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CAMPUS IMPACT FUND

Fall 2015

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BASICS

  • Three categories of requests
    • Departmental Request
    • Student Request
    • Independent Research
  • Must positively impact the ASU campus
  • Not based on points or club based

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BASICS

  • -All approved by Appropriations Committee
  • -All approved by AS&F Executive Board
  • -All requests are combined into one proposal
    • -All pass or all fail
    • Requires a 2/3 Senate vote to pass

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    • $13,000 available in CIF Budget
    • $9,687 total requested
    • 2nd CIF this semester!

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AED REQUEST

  • Automated External Defibrillator
  • Should be no further than 3 minutes away from victim
  • Most are currently kept behind locked doors
  • Easy to use and extremely effective

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  • Submitted by Chief Paul Grohowski
  • Requesting 5 new AEDs and 1 storage box

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AED REQUEST

Campus Impact

  • 4 of the AEDs will be in squad cars
  • 1 of the AEDs in Plachy
  • Potential to save the lives of young and old
  • Possible AED training in the future
  • Revived campus that shows we take pride and care about our student’s and community’s safety

Funding Details

Item

Cost $

AED (5)

$6945

AED Storage (1)

$200

Total Funding

$7145

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DECREASING ACETALDEHYDE IN LAGER BEERS

  • NO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL WILL TAKE PLACE DURING RESEARCH
  • Acetaldehyde is an unwanted byproduct from yeast
  • Experiment will use genetic modification to eliminate the acetaldehyde byproduct and test the sample’s quality
  • Genetic research (DNA)

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  • Submitted by Christian Nenninger
  • Requesting funds for research supplies

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DECREASING ACETALDEHYDE IN LAGER BEERS

Campus Impact

  • Collaborative research relationship with ASU and other universities
  • Modeling research opportunities for underclassmen
  • Present results at American Chemical Society conference, Student Scholar Days and AS&F Senate
  • More researching students = better researching equipment

Funding Details

Item

Cost $

Primers Target Site Amplification

$25

gRNA/Cas9 Vector

$315

Repair Oligo

$40

DNA Sequencing

$130

Total Funding

$510

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ENERGETIC TRADEOFF BETWEEN AGGRESSION AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN TWO STRAINS OF HONEY BEES

  • 2 main bee subspecies for research
    • Italian: struggle with surviving winters and disease
    • Africanized: more aggressive yet more survive winters and disease
  • Test the relationship between aggression and immunity
  • Has already acquired test samples and began experimenting
  • Want to eliminate the stigma about bees

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  • Submitted by Dr. Matt Steffenson, Russell Geminden & Garrett Visser
  • Requesting funds for research supplies

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ENERGETIC TRADEOFF BETWEEN AGGRESSION AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN TWO STRAINS OF HONEY BEES

Campus Impact

  • Educate others about the deep history of beekeeping in the SLV
  • Raise awareness about CCD
  • Encourage more research
  • Present results at scientific conference, publish results in national peer review journal, Student Scholar Days and AS&F Senate

Funding Details

Item

Cost $

Microplates

$163

Protein Assay

$139

Trypsin Lyophilized Powder

$59

L-Dopamine

$171

Total Funding

$532

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ENHANCING SELF COMPASSION

  • More self compassion in daily lives
  • Three week training with a globally acknowledged SLV resident
  • Two part process
    • Training sessions
    • Analysis of effectiveness

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Submitted by Lenore Reinhart

  • Requesting funds for training

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ENHANCING SELF COMPASSION

Campus Impact

  • Spreading self compassion throughout campus
  • Kindness begets kindness
  • Possible sharing training/research results with the counseling education program
  • Possible sharing training/research results with the local Hospice Del Valle

Funding Details

  • Local trainer offered to hold sessions for discounted rate
  • Total Funding $500

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THE SPACE BETWEEN US: DOES STEREOTYPE THREAT EXTEND TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION

  • 30 minute sessions testing stereotype threat
  • Extension of experiment from 2014-2015 school year
  • Goal to expose subconscious stereotyping and make students more self aware
  • Cannot explain further details of research process as to not skew results

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  • Submitted by Nick Spencer
  • Requesting funds for unbiased student assistant

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THE SPACE BETWEEN US: DOES STEREOTYPE THREAT EXTEND TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION

Campus Impact

  • Increase research interest
  • Emphasize the importance of research
  • Great success in past experiments
  • Make students aware of subconscious stereotype threats
  • Present results at RMPA, Student Scholar Days & publications

Funding Details

  • Student assistant already selected
  • Committing to 2-4 hours of research per day
  • Total Funding $1000

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CAMPUS IMPACT FUND

  • How do you see ASU growing?
  • What future changes would you like to see?
  • How can an individual impact our campus?

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  • Reminder: CIF $ is completely separate from Quarterly $
  • Leftover $ will NOT rollover into Quarterly $
  • Second CIF opportunity this semester! Spread the word!