Spring Post #4

 The poster session was so much fun! It was so cool seeing what other majors were working on for the year, and getting to showcase my research to others. A comment that really stuck with me was when Professor Newman said he could really see my enthusiasm when I was speaking about my thesis. I really loved this project and its outcome, and if I told myself from 1st year when I was a Biomedical Major that this was the path I would pursue, I would think I was lying. I’m so immensely grateful for being able to be in this major and pursue a career path that I love, where my creativity has no bounds. Throughout this whole process I kept looking for ways to elevate it: booking an editorial photoshoot for the runway, renting clothing from Buffalo, hosting a pop-up exhibit off campus at the Refinery, and even with the poster session, reaching out to an artist to help me create a flip-book. I learned so much about myself with this process and what drives me to continuously. I couldn’t have asked for better guidance from Dr. Decker and Professor Nasr. Thank you so much for reading and following me on my journey.

Best,

Gabi Payne

 

Spring Post #3

 My thesis paper is finally done! It honestly feels surreal since I’ve been working on this for almost a year.  Looking back on it I don’t think I have any regrets with my submission. I preferred the project aspects of it over the writing, but I was nice figuring out how I function with this structure and environment because this is something I will most likely be continuing to do in grad school. I’m excited for the future, and can’t wait to see what the future holds! 

Christis Shepard - Poster Session

This last year has been an absolute whirlwind of a time, and I'm so thankful that I've been able to go through it and learn as much about my topic and honestly myself as I did.  I wouldn't have changed anything for the world.

 I'm thankful to everyone who helped make this all possible, and I'm happy that people thought my work was interesting.  I can't wait to see what happens now as I get ready for the rest of my finals and to walk in a week and a half.

 Thank everyone for everything!!! :D 

Finishing Up Thesis and Working On My Poster

 So, my final thesis was sent in by the end of the day. Now I just need to finish my poster and work on everything else.  Hopefully everything goes well after this and the rest of the semester passes by.  I'm existed for graduation and to be able to discuss my research and my work with people during the poster session.

 I'll get back to work!  It's been a pretty interesting year!

Chrisits

Working on poster

 The educators I am working with are introducing my lessons in to their lesson plans and will be sending me feedback as soon as they can. I have also been taking time to work on my poster on powerpoint and create some images from my example lessons that I created. Once I get the feedback from the high school teachers I will be able to add the results and feedback to my thesis paper.

-Faith Hurst

Spring Post #2

 This semester honestly has felt like a WHIRLWIND! I completed both my runway show and pop-up exhibit and I feel so relieved. I felt like I spent so much time and energy on both of these endeavors (more so the runway) but they came out amazing, and I couldn’t have asked for better people to have worked with. The trips to Buffalo, late nights altering clothing, outfit fittings, makeup trials, and photo print runs were all worth it. Both projects came out better than I envisioned, and I’m so happy I was able to make them a reality. I’m definitely behind on lots of school work, so these next weeks I’ll be locking in, and finishing up writing my thesis paper as well!

Making progress

 Lately I have been focusing on working with the educators I've interviewed and interacted with for my thesis paper. I met with them to discuss them implementing the mini lessons I created into their classes. All of them were able to work the lessons into their upcoming class plans and I will continue to work with them until the paper is finalized.

-Faith Hurst

New Draft and Virtual Exhibition

 I've recently finished another draft for my final thesis.  Bella was so gracious to peer review my Thesis for me so that I could make necessary changes.  Now I just need to finish my Virtual Exhibition.  It's been harder to complete than I anticipated due to other homework getting in my way.

 I'm optimistic though, and rather excited!  I have a vision and style guide for my exhibition as well as a spreadsheet that I can reference.  It's been rather despite the stress!

 Spring break begins this weekend so it'll be fun to just take a break and relax for a week before crunch time hits!