Senior Recital: Katherine Lawrence, percussion

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Ms. Lawrence studies percussion with John Lawless.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1462/thumbnail.jp

Junior Recital: Alex Sifuentes, oboe

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. Sifuentes studies oboe with Elizabeth Koch.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1478/thumbnail.jp

How Agritourism Operators Make Marketing and Promotion Decisions

Agritourism operators in Oklahoma were interviewed to determine how they make promotional decisions. Three themes were found from the interviews. The first was Educated Guessing. Participants were not formally trained in promoting agritourism operations, but they used their past experiences and the resources available to them to make decisions. The second theme was Facebook First. All 10 operations in this interview used Facebook as their primary marketing method based on positive experiences with the site as a promotional tool, followed by other options, such as websites. The third theme was More of the Same. The participants mostly intended to keep doing what they were already doing and were hesitant to make changes. Even those who wanted to make changes often just wanted to improve what they were already doing. It is recommended that new agritourism operations focus their initial marketing approach on Facebook due to low cost and high reach, while other options can be considered later to meet the operation’s needs. Organizations that help agritourism operators should be mindful of differing needs, so a one-size-fits-all approach is not appropriate

Percussion Ensemble featuring John Wesley Dankwa, Master Drummer from Ghana

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Percussion Ensemble featuring John Wesley Dankwa, master drummer from Ghana.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1364/thumbnail.jp

Senior Recital: Eric Donaldson, trumpet and flugelhorn & Erik Kosman, percussion

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degrees Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Mr. Donaldson studies trumpet with Douglas Lindsey. Mr. Kosman studies percussion with John Lawless.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1456/thumbnail.jp

Performing Identities. Perspektiven aktueller Festspiel- und Musiktheaterforschung im Dialog

Die Veranstaltung befasst sich mit einer Lücke in der Schweizer Theaterhistoriographie: Die Bedeutung der Oper für die kulturelle Selbstdefinition unserer Nachbarländer, etwa im Prozess des europäischen nation building, wurde vielfach erforscht. Da sich in der Schweiz bis heute keine eigenständige Operntradition entwickelt hat, bleibt zu untersuchen, inwieweit hierzulande andere Musiktheaterformen ähnliche identitätspolitische Funktionen übernehmen. Ansatzweise wurde diese Frage in jüngster Zeit in Bezug auf das populäre Festspiel erörtert, etwa in der gross angelegten Studie «Abschied von den Mythen. Das neuere politische Festspiel in der Deutschschweiz», die unser Gast Tobias Hoffmann 2018 veröffentlicht hat. Gemeinsam mit ihm wagen wir uns an einen genreübergreifenden Vergleich zur Veranstaltungspraxis des experimentellen Musiktheaters und gehen der These nach, dass volkskulturelle und avancierte Musiktheaterformen in der Schweiz zwar komplementäre soziokulturelle Gegenpole bilden, hinsichtlich künstlerischer Revisionen gesellschaftlicher Selbstbilder aber mehr gemein haben als bislang angenommen

Agritourism operators' marketing preferences

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The Grizzly, February 2, 2017

Former Dean Files Lawsuit Against Ursinus; College Denies Charges • Diversity Committee Questions Campus Climate • Q&A with New Board Chair, Robert Wonderling • Changes to CIE Questions and Curriculum in Fall • Portraits of Protest: UC Students Take on Women\u27s March in D.C. • First-Person Perspective: Student Curator Shares Experience • Opinions: Betsy DeVos is a Danger to Our Education System; Scott Pruitt\u27s EPA Will Put Our Climate at Risk • Women\u27s Swimming on Pace to be Top of the Conference Again • Gymnastics Team Vaults Into Action • Message from the Grizzly Editorial Staffhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1658/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 16, 2017

First Semester of Philadelphia Experience a Success • College Unveils Construction Plans for The Commons • Peer Advocates Prepare for the Vagina Monologues • Q&A with Author and Activist • By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Tackles Race in the Glamorous World of 1930s Hollywood • History Professor Hugh Clark Reflects on Time at Ursinus • Opinions: La La Land Delivers on Promise of Nostalgia; Graduating Early Should Not Translate to Exclusion • Golf Ready to Swing Into Spring • Three Champions Crowned; Wrestling Advances to Regionalshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1660/thumbnail.jp

iMyoblasts for ex vivo and in vivo investigations of human myogenesis and disease modeling

Skeletal muscle myoblasts (iMyoblasts) were generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using an efficient and reliable transgene-free induction and stem cell selection protocol. Immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, qPCR, digital RNA expression profiling, and scRNA-Seq studies identify iMyoblasts as a PAX3+/MYOD1+ skeletal myogenic lineage with a fetal-like transcriptome signature, distinct from adult muscle biopsy myoblasts (bMyoblasts) and iPSC-induced muscle progenitors. iMyoblasts can be stably propagated for \u3e 12 passages or 30 population doublings while retaining their dual commitment for myotube differentiation and regeneration of reserve cells. iMyoblasts also efficiently xenoengrafted into irradiated and injured mouse muscle where they undergo differentiation and fetal-adult MYH isoform switching, demonstrating their regulatory plasticity for adult muscle maturation in response to signals in the host muscle. Xenograft muscle retains PAX3+ muscle progenitors and can regenerate human muscle in response to secondary injury. As models of disease, iMyoblasts from individuals with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy revealed a previously unknown epigenetic regulatory mechanism controlling developmental expression of the pathological DUX4 gene. iMyoblasts from Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R7 and R9 and Walker Warburg Syndrome patients modeled their molecular disease pathologies and were responsive to small molecule and gene editing therapeutics. These findings establish the utility of iMyoblasts for ex vivo and in vivo investigations of human myogenesis and disease pathogenesis and for the development of muscle stem cell therapeutics