To continue my work from my sustainability capstone last semester, I have been working with the same group of students and faculty this semester to continue the second year of the project working on the Appalachian Resilience Project in Fayette County. More specifically, I have been completing an internship with Dr. Kris Kanthak to assist…
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Interning with Pitt Faculty for the ATP
My name is Jessica Jones, and I am a junior at the University of Pittsburgh. Last semester in the fall of 2022, I was in the sustainability capstone course to fulfill a requirement for the sustainability certificate. When I first started the class and chose a project, I did not know or expect my future…
Diving Deeper into Appalachia
On our trip to Connellsville and Uniontown this semester as apart of the Appalachian Teaching Project, we got to do field research by interviewing local business owners and government officials. To start our research, we looked online at different Connellsville and Uniontown websites to identify local businesses and assets. Some of which included The State…
Going into the Appalachian Teaching Project
Jessica Jones Junior at the University of Pittsburgh Biology major, French minor, and Sustainability Certificate Fun fact about me: I am from Pittsburgh and grew up about 15 minutes away from campus. This past fall I was apart of the Appalachian Teaching Project through the University of Pittsburgh Frederick Honors College and my sustainability capstone…