glazier, K., Larkin, M., Musgrave, C., Nash, J., Ortiz, E., Olson, K. J., … Cloward, M. (2021, April). Supervisor and employee communication: Balancing tasks and interpersonal connections. DSU Research Symposium. DSU. Olson, K. J., & Jepson, V. A. (2021, August). Upper and Lower-Division Student Course Satisfaction with Hyflex Teaching. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA: American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Olson, K. J., & Jiang, L. (2020). The Effects of University Research and Teaching Climate Strength on Faculty Self-Reported Teaching Performance. Higher Education Research & Development.

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

BIOLOGY

SMITH, GEOFFREY, Assistant Professor of Biology. Smith, G. (2022). Glucose tolerance of iguanas is affected by high-sugar diets in the lab and supplemental feeding by ecotourists in the wild. Journal of Experimental Biology.

VAN DER MERWE, MARIUS, Professor of Biology. Van der Merwe, M. (2022). SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID ‐19 pandemic. Ecology, Currently in Ecology’s online library. Van der Merwe, M. (2021). SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated

national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology, 102(6).

YULE, JEFF V., Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. Yule, J. V. (2021). Dual review of Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature. Edited by H. Scott Butterfield, T. Rodd Kelsey, and Abigail K. Hart. Washington (DC): Island Press, 2021 and Standing between Life and Extinction: Ethics and Ecology of Conserving Aquatic Species in North American Deserts. Edited by David L. Propst, Jack E. Williams, Kevin R. Bestgen, and Christopher W. Hoagstrom. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press, 2020. The Quarterly Review of Biology.

CHEMISTRY

CHILOM, GABRIELA, Professor of Chemistry. Chilom, G., Shelton, E., & Johnson, D. (2022, April). Soil organic matter: quantifying the potential for carbon sorption of local soils. Dixie Research Symposium. DSU.

COMPUTING AND DESIGN

HARRIS, MATT E., Associate Professor of Management Information Systems. Greenman, C. L., Olsen, D. H., & Harris, M. E. (2022). Towards acquisition, cleansing, and structuring of EDGAR 10K risk comments in an electronic searchable database. Journal of Accounting Information Systems.

STANDER, CAROL, Instructor of the Practice in Computer Science. Stander, C. (2022). Created an online course for CS1410. Utah Tech University. Stander, C. (2021). Created online course for CS1400. Utah Tech University.

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EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

HARRIS, JERRY D., Professor of Paleontology. Harris, J. D. (2022, March). Dinosaur Physiology and Growth. Voyager Lecture Series. Kayenta, Ivins, Utah: Voyager Wealth Advisors & The Center for the Arts at Kayenta. O’Connor, J. K., Stidham, T. A., Harris, J. D., Lamanna, M. C., Bailleul, A. M., Hu, H., … You, H. (2021). Avian skulls represent a diverse ornithuromorph fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation, Gansu Province, China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.

MELTON, GREG L., Assistant Professor of Geology. Lydon, C. (2022). The Holocene Heuristic: A Framework for Activating Change in Response to the Climate Crisis. Master of Arts: Thesis, 72.

ENGINEERING

TOBLER, SAMUEL K., Associate Professor of Physics. Tobler, S. K., Schatzberg, W. E., & Millett, T. (2022, May). Thermoregulation in Deer, Elk, and Pronghorn Antelope: The structure of hollow hair and how it helps in winter conditions. Utah NASA Space Grant Consortium Annual Symposium. Logan, UT: UNSGC.

MATHEMATICS

SAMBANDHAM, BUNA, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Sambandham, B. (2022, March). Connecting Classroom to the Community - Active Learning Calculus. MAA Intermountain Section Meeting. Provo: Mathematical Association of America. Sambandham, B. (2021, October). Active

Learning Activities in a Calculus Class. AMATYC PROJECT ACCCESS. Arizona: AMATYC. Sambandham, B. (2021, November). Active Learning Activities in a Virtual Classroom. AMATYC. Virtual: AMATYC.

SULLIVAN, MCKAY, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Sullivan, M., Ionita, C., & Hicks, J. W. (2022, August). Faculty OER Panel - Department Perspective. Utah Tech Fall Faculty Forum. Saint George, Utah: Utah Tech University.

COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

ART

CHAMBERLAIN, ALEX T., Associate Professor of Art. Chamberlain, A. T. (2022). Tyrannosaurus rex composite specimen fullscale skull. Seeking.

DISALVO, LAUREN K., Assistant Professor of Art History. DiSalvo, L. K., & Ross, N. (2022). Ungrading in Art History: Grade inflation, student engagement, Grade inflation, student engagement, and social equity. Art History Pedagogy & Practice. DiSalvo, L. K., & Iselin, K. (2021, November). Women and EighteenthCentury Antiquarianism in the panel: Gender and the Visual Arts in the Long Eighteenth Century. SECAC. Lexington, KY.

MUSIC

ABEGG, PAUL H., Professor of Music. Abegg, P. H. Feb 26, 2022, University Orchestra Concert. University Orchestra with Kenny Broberg. Abegg, P. H. April 16, 2022, University Orchestra Concert featuring

Niccolo Ronchi and Scheherazade. University Orchestra. Abegg, P. H. University Chamber Orchestra April 26, 2022, Concert. University Chamber Orchestra. Abegg, P. H. Zion Trio Performance DSU campus April 14, 2022. Zion Trio. Abegg, P. H. (2022). Zion Trio Performance SUU Campus. Zion Trio. Abegg, P. H. (2021). Contracted a string quintet and performed with GENTRI. Abegg, P. H. (2021). Contracted the group and performed for the Soltis Financial Advisors Dinner featuring Kurt Bestor and Lexie Walker. Abegg, P. H. Dec 2-4, 2021, Kurt Bestor Return to the Magic Christmas Concert at Kayenta. Kurt Bestor. Abegg, P. H. (2021). Dec 4, 2021, University Orchestra Performance with William Joseph and Madilyn Page. University Orchestra. Abegg, P. H. (2021). University Orchestra - Concert Under the Stars - St. George Town Square. University Orchestra. Abegg, P. H. (2021). University Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Concert. University Orchestra. Abegg, P. H. (2021). Zions Bank 2nd Annual Southern Utah Art Show.

ALLRED, NANCY C., Professor of Music. Allred, N. C. (2022). Castle Rock Piano Camp Faculty Recital. Castle Rock Piano Faculty. Allred, N. C. (2022). Funeral Service for Walter Gaisford. Nancy Allred, Organist. Allred, N. C. (2021). DSU Music Faculty Recital. DSU Music Faculty. Allred, N. C. (2021). Christmas Concert: Come, Let Us Adore Him. DSU Music Faculty and Guest Violinist. Allred, N. C. (2022, April). Lecture/Presentation: The Intermediate Student: Repertoire, Technique, Theory (Nancy Allred, presenter) Panel: Careers in Music – Nancy Allred (moderator), Christian Bohnenstengel, LuAnn Keate, Kevin Olson Presentation: Discover and play intermediate piano ensemble music (Nancy Allred, presenter) Southern Utah Piano Pedagogy

Conference. Cedar City, Utah: DSU and SUU Music Depts. Allred, N. C. (2021, November). “Confidence, Arrogance, Humility: A Pianist’s Journey.” Utah Music Teachers Association - State Conference. Lehi, Utah: Utah Music Teachers Association. Allred, N. C. (2021, December). “Perfect Practice.” Jordan River Chapter of UMTA - Monthly Meeting. West Jordan, Utah: Jordan River Chapter of UMTA.

BOGERS, JR., GARY, Instructor of Music. Bogers, Jr. , G.M. (2022) How to Succeed: Determining and Comparing the Musical and Non-Musical Influences Behind the Broadway Adaptation of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. M.A. Thesis. University of Central Florida.

FRANCIS, TIMOTHY, Associate Professor of Music. Francis, T. (2022). Armed Forces Day Dance at the Airport Museum. Rebel Jazz Band. Francis, T. (2022). Hollywood Serenade: The Artistry of Caroline Campbell. Southwest Symphony Orchestra. Francis, T. (2022). Jazz band performance for the Saint George Art Festival. Rebel Jazz Band. Francis, T. (2022).

Lamb of God: An Easter Oratorio. Southwest Symphony Orchestra, Lieto Voices, Soloists. Francis, T. (2022). Mozart and Brahms concert. Southwest Symphony Orchestra. Francis, T. (2022). Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf Concert. Southwest Symphony Orchestra. Francis, T. (2022). Saint George City Valentine Dance. Rebel Jazz Band. Francis, T. (2022). Saint George Jazz Festival Performance with John Daversa. Rebel Jazz Band. Francis, T. (2022). Water Music Festival. Music Faculty and Students. Francis, T. (2021). DSU Faculty Recital. Timothy Francis, Accompanied by Nancy Allred. Francis, T. (2021). Fall Jazz Concert with Kenny Rampton. Rebel Jazz Band. Francis, T. (2021). Micro Music Concert.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH 2021-2022

Timothy Francis, with Students and Faculty. Francis, T. (2021). The Music of John Williams - Halloween Concert. Southwest Symphony Orchestra.

HALE, ROGER H., Associate Professor of Music. Hale, R. H. (2022). American Fork High School Choir Clinic. American Fork High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Ben Lomond High School Choir Clinic. Ben Lomond High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Clark County (NV) School District Middle School Choral Festival Judge. Clark County (NV) School District Middle School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Cottonwood High School Choir Clinic. Cottonwood High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Crimson Cliffs High School Choir Clinic. Crimson Cliffs High School Chamber Choir. Hale, R. H. (2022). Desert Hills High School Choir Clinic. Desert Hills High School Chamber Choir. Hale, R. H. (2022).

Lone Peak High School Choir Clinic. Lone Peak High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Marsh Valley High School Choir Clinic. Marsh ValleyHigh School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Paradigm High School Choir Clinic. Paradigm High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Parma High School (Idaho) Choir Clinic. Parma High School Choir. Hale, R. H. (2022). Pine View High School Choral Clinic. Pine View High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022). Provo High School Choir Clinic. Provo High School Choir. Hale, R. H. (2022). Washington County High School Honor Choir Clinician and Conductor. Washington County High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2021). Dixie High School Choir Clinic. Dixie High School Chamber Choir. Hale, R. H. (2021). Pine View High School Choral Clinic. Pine View High School Choirs. Hale, R. H. (2022, October). Considering Musicianship, Expressions, Vocalist, and Programming

Room 802 in Festival Performances. ACDAUT Conference. Sandy UT: ACDA UT.

RHODES, RHONDA L., Assistant Professor of Music. Rhodes, R. L. (2022). Adjudicator/ Clinician - Southern Utah Performing Arts Festival (SUPAF). Area High School, Middle School and Intermediate School Bands. Rhodes, R. L. (2022). Adjudicator - Region 12 Band and Orchestra Festival. Bands and Orchestras from Region 12 High Schools. Rhodes, R. L. (2022). Chamber Music: Woodwind & Guitar. DSU Saxophone Ensemble. Rhodes, R. L. (2021). Adjudicator - Region 9 Virtual Solo & Ensemble Festival.

Region 9 Clarinet and Flute Soloists. Rhodes, R. L., & Behrmann, C. (2022). DSU Woodwind Day. DSU Eccles Fine Arts Center.

SMITH, BRYANT W., Associate Professor of Music / Director of Bands. Smith, B. W. (2022, August). Latter-day Saint Brass Bands - A cultural bridge between Utah and the Eastern United States. Fireside for 46+ Single Adults. St. George, UT, USA: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Smith, B. W. (2022). Published - More Holiness Give Me. Arrangeme.com/Sheetmusicplus.com. Smith, B. W. (2021). DSU 3rd Annual Conducting Symposium. Eccles Fine Arts Center, DSU.

Smith, B. W. (2021). Stay Awhile. CD/Digital Release on Amazon and iTunes.

YU, KA-WAI, Associate Professor of Music. Yu, K.-W. (2022). An Evening of Baroque Music with Cosmopolitan Baroque (Las Vegas). Cosmopolitan Baroque. Yu, K.-W. (2022). An Evening of Baroque Music with Cosmopolitan Baroque (St George). Cosmopolitan Baroque. Yu, K.-W. (2022). Bach Brandenburg Concertos. Chamber Music Society of Southern Utah. Yu, K.-W. (2022). Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost” and Pizzetti: Piano Trio in A Minor. Chamber Music Society of Southern Utah. Yu, K.-W. (2022). CelloFest Guest Artist. Oklahoma State University. Yu, K.-W. (2021–2022). Concerts with Southwest Symphony Orchestra. Southwest Symphony Orchestra. Yu, K.-W. (2021–2022). Conductor of St. George Cello Ensemble. Cello Society of Southern Utah Cello Ensemble. Yu, K.-W. (2022). DSU Bass Festival Performance. DSU Bass Festival. Yu, K.-W. (2022). Grand Circle New Music Concert. Grand Circle New Music. Yu, K.-W. (2022). Zion Trio Concert at DSU. Zion Trio. Yu, K.-W. (2022). Zion Trio Concert at Southern Utah University. Zion Trio. Yu, K.-W. (2021). Concert with Kurt Bestor at Sunriver. Kurt Bestor, Lexi Walker and Orchestra. Yu, K.-W.

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(2021). DSU Cello Festival Final Concert. Festival Cello Ensemble and Ensemble Bravo. Yu, K.-W. (2021). Faculty Baroque Cello Recital. Ka-Wai Yu. Yu, K.-W. (2021). Guest Baroque Cello Recital at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Yu, K.-W. (2021). Guest Baroque Cello Recital at University of Utah. Ka-Wai Yu. Yu, K.-W. (2021). Midtown Concert Series, Gotham Early Music Scene. Concentus. Yu, K.-W. (2022). Enjoy Historical Performance of Baroque Music. String Teachers Training. Dixie Middle School.Yu, K.-W. (2022). Enjoy Historical Performance of Baroque Music, a Lecture-Performance. Unitarian Universalists Talks. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southwest Utah.

THEATRE & DANCE

BRUCE, BRANDON S., Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts. Bruce, B. S., & Richards, C. E. A. (2022). Men on Boats. Utah Tech Theatre Program. Bruce, B. S. (2022). Evita. SimonFest Theatre Company. Bruce, B. S. (2022). Man of La Mancha. SimonFest Theatre Company. Bruce, B. S. (2022). Man of La Mancha. SimonFest Theatre Company. Bruce, B. S. (Ed.). (2022). Student Playwrights Festival. DSU Theatre Program. Bruce, B. S. (2022). The Great Potato Conspiracy. DSU Theatre Program. Bruce, B. S. (2021). The Wolves. DSU Theatre Program. Bruce, B. S. (2022, March). Directing with Style, Type & Genre. Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC). Memphis, TN.

ECHEVERRIA, HENRY E., Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Lighting Designer for Dance in Concert. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Lighting Designer for The Playwrights Festival. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Lighting Technician for Dance in

Concert. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Lighting Technician for The Playwrights Festival. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Rigging Supervisor for Prostate Thyself Film. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Sound Technician for Dance in Concert. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Sound Technician for The Everybody. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Stage Manager for Dance in Concert. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Technical Director for Dance in Concert. Echeverria, H. E. (2022). Technical Director for Everybody. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Associate Producer Remembering the 43 Students Art Installation. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Lighting Designer for Fashion Show Fall 2021. Echeverria, H. E. (2021).

Lighting Designer for Natalie Needs a Nightie. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Lighting Designer for The Wolves. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Lighting Technician for Fashion Show Fall 2021. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Lighting Technician for Natalie Needs a Nightie. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Light Technician for The Wolves. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Sound Technician for Fashion Show Fall 2021. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Sound Technician for Natalie Needs a Nightie. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Sound Technician for The Wolves. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Technical Director for Natalie Needs a Nightie. Echeverria, H. E. (2021). Technical Director for The Wolves.

GALLO, SARA., Associate Professor of Dance. Gallo, S. (2022). Movement Improvisation as a Site of Critical Inquiry. Research Symposium.

KOENIG, MATT PATRICK, Assistant Professor Theatre Arts. Koenig, M. P. (2022). Mamma Mia! Lake Tahoe Shakespeare. Koenig, M. P. (2022). Everybody. DSU Theatre Department. Koenig, M. P. (2022). Much Ado About Nothing. Idaho Shakespeare Festival.

Koenig, M. P. (2022). Much Ado About Nothing. Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Koenig, M. P., & Shipley, M. (2022, July). Finding your Voice in Shakespeare’s Language. Converging Pathways. Sonoma State University: VASTA.

WEBER, JENNIFER Y., Assistant Professor of Dance. Weber, J. Y., & Brower, C. (2022). Deconstructing. Red Rock Dance Festival. Weber, J. Y. (n.d.). Blue. Collaboration of Mitchel Rose, Bebe Miller, and Dancers. Weber, J. Y., Gallo, S., Taft, T., & Heppler, M. (2022). Movement Improvisation as a Site of Critical Inquiry. Vagina Project. Weber, J. Y., Gallo, S., Taft, T., & Heppler, M. (2022). Movement Improvisation as a Site of Critical Inquiry. Research Symposium. Weber, J. Y. (2022, June). Stuck in First Position: A historical examination of the ballet classroom. Fairies, Queens, and Cavaliers: Ballet’s Production and Disruption of Gender. Richmond, VA: CORPs de Ballet International. Weber, J. Y. (2021, November). Pivoting with a Purpose: As we approach a post-pandemic ear, is our dance education as equitable, inclusive, and accessible as we’d like to believe? Re-connecting: Renewing the Dance Education Community. Saint George: Utah Dance Education Organization. Weber, J. Y., Busfield, L., Cowart, T., Crotty, M., Flynn, M., Warchal-King, J., & Gotter, N. (2021, October). Reimagining the First Year College Dance Experience- A Panel Discussion. TELLING OUR STORIES: The Essentiality of Dance Education in Changing Times. Virtual: National Dance Education Organization. Weber, J. Y., Gallo, S., & Stich, E. (2022, October). How do I fit in? Embodying Change Through a Community-Responsive Dance Work. Let’s Make Dance Together: Reigniting the Creative Spark. Atlanta, GA: National Dance Education Organization.

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