May 3, 2024 | Digital Showcase | Humboldt Library
All Presenters & Abstracts
College Corps: Mental Health Matters In Elementary Schools
Presentation Year: 2024
Ruth
White
Other
My project is based on what I've observed during my time in local elementary schools through my work in the College Corps program. It quickly became very clear to me that both teachers and students alike needed more mental health support.
College Corps: Our Service At Arcata High
Presentation Year: 2024
Jazmin
Pacheco-Vasquez
Other
Through our service in College Corps, we bridge the gap between the lack of support for students and staff. With this experience we now understand both perspectives of the student and the staff when it comes to the pressures of the school system. In our time serving the importance of a positive student/staff relationship has become that much clearer. Work at our sites has not only brightened our perspective on the school system, but as well our career paths. As psychology majors, we have a goal to help and understand people's relationships. So with this hands-on experience, it has further confirmed what area we wish to study in.
College Corps: Potawot Community Food Garden
Presentation Year: 2024
Erin
Clear
Other
The United Indian Health Services Potawot Community Food Garden aims to supply Native American communities with fresh, organic and locally grown produce in an effort to reduce food insecurity while educating clients about the importance of maintaining a connection to the land. College Corps Fellows joined the Garden’s mission to get nutritious food into the hands of those who need it most. Fellows learned a variety of food crops, methods of planting them, and organic ways to manage pests and weeds. After working at the garden, fellows recognize the need for sustained volunteering and help from the community to keep the project running, especially though the summer when students are on break.
College Corps: Senior Voices
Presentation Year: 2024
Katie-Hope
Hennessy
Other
Senior Voices is a book project where the residents of SilverCrest, Eureka share their life stories in a book. You’re invited to learn more about how this project unfolded.
College Corps: Six Rivers Charter High School Battling Chronic Absenteeism
Presentation Year: 2024
Kaelyn
Trapsi
College Corp
With the implementation of Rule School at 6 Rivers Charter High School, we have begun to see improvement in the attendance of the student. Continuing forward we are hoping that the issue of attended will only continue to improve.
College Corps: Students Helping Students
Presentation Year: 2024
Alex
Votaw
Other
Our project examines our experience as student assistant volunteers at Arcata High School as a part of the College Corps program. We discuss what our job entails and how this model of student volunteers can be beneficial to the younger students, their teachers, and the volunteers themselves.
College Corps: Sustainability, Art, & Community at the Arcata Creative Sanctuary
Presentation Year: 2024
Stella
Stahl
Other
At the Arcata Creative Sanctuary, community members come together to socialize, create art, and enjoy music. As College Corps Fellows, we got to help facilitate these activities, and help the Sanctuary better achieve its goal of becoming a space for sustainable, creative living and education.
College Corps: The Importance of Community Service
Presentation Year: 2024
Luis
Reyes
Other
This creative project is a reflection of my year of service through College Corps and my placement at the veterans hall in Arcata. The project contains some descriptions and pictures of events that my site has been a part of over the year, those events include North Coast Stand Down, Veterans Day at McKay, and Sunday brunch. Throughout this project I reflect on my time at the veterans hall and my experience with College Corps, as well as describing the importance and benefits of providing community service. I end with a conclusion of how a program like College Corps is beneficial towards community outreach and how the program has benefited me.
College Corps: Trinidad Coastal Land Trust
Presentation Year: 2024
Jael
Villamil
Other
I would like to share the importance of working with the community and the impact we can have on climate change when we do so. As well as showing how we help keep our coast clean.
College Corps: Valor and Verse Book Club
Presentation Year: 2024
Melanie
Sanchez
Other
A book club hosted for Veterans and community members to come together to read and discuss topics meaningful to the veteran community.
College Students vs. Textbook: collaborating on the creation of a sustainable tourism textbook
Presentation Year: 2024
Ara
Pachmayer
School of Applied Health
Student in REC 435 Sustainable Tourism teamed up to write a textbook about Sustainable Tourism. In their efforts, students brainstormed a list of potential topics, clustered finalized topics around main categories, agreed on an overall format for the textbook and required elements for each chapter, researched their individual topics and completed multiple chapter drafts. The completed textbook will be published through Creative Commons and used as a resources in future tourism classes offered through the Recreation Administration program.
CollegeCorps: Greenwood Cemetery: Preserving Veteran Legacies
Presentation Year: 2024
Nizhoni
Kears
College Corp
Founded in 1851, Greenwood Cemetery is one of Humboldt County's oldest resting places, hosting hundreds, including veterans from the Civil War to modern conflicts. In preparation for Memorial Day, I've meticulously cleaned and mapped veteran gravestones over three months. This ensures accurate flag placement, honoring their service beyond symbolism. Let's preserve their legacies for generations to come.
Combatting opioid use disorder through the power of exercise
Presentation Year: 2024
Kyle
Winton
Other
A literature review involving the history of Opioid Use Disorder, its physical, psychological, and emotional effects; and how exercise and physical activity could alleviate some of the difficulties faced by those who experience opioid use disorder.
Comparative Anatomy of Mouse, Zebrafish, and Trout
Presentation Year: 2024
Adnan
Alyan
Psychology
Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are specialized extracellular matrix structures that surround certain neurons in the central nervous system. PNNs are an key component of the closure and onset of critical periods, synaptic signaling, memory modulation and neural plasticity. The current study aims to compare the brain tissue of zebrafish and trout to mouse, the current animal model of choice for PNN research. Imaging with chemical stains revealed structures consistent with the appearance of PNNs in zebrafish and trout. The promising findings of this study have the potential to usher in a new wave of research pursing a deeper level of understanding towards PNNs through a zebrafish model.
Connecting Care: Advancing Diabetes Management in Rural Areas Through Telehealth and Community Empowerment
Presentation Year: 2024
Ana
Ocegueda
School of Applied Health
Rural areas do not have enough providers leading to a lack of availability for appointments. Rural patients often have difficulty with transportation for essential health services, such as appointments, labs, and pharmacy. Patients with T2D require technology to ensure timely healthcare, including urgent healthcare needs. Nurses can connect patients with T2D to essential health services and education using an interdisciplinary team approach along with technology to modify education for each patient’s needs, including language. The theoretical outcomes will be evaluated using short- and long-term measures.
Culturally-Informed Interventions for Self-Harm in Indian Country
Presentation Year: 2024
Elizabeth
Caplan
School of Applied Health
The suicide rate for young Indigenous men is 2x-4x higher than for other demographic groups. Causes include cultural disruption, historical trauma, grief, and health and social inequities. Prevention of self-harm is a core responsibility of healthcare. A rural clinic serving Indigenous people will implement a Zero Suicide Framework with input from local tribal members. Community members will help develop risk assessments, quality of life surveys, and the facilitation of participation in traditional cultural activities. This will protect by strengthening of belonging, connection, strong spirituality and physical health, and relationship within the community and with the natural world.
Depressive Symptomology Mediates the Relationship Between Self-stigma and Mental Health Help-seeking Intention
Presentation Year: 2024
Carrie
Aigner
Psychology
Undergraduate students (N=712) completed an online survey about help-seeking, stigma, and depression symptomatology. Mental health self-stigma was found to partially mediate the relationship between depression and help-seeking intentions, controlling for gender. This study suggests that the nature of depression itself may present a barrier to help-seeking, adding important context to outreach efforts on campuses.
Do bears know when trash pickup day is?
Presentation Year: 2024
Amber
Elving
Wildlife
This project aimed to answer whether or not bears frequented homes more often on trash pickup day. I placed 20 trail cameras around Humboldt County and was able to capture thousands of photos. Through the collaborative efforts with homeowners and myself, I was able to capture seventy photos of bears, of which 42 were independent events and 48% of the bears were actively foraging on trash.
Do bumblebees pollinate when they are scared? The Effect of Simulated Danger on Bumblebee Foraging Habits
Presentation Year: 2024
Audrey
Fowler
Wildlife
A study looking at how bees perceive danger, and if it affects their foraging behaviors. This was determined by the use of simulated dangers, in this case artificial black capped chickadees. These dangers were placed in bushes and the number of bumblebees that visited each bush (either with or without dangers) was counted. The research finds that the presence of danger is significant to bees when choosing which flowers or bushes to forage.
Does cleft palate repair surgery restore normal neural processing for infant faces?
Presentation Year: 2024
Francesca
Messina
Psychology
Infant faces readily capture our attention and elicit enhanced neural processing, likely due to their importance in facilitating bonds
with caregivers. Cues of poor health are associated with a lower degree of parental investment and facial malformations have been
shown to negatively impact early infant-caregiver interactions, possibly due to altered perceptual processing of these faces compared to unaffected infant faces. The current study used eye tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate responses to infant faces before and after cleft palate repair surgery.