This big day is an iconic moment for the university to celebrate all of the great
work that we do. We are a research institution. We're a community engaged
institution. And on the academic side, our faculty, our students and our
professionals are doing work that matters.
We are at the Open House organized by the College of Education and Health
Professions. This is an absolutely efficient way to learn about the
incredible productivity of faculty and what interesting things they're doing
and how they're incorporating their students into this kind of work.
I really, I guess you could say I'm adamant about this subject now that I've learned
more about it. Because I wasn't aware of all of the different details and information.
The CSSC Research and Creative Works Showcase is an annual event that we've
been doing for three years that's designed to celebrate all of the great
research and creative works that is happening across the college. It's one of
the most inspirational moments of the year because we have interdisciplinary
panels where faculty present alongside students both at the undergraduate and
graduate level. And so it creates mutual understanding, mutual respect across
disciplines, and celebrates and showcases the kind of work that we do in the
benefits that it has for our community.
Having an environment that is amusing or light and poignant and edifying filled with
mutual respect does something more than just being funny in the classroom.
So the Expo is supposed to really put forward all of the great research that
is being done across the entire campus and then connect the community to those
research to inspire people about what this university stands for and the
values that we have when it comes to research and creative activity.
I'm a CSSC student. I'm actually working on my graduate degree in the Applied
Communication Department because I have my undergrad in Applied Communication.
Ghosting is classified by Millennials it being like a social thing it happens
like with dating apps you know things like that. And when it's ghosting
typically happens in relationships when it's like superficial like you're
just getting to know somebody you're casually dating versus like solidified
relationships. Well in my experience none of those three criteria were present.
Like I'm not a Millennial. We didn't meet on a dating site. And we were actually in
a committed relationship. What I hope to show is how our communication has the
power to transform and shape our social worlds.
Basically what I'm looking at is the presence of Dollar Stores in Pulaski
County. Part of what motivated that is just being looking being around the area
and you always see a Dollar Store around. And when you look at it geographically
you kind of see these lighter shaded areas are lower property values
but it looks like there's a lot more Dollar store locations there. When you look
at the entire US or at least the 48 continuous states,
you see Arkansas is number five in the country for Dollar Stores per capita.
A lot of people have wanted to test out the Unity environment and to sort of
look around. The VR headset is still new to a lot of people. And they have
just want to try it out. The test is to see if you can spot five blue figures on
the environment. We're hoping to use a higher resolution headset and then test
the difference between the speed and quality of the test.