A Workship Cirriculum for Student Loan Debt

For many college students, taking out student loans is a necessary step towards higher education, yet it often leads to accumulated debt that can seem insurmountable. This project intends to investigate the implications of student loan debt, such as homeownership, household debt, and other life goals, and educate borrowers on the potential repercussions. Using Becker\u27s (1993) Human Capital theory, I will examine the investment logic behind student loan borrowing, framing debt as a calculated risk for future gain. This project also uses Crenshaw\u27s (1989) Intersectionality theory to extend beyond the scope of the average borrower and highlight the demographic groups most disproportionately impacted by student loan debt. In response to the challenges of repaying student loans, a workshop on student loan debt was developed with a dual focus: to enhance financial literacy and to navigate the intricacies of debt that may be amplified by individual identity or specific circumstances. The workshop focuses on arming student loan borrowers with essential strategies for effective debt management. The project seeks to mitigate the immediate burdens of student loan debt and contribute to a broader cultural shift toward financial literacy and empowerment among recent graduates

Letter, William B. Swoope to James Franklin Buchanan, February 10, 1961

In this letter, dated February 10, 1961, Bill Swoope writes to James Franklin Buchanan to congratulate him on his having been named the Outstanding Citizen for Attala County, Mississippi.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-james-franklin-buchanan/1414/thumbnail.jp

Longitudinal transcriptomic analysis reveals persistent enrichment of iron homeostasis and erythrocyte function pathways in severe COVID-19 ARDS

IntroductionThe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common complication of severe COVID-19 and contributes to patient morbidity and mortality. ARDS is a heterogeneous syndrome caused by various insults, and results in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Patients with ARDS from COVID-19 may represent a subgroup of ARDS patients with distinct molecular profiles that drive disease outcomes. Here, we hypothesized that longitudinal transcriptomic analysis may identify distinct dynamic pathobiological pathways during COVID-19 ARDS.MethodsWe identified a patient cohort from an existing ICU biorepository and established three groups for comparison: 1) patients with COVID-19 ARDS that survived hospitalization (COVID survivors, n = 4), 2) patients with COVID-19 ARDS that did not survive hospitalization (COVID non-survivors, n = 5), and 3) patients with ARDS from other causes as a control group (ARDS controls, n = 4). RNA was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) at 4 time points (Days 1, 3, 7, and 10 following ICU admission) and analyzed by bulk RNA sequencing.ResultsWe first compared transcriptomes between groups at individual timepoints and observed significant heterogeneity in differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Next, we utilized the likelihood ratio test to identify genes that exhibit different patterns of change over time between the 3 groups and identified 341 DEGs across time, including hemoglobin subunit alpha 2 (HBA1, HBA2), hemoglobin subunit beta (HBB), von Willebrand factor C and EGF domains (VWCE), and carbonic anhydrase 1 (CA1), which all demonstrated persistent upregulation in the COVID non-survivors compared to COVID survivors. Of the 341 DEGs, 314 demonstrated a similar pattern of persistent increased gene expression in COVID non-survivors compared to survivors, associated with canonical pathways of iron homeostasis signaling, erythrocyte interaction with oxygen and carbon dioxide, erythropoietin signaling, heme biosynthesis, metabolism of porphyrins, and iron uptake and transport.DiscussionThese findings describe significant differences in gene regulation during patient ICU course between survivors and non-survivors of COVID-19 ARDS. We identified multiple pathways that suggest heme and red blood cell metabolism contribute to disease outcomes. This approach is generalizable to larger cohorts and supports an approach of longitudinal sampling in ARDS molecular profiling studies, which may identify novel targetable pathways of injury and resolution

Project-based Learning Curriculum Design

This poster presents the results of a definitional investigation into Project-based Learning curriculum design. The poster presents the origins and development of Project-based Learning, controversies and divergent perspectives of Project-based Learning, and a proposed solution to/synthesis of these disagreements

Oral history with William Swoope; 6/11/2012

Oral history; interview with Dr. Bill M. Swoope, June 11, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Swoope was born in 1931 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He received his Bachelor\u27s and Master\u27s degrees at MSU. In total, his years of service to Mississippi State come to 30. During that time he was an Extension Agricultural Agent in Attala County, Mississippi for four years, and for 26 years he was a Livestock Specialist with the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service\u27s Animal Science Department. He is a U.S. Army Veteran. He started working as an Extension Agent in 1956 and retired from Mississippi State in 1986. In 1977, Swoope, along with many other Extension workers, moved out of the Lloyd-Ricks Building and into the newly-built Bost Extension Center. In this interview, Swoope reminisces about his first experiences in the late 1930s with MSU through the Extension Service and 4-H, discusses many, many of the people who worked in the different departments housed in Lloyd-Ricks, and talks about testing and selling bulls