Omri Stewart Dissertation Proposal Defense, Monday, November 3, 2025 @ 12:00 pm Central Time

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Donald Collins TITLE: LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR IN INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ALUMNI GIVING BEHAVIOR: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY ABSTRACT: The proposed title for this dissertation is Understanding Leadership in Institutional Development and its Influence on Alumni Giving Behavior: A Grounded Theory Study. Many questions have been raised about leadership when it [...]

Tech Tuesday – Springshare

Please join the NWHC Library for our Tech Tuesday sessions focused on research and writing. Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. CT (Zoom): Presenter Talia Richards-Resendes will share information about Springshare products, including those currently in use such as LibGuides, as well as new resources available to library patrons. Use the link below to log on [...]

Teneeshia Renae Johnson Dissertation Proposal Defense, Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am Central Time

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Temilola Salami TITLE: A GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS AMONG TRAUMA-EXPOSED DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM YOUTH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between trauma symptoms, emotional dysregulation and socioeconomic deprivation of marginalized youth. This dissertation utilizes data from a prior thesis study involving 151 youth between [...]

Ndidi Anyakora Dissertation Proposal Defense, Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 11:00 am Central Time

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Cajetan Akujuobi TITLE: EDGE-NATIVE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM FOR LATENCY-CRITICAL ANOMALY DETECTION AND QOS OPTIMIZATION IN 6G SMART MANUFACTURING ABSTRACT: The rapid evolution toward 6G networks introduces unprecedented opportunities for real-time, autonomous industrial systems but also poses new challenges for maintaining Quality of Service (QoS) under highly dynamic conditions. This dissertation proposal addresses the [...]

Shouvon Sarker Dissertation Proposal Defense, Wednesday, November 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am Central Time

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Xishuang Dong TITLE: LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION ABSTRACT: Over the past few years, Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools for natural language processing (NLP) tasks. These LLMs are based on transformer architectures and are pre-trained through self-supervised learning on massive text corpora to capture the intricate features [...]