Current Volume: Volume 2023 (2023)
Winners
1st Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
Social Belonging Perceptions Across FHSU Students
Magdalene Moy, Sydney Hicks, and Danielle Reilley
1st Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
The Lasting Effects of Childhood Trauma
Allissa Bird and Megan Crist
2nd Place - Empirical Graduate
Native Bee Utilization of Sorghum and Community Richness in Western Kansas Agricultural System
Katelyn Strack and Sarah Elzay
2nd Place - Non-empirical Graduate
The Effects of Standardized Remediation on Nursing Pharmacology Evaluations
Kaylyn Blevins and Sandra Grubb
3rd Place - Non-empirical Faculty/Staff
SOS: Survey of Skills in Prelicensure Nursing Programs
Christina Lawver and Shauna Keil
2nd Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
Golden Hour Effects on Newborn Health
Jaclyn Begnoche and Audrey Manry
3rd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Survey
Cheryl Duffy and Claire Nickerson
2nd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
Trauma-Informed Court
April Terry and Ziwei Qi
3rd Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
Effects of Music Therapy on Stressed Postpartum Mothers Trying to Breastfeed
Iran Mesta and Emma Rogers
3rd Place - Empirical Undergraduate
Attitudes toward Stuttering of University Instructors: A Nation-wide Survey
Willow Ludwig and Lauren Stallbaumer
2nd Place - Empirical Undergraduate
Colors of Cannabis in the U.S; An Analysis of Race and Marijuana Legalization
Hannah Cross and Jaelynn Sutter
2nd Place - Non-empirical Faculty/Staff
Empowering Students Through Experiential Learning Experiences
Kathryn Amrein
1st Place - Empirical Undergraduate
RNA Isolation of Aphids
Kadrian Ayarza
3rd Place - Non-empirical Graduate
The Effect of ISBAR Tool on Patient Safety
Katy Barbieri
1st Place - Non-empirical Faculty/Staff
Using Rural Hospital-Wide Voices for Calls to Action
Christine Hober
3rd Place - Empirical Graduate
Launching a New Generation of Nicotine Users: The Dangers of Vaping in Adolescents
Alexis Ibarra
2nd Place - Non-empirical Graduate
Implementing an Undergraduate Nursing Elective Advanced Perinatal Course and Its Effect on Perceived Perinatal Nursing Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Levels of Students Who Aim to Enter a Perinatal Specialty as New Graduate Nurses
Kaitlin Johnson
1st Place - Empirical Undergraduate
Does Weapon Type Affect a BattleBot’s Performance?
Westin Mash
3rd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
The Wreck of Army Air Force Flight 294
Kenneth Neuhauser
1st Place - Non-empirical Graduate
Implementation of Computerized Curricular Assistive Tools (CCAT) And Its Effect on Student Preparedness for the New NCLEX-RN Test Plan
Lindsey Schofield
1st Place - Empirical Graduate
Distribution and Tooth Morphoguilds of Mosasaurids (Squamata) of the Campanian Western Interior Seaway with Implications for Controls on Mosasaur Paleobiogeography
Alec Zaborniak
Submissions
Of Protocols and Perissodactyls: Building on past experiences for smooth transitions to new projects
Alex Landwehr, Kaiden O'Dell, Laura Wilson, Aly Baumgartner, and Shyla Davison
Ace In Space
Zero Junker, Katelyn Blanco, Honesty Beaton, Matthew Boyea, Kevin Martinek, and Audrey Caleb
Modeling Supercontinuum Lasers to Simulate Damage Thresholds on the Retina
Levi Hickert, Clay Burk, and Payton Hoffman
The Effect of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Laryngeal Muscle Flexibility with Lexical Tone Imitation.
Gracen Friess, Jersey Garoutte, Yiru Yao, and Qiang Li
Design and Construction of a High-Powered Rocket with a Camera Placed in the Nosecone
Gideon Fox, Adam Vincent, Quinton Shepard, and Dayne Locke
Survey on Current Stuttering Services in the School Setting: A Nation-Wide Survey
Ellen Durst, Cassidy Haufler, Alexandria Karlin, and Yan Ma
Assessing and Improving Science Student #SciComm Skills
Kale Link, Kaiden O'Dell, Laura Wilson, and Todd Moore
The Effects of GDP Per Capita on Infant Mortality Rates
Alex Schwartz, J.R. Franco, and Jake Campbell
Interpreting COVID-19 Deaths Through GDP per Capita
Hope Schuman and Mason Ibarra
The Economic Impact of FHSU on the Local Economy: FY 2022
Samuel Schreyer, Emily Breit, and Thomas Johansen
Using CRISPR vectors to study the molecular function of a mutated Arabidopsis AS2 gene
Hazel Frans, Abigail Amend, and Isaac Knight
Play the Game: Evaluation of Psychological Capital, Emotional Intelligence, and Virtual Team Performance among Online Gaming Teams
Ryan Will, Brent Goertzen, and Magdalene Moy
The Effects of Oral Contraceptives use in Relation to Depression
Elizabeth Gerdes and Bange Brielle
The Effect of Graphic Communication on Enrollment in the KAMS Program
Tuley Gilliland and Susan Dumler
Elementary Teacher Perceptions Regarding Language Impairments, the Referral Process, and Working with SLPs in the Schools
Anne Wheaton and Mykah Eshbaugh
Teaching Social & Cultural Concepts Through Embodied Practices (Dance) & Specific Language Purpose (Hispanic Dance Vocabulary & Metaphors): A Preview of Early Survey Data
D. Nicole English and Chita Espino-Bravo
Effects of Mock Code Blue Simulations on New Graduate Nurses Confidence Levels
Anna Stansbury and Aliyah Frederick
The Relationship Between College Football Expenditures and On-Field Success
Danielle Riemann and Hudson Gray
Explaining the Effects of Credit Score on Mortgage Rates
Clifton Miller and Nathan Hephner
The Affects of False Alarms on Alarm Fatigue in the ICU
Alexis Lundahl and Marshal Hutchins
It Takes a Village to Retain ONE Online Student: A Comparative Study of Online and On-Campus Social Work Students at Fort Hays State University
Laurel Myers and Michelle Keener
If It Wasn’t Documented, It Wasn’t Done: Implementing Nursing Skills Documentation
Christina Lawver and Shauna Keil
De-escalation training: An evidence-based practice to reduce force and increase legitimacy
Morgan Steele and Tamara Lynn
Climatic Impact of Cross-Timber Production and Ecosystem Services on Profit Efficiency
Brian Sancewich and Iryna McDonald
The Effects of Aromatherapy on Laboring Mothers
Emma Swint and Cassie McFarland
The Effects of Doula Support During Labor
Luz Tucker and Jess Meier
The Relationship Between Debt to GDP and the Wealth Gap
Braxten Eilert and Zachary Parde
Effectiveness and Usability of the Dobot Magician Robotic Arm
Brandt Hagen and Lawson Ricke
Does an MLB Team's Wins Depend on Their Batting Average?
Clayton Beutler and Mason Robbins
HIRA Gene Mutation in Arabidopsis via CRISPR
Kelly Chen and Claire Shippy
Supporting Written Scientific Explanations of Middle-School Students with Learning Disabilities
Brooke Moore and Steve Skoczek
Reproductive Healthcare for incarcerated Women
Zoe Caldwell and April Terry
Prison Rape and Sexual Assault: Prevalence, Vulnerabilities and System Responses
Kylee Synovec and April Terry
Academic Persistence Among Traditional and Non-Traditional Social Work Students at Fort Hays State University: A Bivariate Analysis
Yesenia Maldonado and Megan Waggoner
Distance Exploration of Alpine Ecosystems in Elementary calssrooms using 360 videos
Mary Kate Hale and Brooklyn Whitcomb
Lead acid batteries VS LiFePO4 batteries
Kyle Wasinger
Media, True Crime, and Public Perceptions
Laurelle Augustine
Which Statistics in Baseball Are Most Important for Winning?
Clark Ballou-Crawford
Integrating SIM-Capture into Simulation Instruction and its Effect on Nursing Student's Clinical Performance
Rebekkah Barnett
New Rule-Based Model to Predict Maternal Mortality Risk
Elijah Beauchamp
Campus Connect
Ryder Cook
Economic Empowerment for Victims of IPV in Rural Areas
Loganne Ditter
Social Media and Adolescents' and Young Adults' Mental Health
Amber Nicole Dreiling
Mental Health Crisis Among Children and Adolescents
Francess George
Analyzing the Influence of Government Education Expenditures on the Primary Completion Rate
Ellie Keener
Examining Self-Esteem as a Moderator of Attachment Styles and Sexual Partners
Dezerae Kinderknecht
Timing of diversification, dispersal, and biogeography of parrots in thegenus Amazona throughout the Caribbean, visualized in GIS
Christopher Kingwill
Increasing simulation to improve confidence during medication administration in associate degree nursing students
Jessica Landry-Lyons
Streamflow, Precipitation, and Temperature at Select Stationsin the Smokey Hills Watershed, Kansas
Cade Lanning
Home Care Safety
Lixiu Lin
College mental health access
Christian Murray
Verification of an Abandoned Oil Well Head - Penka Farm
Kenneth Neuhauser
Increase in Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths Since the Pandemic
Daniele Nichtern
Diabetes, A Global Epidemic
Jignesh Patel
Preliminary Movement and Distribution Model for Chihuahuan Green Toads, Anaxyrus debilis, in Western Kansas
Mackenzie Reh
Does Higher Education Impact Poverty Levels?
Jacqueline Reyes
Increased Incidence of Congenital Syphilis
Shana Roether
Effects of Monthly Simulation Experiences on Neonatal Resuscitation Confidence and Competency Levels in Nurses
Jayden Rudzik
Preparing a CRISPR Vector to Mutate the AS1 Gene in Arabidopsis
Gabriella Rueschhoff
FHSU Students' Economic Perceptions & Expectations
David Schulte
Life Satisfaction and Motherhood: The Influence of Emotion Regulation and Psychological Flexibility
Shyann Schumacher
Attempting to estimate the influence of wildfires on water levels of Alluvial and Dakota Aquifers in Western Kansas
Valerie Scott
Goal-Directed Hemodynamics in Rapid Response Teams
Erin Waggoner
Changes to Water Table Elevation Across Kansas Wells
Zachary Zahner