Jessica's Blog

On Thursday I atten ded the Fall 2019 Capstone presentations.  It was really interesting to see what all the other students chose to do their projects on.  It was also inspiring to see all the hard work and dedication that my fellow classmates put into their projects.   Though none of the presentations I saw closely resembled my project, I did get a few ideas of things that I want to incorporate into my project. I especially enjoyed Georgia’s presentation.   Makeup is one of my favorite hobbies and I love to watch beauty videos on YouTube like Georgia’s! Seeing a bit of the background and what went into making the videos was super interesting. This experience   gave me some insight into what lies ahead for me next semester.  I know that it will be challenging and take a lot of effort, but after seeing how rewarding the experience was for this semesters graduates I am ready to take it on.  I am looking forward to next semester and the opportu...

These are all the sources that I used so far in writing the background research for my capstone proposal. I had to look into the history of the Take STOC organization at Shepherd, as well as look in depth into schools with similar policies.  I chose to look at Fairmont State University and West Virginia University, since they are in state and people at Shepherd would recognize the names.  I also used the information I found within these sources to write an overview of the Take STOC organization, as well as their mission, goals, and history. https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?headline=wvu-tightening-tobacco-and-smoke-free-campus-policy-wvu-medicine-policy-changes-inworks WVU online article- explains the tightening of the policy 2019 https://policies.wvu.edu/finalized-bog-rules/bog-finance-and-administration-rule-5-6-tobacco-and-smoke-free-campus/tobacco-and-smoke-free-campus-faqs Tobacco-free policy FAQs http://mountaineernewsservice.com/wvus-smoking-po...