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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Internships for Preparing Natural Resource Students

Professional internships are a part of many wildlife degree programs. Some wildlife programs require internships while in others they are electives. Regardless of their place in a wildlife curriculum, internships are a valuable source of experience for undergraduate students. Internships are a form of experiential learning where students are exposed to decision-making and management processes. Since 1997, over 100 students in the wildlife science program at Utah State University - Uintah Basin (USU-UB) have participated in an internship program. This program has been funded with over $1 million through the Challenge Cost Share program between USU-UB and the Vernal Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). We were interested in how effectively this internship program was for preparing students to become natural resource managers. We searched the literature for characteristics that natural resource managers desired in their employees. We also interviewed natural resource managers about the characteristics they desired in new employees. We then developed a survey based on the results of the literature search and interviews. We administered the survey to former students who had served an internship. We evaluated the results of the survey to determine the ability of internships to prepare students for careers in natural resources management. We also asked students to provide qualitative comments about their experiences. Our results indicate that, based on a broad spectrum of abilities, students were much better prepared to manage natural resources after an internship than before. Students indicated that their internship experiences had profound impacts on their educations and lives. We advocate the use of internships as a way for students to expand their learning beyond the classroom

Cooperative Learning in Natural Resources Education

I will present my use of cooperative learning techniques in a general education course at Utah State University (USU). I developed an undergraduate, junior‐level course called BIOL 3000 ‐ Biodiversity of Utah that is part of the general education requirements at Utah State University. From the beginning, a major challenge surfaced for this course in that the enrollment includes students who are science and also students who are non‐science majors. Science majors are biology and wildlife science majors. Non‐science majors are typically from outside the agricultural and natural resource fields. Non‐science students were underprepared for the course as they did not have any introductory courses in biology. I discuss ways to meet this challenge using cooperative learning techniques. The Cooperative Learning Center at The University of Minnesota defines cooperative learning as: the relationship in a group of students that requires positive interdependence (a sense of sink or swim together), individual accountability (each of us has to contribute and learn), interpersonal skills (communication, trust, leadership, decision making, and conflict resolution), face‐to‐face promotive interaction, and processing (reflecting on how well the team is functioning and how to function even better). Student achievement in the class improved markedly after I started organizing the class with cooperative learning techniques. I will offer some examples of the positive and negative aspects of cooperative learning in this class

[Letter from Lianna Etchberger, Associate Vice President and Professor]

Greetings from 2022! I hope the campus is thriving and folks are excited to retrieve the time capsule

USU Moab Historical Timeline

A timeline of Utah State University in Moab from 1967 through 2022

The NFIII/OCT-1 Binding Site Stimulates Adenovirus DNA Replication in Vivo and Is Functionally Redundant with Adjacent Sequences

The inverted terminal repeat (ITR) of adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) is 103 bp in length and contains the origin of DNA replication. Cellular transcription factors NFI/CTF and NFIII/OCT-1 bind to sites within the ITR and participate in the initiation of viral DNA replication in vitro. The ITR also contains multiple copies of two conserved sequence motifs that bind the cellular transcription factors SP1 and ATF. We have analyzed a series of viruses that carry deletions at the left terminus of Ad5. A virus carrying a deletion of the NFIII/OCT-1, SP1, and ATF sites within the ITR (mutant dl309-44/107) was wild type for virus growth. However, the deletion of these elements in addition to sequences immediately flanking the ITR (mutant dl309-44/195) resulted in a virus that grew poorly. The analysis of growth parameters of these and other mutants demonstrate that the NFIII/OCT-1 and adjacent SP1 sites augment the accumulation of viral DNA following infection. The function of these elements was most evident in coinfections with a wild-type virus, suggesting that these sites enhance the ability of a limiting trans-acting factor(s), that stimulates viral DNA replication, to interact with the ITR. The results of these analyses indicate functional redundancy between different transcription elements at the left terminus of the Ad5 genome and demonstrate that the NFIII/OCT-1 site and adjacent SP1 site, previously thought to be nonessential for adenovirus growth, play a role in viral DNA replication in vivo

Study of the application of advanced technologies to laminar flow control systems for subsonic transports. Volume 1: Summary

A study was conducted to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of applying laminar flow control to the wings and empennage of long-range subsonic transport aircraft compatible with initial operation in 1985. For a design mission range of 10,186 km (5500 n mi), advanced technology laminar-flow-control (LFC) and turbulent-flow (TF) aircraft were developed for both 200 and 400-passenger payloads, and compared on the basis of production costs, direct operating costs, and fuel efficiency. Parametric analyses were conducted to establish the optimum geometry for LFC and TF aircraft, advanced LFC system concepts and arrangements were evaluated, and configuration variations maximizing the effectiveness of LFC were developed. For the final LFC aircraft, analyses were conducted to define maintenance costs and procedures, manufacturing costs and procedures, and operational considerations peculiar to LFC aircraft. Compared to the corresponding advanced technology TF transports, the 200- and 400-passenger LFC aircraft realized reductions in fuel consumption up to 28.2%, reductions in direct operating costs up to 8.4%, and improvements in fuel efficiency, in ssm/lb of fuel, up to 39.4%. Compared to current commercial transports at the design range, the LFC study aircraft demonstrate improvements in fuel efficiency up to 131%. Research and technology requirements requisite to the development of LFC transport aircraft were identified

Study of the application of advanced technologies to laminar-flow control systems for subsonic transports. Volume 2: Analyses

For abstract, see N76-24144

Benefits of undergraduate participation in faculty research in natural resources

Graduate student assistance with faculty research is common in university natural resource programs. Traditionally, undergraduate students are involved less with research programs of faculty. The Uintah Basin Branch Campus of Utah State University provides a unique setting for developing research projects in natural resources that involve undergraduates. We use a research project on the control of greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) iin the Book Cliffs, Utah to illustrate the benefits and challenges for undergraduate students and faculty of collaboration on research. Students benefit by interacting with faculty outside the classroom; by applying classroom learning to field problems; and by working with natural resource management personnel. Faculty benefit by observing the ability of students to apply classroom learning to field situations; by maintaining a scholarly research program; and by interacting with students outside the classroom

Realidad e imaginario del ciudadano de frontera. Análisis comparativo del abordaje de los problemas sociales en Misiones Argentina-Itapúa Paraguay. 16H278

Esta es una investigación aplicada de tipo descriptiva, en la que se combinan metodologías cuantitativas y cualitativas, y en la que se propone analizar el abordaje de los problemas sociales por parte de los gobiernos de Misiones Argentina e Itapúa Paraguay, en el marco del proceso de integración regional MERCOSUR. Interesa conocer los temas sociales registrados en la agenda pública de ambos gobiernos, los problemas sociales considerados, para comparar y analizar las similitudes y diferencias en las formas de abordarlos, en el marco de los procesos políticos, históricos, sociales y culturales de la región. Los que producen las asimetrías en la dimensión social del MERCOSUR. Siguiendo con la línea de Proyectos sobre la Realidad e imaginario del ciudadano de frontera, este sería el quinto proyecto presentado como continuidad del tema