Thanks to a CIRT Scholarly Grant, I was able to present at the 2018 Joint Mathematical Meetings (http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2018/2197_intro) in San Diego. My talk, "Balancing Chemical Reactions: a Modeling-based Exploration of Solutions of Linear Systems", uses the case study of balancing chemical reaction in a college algebra course to highlight how active learning pedagogy can promote deeper understanding of mathematical concepts and at the same time provide…

 CCOB’s Delta Mu Delta Research Colloquium scheduled for Wednesday,Feb 21^st,3-5 pm, 2018 in building 57, rooms 221/223  

We plan to Honor Dr Kevin McClean at this symposium for hisforesight and leadership in promoting scholarship at GCU, the Dr. McClean Research Colloquium 

- Colloquiums are not themedtherefore any research from any college is welcome

- Questions can be directed Dr Okeand/or Dr DeMilia

- Abstractsdue by Jan 31^st

               - 500 word description of your research…

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Call for Proposals: Case Studies

Title of Book: Health Policy Management: A Case Approach 

Editors: Rachel Ellison, PhD, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lesley Clack, ScD, University of Georgia

Introduction: Health policy is continuously changing, and textbooks must be constantly updated to keep up with the ongoing developments. The purpose of this textbook is to provide introductory health policy material, along with a variety of…

Cheryl Patton'sresearch interests include leadership, particularly healthcare leadershipas it pertains to ethics, healthcare disparities, and conflict management. Sherecently defended her dissertation entitled Workplace Conflict,Management, and Leadership Implications: An Interpretive Phenomenology ofMedical Imaging Technologists, which concluded her PhD studies inOrganizational Leadership at Eastern University. 

 Call for Proposals: Case Studies 

Title of Book: Health Policy Management: A Case Approach

Editors: Rachel Ellison, PhD, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 

Lesley Clack, ScD, University of Georgia 

Introduction: Health policy is continuously changing, and textbooks must be constantly updated to keep up with the ongoing developments. The purpose of this textbook is to provide introductory health policy material, along with a variety of cases that are relevant to health policy.…

Dr. David Perkins, CCOB Associate Professor, recently presented at the 2017 INFORMS(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) annual conference in Houston. The presentation, "Insights into the Data Mining Cost Model," provided a review of important literature associated with the Data Mining Cost Model (DMCoMo), suggested how DMCoMo can be applied in today'sanalytics organizations, and recommended further areas of application &research.

  Joshua Greever attended  Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Kentucky, March 17-18, 2017.  The theme of the conference was: "Work, Vocation, and Human Flourishing in the Christian Tradition".   The title of his presentation was "The Gospel and True Human Flourishing in Ephesians".   The presentation analyzed the relationship between the gospel, work, and human flourishing in Paul's letter to the Ephesians. The gospel in Ephesians provides hope for what we…

Rick Holbeck and Kelly Palese recently presented at the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Their topic was on the benefits of using online full time faculty. Some of the topics that were discussed included collaboration of online full time faculty to share best practices and create supplemental materials, timely feedback and grading, office hours five days a week, and the ability to proactively contact students using welcome calls and checking in when students fall…