Nazareth College

As institutions increasingly prioritize experiential learning (EL) as a cornerstone of student success, practitioners face challenges in designing, implementing, and sustaining EL programs that meet diverse institutional needs. This article explores strategies for operationalizing EL through insights from four distinct campuses, spanning small private colleges to large public universities. Drawing from qualitative case studies, we highlight the shared challenges of starting and scaling EL initiatives, such as integrating diverse stakeholders, centralizing resources, and fostering buy-in across campus constituencies. Key themes include the evolution of EL offices, from initial hurdles—such as defining programmatic scope and building institutional relationships—to sustaining development through innovative funding models, technology integration, and robust tracking systems. We provide practical recommendations for addressing these challenges while maintaining a student-centered approach. By sharing lessons learned, we offer a roadmap for higher education leaders to build inclusive, sustainable, and impactful EL programs that align with their unique institutional contexts.

Join us for a dynamic panel symposium celebrating over a decade of X- Culture’s contributions to experiential learning, research, and global collaboration. What began as an initiative to connect students across cultures has grown into a multifaceted platform that addresses the ever-evolving challenges of education, research, and cross-border teamwork. From navigating the rapid shift to online learning during COVID-19 to supporting education in conflict zones, X-Culture has demonstrated resilience, adaptability, and an unwavering commitment to innovation. This symposium provides a unique opportunity to explore X- Culture’s evolution, highlighting its ability to inspire instructors, empower students, and fuel impactful research. Whether you are new to X-Culture or a long-time collaborator, you will leave with actionable insights, fresh ideas, and a deeper understanding of this transformative initiative.

Abstract Sometimes physical security may come at the cost of ontological security for refugees. They may struggle to develop stable narratives of identity and fail to situate themselves within their new social environments. States often prioritize addressing refugees’ physical security needs to facilitate their integration, but largely overlook the importance of identity security. This study argues that ontological security is crucial to integration processes, and refugees reestablish it by engaging in various forms of identity backlash, lowering their interest in the politics of the host country, and heightening their desire to return home. In other words, identity backlash, political disinterest, and an intensified desire to return home function as ontological security-seeking mechanisms and anxiety responses. The study contributes to ontological security theory (OST) by introducing a novel and nuanced framework that defines a set of indicators for the emotional and narrative-oriented aspects of ontological security among refugees. It takes a micro-level approach examining ontological security at the individual level for Syrian refugees in Turkey and Germany. The specific findings of this study are threefold. First, I find a significantly lower level of narrative-oriented security among Syrian refugees in Turkey than in Germany. Second, the results indicate that narrative-oriented ontological security among Syrian refugees is strongly associated with identity backlash, low political interest, and a willingness to return to the home country. Third, the results show that physical security and ontological security are not always correlated. Overall, this study demonstrates how OST can provide insights into the complex interplay between perceptions of security, identity backlash, political integration, and willingness to return among refugee communities.

The creation of capacitors, transducers, sensors, and infrared detectors utilise the nonlinear, ferroelectric triglycine sulphate (TGS) crystal. Cesium sulphate is incorporated into the lattice of TGS crystal to change its characteristics. Cesium sulfate-doped triglycine sulphate (CSTGS) single crystals were produced using a solution approach and a slow evaporation process. The title crystal was studied by single crystal XRD, FTIR, hardness, VSM, cyclic voltammetric and density functional theoretical (DFT) studies and the results are discussed in this paper.

“Capital Heroes and a Hokkien Nation” highlights efforts by Chinese in the Philippines to reinvigorate and protect their hometowns in southern Fujian during an era of militarism and turmoil. The narrative follows the community leaders and China Banking Corporation founders Dee C. Chuan, Oei Tjoe, and Tan Guin Lai, as well as an outside ally, Cai Tingkai. It explores how their hometown investments and remittances transformed into political maneuvering as the leaders leaned on Hokkien affinity to effect change. Dee C. Chuan, Oei Tjoe, and Tan Guin Lai all devoted considerable sums to building hometown infrastructure, funding schools, constructing personal villas, and supporting family members. However, after encountering numerous obstacles, especially when it came to constructing a railway that would connect the resource-rich interior of the province with the seaports, the Founders began to turn toward political solutions. They founded the Southeast Asian Hokkien Overseas Save the Hometown Association to aid in their efforts, and they threw their support behind the famous general Cai Tingkai, who helped them achieve some of their objectives as head of the Fujian People’s Revolutionary Government. All these efforts eventually fell apart, but they point toward a vibrant if unfulfilled Hokkien nationalism.