The fall semester is now halfway over, and our ACRI project is well underway. We have learned a great deal about the communities of Fayette County, most notably from our site visit October 12th-14th. This visit allowed us to talk to community members face-to-face and experience some of what the county has to offer. We stayed…
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Closing Out the Semester
Following the unanimous passing of the MOU, we got right to work. The students who were interested in working with us from Uniontown created an incredible introductory video for our page and we crafted and outline of goals and content ideas using the concepts from the original proposal. Soon after getting the accounts set up…
Reflecting on my Internship with the Fayette County Cultural Trust
Throughout my time working with the Fayette County Cultural Trust, I have learned numerous valuable skills surrounding asset-based community development and working with community organizations. This internship experience began with the overarching goal of doing preliminary research on entrepreneurship centers around the country and how the FCCT’s version of these centers can come to fruition…
Celebrate Uniontown: The Continuation
Jan 2023 This semester I am really excited to be continuing the work of the 2022 ATP cohort by implementing the Celebrate Uniontown proposal. As I wrote about this fall I am really excited to be able to take the research I have done and turn it into tangible outcomes. The semester has just begun…
Update on My Internship with the Fayette County Cultural Trust
Throughout these few months working with the Fayette County Cultural Trust, my fellow interns and I have been working on much of the preliminary research on small business and entrepreneurship centers in other areas around the country that have applicable qualities to the entrepreneurship center being created in Downtown Connellsville. This research has been very…
An Already Busy Semester Gets Busier!
Dr. Kanthak and my fellow intern, Jess, have been great to work with this semester, yet my own overcrowded schedule and burnout have made for rough waters. But a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor! What remains of last semester’s ATP/ACRI cohort is a busy group of people, so scheduling and updating each other…
Continuing my ATP Internship with Pitt Faculty
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…
Interning with the Fayette County Cultural Trust
Hello! My name is Natalie, and I am a senior at Pitt majoring in Urban Studies and Anthropology, minoring in Political Science, and getting a certificate in Public and Professional Writing. In addition to my studies, I am an intern with the Fayette County Cultural Trust for this Spring semester. The Fayette County Cultural Trust…
Spring ACRI Internship!
Hello! My name is Grace, I’m a senior Political Science and History double-major from Warwick, NY, and will also be receiving American Sign Language (ASL) and Public and Professional Writing certificates. This is my second semester working with the multi-disciplinary Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative group at Pitt, after completing our research, our group of eight…
Final thoughts: The Appalachian Resilience Project
It has been an incredibly long semester, one of the longest of my college career. That being said, working with my teammates, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Fredrick Honors College this semester to do our community research has been the most rewarding experience I have had in my time at Pitt. After completing our…