Berlin Friedrichstrasse. Ecke Leipzigerstrasse.

Lantern slide of Berlin Friedrichstrasse. Ecke Leipzigerstrasse. There might be a couple of words misspelled in the title. Instead of Friedrichstrasse, it is Friedrichstraße, and instead of Leipzigerstrasse, it is Leipziger Straße.https://research.library.kutztown.edu/lanternslideseducation/2200/thumbnail.jp

“We\u27re Not Thriving, But We\u27re Trying.” Exploring Undergraduate Students\u27 Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Undergraduate college students found their lives upended when Covid-19 pandemic mitigation efforts mandated them to leave their school settings and continue their education on virtual platforms. Research on the pandemic and related mitigation efforts has found undergraduate students to be negatively impacted. Today’s undergraduate students are primarily made up of Generation Z who are identified as having a higher reported incidence of mental health issues and have been described as less resilient when compared to other generations. Resilience is integral to undergraduate students’ mental health and educational persistence. This study sought to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Generation Z undergraduate students, factors of resilience that have supported them during the pandemic, and the elements on the college campus that promote or impede resilience development. Utilizing a qualitative study design and grounded theory methodology, the study found resilience development may have been compromised during the pandemic when the typical educational and social structures that promote resilience development were disrupted. The study took place on a private college campus in upstate New York. Twenty-seven Generation Z undergraduate students participated in focus groups to share their experience during the pandemic and its subsequent impact. The study participants identified the pandemic having a negative impact upon their mental health and academic competence with instructors and campus support services being integral to resilience development. Understanding how resilience can be promoted in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic will be necessary to support students as they move through their collegiate experience. This study is relevant to the fields of education and social work as it has implications for both educational leadership and social work policy and practice

School Social Work and Autism Competency: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Pennsylvania School Social Workers

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder which currently affects 1 in 44 individuals in the United States. Autism manifests as symptoms that impact the areas of communication, social interaction, and behavior (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). Symptoms may create challenges in the school setting, requiring social work intervention. School social workers must be knowledgeable about autism as well as how to best support autistic students. A mixed methods study was conducted among 84 school social workers in Pennsylvania to understand current autism knowledge via an online survey. Ways in which social workers have learned about autism, as well as what they need to support autistic students was explored through responses to qualitative items on the survey. Scores on the 10 point abbreviated ASDKP-R ranged from 20% to 100% (M=62.7, SD=15.7). While a below average score was revealed, most participants (n=63) indicated that they would like to increase their knowledge and skills regarding autism related topics

Pennsylvania. Cove Gap Franklin Cy Pa. Birthplace of President Buchanan?

Lantern slide of Pennsylvania. Cove Gap Franklin Cy Pa. Birthplace of President Buchanan.https://research.library.kutztown.edu/lanternslideseducation/1581/thumbnail.jp

Hawk Mountain Raptor Migration Phenology’s Relation to Weather

We have been studying year-round raptor migration phenology across the United States and North America for multiple decades now. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Autumn migration hawk count began in 1934 and is the longest running raptor migration count in the world. A decline in total raptor counts passing through Hawk Mountain’s North Lookout is well documented and much research has already been done in what could be the main causes for this decrease in counts year-over-year. We know that cold front passages have long been associated with autumnal migration in northeastern North America. Using updated analysis techniques, we examined 60 years’ worth of Hawk Mountain migration counts in relation to local climate variables.  The data was aggregated on an autumnal basis and the climate variables of interest were pulled, cleaned and sorted along with our target variable: the total raptor counts. For numeric non-target attributes, we recorded and visualized many scalar statistical values. Hawk Mountain’s temperature data has not been consistently recorded until around 1980, so, we merged NOAA Allentown weather station data for the days we see in the original dataset. Using this data, we were able to get a good understanding of initial correlations between weather attributes. Linear regression model evaluation using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient was run in order to try to find the best combination of predictors in order to predict the movement of the total raptors migrating through Hawk Mountain’s north lookout

Friedrich August-Brücke. Dresden-Neustadt.

Lantern slide of current Friedrich Augustus Bridge, conncecting Dresden and Neustadt, circa 1910.https://research.library.kutztown.edu/lanternslideseducation/2246/thumbnail.jp

Husking Coconuts, Island of Luzon, P. I.

Lantern slide of workers husking coconuts on Luzon Island in the Phillipines, circa 1905.https://research.library.kutztown.edu/lanternslideseducation/1785/thumbnail.jp