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Annual Report of the SuperintendentThe annual report details the activities of the students at the school and the improvements made at the school.
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Annual Report of the SuperintendentThe annual report details the number students and the activities at the school. The latter include: farming, instruction, a chair shop, and recreation.
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Examining First Year Student Learning in Generative AI supported Information Literacy Instruction: A Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) StudyThis study examines the integration of Microsoft Copilot into a single, scaffolded, 75-minute library instruction session for first-year students and evaluates its association with students’ confidence using library databases and doing research. Using anonymous pre- and post-instruction surveys, we assessed baseline comfort with AI and library databases (pre) and post-session comfort and perceived helpfulness of Copilot (post). Because responses could not be reliably matched across time points, pre–post differences were analyzed as independent samples. Mean comfort with library databases increased from 2.88 (SD = 0.77, n = 26) to 3.47 (SD = 0.96, n = 19), representing a moderate effect size (Cohen’s d ≈ 0.69). Students rated Copilot’s helpfulness highly (M = 4.00, SD = 0.47, n = 19). Findings suggest that ethical, transparent incorporation of Copilot alongside librarian-led practice may enhance first-year students’ research confidence in academic database use.
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Rena Greenup's Story by Lisette KaplowitzSlideshow story on Greek Holocaust survivor Rena Greenup's experiences before, during, and after WWII, presented with photographs, by Holocaust Legacy Partner Lisette Kaplowitz.
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Revisiting Darwin's Insectivorous Plants: Modern Insights Into Carnivorous Plant EvolutionCharles Darwin is widely known for On The Origin Of Species, but his curiosity extended far beyond animals; he was also a passionate botanist with a fascination for carnivorous plants. His 1875 work, Insectivorous Plants, investigated how carnivorous plants have adapted to trap and digest prey. This lecture will revisit Darwin's early contributions to our understanding of carnivorous plant evolution and explore how recent advances in evolutionary biology have expanded his work.
