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…
Tag: Appalachia
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…
ATP Reflection Pt. 2
My experience working on this project didn’t just expand my knowledge of Connellsville and the Appalachian region, it also helped me develop important skills that will help me throughout the rest of my college career and beyond. The first two major skills that matured immensely for me during the course of this project was teamwork…
My ATP Experience: A Reflection
As the semester comes to an end, my work on the Appalachian Teaching Project comes to an end as well (for now).The 3rd of December marked our last presentation for the project and our last official session together as a group. But, even before the time of our final presentation, our team had already produced…
Getting to know Connellsville
On October 8th, the Pitt Appalachian Teaching Project team took a trip to Connellsville, where we acquainted ourselves with some of the city’s most prominent assets. Starting the day at the Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass factory, we were able to witness parts of the process for creating sheets of colored glass that end up everywhere from…