MultiDisciplinary
Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
By Alexis Jenkins
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Alexis Jenkins definitely is very active from the start. Sports have always been her passion; growing up, you could always catch her outside at the softball field playing with her high school, tournament team, or family. This all was until she had an almost career-ending injury occur not just once but twice. Luckily, she could continue to play two years of college softball, but she always wondered why tearing your ACL, also known as your Anterior Cruciate Ligament, was such a big deal. Now years later, she is a Senior here at Millersville studying Sports Journalism. After graduation, she plans to work her way into the ESPN world to eventually become an ESPN Broadcast Journalist.
emergency Management
Implications of the Trump Administration 2018 Foreign Policy Decision Regarding the Kurdish Situation in North-Western Syria
By Kristina Diefenderfer
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East, particularly in Turkey and Syria. Kristina anticipates incorporating social, economic, and political facets of crises into her research within her tenure in the Emergency Management program.
Kristina Diefenderfer is a graduate student enrolled in the Master of Science in Emergency Management program. She completed her undergraduate degrees at Millersville University, with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Government and Political Affairs, and a minor in Spanish Language and Culture Studies. Kristina’s submitted research was completed originally for Dr. Yang’s Intercultural Communication in Contexts course. Her project incorporates the communication of former President Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy choices in conjunction with the ongoing Kurdish issue in the Middle
Author's Note:
Thank you to the professors, family, friends, and loved ones supporting me along the way to this point in my academic career. Your support truly made it possible to complete research of this caliber.
There is no known conflict of interest to disclose. Please contact kpdiefen@millersville.edu for any correspondence regarding this article.
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Keywords: Turkey, Syrian conflict, Foreign Policy, Trump Presidency, intercultural