“It’s a really unique way of
expressing yourself creatively,”
Palermo said. “There’s nothing
quite as risk-filled ... it can go
really well or really bad. And
when it goes really well, there’s
nothing more satisfying.”
Risk-taking paid off as well
for Paperback Rhino, a student
group from the University of
Iowa, who followed receSs. As
part of their performance, the
group interviewed a member
of the audience and acted out
sketches based on that audience
member’s activities that day,
including getting brunch at
Angelo’s, ditching her friends to
see a movie and receiving a poem
from a stranger.
Independent improv comedy
groups Wet Bus and Alterboyz,
both from Chicago, closed the
first part of the festival. Both
groups elicited a reaction from
the audience by improvising
sketches
from
audience
suggestions
of
cheese
and
blueberry beer, respectively.
Leila Gorstein, a member of
Alterboyz, said connecting to
the audience is one of the most
important parts of improv.
“For audience members, it’s
really enjoyable to watch people
living the human experience
in a way that they can relate to
and understand,” Gorstein said.
“That’s the most fun part about
it, to take things from your life
and use it in a human way.”
Midnight Book Club and
ComCo, two students groups
from the University, opened
the second part of the festival.
Midnight Book Club improvised
a sketch based on the audience
topic suggestion of “infant,”
while ComCo performed improv
games
like
“Four
Square”
consisting
of
four
improv
sketches based on audience
suggestions.
Upright
Citizens
Brigade
Touring Company, a New York
City group featuring Michigan
alum Mike Kelton, ended the
festival by improvising a two-act
performance.
The group’s first act involved
the details of an interview with
an audience member, a senior
from the School of Music,
Theatre & Dance, about her
experiences at the University,
including Greek life, the brutality
of acting classes and professors
that make students cry. The
second act incorporated text
messages that audience members
volunteered to read aloud.
LSA
freshman
Jeff
Sondheimer said he enjoyed the
spur-of-the-moment nature of
improv.
“(Improv comedy) is real
genuine comedy that has to be
witnessed to really understand
and get the value of,” he said.
“I think it’s definitely prime
entertainment. It’s good, safe
fun.”
Fox, one of the coordinators
of the event, said the hosts
aimed to create a fun, enjoyable
atmosphere and promote the
camaraderie that comes from
improv comedy.
“Getting to see each other
play and see how other teams
approach the same thing is the
most rewarding thing,” Fox
said. “And for people who are
interested in pursuing theater,
film, comedy and improv, I
hope that they get the chance to
meet a bunch of people who are
interested in and doing the same
things that they want to do ...
and take the event as a chance to
look at a bunch of people who do
things that you love at a very high
level.”
In addition to performing,
the visiting improv groups said
they took the festival as an
opportunity to improve their
routines by learning from the
other groups.
“Seeing
other
people’s
styles really opens your mind,”
Palermo said. “We’re going to be
talking a lot about what we saw
from the other groups, what we
liked about what they did ... and
incorporate ideas that drive what
they do”.
“We all come from a different
background,” said Gaby Dixon,
another member of Alterboyz.
“But making people laugh is a
very universal thing.”
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Low-fidelity mannequins are
similar to those used for teaching
CPR because they do not give
any feedback to the students,
simulation specialist Ben Oliver
said.
Mid-fidelity
mannequins
have a few more capabilities, but
cannot react like a human would.
High-fidelity mannequins are
the most sophisticated of the
three and are able to emit fluids
such as artificial blood, vomit
and sweat. They can also react
to medication distribution, have
pupils adjustable to light like a
human’s eyes would and can give
birth.
Clinical Instructor Maureen
Westfall said Nursing instructors
are
able
to
program
the
mannequins either before or
during the students’ simulation
experience. In obstetrics, for
example, she can program how
many contractions the mannequin
has while giving birth and how
often.
“The focus of simulation is
really problem-based learning,”
Westfall said. “You use problem-
based learning in relation to
objectives we create.”
Though the mannequin can
react on its own in certain cases,
the instructors often adjust the
scenarios based on the students’
performance,
Westfall
said.
She added that students should
recognize signs and symptoms of
medical issues the mannequins
exhibit through clues provided
by instructors. Each simulation
session is recorded so students
can look back and review their
experience later.
“It’s safe space for us to
help coach the students into
managing these patient situations
appropriately,” Westfall said.
During a planned simulation
day, students come into the
simulation room — usually in
pairs — while other students
watch the simulation via cameras.
Michelle Aebersold, director of
the Clinical Learning Center, said
the students not participating can
also play roles, such as a “frantic
parent,” to make the simulation
more challenging. Following
the simulation, the students
all gather for a debriefing to
discuss how it went.
“If you don’t make these
things
challenging
enough,
then you don’t get the emotions
involved and then it’s not a
good experience and students
don’t really get as involved
in it and the learning doesn’t
occur,” Aebersold said.
Nursing
junior
Sarah
Brzezinski said she thinks it
is beneficial to have hands-on
experience that is safe for both
the student and patient, while
still difficult.
“You
come
into
(simulations) and you never
go unchallenged,” Brzezinski
said. “If you do everything
perfectly in sim, then you’re
not learning and we’re not
going our job. So I think it’s
really good that they push us
and they continue to challenge
us and I think it’s very effective
for the clinical setting.”
Aebersold said the overall
benefit of simulations is that
they can reduce the amount of
time students need to spend in
the clinical setting with real
patients, with little effect on
the students’ learning.
“We can effectively replace
time in the actual clinical
environment with simulation;
up to 50 percent of those hours
can be replaced by simulation,
with no change in those pass
rates on those state boards,”
she said.
Nursing junior Jade Curl said
working with the mannequins is a
unique but effective experience.
“It feels real,” Curl said. “You
don’t feel like you’re pretending.
You walk in and you hold their
hand and when you talk to them,
you look them in the eye. It’s really
odd thinking about how you act in
the sim, because you don’t think
about it. You just act like this is a
real person. You give them respect.
You’re excited when the baby
comes out and the baby is fine.”
Because it can be difficult to get
used to the robotic characteristics
and mechanical sounds of the
“patients,” students have to sign
a fictional contract, agreeing they
will treat them as if they were real.
“Sometimes
it’s
a
learning
curve for students to wrap their
head around the fact that they
should treat this robot as a real
person,” Westfall said. “But what
I’ve observed over time is that
that is pretty short-lived because
the learners we do have here are
highly motivated and want to do
well and want to understand …
They really do act as if the patient
is a real person.”
Westfall said the mannequins
also have the capability of dying,
though this is usually part of a
planned learning experience so
as not to be traumatic for the
students.
“It’s most important because it’s
a great stepping stone to patient-
care exposure for the students,”
Westfall said. “It provides an
excellent lead-in to the real clinical
environment and it promotes
more
confidence
once
the
student is in the real clinical
environment.”
Nursing junior Rebecca Ford
said simulations are something
she will never forget.
“Nothing sticks in your head
the way it does when you screw
up in sim,” Ford said. “Being
able to get an interactive
experience
makes
you
remember things way more
than reading it or someone
teaching it to you, especially if
you messed up the first time.
That’s the coolest thing about
sim — we’re allowed to mess
up and it’s OK; we talk about it
and learn from it.”
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the way I want it.”
Afternoon
Delight
prides
itself on its consistency, its
ingredients and its customer
service. Hackett said all the
food is homemade, and the staff
is very well adjusted to serving
customers during lunch rushes.
“It gets very hectic during
the
rushes,”
he
said.
“It’s
controlled chaos, though; the
staff is organized and prepared
for it. Every week it’s the same,
and they are more than willing
and ready to tackle it. We are
big on customer service and
consistency.”
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“Access to data, the different types
of data and the way you put that
data to use, as well as the increasing
interconnection of businesses due
to communication, play a vital role
in economic growth.”
Following
his
address,
Chandrasekaran took questions
from the audience, noting the
importance of transparency and
cybersecurity in maintaining a
successful business, as well as the
significance of the relationship
between India and China.
“China is certainly a great
market; it is a great place,”
Chandrasekaran
said.
“Going
forward, China and India need to
look to see what we can do together
to improve our business relations.
Both nations can look to each other
to try and notice what successes
that businesses from both nations
have had in IT services and attempt
to replicate those practices, and
push for reform.”
Mukesh Aghi, the president of
the U.S.-India Business Council, a
Washington, D.C.-based advocacy
organization, also spoke at the
event
about
future
business
opportunities between the two
nations.
Aghi
said
because
of
India’s rapid urbanization and
modernization, there will also be
a need for foreign investment in
Indian infrastructure.
“Roughly 400 million Indians
have migrated from rural to
urban areas,” Aghi said. “This is
the largest migration in human
history, ever. And that means that
cities will have to build roads,
hospitals, a better education and
security
system,
housing
and
transportation system. That is a
tremendous challenge, but also
a tremendous opportunity for
multinational investment.”
On Saturday, the conference
featured panels on brand building
in India, the textile industry in
India, current issues in the Indian
economy
and
managing
the
institutional legal environment for
businesses.
Sinha, the featured speaker
on Saturday, spoke about the
economic turbulence in India
following reform policies in 1991
in which India’s finance minister,
Manmohan
Singh
presented
reforms
changing
business
regulations.
Sinha
shared
stories
from
his tenure as finance minister,
saying that the two decades of
economic instability in the country
are largely attributed to lack of
government support for economic
reform policies.
“In
India,
economics
and
business is a slave to politics,”
Sinha said. “Much of what has
been causing our periods of
economic troubles has been a lack
of political consensus over the
proposed reform policies. This is
something that you can see in all
major parties.”
Ahuja
said
the
conference
should be important for students
in understanding the ever-growing
international business world and
globalization.
“We want to broaden people’s
understanding of India, and the
U.S. business relationship with
India,” Ahuja said. “We have to
prepare our students for the global
marketplace, and since India is the
second-largest population in the
world, a very young population,
India is rapidly becoming the
country of the future.”
Wiesenberger, a member of Izzat,
said the team has been working
on their numbers since September,
adding that his past experiences
with dance contributed to his
decision to participate here.
“I really enjoyed the Bollywood
and Bhangra style (in high school)
so I decided to continue that at U
of M,” he said. “And it’s nice to see
the consolidation of all the Indian
(performing arts) in one show
where everyone supports each
other.”
LSA sophomore Dhara Gosalia,
public relations chair of Sahana,
said Michigan Sahana created a
TBS planning committee this year
to ease the huge undertaking of
organizing the show, which also
requires long-term planning.
“We usually have to start looking
for venues a year in advance,”
Gosalia said.
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